Forehead kisses for Bering and Wells please 😊
Okay, that would be prompt #3 on this list!
CW: stuck elevator, claustrophobia - please proceed with caution!
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"Hey, it's okay, it's okay. It's just stopped; I'm sure it will go on in a second."
Helena shuddered; her face was pinched, her jaws clenched so tightly Myka was afraid for the woman's teeth.
Then the overhead light went out. Helena gave a bone-deep, agonized groan, and suddenly Myka realized: the Bronze. Or just claustrophobia in general. The emergency light flickered on, and for the briefest of moments, Myka saw that Helena's face was a rictus of terror. Just the fraction of a second, before Helena schooled her features into stoic, intent focus again, but Myka had seen it.
"Hey," she said again, even more gently this time. "Hey, you're okay. Claustrophobia?"
Helena nodded; her teeth were still clenched so tightly that Myka wasn't surprised no words would come out.
"C'mon, let's sit down," she said, and proceeded to do exactly that. Her pants needed washed anyway, she reasoned, and Helena could probably stand to get off her feet too. "Come on," she repeated, and Helena sank down beside her. "Here," Myka said, reaching out and touching Helena's hand. "We're okay. See? Steady hands. I'm not worried. I've been in stuck elevators before; usually it doesn't take long to get going again."
At the same moment, the intercom crackled into life; Helena flinched at the sound, grabbing hold of Myka's hand with both of her own.
"Attention passengers on elevators S5 through S8," the disembodied voice said. "We have an emergency lockdown which we're already in the process of investigating. As soon as everything clears, operation will resume. We expect this to take no longer than ten minutes. If you have a situation that requires immediate assistance, please use the red emergency intercom button on the operator panel. Please keep the emergency line free otherwise, and remain calm. We will update you in five minutes." And with another crackle, the speaker fell silent.
Helena's breaths were short and shallow, and she still clung to Myka's hand like a lifeline. The emergency light was dim, but Myka could still see how wild Helena's eyes were.
Well. The emergency line probably wasn't much help for claustrophobic people - knowing that wouldn't make them work any faster than they already were. So it was on Myka to help. "Is there anything you usually do when this happens?" she asked.
Helena's mouth twitched into a smile that was more grimace than anything. "Freeze?" she suggested; her voice was croaky.
Myka nodded. She stroked her thumb across the back of one of Helena's hands. "What's worst right now?"
The reply came immediately. "Feeling trapped. Back in the bronze again."
"And what's okay right now?"
Helena frowned in surprise, and didn't answer.
"Like, how does your, uh, your nose feel?"
"It... tingles?" Helena sounded confused.
"It's an exercise my therapist suggested," Myka explained. "After Sam. When I would shut down. He suggested trying to focus on physical sensations, instead of the panic."
Helena hummed pensively. Then she squeezed Myka's hands. "This," she said.
"Holding hands feels okay?" Myka asked to confirm it. It made sense: touching another person was proof that you weren't bronzed.
Helena nodded. "I hope that isn't too forward, or too awkward."
"Sheesh no. That's totally okay." Myka squeezed back to underline her words. "I could also... if that would help, I could hug you."
Helena gave a little gasp. Then she nodded quickly, and moments later she was huddled against Myka, shoulders tight and hands clenched in her lap.
Myka slung her arms around her, and didn't comment on the shivers she felt. She rubbed Helena's shoulders for a moment, then tightened her arms. "You're okay," she said, "I've got you." On pure instinct, she pressed a kiss on Helena's forehead, then wondered if that hadn't been 'too forward, or too awkward.' But Helena didn't pull back; on the contrary, she pressed even closer to Myka.
"Could you perhaps," she began, then hesitated.
"Whatever helps, okay?" Myka said encouragingly. "Just let me know what I can do to help."
"Could you... talk to me? Tell me a story, perhaps, or talk about a retrieval - anything, really. The silence is deafening."
"Of course!" Myka squeezed Helena's shoulders again and launched into a retelling of the novel she was currently reading. Helena stayed huddled close, but her breaths slowed, and her shoulders lost some of their tension.
It took 13 minutes until first the lights flickered back on, then the car started to move again.
Helena exhaled a long, shuddering breath.
