Bound Between You, page 2
part #4 of Tender Control Series
He whimpered, melting against me. “Oh, thank you, Sir.”
It seemed like the only time he stopped moving was when he was melting into a puddle of submissive desire, so I tucked that fact into the back of my mind as I straightened. “I think it’s time I started showing you around.”
Before we got too distracted and never made it any farther into the club.
Nodding to a confused Conner and a grinning Ben, I smiled. “Have a good evening, gentlemen.”
As I led Keegan deeper into the club, he pressed his arm against mine as he took in every detail. I could almost see his mind whirling, so I just let him absorb it all as we slowly made our way through the lounge.
When we were finally walking down the narrow hallway that led toward the back where public scenes were done, he looked back at me, now aiming all that sexy focus on me. “I think I’m supposed to ask what types of things you’re into to see if our interests match?”
He was delightfully serious, so I did my best not to smile.
“That sounds like a good place to begin.” Deciding to get the possible deal-breaker aspects out up front instead of waiting like I might with someone else, I kept my voice light as I answered. “I’m a vers switch who’s into mostly mild BDSM, but I’ve explored a variety of things, so if there’s something specific you’re interested in then we can discuss it.”
He stopped in the middle of the hallway, clearly taking in my answer before his smile widened. “That’s wonderful.”
Which part?
He must’ve realized that wasn’t quite enough information because he blinked and kept going. “Being open to different experiences in BDSM. I have a few things I know I’m interested in, but other than that, I’m curious about a variety of things.”
Seeing how little the fact that I was a switch mattered to him, I relaxed. “Then we’ll have to make a list of things we want to explore.”
Shifting, I pressed him against the wall and pinned him in place with my body as I leaned down and nibbled his neck again since he’d liked that so much. “I think it’s safe to guess that one of the things you know you like is spankings?”
He melted against me, nodding and letting out a breathy moan. “Yes…I think that will be a good place to start and a wonderful reward, Sir.”
I chuckled and teased his earlobe with my teeth. “And I think you like being restrained, don’t you, scamp?”
He seemed to like it a lot, so I could see why Alexandra said no restraints until he knew the Dom better. His brain had a delightful shutoff switch that seemed to get flipped when he was even the least bit turned on.
Keegan was going to be fun to get to know and wonderfully wicked to play with.
Just seeing the way he was watching me and feeling his responses chased away the thoughts of every bad date I’d lived through over the past few years.
“It’s…I like…” He took in a ragged breath as I went back to exploring his neck. “Yes, Sir.”
“Good boy.” I bit down just hard enough to draw a sexy whimper from him. “I want to hear about everything you like and everything you’ve fantasized about.”
As I reluctantly pulled away, he sucked in a deep breath and seemed to be doing his best to gather up his scattered brain cells. “Yes, Sir.”
“Tempting boy.” I stroked one finger down his nose and over his full lips that were begging for a kiss that would leave him desperate and needy.
My obvious desire had him smiling and moving closer to press himself against my chest. “Thank you, Sir.”
Oh, he was going to be a handful, but I had a feeling he would be worth it.
Keeping him close since it was clear he liked to cuddle, I slowly made our way down toward the end of the hall. When the crowd and the lights around the stages came into view, he stepped back just enough to see better, but he kept a tight hold on my hand.
“Oh, that’s fascinating.” His eyes widened as he stretched up to see over the milling people watching the different scenes.
Since his gaze was completely focused on a shibari scene toward the middle of the room, I steered us toward the back and led us through the different couples and groups of people. Keegan’s gaze never wandered, so I had to be the one to make sure he didn’t run into anyone.
No one seemed to mind his distracted focus, though. If anything, the other Doms and subs found his fascination cute and made enough room for us to find a space near the front of the crowd. I only vaguely knew the couple on the stage, but Keegan didn’t even ask about the sub that was kneeling on a raised platform or the Dom who was so intently watching him.
Keegan’s entire focus was on the ropes and, if I had to guess, the passion on their faces as the Dom slowly wrapped his boy. It was almost like watching him slowly decorate the most precious gift he’d ever been given.
It was clear they were more than just friends who scened together. As time slowly passed and the sub drifted off into another world with restraints from the ceiling being the only thing keeping him upright, Keegan shifted in front of me and leaned back, his eyes never leaving the pair.
People came and went around us as the scene kept going, but Keegan was content to watch. There was an obvious arousal in his reactions, but it was the play of emotions on the couple’s faces that had him reacting the most.
A shiver from the sub had him pressing back against me.
A smile from the Dom had him sucking in a breath.
Even as the sub was finally allowed to come and the rest of the audience seemed to be focused on that, Keegan didn’t respond until the Dom stroked the boy’s cheek and gave him a tender kiss. When the curtain around them was finally drawn, Keegan turned and cuddled against my chest. “That was wonderful. Thank you, Sir.”
Kissing the top of his head, I moved us over toward the side of the room and leaned against the wall, holding him against me. “Tell me what part you liked best.”
