It was early in the morning. Way earlier than when Eric usually left the safety and privacy of his college dorm. He swiftly made his way into the sprawling rec center on campus. He wasn't planning to start his day with some exercise, no. Though it wouldn't hurt, standing at 5'3'' and weighing only 110 pounds, he looked like a stiff breeze could blow him over.
The actual reason he was headed there was that he had a meeting... with a girl. Not a pleasant meeting though, kind of the opposite.
Much to his disappointment, he'd never been lucky with the ladies. He hoped that would change in college, but he still found himself largely overlooked by the girls on campus. Then, one day, feeling particularly brave, he mustered up the courage to approach one of the prettiest girls around, Maddie. He had a crush on her ever since he first saw her. He wasn't stupid, he knew she'd most likely reject him, but he had to get over her. To his surprise, though, she didn't refuse him, not completely at least.
However, she did tell him that, unfortunately, with all the training and studying, she just didn't have enough free time to have a boyfriend. Seeing an opportunity and refusing to let it slip away, Eric offered to help her with her schoolwork. He was always a good student, preferring to spend time alone in his room with books than outside or with his friends.
Maddie instantly took him up on the offer, promising to eventually go on a date with him. Later that day, she sent him some of her assignments, essays, projects, and such, so that he could complete them for her. Eric gladly did them all for her with extra care, hoping she would soon return the favor.
But when the time came for their date, Maddie didn't show up. "Something came up," she apologized. And 'something' came up the second and third time again, and so forth. But still, more schoolwork to do came from her, and Eric completed it all without arguing.
He wouldn't admit it to himself, but deep down, he knew she was just using him. Still, the little attention she gave him and her occasional "thanks" made it somewhat worth it for him. He planned to end it at some point down the line. To tell her that he wouldn't do it anymore, and then use the extra time he spent on her assignments to find an actual girlfriend... or at least improve his nonexistent social life. But he just hadn't gathered up the courage yet.
Arriving at the rec center, he took out his phone and messaged Maddie. She immediately texted him back, telling him to meet her at the locker room. He sneaked by the front desk before they could spot him and realize how out of place he looked at a gym. The halls were pretty much empty this early in the day.
Eric stopped in front of the locker room, Maddie wasn't around. He took out his phone again, but before he could write out a message, he heard a familiar voice coming from the girls' locker room. Walking closer, he knocked on the door and waited.
Shortly, Maddie opened the doors and pulled him in. "Finally, took your sweet time, didn't you?" she asked mockingly. She stood at least six inches taller than him, her impressive physique on display. "She must have just ended her morning workout," he thought. There were a couple of her friends that Eric recognized with her, all of them looking at him.
"Uhm, yeah, sorry. What exactly did you need me for?" Eric asked, blushing and feeling increasingly unsettled at being in a room entirely reserved for girls.
Maddie scoffed and turned around, taking out a stack of papers from her gym bag and handing them to Eric. "Here." Eric quickly shuffled through the papers. This was a ton of work. It would take him at least-
"I need that done by next week. I'll also send you some more later today, but that can wait till the end of the month," said Maddie, turning away from him to rejoin the rest of the girls as they got ready to leave.
Still looking through the stack of papers, Eric noticed some of the assignments were for Psych 101, some were for physics classes.
Wait a minute, Maddie isn't studying either of those. Was she making him do somebody else's schoolwork too?
"You can go now," Maddie said, noticing he was still there.
The stack of papers hit the floor with a loud thump. Maddie and the rest of her friends all looked over at Eric. "I'm not doing any of this for you," said Eric, his voice filled with uncharacteristic determination. Before Maddie could react, he continued, "What we had, whatever that was, is over. Find somebody else to do your shit for you." Feeling proud for standing up for himself, he turned toward the door.
"Oh yeah?" Maddie said behind him, then pulled him by the back of his shirt. He hit one of the metal lockers with his back, knocking the wind out of him. Before he could process what's going on, Maddie and one of her friends were already pushing him up against the locker, Maddie's hand tightening around his neck.
"Now you listen to me, wimp," said Maddie menacingly, looking into his eyes as the other girls grouped around them and snickered. "You'll do whatever the fuck I tell you to, understand? I tried being nice, but that's over." Her hand let go of his throat and Eric fell down to his knees.
"Pick up those papers," she continued, pointing at the stack on the floor. "And as I said, I expect them done by next week, or you'll regret it, you hear?"
Eric remained sniveling on the floor. "No, I won't," he whispered almost to himself.
