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Jacob had took Ashley's silence as nothing more than sleepiness. He smiled gently at Ashley as he lay there with the sleeping man in his arms. Over the night he wondered if this would work and hoped that it would, he didn't want Andrew touching Ashley again. He didn't plan to sleep that night, he was too sore to think Alex would thank him and he had things to do tomorrow.
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Ashley slept well through the night and into morning, waking with a gentle groan as he uncurled his body and stretched out, his back popping a few times. "Morning." He mumbled, licking his lips as he moved to sit up and stretch his arms over his head with a yawn and rub at his eyes gently.
He blinked a few times when he realized Jacob must have stayed up all night when he hadn't been woken by Alex waking up. "Jacob? You didn't sleep, did you! You'll wear yourself out." He scolded, pouting a bit. Ash knew part of the reason though, Alex wouldn't have been happy at all to wake up next to him, naked and beaten in a place he didn't want to be. He sighed and smiled a little bit though. "Should... I make some coffee?" |
Jacob smiled a little tiredly as he watched Ashley wake up. He slid his hand lightly over Ashley's side as he stretched. "I don't think Alex would appreciate a battered body.." Jacob said in way of explanation to the scold lips twitching in an amused way as he sat up to lean in and pressed his lips to Ashley's. "You're beautiful to watch anyhow."
Stretching a bit he worked out the kinks that had built over the night. "My body is used to running on end anyhow, right? Just my mind is tired." "That would be nice though." He said at the mention of coffee. |
"I know." He replied softly, smiling gently at Jacob, though perhaps a bit sad about his lover's condition. When Jacob agreed about coffee, he smiled a bit brighter and got up after leaning in for a brief little peck on his lips.
He didn't bother to get dressed first, just taking the few steps to the kitchenette and he filled the coffee machine with water, changed the filter and put fresh ground coffee in it and hit the power button, walking back into the bathroom with his crutch so he could brush his teeth and brush his hair, washing his face off. He looked at the collar, felt over it and pushed it up a little to look under to make sure the skin beneath it was really okay before letting it settle on his neck again. When he was done in the bathroom, he moved to dress in clean clothes, grabbing his phone and wallet up and checking the time again. He had time for coffee and toast, returning to the kitchenette so he could put some nearly-too-old-bread he had in his fridge int he toaster, looking the piece over for signs of mold, finding none, beforehand. "Try not to wear yourself out too much... okay? I'll try and be home at a decent time tonight."He said as he fixed himself a cup of coffee when it was finished making it, getting a cup for Jacob too. "How do you like your coffee?" |
Jacob watched Ashley move around the studio apartment in the nude. He smiled as he watched his love and with a small sigh he converted the futon back into a couch while Ashley was in the bathroom getting ready for work. He smiled sadly realizing just how much his life is affected by Alex now, his second personality stopped him from being able to wake up with Ashley. He wondered idly how he'd be able to manage a job with a proper time schedule if Jacob woke up only when Alex had gone to sleep.
He smiled at Ashley standing in the Kitchener as he heard the man talking to him. Biting his lip he nodded some and sighed. "Just black." |
Ashley nodded and poured a cup for Jacob and brought it to the man before returning to the kitchen area to get his toast and drink his coffee, glancing at the time once more. He was nervous about going to work, how would the day go? He'd have to find out when he got there, he supposed.
Finishing his coffee, he rinsed the cup and looked at his lover, toast wrapped in a napkin, partially eaten now. "I should probably get going... So I don't have to stay late for getting there late." |
Thanking Ashley he smiled still a bit tiredly. He hoped he was right about Andrew obeying the laws of his own lifestyle and leave the other man alone for anything not work related. Taking a sip of his coffee he decided to let it get to work at bringing his mind up to speed with his body. Nodding a bit as he glanced at the time. "Call me if Andrew gives you any trouble.."
Jacob wouldn't mind hearing from Ashley even if there was no trouble,or even just to exclaim that it worked so he wouldn't have to worry so much, but he didn't want to distract Ashley from his job any more than he already had. Setting the coffee down though he walked over to Ashley wanting to say goodbye properly. Taking Ashley's chin in his hand he tilted the man's head up and kissed him thoroughly. "Take care of yourself." |
"Okay. I will."He replied about callinghim if Andrew caused any problems. Ashely looked up as Jacob approached, letting him tiphis head back and he pressed into the kiss. When Jacob pulled back to speak again, the smaller man was a little flushed, and he smiled, using his free hand to touch his companion's cheek so carefully. "You too, hun. Don't worry too much about me today, I'm sure.. things will be fine." He tried to reassure his companion, smiling at him warmly.
