Sometimes, you want whips and chains. Sometimes you want the dramatic theatre that goes along with the bondage and D/s games and the costuming and the whole nine yards. It's fun and it's hot and there's a reason people subscribe to it.
Sometimes, though, you need something much more real than that, and
Lighgetsin provides in spades.
Figure it Out is just so viscerally hot and real - Peter and Elizabeth don't need the theatre of whips and chains (though handcuffs do make an appearance) to dominate Neal; they just do. And Neal - you almost feel bad for the boy, because he keeps himself so controlled but is so rarely in control of anything, least of all Peter and Elizabeth falling in love with him or he in love with them.
For all that this is hot like the surface of the sun, it's also heart wrenching and warming and wonderful. Go read it. Now. The links follow to the Archive of Our Own (I am continually blown away by how much awesome content there is here - can't wait to jump in!).