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Tanya's Punishment Chapter 4 (MFgg, pedo, fantasy)
Written by Janus
Tanya walked quickly, trying to keep up with the brisk pace of her
father in front of her. It was after dinner and they were headed for the
park again. Despite her desire to hurry, Tanya still took small steps and
looked straight down at the ground, not daring to make eye contact. She
was embarrassed to be in public with her father, especially with the state
she was in.
The day had started out in a promising fashion. After she begged and
pleaded, her father consented and allowed her to remove the vibrating egg
from her vagina before she went to school. However, he told her she still
needed to shave her pubic hair and she couldn't wear a bra or panties.
Tanya didn't mind the shaving so much and she simply wore a loose shirt and
pants to hide her lack of underwear.
She had breathed a sigh of relief as the school bus picked her up. The
fourteen year old had been glad to escape her dad's presence. She even
stayed after school was over, trying to kill time with the extracurricular
activity students. When she went home at dinnertime, however, her dad was
waiting for her. And after dinner, he suggested they go back to the park.
Tanya had no choice but to comply.
But before they had left, Tanya's father stopped by her bedroom and
handed her the egg. "Put this back in your pussy," he told her.
Tanya blushed, still not used to her father saying such dirty words.
She knew there was no way to avoid the egg now. Maybe if she did as she
was told, her father would let her take it out before school again
tomorrow. Tanya took the egg and went into the bathroom. She was about to
close the door when her father stopped her.
"I want to watch," he said.
"But Dad!" Tanya wailed, knowing it was useless. Her father gave her
a
look. She let him enter the bathroom.
Opening the medicine cabinet, she pulled out some K-Y jelly that she
normally used for tampons. Biting her lip, she applied a healthy gob of
lubricant to the egg and spread it around. Out of the corner of her eye,
she saw her dad watching her intently. Blushing even more, Tanya undid her
pants and let them slip to her ankles. She lifted one leg and set her foot
down on the toilet to give herself better access. Humiliated, she watched
her father leer at her, not even looking at her face, as she pushed the egg
into her vagina.
"Push your finger in too, Tanya," he instructed her. "Make sure it's
good and deep in there." Mortified, Tanya slipped a finger into her vagina
as her dad watched.
When he was satisfied, he had handed her a sports bra and a pair of
shorts and told her to put them on. Puzzled, Tanya turned to face away
from her father and took off her shirt. She pulled the sports bra on and
adjusted it onto her firm breasts. Next she took the yellow shorts and
stepped into them, pulling the smooth nylon material up her skinny legs.
As she tugged the shorts closer to her waist, Tanya had some trouble
because the shorts were several sizes too small.
Fumbling with the shorts, she said, "Daddy, these shorts are too small.
They won't fit me."
"Nonsense," her father told her. "Let me help you..."
Grabbing the waistband, her father tugged hard until Tanya almost felt
herself lift off the ground. By sheer gravity, Tanya felt her legs and
midsection squeeze into the tight yellow shorts. She wondered if the
circulation was being cut off to her lower body. She glanced at her
reflection in the mirror and was instantly appalled.
The sports bra was so tight and low-cut that her breasts were squeezed
together in a conspicuous display of cleavage. Worse, the yellow shorts
were so tight that the nylon followed every curve, including the slit in
her crotch. Dismayed, Tanya saw that her pubic area was completely on
display, the fleshy tissue or her femininity bulging through the shorts.
She looked like a total slut. The fourteen year old fought back tears.
Her father hurried her out of the house, not giving her a chance to
protest. And now they were walking back to the park, Tanya lagging behind
because of the tight shorts and the egg that pressed uncomfortably at her
insides. Her dad walked briskly on, a backpack slung over his shoulder.
Tanya noticed that she was now a good twenty yards behind him.
She passed by a basketball court where several black men were playing.
But as she walked by, they immediately stopped.
"Goddamn," she heard one of them say, "look at that little bitch."
"Hey baby," one yelled, "that's one cute pussy you got there! Can I
touch it?"
"I got a treat for you inside my pants!" another hollered.
Ashamed and humiliated, Tanya hurried along to catch up with her father.
