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Just as the D/s relationship is
complicated and can appear to be abusive to an outsider, so is the
very possessive lover. I understand completely. After all, the
behavior is often cited in applications for restraining orders –
and rightly so. If someone demands to always know where you are, is
jealous of any time you spend with anyone else – including your
personal staff, and even wants your thoughts to be on no one but that
someone, running away is the best advice. That is how to deal with an
overly possessive lover in real life. But this is yaoi, and the lover
in question is a tall and gorgeous. His magnetism is irresistible. There
is nothing the uke wants more than to surrender to his Seme. For me,
that is a key point on why this sort of relationship can work. The
uke willingly allows himself to get into a relationship with a
possessive Seme. The key is consent.
In Ensnared, along with being possibly
the most arrogant man on the planet, Lord Darius Galatea is a
possessive lover. When he meets Andreas Hesper, it is not enough to
get the man in his bed, he wants to own his time to the exclusion of
everyone else. This should be a problem for Andreas who is very
popular in his own social circle and later in the one Darius travels
in. Even the household staff at the Galatea Penthouse like spending
time with him. He is a very social being, yet he consents to be owned
by a man who may truly lock him away from everyone.In fact, he can't do anything else but submit to the power Darius has over him.
Mykos left shortly after that. Andreas
wasn’t sure what was said when he left. His mind was in turmoil.
And then, he was in a warm, strong embrace being held against a
powerful body. The kiss was open mouthed, hot and hungry. Andreas
groaned as he yielded to that kiss. His strength failed him. His body
felt weightless until his back hit the mattress, knocking the breath
from him.
"Don’t move,” Darius said. There was a growl in
his normally lilting voice.
Andreas obeyed, watching Darius
undress while he was frozen in place. The Cosi’s eyes were intense
a his gaze roamed over Andreas.
“I should simply hold you through the
night,” he murmured as he undressed. “I should gently comfort you
until the bliss of sleep gives you peace. Alas, I find I cannot do
that.”
Darius moved to the bed. It took everything in Andreas
not to try to move away from that big, muscular figure looming over
him.
“I cannot do those things,” Darius
said softly. “I cannot comfort you while your mind is on another
who wants you as I have you. I have to push any thought of him from
your mind and heart. I must know that you are only thinking of me.”
Before Andreas could bristle at the
arrogance of that statement, Darius was on him to rip his clothes
away. And then those hands and that mouth were roaming over his body.
The Cosi was ruthless in the way he worked Andreas to the point of
coming. His cock was still throbbing and the pleasure was still
coursing through him when Darius began opening him and slicking him
to be taken.
"You can’t even pretend to fight
this, can you, Andreas?” Darius asked softly. “Your body knows
that you are mine. Does your mind? Do I eclipse everything in your
beautiful mind, sweet Dami?”
Andreas moaned loudly as he was filled
and taken and overwhelmed by Darius body, mind and will. Though he
had just come, Darius soon brought him to the brink once more.
“Darius!” Andreas cried out as he
came with a blinding flash.
Andreas felt like his limbs were made
of lead and his mind was full of wet paper when Darius gently
withdrew. He could barely open his eyes when Darius had him take a
drink of cool water. As he was gathered up against his Cosi to sleep,
Andreas realized that Darius had comforted him and eased his turmoil.
But there is more to Darius'
possessiveness with Andreas aside from not wanting his lover's mind
on anyone but him – though he really does want that. There are
dangers for both men that stem first from their unusual relationship
and then from Andreas' evolving social standing and the worries that
is causing in some quarters. Powerful forces want to tear them apart
and take Andreas from Darius' side. Mounting physical threats
combined with those who share his attention push Darius to the limit
at times.
Andreas was lost in thought for quite
some time after that call. He hadn’t noticed the passage of time
until Yannis approached him.
“Are you troubled, Andreas?” He
asked.
“Not troubled, but I do have some
things to sort out,” Andreas said.
“May I be of any assistance?”
“Maybe...I have a feeling that Darius
will ask something of me that half of me has a problem with,”
Andreas replied.
“A feeling?”
“Sometimes, when I get very close to
someone, I can tell what they will do or how they are thinking,”
Andreas replied with a shrug. “Like I know that you and Lexo really
like me, but you also believe that I am important to Darius beyond
making him happy.”
“You are,” Yannis said. “As he is
important to bringing us all back under the rule of the ancient
texts, you are very important to help him achieve that goal. And we
do like you a great deal.”
“Thanks, I like you guys, too,”
Andreas said. “I know that Darius will want us to stay here while
the apartments are being renovated. He didn’t make up his
mind until he knew that I liked this place and felt okay being here.
He thinks I won’t be safe at home.”
“It’s a prudent precaution,”
Yannis said. “While the workman are there, it will be difficult to
limit access to your living spaces. We will post guards to prevent
theft, but that would also limit your privacy.”
