[As those calves hook him in a surer loop, he shifts in his kneeling position, Cy's heels settling at the lower slope of his back in a warm and steadying press.]
Both of those are good. I don't have a preference. [If the dark-eyed, focused way he gazes up at Cy is indicative, posture angled before an altar of worship.] ... I like how you use slut to make me feel as though I belong to you.
[He's picking through Cy's suggestions carefully, one at a time.]
But not those other words. I don't know how I'd react. [Weak and pathetic — they take him somewhere else, a tilt into a realm colored by worse memory. To explain:] I've been called them before, so the associations I have are... mostly negative. I think, in another context, it might be all right. When power and subjugation are part of the 'scene', as you called it. But not for this.
[The flush of his cheeks is a bit hotter, then, at the final thought.]
no subject
Both of those are good. I don't have a preference. [If the dark-eyed, focused way he gazes up at Cy is indicative, posture angled before an altar of worship.] ... I like how you use slut to make me feel as though I belong to you.
[He's picking through Cy's suggestions carefully, one at a time.]
But not those other words. I don't know how I'd react. [Weak and pathetic — they take him somewhere else, a tilt into a realm colored by worse memory. To explain:] I've been called them before, so the associations I have are... mostly negative. I think, in another context, it might be all right. When power and subjugation are part of the 'scene', as you called it. But not for this.
[The flush of his cheeks is a bit hotter, then, at the final thought.]
I'm willing to try it. You own them already?