"Yeah, um, I.. I think I'd like that," he says, smiling, and it's getting a little easier to talk about it, now the subject's been broached. He's still just generally a little resistant to ask for things when it comes to bedroom activities, but if she's asking him for his opinion on stuff, then yeah.
"Or, you know, to the bedposts or something." He says it like it's an off-hand suggestion, but it's also pretty clear that this is not the sort of subject where he would just make off-hand suggestions without having thought about it.
"We can do that too," she says, craning her neck a bit to look at the bedposts of the bed they're in. "Ties might not be long enough. We might want to consider rope."
She says that in part to off-handedly broach the subject of rope, since it strikes her as being a lot more intimidating than silk neckties.
Theoretically there shouldn't be a difference, but rope definitely implies a certain forethought and intention, whereas neckties is easier to mentally dismiss as some impulsive playfulness. It's a little intimidating, but not overwhelmingly so.
"I, uh," he starts, licking his lips. "I actually have done some of this before. With Michelle," he shares. "Not often, but.. a few times. Except then I was the one who was.. I dunno, in charge, I guess you'd say."
She'd asked, and of course he'd obliged. She hadn't offered to do it for him, and it hadn't really occurred to him to ask. Not from her.
"I see," she says with a soft smile. It isn't a huge surprise. This sort of play is pretty common, after all. "Did you enjoy being the one in charge?" She could see Ted liking the role, since it would allow him to take care of his lover, much in the same way Joan took care of him.
"Yeah, I guess," he answers, which isn't necessarily a ringing endorsement, thought he didn't mind it. "I don't know, I'm in charge all day at work, it's not like it's exactly novel."
He does very much like taking care of his lover, and he enjoys taking the lead to do so. But he doesn't feel like he needs rope or whatever to do that. He enjoyed it, but mainly because she enjoyed it. Which is enough, but it's not something he would pursue for himself.
Being freed from that responsibility might be what he enjoyed about being tied up in the first place. Especially now, when there's so much going on.
"I'm in charge all the time, too," she points out with a smile, petting his hair. "I get it, though. It's nice to not be in charge sometimes. When you've had to make so many hard decisions, sometimes it's nice to have no decisions at all. To just let go and let someone else make all the decisions."
She's talking in general, but also in particular about the day he's had, and how she had intended to ease it, to give him a chance to rest and be taken care of.
Hearing her describe it like that definitely solidifies why he feels that way. She obviously does get it. And it sounds like it was a pretty intentional decision for her to do this for him.
He sits up a little, propping himself up on an elbow, and looks down at her with a smile. "I love you so much," he says softly, adoringly, and leans down to kiss her.
Ted definitely wants to do something for her too, have a day where she can just relax. Though for right now at least, she might just be enjoying being able to do things for herself.
She wouldn't object to some turnabout at some point, but for the moment her focus is still on Ted and making sure he's okay in the face of all he's had to do today.
She kisses him back, one hand resting in his hair as the other touches his cheek.
"I love you," she responds when their lips part, gazing up at him with equal adoration.
He just looks at her for a bit, appreciating this wonderful woman he loves, who loves him.
"What about you?" he asks, reaching down to rest his hand on her stomach. Not inherently sexual, but just suggestive enough in the context. "Would you like to be taken care of for a bit?"
She smiles as he rests his hand on her stomach, putting her own hand over it gently.
"Only if you want to," she says softly. She would enjoy having him take care of her, but she still wants this moment to be driven by what he wants, what would be fulfilling for him.
"I want to," he affirms, smiling. He knows she means it, that she wouldn't want him to do it out of responsibility, or against his own wishes just because she asked.
Which is why he's trying not to worry about reciprocating exactly what she did, or try to make it mind-blowing or anything like that. He just wants to make sure she feels good, and then they can both cuddle up relaxed and satisfied.
He also just enjoys touching and kissing her in general. He leans down to kiss softly at her neck, just enjoying her warmth and her closeness. Not with any specific purpose or urgency.
She knows he means it, that he wouldn'tsay it just because he felt obligated. She loves how honest their communication is. Joan has been in plenty of relationships where communication was more often or not a guessing game, trying to figure out what the other person actually meant, and speaking in code in return. But with this relationship with Ted, she feels like there's no games. Even when their communication is nonverbal, even when they don't know the right words, they understand each other. It's beautiful.
Joan sighs happily as he kisses her neck. She lets her head tilt back a little and her eyes to drift closed.
