The more praise and attention they paid to him, the easier it was to try and shrug off the perceived failures that had been so harshly pushed into the light. It was an odd thing, but for someone who paid extra attention to the people around him to figure out his own reactions at times it helped quite a lot. Nothing bad was happening and the longer he sat between him, the more convinced he became that perhaps there would be nothing worse forthcoming.

His lips twitched, a ghost of a smile while his Dom described what he saw and wanted to see. The hand barely tracing along his body made it feel like he could see where his Dom was looking. "How fast do you draw?" Considering how close he was already, there wouldn't be much chance to get it down on paper before it was over.