This short story is an entry in the 2002 Soc.Sexuality.Spanking Summer Short Story Contest and is copyright by the author and commercial use is prohibited without permission. Personal/private copies are permitted only if complete including the copyright notice. The author would appreciate your comments
Category: Adult LOL I've never previously managed to write a story short enough to enter it.
Must Be Brave
By
She gets to her feet, unsteadily, those final spanks still smarting. Pain, shame, mingling equally.
Must be brave.
She hears his voice: "Stand in front of me." Through a mist of tears, she looks at him; this man she loves, sitting on the sofa in their apartment.
She wants him to hold her. Hopes he would tell her that it's over. That she's forgiven. But deep down, she knows....
Must be brave.
If only she'd remembered to tell him about the call. If only...
She hears his voice; as if in the distance. As he's not speaking to her. And with a jolt, she remembers that it is. And listens. His voice calm, clear, commanding. Talking to her. Disappointed with her.
"I spanked you like that the last time you forgot to tell me about a business call."
She nods. As if she could forget.
"And yet you have forgotten once again."
"I'm so sorry. I.. I...." What can she say? How can she explain? She shakes her head, and stares at the carpet.
A long pause.
"So if last time's spanking didn't work, we had better follow this time's spanking with something that will make you remember. So there won't have to be a next time's spanking."
She bites her lip, that unwanted tear trickling down her cheek.
Must be brave.
And then. The words she'd dreaded. "Remove your clothes." The words that always precede... she blanks her mind, not wanting to think about what was to follow.
And he knows, of course. How she loves him to undress her before they make love. How she feels when he takes down her panties to spank her. Yet how, how much she hates that order to undress herself for a punishment.
Must be brave.
Must be bare.
She strips quickly, knowing that to keep him waiting would add to what is to follow. Folds the clothes neatly on the table, to avoid his wrath. Holds her hands to her sides, as she stands naked in front of him.
Shivers, even though it's a warm summer's evening. Shivers in front of his gaze.
Waits for his word.
Must be brave.
Sees him point to the door.
"Go into our bedroom. Position yourself over the end of the bed. And I shall join you in a few moments. To make sure you have learnt your lesson. This time."
Must be brave.
The End
© Copyright by Abel Jenkins Summer, 2002
Comments always welcomed and appreciated. You can read more of my stories at http://uk.geocities.com/abel1234uk/
Reviews
Kate <ecattiva(at)aol(dot)com>
This is a very sexy, very evocative little vignette. The frustration of the spankee at her own carelessness and the horrible difficulty in having to undress herself are so real...they give the reader a definite sense of being in the moment, feeling that helplessness and awful inevitability. The repetition of "Must be brave" is a little bit distracting, particularly when it is immediately followed by "Must be bare", but I suppose seeing as it is the title of the story, it couldn't very well be edited out. :-) Overall, nice work, as usual.
Frank <sswitcher(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Since my attitude to grammar and punctuation is somewhat traditionalist, the author's device of writing in sentence-fragments rather than complete sentences would not normally be to my taste. However, in this case, it seems quite effective in helping to capture the hesitancy and nervousness of this already quite repentant female.
Anne <Ladyanne60(at)aol(dot)com>
This is a deep psychological portrayal of a complete submissive/dominant relationship. The author manages to convey the woman's tender fears with such elegant descriptive clues such as; "Mist of tears." On the other hand the man she loves is portrayed as a calm, commanding, strict disciplinarian. This story flows very smoothly, which I enjoyed reading very much.
Mary Catherine <marycatherine(at)saintfrancis-sfg(dot)net>
A very hot, shivery story, and not what I expected from the stories I've previously read of Abel's. The anticipation was dreadful, in the best possible way. :D I got a knot in my stomach, knowing that must be brave feeling!