Checkmate

Back to Work

Elliot's POV

7 am was when my alarm went off. I groan as I stretched out and pressed stop. I sat up against my headboard and go over what happened last night. I remember being passed over to Master Thomas and him telling me it was okay to fall asleep. The next thing I remember was Master Nathaniel gently shaking me up. I blinked up at him and stretched a little. "That's a good boy. Can you walk for me?" He asked unbuckling my seatbelt. I nodded sleepily and got out of the car. We were at home? This must've meant that Master Nathaniel drove us home. He told me to wait a second before he got Sim out. He picked my friend up and we made our way to our flat. "You two probably shouldn't have come tonight," he told me as we walked.
"I know but Sim wanted to support Robin," I tell him sleepily getting my key out from my pocket. I turn the key in the lock and push the door open. He stepped into our flat. "Sorry about the mess" I muttered. It wasn't very messy but it could be neater.
"It's fine." He tells me gently.
"Thank you for bringing us home. I'm sorry we were such a bother."
"Not at all. I didn't want you two to be left alone in a taxi while you're like this. I'll go and put Simon to bed and then you can lock the door when I leave" I nodded leaning against the counter as he made his way to Sim's room. I'm not surprised he knew where it was honestly. I'm pretty sure he's been here before. I've never seen him but Sim is sneaky. I grabbed a glass of water and drank it. I heard Sim's door close quietly and Master Nathaniel came out and over to me. "He's passed out completely."
"He didn't get much sleep last night so I'm not surprised" a smile crept on my lips as I looked up at the man. He smiled back at me.
"That's very true. I worked him hard" he winked. I blushed. I did not need to hear that about him. He ran his hand through my hair.
"You're a good boy Elliot. You're going to fit in very well at the club. Make sure you lock your door after me okay?"
"Yes sir. Thank you again for this. We really appreciate it."
"It's no problem at all." He pressed a gentle kiss to my head and turned to leave. I followed him out to the door so I could lock it.
"Drive safe," I tell him. He smiled.
"I'll see you soon," he told me.
"See you soon" I waved him out before locking the door and going to bed.

I rolled out of bed and went to the bathroom. I put on a white shirt and black trousers. I pulled my hair over my forehead. I check the time. It was seven-thirty. I'd grab some breakfast and attempt to wake Sim up. I made my way into the kitchen and he was already awake which was surprising for him. "Morning sunshine" I leaned against the doorframe. He looked over his shoulder.
"Moooorrning" he smiled. "I made bacon. You're just in time." I sat at the table. He placed a couple of rashes of bacon on the bread. I eye my friend curiously.
"What are you doing awake so early?" Normally I have to drag him out of bed before I leave so he's at least partially awake for work.
"I don't know honestly just am" he shrugged. He passed me over a bacon sandwich.
"Thanks" I smiled at him. He sat down opposite me and we began to eat.
"I can't believe you fell asleep on Master Thomas' knee" he smirked.
"You fell asleep too." I piped up defensively.
"Yeah on Master Nathaniel. He doesn't count. I've slept with him plenty of times." He shrugged. I narrowed my eyes at him.
"I was tired. He said I could sleep and I was comfortable. I was falling asleep on Master Janus even before being passed to Master Thomas" I shrugged.
"I just fully don't understand how you did it. He's not normally like that at all." He shook his head like something was genuinely confusing him.
"Like what?"
"Master Thomas is not affectionate. He's a sadist. His aftercare is nice but that's only after he's scened."
"I dunno. It's probably because Master Janus asked him too" I shrugged. He just hummed. We had our breakfast and I took my water bottle out of the cupboard and filled it up. I got it off Beth for my birthday. It's rainbow-themed and has different times and amounts in different colours. This was her cry to get me to drink more water. I appreciate that. I grab my bag, my jacket, my car keys and my wallet from the side. "I'll see you later. Have a good day" I smiled at my best friend who waved.
"See you." He went and made himself comfortable on the sofa while I had to bear the cold temperature of the outside before I piled into my car. Traffic was fine and I got to the office for ten to nine. I signed in and made my way to my desk. I was hoping to avoid Jim, he was incredibly talkative, honestly, I was not in the mood for a highly riveting conversation about the space documentary he watched over the weekend. Luckily I was in the all-clear and I put all my stuff down before turning on my computer. I placed my phone face down on the table next to me on silent, I know that I'd get too tempted if I heard my stupid notifications going off every two minutes. Time to focus on work.