I knew enough about the artistic man in my arms to be ready for anything, and I wasn’t surprised. Keegan looked up at me and smiled. “They were so in sync with one another. The Dom knew every time the sub reacted, and he knew exactly how to control him. It was wonderful.”
Kissing his forehead again, I smiled. “I agree. He even knew exactly when his boy started to come out of subspace because of the watch that was beeping.”
It’d been so low I didn’t think anyone had really noticed it until the Dom had looked over and given Mitch a firm glare. I had a feeling the beeping had been deliberate to get attention, but it wasn’t something anyone could’ve proven, even if the sub in question had chosen the other Dom over Mitch.
“Yes, he was completely focused on his submissive. It was very powerful.” Keegan looked over his shoulder at the closed curtain, clearly not seeing the wall of fabric as he stared at it and then back at me.
There was something on his mind, something he was envisioning if I wasn’t misunderstanding the look on his face. But it was so close to the one he’d given me when he’d first asked me to pose for him that I was willing to guess. “What are you seeing, scamp?”
He blinked at me like he was clearing the fog in his brain.
“Do you really want to know? I mean, some people ask and then look at me strangely when I explain what I was picturing and what I wanted to create.” He waited patiently, just studying me until I nodded.
“Yes, I want to know what you were seeing when you watched the scene. I know it wasn’t exactly what everyone else was picturing, but I can’t even begin to guess.” The only remotely artistic thing I could do was bake. There was no way I could begin to understand how Keegan saw the world.
I knew the moment he gave in; the set of his shoulders changed and he looked like he was preparing himself for my reaction. “I want to…I think sketch but maybe paint…I don’t know yet, but I want to create something with you as the Dom and the sub.”
His head cocked, and he was back to studying my expression like it was the key to figuring out everything about me…and maybe for him, it was.
I looked over at the closed curtain, picturing the scene as it’d played out before us. I wasn’t sure I could imagine myself in something like a picture that way, but with the right partner I knew I could’ve easily been in either place.
Focusing back on Keegan, I tried to show him what I was feeling, even if I didn’t understand everything myself. “I’m not creative enough to imagine how it might turn out, but from a purely logical standpoint, I can see myself in both places. So yeah, having me in both places at the same time would show that dual nature, right?”
Keegan nodded, and I could feel the tension leaving his body. “Yes, that’s it exactly.”
I kissed his forehead again. “I can’t wait to see what you create.”
“It doesn’t bother you that I want to use you in my art?” His body was more relaxed, but I could see that his mind was still whirling. “I’ve found that the idea makes a lot of people uncomfortable.”
Shaking my head, I stroked my hands down his back. “No, I’ve always loved that distracted, faraway look that artists get. I love the way they see the world differently, and getting to play a small part in their creations and just the way they express themselves makes me feel…is important the wrong thing to say?”
That sounded just a bit asshole-ish to me.
Keegan grinned, wiggling unconsciously against me again. “I like that. Yes, you’d be very important.”
As his body rubbed back and forth against mine, stimulating my dick, his movements grew more deliberate. “And you won’t be upset when I display it? I mean, everyone would see how beautiful your domination and submission would be.”
And if I wasn’t mistaken, they’d see more than that because the sub hadn’t been wearing much at all.
“I won’t be upset.” Stroking over his ass, I squeezed his cheek and rocked him against me. “But I am going to expect to be rewarded for all my hard work.”
A shiver raced through him and his eyes got a faraway look that said he was watching something sexy and fascinating. I had a feeling I was going to have to work hard to keep him present in a scene, instead of working hard to help him find subspace.
He licked his lips several times as his focus came back to me. “Yes, sitting still is hard work. You’d deserve a big reward, Sir.”
Since it seemed like we were both on the same page, I leaned down and nibbled on his neck again, loving the quiet sounds he made. “And the harder you make me, and the longer you keep me aroused and motionless, the more reward I’ll demand from you, boy.”
As I bit down on his ear, he moaned, and a jolt of pleasure fired through him. “Oh, Sir…Yes…”
I wasn’t sure if he was agreeing with my demand for a reward or if he was trying to beg for more, so I just focused on giving him both. “If you’re very naughty and make me wait while I’m hard and dripping precum and having to watch you looking so sexy as you work, then I’ll have to spank you when you’re done. I might have to bend you over right there in your studio and make your ass achingly red.”
Keegan’s hands dug into my arms like his legs were too weak to keep him upright. “Over my workbench? Really?”
That was definitely a fantasy he’d enjoyed for a while.
Licking around his ear, I made an approving sound. Giving it a nibble, I finally eased back enough to whisper in his ear. “Yes, right over your bench. I’ll pull down your pants and I’ll make you spread your legs and arch your ass out for me so I can spank every inch of it.”
Keegan’s entire body seemed to tense, and he made a low, needy sound. “I’ll never be able to look at it without remembering the spanking.”
Since the husky desire in his voice said that was more of a turn-on than a problem, I nodded. “Even when you show the picture, I bet you’ll be hard and aching to touch yourself and come, no matter how many people are around you.”
And knowing how his career was going, I could only guess at how many people were going to see my naked body.
