Total pages in book: 61
Estimated words: 60077 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 300(@200wpm)___ 240(@250wpm)___ 200(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 60077 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 300(@200wpm)___ 240(@250wpm)___ 200(@300wpm)
Technically yes.
“They don’t have to big hurt unless that’s what a sub likes.” Explaining that sounded odd, though. “Sometimes a sub or little likes the idea of spankings and likes to be teased, so they only get light spankings that are mostly playing pretend.”
For some reason that made him giggle. “You’re good at playing pretend.”
I was definitely missing something.
“Thank you.” His snickers said I was right, but asking felt wrong and like I was admitting defeat. “Other subs like real spankings because being bent over their Daddy’s or Dom’s lap makes them feel squirmy and good naughty.”
His giggle that time was lighter and less of an evil villain tone. “Good naughty.”
Rolling my eyes got more silly sounds from him, proving he was actually watching me, but I didn’t let it derail me from giving him a reasonable answer. He needed information to make good decisions and he needed to know I would keep my promise. “But their spanks can be light or firmer. It’s not just to hurt them, though. It’s to make them happy by the end because some brains are fun and they think spankings make people very happy.”
That was a good word for being aroused, right?
“Happy.” His adorably naughty giggles said he knew what I’d meant. “I’d want happy spanks.”
Ask?
Not ask?
Lord. Life had gotten a lot more difficult very quickly.
“Have you ever been happy spanked?” I knew some of what he hadn’t done but I wasn’t sure what he’d left out. The way he’d worded it made it sound like he’d never been spanked, but making assumptions about that might not be a good idea.
Not that it was really any of my business.
“Nope.” Bobbing his head back and forth as the background music of the movie got louder, Orlando didn’t seem nervous about answering. “Terrence said lots of subs like it, so I’m going to try it. I have to find a nice Daddy first. I promised not to do anything I don’t want to.”
He’d learned that lesson well, but I had a feeling someone should’ve given him that lecture a lot earlier. Clearly his birds and the bees lecture had left out some information on consent.
“That’s right.” Reinforcing the lesson seemed like a good idea too. Just in case. “There are a lot of things we might be curious about but we don’t have to do them unless we want to and unless we trust the person we’re with.”
Being pushy didn’t mean they got what they wanted.
“And just because someone else like a Daddy or a Dom wants to do something doesn’t mean you have to do it.” Yes, we were going to keep coming back to that. Orlando was a bit too much of a people pleaser for his own good…or his own safety. “And just because we try something once doesn’t mean we have to do it again.”
“Because sometimes we don’t like stuff.” Still wiggling and coloring, Orlando hummed softly with the TV as he wiggled his bottom side to side. “What do you don’t like?”
Good grief.
“I don’t like being tied up. I tried it one time to learn how to do it safely, but I don’t like it and I didn’t do it again.” Understatement of the year right there. “So that’s something I don’t do.”
I understood other people could enjoy it but that wasn’t something I was willing to do to a sub. Orlando made a soft, thinking sound and nodded like it made sense. “Does holding a good boy down make bad feelings?”
“No.” How much was answering questions and how much was oversharing? “There are a lot of ways a sub could escape that kind of situation, but being restrained with something like a rope is different.”
Maybe?
It was different in my reactions so that was all I was counting.
“Like when the big cousins tie you up playing cops and robbers and forget you.” Orlando sighed. “That makes big feelings too.”
His family was ridiculous.
They’d forgotten him?
How had I never heard that story?
“Yes, that can make big feelings.” Did he have big feelings? “And sometimes big feels aren’t logical, but they’re very important.”
Thankfully that got another nod from him and didn’t seem like something he had a problem processing.
“That’s why we have limits for little stuff and big stuff and that’s why subs are supposed to have lots of opinions.” I knew what was coming before he’d even finished his breath. “Terrence said so.”
How could someone be so annoying and so right at the same time?
“That’s correct.” Saying that shouldn’t have been painful but it definitely made me feel dramatic. “We can have lots of different kinds of limits, and it’s always important to explain them when you’re talking to a Daddy or a Dom.”
I really hoped he remembered that.
He nodded again, but I wasn’t sure what he was thinking. Thankfully this side of Orlando didn’t have a problem telling me exactly what was on his mind. “Yep, we tell our safewords and our limits, and Terrence told his friend if the Dom didn’t understand how to remember limits, we make him regret it.”