An older man in a navy suit called out to me. He'd followed me home most of the way, and I'd almost turned the corner, feeling his eyes burning my back.
"Huh?" I turned, half ready to ignore him.
"Hey. This is you, right?"
He was holding up a photo on his phone as he approached. I squinted and let him walk closer, taking a few moments to process what he was trying to show me.
It was taken several minutes ago, and it was me - or at least my midsection. I was asleep, slumped over, but with someone's hand reaching out to hold up my bus pass.
And that bus pass was right next to the love-hearts that were sticking out of my waistband, my shirt tugged up and away. The lace of a black bra peeked from above, to boot.
"... Uh"
I choked for a moment, trying to think on the spot. There it was, my full name and face, my date of birth (I'd turned nineteen last August) right next to the crimson panties and glossy black pantyhose I'd chosen to wear today, for everyone else on the bus to see - at least I hope they didn't, I'd woken up still clothed as far as I could tell.
"It is, isn't it?"
The man didn't move, but my eyes darted from his face to the picture and back. What the hell was he doing?
"N-no... I...?"
I swallowed hard as he nodded, turning his expensive-looking phone back and tapping a few things.
"Okay." he muttered. "I want you to do something for me."
"P-please, whatever it is, please just..."
"Quiet". He said, with an edge to it. "Take those off. Now."
"I-"... I just couldn't think. Was this guy crazy? "No, I can't!"
He scoffed. "Yes you can. You'll do it, now, or else this photo will be sent to your family. Do you understand?"
"You can't-" I hissed, looking around for someone, anyone, to help. "Please!"
"I can. Isn't this yours?"
He held the phone up again, and indeed there was my profile picture and all my friends and family listed below. In a panic, I froze. My heart slammed in my chest.
"So, I'll ask you again. Take your jeans off." He pointed.
Forcing myself to take slow, deliberate breaths, I stared at him for several seconds. But it seemed like he was serious, and I wasn't close enough to snatch that phone and run. I slowly nodded and reached down to undo my zipper.
"That's right." He said under his breath, switching over to the camera again and stepping back.
After wiggling back and forth for a moment, then struggling to pull my jeans over my shoes, I stood back up with a glare that could kill. I was extremely tense, glancing around occasionally to make sure nobody else was coming - but thankfully (or not) this was a side-street backed behind several houses, so we were alone for now.
"Alright. Now unbutton your shirt."
"P-please..." I mumbled, ice in my stomach. I was already showing way too much to the whole world. But he just waved his hand in a 'get on with it' motion, and I grit my teeth before slowly undoing the buttons one-by-one. And my lacy bra revealed itself to the world.
There was my pale, skinny body exposed, trapped inside unmistakably feminine undergarments, and this man was taking several pictures of it all. I prayed he couldn't see the lump my chastity cage made underneath.
"Good. Very good, yes..." He finally stopped, and my shoulders slumped. "You can put them back on now."
I bit my tongue to tell him to fuck off, and hastily dragged my jeans back on before doing everything back up. He was busy tapping away on his phone, and I was still in great fear that he was about to just dump my secret to the people I really, REALLY did not want to know it... My life would be over.
"D-don't send those, I swear to god..."
He looked up. "Oh? Or what."
It wasn't a question, it was just a blunt statement.
"I won't post them, but please do everything I ask you to. Got that?" He pocketed the phone containing the blackmail, and folded his arms. He must be some kind of rich, because a fancy watch slid out from his shirt cuffs.
"I..." Well, what else could I do? "Like what?"
"Everything. I have lots of things for you to do, or to wear. You seem to be used to it, right?" He pointed down at my crotch, and I recoiled a little as if he'd reached out to grab me.
"No! I mean, I'm... It's not like that, I..."
He made another scoffing noise, unconvinced. "So how long have you been locked for this time?"
I pursed my lips, not keen to give the real answer. "Ff-three days."
"Oh, really." He had a damn smirk that I couldn't help but look away from. "That's not very much. Where are you headed?" He looked down to check the time, then back to me.
I shook my head and pointed. "I'm going home, actually..." I quickly fabricated a lie to back it up; "...and I already said I'd be there for dinner. So, uh..."
He brushed it off, just as quickly. "Then text to let them know you'll be later. Come with me."
He turned to walk back down the path, back to the car park. I was left with a dilemma: run and hope to god he was bluffing, living in fear, or...
In that moment, I took a sharp breath... and followed him.
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Once he'd lead me into his car - a fancy BMW, as it turned out - I was there in his passenger seat, squirming. I sat my shoulder bag over my crotch as if it'd obscure my secret more effectively, but that ship had sailed.
"Tell me. When did you start?"
I looked to him, then back at the road again, resigned. I might as well go along with it for now.
"Okay so, uh, I guess. When I was younger. I guess, I was... I uh, I borrowed a pair of pantyhose from my older sister." The shame was like tar in my throat, but I kept going. "It made me happy. I started borrowing a few more things, and I even took some clothes from a neighbour to wear, but eventually I didn't want to keep sneaking them back to where they came from... so I bought my own."
He nodded, as if this was just any old conversation. "Okay. Then?"
"I uh, I mostly went to stores late at night. I hid it in a drawer in my room. Mostly hose, underwear, a skirt and a top."
"And the cage, when did you get into that?"
I guess he spotted it after all. "Well, uh. That. It was a friend online who introduced me to them, and said I could try on a spare one of his, and it just... uhm, yeah. It fit."
I rubbed my legs together, regretting everything.
"Where'd you keep the keys?"
"Uh. Just in my wallet. I don't, I haven't... done much with them." Another little lie, but I didn't want to give him any ideas.
"W-what are you gonna do?" I asked back, to stem the tide of probing questions.
"Hm? Well, it seems like you do things that make me very interested in you. You know what it's like wearing women's clothing, and seem to enjoy it so much you wear it going to college. Tell me, in school, how much do you want to wear the girl's uniform instead of the boy's?"
I looked down, a little red in the face again. "Uhm... I... sorta..." It was unconvincing.
"Mmm, that's good then." We'd travelled pretty far by now, and I was starting to get even more anxious about getting home some other way.
"Let me make myself clear. You will do what I say, or else everything gets sent to your parents and your friends. I will tell them you exposed yourself to me, for a sexual thrill, and report you to the police."
What the fuck? My fingernails dug into my palms. "Wait- That's not true!"
"-You can prevent this..." he continued, unwavering. "... By doing as I ask. Got that?"
It was quiet for a minute, other than the sound of the road passing below. I just stared out the window and wrestled with the situation mentally, looking for ways out. Could I convince my parents it wasn't true? Could I even face them after being found out? If I threw away my girly clothes and toys in time, could I say it wasn't me? It was all too terrifying to face.
"We're here."
Interrupting my thoughts, we'd stopped in the driveway of a stately two-story house. The message I was getting was that this guy had money, but didn't go overboard with particularly flashy displays of it - just the 'normal' sort of obnoxious rich-guy stuff. We stood in front of the door and he fished for a key before turning to face me.
"Now. You can leave at anytime, and I'll take you back. But the moment you do, everything I described will proceed, and everything will be made public. Okay? So you're making the choice to come inside."