collaborative_daredevil | Slavery RP Post XVIII

"I see. Until last week his issues weren't any worse than to be expected with the move to a new situation and he was improving again." A bit more slowly than she'd have preferred, but if he was stressed and getting overtired that would explain that - and she certainly wasn't going to mention it where Toffee could hear. "Toffee, can you try for thirty seconds on the balance board today?"

"Yes, I'll try." He made it almost through the full thirty seconds.

Barba watched and smiled, remembering how upset Toffee had been the last time Barba had been there, how impossible he'd have found this. Perhaps they really didn't irretrievably fuck Toffee all up.

He smiled proudly at Toffee, and nodded approvingly, but tried not to interfere.

"On to the weights now?" He asked hopefully.

"To start, yes." And his physiotherapist looked as approving as Master Erik did.

"Our policy with pets is to contact the owner if there are two bad weeks in a row. But I can tell that you caught the problem in time yourselves."

"I appreciate your diligence," he told her quietly, watching Toffee. "He's so much stronger than he looks, isn't he? I'm so lucky to have him," he said softly.

"And stronger than he thinks as well." She smiled at Toffee as he worked.

"But you said he's been doing well here, despite all the not sleeping, the exercising to exhaustion, all of it?" he asked, a little worried still.

"He has been improving despite all of that, yes." And now she directed Toffee into his fist set of flexibility exercises.

"I take it you're putting measures into place to prevent those issues in future?"

"Yes. We've cut out the majority of his workload, and I've insisted that he not be exercised at a pet-park more than once a week. He's also not allowed to just suffer silently if he has nightmares or wakes up at night--he has to come either get one of us or at minimum tell us immediately in the morning." The image of him crying alone at night haunted Barba. "He's also going to learn more of how to cook."

"Hmm." She nodded in understanding at that, letting Toffee move on to more of his preferred strengthening exercises.

"I think that once he's recovered a bit more it should be possible to ease the restriction on pet park visits."

"He was being dragged there twice a day, and told us that he felt so exhausted he was crying alone at night. I'm disinclined to allow that," he said a little coolly.

"Of course." She nodded in agreement, even as Toffee made a soft noise of surprise. "But when he feels comfortable enough to suggest going specific places I don't think it's necessarily the best choice to limit him to visiting a pet park once a week given that they're among the safest places for pets."

"Ah," Barba said, and thought calmly about what she meant, as much as he could, and watched Toffee move and twist, his muscles flexing and bunching. "I understand what you mean--I'd rather Toffee be in one of the places with security, gates, the staff and dozens of pets around all the time than running around in the city alone or anything of that sort. But at the same time, he needs time to rest and time for leisure, just as my other pets have that too. Well, Hendrick would work ten-hour days if I let him more than a few times a month, but you understand my meaning," he said with a shrug.

"Of course. I was thinking allow more weekly visits, up to maybe three or four a week as he recovers." She hesitated, then continued. "I thought you'd mentioned the restriction to get my feedback on how it meshes with his physical condition."

"I appreciate your expertise," Barba said, a little confused by what she meant. "May I ask--once Toffee is ready for more...intimiate exercise, shall we call it...should we consult you here for limitations?"

"I can certainly sit down with you to consult on that." She nodded in agreement.

"Thank you. It'll be a while before that happens, Toffee darling," he soothed his pet quickly.

"I shouldn't need you to speak for me though." He addressed his physiotherapist.

"Why not? Many of my free patients feel more comfortable if I discuss how their physical limitations will after intimacy with themselves any their partners together."

"I just want a professional to ensure that once you're ready we won't physically hurt you either--it's important to me that I've never had to take a pet to the hospital after sex and I don't want to start," Barba attempted to gently tease him.

He giggled at that, and nodded.

"Thank you, I do appreciate your care."

"Good," he said, and nodded to the complicated-looking machine that was next in the line. "Go on, show me how strong you can be," he coaxed his sweetheart. "You're being excellent today, my darling."

He flushed with pleasure and glanced at his physiotherapist for approval before moving on.

Barba watched closely, gazing at each bit of skin and skin-tight clothes, the sweat gathering on his forehead, the way his breathing changed, and idly cataloged all the places he wanted to bite and kiss until they were bruised, visible, signs that he was wanted. He held himself back from pinning him down and nibbling on him right there and then, and took soft breaths in rhythm to control his own enroaching flush.

His own flush wasn't just from exertion - he could tell how much master wanted him. But he didn't do anything about it, even after Toffee had showered, just helped him get dry. And that felt safe in a way he'd never known before.

"My perfect darling," Barba murmured as he helped Toffee dry off and get changed into soft clothes--not that he'd be wearing them all that long. "Now, Jamie's been texting me that he'll have lunch ready at home--comfort food, he said. Are you hungry?" he asked him as they went to leave.

"Yes, I am." He said with a sense of relief - he'd not been hungry from the stress for a while, and it felt so good to be ready to eat again.

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