"I'd better get going. I'll try and call you a little later when I get lunch. If I get a lunch today." He grabbed his toast up again and slid towards the door to head out for the day and make his way to the office by foot, as usual. "See you tonight." He hoped, he wanted to spend more and more time at home now, sleeping with Jacob was nicer than sleeping on his office's couch every night. He was gone minutes later, and it only took him ten minutes to get to the office building and he headed up to his office for the day. He got strange looks, people noticed his collar and it made him blush. Of course people would notice, it wasn't like his wardrobe changed very often. |
Jacob turned away from the door with a small sigh. He moved to get washed up and dressed. Finding a piece of paper and pen he began to work out the basics of a contract as he finished off his coffee and started a second. The work was slow, he was realizing just how little he remembered about when he was told about the contracts and what they consisted of. He was definitely going to have to see Max that day. Another thing that slowed his work was that he was worrying, he didn't know what rules Andrew would listen if he could listen to the actual law of the entire country.
Andrew had gotten into work late, stiff from yesterday's fight with Jacob. He ignored the looks some managed to give him when they noticed the bruises that were visible. He didn't walk to his office but Ashley's meaning to ask the younger man how Jacob had learned of the secret relationship. Stopping in the doorway though he stared at the curly haired brunette and the collar he now sported. Furrowing his eyebrows he stepped in without announcing himself and closed the door behind him. "Following punk fashion now?" Andrew asked cautiously. He knew the craftsmanship was far better than the punk knock-offs just by looking at it. He'd been startled to see the man wear a collar that would signify the man as someone's sub.. Jacob barely knew anything about Lifestyle though he knew, he wondered what that motivation was about. |
Ashley blinked as he heard his door clicked closed and he turned with the toast still between his lips, working on taking a bite out of the slice. "Mph?" He frowned and bit the piece off, chewing it slowly as he watched his co-worker and took in his matching beat up look that his lover at home also sported.
"Not quite." He retorted gently once he didn't have a mouthful of bread. He wondered what Andrew would say, or do? Setting the toast on his desk, his cheeks flushed a bit as he turned to face the older man, looking up at him curiously. He looked unsure of something, maybe of Andrew, but he didn't look like he was about to tell the man to go away and leave him alone. "...Jacob got it for me. We ... we talked last night. And he thinks--we think.. it'll be better like this." he managed out, chewing on his lower lip a bit as his fingers touched the collar and rubbed along the edge slowly. |
A look that could only be described as disappointment flitted through Andrew's eyes as he looked down at the seated man. Running his fingers through his own dark curls he gave a small shake of the head not sure what to make of this new predicament. Stepping forward he eyed the collar, touching it delicately with his fingers, some skin brushed skin for a moment before he stepped away nodding, looking a little impressed at the collar.
"Did he explain the Lifestyle to you?" Andrew asked in a forced calm voice moving to sit on the sofa. If anyone had looked in they might think he was questioning the alteration to the dress code as a supervisor. |
Ashley watched Andrew, and he could see that disappointment on his face. He couldn't believe how much that look hurt him, furrowing his brow a bit more as Andrew approached him, shivering with the brief contact of his skin against his own. Ashley wanted the sensation to linger longer, but Andrew retreated to the couch instead, and he could tell the man would honor the rules.
"He... kind of has. He's trying." He replied quietly, watching Andrew still as he heard how he forced himself to keep calm. "Andrew...-" He started, but he didn't know what to say, closing his lips tight for a moment as he leaned back into the chair and toyed with his collar idly. |
"It's an unequal relationship Ash," Andrew said quietly knowing he could probably help the younger man in explaining better than Jacob had. His voice was kind, even if he knew he'd lost the battle for Ash as soon as the man had donned the collar for Jacob. "It could be explained very much in the terms of a Master and Slave relationship. There's rules to keep the slave from being injured. Many who jump into the relationship fail to realize this.. many have hurt their submissives past breaking point because of it."
