She awoke to the caress of the softest silk being slowly wound around her wrists. For a moment, she allowed herself to enjoy the sensation as the silk drew her wrist together behind her back. Then, sudden realization had her eyes snap wide open as masculine hands drew the bonds snug and began tying the knot to hold them fast. Too late she tried pulling her hands free only to find they were now bound securely.
"Wha—MMMPH!!" Her attempt to cry out was smothered by the same masculine hands, forcing a wad of silk into her mouth. Before she could spit it back out, the hands wrapped another swath of the same material that bound her hands over her mouth, quickly pulling it tight. She tried to shake the gag off, but the hands were practiced and sure at the task, pulling the sensuous cloth taut over her nose, mouth and chin.
The hands then gripped her chin and turned her head to meet their owner's gaze. It was a pleasant face, with eyes that softly shined with tenderness in the semi-darkness around them. She knew this man. She recognized him from a thousand lonely fantasies she'd entertained in this bed. Her eyes widened in shock.
"Shhh," he murmured. "If you try to scream or cry out, the gag will just force its way deeper into your mouth." He leaned against her, his lips planting a gentle kiss on her lips through the fabric of the gag. The tension in her body left her as she felt the contours of his masculine frame against hers.
Her mind wondered how her imaginary lover could really be here. He wasn't a real person -- just amalgam of the best features of movie stars and other men she'd seen over the years. And yet, each touch and motion, sound and scent were the same as the man she'd created. It wasn't possible, and yet here he was, making her as helpless as in all of her fantasies.
He nuzzled her neck, planting soft, wet kisses accentuated by light teasing touches of his tongue. She felt her body tremble as his strong arms embraced her, holding her against him, her nipples hardening with each passing second. Her questions of how he could be there were rapidly evaporating as the pleasure consumed her senses.
After another kiss on her gag, he moved down her body, running his surprisingly soft hands along her hips, thighs and calves. She heard him murmur pleasurable approval as he explored her curves down to her ankles. There he stopped, and once again she felt the touch of softest silk winding slowly around them -- each ankle individually at first, and then crossed and securely bound together.
Her brow knitted in confusion over the position. The lover she had dreamed would be tethering her ankles to the corners of her bed's footboard by now, leaving her exposed for his lusty attentions. She heard him chuckle softly, as if sensing her tension.
"Tonight," he said, "you will get what you truly have wanted all these long, lonely nights -- helplessness. Tonight, you truly have no control over what happens next." He ran his hands along her thighs and caressed her buttocks. "You have longed for me to do this, and yet even in the fantasies you imagined, you still directed my actions with your desires."