[ And realization strikes. They're on different pages, and for once it's Fraser who's noticed it first. There's the briefest swallow and then the usual lengthy syllable as he stalls for time as to how to address things: ]
Ah.
[ The truth was he hadn't even considered the possibility. The other way around? There was a certain amount of it that made sense, for sure. Ray wouldn't have to keep quiet, Fraser would be the disciplined and obedient one, nothing could possibly go wrong.
But it wasn't the way it had played out in his head. Because, well... He was the alpha. Wasn't he?
Out with it, then. ]
I imagined you to be the one filling that role, Ray.
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Ah.
[ The truth was he hadn't even considered the possibility. The other way around? There was a certain amount of it that made sense, for sure. Ray wouldn't have to keep quiet, Fraser would be the disciplined and obedient one, nothing could possibly go wrong.
But it wasn't the way it had played out in his head. Because, well... He was the alpha. Wasn't he?
Out with it, then. ]
I imagined you to be the one filling that role, Ray.
[ Maybe too blunt. ]