Well, as long as I didn’t fuck it up beyondwhat Keegan seemed to naturally be able to fix.
But since it wasn’t fair to put him in thatposition forever, I knew that their politely guilted suggestion about therapyhad some merit, even if it was simply about finding better ways for Julian and meto communicate.
Pushing the darker thought out of my headthat wanted to crowd back in, I focused on the men in front of me. This wasgoing to be a good test of Julian’s and my newfound resolve to be grown-upswhen we were dealing with each other.
With Keegan blindfolded and the headphonessoon to go on, he wasn’t going to be able to help if we started driving eachother insane.
Julian finally noticed I was back andlooked over, smiling before mouthing a greeting. “Perfect timing.”
As he stood, I walked over as quietly as Icould and nodded. He’d done a wonderful job restraining Keegan, but now it wastime for the next step. Crouching down behind Keegan, I spoke softly as Iplaced the ball in his right hand.
“Now, if you need to stop the scene, whatdo you do?”
He took a second and did his best to answersimply and clearly. “If I need to stop the scene, I can say red or I can dropthe ball.”
“Very good.” Stroking his arms, I smiled ashe shivered and the ball shifted just enough for me to hear the bell moving. Itwas heavy enough that it wouldn’t go off at the slightest movement but itwasn’t silent either.
“What do you do if you need us to slow thescene down?” I had to smile as he took a deep breath.
“If I need to slow the scene down, I cansay yellow or I can shake the ball.” He must have known what was coming nextbecause he tightened his grip on the toy and gave it a firm shake. “Like this.”
“That’s right.” I didn’t think we’d doanything that would push him too far—we were mostly aiming to reduce his stressand to help him find subspace—but as wound up as he was, anything was possible.“We’re going to put noise-canceling headphones on you now. You’ll hear softmusic in the background, but you shouldn’t hear anything else.”
“Yes, Master.”
“I want you to hold out on your orgasm aslong as possible, but I’m not going to tell you when to come. Just show us whata good boy you are.” He let out a dramatic sigh as Julian nodded his agreementand tried not to laugh.
“Yes, Master.” That one came out much morefrustrated than his first polite reply, but Julian was so entertained by itthat I couldn’t punish the cheeky brat.
As I reached for my phone and connected theheadset, Julian brought it closer so we could make sure the music was playingsoftly before the headphones were put into place. When Keegan was closed off ina world of soft music and sensations, his shoulders relaxed and some of thetension on his face eased, I focused on Julian.
“I’m sorry that was so stressful for youboth.” He started to shake his head, but I cut him off before he could pretendnothing had bothered him. “No, I can only guess how hard it was and I don’twant to talk about it now, but I want you to know that I get it and thank you.”
He smiled, slowly lowering his guard as heleaned in and gave me a quick, tender peck. “Any time.”
Needing to mentally step away from theheavy conversation from earlier, I smiled and looked down at our boy. “I’m notsure he’ll last if I dawdle, so no more seriousness.”
Julian chuckled, but I saw a knowing lookin his eyes that said he was okay with me changing the subject. “I’d have toagree. He was so wound up on the drive over, I wasn’t sure if he would justrandomly orgasm or crash and fall asleep.”
I had to grin. “Let’s aim for orgasm.”
“Deal.” Julian looked over at the toys I’dbrought down. “What’s your plan?”
We were doing so well I didn’t want to fuckthings up here, so I mentally took a step back and made sure I was thinking ofhim as Dom Julian. “Let me know if you have another idea. But I was thinkingabout varying the sensations he was getting so he wouldn’t know what to expect.With the right rhythm, I think he could slide into subspace and then we go fromthere.”
Julian nodded. “I think that’s a goodidea.”
“Ready?” We hadn’t coordinated like thisbefore, but it felt right to see him pick up a crop and turn to Keegan.
“Yes.” He smiled, stroking the length ofit. “He’ll know what it is, and it’s going to drive him crazy for me to begentle with it.”
I chuckled quietly, picking up the flogger.“I think a bit of frustration is just what he needs to clear his head.”
With both of us in agreement, we quicklyworked out the details and decided that Julian would start on his front and Iwould begin behind him. But first, we had a bit of teasing to do. Trailing thelong, soft strands of the flogger along his body as I slowly circled him, I sawKeegan suck in a breath and seem to have to fight the urge to lean toward me asI continued the slow caresses.
Letting him get used to the soft touch, Ikept circling him, aiming for an almost hypnotic effect. As I continued, Ilooked over at Julian, who seemed to find simply watching relaxing, and spokequietly. “Did he talk to you again about that tentacle fantasy? He was textingme the other day asking what kind of camera I had because he didn’t think hiswas good enough to record us in video.”
Julian’s whole body shook as he tried notto laugh. “Sorry, that’s my fault. I completely spaced on why he needed abetter camera and thought he needed it for the shoot we’re doing. I told him toask you.”
