（ he laughs, a throaty boom of sound. ）

Ah, fuck no. Not my kink. No judgment if it's yours, though. But masochism and I have a very storied relationship — it stays in its lane and I stay in mine.

（ he crosses his legs at the ankle, and since this whole pose requires him to keep his knees straight he has to shimmy back closer to the wall, otherwise he'll just spill onto the floor in a lanky pile of limbs. ）