Revised version copyright 2006 by the author.
Note: This story contains scenes of bondage and domination between consenting adult males.
It's late afternoon. The corridors of the campus swimming center are quiet. The crowds, the reporters, all of the media have finally left. My office is in a part of the building they don't get to see. I'm waiting there now, behind my desk. Around me, team photos and shelves of trophies line the walls. There will be another trophy added after today. My team has won the conference championship, as they were favored to and as I knew they would.
I wore a suit for the meet and for the press conference afterward, but I left early and changed back into my usual practice uniform, white polo shirt, coach's shorts with jockstrap underneath, and sneakers. They didn't really want to talk to me anyway. They wanted to ask my star swimmer about the conference record he set in the hundred free. They wanted to grill him about Olympic possibilities. I'm sure my athlete handled it fine. He's polite, modest, respectful of his elders, a good kid. He was brought up well by his parents and I've made sure he's stayed that way.
He's coming to see me for a private post-meet conference, which we never skip. The sports columnist in the local paper has written about the "special rapport" we have. It's impossible to keep my feelings about him entirely hidden. The other team members have been surprisingly supportive of my athlete despite his rising star, partly because I stress teamwork and partly because he's a genuinely likable guy. He doesn't have an enemy in the world. He understands, though, that some things have to be kept discreet.
There have been others whom I've taken aside and worked with intensively, others who have been special to me. But there's never been anyone quite like him. My breath quickens and my heart beats faster. I look at the clock on the wall. I know he'll be here, he obeys me without fail. Yet, a irrational fear grips me that he might not come, that I'll be left waiting here, abandoned, alone...
There's a soft knock at the door. Relief floods through me. "Come in."
The door opens. Even now, the first sight of him after any absence is overwhelming. He walks forward and stops in front of my desk, tall and poised. His blue and white nylon warmups emphasize the long limbs that allow him to knife through the water so cleanly. Dark blond hair, still damp, is slicked against his head. Blue eyes are set in a pleasant, open face. He brims with the virility of a twenty-year-old swimmer about to break into the world class.
He looks anxious. "You wanted to see me, Coach?"
I nod, my expression serious. This is part of the ritual. "Let's talk about your race, son."
He smiles, forgetting himself for a moment, saying, "It went great. They loved me-"
I interrupt him. "I'm not interested in THEY. I want to know what YOU thought of your race, son. Your record-setting race," I add, with heavy sarcasm.
He nods, abashed, steeling himself for the litany of self-criticism he knows he must give. He begins to speak softly.
"Well, my start wasn't the greatest. Bit slow coming off the blocks."
He waits, then continues more reluctantly.
"I went out too fast. Trying to compensate. Started to fade in the last twenty-five, almost got caught."
I nod in agreement.
"But you didn't. You held off the field. Do you know why?"
He says, unwillingly, "It... must have been the new training program."
Not letting him off the hook, I say, "Yes. The one you've been resisting, dragging your feet on all season. Are you saying that it worked?"
He bows his head. His voice is barely audible. "Yes."
Silence hangs between us. At last he says, hesitantly, "Coach--"
He is beginning to shift his body weight slightly from side to side. The equipment must really be bothering him after the long day.
"What is it, son?"
He tries to keep the pleading out of his voice, without success. "Please, may I remove the equipment now, sir?"
"You cannot remove it," I correct him, my voice steely. "Only I can do that."
"Yes, sir." The expression on his face is abject. "Please...may I have the...the equipment removed now?"
I torment him a little. "I don't know. I was thinking you might sleep with it tonight."
"I...I don't think I can, sir."
I raise my eyebrows. "Not man enough, eh?"
His discomfort is visible. He drops his head and shakes it, ashamed.
I sigh. "All right. You know what to do."
Trying not to appear too eager, he pulls the zipper down on his warmup jacket, removes it and lets it drop to the floor. His skin is pale--swimmers, ironically, don't get much sun during the competitive season. His arms, hanging from wide shoulders, are formidable, the biceps bulging even when relaxed, the forearms roped with sinew and muscle. Even for a competitive swimmer his chest and abdomen are beautiful. The hairless pectorals are two symmetrical discs of flesh, topped with large, dark, and I know, very sensitive nipples. From the cleavage between them drops another cleft down to his navel. Horizontal ridges of muscle radiate out to either side.
He undoes the drawstring on his nylon pants and with swift motions of his legs gets them off. He is still wearing the dark blue racing trunks underneath, and his powerful thighs strain against the tight leg openings. The Speedos hug his slim hips. There is a noticeable bulge in front and a faint stain on the otherwise dry fabric. The equipment has had the desired effect.
Coming from behind the desk, I walk up very close to him and look into his eyes. "Let me." I hook my thumbs under the waist of his trunks and slowly draw them down his thighs. His cock springs free. It is surrounded by dark blond pubic hair--the only body hair I've let him keep today. Long and circumcised, it juts out above his smooth ball sack.
I take a long look at what belongs to me and me alone, then shift my gaze to his face again. He is blushing, still embarrassed when I scrutinize his anatomy this way. His lips are unusually full and sensuous for a man. I want to kiss them, but not just yet. I kneel and lift each of his feet in turn, making him step out of the trunks.
Naked, he turns and walks stiffly away from me. He bends at the waist, bracing his arms against the nearby wall, head down. I move behind him and lean forward until I can feel the heat from his body. I reach around and grasp his cock, stroking it to full erection. With my other hand I probe the crack between his cheeks. Even here the skin is smooth and hairless--I shaved it myself this morning. I find his asshole and the small loop of nylon cord that pokes out of it. I hook my index finger through the string.
I grasp his cock and begin stroking him again. At the same time I pull slowly on the loop at the end of the string. A low groan rises from his throat, turning into a cry as a round, hard object suddenly emerges from his hole.