Jonathan was mildly surprised to discover that Danielle wasn't a control freak in her everyday life. In his experience, the more submissive a woman was in the bedroom, the more controlling she was everywhere else. He remembered one sub who had alphabetized the entire contents of her bedroom, shoes and beauty products included. That had been scary- particularly if he dared to disturb the ordained order of things.
Danielle, however, seemed to exist in a state of perpetual disorganization. It was probably a good thing they hadn't made it to the bed at their first encounter, for, as it turned out, there wasn't actually any space on it. In the few weeks since they'd first met, since that first time, the only thing he'd observed her being particular about was her appearance, and that was more than likely because the only time he'd seen her was out on dates. She'd not been embarrassed by their first encounter, but had insisted that nothing of the kind would happen again until she got to know him better, as she put it,
"You could have been an axe murderer!"
So they'd been dating and following the proper order of things, had some vanilla intimate encounters, but little else. Danielle was the most open person he'd ever met, and they'd discussed everything under the sun, from their first encounter, to what might happen in their next one. The only thing they hadn't talked about was what made her fear so when he became even the slightest touch dominant, despite her assertions that it was what she wanted. All he knew was that she'd experienced something (or someone) that had put her off. She refused to talk about it, and he'd let her be, knowing that pushing would make her distrust him. She'd promised that she needed to sort things out in her head, and that she'd tell him when she was ready.
Now that night had finally arrived- after painfully inching closer and closer to a D/s situation, Danielle had finally ended the game of cat and mouse by unceremoniously presenting him with two black satin bondage ties, grinning, and saying cheekily
"I'm ready."
Those two words had set his heart (among other things) afire.
Now, driving to her house for the big event, it took him a while to identify the unusual churning sensation in his heart. Him, the supremely confident charismatic master type, was nervous? He wasn't willing to think too deeply about why, and for the moment couldn't as he was just pulling up the drive way at Danielle's new house, which was, conveniently, less than ten minutes from his.
He parked and glanced up to see her silhouette in the upstairs bedroom window. He paused for a moment, fingering the satin ties in his pocket, hoping to god that she wouldn't back out.