He kisses along her jawline, up behind her ear, along her collarbone. Soon he starts gently caressing her upper body as well, just gentle touches along her stomach, her side, her breasts, her arms, her neck, her hipbone. Just gently exploring her body, unhurried, while letting her relax. And this is honestly pretty relaxing to him too, just gently showering her in affection.
He reaches up to stroke her cheek, leaning down give her another soft kiss, before smiling down at her. "You're so gorgeous, you know that?" he says softly, happily. "I love every inch of you."
The way he's touching her is so lovely. It demonstrates the depth of his affection for her that he enjoys giving her these simple touches, exploring and adoring every inch of her.
She leans her cheek into his touch and kisses him back, then opens her eyes to smile up at him at the compliment. "I love you," she murmurs in response, her expression making the truth of those words clear.
She's been asking him questions, and they're sort of still in the middle of it, so he figures now might be a good time for him to ask questions without being too embarrassed.
"So what I did while we were in the shower.." he says, gently caressing her breast. "At the end, where I kept going. How do you like that?"
He is definitely blushing, but at least he managed to ask. He just wants to make sure he doesn't go too far.
He's so cute when he blushes like that, and she smiles fondly.
"It was intense," she says, reaching up to touch his cheek and caress his earlobe. "Absolute torture." Her smile widens and her eyes sparkle. "I wouldn't mind doing it again."
Ted laughs at that, an actual laugh. And he definitely makes a mental note. A little bit of torture in the right circumstances, just fine.
"And... what about when I stop right before?" he asks, maybe even a tiny bit cheekily. Cause that's something she also seems to hate in exactly the right fun way, that just makes it better.
"Only if that's something you want to do," he answers, still chuckling a bit too. He does mean that - it might be fun, just as a way to tell he's got her hot and bothered, but it's not something he'd want her to so for his sake.
And this kind of torture is definitely not something he had some initial intention of doing, it's just something he's developed with her over time, just from learning how she responds to things, and wanting to make it as good as possible for her. He just wants to hear her take on it.
"Maybe," she says playfully. "Every once in a while."
In all honesty, it does sound like fun. There are certain circumstances and certain people with whom it would not be fun for Joan, but she feels safe exploring this dynamic with Ted. He's not seeking to control her or to boost his male ego by getting a woman to beg. It would be communication. Intense communication, but still communication.
He nods, smiling. Of course, Ted would still give her the pleasure even if she didn't beg. That's probably a significant difference. If she cursed at him and told him to get on with it, he'd also take that as a similar indication of how much she needed it, and it would have the same effect.
He lets his fingertips trace gently around her nipple. "If you have any other suggestions or requests, I'm happy to hear them," he says, smiling, in case she's had something on her mind. Not necessarily for specifically him pleasuring her, but in general too.
"Mmm," she hums as his fingers circle her nipple, her body moving slightly at the sensation. "It's a very vast topic," she says with a wide smile. "But at the moment, I think I'm more interested in doing that talking."
He laughs a little at that, and leans down to give her a kiss. If you count this conversation as foreplay, it's been going on for a while.
He pauses for a second before he does move forward though, reaching up to caress her cheek. "I really do appreciate being able to talk about this stuff with you though. Thank you."
Right from the start, she's made an effort to make sure he feels safe and comfortable, to ease him into things. He's obviously not someone who finds talking about sex easy, but she makes it both fun and safe.
She smiles and leans into his touch, lifting her hand to caress his cheek as well.
"The pleasure is mine," she answers, her smile and tone at first playful, before both warm to sincerity. "I appreciate being able to share these things with you. It means a lot to me that you trust me enough to open up to me."
She knows talking about sex is hard for him, which makes it all the more significant that he's willing to do it with her.
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"How do you think you would feel if I knotted the tie? If you couldn't just pull your hands apart?"
She wants to tease this out a little, to figure out exactly what he likes and where the limits might be.
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"Or, you know, to the bedposts or something." He says it like it's an off-hand suggestion, but it's also pretty clear that this is not the sort of subject where he would just make off-hand suggestions without having thought about it.
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"We can do that too," she says, craning her neck a bit to look at the bedposts of the bed they're in. "Ties might not be long enough. We might want to consider rope."
She says that in part to off-handedly broach the subject of rope, since it strikes her as being a lot more intimidating than silk neckties.
