Eternity- Names
warnings; noncon touch, anxiety, touch aversion, carewhumper
Amir woke up to touch. Gentle touch, no doubt, but touch nonetheless. And touch was dangerous. Maybe if he leaned into it his master would get bored and leave him alone?
No, the hand stayed. But his master made a contented noise so he was clearly doing something right. The hand finally went away and he could sleep again. But no, now he wawa awake. Now he had to stay alert.
He opened his eyes and found his master working on a stack of paperwork next to him. Had he moved his office into this tiny room to be with amir? Why? Wasn't he just a nuisance?
His master turned towards him, and finally registered that he was awake, “Good morning! How did you sleep?”
“Fine, sir. Thank you for asking,” he really didn’t want to talk right now, but he knew better than to be rude.
“Good. I'm glad you got some rest. You seemed like you needed it.” Why would his master care?
All he could do was I've a weak nod in response.
“I realized while you were asleep I never got your name. Would you like to tell me?” A choice. An option to keep his identity, or hide behind a new one. No, this master would not get his name.
“You can call me whatever you’d like sir.”
“I don’t want to call you anything, I want to know how you’d prefer to be addressed.” no. no this was a trick. Amir knew better than to trust this.
“Most of my masters named me sir.”
“Ok, but I'd prefer if you picked the name. I’d feel weird choosing your name for you.” Why? He was Amris' master after all.