At one point, the idea that random people would end up seeing my submission would’ve been frightening, but there’d been years to get used to the different sides of myself…and I didn’t mind being naked, so that wasn’t a problem either.
It also helped that as a self-employed programmer, the companies I worked for didn’t care what I did in my personal life, and I’d only met a handful of the people I’d worked for in person.
Keegan’s shiver and whimper said he liked that idea too.
“I might even have to cage your cock when you finally let other people see it so you won’t be tempted to play with yourself.” Roughly pressing him against me, I squeezed his cheek again, nibbling on his ear. “I can’t have you rubbing your dick where everyone could see how turned on you are.”
Keegan sucked in a ragged breath and nodded, eagerly wiggling against me. “Yes, Sir…I…Yes, Sir.”
He was pure temptation.
With his sexy sounds and desperate wiggles, all I wanted to do was take him right there, but even more than that, I wanted him to know this wasn’t casual for me. Giving his neck one more kiss, I straightened and stroked higher up his back, away from the lure of his sexy round ass.
“We haven’t finished our tour yet.” His immediate pout had me imagining all the sounds he would make for me when I nibbled on his lip.
But I wanted promises from him before I took that step.
When he understood his pout wouldn’t get him what he wanted, he changed tactics and curled into me. “Just a tour?”
Chuckling, I gave his ass a smack. “For tonight, yes. I want you to be able to talk, to really think about what you want before we go any further, and I think talking to Alexandra would be a good idea.”
His huff was genuine frustration, so I explained before he could make too many assumptions.
“You are old enough to decide what you want. You are smart enough to make your own decisions. But…and this is a big but”—I gave him another light spank to make him giggle—“you are someone I can see really getting to know, and not just for a scene. I want to get to know you before we jump into bed.”
He couldn’t seem to decide if he wanted to smile or pout. “How much getting to know?”
Laughing, I kissed his forehead again. “Either a date or several long phone calls to get to know you better, and then we’ll decide what kind of scene you want to do first.”
I had family commitments on Sunday, but I could get off work early next week. My job was flexible enough that we should be able to come up with a few options that would work for him.
His eyes widened and his wiggle was pure excitement. “I get to pick?”
“Within reason.” And within both of our limits, but he’d understand that. “That’s why we need to talk first.”
He nodded eagerly before a cloudy expression crossed his face. “But…”
Keegan took a deep breath and seemed to force the words out. “But I promised my mother I’d talk to other Doms.”
That’s right…
Taking a moment, I pushed my frustration away and nodded. “Yes, you did.”
Knowing her, I wasn’t going to try to talk him out of it either. He needed to keep his promises, and I didn’t want to start off on the wrong foot with her.
“Tonight we’ll hang out and talk, then you can come back another time to meet a few more people.” I just wasn’t sure I was the right person to supervise that activity. “All I’m going to ask is that you let Ben make the introductions and you don’t go any further than we have tonight before talking to me.”
His head cocked to the side curiously, so I tried to explain what I was thinking.
“As much as you fascinate me, I know you’re not mine yet and I’m not going to go all caveman on you.” That made him smile, so I relaxed a bit as I continued. “But I do want time to get to know you better and for you to get to know me before you take the next step with anyone else.”
Was that too much to ask?
Keegan was quiet for a moment before he nodded slowly. “I want to get to know you better. I want to have you pose for me and to go out on a date and to randomly text you just to get attention.”
He grinned as I chuckled and nodded approvingly at his important to-do list.
“But can I ask you for one thing tonight?” The way he was nibbling on his lips was so distracting I almost forgot to respond.
Looking away from his lips, I nodded. “Yes, scamp. What do you want?”
“A kiss?” Looking deeply into my eyes, he radiated desire and something more tender. “I want to be able to remember how good it was between us even when you’re not around.”
He was going to kill me.
“There is nothing I would love more.” Taking his lips in a slow kiss, I kept it gentle and soft as I took my time deepening it. When I finally pulled away, he’d melted against me and had to fight to catch his breath. “I’m not going to let you forget how perfect tonight has been, no matter what.”
I might not like the idea of Keegan meeting other Doms, but I wasn’t worried. There was a connection between us I knew neither of us would be able to ignore.
Chapter 3
Niall
“Red.” The little spitfire who looked vaguely familiar narrowed his gaze at Mitch and sat straighter. “That is my safeword, as well as the club’s. You are required to remove yourself from my presence.”
The princely sub didn’t seem to need the help, but I couldn’t stop myself from shifting in my seat to get a better view of the situation. Mitch wasn’t paying any attention to anything else that was going on and the little spitfire was completely focused on the prick in front of him.
Probably a good idea considering that Mitch hadn’t backed off.
“But baby, I haven’t even touched you.” Mitch shook his head, leaning back and pulling up his hands in a who-me kind of gesture. “I just wanted to get to know you a bit. I saw you the other night, and it looks like you could use a different kind of Dom since you’re all alone. It might help if you’d dressed right, baby, but that’s okay, I can see past the frumpy clothes.”