"Good thing we're going down, right?" Myka said. "We'll be out of here in no time." She felt Helena's head nod against her chin. "Do you think you can stand?"
Together, they made their way upright; Myka could feel the tremble in Helena's muscles. She knew the signs; adrenaline gone haywire was a bitch. She kept close to Helena, kept their arms linked and fingers entwined, all the way down, out, through the lobby, along the sidewalks, right up to their second floor hotel room, which Helena insisted they take the stairs to get to.
Myka didn't mind; there was color back in Helena's cheeks, and that was all she asked for.
Later that night, after dinner and showers and changing into PJs, Helena sat down next to Myka on Myka's bed. "Thank you," she said. "For earlier."
"Anytime."
Again, Helena hummed. After a moment of silence, she asked hesitantly, "Perhaps... perhaps now?"
It took Myka a moment to understand. Then it clicked. "Oh! Sure, of course, come here!" She lifted her arm; Helena snuggled into her side. Her hair, slung into a low, sloppy bun, was damp from showering and smelled of her shampoo; her skin was warm and her shoulders much looser than earlier.
"That little kiss you gave me," Helena said, almost too quiet to hear. "That was okay." Then she sucked in a breath and stiffened. "Wasn't it?"
Myka smiled and squeezed Helena's shoulders, gently pulling her close again. Very ostentatiously, she pressed another kiss on Helena's forehead. "I thought so too."
Helena practically melted into her in relief. "Oh good," she said indistinctly. "Good," she repeated, barely more than a sigh.
A few minutes later, she was asleep, and Myka marveled at her trust. She kissed Helena's forehead again, for good measure, and settled in to sleep, herself.
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behavior modification, role reversal au, part #4
Masterlist here. Follows up with Joe and Ivan after the swap has been made; Joe is still sporting the little insurance policy Ivan gave him here.
NOTE: Again, not canon. But people liked it, and I like whumping poor Joe (although I feel very bad about what happens to him here). Will continue from Joe's perspective if there's interest.
content warnings for: EXPLICIT NONCON, noncon touching, noncon kissing, forced nudity, restraints, captivity, creepy/intimate whumper, emotional distress, adult language '
role reversal au, part four: initiation
Ivan smiles down at Joe. He’s wanted this for a long time–Joe Prescott, his for the taking. Joe, it seems, is less sure that this is what he wants. He kneels at Ivan’s feet, his handsome face already a wreck. Sweat, snot, tears. It isn’t particularly dignified, but then, Ivan supposes, Joe’s dignity is secondary now. What’s most important is that Joe understands what his life will be like from here on out. Once Ivan can help him understand that, they can move forward. Together.
But perhaps it was a miscalculation to let Joe see Seligman haul Jack away. Ivan thought it might help, that it would make it clear to Joe that Ivan had honored their bargain and that Jack was going home. They’d drugged Jack just before Joe was scheduled to return–Ivan wasn’t going to give them the opportunity to play another love scene–but Joe didn’t seem to take well to the sight of Jack’s limp body, even after Ivan assured him that Jack would make it home safely.
Joe, of course, didn’t see the way little Jack valiantly fought against the sedative so he could have one more glimpse of Joe. And Jack won’t know how Joe broke to his knees like some fairy tale prince mourning the loss of his cursed love. Ivan won’t give either of them the satisfaction. He held up his end of the bargain.
It’s more than Joe’s little whore deserves, quite frankly. But Ivan Peters is a man of his word.
Seligman’s car rumbles to life in the driveway, and Joe crumples forward, pressing his forehead against Ivan’s hardwood floor. The sudden movement shifts the plug in his bottom, and he lets go a rough sob.
“Stop that, Joe,” Ivan snaps. “I don’t want you hurting yourself.”
Joe doesn’t raise his head. His fingers scrabble desperately against the woodwork, like he’s searching for something to keep him from falling further than he already has.
“You didn’t even let me say goodbye.”
Ivan sighs. “Let me ask you, Joe: what is it that makes Jack so special? Because I’ve sampled what he has to offer, and I’m afraid I don’t understand.”
It isn’t strictly true. There were benefits to using a toy that had already been trained. It wasn’t that hard to help him remember his place. Jack understood what he was there for.
