"Where are we going again?" Mimi lifted the gift bag from Adam's childhood bed, riffled through the tissue paper, and drew out a satin red dress. "Emergency evening wear?"
"Yes. Part of accepting my inheritance is appearing occasionally at Box Company events. They are having a dungeon night. My father called me two hours ago and insisted I come."
"Like when radio stations keep people in cages until their friends raise money to bail them out?"
"You will be on a couch."
"Wait, there are real dungeons, where people wear black and stalk about, being sexy?"
"Yes, and tonight you will be one of them. The timing is perfect, with Sarah staying the weekend with her friend."
"Adam, those people will know I'm a fraud. I have a hard time getting puppies to do as I ask. I'd be hopeless trying to teach human beings tricks."
"Then I suppose I will have to be the one in that role then. It's the side of the slash I prefer."
"You've been in a dungeon before?"
"You know about my family business, don't you, The Box Company?"
"It's a dating site or something?"
He laughed, "No, but I have heard of members who dated or even married."
"What is it then?"
"It used to be several secret clubs that were limited to people who could afford the memberships. My Aunt, when she took charge, brought the company into the present. She designed all kinds of ways to make people living out their fantasies feel safe. She took the company-wide so that more people could afford at least one fantasy."
"Prostitution?"
"No. All pairings share a similar fantasy. In big cities, we still have specialized rooms or environments. There is even a summer camp for adults now, one of my aunt's pet projects. I should take you there sometime. You can make a lanyard."
"I did that when I was in third grade." She flashed him a teasing grin. "How about a rope class instead?"
"Try on the dress for me."
She lifted a stiff, rolled embroidered fabric. "What is this?"
"A corset."
Mimi turned the roll this way and that. "Does it go under or over?"
"I think over would be charming. I guessed at your size. If I was wrong, I will get you another."
"What does it feel like?" With her fingertips, she pulled the laces free, inspecting how the items went together.
"You will have to put on the dress first to find out."
"Alright." Mimi stood in his childhood bedroom, faded movie posters on the wall behind her. She pulled her shirt up over her head. For a moment, he was a boy, with a girl he had snuck into his room. Her peach and cream skin made his hands ache to touch her.
The cupcake turned away from him as she shimmied her jeans down her thighs and bent over to free them from her feet. Her lovely bottom was on display. "Now that is unfair. Mimi, we have somewhere to be and a man can only bear so much temptation. I planned to take you to dinner first, but... if you keep tempting me..."
She stood up, covering her bra with her hands coyly. Mimi walked backward toward him. Will you unfasten me?
"Minx." He unfastened her bra, and the straps fell down her creamy shoulders.
"With the corset, do I wear a bra or not?"
Adam dampened his lips. "Let's see it without. I'm feeling masochistic."
With a kitten smile on her lips, she cupped her bare breasts. "I promise you, my breasts are friendly."
"Do I need to dress you?" He started rolling up his sleeves. "I don't mind at all."
She bit her tongue between her teeth. "No, Daddy."
The dress floated down around her, clinging to her curves in just the right way.
"How do I look?"
"Sinful. I wish we had more time to break in the corset. Hand it to me."
She offered him the garment with her forearm across her chest, trying to hide her hardening nipples.
"From your knees."
Color bloomed down her throat, and her makeup-less cheeks turned rosy.
She sank to her knees in front of him and sat back on her heels. He took a breath, looking down at her. She was going to be his undoing. The cupcake had a wedding ring. Maybe she needed a collar. His mouth went dry as he thought about clasping one around her pretty throat. He took the corset from her and began unwinding the long cords. "Thank you, Miss."
She rested her hands on her thighs and waited for him. Gods, they were never going to make it to the event tonight. He'd promised his father he would come. He unrolled the corset and began loosening the cords until the two halves were evenly separated.
"Stand pretty girl, before I take my cock out and shove it down your lovely throat."
She ducked her head and giggled. "I've never done that."
"You've never worn a corset?"
"No, I've never done the part that is in my under-the-couch books... when the girl uses her mouth to..."
He reached down and gripped her by the arm, jerking her up from the floor. He could feel his heartbeat in his chest. "We will fix that later, cupcake. Jesus Christ, I have never met a more tempting woman." He slid the corset around her. The soft curves of her free breasts under the red satin tempted him.
She looked up at him through her lashes as he fastened the front hooks of the busk. He had chosen this one because of the embroidered cherries on the black satin. He counted to ten inside his head and tried not to look at her inviting breasts under the thin silk dress.
The cupcake coyly said, "I've wondered what it would feel like."