Heya ^-^, so this is a bit of a slower burn, and a different style than my others. It's also based on a true story, in so far as I did experience the lead-up, though of course getting caught and everything after was merely fantasy. Enjoy, and know that this is one of two parts.
CW: Public exhibition, dubious consent.
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I gaze patiently as the laundry detergent levels off at the first ring. Too much is bad for your clothes, or so I'd heard, and in any case, I'd rather stave off the inevitable trip to replace the tub. I spin my hand as it pours out, swirling the liquid into a tornado of concentrated slime which is as neat as a coil of rope in the basin. I toss a handful of laundry on top. I check the pockets, sort by color, and even figure out how to read those little symbols on the tag. It's a pretty ingenious code. The shape is the machine, the dots usually indicate temperature, and anything outside... well I suppose that's where the simplicity starts to break down. Plus, those are usually the only important ones, anyway. Throwing the last pair of pants into the machine, I look down at my legs. They shine out from my oversized hoodie, still in that perfect smoothness just after shaving. My face grows hot. With a tug of a drawstring, I undo my shorts, drop them from my hips, and place them in the washer.
I feel a drop of drool escape the mask I'm wearing. I dry it with my hand, tilting my head back to catch the saliva. The large plug in my mouth keeps it open and watering, as well as preventing me from speaking at all. I can't take it out, because in this little game of mine should I take it out I would have to place it in my ass, and while that had certainly been the original plan, as I toed closer to the line of nakedness my quickening heart got the better of me. I would just put it in after I got back to my apartment. Scanning my card, the machine whirrs into life. I head back down the hallway to the stairwell and freeze cold at the sound of a door opening. I suppose getting caught is part of the thrill, but it's generally not something you actually want to happen, at least if you're me. I consider taking the elevator. It's more direct, and I wouldn't come in the path of whoever was heading out the back of the building, but it could theoretically stop at any floor. Someone could get in and be close quarters with me. I would have a heart attack. I head for the stairs, thinking that this way, any interactions would at the very least be momentary.
First flight, I feel my sweater billow, flashing my ass out of the small stairwell window. My breath quickens, and in that exposure a fresh heat pools between my legs. Second flight. Third. And as I take the first step of the last set of stairs, I glance up. A man is standing at the top of the stairs. And no matter how hard I try to just keep walking, no matter the justification in my head that lots of people wear short shorts and I could simply be wearing a mask to cover a beard or because I am sick, I freeze. His eyes meet mine, and I feel myself revealed. I start to pant. Finally, my legs spring back into action, landing on the steps one at a time. I'm so close to safety -- so close to locking my door and getting this plug out of my mouth. I'll just walk past and even if he suspected something...
As I reach the top step, I realize he hasn't moved. He still stands, looking down at me, twin daggers piercing my blazing cheeks. Oh sorry, he says, and then asks if there's something wrong. Unable to speak, I simply stare back. I shake my head and try to walk past again. He steps in front of me. I feel drool pool in my mouth, dripping down the mask. A deep pit of dread tightens in my stomach, and suddenly I can't feel my legs anymore. Hey, he says, eyes searching my face, are you okay? I wonder if he can see how red it's becoming, how quick my breath has become, the new drop of drool I can feel pressing at the seam of the mask. I try to mumble out some noises of affirmation, eyes pleading. My heart feels as if it will explode at any moment, as it sinks into my stomach when I feel the drool hit my chest. He takes a step towards me. I flinch. One of his hands reaches towards me. I try to turn, run down the stairs, go to the elevator, just hide in the laundry room for a while. Something is stopping me. My feet are glued to the step and a single thought locks me rigid in place. The thought that, this, well, isn't this the point? Isn't this the great gamble I'm taking in this game? I would have sworn, sure, that I never wanted this to happen, that the fantasy ended simply at the risk of getting caught, and no more. If I was found out I could get in all sorts of trouble, after all this is my apartment, these are my neighbors. As his hand brushes against my ear and I feel myself drowning in his dizzying dark glare, all I can think to myself is, what will he do?
His hand rests just in front of my face, pinching the thin fabric of the mask. Move in any direction right now, and my ruse is as good as up. And yet with his frame blocking the stairwell the only way I had to go was back down. Back where the only place I would have left to stash the slippery plug swimming in my mouth was in my ass, before attempting to walk back up all over again. Something in his eyes told me he would still be waiting there; that the knowing grin quickly enveloping his face as I burrowed deeper into my hesitation would fix to his face. I take a step down, ready to test my chances. Another sound traps my exit. A door, the back door to the building which sits at the bottom of the staircase, opens. Closing shut. Some commotion, perhaps the sound of someone moving something heavy.
"Just a couple more! Then I'll start bringing them up!" Calls a voice from below. I can't move. The man in front of me begins to pull the mask from my face as tears fill my eyes, panic mixing with thrill in my heart. A hum swells from his chest as mine heaves in desperate breath.
"Ahh, I see now."
One string snaps. He holds the mask for a moment more before dropping it to my feet. I stare weakly into his eyes. I knew what my face looked like. I knew there was a glittering red heart where my lips ought to be, the plastic gem casting dancing color on his skin. My breathing grows suddenly very shallow as I can no longer seem to get all of the breath out of my lungs. I hear a wet droplet of drool collide on the step. He continues.
"What's that?"
I know he knows. I know he's decided, behind that fading smirk, to toy with me. I don't know what to do. I can still hear the other one moving around downstairs. Would they come up, too? Could I get this embarrassment over with and scurry back to my apartment, behind my door? Then I could relax. I could relax and think about how close this was and...
His eyes scan down my torso and I am immediately aware of another problem growing between my legs. My face turns so hot I think I'm going to pass out. But I just stare up at him as his eyes rise to meet mine again.
"Open your mouth."
I just start to shake my head. I don't know what else to do. My body will not move. Will not run. Doesn't... want to run. Every instinct of survival, as I watch this man take a step down towards me, so close that I can smell his cologne, is overwritten by lust.
"I didn't ask, whore."