Chapter Seven #2
Shuffling his feet forward, Gem moved until Luka could feel his pants on the backs of his legs. He reached down and secured Luka’s right ankle. “You don’t have to convince me. I know it’s you. My boy.”
Luka sucked in a sharp breath.
“And I don’t want you to lie to me either,” Gem said.
“Yes, sir.”
Gem tied down Luka’s left ankle. “You do not have permission to come.”
Luka groaned.
“I’m going to start with my hand. I am going to redden your ass and get you all prepared for my flogger.” Gem ran his palm up Luka’s leg to his ass once again.
“Please!”
“Do you want my flogger?” Gem asked. “It will be different from the paddle. The paddle stings and is a concentrated pain. If I use my flogger on you, it will thud, you’ll feel it deeper, and stay with you for days. Do you want that? It’s okay if you’re not ready.”
The choice was Luka’s. They had talked about this. Okay, Beelz and Ty had discussed using a flogger as their previous encounters had featured Gem’s favorite paddle. Luka had changed things up maybe he wasn’t ready quite yet.
“I want your flogger. Please,” Luka said.
That was pretty damn clear. “Safe words.”
“Red, yellow, and green,” Luka said.
“Good boy.” Leaning over Luka’s back, Gem took his time securing Luka’s wrists. It was fun to tease his boy. Better now that most of the secrets between them were gone.
Once Luka was tied to the spanking bench, Gem finally removed his mask. He placed it on the floor where Luka could clearly see it.
He straightened and patted Luka’s ass. “No more masks.”
“No more masks, sir.”
Gem turned and walked over to the cabinet in the corner. Yes, he was going to start with his hand but he wouldn’t be a good Dom if he didn’t play with Luka’s mind just a little.
Picking three of the wickedest-looking floggers, Gem grinned. Luckily Gem could read his sub’s body language. And knew just how to push his limits.
With his left hand, Gem chose the actual flogger that he would be using with Luka and stuck the handle in the back of his waistband. Returning to his secured boy, Gem showed him the floggers.
“Are you sure this is what you want?” Gem questioned, showing Luka the first flogger.
Luka’s eyes widened.
“Or maybe this one?” Gem gave Luka his second option. “Or how about this?”
“I…” Luka shook his head.
“I’ll just leave these here for you to decide.” Gem placed the floggers next to his mask.
“Sir…” Luka said as Gem walked around him.
“Yes, boy?” Gem replied, running the tips of his fingers down Luka’s spine.
“I’m not sure,” Luka confessed. “About the floggers, I mean.”
“Good boy,” Gem praised. He hadn’t expected Luka to speak up so quickly. Such a good boy. That deserved a reward. He placed a kiss on the back of Luka’s neck. “I’m so proud of you.”
“You are?” Luka asked.
“I’m not using those floggers. I also don’t want you to agree to do anything just because you think it will make me happy,” Gem said. “I wasn’t worried about that before. We had very clear and precise limits put into place.”
“Because we didn’t really know each other,” Luka said.
“Didn’t we?” Gem questioned. “There was trust between us.”
Luka hesitated, then agreed. “There was.”
“We need to build that back.”
“I still trust you,” Luka was fast to claim.
“Do you? Even after I sent you away last night? Didn’t believe you?” Gem asked. Turning Luka away changed things for them. He’d broken his own rule. Gem hadn’t trusted his sub. Not knowing that Luka was Ty didn’t give Gem an excuse.
“I don’t blame you for throwing me out,” Luka said.
“You should.” Gem shook his head. “I’m sorry.”
“Why are you sorry?” Luka questioned.
That was a loaded question. “For not knowing it was you. The first time that you looked at me in the locker room. That look. You’ve always looked at me that way.”
Luka dropped his eyes and smiled. “Yeah.”
Gem pulled out the flogger that was most often used for beginners and showed Luka. “How about this one?”
“Yes, sir. Thank you, sir.”
“I’ll take care of you, boy. I promise,” Gem told him.
“I do trust you,” Luka responded. ‘I just thought…I thought…”
“That I might still be mad at you and make you suffer,” Gem finished for him. “Chose a nasty instrument to use on you to prove some kind of point or something.”
Luka’s entire body deflated. “I’m sorry.”
“You have no reason to be sorry. We’re doing a scene much like the ones we’ve done in the past. Our safe words are the same. The only difference is that I will use a flogger instead of a paddle. This will be more intense, but it will also help ground you. I know that’s what you need now.”
“Yes, sir,” Luka said.
“And I would never do a scene with you if I was truly angry with you. Never. I will never hurt you more than you want. And you do want to hurt a little for me, don’t you?”
“Yes,” Luka hissed. “You always know what I need.”