“Darius hates that, but then, so do
I,” Andreas admitted. “I don’t mind staying here for that. I’m
worried that he will limit how much I am at the hotel office or at
Club Zero without him. I can see him seriously thinking about locking
me away.”
“Yes, I think you are likely
correct,” Yannis said. “You must not permit that. You must be at
his side in these things he must do to advise him.”
“If I go along with being here for
the renovations, I can put my foot down about further restrictions?”
Andreas asked. “Would that work?”
“I think so. The issue with having
obtrusive guards at home is your privacy,” Yannis said. “That is
not the case when you are working or out socially. Odigos reports
that you don’t mind his presence in the office with you or at the
Club.”
“No, I don’t mind. I’d have five
guys in that office, if that will make him happy,” Andreas
muttered.
“Tell him that if he presses for more
isolation,” Yannis said. “And tell him that you need to be free
to help him. You have it in you to persuade him to relent.”
Andreas blushed profusely but somehow felt a lot better.
Though those that love Andreas fear for
his freedom, Andreas does not. He is so hopelessly enthralled to
Darius that refusing him anything he wants is simply impossible. If
his lover really demanded it of him, Andreas would submit to being
chained to his bed. However, Andreas doesn't believe it will come to
that. He is willing to put up with anything Darius requires including
personal security, an over protective household staff and rules about
checking in and returning immediately to him when called. Though this
submission rankles some of Andreas' Crew, Andreas doesn't see the
restrictions as being oppressive. He really loves Darius and is
willing to do anything to spare him pain or worry over his actions.
On the flip side, during his time with
Darius, Andreas grows very possessive of him. Darius. Though he has a
well deserved reputation for a vicious temper and has the power to
have anyone on the planet executed, Darius is a beautiful man with a
highly sensual nature. When Andreas first laid eyes on Darius, his
looks and the way he ate his food drove him to act outrageously
toward that very dangerous man just to get his attention. As they
grow closer and more attached, Andreas sees that others want his
lover. He is surprised to find that he has become possessive as well.
“Why are you so abashed, Andreas,”
Darius asked over dinner. “You’ve been blushing like mad since we
seated ourselves.”
“Does that mean I’m embarrassed?”
“Yes.”
“I don’t know. Maybe it’s the
noise and the...mess we made in the living room,” Andreas hissed.
“But you are my Dami,” Darius
frowned. “Our men expect us couple vigorously.”
“That isn’t the point!”
“I think that is exactly the point.”
Andreas glowered at Darius through much
of the main course. Gradually, his expression changed to a different
yet still intent gaze. Darius became curious.
“What is troubling you, besides the
mess that was in the living room?”
“I’m going crazy,” Andreas
muttered. “You’ve made me crazy. I don’t want anyone seeing how
you look when you eat. It shows too much of who you really are.”
Darius smiled at him kindly.
“Now, you know how I feel about
anyone looking at you at all. Your eyes, your smile, the way you
laugh are all compelling,” Darius said. “And you are far more
approachable than I am.”
“I approached you.”
“Yes, but only you could have gotten
away with that,” Darius said. “You are singular in exquisiteness
to me. I will not permit anyone else that access.”
“I’ve never felt possessiveness
before. It scares me and pisses me off,” Andreas said. “I won’t
let anyone approach me. Even if I have to wear the collar and tag
openly all the time. I don’t ever want to cause you a moment of
pain.”
So even the Uke can be possessive of
the right Seme. And that kind of intense relationship makes for many,
many intense sex scenes.
Next time: Darius – suave,
sophisticated and always horny.
possibly screaming. In
rare cases, a bar fight is good, too. [Spoiler Alert for two anime]
For example, in Junjou Romantica, Usami Akihiko,
would not have been
interested in a shrinking, demur Misaki. Usami”s attention was
attracted when Misaki went off on him with great fury and
indignation. Those flares of temper were a hallmark of their
relationship. In fact, Usami's father didn't understand how the
relationship could exist at all until he saw that Misaki was capable
of and very willing to shout at his son. I could never see Misaki
topping Usami, but there is a balance of power between the two. It
makes for delightful chemistry in and out of the bedroom. Likewise,
in Ikoku Irokoi Romantan, Ranmaru is far from a blushing and shy Uke.
The foreplay his and Alberto's first time in bed is a bar fight where
they are heavily outnumbered. Alberto is very protective of the
beautiful Ranmaru, but the man is almost as good at getting out of
trouble as he is getting into it. I love that when Alberto arrives to
rescue his Uke from kidnappers, Ranmaru had almost made it out on his
own. And even as the pair fly off into the sunset, Ranmaru promises
that there will be problems of his making along the way. Alberto
can't wait. The Semes in these titles are as attracted to their Ukes
as much for their fire as they are for their beauty.
