I'm soaking wet from the moment we start negotiating on the phone the night before. I'm out of town on business and I masturbate in my hotel room to take the edge off. It doesn't help. I get home the next day and shower briefly, rushing to put on something slutty that's nice enough to be attractive but not precious enough for me to mind it being torn off. I experience a rush of panic when my brother's girlfriend comes home early, and a fresh wave of relief when she falls asleep on the couch. I don't have to explain myself on my way out the door. I lie to my brother via text, telling him I'm having dinner and going to a movie with a friend.
I get a light dinner and a couple mugs of green tea. I try to study in the cute downtown coffee shop where I'm waiting and find myself rereading the same paragraph over and over again. When I get the text telling me to come over, I feel relieved and anxious at the same time.
I don't hesitate until I'm standing in front of the door to his apartment. I breathe, trying to to slow my pounding heart. I don't ever actually consider leaving.
I walk in and lock the door behind me. It's a nice apartment and the dog and cat come running over to say hello. I step farther down the hallway, looking around cautiously. I see a couch just past the open door on the left, and think maybe I'll take off my coat and scarf and set them down on the couch.
I KNOW he's waiting in that dark doorway on the left, but I jump and squeal anyway when he says "Hello." I think for a minute he'll cut me some slack and we'll sit down and have a nice chat. A cup of tea maybe? But in reality, I didn't even have enough time to finish that thought.
He hits me hard, in a full-body tackle. I'm on the floor before I know it and I'm still not quite sure how it happened. Maybe he grabbed the back of my neck and knocked me off balance? I can't move under his weight. My heavy wool coat pinions my arms - I didn't plan to have to deal with this. The next thing I know, he's got his hand between my legs. His fingers tear at my fishnets and slide inside me. "Fuck, you're so wet," he growls as he fucks me roughly with his fingers. My legs splay open of their own accord before I remember that I'm supposed to be resisting. I squirm and twist and manage to get an occasional knee and elbow into his torso. I haven't fought like this since I was a pre-teen tomboy. I remember it being easier back then; I still had a height advantage on the boys. I feel pathetic. When I swing at him, he laughs and grabs my wrists roughly. A few times, I make some ground toward the door by lunging with my whole body weight, but he wrenches me back into the hallway. I end up on my back again, pinned to the floor underneath him. He deftly ties one of my wrists to a desk in the hallway. I dig my nails into his hands while he works - he just laughs. "Go ahead and do that while you can." He pulls my coat off and pulls my scarf tight around my neck before removing it.
His weight shifts, and I manage to twist under him and get on my hands and knees with my bound wrist twisted under me. I try to buck him off, and turn and sink my teeth into his arm. This is my trump card, the thing that has always gotten me out of trouble in the past. I'm not fucking around - I want to surprise and hurt him.
He pulls my hair and wrenches my head up. "See what happens when you bite?" I don't register what he said and don't understand. I lunge forward and bite him again. He pulls harder. "See what happens?" The pain finally registers and I understand. He takes something crucial away from me in that moment. I want to hurt him so badly, and I start to understand that he's not going to allow me that.
It happens again a minute later. He's pulled me up to my knees, and my spine is arched backwards, with his arm around the back of my neck. He's clasped my wrists in a pair of black metal handcuffs, but not untied his previous work, and the rope pulls at my left hand. My knees are splayed open. He slides his fingers into my cunt again, then into my mouth. "Clean them off." I normally love the taste of my own fluids, but my menstrual period is just ending and it has a sour, metallic taste. And I'm still pissed off, so without hesitation I bite his fingers. He pulls his hand back and reaches for my cunt, pinching my labia. "See what happens?" I know what he's trying to do, but the spot he grabbed doesn't hurt me. So I bare my teeth at him instead. He slides over and pinches my clit and I gasp. He slides his fingers into my mouth again. "I don't want to feel any teeth." I don't mean to resist this time, and I don't even notice myself doing it, but I must have gagged and closed my jaw because he pinches me again. He takes a second to find the spot that hurts but I react again. Who knows if I whimpered, or moaned, or begged, but he accepts my surrender. "Let's try that again." I let my jaw go slack, being careful not to bite down. He moves his fingers in and out roughly, like he's really fucking my mouth. It's not as bad as I would have expected.
