Bound Between You, page 16
part #4 of Tender Control Series
That did not help Keegan’s ability to stop fidgeting, but he quickly obeyed and lowered himself to the cushion. By the time he was kneeling and taking another deep breath, Niall was walking into the living room, a few toys tucked close to his side to keep Keegan from seeing them.
“Very good.” He studied Keegan for a moment before turning to me. “Thank you.”
“You’re welcome.” Stroking over Keegan’s head, I grinned. “He was very well-behaved.”
I could feel the excitement radiating from Keegan and even the slow caress to his head wasn’t helping relax him.
Niall smiled, but his was wicked and dark. “Naughty would’ve been interesting too. I was prepared for anything.”
Even out of the corner of my eye, I could almost see the dirty thoughts running through Keegan’s head. His face was too expressive to hide anything when he was this turned on. The great debate had to be if he should’ve been a brat or stayed obedient.
That was a very good question.
As Niall walked around Keegan’s back and completely out of sight, he pulled out a blindfold and noise-canceling headphones, then nodded to Keegan.
Ah.
I shifted so I was right in front of our boy and crouched down. “Tell me your safewords.”
He swallowed, and it took a moment for him to get the words out. “Red stops everything. Yellow is if I need you to slow down and green means everything is fine.”
“Perfect.” Reaching behind him, I took the strip of fabric from Niall and slowly brought it around to show Keegan. “You’re not going to see or hear anything. If we want you to move, we’ll move your body. If I stroke my finger over your lips, I’m asking where you are and you need to tell me if you’re green, yellow, or red.”
His head bobbed several times before he swallowed again. “What if…I mean, what if the words…”
I was starting to figure out his worry.
I glanced up at Niall to see him processing the question. Finally he nodded and took over the conversation. “While Master Julian gets you ready, I’m going to go get a ball. You’ll hold it in your hand and if you drop the ball, it will mean red. Shaking the ball so the bell inside it rings will mean yellow.”
Keegan’s stress faded again. “Thank you, Masters. Thank you.”
That seemed to be all he was able to say, so his fear about words was probably well-founded when he was this worked up.
Giving him a tender but quick brush of my lips against his, I smiled before slowly tying the blindfold over his eyes. When I finally stood, I stroked his cheeks. “Such a pretty boy for his Masters.”
Keegan shivered, cocking his head to listen as I moved behind him. The lack of sight only seemed to fuel his wicked imagination because I could feel his desire and the nervous excitement in him growing. He was beyond wound up.
Niall quietly set his toys on the coffee table before leaning over to give Keegan a kiss on the head. “Master Julian is here with you and will finish getting you ready. I’m going to get your ball and I’ll be right back.”
“Yes, Master.” Keegan leaned his head against Niall’s hand before slowly straightening as Niall stepped away. Taking another deep breath, our boy seemed to do his best to relax. “Thank you, Masters.”
“You’re welcome.” I leaned over and kissed Keegan’s head before chuckling. “Oh, you should see how Master Niall is watching you.”
Keegan shivered and pushed himself to sit even straighter, earning another kiss from me as Niall smiled. “We’re going to have so much fun deciding if we should punish you or reward you.”
Letting out a low, needy sound, Keegan licked his lips and did his best to get his words out. “I’ll be…I’ll be patient for you.”
At the very least I knew he was going to try, but looking at the toys Niall had brought down, I wasn’t sure he’d succeed.
That was just going to be part of the fun, though.
Chapter 18
Niall
Walking back into the living room, I had to just stop and stare as Julian tightened the straps around Keegan’s arms, pinning them in place. They were both so incredible. Keegan was beautifully submissive, kneeling with a restraint wrapped around his chest so his arms were immobile, but the tender, still-wicked look on Julian’s face was just as amazing.
And they were mine as long as I didn’t fuck it up.
Well, as long as I didn’t fuck it up beyond what Keegan seemed to naturally be able to fix.
