Heroes

Aaron carefully made his way into the dark, abandoned warehouse. This handsome-looking blonde-haired, blue-eyed young guy was nervous. He had not yet found Jeremy. Granted, he could barely see 10 feet in front of his face, but he had searched nearly every room in the building. There was one door at the end of the hallway that was unchecked. As Aaron approached the door, he looked down at how he was dressed and realized how ridiculous this would look to an outside observer. There was something about a 21-year-old covered in black spandex that didn’t exactly scream normal. The superhero mask, cape and black, knee-high leather boots didn’

t help either. As his hand closed over the doorknob, Aaron flashed back to how this all began.

A week ago, Aaron and Jeremy were sitting around, reading comic books. Jeremy was a year younger than Aaron. He was Asian, with straight black hair that fell over his ears and across his brown eyes. The two friends had been reading comics since they were kids and had amassed boxes of superhero comics. The larger-than-life stories and characters drew them in whenever they opened the pages. It pulled them out of their ordinary, routine lives and into a world where anything was possible.

“Man, it would be so awesome to be a superhero,” Aaron said. He didn’t notice the smile that statement put on Jeremy’

s face.

“What if you could be one?” Jeremy asked his friend.

“What do you mean?”

“I mean, what if we put on costumes and went out and fought crime?”

At first, Aaron looked at his friend as if he were crazy. Then, the same smile began to spread on his face, as well.

As the two friends discussed it more and more, they grew increasingly excited at the prospect of patrolling their city and fighting crime. Aaron’s training in martial arts and Jeremy’

s well-to-do upbringing would provide them with the funds they would need for weapons and costumes. They both agreed that spandex would be the most economical choice for an outfit. While Aaron chose standard black, Jeremy elected to go with a slightly more ostentatious look. He chose crimson red with a black belt and black boots. Jeremy found a place downtown where they could pick up the tights, boots and masks. The location was suspect, to say the least. The man behind the counter looked at Jeremy suspiciously when a 20-year-old walked up to his counter to pick up a matching pair of superhero costumes.

“If you don't tell, I won’

t ask,” the man said as Jeremy paid him.

“They’

re Halloween costumes,” Jeremy replied sternly. The man raised an eyebrow and glanced at a calendar on the wall. It was August.

“Whatever, kid. Don’

t have too much fun.”

Jeremy glared at the man as he left the shop. He got into his car and drove home. On his way home, he failed to notice another car following him there.

The two friends took turns trying on their new costumes later that evening. After getting their initial fits of embarrassment and laughter out, they began to see them as kind of cool looking. Jeremy and Aaron had both done sports in high school, and still stayed active into college. In other words, the spandex fit them quite nicely.

They agreed to meet up at midnight downtown. Aaron ran a little late because his mom stayed up later than usual. It struck him as curious when he tried to call Jeremy’s phone and no one answered. Then he realized their costumes didn’

t exactly have pockets on them.

At just past midnight, his mom went to bed and he snuck out of the house. He parked his car around the block from where they were supposed to meet and changed into his costume. Keeping to the shadows, Aaron made his way to the alley as quickly as he could.

Just as he was rounding the corner, he heard a muffled shout and a car door slam. Then, a car came speeding out of the alleyway, nearly hitting Aaron. The last thing he saw through one of the windows was Jeremy struggling against two men in the back seat.

Terrified, Aaron ran back to his car to give chase. As he drove off, following the distant taillights, he could hardly believe that he already had to save someone. The two friends had really only expected to climb up some fire escapes and run around the rooftops. Now Aaron had to rescue his own friend.

When he saw the car stop at an old warehouse on the outskirts of town, he turned off his headlights, killed the engine and coasted to a stop down the street from the entrance. Sneaking in as best he could, he searched as much of the warehouse as he could. Finally, he found himself at the last door in a hallway.

Shaking, he gripped the doorknob and opened it as quietly as he could. The sight that greeted him gave him a lot of reason to be concerned. All along the walls were various strange-looking devices made of wood, metal and leather. There were cuffs, rolls of tape, lengths of rope, a variety of gags, stocks and things Aaron couldn’

t begin to guess the use for.

