I live a double life.
On one side of the coin I am a son, a brother, a best friend and a godparent.
I am single, I work in fashion retail, I own a company car.
My favourite food is pizza. I drink too much chardonnay. I never wish for things to be different.
On the other side of the coin, I am an expert tickle fetishist.
This is my experience with ‘Oliver’.
Five years ago I created my own calling cards.
They were designed to spur interest within whoever they were handed to, whilst also providing what I hoped would be a simple solution for those with a specific problem.
On the back of the card, in the same type writer font as the question written on the front, it said;
Need quick cash? Email areyouticklish@gmail.com
One day, on my way to work, I passed a Starbucks in Soho, Central London.
That’s when I saw him.
Slouched in his seat, alone, drowning in a vintage leather jacket and facing the window looking out onto the pavement was the sort of person that rendered you thoughtless.
His eyes were pale blue, his hair floppy and blonde, his skin practically glowing.
He seemed to be blissfully killing time whilst everyone else around him reluctantly joined in on the hurried and stressful journey towards a place they did not want to go.
Main character energy.
I had done this only twice before.
Once to a waiter who had served me and my friends lunch …
Another to a builder who I actively watched, from a distance, throw the opportunity over his shoulder.
I hadn’t had much luck so far.
Determined and keen to not let my past failures dampen my surprisingly confident spirit, I pushed away doubts and located a calling card from inside my jacket pocket.
I walked into the Starbucks and approached the young man in question.
My arrival was so sudden, my presence so unannounced and now so bluntly by his side that he had no choice but to sit up urgently and acknowledge me, with an almost worried expression that suggested I was about to tell him some bad news.
I place the calling card on the surface of the table and then I leave as quickly as I had turned up.
I stroll away, in a speedier pace than usual.
I do not look back.
I do not expect a grab of my shoulder.
I do not expect him to reach out in the future, or at all.
I do not expect a thing.
Two weeks later
Hey,
So how does this work?
Olli
I loved how ‘straight to the point’ he was.
No how are you, I hope you’re well …
Such a direct question allowed me to provide an equally direct answer.
I of course left it for a few hours.
I made some dinner, had a slight anxiety attack about it all in the bathtub and then sat down at my desk with my fingertips resting over the keyboard of the very MacBook I type on now.
Hello,
Thanks for getting in touch.
So, I meet you at a hotel.
I tickle you for one hour and then I give you £250 in cash/£350 if you let me film it, with your face shown.
That’s pretty much it.
Mark
I feel a little sick.
I browse porn as a form of distraction.
I take a sip from my glass of wine.
Before I can stand and action a panicked pace around my bedroom, he emails back.
Do you have examples of what I can expect?
A website?
I shuffle closer to my MacBook’s screen.
He’s genuinely interested …
I frantically take screenshots from previous content I have recorded with guys from the past, guys that were not organised and paid for thanks to the intrigue of a calling card.
These people were ex boyfriends, dates with confident men who were just as kinky as I, all faces blurred to respectfully conceal identities …
I go with three images individually showcasing young, handsome bodies at the height of hysteria, bound in light hearted ways and tickled with a variation of tools - the aesthetic of my presentation is fun, not too intense, the bondage not too intimidating.
I attach.
No website.
These should help …
I hit send.
He does not reply.
Four months pass by …
A lot can happen in sixteen weeks.
My new boss is a bitch.
Moving house was stressful, to say the least, especially in a heatwave.
I had sex two or three times …
I binged countless shows, masturbated every other morning and drank more wine than my liver would have liked.
Oliver, unlike other attractive men I had interacted with, did not live in my head rent free.
My mental radar did not consider him, until he emailed again.
I can send you feet pics if you like?
I see the message when I’m out drinking with friends on a Sunday afternoon.
In the haze of what was now Summer, with a belly filled with roast lunch and merlot, I scurry away to the pub toilet and lock myself in a cubicle.
I reply.
He’s alive!
I take a whizz, I go back to the table, I check my phone less than a minute later … Nothing.
I turn my phone on silent, I enjoy my time with the company I am with …
Every buzz, every vibration in my jeans pocket tells me its him.
I leave him, this suddenly keen stranger.
Ignoring him gives me power, it makes me feel giddy, like some kind of force vibrating through my veins.
In the taxi home I look at my phone.
