"God, Ben, I'm doing this all outta order. I'm sorry. I mess everything up." Dean paced up and down his living room as Ben removed his coat and shoes.
"Stop, Dean. Nothing's wrong. Why're you saying that?" Ben asked, feeling more than nervous.
"I shouldn't be collaring you like this. There should be, we should've been dating for a while. I just..."
Ben sighed. "Dean, I asked for this, and you're humoring me."
Dean barked out a harsh laugh. "You don't even understand what this means, not really. We should've talked about it, should've worked it out, but I rushed into it because..." He deflated, then threw himself into the recliner next to the couch.
Ben's eyes rolled up. Dean was being dramatic. "Dean, nothing's out of order."
"We should be at dinner right now. I should be pouring you a nice red wine, we should be eating. Getting to know each other."
Ben stalked forward and dropped to his knees between Dean's legs in front of the recliner. He looked up, Dean's pain hurting his heart. "Dean, I love you. Collar me. I wanna wear your collar. I wanna... um... We don't have to work tomorrow. I wanted to, ah, spend the night. If you don't mind..."
Dean swallowed hard. "You wanna spend the night?"
He nodded. "Is that okay?"
Dean nodded. "We can do whatever you want."
He exhaled. "Dean, please. Stop this. I wanna see the collar you chose for me. Show me? Please?"
Dean looked at him, vulnerable and afraid. "If you stay the night, you'll give me the wrong idea. If you let me collar you now, you'll give me the wrong idea."
"Dean, it's not the wrong idea. I've been waiting all week. I want..." He couldn't say it, it was too embarrassing.
"I wanna make you mine, Ben." It was a statement, a fact, but the way he said it made it seem like he was implying that what he wanted was bad. "If you stay, I'll wanna make you mine."
Ben leaned closer, pushing Dean's legs apart. "I want that, too."
Dean watched him for almost too long, then reached into his pocket. "You'll let me collar you?"
"I want you to collar me," he agreed. "No one at work will know what it means but us, and I totally wanna feel like that. Make me yours, Dean."
Dean's hands were shaking as he pulled out the black metal collar. It had similar metal working, Ben noticed, but the black was shiny and almost iridescent. Ben leaned closer. "I want you so much," Dean whispered, his hands trembling.
Ben took his hands and pulled them closer to inspect the collar when Dean froze up. "It's awesome. Do it, Dean. We can spend all night making me yours. All weekend, if you wanted."
"I'm afraid you won't like being fucked, Ben. It scares me a lot."
"Stop stalling. Even if I don't like anal, I've enjoyed everything else we've done so far. Is no anal sex a deal breaker, in the event that I don't enjoy it?"
Dean shook his head quickly. "No, not at all. I mean, of course not."
"Then stop stalling and collar me, Dean. Then, you need to punish me for coming on the floor when you told me not to." Ben leaned in, then went up on his knees and planted a kiss on Dean's lips before he could say anything else.
Dean snorted, then pulled back, a soft smile on his face. "You're killing me, DeLuca."
Ben smiled, too. "Make me yours, Sir. Please?"
Dean's hands shook as he pulled the collar out. The metal was warm as it wrapped around his neck, and Dean spun it around so that the ends were under his chin as he clasped it. His fingers lingered a little longer, then brushed Ben's adam's apple before he retreated, sitting back to admire the collar.
"It looks so good on you," Dean whispered. His hand cupped Ben's cheek, and then they were kissing. Dean tasted like copper, and Ben wondered if he'd bitten the inside of his cheek until he bled. "Thank you, Ben. So much."
He kissed Dean back. "Thank you, Sir," he said. "Dean. I love you."
Dean leaned his forehead on Ben's. "I love you, too. This's too good to be true."
"Sorry, but you're a Disney princess now. Suck it up."
Dean pulled back to look him in the eye, looking confused, then barked out a laugh. "Sure, sure. Don't you wanna go see it?"
"Absolutely," he said, jumping to his feet. He ran to the bathroom, his fingers tracing the collar. It sat comfortably at the base of his neck, with a quarter-sized hoop just below the hollow of his throat. It made him shiver in pleasure as he traced it with his finger. He was leaning in to inspect the collar closer when Dean came into the bathroom behind him.
"Do you..."
"I love it. How do you take it off?"
Dean bit his lip. "You don't."
"Oh, I know. I was wondering how it works. I wouldn't dream of taking it off."
Dean was worrying his lip now. He reached into his pocket and fished around, then came out with a small black bar. "I press this into this black piece next to the hoop, like this," he said, leaning into Ben's back. Dean watched himself in the mirror as he placed the bar into the small hole in the connection piece. It fell apart easily and Dean caught it.
"How'd you know how to do that?" he asked, jealousy blooming in his chest.
Dean kissed the side of his cheek, still watching them in the mirror. "Sheila taught me. I've always wanted..." He looked down. "I've always wanted to do this to someone. Someone special."
Ben's butterflies danced in his stomach. He reached back and pulled Dean against his body. "Thank you."
Dean reattached the collar around his neck, then kissed his cheek. "Do you... Do you like it?"
"Have you been listening? It's awesome. I really, really like it."
It tickled as Dean traced the metal around his neck with his lips, eyes locked on Ben's in the mirror. "You're supposed to be in trouble, aren't you?"
It amazed him how quickly Dean could switch from normal Dean to Dom Dean. "Yes, Sir," he said, turning away from his reflection.