What made him most concerned was what was sitting in the middle of the room. It was Jeremy, still dressed in the spandex and boots. He was tied tightly to a chair with a large red ball gag in his mouth. Leather belts secured him to the chair at his wrists, elbows, knees, ankles and chest. Squinting in the darkness, he could see that Jeremy had been robbed of his sight by a thick leather blindfold.

“What the hell is this Pulp Fiction shit?” Aaron wondered aloud as he hurried over to untie his friend. When Jeremy heard him, he frantically began to look about and started talking into his gag. The first thing Aaron took off was the blindfold. Once Jeremy could see again, he looked just over Aaron’

s shoulder and his eyes got very wide.

Aaron looked back just in time to catch a massive right hook to the side of his head. The last thing Aaron remembered before blacking out was hitting the floor.

He didn’t completely lose consciousness, and it couldn’

t have been for long if he did. Aaron remembers catching glimpses of a conversation.

“…told you there were two of them…”

“…more fun for the clients. More money for us…”

“…can’

t believe both of them are so hot…”

When Aaron started to regain full functionality, he was laying facedown on a metal table. Instinctually, he tried to push himself up from the table, but found that his hands were tied tightly behind his back. His feet were also tied together. The next thing he realized was that two pairs of hands were still working on him. One pair was continuing to bind his legs with rope. A length was being tightened just above his knees. The other pair of hands was busy tying his elbows together.

“Hey, I think he’

s waking up,” one man said.

“What the fuck is going on here?!” Aaron was scared, but tried to cover up his fear with outrage.

“He’

s got a big mouth, too. Just like his friend.” The next thing Aaron knew, a thick piece of rubber was filling his mouth. He tried to shake his head or spit it out, but it happened too quickly. A leather panel covered the lower part of his face and buckles behind his head secured the whole contraption in place. Once he was gagged, the two men finished tying him up. They took his cape and his mask off, but left the spandex and the boots on. After wrapping more rope around his calves and his thighs, they turned him around and sat him on the edge of the table. They tied one last piece of rope around his chest, pinning his arms to his torso.

Finally done, one of the two men came around to face Aaron. Aaron glared at the man as he continued to struggle against the ropes and grunt into his gag.

“Feel free to struggle as much as you want. If you manage to get free, you’

ll be the first.”

The first?

Aaron thought.

“Here’s how this is going to work. Like I said, feel free to struggle. Personally, I prefer it when they put up a bit of a fight.” The man ran his hand up Aaron’s thigh. Aaron jerked his bound legs away and grunted at the man. “But that’s just me. I’

m not going to be the one using you and your friend tonight.”

Aaron then remembered Jeremy. He looked back towards the center of the room and saw Jeremy just as he had last left him, except the blindfold was back in place. Jeremy seemed to be listening to what the man was saying. Upon hearing that he and Aaron were going to be used tonight, Jeremy began to fight against his bonds and grunted and mumbled into his ball gag. Aaron’

s reaction was more subdued.

“We’ve got several clients lined up for tonight. They’

re all paying a lot of money to do just about whatever they want to you.”

Now Aaron joined Jeremy in trying to talk through his gag. Aaron, however, tried pleading with the man. Seeing the concerned look on his face, the man smiled.

“Don’t worry, this isn’t Hostel. They aren’t going to be leaving any permanent damage. If they did that, we wouldn’

t be able to make any money tomorrow night. Or the night after that. Or the one after that.”

Upon realizing that they were going to be rented out as sex slaves, Jeremy and Aaron renewed their struggles.

“Sorry, guys. Business is business. Now, our first client is due any minute. Time to say goodnight, handsome,” the man said to Aaron. The last thing he saw before a leather blindfold was buckled over his eyes was the man waving to him.

Aaron was then forced down on the table, face-up. Several straps were buckled across his chest and legs, holding him down. This didn’

t stop him from trying to squirm free. The ropes and the straps held tight, though.