Joe does not. But he’ll learn. Ivan will make sure of it.
“You wouldn’t understand,” Joe spits, begrudgingly raising his head. He winces at the adjustment.
“Oh, come on, sweetheart. Don’t be like that.” Ivan catches Joe’s chin in a vice-tight grip. “He was alright, I suppose. But nothing like you. You’re special. You’ve always been, haven’t you?” He leans down and covers Joe’s lips with his own, sliding his tongue over Joe’s tight pout. He leans close to Joe’s ear. “I gave him up so I could have you. You’re the real prize.”
He keeps a hold of Joe’s chin and dips his tongue into the pink shell of Joe’s ear. He feels Joe’s head try to shake in his grip, but Joe can’t break away.
“Please, don’t.” Joe’s eyes squeeze shut.
Ivan pulls Joe to his feet, and the other man groans as the plug burrows deeper, fighting against his body’s natural inclination.
“Oh, Joe. Joey.” Ivan kisses him again and brushes his dark curls away from his forehead. “You’ll have to get used to this, won’t you? We’ve got all the time in the world, and I intend to use it.”
Joe’s eyes pop open. Ivan’s never seen them this close before. They are gorgeous. A soft green with flecks of brown. And those eyes are his now. Only his.
“But I–I thought–”
Joe can’t finish his sentence. Ivan tucks a gentle hand around the back of his neck; he feels Joe’s skin pimple with gooseflesh beneath his palm.
“What did you think, sweetheart?” Ivan asks.
“I thought you were going to-to-to sell me.”
“My agreement stipulates that I have first rights to my acquisition. I might have sold darling Jack–but I would never sell you, baby. I’ve waited too long for you to even think of getting rid of you.” He tucks Joe’s earlobe between his lips, tugging with his teeth, and whispers through them, “You’re mine.”
Ivan feels it the moment Joe’s knees go weak, and he braces Joe before he can fall.
Joe’s eyes are blown wide, more pupil than iris. “I don’t–”
“You’re it, Joe,” Ivan murmurs, almost shy now. “I’ve wanted you since med school. But you wouldn’t even look at me.”
Or when Joe did look at him, it was with some mix of pity and contempt. There’s neither in those beautiful green eyes now. Joe’s face twists for a moment. Confusion. And fear.
Fear is an excellent place to start.
“Ivan–”
Joe tries to pull back, but Ivan shoves him up against the foyer wall, tucking his hand tight around Joe’s throat. Joe sputters and chokes, and his head knocks hard on the wall behind him.
“Sir!” Ivan hisses. Then, he relaxes his grip just a little and drags his tongue across the underside of Joe’s jaw. “I want you to call me ‘Sir.’” Joe is shaking now, but Ivan doesn’t care. He tightens his hold again. “Say it, baby.”
Joe’s cheeks are flushed, his voice choked. “Sir. Sir!”
Ivan releases him, and Joe slides again to the floor, whimpering when his ass makes contact. He presses his arms back against the wall, like a cornered animal. Ivan only smiles and leans down to smooth Joe’s hair.
“See, I knew you’d be good at this. That you’d be good for me.”
Joe looks like he might be sick. He shakes his head, and his eyes fill with fresh tears. “I won’t–”
“You will. For Jackie, huh?” Ivan toes between Joe’s legs, nudging at his ass.
Joe’s throat cords in pain. “Don’t–don’t talk about him.”
Ivan digs the toe of his shoe in deeper, and Joe actually screams, the sound ripping the house’s quiet in two.
“Oh, baby,” Ivan coos. “You don’t get to tell me what to do. You’ve already shown me that you don’t know how to take care of yourself. I’ll take care of everything.”
“Please,” Joe rasps. He can’t shift away from Ivan’s foot; there’s nowhere he can go. Every twitch and wriggle must hurt him tremendously. He deserves that. It will help him learn. He’s crying in earnest now, and it’s beautiful. “I don’t want this. I–”
“You don’t know what you want,” Ivan says gently. He slips his foot backward and squats down in front of Joe. “You’ve never known, have you?”
“I–”
Joe winces as Ivan runs gentle fingertips across his cheek.