Four emails.
I’m really fucking ticklish.
My cock twitches beneath my jeans.
The guys in the photos you sent are tied up. Are you tying me up?
He’s figuring it all out.
I’m interested. I need the money. I lost my job. Wahhhh.
I laugh. The wahhh suggests a humorous personality.
How much would you pay if I just sent pics of my feet?
He has some knowledge on my world, it seems.
Man, he must be skint.
I don’t play around anymore, I begin this process now that I have him.
I type out my response.
How about I take pictures of your feet in person?
Yes, you’d be loosely restrained. Only to stop you from stopping me.
Sorry to hear about your job. Lemme know if you wanna do this, I can have £250 ready for you by next week.
I watch London pass by in a tipsy blur, his reply arriving within seconds.
It’s a phone number.
I’m gonna need breaks between.
Message me on whatsapp.
I feel my throat thicken.
There are so many butterflies twirling within my stomach that my eyes water.
I leave it till I’m home, I don’t want to appear too desperate.
I get another bottle of wine from the local store, a frozen pizza, a packet of salted crisps.
I have the flat to myself.
I put the TV on, kick off my shoes, get into my pyjamas, pour myself a glass of numb, I watch the news.
I open up whatsapp.
He’s online.
My thumbs do the work.
M: Hey! ___ here. So, are you genuinely really ticklish?
Blue ticked immediately.
I’m starting to think this is too good to be true.
I remind myself that this is only easy now, and that I handed this boy my calling card four and a half months ago …
O: of course hahah
O: can u host?
He’s forgotten about he hotel detail already, it seems.
I proceed (the below is our actual conversation).
He lists three spots.
I almost spit out my wine.
I grin, bringing up the website for a hotel across the street.
I book a room for next Sunday. £110, could this get any better? He suggests a time. We chit chat, we discuss the fact he’s a damn model, he’s between work, he’s texting me from the gym. I focus on breathing. I compliment how tanned he looks in his profile pic, he apparently just got back from Ibiza, I ask who he has modelled for, he tells me he just did London Fashion Week, that’s why he was here last time, he sends far too many emojis, he doesn’t pause between messages, I get the impression he is always on his phone, always scrolling, talking, responding …
He does not ask me a single thing about myself.
The conversation ends with me left on read.
Between that moment and throughout the week, I hear absolutely nothing.
Sunday.
I can’t eat breakfast, I can barely stomach lunch.
I always get so wobbly prior to physically seeing them.
As I pack my bag, part of me thinks he might not even show up.
Why do I feel so relieved at that thought?
I ready my equipment and before I know it I’m ready to go.
Before I leave, I pick out my phone to message him.
My heart stings when I see he has messaged me first.
O: I’m early.
O: I’ll wait, you’re buying the drinks 😉
I leave my flat and head to the bar at the end of my road - the walk takes me one minute exactly, so I don’t reply to his text.
It’s 5pm, sunny, bright, blue skied and warm.
I could throw up with every step but the two glasses I wine I downed before I left my flat tell me I’ve got this, you’re good.
I see him.
He’s standing with his back towards me.
His blonde hair blows in the breeze.
His shoulders are broad, his thighs muscular.
He wears a figure hugging white short sleeved t-shirt, blue jeans, sports socks and white Reeboks.
A sparkling watch is attached to his wrist - at some point, he had some money.
I like to think his open minded lifestyle led him to blow a lot of his cash on holidays with friends or trips around the world - a real ‘model lifestyle’.
He turns as I arrive, the timing is perfect.
We both say “Hey!” at the same time.
He is wearing sunglasses, he reaches out his hand and practically grabs mine whether I want him to or not.
It’s a strong shake, his palm is moist, I have to remind myself to tighten my grasp.
“You alright?” I ask, in my typically British mumble.
He does an impression of me, mimicking my voice in a cockney accent, “—You alwight?—” He chuckles, “I’m good, man,” his American twang is such a contrast, “What are we having?”
We walk into the bar.
“I’m gonna get a wine,” I drop my bag, he is oblivious to what is inside, “You?”
He inhales and props his elbows on the bar, leaning back - fuck, he’s hot.
“I’ll do a beer. You pick.”
We get our drinks, we sit in the bar’s garden, I protect myself by wearing my own sunglasses now - they feel like a shield, for reasons I can’t describe.
