"This week sucked."
Mark rubbed his forehead as he sat down on the couch. His burly, muscular body, even out of a fresh shower, looked dirty and worn. Ian looked up from his laptop with an amused smile. His much slender frame contrasted against Mark's.
"Well, you were outside all week working construction during a heatwave. No wonder you're exhausted," Ian said, moving the laptop from himself and placing it next to him. He got up and stretched.
"Yeah," Mark said, putting his head back against the couch.
Ian chuckled. "Let me get you a glass of water."
"Beer would be better."
"Water."
Mark scoffed. "Why do I have you as a roommate?"
"Because our capitalistic society means that two young men trying to make it in this world can't do so alone anymore?"
"Oh, that's right."
Ian returned to the living room with a glass of water. He handed it to Mark. "Well, I guess I won't tell you about the hard day I had."
Mark opened one eye and smiled. Accepting the glass, he downed it in one gulp.
"Thirsty, are we?"
Mark nodded. "Yeah. Foreman wouldn't let us take our last break, used some bullshit excuse like we were already too long on lunch."
Ian sat with his legs crossed on the loveseat across from the couch. "Well, it's Friday. All that's over now, and you can relax."
Mark sank into the couch. "Yeah, I'd like that."
"Any plans tonight?"
"Nah, I feel like an old man," Mark said, closing his eyes.
"You're one year older than me, you know," Ian said.
"I said I felt like. I know twenty-two isn't old."
Ian flipped on some music from his laptop. Mark groaned.
"Not this hippy shit again."
"It's meditation music. It's good for relaxation."
"I just need a few minutes--"
"You need to relax," Ian said, adjusting his glasses. "Listen to me on this one, Mark. Just breathe with me. In...and out. In...and out. Good, Mark. Good. Just relax, now. Nothing to worry about. The day is done, and the week is done. Time for you to relax. Time for you to fall."
"Wh-what?" Mark said, barely stirring. His voice grew quiet as he spoke.
"You heard me. Relax. Fall."
Ian snapped his fingers.
Mark's body went limp. The glass fell out of his hand and rolled on the next couch cushion.
Ian held his breath.
"No matter how many times, it's still amazing," he said to himself. He felt the uncomfortable tightness his erection brought as he watched the muscular man fall helpless once more.
"Can you hear me, Mark?"
"Yeah," Mark responded, weak and quiet.
"Relax now. Fall down. Let yourself go and let me take care of you again."
"Okay."
Ian fought with himself to walk over and start touching Mark.
"He needs a few more weeks of this before he'll be well-trained," he reminded himself. "Okay, Mark. Listen. Obey. Remember. Remember thirst."
Mark gasped, his huge chest taking in a long, hard breath. Ian watched as Mark started to twitch. He attempted to remain focused, even as Mark's cock started to bulge.
Ian cleared his throat. "Right. Thirst. Remember the deep conditioning with that word. You cannot fight it. Let the arousal consume you, overwhelm you."
Mark continued to writhe slightly in his seat. His erection grew, threatening to tear right through his pants.
Ian had to close his eyes. The sight proved too erotic for him to keep composure much longer. "Now, do you remember your conditioning?"
"Please," begged Mark, "Need...need cum. Need to cum."
"Listen. Obey. Repeat your instructions."
Even under hypnosis, Mark sighed. "The more aroused, the more submissive I become to you. I can only cum when you say. I need sex. I need sex with you, and it will only grow and grow until I can cum. When I cum I will lose all memory of what happened since I fell under hypnosis."
"Good boy," Ian said, trying to remain composed. "Okay. Open your eyes. Walk to your room. Count down from 50, and you will be out of trance. You will remember nothing but your conditioning and think you just went for a quick catnap. Do you understand?"
"Yes."
"Then, go."
Mark's eyes opened. He staggered to his feet and lurched toward his bedroom, smacking into a wall or two on his way. Ian watched him go, slack-jawed and aroused beyond capacity for rational thinking.
He liked Mark. Not just as a hypnotic, submissive subject. But, as a person. He started hypnotizing Mark because Mark, being Mark, said it couldn't be done. When it was done, Ian decided to make Mark forget it.
And then continued doing it.
With the world the way it was, Ian did not feel safe dating, let alone having sex with, men. Yet, since a small teen, he was very sexual. So, not having avenues to unleash his needs mixed in with his roommate being a decent and attractive man led to this moment.
Ian attempted to will down his erection, but the thought of the hunky man counting down in the next room over under a hypnotic trance proved too enticing. His cock continued to throb and demand attention. Ian awaited the other shoe to drop. Mark charging into the room with all the proof of what Ian did to him, telling him he faked it so he could have Ian arrested.
He waited for that.
Instead, he got Mark walking out of the room yawning and stretching. "Shit, I must have gone to my room and fallen asleep. Sorry, bud. Did I miss any--"
His eyes landed on Ian's erection. He stopped and gulped. Ian put the laptop back on his lap to great discomfort.
"Uh, sorry."
"Nah, don't be," Mark said, the normal teasing edge in his voice gone, "It's been a long time for you. Hell, for me as well."
"Well, you don't have any trouble finding women when you want."
"Yeah, but sometimes I don't want women," Mark said, looking Ian directly in the eye.
Ian blushed. The excitement overwhelmed him and fried his brain. He found himself unable to take advantage of the moment.
"We should get dinner."
"Yeah, food, yeah," Mark said, rubbing the back of his neck. "I still got that coupon for pizza. Is that okay? My treat?"
"If it's your treat, I'll have anything," Ian said with a smile. He saw Mark visibly choke at that sentence. Ian's confidence started to rush back into his body. Ian had a plan. Ian would stick to it.
And soon, Ian would have Mark.
***
The pizza settling in their bellies, and with a few beers between them, Ian suggested a movie. Mark agreed as long as it was an action film.
Ian hooked his laptop up to the television and assured Mark he found a good independent action movie.
Which he had.
It also just happened to be directed by a bisexual director who included a lot of male-on-male romance in the movie.
What shocked both men was the explicit type of romance the director liked.
At first, Mark enjoyed the violence. The romance didn't bother him. His bisexual side only a few, including Ian, knew about.
Still, as the movie continued, the romance turned to shirtless fondling and kissing. Ian could not help the arousal in his body. Soon his cock started to throb once more.
Ian kept glancing over at Mark. Mark started to fidget. Clearly aroused, Ian smiled.
The action kept them distracted.
Then, the sex scene.
Both men gasped at the full-frontal nudity. Both men on screen clashed together, muscles heaving as they let their passions explode on the other.