He keeps her hand, and brings her over to an empty one. They like Dominants and submissives to sit together on this thing, so it'll give them more cover than not, and besides which, he thinks she's going to need it. He takes a breath.
"I have theories. I don't know if that's the best thing to hit you with right off, your first day here's already gonna be a lot. I'm me, though. I prop up your bar every night, I drive you crazy. I was with you in the desert. It's me, Deluca. Just younger."
Which gives him some pause, for other reasons. That might be a thing he has to cycle back to.
For now, though:
"The guy at home? He's me, too. I'll...we'll come back to that. I've been here eight months, and when I got here, Alex and Kyle had been here nine. Liz is here, too. And Max was, but he vanished, last month. Near as I can tell, we're all from different points in our own...timestream, let's call it. I know that's weird as hell, but it happens here. Kyle's a Dominant like you. Alex and Liz are both subs, like me. Luck of the draw."
And honestly, no one should be surprised that Michael drew the short straw, because what else is new?
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He glances around again.
"Okay. Come sit."
He keeps her hand, and brings her over to an empty one. They like Dominants and submissives to sit together on this thing, so it'll give them more cover than not, and besides which, he thinks she's going to need it. He takes a breath.
"I have theories. I don't know if that's the best thing to hit you with right off, your first day here's already gonna be a lot. I'm me, though. I prop up your bar every night, I drive you crazy. I was with you in the desert. It's me, Deluca. Just younger."
Which gives him some pause, for other reasons. That might be a thing he has to cycle back to.
For now, though:
"The guy at home? He's me, too. I'll...we'll come back to that. I've been here eight months, and when I got here, Alex and Kyle had been here nine. Liz is here, too. And Max was, but he vanished, last month. Near as I can tell, we're all from different points in our own...timestream, let's call it. I know that's weird as hell, but it happens here. Kyle's a Dominant like you. Alex and Liz are both subs, like me. Luck of the draw."
And honestly, no one should be surprised that Michael drew the short straw, because what else is new?