Chapter 02: Conformation
"I see I've done it at last." Double chins jiggled as Mrs. Featherwink chuckled and gave herself a congratulatory slap on the leg.
"I'm prepared to take the next step." Gordy lifted his hand to silence Mrs. F. "One that I will finance."
"Please, let me treat you this time." Her smile seemed genuine, but Gordy knew the bill would reflect this treat. "Give me your requirements. A little list. Something to work from. I'll do the rest."
"Oh, Mrs. Featherwink, you know me so well. Book the observation room. March, Miss Liz will do best. Halden if needed. No, Halden at the ready. I want you there, of course. And find me a companion for the booth. Not too young." Mrs. Featherwink's eye could not discern the delineation between what Gordy needed and boys. There was something soft around the navel of a boy that repulsed Gordy. The lack of muscle tone. A thing too soft. "Make the room bare and clean. A solid table. The usual equipment. I arrive at noon." Gordy rose and lifted the fat hand to his lips while pressing gold into her palm with the other.
He fairly ran down the wet street. The fog was full on. Gordy raised his cane to hail a cab. The horse's steamy breath mixed with the fog. Giving the name of a club not far from his own to the driver, he settled back and sighed. He let his hand fall into his lap and gave his cock a few strokes. But only a few. He could, he would wait for tomorrow. Back to where the lamps flickered in the fog. A quick walk to his own club. A brandy by the fire and clean sheets scented with lemon. A mind set on fulfillment and satisfaction let sleep in quickly.
By midmorning Gordy was bathed and dressed. His step was light as he descended the stairs and found his favorite chair. He suppressed the urge to whistle. Coffee at his elbow. A newspaper. Polite conversation with an old friend of his father's. "Yes, the farm was doing well. The pulse beating in his neck. Yes, his missed the old man most dreadfully. Fresh skin stretched tight over the ribs. Yes, he was returning to the estate soon. The blue eyes swimming with tears. No, so sorry, he couldn't join him for luncheon. Smooth skin. Yes, more coffee and toast and jam, quince this time. The jut of a hip bone. Yes, the fog was dreadful. Lack of adequate nourishment was its own aphrodisiac. Back to his room to gather up his coat. No, don't call a cab. Trusting eyes full of pain and hope. No, he wouldn't catch his death in the fog. The clink of the chain. Yes, his hat. Please fetch it. Nothing like a quick walk to calm desires.
Gordy slipped in at the yellow door and nodded at Halden. He handed him his hat and coat. Mrs. Featherwink stood as he entered the red room. She clasped his hand in both of hers.
"I have the room ready. I'm sure you'll like what we've done. Come, let's take a little look to see if there are any changes you might like."
Up the back stairs and down a dim corridor to two doors at the far end. Gordy knew the way well. He pushed open the door to the observation room. Small, dim with a worn leather wing chair set before a large window. Brandy and a glass on the side table. A few pillows on the floor. A speaking tube hung on the table. On the back wall a small cabinet with colored glass jars of oils and ointments and a slender wand with a bulbous head on a side table. Gordy sank into the chair and scanned the adjoining room. It was good. Not just right, but easily fixed. Mrs. Featherwink waited at the door clasping her hands in anticipation.
"Is this what you require?" She rocked back and forth on her tinny feet. "I have two boys for you to choose between." After a sharp glance from Gordy, "Both, if you like."
"Not boys. Men, young men, Mrs. Featherwink. Don't destroy it now with boys."
"Yes, young men. I'll have them brought up."
"Not yet, Mrs. F. I want to make a few changes next door. Don't frown. You've done quite well. Call up March to move a few things."
"Sit back and use the speaking tube. March will make it just right."
March followed directions well. The tub was moved back a bit. The low table covered with a white sheet to hide the ropes at the corners pushed against a wall. The room was bare otherwise. The wood floor scrubbed clean. The pictures removed from the walls. The bed taken down and carried out. A few hooks and eye blots protruded from the heavy ceiling beam. Gordy left the observation room and paced the room. His window on his side was a mirror on this. It was going to be a long day. He had dinner plans and theater for later, but that was hours away.
"Dear Mrs. F. I'll retire to my room. Please bring in my selections and await my instructions. And please tell me they've been cleaned."
Settled in the leather chair, Gordy poured a small brandy and waited. The young men were ushered into the clean room by March. Each had some fine points. Each freshly shaved and smooth. Slim and well made. Gordy instructed them to turn and bend. They were brought to the mirror so he could inspect their teeth. They stepped back and stroked each other to full erection with practiced hands and more than a little hint of familiarity. Hands moving over buttocks and chests. They kissed. A nipple pinched. Tongues touched. An involuntary thrusting of the ass. Gordy called for the light-boned one that kept sneaking fearful looks at the table.
"Blindfold the one on my right and bring him in. Oh, Mrs. Featherwink, could I trouble you for some lengths of rope."
Blindfolded, the light-boned man stood at the side of the room his head down waiting for Gordy's instructions. Gordy was pleased to see he still maintained his erection. He walked up behind him and pulled his arms back and up twisting cruelly, securing them at the wrist and elbow, turned so the bound wrists rested between the shoulder blades. There would be no need for arms today and no need for plied gentleness. This one knew what he was there for. Gordy kicked a pillow out of the way and forced him to his knees. Gordy looked at his handy work. Just a few things from the cabinet and instructions for the madam. All was ready.
As instructed, the young man was hauled up from the cell still in manacles and long chain, a hood over his head. He tried to impede his progress by digging his heels into the floor. He struggled in stronger arms. March and Halden held him by the biceps directly in front of the mirror where Gordy waited in his chair. The fear was palpable. Gordy's penis twitched in his trousers. This time. This was the right one this time. Then he saw his handkerchief balled in the young man's fist. Gordy's penis pushed against his small clothes. It was a very good sign. He had set the hook firmly.
"Remove the hood." In the clean room his voice rasped through the tube. Halden yanked the hood off and dropped it on the floor. Black hair fell across the closed eyes. They'd open soon enough. Steaming water carried bucket by bucket filled the tub. Halden looped the chain over a hook in the beam and using his knife began cutting away the filthy shirt. As firm and fine a chest as Gordy remembered. And the bruises, purple and black, some fading to green and yellow. Knuckle marks and the long bruise left by a baton. A thin white scare ran the length of the ribs. The muscles on the young man flexed and twitched as he fought his chain. The fear rolled off his body. His lips parted and pulled back in panic, showing strong, white teeth. Steam rose from the tubs. Halden's knife flashed as he cut through the waistband of the worn trousers. The fabric all but fell apart when Halden pulled at the seams. The legs were as strong and fine as Gordy had assessed in the cell. The knees scraped and bruised. It added so much to his beauty. Strong thighs with little hair. The fight was on. The prize struggled in dead earnest now. He pulled at the chain above his head. His scream was harsh and strained. He kicked and twisted. He held the handkerchief even more tightly, knuckles white. He twisted on his chain and turned his ass to the mirror. Round and firm as an apple. Small enough to cover with one of Gordy's hands. His hips were narrow. His ribcage compact. He twisted again, showing his flaccid penis. His fear caused his testicles to pull up. Gordy jerked forward in the chair. His penis. Not hooded. He'd been circumcised. What whores trick was this? Sweat trickled down the prize's sides and chest. He kicked at Halden then March again and again. He gasped with the exertion. They grasped his thighs and held him still.