"People who were like me before I learned.." Andrew said in a quieter voice his gaze faltering to look away from Ashley. "Some stronger couples do push it so far to seem it as so.. like when I had .. raped you. I'm sorry.. about that.." His gaze flitted back to Ashley, his eyes falling on the collar. "I'd tried to make amends to you by showing you I could be kinder, even if I took the asshole approach to it.." "Jacob though I know is better than that," Andrew said when he realized he might have been taken as accusing Jacob to begin abusing Ash. He just wanted to make sure the man would understand to make rules before things got too far. Wetting his lips with his tongue, he cared about Ashley and though he wasn't going to step in Jacob's territory no longer he was still making certain the younger man understood what he was getting into. "Jacob could ask anything of you and you'd have to bow to his will, from sex to day to day living.. If he wished he could share you with others as long as he watched and he could punish you if you displease him. Most enter the relationships as subs if they're serious about it and learn to be Dom's from their Dom if they ever end up out of the relationship. It'll be new territory for Jacob.. so keep talking about it with him.. set up rules and safe words." Andrew sighed and looked up at Ashley once more, he had paused to catch his breath realizing he'd given Ashley advice without asking. He knew Jacob had little knowledge and didn't think it would hurt to let Ashley learn from his knowledge either. He paused to let Ashley speak if the man had anything to say, even so much as telling him off for taking Jacob's job in explaining it to him. |
Ashley was surprised to get an educational lecture from the man. Part of him expected him to leave him hanging with little knowledge to work through the early kinks of their new relationship. He listened with obvious interest however, he wanted to know what Andrew had to tell him.
Hurt? He was nervous for the moment, he knew Jacob would never harm him on purpose, but if things ever got out of hand--the more he thought about it the more it occurred to him that it could possibly be a very rough learning trip for his lover and he since Jacob was almost as new at this as he was. His train of thought was derailed as Andrew mentioned the rape and he blushed a bright red as the man apologized. That was something he'd been waiting for for all those years. He'd not have lived in fear of him if he'd said those words before! Andrew got his attention back when he said Jacob's name, looking at the man with slightly murky eyes. He was fighting back the tears, blinking them away quickly as he looked away from Andrew and continued to listen to the man's words. The man did manage to ease his worries about Jacob, and answered a question in his mind about how much control Jacob could have over him--he didn't mind. He quite preferred it that way. He wasn't too worried about Jacob's ability to share him with others, the man was so possessive, he couldn't see him allowing someone else to touch him. When it was evident that Andrew was done talking, Ashley swallowed slowly and thought for a moment, like he didn't know what to say yet. "You... A..You apologized.." he managed to whisper, his voice almost too quiet for the amount of space between them. He felt tears slip down his cheeks and he quickly tried to rub them away. "...Thank you." He said a little louder, those two toned eyes watching Andrew now. "He... He explained most of that--but you made it a lot clearer." He added to clarify he wasn't thanking him just for apologizing, though that's what had been in his head when he'd said it. He had to admit to himself that he wished he hadn't taken that collar, the way Andrew looked at him now, and he realized that Andrew had wanted him for himself as well, what was he supposed to do when there were two men who didn't want to share him? And he liked them both! But all he could think of was Andrew-sex with Andrew, and just time spent with him. |
Andrew had spotted those tears in Ashley's eyes and those that fell. He bit his lip as Ashley thanked him for the apology and the information. Sighing he stood up and knelt down at Ashley's feet, the first man he'd done so to in a long while. He had hurt Ash in the past and he was afraid to face up to it for all these years. He'd reasoned the man probably hadn't wanted it to be brought up again, for him to move on, but it didn't stop him from seeing the fear Ash had of him.
"I'm sorry for hurting you Ash," he told the man with meaning once more. "I.. I know I'm definitely off limits to you now.. but I hope we could be friends at least.." Looking up at Ashley was different, but he wanted to apologize properly, and this is how he knew. It hurt that he had to give up Ashley now, but perhaps it wouldn't be so bad if they were only friends. If anything he could help Ashley understand Lifestyle, and Jacob through Ash. "Even.. if not. If you have questions about it.. you can come to me." |
Ashley watched Andrew approach with a furrowed brow, a bit confused at first until he saw him kneeling before him. He listened to him apologize again, letting him finish before he slowly slid his hands through Andrew's hair and then his fingers pressed against the man's lips, but he didn't make any further moves.
"I... I would like to be friends, Andrew... I'd like that a lot." He had to bite his tongue to keep himself from telling Andrew how he felt, that wouldn't be fair at this point, because he wasn't going to walk away from Jacob after all the effort they put forth just to get to this point. He had to at least give them a chance, no matter how much he wanted to be with Andrew at the moment. "Stand up.. please.. It's not right--you lower than me like this--though I appreciate it. I never.. thought you'd apologize." He whispered the last bit, smiling a little more at Andrew as he slid his hands down to the man's shoulders and pulled his touch back so he wasn't tempted to go any further than those gentle little touches. |
Andrew could feel what Ashley was restraining to tell him through the touches but he wasn't going to say anything. Catching a hand in his he gave it the faintest of kisses, silently telling him he would still be there if things didn't work out with Jacob. He smiled a little at Ashley glad the man was wanting to be friends with him at least.