“So, you ready?” I ask, taking a sip from my drink, proud of myself for taking the conversation directly ‘there’ - it tells him I’m in charge, or at least I think it does.
He’s opposite me, a hand running through that thick head of hair.
“I think so,” he’s trying to hide a smirk, “I’m actually kinda excited,” he likes that I’m paying him to do this, that I approached him and only him, “It’s not everyday I say yes to this sorta stuff,” he has no idea that he is one of many …
“It’ll be fun,” I reassure, “That’s all this is, fun. We’re gonna have a laugh. I promise.”
I see a different kind of smile, one that isn’t a painted on, model-style grin …
One that looks real, relaxed.
He lifts his beer.
“Well, it’s great to meet you,” he says, “Finally,” we clink drinks together.
“Yeah, you too,” I take a larger sip of my wine than I usually would.
I feel my mind racing.
As I take in the aligned shape of his teeth, the pinks of his lips, how neatly trimmed his fingernails are …
I picture him naked, spread eagle, bound tightly, my straddle over his waist.
I clear my throat when it becomes clear it has been quiet for too long.
We engage in small talk, I am comforted by his company.
What’s so amazing is how much we’re on the same page - if anything, he follows me lead expertly.
When he sees I’m almost done with my wine, he chugs the rest of his beer.
When I ask a question, he answers and then asks me something different.
He is so much more engaged than he is over whatsapp; he is curious, polite, he asks about my job, how long I’ve lived in the city, we walk about everything else besides the thing we’re about to do.
The thing.
A perverse secret, a long negotiated set up via email and text message, a concealed connection between us both, that only he and I know about, whilst we sit surrounded by other ordinary people just like us, doing ordinary things like sipping drinks, just like us …
All I have to do is stand, and he stands also.
“The hotel is just round the corner,” I announce.
He presses his lips together, nods and hides a burp.
We make our way into the evening.
The session.
I organised an early check in, so before I packed my equipment and met Oliver for a drink, I gained access to the room and did all the rope work, so I would not have to exhaust myself in front of him.
He walks inside and more or less ignores the set up … It’s an odd yet rather interesting reaction, it sort of suggests that he wants to tell me he isn’t intimidated by what he has just seen.
Instead, he checks himself out in the mirror, tidying loose strands of blonde whilst removing London dust from an eyelash …
The armchair in the corner has red rope and black velcro cuffs attached to it’s back feet.
Roped to the front feet of the armchair is a narrow leather padded footstool.
Folded on the footstool are two of the hotels bathroom towels and placed on top of those is a roll of duct tape.
Oliver picks up an item like it’s a baseball bat and cocks an eyebrow.
“Saran wrap?” He points it at me.
I snatch it off of him, “—Cling film,” I correct.
He chuckles.
“We call it saran wrap—”, he decides that is how we’ll refer to it, with his concluding tone.
I purse my lips, ‘saran wrap’ in hand, as he paces around and strokes his chin, admiring his surroundings where he then turns to face me.
“Tell me what to do,” he asks quietly.
I clear my throat.
“Lay on the bed,” I go to pick up the towels, “These are for your legs.”
He laughs as if I’m joking, he then nods hard when he realises I’m serious.
He lays on the bed, face up, tucking his hands behind his head.
I begin to unravel each towel; once the first is open I fold it in half lengthways.
I then began to wrap it around Oliver’s left leg, once, twice, that is as far as it will go.
I have to try not to check out his biceps, or the way his mousey brown armpit hair pokes out of the sleeve of his t-shirt …
It is so silent.
Neither of us speak, I just ‘do’ and he lets me.
As I begin to wrap his right leg in the second towel, I realise that we have nothing in common.
That fact consoles me, it reminds me that you don’t need to make anymore small talk, its likely you’ll never see him again after this, you don’t have to get to know him …
Just focus, breathe, get it done …
The plastic crinkle of me pulling at the saran wrap fills a void of quiet only the flutter of air con had been successful in filling these past few minutes.
I begin to bind both of his towel’d legs together with the saran wrap, bandaging them tightly side by side - I keep going and going, round and round, until he peers over his chest and scrunches his nose.
“How is this my life!” He notes with a playful grin.
My chortle is filled with relief, I thought he was going to say something like, ‘wait, this is actually a little weird’ - instead, he is making light of the situation.
