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"You just keep telling yourself that, Mischa. Let's get
you home."
The cool air outside the club helped sober Mischa
enough that he walked reasonably straight with only a
little help. Andy still went with them, waiting until Tom
had put the drunken Dom securely into the car.
"That'll teach me to order my Dom to drink! I guess it
came as a surprise that the meanest Dom around can't
hold his liquor." Tom shook his head overbearingly.
Then he got serious.
"Take care of yourself, Andy, okay? Promise me you
won't play with people who aren't good for you."
Andy blinked. Was it that simple? He suddenly had a
lot of unanswered questions.
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But Mischa had started singing, and Tom looked
alarmed. "I really have to put an end to that. Sorry, we
have to talk again some other day. Ask Toby for my
number and call me, okay?"
Andy nodded, and he couldn't help grinning when
Tom opened the car door and something that sounded
like Russian was belted out by Mischa. The last thing he
heard was Tom's muttered "Jesus!" before Mischa's sub
closed the door and took off.
Andy stood back on the sidewalk, staring after the car
without really seeing it.
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CK was fastening the bindings to the padded table in
his playroom. Andy was going to be here soon, and CK
could just as well do the preparations in advance; that
way, he would have more time with his sub.
His very sexy sub. The man had gone straight into
subspace last weekend, and Andy had been grounded
and confident afterward. Happy. Even now, CK's heart
leaped at the thought. He had never met anyone like
Andy before, and he hadn't thought that he would be
able to get the cautious sub so far in such a short period
of time.
Andy had wanted another scene right away, but CK
had refused. Getting a crush on your Dom was a normal
reaction after a good scene, and CK didn't want to take
advantage of the rush Andy had experienced,
particularly after their previous scene. Having a week
between seeing each other gave Andy time to think
about what had happened and to work with that.
Except that they hadn't really had a week between
seeing each other. It had been a coincidence that CK ran
into Andy on the street last Wednesday, but since they
had seen each other, it would have been downright
impolite not to say hello, wouldn't it? They had been
talking on the street corner for more than half an hour
before CK felt his stomach rumble and noticed how
hungry he was.
"Hey, I'm starving. Do you want to go catch some
food?"
Andy had seemed crestfallen, and for a moment, CK
worried how his offer could be that unacceptable.
"But I'm in my work clothes! I'm filthy!" Andy
pointed at his clothes.
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CK skeptically eyed the pale gray trousers with the
little streak of varnish on one leg. Andy didn't exactly
look as if he had been mud wrestling.
"No, you're not. And we're not going to L'Espalier;
there's a diner around the corner that I like."
Andy was about to protest again when CK continued.
"But of course, if you don't want to have dinner with
me..." CK winked, taking the edge off his offended
remark.
"Of course I do! I mean..." The big carpenter
bordered on being cute when he was as flustered as he
was now.
CK decided to take mercy on Andy. At least that was
what he told himself he was doing when he dragged his
reluctant dinner partner around the corner to the diner.
Andy calmed down when he saw how informal the
place was, and they had a really nice time. The food was
good, and Andy easily kept up his part of the
conversation. It was good to see the relaxed man from
their first meeting again; Andy outside of the scene was
both confident and interesting to talk to. Time flew by,
and CK was almost reluctant to say goodbye when they
were standing on the street afterward. CK looked
around.
"Damn. Too many people. I'll have to wait to kiss
you until Saturday. I'll see you around two, right?"
Andy's eyes were trained on CK's lips, seeming
completely unable to see any problem with kissing in
the middle of the street. Then he nodded a bit
reluctantly. "I'll be there. I'm really looking forward to
it." Then he looked a little sheepish and waved goodbye
as he turned and went in the opposite direction.
CK stubbornly refused to listen to the little voice
telling him that it might not only be the sub who had a
crush. CK had spent an inordinately long time thinking
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about what he would do with Andy this weekend,
wondering what would be the best way to push Andy
further down the road to recovering from whatever
previous events were haunting Andy.
There was no doubt in CK's mind that Andy's earlier
experiences were the key to his cautious behavior, and
today, CK intended to find out more about the man.
Hence the cuffs.
CK pulled them a couple of times, making sure that
they would hold even a big guy like Andy. He didn't
expect Andy to like this half as much as the man had
liked the harness, but CK needed to know more about
his sub before they took this any further.
The doorbell rang, and CK let go of the cuffs and cast
a last glance at the room. Everything was as it should be,
and he went to open the door.
"CK! Hi." Andy was smiling, looking so happy that
CK grinned back at him.
"Hi, yourself. Come on in. I think I owe you
something."
Andy looked curious and stepped inside. "Yeah?
What do you owe... Oh." His words were cut off when
CK pushed him back against the door, taking his mouth
in a very thorough kiss.
CK had meant the kiss as a means to getting Andy
ready for what they were going to do, a little loosening
up. Andy was definitely responsive when CK finally
came back up for air, panting and grinding against him.
CK admonished himself for losing himself so much in
what they were doing, but then he soothed his
conscience with the fact that they hadn't really started
their scene. He wasn't really in Dom mode yet.
"So, now we're even." Okay, that sounded unbearably
smug, even to himself.
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Andy didn't seem to mind, though. He still sounded
out of breath when he protested. "I think you might owe
me just a little more kissing. I'm not sure that was adeq...
Ow!"
Andy rubbed his buttock where CK had slapped him
none too gently.
"Get moving, brat." CK didn't quite manage the
growl, and Andy grinned, thoroughly unperturbed. He
only paused to kick off his shoes before he hurried to the
playroom. CK chuckled; someone really cared for the
state of those freshly treated floors. Then CK followed
him to the playroom.
Andy stopped inside the door. "What do you want me
to do?" His body was relaxed and he was looking
directly at CK. It was a far cry from the apprehensive
reticence he had shown before, and CK appreciatively
let a hand slide over his body. The muscles under CK's
hand were loose, and there was a visible bulge in Andy's
pants.
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