To be honest, Shannon figured that if they were going to be out in public then he wasn't going to be the easiest sub to work with. There wasn't much point to resisting or being stubborn in private, but it seemed more fun to make them work for it when they had something to prove to the people around them. That, and it certainly helped mask his nervousness about being brought down into subspace in front of so many strangers with prying eyes. He probably couldn't make it easy even if he wanted to. "It wouldn't work so well if we didn't have the same goals," Shannon said with a shrug.

His fingers shifted, knuckles brushing at Eli's palm overlapping them. He liked this part of it, being able to stay close without needing an excuse. He was just Eli's tonight, Eli and Michelle's really, but mostly belonging to his boyfriend. "I'm always kept in the dark," he said, shit-eating grin in place. "You, however, don't often fail to let me in on the joke, it's true."