At Shannon's comment about the leash, he chuckled softly and moved close to him, wrapping the chain around his own waist to keep them close together. Thankfully, Eli chose one of his longer leashes to do this with for this specific reason. He wasn't going to lead Shannon around with it because unlike some D/s relationships, the sub wasn't a pet to him.

"I didn't bring it out to lead you around like some prized pet," he said calmly, one hand reaching up to stroke the side of his face affectionately before he unclipped the leash from his collar, coiling it up and putting it away before returning and hooking his finger in the collar's ring. "But if you don't want me to use it, I won't. I don't need to use it on you."