What in the hell have we gotten ourselves into? Aaron thought to himself. And who are these people? How did they know Jeremy was going to be in that alleyway? With no way to get an answer to any of his questions, his thoughts turned to his friend. He pictured his long-time friend strapped to the chair nearby. He hoped that those straps weren’t cutting off Jeremy’

s circulation. He would have liked to ask Jeremy, but both of their gags prevented any kind of intelligible speech. All he could hear was muffled shouts from his friend.

After a few minutes, he heard voices. One was the man who had tied them up. The other was a new voice.

“I think you’ll be really happy with what we’

ve got for you, sir. These two young men are in great physical condition. I think you can tell from how tight that spandex is.” Both men gave a chuckle.

“Well, I certainly wasn’

t expecting two of them. The Asian will be a nice treat.”

“I certainly hope you get your money’s worth. Of course, you’re welcome to use any of the equipment we’ve provided, as well as anything you might have brought. Usual rules apply. No blood, nothing life threatening, and nothing that will leave permanent marks. Other than that, I advise you keep them at least partially restrained at all times. Especially the Asian, he’

s a real fighter. If you need any help tying them in a different position, just let us know.”

“Thank you.”

Aaron heard the kidnapper leave. Jeremy and Aaron were both silent. Suddenly, Aaron heard Jeremy give a muffled shout.

“Yeah, go ahead,” the man said, “shout all you want. I like it when they put up a fight.”

Aaron’

s heart began to race. He wondered what this strange man was doing to his friend. After a minute of wondering and hearing Jeremy mumble into his gag, the man spoke again.

“Don’t worry, I’ll be back for you soon. I’m going to keep your friend company for a bit.” Aaron started to struggle again in earnest. However, the straps and the ropes still held tight. Hands began to run over his chest and legs. He knew there was no point, but he couldn’

t help squirming around, trying to avoid the touch of this stranger. Mumbling into his gag, he felt one of the hands move down his chest, over his abs and onto his dick. Through the spandex, the man began to massage it. Aaron had a feeling this was coming, but it still made him shake his head and shout incoherently into the gag.

“You like that, don’t you?” Aaron was doing his best not to like it, but he couldn’t deny that he was growing harder as the man was stroking him. He also realized that squirming effectively acted to increase the stimulation on his growing hard-on. “You’re enjoying this just as much as your friend was. I think you two may have to help each other out with that.” At the thought of being sexually intimate with his best friend, Aaron started to plead through his gag. “No? You don’t want to be tied up to each other? Alright, I won’

t put you through that. At least not yet.”

The man then stopped stroking Aaron’

s now-erect dick. He began to loosen the belts holding Aaron to the table. They were loosened just enough to flip Aaron onto his stomach. The man also shifted Aaron forward so that his head was hanging off the table. The straps were retightened. Aaron worried that his ass was now so vulnerable. The only solace that he took was that he was still wearing the tights, so the man did not have direct access. Not yet, anyways.

A sudden sharp sting slapped Aaron’s ass. He yelped into his gag and tried to move away from the stinging blow. Once again, he couldn’

t wiggle more than an inch or two. Another slap landed. Blow after blow came down, mercilessly. Aaron could think of nothing other than how much he wanted the pain to stop. He tried to beg through his gag, but all that came out was mumbling. Finally, the man seemed to stop the assault. Aaron could then sense the man right in front of his face.

“If you don’t cooperate with what I’m about to do, you’re going to get a whole lot more of that and worse, do you understand?” Aaron whimpered and nodded his head. “Good.” The man then reached behind Aaron’

s head and began to unbuckle his gag. Once it was released, Aaron stretched his jaw out.

“Please, sir, just let us go. We didn’

t do anything to deserve this,” Aaron begged.

The man laughed in response. “It’s not about what you deserve. Actually, the fact that you haven’t done anything to deserve this means I’m going to enjoy it even more. Besides, it ain’t up to me whether you can go or not, and even if it were, kid, I wouldn’t let a sweet ass like yours go. I especially wouldn’t let your little Asian friend go. I’

m going to have a lot of fun making him squirm and squeal.”

“No, please don’

t hurt Jeremy.”

“Jeremy, eh? Cute name for a cute kid. What might your name be?”

Aaron hesitated to give in to the man’

s demands, but his sore ass reminded him to cooperate. “Aaron.”

