[There are a lot of things Sandalphon regrets. Fewer now than when he was fresh out of Pandemonium, certainly.
But there are some new ones that have piled up on him since finding himself in Duplicity, and none of these newer regrets hurts as much and buries itself as deeply as the incident from Fort Harmony. He still sees Izumi's heartbroken expression in his dreams, sometimes, when they take a turn for the worse; he can still hear that beautiful voice reducing itself to broken sobs if he thinks too much about it.
They had both been under the influence of that drug everyone had been given, but that doesn't make the pain from that day any less real; Izumi's devastation and Sandalphon's mangled pride are still affecting them to this day.
Which is why he's come up with a plan to fix it.]
Izumi.
[Sandalphon's gotten better at both propositioning and being propositioned by his Dominant, but his face still flushes in a telltale manner every time. This one is no different.]
...Will you...hear me out? I'd like to try something a little out of our usual routine tonight in bed.
[This is the first time he's ever asked about a specific kink, though.]
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But there are some new ones that have piled up on him since finding himself in Duplicity, and none of these newer regrets hurts as much and buries itself as deeply as the incident from Fort Harmony. He still sees Izumi's heartbroken expression in his dreams, sometimes, when they take a turn for the worse; he can still hear that beautiful voice reducing itself to broken sobs if he thinks too much about it.
They had both been under the influence of that drug everyone had been given, but that doesn't make the pain from that day any less real; Izumi's devastation and Sandalphon's mangled pride are still affecting them to this day.
Which is why he's come up with a plan to fix it.]
Izumi.
[Sandalphon's gotten better at both propositioning and being propositioned by his Dominant, but his face still flushes in a telltale manner every time. This one is no different.]
...Will you...hear me out? I'd like to try something a little out of our usual routine tonight in bed.
[This is the first time he's ever asked about a specific kink, though.]