"There are girls that love to be talked down to." Sebastian fills the silence and your attention snaps up to him. He watches you with interest, as if reading your every reaction. "Many more than you could imagine." "Talk down...?" You start, a little lost. "Degraded." Your gasp and agape mouth make him chuckle once. "It's not that terrible." "Being insulted during sex? I don't know. It doesn't sound..." You try to find the right word but nothing comes to mind, so you simply shrug. "I don't think I would enjoy that." "I know." His confident tone makes you blink. "You know?" "You are a nice girl." Slowly, Sebastian pushes himself forward, resting his forearms on his thighs. He doesn't break eye contact while he does it and it makes your mouth go dry. "Nice girls like to be told how good they are and how well they are doing. They like to be praised." ✦ . ⁺ . ✦ . ⁺ . ✦. Sebastian is your best friend. And you are terribly attracted to him.