“Alright, Aaron. I want you to open your mouth nice and big.”

“Why?”

“Did I tell you to ask questions?” Aaron bit his lip then slowly opened his mouth. “And raise your head.” The man didn’t wait for Aaron to do this on his own. He grabbed his chin and wrenched his head straight up. “Now keep it like that unless you want another spanking.” Aaron had to strain to stay in that position, but he did it nonetheless. What he heard next really started to worry him. The man unzipped something. A few seconds later, Aaron felt the man shove his hard cock down his throat. “Now suck it, boy. Suck it real good.” Aaron’s initial reaction was to try to spit the intruder out. However, the man grabbed the back of his head and forced himself even deeper. The tip touched the back of Aaron’

s throat and he gagged a little.

Aaron tried to moan and plead with the man to at least go easy if he was going to use him like this. However, Aaron’s moans only seemed to encourage the man. He started thrusting into Aaron’

s mouth faster. Aaron was now beginning to get angry and scared that he would get a mouthful of something he had never gotten a mouthful of before. He briefly entertained the idea of simply biting down as hard as he could. However, this was probably a bad idea considering the fact that he and Jeremy were completely at the mercy of these pricks. Literally.

The man continued pumping into Aaron’

s mouth. Just when his jaw was getting sore from sucking, the man pulled out.

“I know how much you wanted me to cum in your mouth, boy, but I’

m not ready yet.” Before Aaron could ask how this man could possibly know what he wanted, the leather and rubber gag was shoved into his mouth and all that came out was “Mmmmmmph!”

“I’m going to go play with your little Asian friend now.” He gave Aaron’s ass another squeeze. “Actually, I think I’ve got an idea. Don’t move. I’ll be back in a minute for you.” Aaron didn’t feel like obliging the man’

s request to not move, but he had no real choice in the matter.

Over the next few minutes, Aaron’

s pulse quickened as he heard Jeremy grow more and more distressed. The groaning and moaning into the ball gag was punctuated by remarks from the man.

“It’s no use fighting. I’

m going to do this one way or another.”

“Get those feet together. Mmm, I like the way these boots look on you, especially when they’

re tied nice and tight.”

“You like how that feels? Well, get used to it, because there’

s a lot more on the way.”

“Alright, try not to fall down. We wouldn’t want to damage that gorgeous body of yours. I’m going to go get Aaron.” At this, Aaron started to struggle, but deep down, he knew it was pointless. He felt the straps being loosened. The man then picked Aaron up off the table and threw him over his shoulder. He could sense them walking closer to Jeremy, who was still making protesting noises through his gag. As he was set down on his feet, Aaron’

s mind raced as to what kind of predicament this man had in store for the two friends.

“Back in a flash.”

Aaron and Jeremy were left standing next to each other. Aaron immediately started to inch his way towards Jeremy. This was very difficult given how tightly his legs were bound together. He nearly lost his balance, but was able to regain it. After several inches, he bumped into his friend. Jeremy mumbled something into his ball gag and Aaron responded in kind. As if they understood each other, they both started to rotate so that there backs were against each other. Aaron began trying to find the knots binding Jeremy’

s wrists together. He found the knot with surprising ease and began to untie it.

While he was working with the knot, Aaron’s mind wandered to what would happen if they failed to escape. They would probably be kept for as long as humanly possible, rented out daily to all sorts of people who would do countless sexual acts to the two of them. Or, as this man had said, make them perform sexual acts with each other. Once this thought reared up again, Aaron doubled his efforts to get his friend untied. He began to hyperventilate, especially once he felt Jeremy’s arms rub up against his back. His elbows were tied together as well. Nevertheless, he finished untying Jeremy’

s wrists.

The man’s voice then appeared right next to them, making them both jump. “Thank you for starting my work for me, but I’

ll take it from here. Oh, and I left to get some help, so if either of you think about putting up a fight, remember that your landlord is here to protect his property.”

