Miranda got home even later than usual. It had been one of those days where she wanted to do nothing more than just jump right into bed and sleep straight through until morning, but she couldn't. Not tonight.
She stared at the digital clock on her bedside table; 9:35 PM. That meant that he'd be showing up soon, as he got off work at 10:00. She switched on her laptop computer and went into her bathroom to take a quick shower. After taking care of her hair, brushing her teeth and making sure that she looked just right for him, she saw the clock read back 10:15.
Any moment now.
Then, the sound of a knock flew through the tiny apartment and Miranda rushed to answer it. She opened to door to see her boyfriend, Travis. He was wearing a black suit with a white shirt and dark blue tie. It was the uniform attire of his job as a hotel attendant, but she didn't care. He looked good in it.
She noticed him eye every piece of her outfit, from her short black skirt, white button up blouse and the top of her barely concealed black bra. Every time he eyed her like this it sent a quiver up her spine. She loved that she could render him temporarily speechless with just her looks.
He held a bag in his left hand and he dropped it to give her a passionate kiss. As it hit the ground there was a metallic clink that she was very familiar with. They broke apart and she took the bag off the ground and walked inside.
"So how was work?" Miranda asked.
"Do you really want to make small talk?" Travis asked, a cheeky smirk on his face.
"How do you know I even want to have sex tonight?" Miranda said, a stern look across her face, ruined somewhat by the fact that her lips kept cracking into a slight smile. "Or take part in whatever voyeuristic game you've got planned for us tonight."
In response to her question he emptied the bag onto her bed. A pair of handcuffs, several scarves, a ballgag, some lengths of rope and two black masks fell out. However of all these devices of torture, Miranda was already familiar and they didn't draw her interest as much as the device that Travis was now attaching to her computer.
He'd brought a webcam.
"So," Miranda said, now slightly nervous. "Tell me more about this website?"
"Its well-concealed, but I brought masks for both of us just to avoid any severe- that is to say permanent- embarrassment. There will be numerous different couples and we can see them all, but tonight I've made it so that you and I will be the star. They all know all the tools I've brought and they'll determine what we do tonight."
"So you're leaving our sex-life to the control of strangers?" Miranda asked.
"It's just one degree further from you surrendering your will to me. At least with me, you know I have some mercy, but who knows about this audience?" Travis said, logging onto the website. "Hand me my mask and put yours on. You'll know whose is whose."
While they had looked identical when he had removed them from his bag they looked very different now. His was a simple cloth ski mask, whereas hers was leather with holes for her eyes and mouth. Two straps buttoned in between the eyes to turn into a blindfold if needed. She put hers on first and then handed the ski mask to Travis.
The leather was a bit tighter and more restrictive than she would have preferred, but at the same time she felt wildly liberated, in a weird way. She was now no longer Miranda. She was just a slave to do her masters bidding.
Travis pulled his mask over his head and took off his jacket and tie. Their video stream was already going. Miranda looked at the other thumbnail views on the screen and saw two women making love, one large man beating on two women with a crop as they hung from a ceiling by their hands, two middle-aged lovers who appeared to be having sex in a closed Laundromat and even one couple that appeared to have just gotten married; or at least the woman was in a torn bridal gown.
Then, an order appeared in the chat log.