She was stopped short by the egg vibrating to life inside her tight vagina.
She stopped and clenched her thighs together for a moment.
"Man, look at that cute skinny ass!" one of the basketball players
shouted. Her ears burning red, Tanya forced herself to continue walking.
She heard them laughing behind her.
When she finally caught up with her father, he was sitting calmly on a
bench next to the playground equipment. Tanya sat down next to him and
gritted her teeth. In her dad's hand she saw the little remote control
that controlled the vibrations of the egg. At the moment, it was humming
softly inside her, gentle enough that Tanya was able to ignore. She
watched her dad turn a dial on the remote.
The vibrations kicked up a notch, massaging her insides. Tanya saw him
turn the dial again and the power of the egg increased again, vibrating
intensely against a sensitive spot of her vagina. Tanya gasped and
squirmed on the bench. Despite her embarrassment, she couldn't resist the
warm feelings the egg provoked from her body. Unconsciously, her hands
reached up to touch her breasts. She stopped when she realized what she
was doing, but it was too late. Her hard nipples now poked through the
sports bra. Across the playground, she saw an old man watching them with
curiosity.
"Please, daddy," Tanya begged, clenching her legs together. "Turn it
off! This is too embarrassing!"
Tanya's father relented and she watched gratefully as he switched off
the device. The vibrating stopped immediately inside her. Gingerly, the
young girl relaxed her legs.
"Honey," her father said, "why don't you go play on the playground for
a
little while? You go get on the tire swing and I'll come push you."
Tanya shrugged and got up. The tire swing hung parallel to the ground
by three chains. She got in the swing and positioned herself as if she
were lying on an inner tube in the water. Her gangly teenage limbs were
a
bit too long so they dangled off the side of the tire. She looked back to
see her dad still sitting on the bench, watching her. Tanya didn't care.
At least he hadn't activated the egg.
As the tire swing rotated lazily, she saw the old man who had been
watching her earlier. He regarded her curiously now. He seemed out for
a
stroll for he was just wandering aimlessly around the playground, dressed
in corduroy pants and a cardigan. Nonchalantly, he passed with a few feet
of the tire swing but Tanya saw him steal a quick glance at her body
sprawled across the swing.
Embarrassed, Tanya realized her nipples were still erect and poking
through her shirt. Even worse, the tight pants still hugged every crevice
of her crotch. She might as well have not been wearing anything at all.
Her slit was clearly visible and a darkened spot indicated the moisture of
her arousal. Tanya blushed fiercely. So that was why this dirty old man
was so interested in her, she thought.
Ashamed, Tanya covered her chest with one arm while her other hand
covered her crotch. The old man pretended not to be interested in her and
continued strolling about the playground. Tanya's dad approached her.
"Dad, can we go home now?" Tanya asked hopefully.
"Not yet, Tanya," he told her. Wordlessly, he took both her arms and
pulled them from her body so she was no longer hiding her private parts.
He looked her in the eye as he positioned her arms on the tire. Tanya
didn't need to ask or plead. She knew he just wanted to humiliate her.
"Don't cover your body with your hands, sweetheart. Keep them at your
sides."
Out of the corner of her eye, Tanya saw the old man approach again. She
glared at him as his eyes zeroed in on her crotch and then moved up her
still developing body. When he finally reached her face, Tanya locked onto
his gaze and tried her best to look angry. It worked. The old man bit his
lip and quickly glanced at Tanya's father who was still standing nearby.
Realizing he was also being watched by her father, the man blushed and
looked away. He was just beginning to shuffle away when Tanya's father
spoke.
"Excuse me, sir," he said politely. "Did you like what you saw?"
The old man stopped and turned, a wary and questioning expression on his
face.
"What do you think of my daughter?" Tanya's father pressed on. "Come
take a closer look. She's really something."
"Dad!" Tanya blurted out. Her father fixed a withering gaze on her.
The old man shuffled nearer until he was standing right next to the tire
swing. Tanya was still obediently spread-eagle on the tire but her ears
were burning red with embarrassment. She grimly stared at her stomach as
she felt the old man's eyes scrutinize her. Her ears reddened darker when
she noticed the bulge in the old man's corduroy pants. Her heart skipped
a
beat as she heard her dad speak again.