“Okay, I need you on the armchair,” I huff.
He reaches out his hand, keen for me to support him.
I grab hold and lift him away from the bed.
He plants both feet over the carpet and hop, hop, hops towards the armchair.
He drops his weight into the seat, automatically knowing he has to rest his feet on the footstool.
I then begin to use the saran wrap to bandage his legs to the surface of the footstool, a thin layer of sweat now developing across my forehead as I go over his shins and under the footstool, over his shins and under the footstool, over his shins and under the footstool, until there is no saran wrap left.
I tried to avoid him noticing my excursion but I have failed.
“You okay?” He raises both eyebrows at me.
“Yeah,” I sniff, climbing to my feet, “You?” I pick at the duct tape till I find the edge and then I begin to wrap it around the lower area of his legs, almost pretending like my dizziness does not exist.
He shrugs.
“I’m good,” he lifts up the velcro cuff attached to the back of the armchair and peels it apart, “Can I help at all?” To my surprise he begins to try and strap himself in, his way of giving me a hand.
I blush, “Thanks,” I get to my feet, as I make my way to his left arm I see he has already cuffed his right wrist.
As I attach his left wrist, I notice how pink his palms are, how soft he is.
Once both wrists are secured to the sides of the armchair, I pick up the remote and turn on the TV.
I always like to have some background noise, it makes me feel like it isn’t just us in the room.
“So uh,” he comes to terms with his set up, his feet twisting a little, his knees bending, the saran wrap squeaking, “So this is hardcore tickles, not light tickles?”
Do I detect some reluctance in his voice? I thought the descriptions we had discussed made it clear this would be far from tame …
I have to keep him from asking to be let go.
“A bit of both,” I take out my wallet, the pound notes are my weapon, “This is yours,” I say that to remind him this is worth it, this is why he is here, this is your reward …
He looks down at the shimmer of the saran wrap, his Reebok clad feet innocently poking out of the rolls of towel tightly bandaged around his legs, blissfully unaware of how much they’ll be squirming in a few minutes time.
“Cheers, mate,” he sneers in an attempt at a east end, London accent - he is gradually becoming aware of how little he can move, “I guess I’m gonna be earning it, huh?” Thankfully, his American returns.
I beam internally - he isn’t going anywhere.
“You can have a safe word,” I inform, “Saying it gives you a thirty second break, and you can say it only three times,” I flick through the channels until I find something so normal that it calms me.
He nods, “Okay,” he seems confused at my choice of channel, “Is this like, your favourite show?”
I ignore the fact that BBC’s Country File is now playing in the background and answer his question with a question.
“What’s it going to be?” I pull the curtains so they hide him, but I leave a little open for sunlight - surrounding the hotel are homes and buildings - I can even see my flat from here, across the street, no doubt filled with my housemates who know I’m absent but think I’m on a date …
He squints at the beam of setting sun shining through the gap - we’re on the top floor.
“London,” there’s a sparkle in his eye as he watches me fold my arms.
“Good choice,” I purr.
There is nothing left to do; no mundane talk left to babble, no texts or emails or calling cards or kneeling on the floor, struggling with knots or plastic wrap …
“Try to get out,” I challenge.
He wriggles a little, the rope creaking - he shifts his waist to the left, tugs at his wrist restraints and flares his nostrils, his cheeks flushing pink as he bites his lower lip.
“—Damn—”, he huffs, his weight sinking deeper into the seat.
I grin.
“Alright, the hour begins now,” I declare.
He stiffens and draws focus towards the footstool as I make my way towards his upper body.
This would be the first and only time, so far, I have done this with a fashion model.
The flames that make up my nerves are extinguished by a wash of extreme excitement.
I stand behind the armchair and reach over him.
Carefully, I pick at the hem of his t-shirt and peel it up over his abs.
He is patient, learning, waiting, all ten of his fingers flexed.
His stomach is perfect, his skin void of marks, grazes or imperfections.
I keep the t-shirt just over the top of his stomach and then I take my other hand and gently stroke my fingertips across his navel.
He grunts and looks at my hand, his shoulders lifting slightly.
“You’re starting up here?” He sounds panicked.
I do not reply verbally.
From now on, much to his frustration, I’ll be rather quiet.
