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Post by Dare Blackwood-Hardt on May 22, 2012 13:06:18 GMT -5
"Mellowed out?" Dare echoed. He took his phone and looked down at it in his hand, waiting for the screen to turn black on its own. "Michael's too mellow as it is. He's just like... tell me what to do, tell me what to say, tell me where we're going, I don't care, I don't have any opinions."
The phone finally went black and Dare stuck it back into his pocket. "No, I don't think anything's changed but me. I was all mellowed out from Mistress V, so we didn't fight about anything."
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Post by Rhys Moreau on May 22, 2012 13:13:42 GMT -5
"I guess it's a start, though, you know?" Rhys said. "You have to start somewhere if you want to fix things, even if that somewhere is a museum where you don't even touch." His somewhere involved leather, rope, and a blindfold. By the time he was wrapped in someone's arms afterward whatever problems he had been having were usually gone.
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Post by Dare Blackwood-Hardt on May 22, 2012 13:19:37 GMT -5
"We aren't supposed to be touching anyway," Dare said. "I told you about that sensate focus thing, right? Michael said he finished the book and wanted to chuck it at the wall, then changed the subject. We didn't end up talking about it, so I guess it's still on." Not that he'd let Michael throw it out after all that hell, anyway. He still wondered what the damned therapist was thinking suggesting that a young couple married less than three years with new babies avoid touching each other for months. Like that was going to help any of the distance that had already been coming up between them.
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Post by Rhys Moreau on May 22, 2012 13:43:35 GMT -5
"Yeah if I were told to try it I'd chuck it at the wall, too," Rhys said. He had issues of his own and if the solution was to not touch Matthew then he would have turned and walked right out of the office. "Sounds like he's not too happy with it."
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Post by Dare Blackwood-Hardt on May 22, 2012 14:06:26 GMT -5
Dare shrugged. "We didn't really have to stop having any contact at all to do it," he said. "That was Michael's decision, and he was fine with it until I left." It would be ridiculous to blame the therapist. He knew how Michael got when he decided on something. He was hellishly wishy-washy, but once in a while he'd sink his teeth into something and refuse to let go.
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Post by Rhys Moreau on May 22, 2012 14:22:19 GMT -5
"You don't think he missed touching you?" Rhys asked. It was good to talk to someone, to help them with their problems. It took his mind off of any issues he might be having that would certainly be fixed as soon as he could talk to Matthew.
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Post by Dare Blackwood-Hardt on May 22, 2012 14:32:57 GMT -5
"I don't know," Dare said, slouching back into the chair. "He can go without sex forever. He's like a sex camel or something. One time takes care of him for the next month." Meanwhile, Dare was left feeling like some kind of dirty sex addict for wanting it every day. "When I was... playing sub at home, it was like, every few days maybe. Before the twins, like three times a day." He groaned at hearing himself say it out loud. "I don't know, maybe I need some kind of potion so I won't be horny all the time."
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Post by Rhys Moreau on May 22, 2012 14:36:34 GMT -5
"Well kids drastically reduce your free time, and the whole sub thing typically means less sex," Rhys reasoned. "I doubt that means he doesn't want it, though. I mean, if he's in love with you he's going to want to be with you." That was how it worked, right? But then Dare had always said Michael was a bit if a prude or something.
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Post by Dare Blackwood-Hardt on May 22, 2012 14:43:50 GMT -5
"You'd think so," Dare said, "but love doesn't equal sex. He didn't even want to have sex in the first place, he went to therapy when we were dating because I wanted it, and he wanted me to be happy."
Dare rubbed at his wrist, then pulled the cloth there straight and pushed to his feet. "I'm going to take Elouai for a walk." Go play with the dog or something. "I'll be back way before dinner, maybe make something awesome for you and Matthew." Anything not to think about this for a while.
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Post by Rhys Moreau on May 22, 2012 14:50:26 GMT -5
"I just think that it's strange for him to suddenly not want sex if you guys were having sex regularly before," Rhys said. He stood and stretched. "Go ahead, I'll be here. Sorry for...I guess being a little jumpy earlier. I'll be back to normal after a scene or two."
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Post by Dare Blackwood-Hardt on May 22, 2012 14:55:28 GMT -5
Dare bit back a reply. We had sex before because I asked for it. He gave me sex. Not that Michael hadn't obviously enjoyed it while it was happening, but it really didn't surprise him that his husband could give it up.
He'd have said it all, but Rhys taking his change of subject felt more like trying to have the last word than continuing to talk. "It's fine," he said. It wasn't fine, but Dare wasn't upset at Rhys. He was upset at himself, and maybe a little at Michael. Soon, he'd waken Elouai and headed out with her for a good, hard walk.
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