“I’m going to show you, Joey. All the things you’ve been missing. How good it can be.” Ivan kisses Joe then, slipping his tongue between Joe’s lips and pressing into him. Joe groans beneath him, and Ivan smiles against his lips. He sets a whisper soft kiss at the corner of Joe’s mouth and pulls back. “Let me help you up, Joey. We’ll take this to the bedroom.”
Joe freezes. “What?”
Ivan tucks his hands beneath Joe’s elbows and hauls him to his feet. He hears the panicked shift of Joe’s breath, can see his sinew tighten and tense beneath the fabric of his tee-shirt.
He won’t be wearing it much longer.
“I’m not going to treat you like I did your sweet Jackie,” Ivan purrs. “I’ve been waiting too long for you to do that.”
He presses flush against Joe so that he can feel his erection. Joe hisses like he’s been burned. He shakes his head, eyes on the basement stairs.
“I don’t–”
“I kept your little whore in the basement. Locked him in a crate like a dog. Because that’s what he is. Even with all that you’ve done to keep him safe, that’s all he’ll ever be.” Joe practically growls, but Ivan shoves him back against the wall, jarring the plug and eliciting a broken whimper. He slides his hand to the small of Joe’s back, pressing him forward again. “But you? You’re too good for that. I want you to be mine.”
He nuzzles against Joe’s throat and then takes the thin skin between his front teeth, sucking down on his pulse point. Joe’s head tips back, and Ivan tastes salt.
“It’s okay, baby. Just come on now,” Ivan murmurs. He threads his fingers through Joe’s and leads him out of the foyer and up the stairs. Joe doesn’t fight him. How can he?
When they reach the bedroom, Ivan doesn’t waste any time. He closes the door behind him and shoves Joe onto the bed. He cries out, but it doesn’t matter. It won’t be the last time Joe screams. Not today. Not for a very long time.
Joe rolls onto his stomach, trying to relieve the pressure inside. He tents his knees against the comforter, and Ivan takes the opportunity to reach beneath him and open his fly. He starts to slide Joe’s pants away from his hips, taking his boxer-briefs with them. He lets them tangle around Joe’s ankles, effectively hobbling him.
“No, no, please–” Joe begs. His body twists against the bed, and there is a twitch low in Ivan’s belly.
This is what he wants. What he’s always wanted.
Ivan digs his nails into Joe’s bare ass, watching as the white flesh stripes red beneath his touch. Streaks of red–some bright and still damp to the touch, and others, cracked and rusting–litter the skin of Joe’s thighs. The silver tip of the plug swells from between his cheeks. Ivan crooks his finger in its loop and tugs; Joe wails.
“Oh, Joey. You poor thing. I’ll have to remove our insurance policy, won’t I?”
He reaches into his pocket for the key, and Joe’s hands scrabble uselessly at the sheets.
“Please don’t do this.”
“Oh, baby.” Ivan leans down to press a firm kiss to Joe’s tailbone. He runs the key over Joe’s skin and down toward his crack. “Don’t be scared. I’m sure you don’t want me to leave that in there.”
“No, but I–please. Please.”
Joe grinds his forehead against the bed, and Ivan unlocks the plug. He turns the crank, and he can feel the petals begin to retract. Joe’s muscles relax the slightest bit.
“See, isn’t that better?” Ivan purrs. He works the plug out, slowly, and Joe whimpers. “It was just there to get you ready, Joey.” He teases a fingertip into Joe’s abused passage, and Joe lets out a gulping sob.
“Please! I can’t–I���”
Ivan turns Joe roughly onto his back; Joe’s face is a mess, his eyes wide with fear. Ivan smiles down at him, relishing the way Joe squirms when he realizes he’s on display.
“Oh, I see. But isn’t this what you agreed to? To keep little Jackie safe?”
Joe swallows, hard. “Yes.” He closes his eyes, and tears press out from beneath his long lashes.
“And you understand that if you don’t do as I ask, I’ll have to have someone retrieve him, don’t you?”
Ivan pulls at Joe’s tee-shirt, sliding the fabric up and over his head until Joe’s wrists are caught above his head, tangled in the soft cotton. He runs a casual finger between Joe’s pectorals, letting it trail downward until it snags in the dark hair beneath Joe’s navel. Joe flinches.
