Her dream was just getting to the really, really good part when a bolt of primal fear jolted her awake.
She was on her belly on the couch, quite sure she hadn’t fallen asleep that way. He was on top of her, pulling her arms behind her back.
“Noooo,” she whined, voice still fuzzy.
“You were moaning in your sleep, my dearest,” he teased. “I thought you’d rather have the real thing.”
He quickly wound duct tape around her forearms, trapping them in a thick layer. The long sleeves of her new flannel pajamas protected her skin and allowed him to use as much tape as he liked. She hadn’t anticipated this double-edged feature of the gift, but he probably had.
She tried to kick her feet, only to find her legs were already mummified from knees to ankles. She must have been out cold.
His hands plunged up under her top, finding bare, warm, and very ticklish skin. She squealed and writhed, but couldn’t shake him off.
“Tell me about this dream,” he ordered. “Was it really sexy?”
Her answer came slowly, each syllable fighting through gasps and giggles to escape. “We were … at a party. You were … going down on me … while every– …. everyone watched!”
He stopped tickling, but only to start working her pants and underwear down off her hips, exposing her. Vague images from the dream still danced in her head, now joined by images of her current predicament in a way that felt deliciously vulnerable.
“That sounds wonderful,” he said. “I’ll keep it in mind for next time.”
He gripped her hips, each strong middle finger poised above the spots on her hipbone that never failed to make her scream. His tone chilled considerably. “Now. What were you really dreaming about?”
“Andrea!” she blurted, too panicked by his implied threat to stick to her story. “It was Andrea. She was going down on me, and you were holding my legs apart so everyone could see. It was so embarrassing …” She pressed her face to the couch cushion, a distinctly undreamlike flush now making her cheeks burn.
He slipped a hand between her naked thighs. She instinctively opened for him, as much as her bound legs allowed.
“Is that why you’re soaking wet?” He asked, dragging two rough fingers through her folds. “You’d love to have her hot little tongue licking you right here.”
She let out an animalistic groan. The shame of her confession blended with his knowing, confident touch like a potent cocktail of drugs. It stole her speech and muddled her thoughts. She wiggled her ass, body hard-wired to seek the perfect friction.
The hand that wasn’t working between her legs remained curled around her hip. Her dizzying transition from sleep to bondage to sex rendered its position a distant and easily forgettable fact. Until it started to squeeze that spot.
She howled. “I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sor—“
He quickly covered her mouth, smearing her own arousal onto her lips as he stifled her laughter. He kneaded her ass, the backs of her thighs, her lower ribs, and everywhere else he could reach while she thrashed and cried under him.
By the time he stopped, she was breathless, sweaty, and almost frantic to have his fingers between her legs again. Instead, he leaned forward and brought his mouth so close to her ear, she could feel his breath.
“Next time we see Andrea,” he growled, “you’re going to tell her exactly what you just told me.”
“Oh fuck,” she sobbed. Most of her other friends would laugh the dream off; a few might even be grossed out. Andrea would laugh too, but then she’d be excited to see whether her real-life skills could compete with her dream self.
It would be a deeply humiliating conversation, not least because she would inevitably stammer through it, red faced and increasingly turned on, while Andrea’s grin grew wider and more devilish.
“And then,” he continued, “I’m going to tell her about all your most ticklish spots, and let her do whatever she wants with that information.”
That thought left her genuinely speechless. Before she could find a reply, he was climbing off of her. He pulled her wrapped body up to her feet and hoisted her onto his shoulder, her feeble resistance not enough to phase him.
“OK, OK, I’ll tell her!” she offered.
“Yes you will,” he replied. He carried her toward their bedroom. “And your punishment is over now. The rest is just for me.”