Perfectly normal for Paul to drink to excess it’s his show, and he’s with his friends. Roberto’s not quite surprised enough.Īnd yet, how surprised should Roberto be? It’s perfectly reasonable for Paul to invite Roberto over for the opening of his art show and for Roberto to bring Merrick, since they are in LA together, working on an album. Tonight is all too planned, too directed, to be either impulsive or coincidental. However, for what this story was – a highly erotic BDSM short – it was very successful and I would recommend it for those in the mood for a story with these themes.MERRICK is uneasy, and although Roberto has tried to reassure him, he remains unassured. The story ends with a promise of a m/m/m relationship and I would have liked to have seen more of them outside a sex scene before I could be completely happy with that. My one complaint about the story was that Roberto and Paul remain slightly shadowed figures in the story, mainly because the whole thing is from Merrick’s heightened viewpoint. Then, later there is his anticipation and nervousness of what is to come but that is then tempered by the obvious love Roberto feels for Merrick and his knowledge of how far to push. You really get a sense of Merrick’s almost horrified fascination and utter arousal at what he is seeing. I liked the sex scenes which were very intense, especially the first one where Merrick watches quite a heavy pain play scene involving wax play. The strength of the story is in that mix. Intertwined with the eroticism is some back story on the relationship between Merrick and Roberto, and all of Merrick’s thoughts as he struggles to come to terms with this new aspect of his own sexuality. The second sex scene shows Merrick trying out BDSM for himself with the aid of Roberto and Paul. The story is centred around two BDSM sex scenes, the first shows Roberto demonstrating pain play on an ex-boyfriend Paul, whilst current boyfriend Merrick mostly watches to see whether it’s the sort of thing he would enjoy. This short story is a slice of life in the relationship between Merrick and Roberto, and yet also manages to be much more than that.

With Roberto’s and Paul’s loving hands to guide him, Merrick begins to explore a new erotic world.

When the two are visiting LA for Roberto’s ex-boyfriend Paul’s art opening, a mostly unplanned threesome takes on some BDSM elements Merrick hadn’t quite prepared for. But there’s a vast world of difference between knowing and experiencing it firsthand. Merrick and his boyfriend Roberto have been together long enough that they know all about each others’ pasts.

Assurance by Alix Bekins