[ Didn't he, though? It isn't the contract itself, he knows, but the concept behind it... but it still hurt Floyd in that moment. Their moods and centers so misaligned from a choice that Jade made out of his own selfishness.
Something he's always been encouraged to do, but actually doing it...? He can't say it would have made Floyd any happier if he'd simply returned to his previous Dominant or chose someone other than Rook. The front door closes and locks behind him as he starts on his path. He hates the elevator, but tonight he doesn't want to take thirteen flights of stairs so he takes it with his knuckles white against the support bar. ]
I may not have done it to hurt you, but it still caused you pain.
[ And he doesn't want to coddle him, either. They've never had that sort of relationship even with their mutual desire for praise and attention. ]
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Something he's always been encouraged to do, but actually doing it...? He can't say it would have made Floyd any happier if he'd simply returned to his previous Dominant or chose someone other than Rook. The front door closes and locks behind him as he starts on his path. He hates the elevator, but tonight he doesn't want to take thirteen flights of stairs so he takes it with his knuckles white against the support bar. ]
I may not have done it to hurt you, but it still caused you pain.
[ And he doesn't want to coddle him, either. They've never had that sort of relationship even with their mutual desire for praise and attention. ]
So for that, at least, I should apologize to you.