I now have both hands hovering over his stomach - I tickle him lightly, taking my fluttering fingertips towards his chest, lifting the t-shirt higher over his torso as I do so.
He is now thrashing, those flexed fingers curled so his fists become balls.
He cannot move, he cannot believe it — I can sense his alarm from where I stand.
He giggles - as soon as the sound leaves his mouth, he makes an effort to not let it out again.
I hear panting, the armchair shakes, his head twists from left to right.
So far, the reactions are fantastic, however that was just a test.
I drop the t-shirt back over his stomach, he sighs heavily.
I kneel down at his feet.
“Oh no,” he shapes his mouth into an O and creases his eyebrows.
I eye him playfully - my expression says, ‘oh yes’ …
I love how much he tries to pull back the smiles, he thinks he’s too cool for school.
I unlace his left Rebook as he asks me a question that takes me by surprise.
“So, do you get off on the tickling or the money part?”
I remove his Reebok.
I am astonished by the shape of his foot - his heels are bulbous and round, his arches are high, his toes long and uniformly in place as if someone has directed them to be
They are wide but narrow, big but small, their perfect structure neatly contained within the white cotton of his sock.
I have to break myself out of my daze so that I can answer him.
“Mostly the tickling,” I only want to be honest, there isn’t one ounce of me that finds the paying part arousing.
He squeezes his eyes shut and grins so hard I can see practically all of his teeth as I ever so gently run my fingertips across the bottom of his left foot.
His foot lifts, his toes curl into such a determined scrunch that he catches the material of his sock under them.
I persist, he takes that anguished face and aims it at the ceiling, his fists tremble.
I allow him to sigh again as I unpick the lace to his right Reebok.
“Do you do this often?” —Wow, he’s inquisitive.
I remove his Reebok and admire a right socked foot that is just as visually pleasing as his left - except, this sock has a hole around the ball of his foot.
“As much as I can,” the wine says the next bit for me, “You’re the hottest so far.”
He jolts hard as I go at both soles at the same time, five of my fingernails arriving at the hole in his sock, the other five at the arch of his left.
He presses his lips shut, a squeak leaves his throat, he is so determined not to break.
His feet flex and twist as if they aren’t part of him, as if his own body stops where the towel and the plastic wrap starts - each foot acts differently, like they have their own identity - neither of them react the same as my fingers poke and press against the sensitive shape that makes up the bottoms of his socked feet, socked feet that flinch, curl, point and twitch.
I increase pressure.
He tries to kick, his wrists tugging at the restraints keeping his arms at either side of the chair, his head throwing itself forward where he growls at me like a dog.
“Grrrr, hey!”
I stop.
He sighs for a third time and blows a chunk of hair away from his eyes.
“Mega ticklish sounds about right,” I confirm, peeling the sock of his left foot up over his heel, “You gonna be able to handle this?” The contents of my bag are a mystery to him.
He scoffs with wide blue eyes, gesturing to each of his bound arms, “I don’t gotta choice!”
I keep the sock on, just below his arch - his bare sole, so far, is a silky creamy white, I can’t wait to show him the upcoming comparison to this docile beginning …
He cocks an eyebrow as I do the same to his right sock.
I then take both of my index fingers and apply one to each heel.
I begin to scratch, lightly, delicately…
His toes clench so quickly that the saran wrap creaks - his sinister smirk says ‘don’t tease me, or else…’
I now use all ten of my fingers and scribble my way up, taking the socks away with my knuckles.
“Woo!” He cheers, “Okay!” His feet flap uncontrollably as I pass each arch.
Now I focus on the balls of his feet as each sock’s removal arrives at the base of his toes - the balls are marshmallow soft, a little moist, warm too …
He practically lunges towards me, his face soaked in pleasured distress.
“—Wait!—”, his call feels like a cry for help, he yells it out to me in a way someone should not, especially after only knowing me for less than an hour …
The socks fall away, his feet are now entirely bare, he has no choice in the matter, my fingernails are at the base of his toes.
He bounces in the seat, his face flustered and red, “No, stop!—”, ahh, there it is, he can’t take it, “—Stop!—” He licks his lips with his tongue, quick and fast, his head shaking in disbelief, “—Alright! That’s too ticklish!—”
I violate the betweens of his toes, it’s likely he’s never had them touched like this before, I have to hear him say it.
“What’s too ticklish?” I almost dribble as I enquire.