But since it wasn’t fair to put him in that position forever, I knew that their politely guilted suggestion about therapy had some merit, even if it was simply about finding better ways for Julian and me to communicate.
Pushing the darker thought out of my head that wanted to crowd back in, I focused on the men in front of me. This was going to be a good test of Julian’s and my newfound resolve to be grown-ups when we were dealing with each other.
With Keegan blindfolded and the headphones soon to go on, he wasn’t going to be able to help if we started driving each other insane.
Julian finally noticed I was back and looked over, smiling before mouthing a greeting. “Perfect timing.”
As he stood, I walked over as quietly as I could and nodded. He’d done a wonderful job restraining Keegan, but now it was time for the next step. Crouching down behind Keegan, I spoke softly as I placed the ball in his right hand.
“Now, if you need to stop the scene, what do you do?”
He took a second and did his best to answer simply and clearly. “If I need to stop the scene, I can say red or I can drop the ball.”
“Very good.” Stroking his arms, I smiled as he shivered and the ball shifted just enough for me to hear the bell moving. It was heavy enough that it wouldn’t go off at the slightest movement but it wasn’t silent either.
“What do you do if you need us to slow the scene down?” I had to smile as he took a deep breath.
“If I need to slow the scene down, I can say yellow or I can shake the ball.” He must have known what was coming next because he tightened his grip on the toy and gave it a firm shake. “Like this.”
“That’s right.” I didn’t think we’d do anything that would push him too far—we were mostly aiming to reduce his stress and to help him find subspace—but as wound up as he was, anything was possible. “We’re going to put noise-canceling headphones on you now. You’ll hear soft music in the background, but you shouldn’t hear anything else.”
“Yes, Master.”
“I want you to hold out on your orgasm as long as possible, but I’m not going to tell you when to come. Just show us what a good boy you are.” He let out a dramatic sigh as Julian nodded his agreement and tried not to laugh.
“Yes, Master.” That one came out much more frustrated than his first polite reply, but Julian was so entertained by it that I couldn’t punish the cheeky brat.
As I reached for my phone and connected the headset, Julian brought it closer so we could make sure the music was playing softly before the headphones were put into place. When Keegan was closed off in a world of soft music and sensations, his shoulders relaxed and some of the tension on his face eased, I focused on Julian.
“I’m sorry that was so stressful for you both.” He started to shake his head, but I cut him off before he could pretend nothing had bothered him. “No, I can only guess how hard it was and I don’t want to talk about it now, but I want you to know that I get it and thank you.”
He smiled, slowly lowering his guard as he leaned in and gave me a quick, tender peck. “Any time.”
Needing to mentally step away from the heavy conversation from earlier, I smiled and looked down at our boy. “I’m not sure he’ll last if I dawdle, so no more seriousness.”
Julian chuckled, but I saw a knowing look in his eyes that said he was okay with me changing the subject. “I’d have to agree. He was so wound up on the drive over, I wasn’t sure if he would just randomly orgasm or crash and fall asleep.”
I had to grin. “Let’s aim for orgasm.”
“Deal.” Julian looked over at the toys I’d brought down. “What’s your plan?”
We were doing so well I didn’t want to fuck things up here, so I mentally took a step back and made sure I was thinking of him as Dom Julian. “Let me know if you have another idea. But I was thinking about varying the sensations he was getting so he wouldn’t know what to expect. With the right rhythm, I think he could slide into subspace and then we go from there.”
Julian nodded. “I think that’s a good idea.”
“Ready?” We hadn’t coordinated like this before, but it felt right to see him pick up a crop and turn to Keegan.
“Yes.” He smiled, stroking the length of it. “He’ll know what it is, and it’s going to drive him crazy for me to be gentle with it.”
I chuckled quietly, picking up the flogger. “I think a bit of frustration is just what he needs to clear his head.”