“Hello boys,” the “landlord” said, to prove he was nearby. Both boys were too frightened to try to say anything. The ”renter” continued untying Jeremy’s arms. As he was working, the man took a couple breaks to grope both boys. Once Jeremy’s arms were free, the man took hold of both of them and brought them around to Aaron’s front. His wrists were once again tied together. Aaron’

s arms were then untied and retied in a similar fashion. Now, the two friends were back to back, with their arms tied securely in front of the other one. For good measure, the man looped a few lengths of rope around their bound legs, joining them into one immobile mass.

As uncomfortable as Aaron was tied up alone, this new position only added to his discomfort. Being pressed up to Jeremy in nothing but spandex allowed him to feel more of his friend then he wanted to. Their feet, their thighs, their butts and their backs were pressed tightly together. Once again, Aaron took solace in the fact that they were at least wearing something.

“Boys, this is making me harder than Chinese algebra. Fortunately for me, but unfortunately for you, this next part’s going to make me even harder. And it’ll make you two harder, also.” When Aaron realized that his hands were in close proximity to Jeremy’s dick, he began to protest. As usual, all that came out was “Mmmmph!” Jeremy apparently had the same revelation about his hands and Aaron’

s cock, as he began to mumble into his ball gag, too.

“Yeah, go ahead and beg all you want,” the man taunted. “You’re both going to start stroking each other now.” Jeremy and Aaron’s protests got more frantic. Neither of them wanted to masturbate the other. The man, however, had other ideas. He reached around both of them and grabbed their balls through the spandex. The two guys let out squeals of pain. “If you aren’t going to do what I say, I will make this very, very unpleasant for the both of you. I could squeeze as hard as I want and there wouldn’

t be a damn thing you could do to stop me. Now, I said to start stroking each other.”

The man let go of their balls. “I’ll even help you get started.” He then began to rub their cocks simultaneously. “See? Just like that. Now get to it.” Neither of them wanted to make the first move. For a moment, neither of them did anything. “You want me to start squeezing?” Hesitantly, Jeremy began to grope around and found his friend’s cock, which was already starting to get hard from the earlier rubbing. Aaron began to whimper into his gag. Jeremy wasn’t making a sound. Aaron was still hesitating to grab Jeremy’

s cock. He knew he had no choice, though, so he found it and began to stroke it. These two, who had been friends since sixth grade, were now tied together wearing nothing but spandex and boots, jerking each other off.

“Ah, yeah. That’s good, guys. Yeah, stroke faster.” Despite the nature of their situation, Aaron couldn’t argue the fact that he was getting harder by the second. Jeremy’s hands were working the shaft and the spandex was facilitating the motion. Fearing for the safety of his balls, Aaron obeyed the man’s command and started to stroke Jeremy faster. Jeremy did the same. The friends both began to moan, almost involuntarily, as their cocks got harder and harder. Aaron even thought he felt Jeremy thrusting into Aaron’

s hands slightly.

Just as Aaron was beginning to edge, the man spoke up. “Alright, that’s enough.” Both boys stopped stroking each other, immediately feeling ashamed by what they were just doing. Aaron’

s cock, however, was still throbbing, in spite of his shame.

“That wasn’t solely for my amusement. Although, it was very amusing to see you two jerk each other off. I was also testing you to see which one had the better stroke. You were both very good, but I think Aaron won this round.” Aaron immediately got the feeling that he didn’t really win anything. He heard the man walk around in front of Jeremy. He felt Jeremy squirm around. Then, the man’

s zipper came down. “Feel that, boy?” Indeed, Aaron felt the man put his cock right into his bound hands. Aaron and Jeremy started to protest simultaneously through their gags.

“Just start stroking me, boy.” The man reached around Jeremy, grabbed his ass and pulled him into his hard cock. Being tied so tightly to his friend, Aaron was yanked backwards, too. Mmmmphing into his gag, Aaron reluctantly started to stroke the man’s cock. “Yeah, that’s good, my little plaything.” The man grabbed Jeremy by the hips and pulled the two bound boys into him. Their bodies pressed together, Aaron briefly stopped stroking the man’

s cock. “Did I say stop?” The man began spanking Jeremy as best he could. It was enough.

