Something he didn’t ever think he’d get. Getting fucked by a Dominant is supposed to make the ache go away, fill up a submissive and make them feel content in a way they only get from a Dominant’s come, sometimes a knot if the submissive is very lucky. Daniel is going to be mounted and bred and all the things he’s never gotten to have.

All the things they told him were wrong. All the things he himself was terrified of when he worried about becoming submissive and what that might entail.

Daniel wants it. He didn’t need to be afraid of getting it, he needed to be afraid of not getting it. He can’t and won’t tell this Dominant no. Ever. Which makes it acceptable to follow and want, makes Daniel’s own instincts almost overwhelming. He can go quiet and soft and wanting and this Dominant will get exactly what he wants from Daniel. “No” isn’t the right answer anymore.

The Dominant is older. He’s been in the sun a lot and probably spends a lot of time outdoors. Probably not older than forty. He has a straight nose with the faintest bump on the right side, probably from being broken once upon a time. And to think he’d once been terrified of wanting a Dominant, wanting to submit, worried that it would be awful. Wanting this man is as easy and natural as breathing.

“Let’s try the ultrasound. Do you want to present for it?” Liam asks.

Daniel wants it so badly he freezes. It’s training. Giving in to his instincts might not be so easy after all.

“What is it?”

“It just feels like presenting is wrong. What if you don’t like it? What if I do it wrong?” Is it a trick? He couldn’t stand that. It would destroy him if he obeyed and became accepting, and then it turned out to be a trap. Or what if he doesn’t do it right, or it’s just gross and pathetic? Maybe he shouldn’t do it, after all. Maybe there was comfort in saying no.

He isn’t vulnerable when he says no.

Liam’s nostrils flare, able to smell Daniel’s anxiety. He grabs Daniel by the chin. “I need this from you now. Be good,” Liam orders, even more beautiful standing over Daniel, command radiating from him.

Daniel gets to his knees on the bed, swaying in close to his Dominant without really meaning to. Daniel is just so drawn to him. He tries to scent him, his lungs warm, suddenly a little lightheaded. He touches Liam’s shoulder and he sways again. Liam looks at his neck. Should Daniel offer?