With both of us in agreement, we quickly worked out the details and decided that Julian would start on his front and I would begin behind him. But first, we had a bit of teasing to do. Trailing the long, soft strands of the flogger along his body as I slowly circled him, I saw Keegan suck in a breath and seem to have to fight the urge to lean toward me as I continued the slow caresses.
Letting him get used to the soft touch, I kept circling him, aiming for an almost hypnotic effect. As I continued, I looked over at Julian, who seemed to find simply watching relaxing, and spoke quietly. “Did he talk to you again about that tentacle fantasy? He was texting me the other day asking what kind of camera I had because he didn’t think his was good enough to record us in video.”
Julian’s whole body shook as he tried not to laugh. “Sorry, that’s my fault. I completely spaced on why he needed a better camera and thought he needed it for the shoot we’re doing. I told him to ask you.”
Groaning, I shot him a frustrated look that just made the laughter worse. “That was mean.”
He gave me a look that was probably supposed to be apologetic and leaned in to kiss me again as I walked in front of him. “Sorry.”
“That would look more believable if you weren’t giggling.” Rolling my eyes as his body started to shake again, I focused back on Keegan and took in the slow, deep breaths he was working on as he relaxed.
“If you’ve decided it’s too much, he’ll understand.” Julian’s sincerity had me looking back at him.
“No, it’s…it’s not something I’d do on my own, but I know it’s what he’s fantasizing about and I think just for peace of mind I want to see it?” That probably sounded wrong, so I quickly explained. “Not that I don’t trust you, it’s just—”
Even I could feel myself starting to panic, and I was grateful that Keegan couldn’t hear my rambling.
Julian just stepped closer, squeezing my shoulder as I remembered to keep Keegan in the right headspace. “No, I get it.”
He waited until I was facing him again to keep going. “It probably feels like a very non-consensual scene to you, and I think that’s hard for you. I get it and so will Keegan once he thinks of it that way.”
Julian grinned, trying to lighten the mood. “He was just so excited about his dirty adventure with the tentacle monster that he didn’t think of it that way.”
Most people wouldn’t.
“It’s fine.” I thought it would be, at least. “I just think being there will be better for me than not being there and worrying.”
About both of them, for some fucked-up reason, but I wasn’t going to even try to explain that.
It would definitely come out wrong.
Julian nodded, taking me at my word. “Alright, now take this in the spirit it’s intended, but maybe it’s something you talk to the therapist about? I have to special order the one he wants, and it’s going to take a while to get here, so we’ve got time to figure shit out.”
That wasn’t a bad idea.
And I wasn’t even going to try to guess why we’d needed to special order one of those things.
“I’ll think about it.” He must have seen my acceptance because he didn’t keep pressing. He just nodded and looked down at Keegan.
“What do you think? Is he ready for us to change things up?” Grateful he was willing to change the subject, I shoved away my worries and nodded.
“Yes, his cock keeps jumping every time I caress over his nipples, so I think he needs a bit of a distraction.” It was too early to orgasm or completely drift away.
Walking around in front of Keegan, Julian’s expression turned focused as everything else we’d been talking about faded. I wasn’t sure how it was so easy for him, but I was glad to have the dangerous part of the evening over with.
Communicating with him was scary, but we’d done it without anything going wrong.
As I focused on flogging Keegan’s back in a slow rhythm, Julian took a different approach and just let the crop press against Keegan’s erection. Our boy let out a gasp and I could see the shiver that ran through him, part fear and part barely restrained desire.
His slight shift had the ball in his hand moving just enough that the bell inside probably rolled and he went completely still. The fear that he might have accidentally said yellow kept him on his toes, especially since Julian still hadn’t moved.
The steady but gentle flogging was probably distracting as fuck with all his focus on what Julian might do, but that just made it even better.
It took a few more minutes of Julian watching his face and waiting before he moved. The crop moved so quickly I almost missed it, but in a flash, he’d gotten one of Keegan’s nipples. Before our boy could moan or even gasp, the crop was back by his cock again, still and tormenting him.
