If they had had this talk prior to making the claim official, Bishop probably could have hidden the way he felt as Sawyer went on, and on about how he had been treated. What they’d done to him, made him do, kept him from doing. But they hadn’t and as much as he tried to not let it feed into their bond - he could keep it all out.
Anger. Sorrow. Annoyance. Mostly anger… But none of it came even close to being towards Sawyer.
If anything, his grip on him was harder and yet somehow gentle at the same time.
The decision making made sense now. The way he jumped to clean. The way he worried. The way he almost didn’t know how to think for himself.
And…
“…you can say no to sex,” he says softly, “if you ever don’t feel like it - you can tell me no. I won’t be upset with you. And I won’t just take it from you either.”
That seemed like a big issue.
“I won’t blame you. Not after…everything they did. I’d still keep you safe, even if we never did that again.”
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Anger. Sorrow. Annoyance. Mostly anger… But none of it came even close to being towards Sawyer.
If anything, his grip on him was harder and yet somehow gentle at the same time.
The decision making made sense now.
The way he jumped to clean.
The way he worried.
The way he almost didn’t know how to think for himself.
And…
“…you can say no to sex,” he says softly, “if you ever don’t feel like it - you can tell me no. I won’t be upset with you. And I won’t just take it from you either.”
That seemed like a big issue.
“I won’t blame you. Not after…everything they did. I’d still keep you safe, even if we never did that again.”