Thank you - sorry for the delay in responding to your lovely and well-thought out comments.
I had (as I've said above) a difficult time with this, because I don't have a true D/s mindset, and pain for pain's sake (S&M, not D/s) leaves me cold. When I wrote the first part of it, I wrote myself into a corner -- there was no way I could write anything that would approach S&M and (1) sound authentic and (2) actually be able to write it.
Hence, I left the guys hanging (Neal, literally) for about 2 months, and finally - finally decided to give Peter the will to say - "This isn't for me."
I was worried that it would seems, well, off - I am delighted at the positive response.
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I had (as I've said above) a difficult time with this, because I don't have a true D/s mindset, and pain for pain's sake (S&M, not D/s) leaves me cold. When I wrote the first part of it, I wrote myself into a corner -- there was no way I could write anything that would approach S&M and (1) sound authentic and (2) actually be able to write it.
Hence, I left the guys hanging (Neal, literally) for about 2 months, and finally - finally decided to give Peter the will to say - "This isn't for me."
I was worried that it would seems, well, off - I am delighted at the positive response.