It was beautiful.
Keegan’s entire body lit up, and as the sensation and thoughts caught up in his head, he moaned as his muscles clenched.
Julian was watching him with a supervillain-type smile that Keegan really needed to see at some point. He’d have demanded a camera right then to capture it, so the blindfold had definitely been a good idea.
The two completely opposite approaches kept Keegan on edge, and Julian’s patience for this game seemed endless, so I kept my strokes light to be able to extend the session. With each strike, he seemed to vary the intensity as well as the spot on his body.
As time stretched on, Keegan started to shake and he seemed to be fighting to take slow, deep breaths, so I knew he was close.
So did Julian, judging by his sexy grin.
His focus shifted to me again, and I could feel the passion and excitement in him. “I think he’ll come if I startle him. On the next strike, I’m going to do his erection.”
He paused, probably waiting for me to worry, but I just nodded so he continued. “I think if you were to do something unexpected like pinching his nipples at the same time then he’ll come. What do you think?”
I chuckled. “I think you’re slightly evil, but he’ll love it.”
Julian laughed, trying to stay quiet as his chest jerked. “Thank you.”
Shaking my head, I kept up the steady rhythm so Keegan wouldn’t guess anything was about to change. “On three?”
As he nodded, I inched closer and got ready to drop the flogger as soon as Julian was ready to throw our boy into his orgasm. Spacing apart the impacts from the flogger, I watched Julian’s lips as he started the nearly silent countdown.
At three, I let the flogger tease at the top of his ass, and by two, I had it on the floor, reaching for Keegan’s nipples. The timing was perfect.
The sting of the crop and the flash of pain from his nipples had him crying out as his orgasm burst through him. Cum shot out of him as I worked his nubs, keeping the pleasure going as long as I could.
When he started to relax and was in danger of just flopping onto the carpet, I released his now tender nipples and gripped his arms tight. Working in tandem with Julian, we sat down, shifting Keegan’s nearly boneless body to a more comfortable position on Julian’s lap.
He and I were both grinning like idiots as Keegan just floated, still hanging on to the ball for dear life as we released the restraints. Keegan was in so deep we left the music going, but using the app that controlled the headphones, I adjusted the settings so it was gradually letting in more sounds.
Eventually he started to stir, but he didn’t come completely back until I tried to take the ball out of his hand. “Green…not done yet…no…”
His brain was clearly taking a few seconds to completely reboot, so I left the ball in his hand and took off the headphones.
Julian kissed his head, stroking his arms as he whispered softly. “Relax for us, baby. Such a good boy. Yes, that’s it. Take another deep breath for me.”
When Keegan obeyed, we knew his brain was coming back online. Julian kissed him again. “That’s good. Now, would you like me to take off the blindfold?”
Keegan swallowed. “I thought it was dark.”
So he wasn’t all back with us.
It was good to know.
Releasing the fabric slowly to allow his eyes to adjust to the light, I ignored Julian’s grin at the “dark” comment. Keegan sighed, scrunching up his face, but didn’t open his eyes. “I’m not ready to be done.”
The libido was strong…the body weak.
“We’re not going anywhere, baby.” Julian gave him another kiss, then handed Keegan to me before reaching over for the water bottle I’d set on the side table earlier. “I’ve got some water for you.”
Keegan opened his mouth like a baby bird but didn’t feel the need to open his eyes yet. Julian chuckled and brought the bottle to his lips, letting him slowly drink. When it seemed like Keegan had enough, Julian pulled it away, setting it back on the table.
Keegan made a happy sound and snuggled tighter against me. “Stay.”
That seemed to be meant for both of us, but I wasn’t sure what he meant. Julian didn’t care. He just smiled and stroked Keegan’s cheek. “Of course, baby.”
I rolled my eyes. “He’s crafty. You have to know what you’re agreeing to first.”
