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    the sexual aspect was little more than a wish unfulfilled. "Tell me," he said. "Actually, come here and tell me."
    He guided Noah to stand and then he sat in the chair, pointing to the floor. "Sit, rest your head on my leg. Tell me what happened."
    Noah hesitated. His fingers seemed to twitch with indecision. Physically, he was trying to obey, but Noah finally shook his head no.
    Tobias sighed and stood up. "Will you let me hold you, then? I won't make it an order, but I want to discuss this. Not so you relive pain, but so I don't cause you harm by accident.
    When we are here, I am responsible for your physical and mental health. I need to know."
    Noah's shoulders dropped in defeat but he nodded this time. "Yes, sir."
    Tobias gave an internal sigh of relief. This might be horrible, but it would be far worse if he'd merely started a game and triggered something without knowing what to expect. He reached out and took Noah's arm, gently moving them both until they were in the wide chair. "It's a good chair," he said lightly, running his hands over Noah's back and arms. "I suspect it's held up more weight than just us."
    "I've never ... oh. May I have permission to speak casually, sir?" Noah asked, nearly forgetting himself.
    "For this? Absolutely."
    "Thank you." Noah settled against him; he was surprisingly light. "I can't remember the last time a Dom asked me if I enjoyed sex; I suppose it was just assumed. But then, many Doms here don't include sex as part of their sessions, I've 69

    Deviations: Submission
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    found. In any case, Brett and I usually didn't have a sexual aspect to many of our sessions at all. And Master ... that is, my former master, he used penetration only as punishment."
    Noah shrugged.
    "I'm sorry to hear that." Tobias rubbed Noah's back and sighed. "There are many forms of domination, you know that.
    I seem to have made a rather large error in assuming, on the evidence of our last session, that you also enjoy sexual submission." He shook his head quickly. "I'm not saying this right. I personally use many methods to gain my sub's attention and his submission. I know how to use the toys, I can inflict pain, though I prefer not to do that past a certain level. I enjoy bondage, I like taking away choices. But I also enjoy a sexual aspect to play. I never use sex as a form of punishment. There's sometimes pain, but the variables ...
    God, I really should just make a detailed list one of these days and pass it out as a handy reference guide to playing with me."
    Noah chuckled softly. "Finding out this way is better." He smiled and shifted a bit. "I didn't mean that I don't enjoy sexual submission. You wanted to know what I meant by being permitted to enjoy it, and it's just that I spent a lot of time in the past being expressly told not to." Noah shook his head and sighed. "And, in any case, it's been so long I'm not sure about anything anymore-all I know is I was damn near coming a moment ago and that wasn't at all unpleasant, as you might imagine. And sitting here like this is ... well, I'd really like to let you finish your exam, sir."
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    Tobias smiled broadly. "I also like to deny sex as a method of domination."
    Noah grinned. "You Doms are all alike."
    With a snort Tobias slapped Noah's leg. "Not hardly. All right, as you were, boy. I think we'll explore a few boundaries tonight."
    "Yes, sir." Noah got up, waited for Tobias to move away from the chair and leaned over it again, settling into a wide stance. "Thank you, sir," he added softly.
    Tobias smiled to himself. "You're welcome. We'll see how you do in about five minutes." He reached for the tube and snapped the top loudly. "If you're very, very good tonight you may even get to come."
    "I hope to be, sir," Noah said, a river of goose bumps breaking out