*spank*
"Seven, Sir," she replies.
*spank*
"Eight, Sir."
*spank*
"Nine, Sir."
Then there is a silence. It's almost deafening.
"Sir?" she asks.
There is still quiet.
"Leo? Red!" she yells.
My arms go around her and hold her tightly before I undo the blindfold. I start kissing her face in a comforting manner before she opens her eyes and sees me. She pressed her face against my neck and cries a little. I just hold her knowing something triggered that caused her to get scared. I also am wise enough to know that when she's ready, she'll tell me. So, I hold her in our bed. I reach over and grab the blankets to put over us while she recovers.
It was the start of another weekend. Earlier, Marcie mentioned as we were waking up that it had been a while since she felt my hands spanking her bottom. I obviously obliged. The sight of Marcie on her hands and knees on the bed while blindfolded is always an inspirational thought for spanking and other things. I paused after the ninth spank just because I was trying to find a toy in the drawer. Apparently, I was too slow.
I started to comfort her by whispering gently while she cried. It had been over a year since she lost her husband. We were seeing each other almost a month later and then married within the year. We've had plenty of those kind of moments where memories get triggered or something. We're both recovering widows. It took a while until I saw her eyes looking at me.
"I'm sorry, Leo. I was waiting for the next one and saw him looking at me," she said as she was trying to breathe.
"Shh. It's alright Baby," I whispered as my lips tried to comfort her cheek. "I got you."
"Does is ever get easier?" she asked.
I kept my mouth shut. I knew she already knew the answer. I just lay there and held her. We remained like that for a while. We didn't have a reason to get up for a bit. It was a slow morning after that. I cooked some breakfast while she made coffee and started to wake up. Soon, both of us were on our laptops doing our normal things. It was after I checked my email that I looked at her. She was focused on her game, but there was still something wrong I could tell. I snuggled up closer and wrapped my arms around her gently as she was still trying to figure out the puzzle.
"That one?" I pointed out.