At some point he tears my clothes off, using a combination of his hands, a pair of scissors, and a safety cutter for rope play. I chose my clothes like a religious sacrifice. Fishnets were a given. The bra and thong are old but still lacy and nice. The short black skirt I've had since college, and it's instigated more than its share of slutty encounters. But the elastic is wearing out and I've been daydreaming about getting a new one. The shirt is black and soft but too loose and low cut for even my minimal modesty. I'm a little sorry to see it go. It was the perfect choice.
He unties my wrist, leaving the cuffs on. He throws his forearm across my throat and hoists me to my feet, then shoves me toward the dark doorway. "Get in the bedroom." I make my last escape attempt then, crouching down and backing under his arm into the hallway. He catches me effortlessly, dragging me back into the bedroom by the handcuffs and throwing me against the bed. "You almost got away," he laughs. He turns on the light and is on me again before I can move. The ensuing struggle is a haze; at one point I'm on all fours, and he bites the nape of my neck and growls in my ear. It sends a shivering thrill down my spine.
The remnants of my shirt are still wrapped around my waist; he tugs at it but can't break the heavy seam. I muster up some courage and sneer at him. "What - are you not strong enough?" He laughs, sounding surprised. He pins me to the ground, pulling my hair hard and breathing heavily in my ear. "Not strong enough?" Then he stands up and yanks roughly at the scrap of fabric, lifting me off the floor. I fling my cuffed hands out in front of me to avoid hitting my head. I'll discover later that I have raw abrasions across the ribs under my right breast. Eventually, he cuts the shirt and gags me with it. I've never been gagged before, and I like it. I'm left in my fishnets and thong, with my hands cuffed and the black cloth between my teeth.
He crouches behind me and grabs my left wrist. He flashes his keyring at me - I think for a minute he might drag the keys across my skin. I'm okay with that. Instead he shows me the key for the handcuffs. "Do you want these off?" I don't answer. He clicks the cuff a little tighter. "Does that hurt? Do you want to know what you have to do to get them off?" It doesn't really hurt. I stubbornly ignore him. He squeezes again; I flinch and turn my head away but refuse to answer him. He tries again, but the cuffs are as tight as they can go. I feel a little satisfaction until he says, "That's okay. Let's try twisting it."
The cuff bites my wrist as he rotates it. My head snaps up and I whimper in surrender. "Do you want it off?" I nod. He unlocks the left side and lets go of my wrist, still holding the right. He pauses, and I'm not sure why. I want to swing my hand around and slap him in the face. I'm pretty sure I could. I'm still debating it when he grabs my left wrist, twists it behind my back, and cuffs it again. I regret not taking the shot. He pushes me back onto the floor with my hands behind me. The cuffs hurt badly - I have to be careful not to roll onto them. I realize that if he puts any weight on me I'll need to safeword, instantly.
He doesn't. He throws me against the bed again and ties my wrists and ankles with a light red rope. I twist my head and admire the way the red rope around my ankles looks against the fishnets. I lean against the bed with my head down, breathing heavily and occasionally whimpering. I'm exaggerating a little, playing up the submissive role. He crouches in front of me and roughly pulls my head up. I look at him closely for the first time. His eyes are brilliantly blue; he's every bit as attractive as I'd thought from his online profile pictures. Part of me breathes a sigh of relief at this. He carefully brushes the hair out of my face, and I realize I'm looking at him like a lover, with admiration and appreciation. I feel awkward suddenly and cast my eyes down and away. If he wants me to look at him, I think, he'll have to make me do it. He doesn't. In one quick, startling movement, he slips a blindfold over my eyes.