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bookblather ([personal profile] bookblather) wrote in [community profile] rainbowfic2013-08-23 11:21 pm

Summertime Blues 1, Quill Grey 16: Sex and the Single Man

Author: Kat
Title: Sex and the Single Man
Story: Shine Like It Does
Colors: Summertime blues 1 (L'esprit de l'escalier), quill grey 16 (God composes, why shouldn't we? - Terri Guillemets) with kana's paint-by-numbers (Some rules just can’t be broken)
Supplies and Materials: Fingerpainting (first person *fistshake*), pastels (cutting edge), glitter (restrict), glue (Although you could distract yourself for a while, following your curiosity doesn't necessarily resolve your basic questions about life.), novelty beads (a pretty man looking thoughtful).
Word Count: 564
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Let me preface this by saying that I know way too much about my sisters' sex lives.
Warnings: none.
Notes: On the Lint Roller, SWL asked Jack about BDSM. Jack wishes her to know also that he does trust Zephyr.


Let me preface this by saying that I know way too much about my sisters' sex lives.

Okay, not so much Charlotte's. She's pretty private about that kind of thing. A lot of the time I don't know if she's actually having sex with someone until she's broken up with him and crying on the phone—it's a thing, okay, we all call each other and cry after breakups. Except Miranda doesn't usually cry, but she's usually made someone else cry so it all evens out. My point here is that Carlita knows about these things called boundaries and what brothers probably don't want to hear.

Miranda? No such luck.

We were out for coffee once, and Miranda had been going a lot of places with Seb lately. So I was wondering why, particularly since I knew both Charlotte and I had slept with him—not that Seb would ever be the kind of guy to brag about the Hennessy Hat Trick or whatever that bullshit is, but you never know what reporters can dig up—and I asked her.

"Oh," she says, all calm and reasonable like this is the kind of thing you say to your brother, "he's helping me experiment with BDSM."

After I did the obligatory muffled screaming and begging her to erase the mental images, and she did the obligatory eyeroll and insincere promise to not do it again, we talked a little bit about BDSM itself, why she likes it. She says it's because she needs to not be in control for a while, and subbing makes her calmer, at least if she trusts the dom. And she trusts Seb. We all trust Seb. He's very trustworthy, which is why he got to be my first.

And he was just thrilled with that, let me tell you. Whatever, we both had fun, and it was like fifteen years ago. Moving on.

After Miranda and I talked, I got curious, and I did a little research. Watched some porn, which sort of confused me, because everybody in BDSM porn seems to go straight for pain and Miranda was talking like that wasn't a part of it at all. But then, porn isn't exactly real sex anyway, so I went on a couple forums, asked some questions. It kind of sounded interesting.

So there it is. I might like it. Maybe. Thinking about it now, it feels sort of like... I'm out of control a lot of the time. Maybe I'd enjoy power play, and maybe I really wouldn't. I don't think humiliation would be my thing... I humiliate myself enough as it is, and that is really not the kind of thing that makes for sexy times with me. Maybe pain. Maybe. I'd have to try it.

The thing is, though, I don't trust anybody enough to experiment. Seb, maybe, but I think he might balk at helping out both me and Miranda, and anyway he's in love with Charlotte and I can't help thinking that would be awkward for both of us. Felix, definitely, but Felix isn't into me—well, except insofar as I am a handsome man and he likes handsome men. Felix knows me way too well to ever want to get sexually involved with me.

I wish I'd have told Miranda to keep her sex life to herself. I think too much as it is.
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[personal profile] shipwreck_light 2013-08-24 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
Your fingerpaints. So worth it.

On one hand, you jave Jack being sensible about it! On the other, he's BONDING WITH HIS SISTER OVER SEX. Sort of. In a way. It's a really cute contrast and maybe I'm having trouble summarizing how cute, but CUTE.

THIS IS A GOOD FIC AND YOU SHOULD FEEL GOOD.

Also, you might imagine that Zephyr is a small sylph and is currently meeping helplessly and pulling on my sleeve for attention.
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[personal profile] finch 2013-08-24 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
Love the opening line. Love the list of people and why they can't help. Love the overthinking voice.
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[personal profile] isana 2013-08-24 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, man, I love how Miranda breezily says she's looking into BDSM and doesn't care what Jack thinks of it.

On the other hand, I kind of...want to hug Jack, for that note of vulnerability at the end. Hmmm.
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[personal profile] serpentine 2013-08-24 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
This is a good fic. I like how he goes over the possibilities and is curious, but hesitant.
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[personal profile] subluxate 2013-08-24 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Just for the record, the note about Zephyr made me think VERY MUCH THE WRONG SEB when I started reading, which was kind of hilarious when I got past the mental image.

Oh Jack. *pats*