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Theoretically there shouldn't be a difference, but rope definitely implies a certain forethought and intention, whereas neckties is easier to mentally dismiss as some impulsive playfulness. It's a little intimidating, but not overwhelmingly so.
"I, uh," he starts, licking his lips. "I actually have done some of this before. With Michelle," he shares. "Not often, but.. a few times. Except then I was the one who was.. I dunno, in charge, I guess you'd say."
She'd asked, and of course he'd obliged. She hadn't offered to do it for him, and it hadn't really occurred to him to ask. Not from her.
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He does very much like taking care of his lover, and he enjoys taking the lead to do so. But he doesn't feel like he needs rope or whatever to do that. He enjoyed it, but mainly because she enjoyed it. Which is enough, but it's not something he would pursue for himself.
Being freed from that responsibility might be what he enjoyed about being tied up in the first place. Especially now, when there's so much going on.
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She's talking in general, but also in particular about the day he's had, and how she had intended to ease it, to give him a chance to rest and be taken care of.
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He sits up a little, propping himself up on an elbow, and looks down at her with a smile. "I love you so much," he says softly, adoringly, and leans down to kiss her.
Ted definitely wants to do something for her too, have a day where she can just relax. Though for right now at least, she might just be enjoying being able to do things for herself.
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She kisses him back, one hand resting in his hair as the other touches his cheek.
"I love you," she responds when their lips part, gazing up at him with equal adoration.
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"What about you?" he asks, reaching down to rest his hand on her stomach. Not inherently sexual, but just suggestive enough in the context. "Would you like to be taken care of for a bit?"
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"Only if you want to," she says softly. She would enjoy having him take care of her, but she still wants this moment to be driven by what he wants, what would be fulfilling for him.
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Which is why he's trying not to worry about reciprocating exactly what she did, or try to make it mind-blowing or anything like that. He just wants to make sure she feels good, and then they can both cuddle up relaxed and satisfied.
He also just enjoys touching and kissing her in general. He leans down to kiss softly at her neck, just enjoying her warmth and her closeness. Not with any specific purpose or urgency.
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Joan sighs happily as he kisses her neck. She lets her head tilt back a little and her eyes to drift closed.
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He reaches up to stroke her cheek, leaning down give her another soft kiss, before smiling down at her. "You're so gorgeous, you know that?" he says softly, happily. "I love every inch of you."
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She leans her cheek into his touch and kisses him back, then opens her eyes to smile up at him at the compliment. "I love you," she murmurs in response, her expression making the truth of those words clear.
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"So what I did while we were in the shower.." he says, gently caressing her breast. "At the end, where I kept going. How do you like that?"
He is definitely blushing, but at least he managed to ask. He just wants to make sure he doesn't go too far.
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"It was intense," she says, reaching up to touch his cheek and caress his earlobe. "Absolute torture." Her smile widens and her eyes sparkle. "I wouldn't mind doing it again."
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"And... what about when I stop right before?" he asks, maybe even a tiny bit cheekily. Cause that's something she also seems to hate in exactly the right fun way, that just makes it better.
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"Wow, you are really intent on torturing me right now, aren't you?" Her grin is playful. "Do you want me to beg?"
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And this kind of torture is definitely not something he had some initial intention of doing, it's just something he's developed with her over time, just from learning how she responds to things, and wanting to make it as good as possible for her. He just wants to hear her take on it.
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In all honesty, it does sound like fun. There are certain circumstances and certain people with whom it would not be fun for Joan, but she feels safe exploring this dynamic with Ted. He's not seeking to control her or to boost his male ego by getting a woman to beg. It would be communication. Intense communication, but still communication.
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He lets his fingertips trace gently around her nipple. "If you have any other suggestions or requests, I'm happy to hear them," he says, smiling, in case she's had something on her mind. Not necessarily for specifically him pleasuring her, but in general too.
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He pauses for a second before he does move forward though, reaching up to caress her cheek. "I really do appreciate being able to talk about this stuff with you though. Thank you."
Right from the start, she's made an effort to make sure he feels safe and comfortable, to ease him into things. He's obviously not someone who finds talking about sex easy, but she makes it both fun and safe.
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"The pleasure is mine," she answers, her smile and tone at first playful, before both warm to sincerity. "I appreciate being able to share these things with you. It means a lot to me that you trust me enough to open up to me."
She knows talking about sex is hard for him, which makes it all the more significant that he's willing to do it with her.
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