“Sounds good. I’ll contact Caleb and let him know we’ll be on the ground.”
After they made plans to meet in an hour in front of the Lucky Lady casino, Aiden thanked him with sincere gratitude.
“Thanks. I appreciate it.”
“You’re welcome. I’ll see you in an hour.”
Aiden hung up, glad he’d decided to make that call.
∞ ∞ ∞
All you have to do is be a good boy for me.
Those words stayed on Mike’s mind over the next couple of days. Although he’d never thought about engaging in a Dominant and submissive relationship, he wasn’t ignorant of D/s dynamics. He understood, but he needed more than his surface level knowledge about them before he gave his answer. Which is why he was currently sitting on the couch with the Google app open on his phone, researching what it meant to submit. There were many different types of relationships and various levels of dominance and submission. He would definitely have to talk to Aiden to find out exactly what he wanted. Still, even without being fully informed, he was already leaning toward saying yes.
He didn’t know what he would get out of it. But Aiden saying,I’ll take care of you, had struck a chord deep within him. What would it be like to be cared for? Imagining Aiden caring for him set off an ache in his chest, a yearning for something he hadn’t even fully realized he wanted. Mike wasn’t ready to examine that emotional want yet, so he shook off that ache to think about the physical aspects of a possible D/s relationship with Aiden.
The golden eyed dancer wanted to be praised and pleased. The heat of arousal chased over Mike’s skin and his fingers unconsciously tightened on the phone. Sexually pleasing the gorgeous man who glowed like the star dust he was named for? That didn’t sound like a hardship to him. Not at all. He’d gladly worship Aiden’s elegant form with his hands and mouth and every other part of his body.
There remained a kernel of doubt however. Would submitting be something he enjoyed? Mike supposed that if it turned out that he didn’t enjoy it, he could always end the relationship. And if it became too uncomfortable to work with Aiden after that, he could ask Strong to assign him to a new partner. Strong was a reasonable man. Mike was sure that he wouldn’t force him to continue working with Aiden if there was genuine friction between them.
But thoughts of the lieutenant brought another roadblock to mind. He and Aiden were on the same team. In the military, fraternization would be out of the question. He had to consider it might be the same with the ACG. Maybe not officially, since they weren’t an official group. But for the good of interpersonal relationships on the team, it might be a rule, whether codified or unspoken, that members did not get sexually or romantically involved with one another. Or perhaps the team’s director and leader wanted to be kept informed of any relationships that went beyond teammates and partners. If he was going to say yes to Aiden, he might have to consider making an official disclosure to Lieutenant Strong and Helios first.
His phone rang, the call app sliding in front of the website he had pulled up. It was Aiden on the other end, asking him to go for an unscheduled patrol. That was a question where he had no hesitation in saying yes. Once they ended the brief call, Mike immediately went to his room to gear up. If the Purity Alliance were out to cause more trouble in the Playground, he wanted to be there with his partner to help stop it.