Jeremy started shouting in pain, begging the man to stop through his ball gag. Aaron immediately began to furiously stroke the man. However, he continued spanking Jeremy. Aaron tried to yell at the man to stop, that he was doing what he told him, but, if the man could understand his muffled shouts, he didn’

t show any signs of caring.

After what must have been an agonizing 30 seconds for Jeremy, the man let up. Jeremy was breathing heavily. Aaron then felt the man reaching behind their heads. He unbuckled Jeremy’

s ball gag.

“Please, God, no more. I’ll do anything, just don’t-“ Jeremy tried begging with the man, but his words were cut short. Aaron worried why this was, but a subtle sound that rose above Jeremy’

s mumbling and struggling made him realize the man was kissing Jeremy. Aaron would have had trouble believing this was happening, were it not for everything else that had transpired tonight.

Then, as Aaron continued to stroke the man that was likely shoving his tongue down Jeremy’

s throat, the man reached around Aaron with his free hand and began jerking him off.

As they were both stroking and jerking each other, Aaron now had another feeling to worry about (aside from embarrassment, concern and anger); arousal. He tried to pull away from the man’

s hand, but only succeeded in pressing himself into Jeremy. Growing more and more aroused, Aaron now struggled to keep the man happy, knowing full well one of them would be punished should he stop.

As the man was kissing Jeremy, he began to moan with pleasure. He would take brief breaks to tell Aaron to keep going and that he was doing a good job. Before long, the man’s groans of pleasure increased in intensity and, judging by how hard his cock was, Aaron knew he was on the verge of cumming. Besides being in a state of arousal, Aaron’

s next thoughts were for Jeremy, who would soon be covered in cum.

Indeed, it wasn’t long before the man’s cock pulsed and throbbed. Warm, wet cum shot up and out. What Jeremy’s stomach didn’t catch, the rest came back down onto Aaron’s hands. The man, still with his lips locked on Jeremy’

s mouth, was moaning in ecstasy. Once he came down from his orgasm, he pulled away from Jeremy.

“You are both amazing. I dare say you two have had some practice. Maybe with each other?” Jeremy was still ungagged. “You sick motherfucker! You don’t know us! Let us go, goddammit!” While Aaron cringed at the punishment they might receive from those words, he understood Jeremy’s anger. After all, he had just been french kissed and covered in cum. “We can’t have that kind of language, now can we, Jeremy?” Aaron heard Jeremy try to shout one last time before the ball gag muffled his outrage. The man continued talking. “Well, I’m finished, but I bet you boys are just ready to burst, aren’

t you? Well, I want you to finish each other off before my time is up.”

Jeremy’s shouts of rage could barely be contained. A sharp slap reverberated through the warehouse. “You’ll do exactly as I tell you to, boy. These last few minutes I have with the two of you can either be very pleasant for all three of us or very unpleasant for the two of you. It’s your choice.” Whimpers of defeat now replaced the shouts. “Here, I’ll make it easier for you.” The man pulled Jeremy and Aaron’

s spandex down and pulled out their cocks. Hands still in position, the two friends hesitated to do what they were told. “Go on, start stroking.”

Not wanting to incur any more pain, Aaron slowly began stroking Jeremy’s cock. Jeremy seemed to be pleading through his ball gag. Whether it was with his captors or with his friend, Aaron wasn’

t sure. Either way, Jeremy, too, began jerking Aaron off. Slowly, the boys both got hard again. Aaron did his best to imagine it was a beautiful woman jerking him off, but the occasional moans from Jeremy (not to mention the feel of a cock in his hand) made that difficult.

After a minute, Aaron couldn’t help but give into the pleasure of being jerked off. He began to moan, with Jeremy shortly following suit. Soon, the two of them were wriggling in their bonds and moaning into their gags. Faster and faster they stroked each other. Aaron could feel himself edging. Jeremy’s cock was growing and pulsing in Aaron’s hand. Aaron tried to facilitate Jeremy’s stroking, as he thrust his hips into his friend’

s hands. Then, suddenly, he felt a wave of pleasure come over him as he shot his load. He let out a long moan into his gag. A few seconds later, as Aaron was wrapped in pleasure, he felt and heard Jeremy release as well. More cum spilled over his hands. The two friends had successfully jacked each other off.