“Perhaps that’s what you want,” Ivan suggests. “For me to bring Jackie back, and he’ll be our little pet. You’d get to use him that way–I know he didn’t let you do that before.”
Joe’s eyes are wide as saucers. “We had a deal.”
“One that you don’t seem intent on upholding,” Ivan sneers.
“I–I would never do that to him.”
Ivan laughs. He settles himself on the bed, bracketing his knees along Joe’s hips. He leans himself over until he can pin Joe’s cotton-wrapped wrists in one hand. He feels the shift of the leather cuffs just beneath.
“That’s the difference between you and me, Joe. I know how to hold on to what I love.”
“You don’t–you don’t love me,” Joe protests weakly. He turns his head away from Ivan’s gaze.
“I do.” Ivan grinds his hips down against Joe’s exposed body. “I always have.”
“If–” Joe begins, but he’s cut off by his own breath, gulping like he’s desperate for air. “If-if-if you loved me, you wouldn’t want to hurt me.”
“The way that you didn’t want little Jackie to hurt?” Ivan taunts him. Joe’s eyes squeeze shut again. “You babied him. And look where it got him.”
Look where it got you, Ivan thinks. But he doesn’t say it. He wants Joe to accept his place here, to understand that he’s fortunate to have made such a deal.
“I protected him,” Joe says softly.
“Did you?”
“I–I tried.”
“And you failed, didn’t you? Until I gave you an out.”
Joe’s face looks just the way it did after their little rendezvous in the basement–ashamed, broken. “No! No–I–”
“I know you’re not used to failing, Joe.” Ivan tilts Joe’s chin back to look at him. “But it’s alright now. It’s better this way, isn’t it? Jack is free, and you’re where you belong.”
“He is,” Joe murmurs, and Ivan knows he’s talking to himself. “He is. He’s free.”
“And you’re mine,” Ivan says huskily. “Now, just relax, Joey. It will make what comes next a bit easier.”
Joe tries to wriggle free, but Ivan only presses harder on his pinned wrists. “Please–”
“You’ve already tasted me, Joey. I want a taste of you. Of what little Jackie had. Of what’s mine from now on.”
He dismounts, rolling Joe onto his stomach again. This time, he slides Joe’s trembling body so that it fits lengthwise on the bed, yanking his wrists toward the headboard.
“Please!” Joe cries again. “Not yet. I can’t–I can’t–”
“Oh, baby. Remember. It doesn’t matter what you want. I know what’s best for you now.”
Joe thrashes against him, and Ivan straddles his back, settling himself right over Joe’s ribs; Joe’s legs flail uselessly beneath him. He tugs Joe’s tee-shirt free and then wraps the fabric tight around Joe’s head, shoving a wad of the fabric into his mouth. Joe shrieks, but the sound is strangled, blessedly muffled. Ivan forces Joe’s face down to the comforter, a strong hand on the back of his head.
“I want you to focus on what you can feel, baby. I don’t want you to worry about a thing. I’m doing this for you. To welcome you home.”
Joe moans beneath the cotton as Ivan forces his arms up above his head. He secures each wrist to the headboard, spread wide so that the naked muscles in Joe’s back are pulled gorgeously taut. Ivan lets his hands slide down Joe’s body. It’s all his now.
“These will hold you right where I want you,” Ivan explains. He turns to fix Joe’s ankles to the footboard, leaving a little bit more slack. He gently manipulates Joe’s legs, bending them at the knees and guiding them forward until Joe’s ass is in the air. The restraints pull tight behind him. “Where I can make you feel good.”
Joe is shaking, prostrate on the mattress. He tugs at his wrists, still shrieking out garbled protests. It doesn’t matter. Ivan has him right where he wants him. He rolls away, discarding his own clothes.
Joe stills when he feels Ivan’s naked body against his own. Ivan’s chest covers his back. Ivan’s hands bite into his hips. Ivan’s cock presses at his entrance. He’s already been prepared, after all.
“There, sweetheart. God, don’t you look beautiful this way? Just how I thought you would.”
When Ivan lets himself move, Joe’s anguished scream fills the bedroom. Ivan doesn’t mind. He ruts hard into Joe’s injured body, enjoying every cry. Joe will learn his place. They have all the time in the world.
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