“That’s my job as your Dom. And what’s your job?”
“I don’t know.”
“To feel.” Gem licked a line down Luka’s spine, making the boy shudder. “To give me your honest responses.”
“I…I can do that,” Luka said.
“I know you can.” Gem positioned himself behind and to the side of Luka’s long body stretched out for him. He needed to be able to see every reaction of his sub. “I’m starting with my hand. We’ve done this before.”
“Yes, sir.” Luka nodded.
“You need to relax,” Gem ordered. “Remember, if you tense up, then it hurts more.”
“I’m not scared. I want this. I want this so much. I missed your hands on me,” Luka told him.
“I missed touching you too, my boy.” Gem rubbed gently across Luka’s ass, then slid a dry finger briefly down Luka’s crease.
Luka tried to buck up and Gem tisked him.
“You know better than to move,” Gem reminded him.
“But…please!” Luka whined.
“I haven’t said that you get to come tonight.” Reaching into his pocket, Gem pulled out the silicone cock ring that he’d brought for his boy.
“What?” Luka’s voice was high-pitched as he jerked in his bondage.
Slipping his hand under Luka’s body, Gem grabbed Luka’s hard cock and slipped on the cock ring.
Luka whined.
“I’m still in charge here,” Gem whispered in Luka’s ear as he gave the boy a firm stroke.
“Yes, sir. You’re in charge, sir.”
“That’s what I like to hear.” Gem ran his hands up and down Luka’s body until the boy relaxed under his palms. He silently urged Luka to forget about what was about to happen.
By the time that Luka was relaxed and moaning, Gem knew that the boy was ready. Slowly, he drew his right arm back before landing a strong blow perfectly across Luka’s ass.
Luka groaned as he tried to lift his ass for more.
The leather held the boy in place for Gem’s next smack.
He rained down slaps across Luka’s ass, down his upper thighs, and up his lower back.
Luka responded beautifully. Beneath Gem’s hands and in front of his eyes, Luka transformed from a man who was in control of his body to a needy sub along for the ride.
Gem took his responsibility as a Dom seriously. With Luka riding the high of pain and need, he wasn’t in the headspace to make any decisions. He’d agree to anything just to keep feeling that way. At least until the adrenaline wore off.
A Dom’s biggest responsibility was to put his sub’s needs before anything else. To know when the sub could take more and when he was at the limit. Luka was primed for his first flogging.
“Are you ready for more?” Gem asked the question more as a warning to what was to come.
Luka’s moans grew in volume as he tried to push back and find the connection to Gem’s hand once again.
“I’ve got you,” Gem promised. “I have you. Just relax into the pain. Take it inside you.”
The first smack of the flogger was directly over Luka’s ass cheeks. The tails of the flogger landing exactly where Gem wanted. He knew that Luka was lost in the sensations when he leaned into the next hit. And the next.
Watching the boy’s face carefully, Gem knew that he would always remember this moment. The way that Luka trusted him enough to give up complete control. Gem would take care of his boy. Care for him.
His boy.
It didn’t matter if he went by Ty or Luka or any other name. He was the same person that Gem had bonded with over the last six months. Six months. Truly Gem’s longest relationship and from what Luka was confessed, it was the same for him.
The two of them had found each other on a night that they’d both needed.
That need had driven them together for longer than should have been possible.
Gem hadn’t meant to get involved in an online relationship, but he didn’t regret it.
Even finding out that he was involved with a teammate didn’t change things for him.
Luka wasn’t just his teammate. Luka was Gem’s boy.
They just needed to work out what that meant for them.
* * * * *
Luka
Looking up at the tug on his hair, Luka blinked the wetness from his vision.
He hadn’t realized that he’d been crying.
And it wasn’t even from pain. Oh sure, pain was there.
Deep, throbbing pain in the muscles, but it was the good kind of pain like after a good hard workout.
No, Luka was filled with relief. With a completeness that seemed to come from his very soul.
Even his tiger was utterly content in his Dom’s hands.
“Such a good boy for me,” Gem praised as he tugged at Luka’s hair again. “I am so proud of you. You took my flogger so well.”
Luka sniffed as he gave a small nod. Moving his head just that little was enough for his hair to be tugged again. The sting brought another round of tears. It was so perfect.
His sir was touching him. Luka had trusted his Dom and had been rewarded. He licked his lips. After the first scene they’d shared in Seattle, Luka had gotten to suck Gem off. He wanted that again.
“You want something?” Gem asked softly.
“You…” He had to clear his throat. “Your cock.”
Gem undid his belt, then opened his pants.
Luka’s mouth literally watered as he spotted Gem’s black silk briefs. He could smell his Dom’s need. The heavy sharp scent of precome.