“That’s nice of you.” Shelby kept moving but it felt like he was ready to wrap himself around me and sink into a scene. “I’ve got a list of things you can take over when you’re ready for more.”
Of course he did. “That’s very helpful, good boy.”
Oh, someone liked that.
The shiver that raced through him hit so hard his legs wobbled and he tightened his grip on me. Before I could ask how he felt, he let out another shaky breath. “Do it again. Please. Say it, I mean.”
Brat.
“Yes, that’s much more polite.” I turned my head and barely brushed my lips under his ear. “You’re my good boy.”
His lids drooped and he looked almost drunk as he melted a little more into me. “I…I didn’t know how much I’d like that.”
“It’s because you know good boys get rewards from their Doms and they get taken care of.” I’d take care of him if he werea brat too, but if he liked being good that would make keeping him healthy and happy a lot easier. “Are you ready to be my good boy and let me tie you up?”
He moaned as another shiver fired through him. “I…I like being tied up.”
“I’m going to make you feel so good. I’m going to wrap the ropes around you and completely suspend you. Then once I have you restrained and displayed so perfectly, I’m going to make you come.” It wasn’t a hard skill to learn, so I wasn’t sure why he hadn’t found more guys in general who were into it.
While he was an omega, Shelby didn’t need an alpha and didn’t have a lot of strong feelings about secondary genders in general, but he loved being restrained and needed a Dom. He was not as hard to please as he seemed to think but he had terrible luck when it came to dating.
“Suspend?” When he managed to straighten and turn toward me, excited hope was radiating from him. “Displayed? You…you decided?”
“Yes.” Keeping things simple, I nodded and gave him the shortest answer I thought would work. “I decided.”
Shelby took in another deep breath and let it out slowly. “You won’t let anything bad happen. You’re my helper.”
“That’s right.” I’d cleaned up the problems that happened before I’d met him and then kept bad things from happening after that. “I keep you safe outside and I’ll keep you safe in the club. But there’s also Austin who’s going to be watching and Silas.”
There was no way they could control themselves long enough to stay away.
“They only let safe people in here and I’ve helped them make every call. If I don’t like someone, they don’t get in.” Period. “If they make me nervous, then we watch them but no one here today hasevermade me nervous. I made sure of that.”
It was remarkably easy to fuck with someone’s plans enough that they had to rearrange their day.
Oops.
Shelby smiled, understanding what I meant without my having to spell it out. “You’re a really good helper.”
“Thank you, Shelby.” Kissing his cheek, I stepped back just enough to make sure he could see the room. “But I want you to remember that all the people here are just as interesting as you are in one way or another. They might be a pup or want one. They might want a Daddy or Mommy. They might really like spanking people.”
Reality faded a little from his eyes as he smiled and nodded, understanding what all of those terms meant from the research I’d helped him with. “Everyone is interesting and I…I won’t stand out.”
“Oh, I’m going to make sure every eye is on my boy, but no, you won’t stand out in the way you mean.” He was chatty, touch starved, and liked to make people happy. But how he managed to be the most interesting person in the room always confused me because he was so much more normal than most of the people I knew, it was ridiculous.
His smile widened and he gave me a quiet giggle. “For a helper who likes to stay behind the scenes, you like making me stand out.”
“Yes.” I shrugged as he let out another happy sound. “I like showing off my toys, not sharing them. There’s a difference.”
And I was just the one who was going to make Shelby stand out, so it wasn’t about me.
After the scene, if anyone could pick my face out of a lineup, I’d be surprised. Shelby’s pleasure would be the only thing they would remember.
“I’m your toy.” He seemed to think that was cute or adorable in some way based on his grin and the way he was shaking his head, but I got a sweet kiss on the cheek as he cuddled up against me again. “I’m ready to be played with, Sir.”
We were both ready for that and had been for a while.
“Then it’s time to decorate my toy.” And it was time to see what he’d packed in his bag. “I didn’t peek, so I’m very curious about what you have.”