"You can go ahead and touch," Tanya's father said softly. "Don't worry.
She won't bite."
Tanya was about to scramble out of the tire swing when she felt her
father's hands close tightly around her shoulders. He squeezed firmly.
"Tanya always obeys me, don't you, sweetie?"
The fourteen year old tried to relax her body as her father eased her
back onto the swing. She watched as the old man reached a pale and
wrinkled hand toward her chest. Her nipples still jutted out proudly from
the sports bra and the man reached for the one nearest to him. All her
body muscles went tight as his fingers tweaked her nipple through the thin
nylon.
Humiliated, Tanya wished herself elsewhere as this old man felt up her
chest in a public playground. She glanced around to see if anyone was
watching, but no, it was getting late and the people were thinning out.
"Incredible, isn't she?" Tanya heard her father ask the old man.
Instead of replying, the old man let his fingers wander lower brushing
across Tanya's flat tummy, pausing to dip into her belly button. She
watched as his hand slipped lower and lower. When he reached the waistband
of her tight yellow shorts, Tanya couldn't bear to watch anymore and closed
her eyes.
But suddenly she felt the egg hum to life inside her vagina. Her eyes
jerked open, just in time to see the old man's bony index finger slide
against the puffy crevice outlined on the shorts. She gasped
involuntarily, partly from the egg and partly from the shock of being
touched by this stranger.
The old man shared none of Tanya's inhibition however. He boldly
massaged her entire crotch area, letting her fleshly fold undulate beneath
his fingers. Despite herself, Tanya stiffened at the contact and felt a
different kind of blush spread across her chest. Shamefully, she felt
herself getting wet and excited.
She felt a combination of desire and dread as she watched the old man
slip his fingers into the tight waistband of her shorts. She shivered as
the man's fingers came into contact with her bare pubis. The shorts were
so tight the man almost wasn't able to navigate far enough. But he
extended a lone finger and Tanya sucked in her breath as he slid his finger
into her slit, rubbed against her engorged clit, and then dipped gently
into her wet vaginal opening.
Tanya couldn't help herself. Though clenched teeth, she moaned quietly
hoping no one would notice. Between the pulsating egg inside her and the
old man's finger stroking her clit, she felt herself pushed closer and
closer to a shameful but blissful release. She realized she was thrusting
her hips up to better present her wet crotch.
They were interrupted suddenly as two boys ran up to the playground,
their mother trailing behind them. Abruptly, the old man yanked his hands
out of Tanya's shorts. Almost immediately, she felt the egg stop vibrating
inside her as well. The two boys began to climb the jungle gym, oblivious
to the sexual encounter that had just taken place. Tanya watched, shocked,
as the old man licked his shiny finger clean of her moisture. She felt
sickened but also a bit excited by the impropriety of his behavior.
Nodding at Tanya's father, the old man turned and walked away.
By now the mother of the two boys had caught up with them and had just
settled herself onto a bench. She pulled out a book and began to read,
taking advantage of the last rays of light as the sun approached the
horizon.
"Let's go, Tanya," her dad said, raising her up off the swing and
helping her dismount. Tanya was careful to face away from the two boys as
well as the mom. She didn't want anyone else noticing her revealing
clothing or the dark wet spot that adorned the crotch of her shorts.
"Ready to go home?" her dad asked. Tanya nodded and started walking.
She had traveled no more than a few feet when she was stopped in her tracks
by the vibrating egg. Her dad had wasted no time and already had it on
maximum intensity. Tanya whimpered and squeezed her legs together as the
throbbing simulation tingled her body.
"Come on, Tanya," her dad said taking her by the arm, "let's walk a
bit."
Tanya let him lead her away from the playground. She did her best to
walk normally but she stumbled a few times when she let down her
concentration. They had gone no further than twenty yards when her dad
pulled her off the sidewalk path.
"Wh-where are we going?" Tanya mumbled.
