[Disclaimer: This isn't for everyone. It involves a shifting dynamic between a husband and wife who are both predisposed to similar tendencies. Everything is done with love, care, and consent.]
Her eyes showed conflict and indecision. Her mouth was open and she seemed to be both silently pleading with me to make the decision for her and fighting with herself in an inner struggle of wanting this and not thinking she should. I honestly didn't know if she was going to use the safe word or let me continue.
Erotic spanking was still pretty new for us. We had done it a few times since her revelation of liking it, and the bench was exciting, but sometimes it was just over my lap or while doing her from behind. Those times were extremely enjoyable, and we'd even talked about ramping things up to something more like whipping. I should've left well enough alone, but I had decided to be bold.
Without her knowledge I had purchased an A-Frame. It had a dropped chain with a ring connected to a pulley that would allow me to bind her hands, stretch them over her head, and effectively leave her helpless with her toes barely touching the floor. Once installed, I had showed it to her, and her reaction was not what I hoped, so it sat in the basement gathering dust.
Our Friday night began as most others, we'd had dinner and were relaxing on the couch. My wife had her feet in my lap and was reading something on her phone while I mostly ignored the TV. About halfway through the show, my wife looks up at me and says, "Tell me why you want to do that."
I was a little behind. "Why I want to do what?"
"Suspend me on that thing."
"I might be a little kinkier than I thought."
"Explain."
"To be honest, spanking you while we're being sexual woke up a side of me I didn't know was there. Or, maybe I knew, but had put it aside."
"So you like having me helpless?"
"Yes, and no. You are, but you're not."
She chewed on that for a minute, and although I knew we needed to have this discussion, I didn't know where she was going.
"And you want to whip me while I'm helpless like that?"