"Thomas," Henry called. He beamed and flounced over, face flushed. Henry had him dusting every inch of the house.
"Oui, Monsieur?" He gracefully curtsied and skipped into Henry's arms.
"You wanna be a good boy and bend over for me?"
"No." Henry blinked in surprise.
"It's not optional, princess," he said sternly.
"No?" Thomas asked, batting his eyelashes. "But I am busy. And you told me to dust until the house sparkles."
"Listen, brat--" Thomas turned and walked away, heels clicking against the hardwood floor. He leaned down to pick up his duster, but not quite enough for Henry to see under his skirt. "So that's how we're playing this game, huh?"
Henry walked away and Thomas smiled to himself. He'd managed to annoy Henry enough to be left alone. He went back to work, dusting off the shelves in the living room. After a few moments, he heard Henry coming back.
"Monsieur, I said I am busy."
"I heard you." Henry's hands landed on his shoulders and he slowly rubbed his thumbs up and down his neck. "And you're going to stay busy."
"Monsieur?" Thomas slowly turned around, looking up at Henry.
"Open up." He obediently opened his mouth and Henry pushed a small ball gag into his mouth, quickly locking it around his head.
"Mmph~!" Thomas whined, pouting.
"It's not going to work, brat." Henry took the feather duster from his hand and he whined, reaching for it. Henry smacked his hand away and he winced. "Did I hurt you?"
"Mm." Thomas held up his hand with a small gap between his index finger and thumb. Just a little pain.
"Good. Do that again and I will punish you. Understand?" Thomas slowly nodded. "Good. Stay."
Henry put a hand on Thomas's jaw, holding his head in place. He took the feather duster and screwed it into an opening on the ball gag. Thomas's eyes widened in surprise, the duster now protruding from his mouth.
"Remember what I said," he murmured. "Dust until this house sparkles."
He went to the couch, sitting down with a grunt. Thomas turned back to the shelf and started to jerk his head in an attempt to dust. The feather duster was much harder to control with only his head, never moving exactly the way he wanted.
"Ah!" he squeaked, knocking one of Henry's trinkets off the shelf with the duster. He snickered behind him and Thomas scowled.
"Pick it up." Thomas started to crouch-- "Ah, ah, ah. Bend over."