He was cold, left out in the afternoon snow. His car had broken down and refused to co-operate, despite the many times he beat it with a wrench. He called the emergency services, but they were backed up dealing with the blizzard and snowed in grannies. He knew that if he stayed out here much longer he could freeze. Looking around at the nearby houses, he thought he saw a figure watching him from a second story window. Before he could focus on it, it had ducked out of sight, leaving the light to illuminate an empty room. He decided that the house was a decent start, and maybe they'd have a warm drink to soothe him.
He banged on the door, snowflakes falling from his coat as he did. He heard footsteps through the door and banged harder. The latch began to slide and the door opened, a blast of warm air reinvigorating him. In front of him stood a woman, green-eyed and wild haired, her thermals hugging her smooth curves.
"Can I help you?"
"You can, I'm sorry, my car's broken down and I can't get help. Can I trouble you for shelter?"
The woman looked him up and down, strong jaw, well defined, dazzling blue eyes. She smiled eagerly.
"I think we can come to some arrangement. Please come in. Shoes at the door, coat on the rack. Perch yourself down by the fire, I'll fix you a drink."
"Thank you so much," the man returned her smile and entered.
The fire crackled away and the man felt far more comfortable. When his hostess returned with a mug of hot chocolate he felt gratified, and smiled warmly in thanks.
"So what brings a nice man out here in the dead of winter? A girl?"
"No, no girl. Business."
"At this time of year? Wow, you do work a busy schedule. When do you head back to see the wife?"
"Heh, no wife either. Not really lucky in love."
"Oh," she pouted, "that's seems surprising. A good looking guy like you, I would have thought the girls would be all over you."
He blushed, causing her lip to twitch into an evil little smile.
"Now then, there is a small matter of compensation for my hospitality."
"Of course! You've been so kind, how can I repay you? I have money in the car."
"No, money is not of use to me, what else can you offer?"
"I don't know, whatever I have, anything."
"Anything at all?"
He noticed her emphasis but continued, she was already being so nice to him.
"Uh, sure."
"Say it," a slight hiss in her voice.
"Anything," he said, a note of confusion creeping into his voice.
"Lovely!" she leaned back, saccharin sweet once again, "Now drink up, you don't want to catch pneumonia."
He drank, the molten chocolate drink sweet, filling his core with gentle warmth. Suddenly, something didn't seem right. He looked at his hand but wasn't able to focus on it. He looked up at the swimming visage before him. Finally, with a woozy grunt, he passed out, the mug falling to the floor.
"Night night sweetheart. Mmm, and you're a messy boy too. Well we'll have to see to that."
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"Rise and shine."
He awoke from his deep sleep, his blood pounding in his veins and his head throbbing. He tried to look up, but found his entire body lashed to the table, restricting his movement. His gaze, forced to the side, beheld a woman entirely different from the one who sheltered him from the cold. A picture of red and black, she stood in knee high heels, a short skirt revealing enough to know she was free beneath, and a tight red frilly corset. A quiet part of his mind wondered how she could breathe, let alone stand. A black mask edged in lace covered her face. He recognized the style of the medieval harlequins, its mystery exciting him despite the situation.
"I guess I mean lie down and shine. Anything can mean a lot of things young man, as I'm sure we'll explore. Now you be quiet, or I'm going to take this little gag here and make you quiet."
A black rubber ball dangled in front of his face. A strap accented in gold dangled from it. She smiled a wicked smile as she fastened it behind his head, the ball resting on his chin. As she moved aside he saw the table, and his eyes widened in fear and exhilaration. A collection of whips, chains, tools and toys were arrayed out on the table like a surgeon's instruments. He tried to say something, to find the words, but before he could a fiery pain sizzled down his back.
Thud!
The cane snapped onto his back, and he had a startling revelation. He was naked. Wincing through the pain he let out a loud yelp. His captor returned, standing over him with a displeased smile.
"Already? You screamed after one little teensy smack? Boy are you in for it."
She placed the ball in his reluctant mouth as he tried to yell and bite her.
"I'm going to enjoy this, and soon, so will you. You will welcome the pain I bring, and you will ask for more. Every time you scream, every cry, the pain will get worse, until you are no longer part of it, until the endorphins numb your brain so much you will beg me to keep going. And so," she tickled his nose with the end of a riding crop, "We begin."
Smack!
Riding crop met bare flesh, a flinch and a yell from her subject.
Smack!
He felt the blood coursing through his veins. Hot tears in his eyes flowed freely.