“My god, that was more than I could have asked for, boys. Unfortunately, my time is up, for tonight. I’ll be back next week. And I’

m definitely going to be requesting you two,” the man said. Jeremy and Aaron both immediately whimpered into their gags at the thought of being held captive and used like this for another minute, let alone another week.

“I’m glad you got your money’s worth, my friend,” the kidnapper conversed with the man. “These two were a real find. We’

ll keep them in good condition for you when you come back.”

“Thank you.” The man came over to the boys and gave their still-sensitive cocks one last squeeze. Both of them moaned. The man released his grasp and left. As soon as the door to this dungeon closed, the kidnapper spoke, “Well, boys, you’ve got about 30 minutes to rest up until your next session. Just so there’s no funny business, I’

m going to separate the two of you.”

With surprisingly swiftness, the man retied Aaron and Jeremy with their hands tightly behind their own backs. He also cleaned the cum off and pulled their spandex back up to cover their crotches. Then, as if to dispel any notion that he was being nice to them, he stood them several feet apart, lowered two pieces of rope from the ceiling and looped them around their necks. Aaron heard a winch tighten as the noose cinched around his neck. He was momentarily worried that his life would be cut short, but the rope stopped short of cutting off his air. From the rapid breathing and mumbling nearby, Jeremy apparently had those same worries.

“Remember, boys, neither of you are any good to me dead or hurt. This is just to make sure you don’t do any hopping around. I have to go tend to some business before the next client comes in. That’

ll be in 15 minutes or so.” The man began to walk away. Aaron and Jeremy tried to plead with the man one last time, while trying not to move for fear of the nooses around their necks. Aaron heard the man stop at the door.

“Like I said, plead all you want. But, if I were you, I’

d try to get comfortable, cause neither of you are going anywhere.” The door shut, leaving Aaron and Jeremy alone, wondering if they would ever escape.

Aaron and Jeremy were perched in the middle of the large warehouse, bound and gagged, dressed in full body spandex and knee-high leather boots, with nooses wrapped dangerously tight around their necks. To top it all off, they had about ten minutes until another random man would come and use them. For a couple minutes, the two of them tried to squirm out of their predicament, but quickly found they could do little but shuffle their feet around. About five minutes before their next appointment, Aaron made eye contact with his friend. It was the first time they had done so since Aaron found Jeremy over an hour ago. After a second, Jeremy looked away. Aaron thought he almost looked ashamed. He wanted to tell Jeremy he didn’

t have to feel ashamed. They were both forced into this situation together and there was nothing either of them could have done about it.

Still, Jeremy mumbled something into his large ball gag. With great effort, Jeremy managed to eke out something that sounded like “I’m sorry.” Then, squinting, Aaron saw a tear run down Jeremy’s cheek. Through his own gag, Aaron tried to communicate back with Jeremy. “Jeremy, it’s OK. We’

ll find a way out of here.” Between the size of his gag and the noose that was slowly tightening around his neck, all that really came out was “Hefehy, hi OHAY. Uh hi a ay ou huh hee.” Still, Jeremy did not look back at Aaron.

Then, Aaron heard the door open. His heart started pounding again, wondering what new torments this client would inflict upon them. Their “landlord” came through the door, leading yet another man. Aaron heard the same spiel as was given to the last client. This one, however, seemed to hold more of an interest in Aaron than in Jeremy. As he was being explained the rules, the new man came over and began running his hands up and down Aaron’

s body. Knowing it was pointless, Aaron jerked away and grunted at the man.

“Feisty, huh?”

“Well, they just got in tonight, so they haven’t lost their fight quite yet. You’re lucky, you’

re one of the first ones who gets to use these hot little items.”

“Indeed, I am very lucky.” The man groped Aaron’s spandex-clad butt and then gave it a hard slap. “I’

m going to have lots of fun with these two. And, God, these two look so good in this spandex.”

“You sound eager to get started. I’

ll leave you to it. Have fun, boys.” Aaron had the sense their proprietor was speaking more to the client than him and Jeremy. Nevertheless, the man wasted little time in taking advantage of his new toys.