"What?" shouted Maddie.
Eric looked up and repeated, "I won't do it."
Maddie looked down at him, clearly pissed off. He was embarrassing her in front of her friends, she couldn't let this slide. She looked up and huddled together with her friends, they were whispering something among themselves. Eric didn't hear them or care about what they were plotting, he just wanted to leave.
He slowly started getting back up off the floor. One of the girls noticed and pushed him back down. "Hey, what is your problem?" he shouted back at her.
"Shut the fuck up," the girl replied, returning to whispering with the others.
Eric waited for the girls to finish, anticipating some sort of ultimatum or whatever. He had no intention of doing what they asked him to. Maybe he could just pretend to comply, only to leave them high and dry next week when they expected their completed schoolwork. Yeah, that would teach them a lesson. Maddie would regret ever messing with him.
The girls finished and glanced back at him. One of them nodded to Maddie, then walked by him further into the locker room, collecting something from their gym bags.
"So what now?" he asked from the floor, eager to leave before someone else stumbled upon him in the women's lockers.
"Now?" asked Maddie mockingly, her grin widening. "Now we'll teach you some manners."
Eric didn't like the sound of that, but before he could begin to respond, the girls pounced on him. They turned him around, forcing his stomach on the cold floor and pulling his arms behind him. "Hey! What the fuck are you doing? Let me go!" he protested, but the girls ignored him. They wrapped something around his hands and ankles. He tried to look back, but one of them held his head down to the floor. After some more of Eric's meek struggles, they finally let go of him.
Eric tried to get up to his feet, only to discover that he wasn't able to. Glancing down at his legs, he saw that they were tied together with jump rope. Similarly, his hands were bound behind his back. He struggled against his bonds but couldn't free himself. Looking up at Maddie and the others, he found them watching him with smirks on their faces.
"Okay, haha, you've had your fun. Now let me go, okay?" he pleaded, trying not to sound as nervous as he was, but the girls didn't react. "I'll do it, okay? I'll do all the essays or whatever you want. I promise, just-"
"Too late for that," Maddie interrupted. Two of the girls lifted him off the floor by his arms and dragged him to the back of the locker room, where they shoved him into an open locker. With his small frame he fit in there just fine.
"Come on, please, let me go," Eric begged. He locked eyes with Maddie, hoping she'd take pity on him, but her grin only widened. "Please, I'm sorry, I'll do whatever you want."
"You'll have plenty of time to think about how sorry you are," said Maddie as she walked closer to him, holding something in her hand. "Now shut the fuck up," she added, pushing her smelly used gym socks up to his face. Eric thrashed around in the metallic locker as she shoved one of the socks into his mouth and wrapped the other around his head to secure the improvised gag.
With the gag in place, Maddie stepped back from the locker, looking over Eric, bound and gagged inside. The rest of the girls peered in from behind her. Eric bit down on the gag, the horrible taste of her socks and sweat intensifying in his mouth. A smile spread across Maddie's face as Eric's sorry expression turned to anger.
"Aw, don't pout, nerd. We can all see you love it," she said, glancing down at the tent in his pants.
He looked down and realized she was right. He felt even more embarrassed now, first, he got overpowered by a bunch of girls, and now this. He couldn't help that he was horny all the time, but he certainly wasn't enjoying this at all, he lied to himself.
"Now," continued Maddie as she closed the locker doors. "We'll leave you here to think over how you should treat your betters." The unmistakable sound of the lock turning filled Eric's ears.
They wouldn't just leave him there, right?
Eric tried to protest and beg them to let him go, but his voice got muffled by the gag and only came out as a mess. "Shh," said Maddie, watching him through the few horizontal slits at the top of the locker door. "You better stay quiet in there. You wouldn't want someone to find you perving on girls in the locker room, would you?" Maddie and her friends started laughing.
Composing herself, Maddie continued, "We'll be back for you before they close.
Was she being serious?
They couldn't keep him in here that long. He had stuff to do and classes to attend today. "So wait for us in here, okay?" Maddie asked mockingly and laughed together with the others again. Eric could see them slowly gathering up their things and leaving the locker room, with Maddie being the last one. "Bye now, wimp," she called out as she turned off the lights and left the locker room.
Eric struggled against the rope with all his strength, but it was useless, it held firm. He cursed himself for choosing the worst possible time to act brave.
What was he going to do now?
He had already had breakfast, so he could probably last without food or water into the afternoon without a problem.
