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The feeling it evoked in my chest was unfamiliar. Uncomfortable.

Sadly, I couldn’t ignore Sergio forever.

Tony

I would love to see you on speech restriction sometime, but it’s not needed. I trust your Daddy can handle you if it comes to that.

I scratched behind my ear, rereading the answer. The sentiment was true, but I kept overthinking these things lately.Would I have answered the same, in the same tone, if it wasn’t Sergio? I knew our talk hadn’t solved all the history between us—it hadn’t even scratched the surface—and it didn’t leave me confident when it came to how I interacted with him. Should I treat him like any other sub in the club who had consented to a certain level of protocol and reverence with the rest of the members? Was that what I was doing, or was I still reacting to the shame and the anger that came from being around him?

The answers to that introspection got shoved to the background when I noticed the bubbles that showed Sergio was typing. Of course he’d answer right away even when I’d left him on read for hours.

Sergio

Boo!!!

(but also yay!)

but what if I think you’re being too rough on Jaime or something? I will speak up if I think they’re in pain

just fyi

that’s why Daddy threatened me with the speech restriction, I think, because he thinks I’m biased

which, I’m not, necessarily?

I think?

I mean, you’ve never spanked me

(THAT’S NOT AN INVITATION)

I scratched my jaw. The boy really was a bundle of energy. I liked it when my subs had stamina, and a sunnier disposition than I did, but Sergio went beyond that.

Tony

I would hope they’re in pain.

Boy, you’ve been spanked before. Pain is part of it.

But you can speak up and check in with Jaime if you (and your Daddy) think it’s needed.

I reread that answer, too. It was what I would’ve told anyone else. I understood Sergio would be unpredictably protective of the people closest to him. The fact that he didn’t have an ounce of self-preservation didn’t help.

Sergio

Deal!!

PS: i’m going to go meet a bunch of cats now, but Jaime *really, really, really* likes it when you play with their hair after a scene. i don’t know why they’re never upfront about it, but it’s a thing

Tony

Thank you, boy.

I wasn’t going to ask about the cats, and I wasn’t going to play with Jaime’s hair without talking with them about it first. I wasn’t thanking Sergio for bringing it up. I was thanking him for making the effort, I supposed.

It sounded lame to my own two ears.

I needed to do something about this energy that kept taking hold of me.