Content Warning:
This story centers around an abduction and rape scene, planned by consenting adults in the context of a power-dynamic (BDSM) relationship, also called CNC (consensual non-consent). If that isn't your thing, please don't read this story.
This story is originally from 2014, but this version has been significantly cleaned up and expanded in some places.
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"Are you sure you want to go through with this?"
"I'm sure. I mean, I'm pretty sure. I mean, yes. I want to do this. With you."
"I have to admit I'm not totally convinced."
"Well, that's what the safeword email is for. So I have a couple of days to think about it."
"I suppose. But that won't help after."
"No, that's true. But I think that's part of the point."
"Okay. I guess."
"Are
you
sure you want to go through with this?"
"Yes. I mean, I think so."
"You get to tap out of this too, if you need to."
"I know."
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Amy's hand hovered over the mouse button. Her laptop's screen glowed harshly white; despite the plethora of distractions in her email client, just a few words in the center of the screen held her attention, and it seemed like nothing else was on the page.
From: Adam Roberts
To: Amy Roberts
Subject: timing
It will be Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday.
You have until noon Monday.
Beneath that, the reply she'd composed. It only had one word. The 'Send email' button lingered beneath the mouse pointer, smugly awaiting the click of her mouse, practically sneering at the 'Discard' button next to it.
Amy sighed, squinted, and shook her head to try and clear it. If she was already personifying her email client in her head, the next couple of days were going to be impossible to get through.
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Tuesday came and went. Wednesday was a blur. By the time Amy pulled her car into the garage Wednesday evening, she was a nervous wreck. She'd hardly eaten anything all day, instead riding the constant background haze of adrenaline to get her through the workday. She'd also been on a hair trigger, easily spooked by people casually knocking on her cubicle wall or dropping off paperwork. On one of many trips to the toilet, someone opened the door from the inside just as she was going to push it open from the outside, and she jumped back so fast she almost fell down.
Was she nuts? Were they nuts? This was the ultimate mindfuck. Adam didn't even have to do anything. Friday could come and go without anything happening at all, and Amy knew she would still be shaken to the core, solely from the experience of dreading the unknown for three days. Whatever she had signed herself up for, it was already happening.
She turned off the ignition and got out of the car, collecting her work things and stepping into the cold air of the garage. The nights came so quickly this time of year; it was dark before she even left the office most days, much less by the time she got home. She opened the door to the house and stepped into the kitchen, tossing her coat onto the back of a chair and setting her keys on the table next to her briefcase.
Something clattered on the other side of the room, and Amy jumped back, startled, throwing herself against the garage door. Groping for the light switch, the room suddenly flooded with light, but Amy didn't see anything moving.
Maybe something settled in the dish drainer,
she thought.
I'm sure it's nothing.
A glass of wine suddenly sounded like a really good idea. Amy stepped over to the counter and reached for the bottle that usually lived there, but found it empty. She'd have to get another out of the wine rack that they kept in the dining room, but found herself pausing at the doorway from the kitchen to the front hall. It was awfully dark in there. Terribly dark. Lights! There's a light switch. She'd turned on that switch a thousand times since they'd bought this place, but suddenly she couldn't find it. Finally, on the third try, she managed to turn the hallway lights on.
Amy crept around the corner into the hallway, eyes wide open and full of fright. It was Wednesday night. Day
one
. Adam said it could be any night this week, at this point. What was she supposed to do? Act normally like nothing was happening? Like she didn't know that she was going to be assaulted at some point? Or should she creep around the place like she knew it was coming? Christ, she didn't have a choice at this point. She was already scared out of her wits and seeing ghosts everywhere.
Enough of this! This was
her
house, and dammit, she lived here. Amy took a deep breath, gathered herself, and strode purposefully into the living room, finding the lights on the first try and defiantly surveying the room. She crossed the living room and stepped into the dining room. Absolutely nothing jumped out and grabbed her. Amy silently thanked herself for not adopting a cat last year. The wine rack sat where it always did, gently guarding its red and white treasure.
She deftly pulled a wineglass off the rack with one hand and reached for a bottle with the other. She scanned the label, nodded to herself in approval, and set the glass down to reach for the wine opener. She exposed the pointy end of the corkscrew and tried to jam it into the cork, but slipped and almost shoved it into her hand instead, nearly dropping the bottle in the process.
Breathe, Amy.
Setting the bottle down on the table and getting a firmer grip, she placed the corkscrew atop the cork and pressed again. This time she got the screw to bite, and as she spun the handle on top, the mechanical arms on the side of the opener rotated up as if in celebration. She gently grasped both arms and pulled down to eject the cork from the bottle, but the cork stayed firmly stuck. She got a solid grip on the opener and tried to pull the cork out, to no avail. Finally, she jerked even more forcefully, and with a muffled pop, the cork ripped in half, leaving the wine safely shrouded underneath the half still stuck in the neck of the wine bottle.
Amy collapsed on the floor and cradled her head in her hands.
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Flight 317 landed about ten minutes late due to backups in air traffic control. Adam deplaned in a haze, having spent all day at a client's office trying to talk through some technical integration issues. It was supposed to be straightforward, but it had involved an entire day of translating back and forth between the customer and the senior programmer they'd sent with him to fix the problem, and his brain was mush. He pulled out his mobile phone and opened the messaging app.
Just landed. Heading to baggage claim.
A minute later it chirped back at him:
In the cell phone waiting lot. ETA 10min
Naturally his bag was the last one onto the baggage carousel. As he stepped out to the curb, he recognized his own Honda Civic parked in the loading zone, hazard lights flashing, trunk open, and his best friend Jay standing next to it, being berated by a TSA officer.
"Look, I told you, here he is now."
"Fine, fine, just get this thing out of here. Have to keep the lane clear."
"We're leaving."
Adam tossed his bags into the trunk and slammed it shut, then fell into the passenger's seat. Jay turned off the hazards and pulled the car onto the airport loop road.
"Thanks for picking me up, Jay."
"Happy to do it. How was your trip?"
"Way worse than it should have been. I'm glad to not be there any more. TSA give you a hard time?"
"Yeah, well, you know what they say about Parking While Black."
"Christ. You couldn't have been here more than a couple of minutes."
"Nope. Barely had time to open the trunk before you popped out. The guy was all over me as soon as I stepped out of the car."
"Well, like I say, I appreciate it."
"Seems like the least I could do. We heading straight home?"