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[ladyjanelly]

In the tiny restroom of a plane headed for New York, Sean slips the slender leather collar around his throat and buckles it. It's not much, as collars go. The strap is black and soft and not even as wide as his little finger. The silver buckle is delicate; he's sure it wouldn’t have set off the metal-detector, but he's never had the nerve to test it.

It's more decoration than restraint; he could hook his thumb under it and snap it, and yet the change he feels in himself when he puts it on is deep and immediate. He is focused. He is confident. He is more himself.  He's ready to deal with a new project, a new director, a group of actors that have been working together for years. 

He regards his own image in the mirror, adjusts his shirt until the shadow of leather and glint of metal are hidden.

He can feel it though. He knows it's there.

It's enough.

(EDIT: Just a FYI for those who are squicked by bondage and the like--This fic is not going there. Have no fear, gentle reader.)

Comments

[civilbloodshed.livejournal.com]

Oh dude, that's...almost too sexy. Like intimate hot, you're too good to us fangirls.

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

I tried so hard to get this down to a formal 100-word drabble but it refused to work out that way.

Glad you liked it though. I wrote it and then thought "this is too far out of 'character,'" but then I went and re-read the prologue/first chapter thingie and no, actually it works for me.

Thanks for the feedback. Any favorite lines or un-favorite ones?

[goodtwin.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I like. The part about not having the nerve to test it... Love it. :D

Different, for this series, I'm interested to see where it goes to next.

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

From the prologue:
Hands that have touched every part of him wrap the heavy cotton (belt) around Sean's waist--front to back, crossing over his spine and then around to the front again. Dave tugs the ends; the fabric makes a soft snap.

The knot is strong, and it gives him a feeling of security.

Different, but foreshadowed at least?

Heh. I can't see Sean letting there be any chance he'd get stopped in the airport wearing something with /any/ embarrasment-potential.

I'm actually planning ahead a few chapters now. Scary, huh? :)

[ex-wegotta738.livejournal.com]

"He can feel it though. He knows it's there.
It's enough." :) You are good, really, really good! I love that. The secrecy of it all. It is what we feel, not what we appear to be that makes up the reality of it all. *And that incoherent statement would be why I'm not a writer!*

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it.

This part of the story has so much potential to not "read" the way I want it to, but it seems like it clicked correctly with you, so I'm pleased. I didnt think your comment was incoherent at all.

Have a great day,
-J.

[4bdnsn0wflake.livejournal.com]

Hmm.

Interesting bit of insight into him.

I find it fascinating that he feels more "himself" when he is putting on a "prop", getting ready to become someone else in an acting role.

That he was less focused and confident when he was away from all the pretending and just being Sean.

Hmm...