#allyn asks

Allyn, what's the luxury you miss most from your old life?

Chris, if you could play one final game with your Sir, would you?

Jameson stares at you with a look that can only be described as both skeptical and angry. "Is that a bondage joke?"

Allyn smiles, a little dreamily, top teeth just pressing into their bottom lip. "The pool," The say after a pause. "I miss being able to swim every single day, I miss being able to swim naked."

Jameson's eyebrows raise. "Wait, was that an option?"

Allyn grins. "It was with my master."

Allyn, how do you think your owner would feel about your relationship with Jameson?

Jake, when's the last time you did something just for yourself?

Kauri tenses, looking away. There's a flush of guilt there - maybe even shame. But he just shrugs. "Don't know. When I don't get migraines every time we talk on the phone, maybe? Or when I can look at pictures of them without it hurting? Or, fuck, I don't... I don't know. When I think they're ready to meet the clusterfuck that their dead son and brother turned into."

Allyn opens their mouth. Closes it again. Considers that. A flicker of real grief shows before the perfect emptiness smothers it again. "He wouldn't like Jameson at all," They admit, slowly. "No class, no education, not able to care for me or keep me in style. But... he doesn't have to like Jameson. Master is gone, but I am still alive. I'm still here." Their smile is gentle and secret and very much their own. "Only I have to like Jameson. And I do."

9 for Anaya and Misae

4 for Jameson and Allyn

It was so hard choosing just a few of your awesome characters but I'm going with these six!!

Do they view their relationship as temporary or permanent?

That depends on when in the relationship and which one you ask. Jake always saw it as permanent. Once Kauri was willing and able to be with him, he never hesitated to believe that, because Kauri was always the Love of His Life, someone he had been pining after and in love with for years before they were ever able to really be together.

Kauri, on the other hand, wasn't as certain. He was sure it was temporary at first, because he was sure Jake would realize all the ways Owen had damaged him and not want him any longer. Kauri has never been wanted for KAURI, he was always meant to try and be someone else, a stand-in with Vince's face but with a sweeter obedience and neediness. So it took him a while to believe, even after they got together, that Jake could keep loving him for long after he moved in.

Now, he would believe it's permanent, but less strongly than Jake does. some part of him is still waiting for - and worried about - when Jake realizes Kauri isn't good enough for him.

What is one quality they have in common?

Misae and Anaya both have a kind of whimsicality and wonder in the world at heart. Anaya is a sweet, sardonic, and bright-eyed woman who can find beauty in just about anything, largely because she is determined to do so. Misae is a sweet kid who finds wonder in no small part because he just hasn't seen most things before.

Both of them are deeply kind in their natures, and compassionate. And both of them think Eden is the best man on earth. For very, very different reasons.

How would they describe each other if asked? Physically? In personality?

Allyn would tell you that Jameson is stubborn and strong, two things they deeply envy. They could never stand up against the misfortunes he has faced, they would have collapsed or cracked apart. They adore his wry, sarcastic dark humor and how wonderfully he takes commands in bed, letting them learn all about how good it feels to be the one giving the orders and enjoying just about anything they do. They find him wildly handsome, and love his dark hair that seems to be growing in softer now that it's all coming back.

Jameson would tell you that Allyn is incredible, and struggle to describe them to you because his awe doesn't really have words. When he says they are beautiful, he doesn't only mean on the outside, but he isn't sure how to elaborate. They're beautiful because they are soft, despite everything that has happened to them. He could never have survived with softness - he would have been drowned or lost hope. He loves that they are gentle and quiet and sweet but then turn wicked and pull his hair until it hurts. That they are a little indecisive everywhere but the bedroom, where they turn into a new person, someone he thinks is far closer to who they once were.

Ooooh did you see the one I wrote where Jake gets a migraine but doesn't realize what it is and Kauri is very much in caretaker mode? That's a fave of mine.