How so? Jared was the character I was most worried about in this. It was hard to keep myself from using him as a prop and not a person, and trickiest to find his 'voice' in this as the almost-silent sub.
He may be silent, but he's present. Even though Jeff's talking to Jensen, the reader never forgets that Jared's there, too. And the balance of power. Even though Jeff is the one issuing commands, the one saying what happens, when, it's Jared who's really holding the leash. He decides how far things will go.
Generally, the BDSM-writings I've glanced through have the dom as the one with the complete power, the sub there just to serve as the dom's toy or slave or whatever. Whereas, based on what I know, it's much more complex than that; the dom should never abuse his power.
Also, what snippets featuring a sub!Jared I've attempted to read have depicted him in a way that doesn't fit, he's been OoC. Here, I never forget who these people are supposed to be.
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He may be silent, but he's present. Even though Jeff's talking to Jensen, the reader never forgets that Jared's there, too.
And the balance of power. Even though Jeff is the one issuing commands, the one saying what happens, when, it's Jared who's really holding the leash. He decides how far things will go.
Generally, the BDSM-writings I've glanced through have the dom as the one with the complete power, the sub there just to serve as the dom's toy or slave or whatever. Whereas, based on what I know, it's much more complex than that; the dom should never abuse his power.
Also, what snippets featuring a sub!Jared I've attempted to read have depicted him in a way that doesn't fit, he's been OoC. Here, I never forget who these people are supposed to be.