Her dad didn't answer. Instead he pulled her towards some pine trees
that were set back from the sidewalk and the park. They stopped in a
clearing enclosed by three pine trees. Tanya's dad tossed his backpack
onto the ground that was a mixture of dirt and wood chips. Wordlessly, he
reached for her waistband and yanked her shorts off until they lay in a
bundle around her ankles.
"Daddy!" Tanya exclaimed, "what are you doing?" The shock of being naked
in public allowed her to momentarily forget the buzzing simulation inside
her vagina. "Someone will see me!" she protested.
"No one will see anything," he father told her. He pulled roughly on
her sports bra, tugging it over her head. Bewildered, Tanya complied by
lifting her arms over head, allowing him to remove the bra. She was
completely naked now.
Her father sat down on the ground and pulled her with him until she was
straddling him. She watched as his lips closed around her nipple.
"Daddy! Stop!" she objected again. But he didn't pay any attention,
instead he sucked on her nipple until she felt it harden under his moist,
soft lips. Uncomfortable at this contact, Tanya tried to move away but he
wrapped his arms around her waist and held her close. Uncomfortably, Tanya
let him continue to suckle her nipple. His hands massaged her young
breasts, cupping them in his palms.
Tanya shifted awkwardly and felt the dirt and wood chips dig against her
knees as she straddled her father. She cast a quick gaze around, praying
that no one could see them. It seemed safe for now. The three pines trees
were thick with growth. Although the bottom three feet of each trunk was
bare, the clearing where her father sat was still shadowy and obscured.
Combined with the waning sunlight, Tanya hoped they were invisible.
Despite herself, Tanya felt herself becoming sexually excited by her
dad's mouth and tongue caressing her breasts. The egg still vibrated at
full power inside her and Tanya knew the moisture must be dripping from her
vagina by now. As if reading her mind, her father reached down with one
hand and rubbed her crotch, spreading her slick juices on her pubic area.
Tanya moaned at his touch. Each time he circled her clit, a wave of
pleasure would wash across her young body. She knew it was wrong for her
father to touch her but the fourteen year old's hormones had gotten the
better of her. Right now, she just needed a sweet and blissful release
from the sexual frustration building in her body.
Her dad ceased his ministrations to her chest and lay back completely.
Tanya watched as his fingers undo his belt. She felt a creeping dread
shiver down her spine. "He wants to have intercourse!" Tanya thought to
herself, panicking. She didn't want to lose her virginity to her father,
no matter how desperately horny she was feeling.
"If only I could come," Tanya reasoned with herself, "he wouldn't be
able to manipulate me so much with this stupid egg inside me." Her father
had now completely undone his belt. Realizing what was about to happen,
she reached down to her dripping crotch and began to stroke her clit.
Unashamed, the fourteen year old frantically masturbated as she knelt
straddling her father.
Her finger flew over her clit as she felt herself get closer and closer
to an orgasm. She watched as her father fumbled a bit with his zipper.
Soon his erect penis was visible before her, standing at attention.
Desperately, Tanya rubbed her clit harder and faster. Staring at her
father's hard penis she tried to imagine that it wasn't his. Maybe it was
Darrin's, the boy from school... The thought added fuel to her excitement.
She was close, so close...
"Stop, Tanya," her dad said, taking both her wrists. With some effort,
he pulled her fingers away from her crotch. Tanya felt tears well up in
her eyes. She felt so ashamed. Just a week ago she would never have
imagined masturbating in front of her dad. Now she was brazenly trying to
get herself off while straddling her father. In public, no less! Her dad
began tugging at the wire connected to the egg, easing it out of her tight
vagina.
"No daddy," Tanya pleaded. "I don't want to do this. Please..."
But her father shook his head. He gave a final tug and the egg slipped
free of her. He dangled the egg in front of her face, shiny and dripping
with her juices.
"You want to do it, Tanya," he told her. "Deep down, you want me to
fuck you."
Tanya shook her head but her dad laid back and positioned his penis
beneath her. She felt the rubbery head rubbing against her vaginal lips,
spreading her own moisture. Her father gripped her hips. Tanya glanced
around again at the darkening park grounds. No one was in sight.
"Come on, Tanya. Easy does it."
