I still really want the story/novel/movie where this is somebody’s meet-cute.
Like person 1 (substitute teacher) meets person 2 (sub as in lifestyle) at a bar and p1 is like, “Oh my god, why am I a sub, no one ever listens to anything I tell them to do.”
And P2 is like, “Uh, haha, that’s kind of in the job description? But no, really, if someone isn’t respecting your boundaries there are people you can and should talk to—”
"Yeah…I know there are systems in place. But everywhere’s different, you know? And they can tell, one wrong word and it’s blood in the water."
"Shit, where the hell are you going? If you’re walking into situations not feeling safe—”
"Oh no, I feel safe, that’s not a problem. There’s plenty of security. Also most of the time they’re smaller than me, which, like, I could take ‘em."
"…okay, but like. Are you getting what you need out of it?"
"A decent paycheck and the option to say no whenever I like? Pretty much, yeah. Plus some days are definitely easier than others—Monday I only had ten in a room."
"TEN?"
"Yeah. Seven boys and three girls, which tells you something about gender inequality still being a thing seeing as this was a fairly high level class."
"Oh, so this was a class, okay. So like more than one sub in the room.”
"…No, why would they need more than one sub? Like I said, there were only ten."
"Jesus Christ. …I bet you were sore the next morning."
"Eh, my voice was a little hoarse. I kept having to shout, they wouldn’t stop talking long enough to get to work."
"…Damn."
(And this goes on and on until one of them finally clues in, and then they fight CRIME)
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