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“It’s okay, Avery,” Professor Jones said. “Let’s just say that I recognized the submissive in you.”

Jace had said something similar when they’d first started talking. His professor being a Dom was not really a surprise. But did he know anything about the Daddy/ little dynamic?

“So…do you have a Dom? Or maybe…a Daddy?”

Avery gasped. How had his professor known? Had he started sucking his thumb in class or something? Oh God, he was going to die!

“Hey, hey, deep breath, Mr. Webber,” Professor Jones ordered.

Avery sucked in a breath, then started to choke.

“It’s okay. Calm down. Just breathe in and out for me. That’s right…in and out.”

Avery closed his eyes and followed directions. Life was so much easier when he just had to follow directions.

“There you go.” His back was patted and Avery felt even more stupid.

“I’m sorry.” He was mortified.

“Nothing to be sorry about,” Professor Jones told him. “I didn’t mean to embarrass you. You said you were new and I was trying to make it easier on you.”

“How…how’d you know?”

“That you’re a boy?” Professor Jones questioned. “Just a guess. I’m certain no one else suspects anything. I’m a trained observer, plus, as we just established, I have experience in the lifestyle.”

“This is so embarrassing,” Avery admitted.

“Now it’s my turn to apologize,” Professor Jones said. “It seems like sometimes you want to ask a question but are too…shy, maybe?”

Avery nodded.

“If there’s anything that you want to ask me, you can,” Professor Jones restated. “Even if I don’t know the answer, I’m willing to put feelers out for you if you need me to.”

“I have a Daddy, but it’s still new,” Avery admitted.

Professor Jones nodded.

“Sometimes I feel stupid asking my Daddy questions,” Avery said.

“Does he make you feel that way? Does he get mad when you ask questions?”

“Oh no!” Avery assured him. “Jace is great and so understanding. He encourages me to ask questions, but I don’t want to come off as stupid, you know.”

“I do. It’s hard when you’re first starting a new relationship anyway, and add in being involved in any type of BDSM, it can get overwhelming.”

“Yes!”

“But your Daddy takes care of you?”

“The best care. He’s so good to me. We…we had a whole weekend last weekend and it was wonderful.”

Professor Jones grinned again. “That’s good.”

“But when I got home Monday, everything felt different, you know, like my life didn’t fit anymore.”

Professor Jones nodded as though he understood.

“So you had what you would consider a perfect weekend then had to return to reality?”

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