Vision is blurred. Blotchy grey shapes, moving, swirling like ink spilled into water. Fucking head hurts. There's a jackhammer in my brain pounding my synapses. Ears are ringing. A high, shrill whine like a grenade has gone off. Wrists and ankles tied. Rope? No, plastic zip ties. Like the police use. But it's soft underneath. I'm on a mattress. A bed. Smooth linen on my bare back and ass. Bare? I'm naked. Why? I didn't go to bed naked. I never go to bed naked. Tied and naked, spreadeagle on a bed. My bedroom? Yes, I think it is. Vision is returning and I recognise my room. A messy room, full of books and comics and dirty clothes littering the floor. On the wall opposite there's a poster for Radiohead's In Rainbows, my favourite album. I've got it on vinyl, got all their albums on vinyl. Fuck, I'm hungry. Could just eat a sandwich--
Sudden stinging pain in my wrists. My arms were asleep but are now awake and I can feel the sharp plastic cutting into my flesh--oh fuck I'm tied to my bed.
Flatmates? My flatmates are in the rooms opposite, gotta get their attention. They can help me get free. Maybe it's a prank? Maybe they're the ones who've done this to me. A fucked-up joke. No, they wouldn't have. They've never pulled pranks on me before.
I shout--no, I scream. But nothing happens. No sound comes. Not even a whimper. There's... there's something in my mouth, pushed right back into my throat. A fabric, warm, choking me. Can't breathe. Breathe--through your nose. Your nose isn't blocked but you're panicking, so just stop struggling and breathe through your nose.
In and out. In and out. Inhale and exhale. I look down, yes, I'm definitely tied to the bed and I'm not dreaming. Cable ties securing my ankles and wrists to the bedposts, rubbing and sore. Trickles of blood down my forearm. Don't struggle or I'll accidentally bleed to death. And I'm naked, my cock and balls on full display. I've been kidnapped in my own bed, and they've stripped me.
Humming, someone's humming. Outside my room. I struggle again, attempting to make as much sound as I can, groaning and moaning, banging the headboard into the wall. The humming stops, I hear a faint giggle, then the humming starts again. Getting closer, closer. My captor, it must be. They're closing in, outside now. I can see shadows under the door. The knob turns, the hinges creak, light from outside seeps in. The humming is here, a song I recognise but can't remember the title of.
An eclipsed figure--a girl, I think--stands in the doorway. She smiles, sweetly, her small mouth curling upwards, then continues to hum. I know her... I'm pretty certain I know that face. From where, though, I don't know. My mind is still foggy and thinking hurts. But I know this girl, I'm certain of it. What I don't know, though, is why the fuck she's tied me to my bed.
I stop struggling, hoping that she's here to free me. But when she turns and locks the door behind her, I start fighting my restraints again.
She rushes over, 'Stop it. Please, Finn, stop it. You're gonna hurt yourself.' I see her now in full detail, but still don't remember who she is. She's about my age--eighteen--and is built small, almost fairy-like. She can't have been more than five-foot and was extremely slender. How did someone so tiny manage to entrap me? I'm probably three times the size of this girl. 'It's okay,' she says, 'I know the binds are tight, and I'm really sorry that it hurts.' She notices the blood dripping down my arm, 'Oh god... I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you. But please stop struggling. Try to stay still.'
I mumble behind the gag, asking what the hell is going on and who the fuck are you but only a groan comes out.
'What's that?' she asks, bringing her face closer to mine. Her long, sleek, raven-coloured hair falls over my chest. She smells nice. 'Oh crap, the gag. Yeah, I had to gag you. I'm so sorry, but you'd scream if I didn't.'
Damn right I'd scream, I've been tied up by some crazy bitch. I try to speak again, but she puts her finger to her mouth. 'Shush now. You're wasting all your energy and we need you to be awake, don't we?'
I ignore her. Start struggling and screaming behind the gag. She strokes my tear-stained cheek, how one would stroke a dying dog. She begs, 'Please, please, please stop struggling. I really don't wanna--' I move my head away from her hand, and see her expression change from concern to anger.
'So be it,' she spits and slaps me across the face. My vision flashes black for a moment, and before I can recover she slaps me again. 'I don't wanna have to hurt you. I love you, but please don't make me hurt you.'
My cheek flares in red hot pain, and for a moment, I forget about the binds cutting into my wrists. I grumble an insult at her.
She jumps up on the bed next to me, so light that the mattress hardly shakes. She's wearing one of my t-shirts--with the cover of Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral on it--but it's way too big and hangs loosely off her. I don't know if she's got anything on underneath it, but she's wearing black thigh high socks that stop just above the knee. I try not to stare but I can't help myself, and my cock twitches against my will.
'See something you like?' she smirks.
I look away from her, towards the door. Where the fuck are my flatmates?
'How about this? I'll remove your gag if you promise not to scream. Okay? Do you promise you won't scream?'
I nod quickly.
'Good boy. 'Cos if you're lying...' she reaches towards my bedside table and picks up a box cutter, the type with the retractable blade, '...I'll cut you.' She giggles hysterically and slides the blade up. A metallic click rings out. 'Do you understand?'
I nod again. Her eyes are big and blue and fucking crazy. She yanks the gag from my mouth and I start to inhale as much oxygen as I can. Air has never tasted so good.
'Did you like the taste of my panties?' she asks.
'W--what?' My voice is croaky and coarse.
'My panties?' she unfolds the gag and holds up a pair of black panties. 'Could you taste my pussy on them? I've been wearing them all day and I've been so wet.'
'W-who the fuck are you? What do you want? Please just let me go.'
'Finn? Seriously? It's me.'