“My feet!—”, he doesn’t hesitate, “—It’s too much, man!—”
I stop because if I continue, I’ll cum.
He clears his throat and shuffles further up in his seat, “—Damn…”
I press my index finger against his right heel.
“You alright?” I ask, like a nurse tending to a patient.
He widens his eyes and leaps towards me - I can tell he’s overwhelmed by how little control he has over his reactions.
“I, I didn’t think I—”
“—You can’t take it, can you?” I begin to stroke just his right heel, “Are you a pussy?”
His foot curls and flexes beneath my touch.
“No! Ah! Shit—”, he huffs and begins to cackle, this time not because he has stopped trying to keep it back, this time because he has no choice, “—Oh, oh damn!—”
Damn …
I love how he uses that word, how it sums up his dubiety towards the circumstance he has landed himself in.
“—Ah-ahaha! Ah! Ahahaha! Ahahaha! Ah! Ahaha!—”, there it is, non stop laughter, his face absolutely coated with delirious joy, his foot stretching out into some of the most eager for escape shapes I’ve ever seen, “—No, no!—”, he grunts, “—You mother FUCKER!—”
Before he can hurtle out of the armchair, I remove my touch and reach for my iPhone.
He slouches, shaking hair away from his face, his feet stiff and on high alert.
BBC continues to play in the background.
‘Up next, its Fiona Bruce with the news at six …’
“How about we take those photos?” I position myself directly opposite the soles of his feet.
He becomes a shell of his former self - the confidence, the cocky approach, gone - my suggestion transforms him into a shy, silly boy intimidated by ‘me’ and all I represent.
“Wait, will my face be—”
“—Only if you want it to.”
He shakes his head like someone offered a fork of food they don’t want.
“My job,” he searches his lap for better ways to describe his reasons, “I can’t, I—”
—I raise my hand slowly.
“It’s fine,” I smile.
He looks at me like I’m the creator of his worry, the one responsible for making him feel anguish and relief.
Despite the power he thinks I behold, I am weak and need reassurance.
“Is it fine?” I ask.
He smirks and nods, approving this mini photoshoot, like he’s a God allowing an almighty movement on the Earth he has created miles below.
I aim my iPhone lens at his feet and only his feet, taking several pictures in various different angles as he sits in a casual slump.
“Point your toes,” I direct, “Flex them,” I advise, “Wiggle each one…” he does everything I ask, “… You could sell these, easy. One hundred quid a pic.”
He beams, “I do have pretty tasty feet,” lord he is so self aware, it deserves punishment.
He bites his lower lip as I begin to faintly tickle his left sole, whilst taking pictures - such an unexpected intrusion causes him to glare into the ceiling.
His foot wiggles and flexes, his right foot reaching over to protect the one under attack, my camera snap, snap, snapping the beauty that is his flawless sole and perfect, inline toes that are the ideal shape, the exquisite example of how a male foot should be - no wonder he’s a model, no wonder he is self aware, he really is visually exceptional from top to bottom.
I pocket my iPhone and reach into my bag.
He drops his head back over his chest, twitches his nose like a rabbit, he watches my every move.
“Will you send them to me?”
I reveal a capped bottle of baby oil, “Sure. I’ll be your foot content manager …”
He chuckles.
“What’s that for?” The ‘that’ is viscerally American, his tone astonished by the sight of the lotion - he needs to chill.
“It’ll make your feet more sensitive,” I explain.
The puppy dog eyes come out as I drizzle the baby oil over the toes of his right foot.
“Aren’t they ticklish enough?” He gawps.
I then drizzle the shimmering liquid over the toes of his left foot, “I didn’t say this would be easy …”
I begin to massage the lotion into his soles and toes, my fingers and thumbs are firm and attentive, so much so that he closes his eyes and smiles, his shoulders dropping.
“Yeah, that’s it,” he inhales slowly, “That’s great, do that for the rest of the hour,” he arrogantly tongues the inside of his cheek.
“Feel good?” I coat the entirety of each foot, not just focusing on the bottom - I massage the sides, the tops, I’m hard on his toes, my eyes taking in the beauty of each little piggie - his feet always feel like they’re too sensitive to touch, they’re always ever so slightly tugging away, even if he doesn’t mean for them to.
