reviews_and_ramblings | Valentine’s Vindication by Keta Diablo

This a very short story less than 20 pages and a D / s' story. Actually it's not really an hard core type of BDSM's story, I read a lot more in the past; in this one the main characters limit themself to some spanking (all right, with a paddle, but still only spanking) and some power games, like "you can only come when I said it". The main reason for it to be a D / s' story is to test the relationship between the heroes, and the trust there is between a Master and his submissive.

Deke made a very big mistake: lacking in trust completely his Master, he preferred to cheat on him to stir up the obviously consequence, being banished from his life. But a month later, on Valentine's Day, Deke is ready to beg his Master, Val (as for Valentine) to take him back; he realized that living without Val is a lot harder than trust him completely. Truth be told, it's not so difficult to convince Valentine to give him another chance.

I have the feeling that nor Deke or Valentine are really into the whole BDSM's world. They are more "players", they like to play the role of Master and submissive, but no one of them is really into the pain thing. What Val does to Deke to punish him, for other more convinced BDSM couple will be a more appetizer. And then Valentine never pushes Deke till his limit to test the boundaries, he never makes Deke admit that he is a submissive to Val's love; what Deke does it's exactly what Deke wants to do.

It's quite hard to accept that Val forgives Deke's cheat so easily, but then probably you have to consider that Val loves Deke. Val's family is not so accepting of their son, and in Deke Val not only found a lover, but also a family, since he almost "adopted" also Deke's mother. Letting Deke go, means loosing not only a lover, but also the fragile stability that Val managed to build in his new life. Considering this, probably it's not so strange that Val is so ready, almost eager, to forgive Deke.

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