Like A Dream

Chapter 16

"Harold?" Louis called from outside his bedroom, where Harry was lounging in his bed on his phone, trying to take the perfect selfie of him wearing his collar to post on his social media. He couldn't help it — he just had to brag about how pretty it was!

"Yes?" Harry asked, putting his phone down.

"Come downstairs; we want to speak to you!"

Harry gulped. That didn't sound good. He couldn't think of anything bad that he'd done, but still. He still worried that there was something naughty he'd done unintentionally, and he definitely did not want to break his no–punishments–streak.

Even so, he hurried downstairs and to the living room, where he was met with his Doms. None of them looked mad, so that was a good sign.

"C'mere," Niall said, beckoning him over with a grin.

Harry smiled, relieved that he wasn't in trouble, and stood in front of the Doms.

"We have a proposal," Zayn said, making Harry's eyebrows raise.

"What is it?" he asked impatiently.

Zayn eyed the others cautiously before he continued. "We want to emphasize what you having your collar should mean to you, and to us. We've also just been wanting to try this for awhile now," he explained vaguely.

Harry whined. "Tell me, please!" he begged, though not impolitely.

The Doms chuckled at the sub's eagerness. "It's called Service Submission. Any idea what that is, sweetheart?" Liam asked, wondering if the boy had maybe learned about the act in school.

"No, Sir." Harry shook his head with a curious frown.

"Mm. Supposed they haven't taught you what it is yet in school," Niall mused.

"I'd like to know what it is," Harry told his Doms, a bit of impatience seeping through his tone and making Niall raise an eyebrow at him.

"Hey, now, tone down the sass," Niall reprimanded good–heartedly, not unkindly. "We'll tell you."

Louis leaned forward. "Service Submission is an act where the submissive submits completely to their Doms, also in terms of domestic acts, such as the submissive helping the Dom get dressed, cooking meals, providing pleasure but not receiving any in return. Your pleasure would be received by serving us; we wouldn't necessarily give it to you physically. Does this make sense so far?" He raised an eyebrow.

Harry bit his lip. "Yes, Sir," he said. "But how does this tie into my collar?" He touched the lace subconsciously.

"Well, dear Harold," Louis began with a smirk, "when the submissive earns their collar, it signifies complete submission. Service Submission would just emphasize the fact that you're now submitting completely to us, with full consent."

"And we want you to know that we're not forcing you to do anything," Zayn added softy. "You have the full choice of using your safeword. You can tell us right now that you don't want to do it and we wouldn't mind. We just thought that you might enjoy trying this out."

"It's also about you showing your care for us, and love, and dedication to being our submissive," Niall put in. "Service Submission shows that you care enough about your Doms in order to help provide them anything they may need."

"Okay," Harry said with a slow nod. "Um, when are we doing this?"

Louis smiled knowingly. "We'd love to try it today, Harold," he said gently, "but if you don't feel comfortable, we don't have to. We want to make sure that you enjoy it. And remember that at any time, you can colour, and we will talk about it. Understand?"