"Happy birthday!"
Alex's smile illuminated by the light of candles as the cake appeared. A rich, thick, luxurious chocolate cake with many candles on the cake appeared held by a curvy white woman with long blonde hair and hazel eyes. Her smile matched his as she placed the cake down on the table.
"You outdid yourself, Lucy," Alex said, looking at the cake with wonder.
"You only have a birthday once a year," Lucy said, sitting down at the table. "Well, go ahead. Blow them out."
Alex smiled. The candles showed the first hints of wrinkles around his eyes. A few grey hairs in his thick, slicked-back hair revealed themselves. Nothing hid from the light of the birthday candles.
"True, but it reminds me of how old I am getting," Alex said. "And I'll blow them out in time."
"You're not old."
"Eight years older than you."
"I like them old," Lucy said, running her tongue across her teeth and wiggling her eyebrows. "Now, blow them out, so I can give you your birthday present."
Alex leaned forward and placed his chin in his hands. "You already do. Every day."
Lucy giggled.
Alex took a deep breath. When he looked at her again, his green eyes captivated her. "I want you to remember."
"Remember?"
"When we talked about my birthday. What I really wanted. What you really wanted."
"We did?" Lucy asked, confused.
"Stare into the candles."
"But--"
"Stare."
Alex's command was obeyed without hesitation. Lucy stared at the flames. She felt a tingle of arousal at hearing his voice demand she obey.
She liked obeying.
She stared at the candles.
"Good, pet, good," Alex purred, "You're doing so good. Stare into the flames, let them flicker, and move in front of your eyes. Watch them all. How they all flicker in different directions. How they move as one, and yet all move differently."
Lucy stared, trying to capture all the movement. Her mind quieted so she could watch all the candles.
"Sleep," Alex said with a snap.
Lucy collapsed in her chair. Her head fell into her busty chest, her eyes closed. The months of nearly daily hypnosis sessions had her completely submissive to his commands.
"Lucy."
"Yeah," came the soft, tranced reply.
"Remember," Alex said, watching her intently.
Lucy twitched. Something in her mind blocked off came back like a movie starting in her head. She remembered back two weeks ago.
***
"Come on, you want something," Lucy said, dragging a finger up Alex's arms.
Alex shook his head. "Not material. I have enough stuff."
Lucy smiled. "You can never have enough stuff."
"I have enough stuff, then."
"You can't have a birthday without a present. Come on, I want to please you."
"You do please me, pet," Alex said, using a delicate touch to lift her chin with his finger. They locked eyes.
"Alex," Lucy said, her desire revealing itself in her words. "I want to please you. Something. Anything."
"You've always asked how far the hypnosis can go," Alex said. "How far you can be pushed."
Her eager eyes betrayed the calmness she tried to show.
"It can go real far, especially with someone so...conditioned as you," Alex said with a smirk. They both loved the word "conditioned".
"What are you thinking?"
"Do you trust me?"
Lucy shook her head rapidly.
"I mean, really trust me."
"I've never met anyone who honors my boundaries so well. Yes, you have had my trust for a long time."
He leaned in and kissed her forehead. "Good, pet. Then, I think I have figured something out I would like for my birthday."
A shiver of anticipation ran down her spine. "You're not going to tell me."
"Not until it's time. In fact," Alex said, moving his eyes so they locked.
Things got fuzzy for Lucy from that moment.
***
"Wow," Lucy said, still in trance, her head still stuffed into her breasts.
"We're not done. Remember the sleep," Alex said with a snap.
***
Lucy stirred. Alex rubbed his hands up and down her body, looking for the signs of arousal.
"Mmm, baby, trying to sleep," Lucy said in a sleepy tone. The bed they shared had both of them spooning in the middle.
"Shhh, shh," Alex said, running a finger down the side of her face. "You're sleepy, so sleepy. Just sleep and listen. Sleep and listen."
"Sleep.." Lucy said, her body relaxing in his body.
"Good girl. Now, listen. I want you to dream of birthday candles. Flickering birthday candles."