A Note from your author on Consent
A topic came up that touched on issues of consent in dominant/submissive sexual encounters, and I figured I would bring this up, since it is pertinent to E&E (at least since Ellery first asked Ennis to tie him up.) The kind of dominance/submission play I am describing in the Laramie Saga is a sexual roleplaying that Ennis and Ellery started exploring when Ellery discovered to his delight that Ennis had one time tied Jack's hands for sex, and he asked him to tie him. Their personal relationship is that between equal partners, and there is certainly no element of dominant/submissive elements that carry over to their non sexual relationship. There is also the issue of consent. In the scene in chapter 28, I illustrated a scene in which Ennis takes Ellery by surprise and tries to strip and penetrate him, but Ellery stops him, insisting that he take off his gun first. Even though Ennis is in his sexual dominant mode, he does take no for an answer, and if Ellery had stopped the sex, he would also have taken no for an answer.
This story is not intended to portray non consensual dom/sub situations. I wanted to be certain that was clear to everyone, and if you have any questions or concerns, to feel free to bring them up or talk about them.