Ruth Sadelle Alderson

I hope you've enjoyed at least one of the treats I've posted this month. I've enjoyed sharing things with you!

For the last day of treats, I'm giving you three recs. They're in order of preference, so if you're only going to read one, read the first one. If you want to read them in increasing order of how much I liked them, start at the bottom and work your way up.

First up is "Here at the Right Time" by sunsetmog. This is a Brendon/Spencer story wherein Spencer is bad at sex until they figure out what it is he likes in bed. I love this kind of learning d/s but knowing when it feels right kind of story. I will tell you that there's conflict at the end of part 4, and when I reread, I generally stop before I get to it. (I guess a story can have conflict, but I have no problem with just more and more d/s in a story.)

Brendon brushes his mouth to Spencer's. "You're still thinking too much," he says. "Stop rushing." And he gently pulls Spencer's hands away from his hips, putting one of Spencer's hands up above his head, and then the other.

"What -" Spencer manages, but he doesn't move his hands away from where Brendon's placed them, above Spencer's head, on the pillows.

"There's no rush," Brendon says, and he presses the palm of his hand to Spencer's wrists, just for a moment.

All of a sudden, Spencer can't breathe. "Brendon," he manages, and for a moment Brendon looks just as wide-eyed as Spencer imagines he looks himself, but then Brendon's eyes gleam and darken and he shifts a little so that he can push down on to Spencer's cock.

My second rec is "All We Fear is All that Can Save Us" by hidingoutside. I pretty much don't read Brendon/Ryan because I have a limit for how much angst I'm willing to put up with, but I was intrigued that it was a BDSM story, and I ended up really liking it. In contrast to a lot of the d/s I read, this story has both of them knowing what they're doing when it comes to kink and sort of falling together.

"Come home with me," he says, words tumbling out his mouth. "Come home with me, and I'll make this up to you."

Ryan freezes. "Is Spencer home?"

Brendon shakes his head. "No, he went to babysit for Pete. He and Ashlee are going to a party or something, and her mom has the flu. Spencer is flu-free and totally cool with hanging out with Bronx for the night. Which means no Spencer. Just me and the dogs."

"I'm not having sex with your dogs." Ryan wrinkles his nose. "Or around your dogs."

"Well, no. I can't afford doggie therapy for Bogart." Brendon shoves his hands into his pockets. "Let me take you home," he whispers into Ryan's ear. "I want to hurt you."

Ryan shivers a little, but he's smiling when he pulls back. "So that's how you're working out your issues with me," he says lightly.

Brendon shrugs. "You said it, not me."

My third rec is a story I'm actually a little iffy about. It's "Everybody is Shining, Everyone Deserves the Flames" by chaosmanor. The story is Patrick/Andy, and when I sent the rec to friends, I said, "There are sections where I wanted something more out of it," which is still true. And yet I keep coming back to it because there's something there that's hitting my kinks just right. The main kink is crossdressing, although there are a few other things going on in it too.

Andy reached out, sliding his fingers into the open collar of Patrick's shirt, so they brushed against the T-shirt. "Tell me the day of the photo was one of the times you and Pete slept together."

His palm was flat against Patrick's collar bone, fingers curling over Patrick's shoulder.

"Um, yeah, it was. Why?"

"Because, fuck, it was so clear that you needed someone to hold you. If I'd known, if you'd told me, I would have been there for you. I wish I could have helped you."