let me take you down || McLennon

Chapter 6

Songs in this chapter: pocket full of rainbows by Elvis Presley and this bitter earth by Curtis Stigers. In both cases I don't know who wrote it, but it certainly wasnt me nor Paul.

A/N: Wow this really took ages. But at least it's 3,5k words, a lot more than usually! So enjoy this chapter, yall!

John and the other Doms followed Mr Martin to another classroom, where they were told to sit down. The classroom was small and had about 20 chairs standing in the middle of it in a circle. John took a seat next to Ringo, the guy they had eaten with, and waited for Mr Martin to do anything. After the class had calm down and was quiet, the teacher smiled and started to speak.

"So, this is the first part of DSE, the part in which the Doms and Subs have seperated lessons. It is important if the sub is being abused, or if the dom doesn't know what to do anymore. Whatever you say in here will not be told anyone, not your sub, not even Mr Epstein. Please respect the other's privacy and don't tell your sub or anyone else about what someone else said. This is the only way we can keep this class safe and secure for you. So, who wants to start? Just tell us a little about what has happened during the past days," he said and John felt relieved to know Paul wouldn't know about this. The responsebility was a lot to handle for the young man and he knew it was not good if Paul ever found out how difficult this was for him, too.

Mr Martin asked a lad named Pete Shotton to start, who was sitting next to John, and the boy nodded. He grinned nervously and started talking about his sub, who seemed to be rather shy. He told the class that he had had no difficulties with rules and that his sub had not disobeyed him yet. Although everything seemed be great in their new relationship, he had not dared to make any more physical moves than holding hands. The teacher nodded, but didn't comment the story. John was next and he cocked one eyebrow, when he saw Mr Martin started grinning.

"So, I've heard you and your sub have already been rather physical in public," he said and smiled warmly at John. But the younger man didn't like the way the teacher seemed so smug, almost amused, by something so important for both him and Paul.

"Well, actually I think Paul likes this relationship. I don't think his feelings are romantic or anything like that. He had just never had someone to kiss. Or someone who cared about him, for that matter. His parents weren't really fond of their kids and... it's actually quite hard to see the surprise in his face whenever I hug him or kiss him or just hold his hand. He's never really been loved before and the fact that someone wants to touch him seems almost absurd to him. He sometimes snuggles up to me when he sleeps and hugs me. I don't mind it at all, it's quite sweet actually, but I think it shows how much he craves any kind of human contact. It's a little scary how new this sort of relationship is to him, and he gets upset a lot. It's not easy but I do think he enjoys this...relationship, whatever it is."

The class was quiet when John finished and they all seemed rather...shocked actually. Shit, John thought, their subs don't have these kind of problems. Mr Martin's face seemed a little worried now and he nodded. There was a crease on his forehead and suddenly John felt guilty for telling all these strangers about something so private.

"I see. If there is a problem with your relationship, please don't hesitate to contact me or my husband. I hope you can help Paul with this, John. It's not easy for him to be here, but I am glad to hear he kissed you. That means there is some sort of trust between the two of you," he said and John nodded, a warm and fuzzy feeling in his stomach.

Trust.

Paul trusted him.

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"So," Mr Epstein started and seemed rather excited to begin the lesson, "How was it? Do you like your Doms?". The teacher talked as if they were a group of teenage girls fangirling about some actor and Paul had to grin.