The gravel of the long lane crunched under the wheels of the pick-up truck as it wound its way down through the trees. Inside the truck Eric looked over at Emily in the passenger seat. She noticed his glance and gave him a warm smile and reached over and gave his upper thigh and encouraging squeeze. Eric smiled back and looked back out the window of the truck. The cool spring air drafted in through the open windows of the truck along with the subtle smell of the pine trees.
They were arriving at a cabin that they had rented for the weekend. The cabin itself sat on a large patch of isolated land nestled into a small valley at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. The cabin and land promised complete isolation and the renter had prided himself on the fact that the only people in the area would be the renters. The isolation was one of the key factors for their weekend together and a necessary component.
The closer they got down the lane to the cabin, the more nervous Eric became. He checked his mirrors, ensuring the trailer he was pulling was doing exactly what he wanted it to. He noticed that he was double and triple checking everything in the truck, the things he could control. What he couldn't control and what was making him nervous was the plans he and Emily were had for the following day. Plans that would require both of them to place a significant amount of trust in each other.
Eric and Emily had been a couple for some time and were relatively open with each other. Where there was some hesitation was in the bedroom. Emily had a wild streak in her and without hesitation could be a very playful lightly tying up Eric's hands and then proceeding to ride him as if was a bucking bull all the while whooping and hollering. The two of them would descend into laughter at this but Eric could see that she had really gotten into this aspect and the whole experience had been a huge turn on for him. Emily also had a caring streak in her too where she just wanted to spend quality time together and just cuddle together. Eric knew he had an amazing find in this woman, but he was nervous that some of his fetish desires would frighten her away.
While drinking together one night Emily had asked Eric what sort of kinky thing he had always wanted to do. Eric, a few drinks in and feeling more confident than usual, blurted out that he wanted to try ponyplay sometime. The moment he said it he became mortified that the words had escaped his lips and his eyes grew large. Emily, having less of a tolerance to the alcohol than Eric saw his reaction to saying this and got a very large, devious smile on her face. "What is ponyplay?" She asked, seeing him retracting inwards after having made his comment. She wasn't ready for him to get away with this yet.
"Uh, it's nothing. I'll think of something else." Eric said quickly, his mind reeling trying to think of something that sounded less ridiculous to him.
"Ooooh no you don't!" She exclaimed. "Come on, tell me about pony play!" She said turning to face him and give him her full attention.
"It's just this stupid thing where people dress up as...ponies. Man, that sounds dumb now that I am saying it out loud." Eric stood up with this last word, eager to get away from this conversation. Emily grabbed his hand with both of hers and stopped him.
"Eric. Please stop. I don't know what ponyplay is and it's obviously something that you have interest in, or you wouldn't have said it so quickly." He allowed himself to be pulled back down onto the couch with her. "Now, please explain what this kinky thing is so I can understand it." She finished and gave him a reassuring smile.
Eric felt himself sobering up quickly, nervous that the next words could have the potential to laugh his girlfriend right out of his life. "I...uh..." He coughed, cleared his throat and tried to think of the words to say. Screw it. "Ponyplay is a fantasy where a person dresses up like a pony and another person is the owner of the pony and makes them do...pony things and it requires complete trust in the other." Eric exhaled a blow out his mouth, his pulse was racing.
Emily tilted her head in a curious manner with a small grin. "So, who gets to be the pony?" Eric stared at her and blinked speechless. Emily began to laugh, "Oooh the drinks are really hitting me! But seriously, who do you fantasize about getting to be the pony? I'm up for some fun role playing, not sure how the pony thing works but I do love horses." She finished, still smiling.
Finally finding his words Eric said, "Well, ponygirls are something I find incredibly sexy and I...uh...I've always fantasized about being in their place. So, I guess you could say that I would be the pony and you could be the owner. But I personally like the look that ponygirls have far more than I do for ponyboys, they get all the sexy harnesses and corsets and such." He hadn't meant for the last part to come out but now that he did, he was glad it was out in the open. He had always loved the look of ponygirls wearing a catsuit with a corset over it and then a body harness on top of that. In his mind, this was the quintessential look of a ponygirl.
"So, you want to wear the stuff a ponygirl wears?" Emily asked.
Eric shrugged, trying to play it cool, "Basically, it's just not a reality so let's talk about something else." He offered, trying to change the subject to literally anything else.
Emily wasn't finished however. She reached down to the table, picked up their drinks and handed Eric his. "We are going to keep drinking and you're going to loosen up and tell me more how this ponyplay thing works. I'm going to need to see some pictures to catch on." Eric took his drink from her, and she raised hers in a sort of toast fashion. He smiled and raised his as well and they both took a drink.
For the next hour Eric had shown Emily the various types of gear and activities that he liked with ponyplay and talked about the parts that he didn't like. Emily asked several questions throughout, genuinely interested in this side of Eric. He was surprised to feel so relieved having told someone about it. He had been interested for many years and had never once shared it with anyone. Emily hadn't made any comments to the effect of supporting or not supporting his kink Eric noticed, but she hadn't run away either.
At the end she said, "So, correct me if I'm wrong but it seems like a lot of this comes down to wearing sexy clothing and having to have trust in the other person."