andthatstheword | Needs Met, page 04

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Needs Met, page 04

Title: Needs Met, page 04
Rating: PG (post-coital cuddling)
Characters/Pairings: "Stephen"/Jon, l!"Stephen"/Jon, l!"Stephen"/"Stephen"
Disclaimer: This is a work of parody. Although reference is made to real persons, the dialogue, actions, and content are products of the artist's imagination only.

For some reason LJ insists on displaying the strips at something like 90% size. Not a big deal, but if the text is ever hard to read or anything, try the DA link for the full-size version.

This is supposed to be a couple of weeks later, thus the changes in clothing.

Also here on DA, with links to the rest.

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Ah, yes, the third chapter of Puppy Love :P I have a feeling that l!Stephen considers the Jons playing together to be basically masturbation, at least as far as "does it make me jealous?" is concerned.

I've been wondering if anyone would comment on the double-safeword thing. I'm pretty sure Stephen has never safeworded in the Needverse (oi,

sarcasticsra, there's a plotbunny for you), and while there's no indication in any of those stories that he would have wanted to, it's also not clear that he would if he did. And the fact that, here, Jon doesn't trust that he will, to the point of having a safeword of his own as a backup...

On one level, it's sweet and heartwarming that Jon is so in tune with c!Stephen's desires. But on another, the fact that c!Stephen is so heavily reliant on Jon to read his mind (and also makes l!Stephen guess what he wants, rather than spelling it out) is A Bad Thing. Especially when this story really drives home how badly Jon can screw it up when unchecked.

(The l!Stephen/Jon relationship has imbalances of its own, which will hopefully become clear in the next couple of strips, for people who haven't figured them out already...)

Yeah, this is going to be a catastrof@#k, all right. These crazy kids need all the luck they can get.

...because I really needed another plotbunny.

THANKS A LOT.

Ugh, now I'm thinking about this. I don't honestly know if Stephen would ever need to safeword in the Needverse. Jon is nowhere near as kinky as he is, remember, and he's rather uncomfortable with more of the hardcore stuff, so...IDK. Like, Stephen would probably enjoy being caned, but Jon would see the welts (and how Stephen winced when he sat) afterward and kind of have a minor l!Stephen-like crisis.

Assuming Stephen somehow talked Jon into something risker...I dunno if he'd safeword out even if he wanted to. (Which is part of Jon's fears, and probably adds to the uncertainty he has with doing more hardcore things.) I think something would have to go horribly wrong by his not safewording before he realized that he needed to do it when something surpassed his limits. But I have no idea what that could realistically be, because, again, Jon is much less kinky than Stephen is. He would not be the one to suggest, say, breathplay, and if Stephen did, he'd be like, "...no."

Hey, my hutch is overflowing, I've gotta farm the darn things out somewhere!

Yeah, Jon's vanilla-ness makes it awfully hard to come up with a scenario where he would push things farther than Stephen. Although it might work if Stephen got sick or hurt in some way, so that their normal play was more painful/exhausting than usual, but he tried to pretend he was up to it.

Or how about, instead of a violent type of play, an endurance-based one? Like, Stephen being tied up in the next room and left to wait, and he's so determined to do it well that he doesn't safeword even when he starts losing circulation. And eventually Jon pokes in to check on him and goes "aknfdgpasdk your hands are white these ropes are coming off NOW."

They don't play when Stephen's sick. Part of why he wears pajamas when he is. But that other scenario could definitely work. Would it be catastrophic enough to kick sense into Stephen, though? That's what I'm wondering. Because Stephen is stubborn.

Maybe Jon could cease all play until Stephen demonstrated that he understood why his safeword was important. Hmmmm.

...I hate you. =P

A Very Special Fanfiction on the Importance of the Safeword.

That gave me the image of Jon making Stephen write a paper about it. =P

LOL I LOVE IT

"Jo-ooon, this isn't even fun!"

"Well, it's punishment, Stephen, you're not supposed to be having fun."

"Could we please just do that thing we did the other time with the--"

"No, Stephen, this is important."

"This is so stupid, I know when I need to--"

"Don't make me double your word count!"

HAHAHA EXACTLY.

I'm certain it would turn out to be the most bullshit essay ever.

God, it totally would. Stephen probably knows how to fake it better than honors kids.

Better than a woman whose husband of 17 years still doesn't know where the clitoris is.

So...better than his ex-wife, then?

I'm not sure I'd go that far that lady has some skills.

True, true.

I should write the AU in my head, where they actually have a happy marriage, because she's his dom and is fully aware that he's gayer than Christmas, and gives him permission to sleep with men. (As long as she approves, of course.)

Awwwwww that sounds so adorable they could be besties!

Also, can you imagine the ramifications of "Stephen" actually having a happy marriage, and, more than that, a support system other than Jon? The possibilities are simply delicious.

Why did they get married, then? I assume he did it to preserve the illusion*~*~* that he was a vagina-loving heterosexual he-man, but what was in it for her? And did she know at the time or did he come out later only to have her announce that hey, that's cool, he was lousy in the sack anyways.

I only ask because I was about to type "Aw, his kids wouldn't even be emotionally scarred!" and then I wondered if/how they would factor into the equation.

It was to preserve the illusion, yes, but also, you know, love. I mean, I think that "Stephen" at least cares about his wife even though he's not in love with her. In my head, something happens at some point, maybe she gets actual proof of his cheating or there's something else that provokes her, and they have a big, explosive argument, where she's like, "No! You will sit there and you will not say another word while I talk!" or something similar and he kind of immediately obeys to her, almost on instinct. It surprises them both. And then they talk, and she realizes he's much closer to gay than straight, and instead of divorcing, they come up with this arrangement.

I haven't figured out how their children factor in, if they even have any yet. It's still sitting half-formed in my mind.

Oh, he definitely loves her. If this were my story, they'd get married even though she knew he was gay, because she does love him, if maybe not in the way most wives love their husbands, and this would be a way for him to live the life he wants to live without having to sacrifice his family to get it.

IDK, at any rate, I have a thing for people of incompatible sexual orientations living together in happy sham marriages so I expect that this fic will make me :DDDDD when you get around to it.

IDK. I tried that with my gay best friend after I came out, so that I could provide a (quasi) two parent homelife for my kids after I divorced the ex-husband. It turned into a situation waaay beyond angsty, since he turned out to be so damaged that he sabotoged any loving relationships in his life, including friendships. I've been tempted to try to write a fic about it, but I'm afraid it would just turn into therapy that nobody else needs to read. Maybe it would work as a plot bunny for someone who wasn't so close to it.

TMI?

To clarify...we weren't married or sleeping together, just sharing a home and living family-style. We dated people appropriate to our given orientations. :)

Oh, wow. Sorry to hear that crashed and burned for you.

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nelleellen.livejournal.com - 2009-11-09 05:45 (UTC) - Expand

("I haven't BSed this much since my final Media Credibility exam in college!")

Well, if something happens that Jon didn't know about, then. Bonus points if it's something that Stephen doesn't respect as Real Sickness, which means he just has to Suck It Up and Pull Himself Up By The Bootstraps and definitely not tell anyone about it.

...I have Thoughts related to Stephen and being a responsible sub, but I will withhold them for now because they will get spoilery ;)

You can't say you have Thoughts and not share! PM them to me, woman! Or get on AIM! Be as vague as possible if you have to be. I am curious. (I mean, it's meta and kink! Two of my favorite things!)

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