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Living with Darlington is a very different experience to living with anyone else that Alex has ever shared space with. With Mira, there was all kinds of attempts at rules and structure that never really worked out, while Ground Zero had been chaos of the ugliest kind. Her dorm room had been nice, the girls there for company, the sound of Mercy breathing at night. She'd never really had a chance to sleep at il Bastogne.

But here they are.

They haven't really done anything all day, just slept late and then lazed around in each other's company. She'd even managed to talk Darlington out of going for a run. Now, they're lying on the couch, their legs tangled together comfortably. Darlington's reading and Alex is idly flipping through cable channels. She nudges him with her heel against his thigh.

"Your turn to cook," she says, glancing at him.

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takecourage

"Fuck them," says Alex, brushing his dark hair back from his forehead. "But at least it got is here, right?" She smiles. "I wasn't sure if that was pushing it too far, honestly..."

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more_magic

"It got us here," he agrees--and if he thinks for now, knowing how differently it all turns out back home, it's only a distant thing, easily banished by the touch of her hand in his hair. "And it wasn't pushing too far. It was more than you'd done before, a little...more pointed, I'd suppose, but not enough to cross a line."

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takecourage

"We're still figuring that part out, I guess," she says. "How important the humiliation is, how deep you need it to go." She shifts, aware that she hasn't come but sort of enjoying the throb between her thighs.

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more_magic

"We'll get there." He says it with the confidence he already feels, the trust he has in Alex that forms the base of why they're even able to do things like this at all. It wouldn't work otherwise, or with anyone other than her. "And I have to think we'll enjoy the process of discovery, too."

Seeing the way she shifts against the bed, Danny raises one eyebrow just slightly. "Alright there, Stern?"

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takecourage

"Yeah," she says, grinning. "We've just been quite focused on you. Not that I'm complaining." She leans in and kisses him. "It's definitely a fun process."

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more_magic

Danny answers her grin with one of his own, skimming a hand along her hip as they kiss. "We can certainly remedy that during the next round. It's only fair."

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takecourage

"True," she says. "But I do like pushing to see how far I can take it. I wasn't expecting you to let me play with your ass."

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more_magic

"I wasn't expecting to let you either," he says. For a moment, it feels like a confession. "Also wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did."

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takecourage

"I feel like that's true of a lot of guys," she says. "Some macho toxic masculinity bullshit."

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more_magic

Alex names it with the kind of ease he often doesn't think he'll ever manage in his life, and it startles and impresses him in equal measure. "Something like that," he agrees. "I feel as though my grandfather would've used less...psychological terms, but the general idea's the same."

He shakes his head, one hand lifting in a brief, dismissive gesture. "Not that it's important."

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takecourage

"You're right," she says, "It doesn't matter. Especially if you're into it." She turns her head again, pressing a kiss to his temple, shifting her hips again. "I'm ready to go again if you are?"

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more_magic

She doesn't pry at any of that, doesn't ask the kind of probing questions he's come to expect from her on other topics than these, and if he's surprised by that, he's just as equally relieved. The kiss to his temple and the renewed twist of her hips serve well enough as a topic change, and he nods.

"I'd hate to leave you waiting further, Alex."

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takecourage

"So what are you going to do for me, Danny?" she asks, grinning, arching her back, a strip of bare skin between the waistband of her leggings and the sweater. "And do we need to tie you up again before we do it?"

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more_magic

The arch of her body is beautiful as always, his eyes going almost immediately to that revealed strip of skin. "Still interested in sitting on my face?" he asks, reaching over to trace a finger along her hip, the touch moving idly just beneath the hem of her sweater for a moment. "You can tie me down again for it, see how well I do just trying to get you off with my tongue."

He smirks. "Since you already suggested earlier that there's better things I could be doing with my mouth."

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takecourage

"I could definitely be interested in sitting on your face," she says, with a broad grin. "Do you want to set some limits now before we get going again?"

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more_magic

Danny thinks about that a moment, then shakes his head. "I'm still finished with being hurt tonight, but I think that's the only limit I need. I trust you."

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takecourage

"Blindfold?" she asks, stroking her fingers down the side of his face. "Or do you want to see what you're doing?"

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more_magic

"No blindfold," he says, smiling a little at the gentle stroke of her fingers. "Though it has its appeal, I want to be able to see you. As much as I can, anyway."

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takecourage

"Okay," says Alex, slipping off the bed. "On your back. Stretch out." She rummages in the box under the bed for a moment coming up with a couple of pairs of restraints.

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more_magic

Once she's gotten up, he moves, groaning a little at the aching reminder of how thoroughly she'd worked on him with the flogger. As Alex looks through the box, he stretches his arms back over his head, fingers hooking idly at the bottom of the headboard for a moment, his legs slid apart in the vulnerable, open position he knows she likes to see.

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takecourage

Alex fixes his ankles first, one attache to each of the bottom corners of the bed, before dealing with his wrists, one at a time, securing him tightly so that he's spread-eagled across the mattress.

"How does that feel?"

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more_magic

Alex spreads him open further, tying him down tight, and though he goes through his usual ritual of testing out the strength of the restraints Danny knows he's not going anywhere. The helplessness settles in him, and he lets out a faintly shaky breath.

"It's good, Alex," he says, looking up at her. "Exactly what I need."

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takecourage

"Good," she says. "And I think I remember you saying you wanted me to play with your ass more, didn't you? Or did I imagine that part."

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more_magic

Of course she'd bring it up again now, when all he can do is take what he's given, whatever she decides he needs. His stomach flips, and he has to swallow hard before he nods. "You didn't imagine it," he says. "I want you to."

It's not the full request, and though he knows it, he has to struggle a bit with himself before he clarifies. "I want you to play with my ass more, Alex. Please."