He pulled insistently at her. Tanya felt him pressing against her,
harder now, the pressure increasing... Humiliated, she let her knees
separate a little bit and was rewarded by his penis slipping inside her,
just a bit. She could sense the heat from his hard organ against her
vaginal walls. She could sense the size of it as well, stretching her open
much more than the egg or a pair of fingers ever could. Two streams of
tears rolled down her cheeks as she felt her virginity taken by her father.
Tanya surveyed her father's obvious pleasure as she continued to impale
herself inch by inch on his penis. His face was one of pure arousal and
excitement as she lowered herself. She soon reached the halfway mark of
his penis. Her knees relaxed some more and she sank a few more inches
until she felt her thighs touching his body. Resigned to her fate, Tanya
sat completely, letting her stuffed crotch rest against her father's body.
The fourteen year old could feel the heat and hardness pulse with life
inside her. The head of his penis pressed against her cervix, producing
a
sensation she had never felt before. It was almost painful yet
pleasurable, like she was scratching an itch. Casting her gaze about the
park, Tanya's eyes settled on a pair of darkened figures across the
baseball fields. They seemed to be heading toward the pine trees where she
was straddling her father.
Tanya's gaze was broken as her father began moving beneath her,
undulating his hips. She felt his penis withdraw slightly from her vagina
and then thrust back inside. Fucking her, she thought. My father is
fucking me. The two figures walking across the baseball field drew closer
and closer. She lowered her head until her blond hair fell over her face
like a mask, praying they wouldn't see what she and her father were doing.
More tears of humiliation rolled down her cheeks as her father began to
move faster in and out of her. Tanya heard his breathing quicken as an
occasional gasp escaped his lips.
Closing her eyes, Tanya tried to imagine herself elsewhere. But it was
impossible. The wood chips bit into her knees as she knelt atop her
father. The clearing was heavy with the thick scent of pine needles. And
along with this sensory information was the feeling of her father's hard
penis fucking her.
Tanya passively straddled her father as he plunged in and out of her
vagina. She wanted no part of this but she couldn't help but gasp from
time to time as her father rammed into her cervix. The sensation was still
strange and alluring but the young girl was too distraught to take any
pleasure from her first experience with intercourse. Cautiously, she
peeked out from behind her hair. Relief swept through her body as she saw
the two shadowy figures were no longer walking in their direction.
Her father slowed his strokes until he fully stopped, leaving himself
buried inside her. "Tanya," he began. "Look at me."
Tanya raised her head until she was eye to eye with her father.
"I want you to squat over me, with your feet on the ground," he told
her. Tanya eased herself off his hard penis.
"Be careful," he directed. "I want to stay inside of your tight little
pussy." Tanya flushed at his words. With some shifting, she was able to
move to a squatting position over her father. "Now I want you to fuck me,"
he told his daughter.
Silently, Tanya experimentally worked her leg muscles to make herself
rise and fall a little bit. She felt his penis slide in and out as her dad
grunted his approval. Awkwardly, she continued her movements, letting more
of her father's penis slip out of her before plunging back down on it. She
watched her father as his eyes were glued to her crotch. He was no doubt
getting an excellent view of her vagina and crotch as it swallowed his
penis.
Tanya's leg muscles soon became accustomed to the exertion. It was like
she was doing leg squats, but on a much shorter scale. In control now,
Tanya couldn't ignore the warm tingles from her crotch as she slid up and
down her father's penis. The fourteen year old found that forcefully
impaling herself onto his hard organ produced a delicious sensation as he
banged into her cervix.
Tanya quickened her motions, stabbing herself with his penis faster now.
A bead of sweat formed on her forehead. It felt so good now. Delightful
tingles were coursing through her young body. A small part of Tanya was
ashamed that she was taking such joy in having sex with her father but she
was now overwhelmed with the desperate need for an orgasm.
Tanya no longer cared that she was fucking her dad. She no longer cared
that they were in the park where someone might see them. She ignored the
wood chips and dirt that had worked in between her toes. All she could
feel was this hard organ thrusting hot inside her slick vagina.
Her father reached out and softly caressed her clit with his thumb.