"I.. was ashamed of myself.. I still am," Andrew said slowly, he stood up as requested and looked down at Ashley once more. Biting his lip he moved to sit down on the couch again. "Since .. you hadn't even reported me.. I had thought you didn't want to bring it up..." |
"I didn't want to lose my job, you know...? You outrank me, even to this day, and back then, I was just an intern. I figured they wouldn't want to lose someone as good as you over some highschool kid, and I couldn't afford risking it." He explained slowly, smiling gently at the man on the couch. His cheeks had flushed at the kiss to his hand, understanding the meaning of it, and he'd felt a lot more comforted knowing he'd have someone there to catch him if things went sour with Jacob. Again.
"Don't be ashamed.. not anymore." He replied softly, getting up and going over to Andrew slowly, sitting beside him on the couch. The couch he'd been raped on back then, but now it wasn't so scary as it had been before, the idea of sittng there on the same couch with his rapist. "You apologized, and... and you showed me something really wonderful, Andrew..." |
Andrew sighed nodding some in understanding, the company probably would have done that, but Andrew could have gone to jail for it anyhow. He shifted on the couch to look at Ashley feeling better that he had apologized now and Ashley did still want to be friends after everything. His hand rested on Ashley's knee briefly before he remembered and quickly drew it away, he shouldn't be trying for Ashley anymore.
He fidgeted now that he had nothing to do fighting off the urge to show just how thankful he was for Ash forgiving him for the crime he'd done. He didn't know what else to say as his gaze flickered to the floor uncertainly. |
Ashley blinked at the hand on his knee, and looked at Andrew when it retreated, sighing silently. This was so hard for both of them it seemed. When things went so silent, he wasn't sure what to say, or do. They'd seemed to have done everything verbal they wanted, and he could feel the tension between their bodies, the yearning to express themselves physically as well.
After a few more moments, he sighed and shifted, leaning in closer to give Andrew's cheek a nice, gentle kiss. "I need to get some work done, Andrew." He whispered against his skin, pulling away slowly as he breathed in that familiar scent. |
Andrew bit his lip a bit startled at the gentle kiss but he smiled at the man finally remembering that they were both at work and should be doing that, not working through personal problems. Clearing his throat he nodded and stood up finally if only to do something as he approached the door. "If you need to talk don't be afraid to ask.." With that the man left and retreated to his own office only to realize he'd forgotten to ask how it was Jacob had found out.. it was all a bit too late anyhow and it would only push the matter that they couldn't continue with the odd relationship they had shared.
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He smiled and nodded as Andrew told him to talk to him if he ever needed to. That wouldn't be a problem, he would probably approach Andrew just to talk as friends anyway. When he was alone, Ashley rested his head on his desk for a few minutes. He didn't know what to do now. He'd just have to ride it all out he supposed, it would go one way or the other, either way was good for him, right? In the long run.
After a few minutes, Ashley picked up his cell and called his lover, as he'd planned once he knew what Andrew would do. He was hurting so much right then, seeing how sad Andrew was to give him up and just stand in the sideline. |
Jacob watched Ashley smirking a bit at the rising blush that spread across Ashley's cheeks. An amused look crossed Jacob's face as he looked at Ashley questioned the small egg shaped vibe. The brunette was truly innocent before Jacob, and he was only corrupting him more it seemed. He nuzzled against Ashley's neck nipping at his ear teasingly as he told him in a low voice. "To be nestled against your prostate and when I turn it on.." Jacob reached for the remote that came with it flicking the switch and listened to the hum as the vibrations started.
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Ashley looked at the toy and gasped a little bit at the nibble, his cheeks keeping that steady blush as he told him what it was for. That sounded... wonderful, and torturous. Making a gentle noise, he dropped the toy when it was turned on, catching it against his leg and he trembled. "Nh!" His hands scrambled to pick it back up and shut it off, looking at Jacob with and embarrassed expression on his face.
"What... what'd you come up with on the contract?" He managed out after a moment, slidng the toys back into the bag to set them aside. |
Jacob grinned at Ashley chuckling more at the man's reaction to everything, it would be fun teaching Ashley the art of sex much farther than they've already gone. Drawing the paper back to him he held it out for Ashley to read, wetting his lips with his tongue suddenly nervous. He was great with talking about the things he knew about, but he became nervous when it was something that he was still learning as well.
He sat in silence as Ashley read, he himself hadn't signed it yet. It was more of a 'Rights' than a contract but it was called contract for ease of understanding that the Dom had to follow them. Quote:
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