Games People Play: Straight as an Arrow by Sean Michael

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After more or less 5 of these stories in the Games People Play maybe I have finally understood the leitmotiv of this series: ordinary men who want to play in the safety of their relationship… yes, I know, I’m slow sometime.

Like in this story, Hunter and Kyle are in a long-term relationship, living together and being pretty much happy and lucky; high-executive job for Hunter, personal shopper for the wealthy and rich Kyle, their life is almost perfect if not for the long weeks Hunter has to spend out of town.

Hunter knows that he has something special with Kyle, the man is doting on him like the most perfect of the househusband, always ready to understand and cuddle him when he comes home tired and moody. But when he is out of time, Hunter is all alone with himself, and basically he is not able to take care of himself like Kyle does. For how much big independent boy Hunter is, when he is alone he seems to loose his balance, and his balance is Kyle.

So one night, with the agreement of Kyle, more with his suggestion to do that, Hunter is online browsing for porn to unwind and instead he enters a BDSM chat room. Hunter is pretty much a vanilla man, sex for him is two men, a bed and nothing else, but in the chat room Hunter understands that he likes to be ordered around. Nothing really odd, just “do this, do that” stuff; it’s classic with this high-power business men, when they are finally out of the office they don’t really want to continue being the one in charge.

And basically, even if Kyle was not really topping him at home, he was in any other meaning of the word taking the charge of their relationship: Hunter was letting him taking all the decisions; he was obeying his orders even if Kyle was not saying them aloud.

I like the turn the story took since I love Hunter and Kyle as a couple; they are the perfect example of how a couple can find the solution to their little trouble inside the safe wall of their home, without letting anything from outside interfere. Straight as an Arrow is at the same time sweet and naughty, and if you want an enjoyable and light novella, this one is a good example.

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