Tanya moaned with pleasure. The slight touch made her clit ache for more
attention. Her dad gently diddled her again.
"Do you like that, Tanya?"
"Ah, ah...
"Answer me, young lady," he said, flicking his thumb across her engorged
clit again. "Do you like it when I touch your clit?"
"Y-yes," Tanya stammered.
"Then tell me to touch you."
Tanya hesitated for a moment. She felt slightly embarrassed again. But
it felt too good to stop now. "Please... touch me..." she gasped.
"Touch you where? Who are you talking to?"
"Please daddy," Tanya moaned. "Touch me.. touch my clit. Rub it..."
She was rewarded by her father's thumb stroking her in strong, circular
movements. Tanya shivered and moaned again. She was getting very close
now. She increased her efforts until her hips were bucking so quickly she
was losing her rhythm.
Her father's strokes against her clit lightened, teasing her. Tanya
moaned in frustration.
"What's the matter, honey? Do you need something?"
"Yesss..." Tanya hissed though clenched teeth. She ignored her
discomfort. "Please don't stop... touching my clit..."
"Do you want me to make you come, Tanya?" he asked her.
"Oh please, daddy... please..." Tanya begged, "make me... come...
now..." She couldn't believe she was saying these words. But was so close!
Just a little more...
Her father's thumb was a blur over her clit. The sensation was so
powerful that Tanya momentarily paused, her hips perfectly still as she
absorbed the pleasure rushing through her. But she wanted more. Her hips
began rocking again, plunging her father's penis against her cervix.
"Tell me," her father gasped as his daughter fucked herself hard against
his cock. "Tell me what you want."
Tanya began fucking as fast as she could. She felt her father do the
same as he diddled her clit. "Please... make me come... daddy... oh
please... oh... oh... oh god... daddy... UHHHHHH..."
Tanya's orgasm exploded in a ball of white light. The fourteen year old
almost blacked out from the intensity of it as her vagina milked her
father's penis. Tanya threw her head backward and arched her spine, her
hands landing on the ground to support her as her vagina pulsed and
squeezed. Unable to support herself, Tanya's arms gave way as she
collapsed onto her back against the hard ground. Her father's penis
slipped out as she landed.
Tanya gasped and writhed on the wood chips and pine needles covering the
dirt ground. She had never experienced such a powerful orgasm. Stunned,
she lay sprawled on the ground, her limbs flung out so that she lay in the
shape of an X.
Her father had other plans though. He got up and crawled to wear Tanya
lay prostrate. He arranged himself between her legs. Tanya felt his penis
at her entrance again. He paused only a second before plunging himself
deep into her wet pussy. Tanya gasped from the sudden intrusion. He began
fucking her in rapid, sure strokes.
Tanya simply lay back and let him fuck her. She was too exhausted to
protest. Her father lay on top of her and they were face to face now as
the weight of his body pressed against her. Tanya stared into his eyes as
he fucked her. She felt oddly disconnected now, like she only an observer
in what was happening.
Even as her father quickened his pace, she felt nothing. He began to
thrust into her so powerfully that their crotches smacked against one
another. She heard him grunt hard as his penis twitched inside her. He
was coming inside her now. Her father gasped into her ear with each spurt
of his semen. Tanya felt the hot liquid inside her. Finally he stopped
moving. He lay on top of her, still embedded in her vagina, for a few
minutes before getting up.
Tanya watched him as he put his clothes back on. She had lost her
virginity in a public park to her father. The young girl needed a moment
to digest what had happened. She stared up at the pine tree as she lay on
the ground, thinking. She felt her sense return to her body. She was
aware now of the twigs and branches digging into her back. She was aware
of the semen leaking out of he vagina, running cold down her butt and onto
the dirt beneath her.
Slowly, Tanya sat up. She was reaching for her clothes when her father
reached out and grabbed all her clothing. He stuffed it into the backpack
he had been carrying.
"Not yet," he told her. "Let's go back to the park before we go home."
Tanya looked at him warily. Her heart sank she saw him pull out a
length of rope from the backpack.
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Please send feedback and comments! Thanks for reading. ~Janus
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