I want to take him by surprise - so, almost a minute into massaging the lotion into his feet, I smooth my fingers to each arch and action an unexpected scribble, five fingernails on the left, five on the right.
The armchair almost takes off, his fingers splaying, his feet scrunching into themselves as his knees bend and he cackles the loudest he has done so far.
“—I’m gonna jusssst ffffocus on the TV!—”, he groans to himself, his eyes bulging as he looks at the screen as a form of distraction, “—It’s so much worse with the oil!—”, my scribble darts all over; from arch to ball, from ball to heel, heel to the betweens of his toes, his feet now practically clapping, applauding my efforts, “—Ohh fuUCking JeeEEZ!—”, he widens his jaw to such an extent he could catch bugs, expelling a quiet strain of laughter that causes his throat to thicken and his adam’s apple to bob …
… The laughter goes on, without breath, his eyes squeezing shut, his head thrashing from left to right as I tickle both of his lubricated soles at once - their strength matches the strength that is currently making his biceps bulge - they don’t stop twisting, stretching, attempting escape, until I catch his big toes between my index finger and thumb, containing them side by side.
A squeak leaves his mouth, he is flustered, his eyes watering.
With my other hand I take a large black crow’s feather from my bag.
“See, if you were in stocks,” I free his big toes and play with their brothers, using the feather, “… I’d have tied all your toes back by now …”
I glide the feather between his second to last toe - he flinches - I glide the feather between his index toe and big toe - his torso throws itself to the side, as if he’s dodging a bullet, “—Gah! Ah! Guuh!—”, he grunts with every feathered stroke between each toe I choose to torment, his feet never stop moving, the towels, tape and saran wrap keeping them perfectly in place.
“—I could never do a stock situation,” he grits his teeth as I flutter the feather across all of the toes of his left foot, “—Just to even alleviate what you’re doing now, I wouldn’t be able to c-cope!—”, he admits, his tongue wagging as I flip the feather and use the pointy end to press at the ball of his right sole.
He can barely look at me - he turns his head to the side and gasps, “—Cuuuuh, uuuh! Oorrrr haha!—”, he bucks forwards and backwards, shaking the chair with his muscular weight, “—That’s worse than your fingers!—”, he briefly takes a glimpse down to his feet as I use the nib to draw circles around his left arch, “—AH, ah, AH!—”, his feet stretch so close inward that the tips of his big toes meet.
I place the feather over the carpet and make a decision.
“Your feet are moving around too much,” I push his feet side by side, “I’m going to have to do something about that,” I declare, taking a thick length of white string from my bag.
He looks ruffled, perplexed, this isn’t what he expected - despite his unease, he still allows me to do what I need to do, even if it does come with a slight tinge of reluctance.
“Oh, that’s gonna suck,” he giggles unapologetically as I wrap string around both of his big toes and knot the length directly in the middle.
He watches me carefully as I produce scissors from my bag, snipping the excess string away - he sees his feet as special too, it seems.
He tries to tug his feet apart, but the toe tie is too tightly secure - I look at his face, it is soaked in despair.
My statement is fierce declaration - from my previous experience, I know how hard he’ll suffer.
“You’re screwed—”, I announce.
With his soles glistening in lubrication and his big toes snugly side by side, I waste no time in driving him crazy - after all, I only have forty minutes left …
I use both hands to scratch at his soles, my fingernails glide over the soaked flesh, his feet now unable to twist, stretch or block each other.
He is wheezing, containing his laughter, his dumbfounded mind nudging him that the room next door might hear if he is too loud, “—bastard!—”, he whispers the curse in a form of a hiss, he smacks his back against the armchair, the entire structure of the seat creaks and bends beneath each determined tug of his arms or frustrated kick of his legs - he states the obvious with a giant amount of energy, but it is spoken from the back of his throat, it barely makes it’s way out, like a thought perfectly blended with the need to verbally expel, “—I can’t move my feet!—”, he says it by using one chunk of air, before heaving in again …
“Oh?” I play dumb, my scribble now taking place over the arch of his right foot as I hold the toe tie, pinning his squirming soles in place, “Why’s that?”
His entire face creases into an animated expression that suggests a rebellious shout, his eyes squeezing shut, his fists curled into tightly clenched balls, his chin down by his collarbone - however no noise leaves his mouth.
“Because they’re fucking—”, he leaps forwards, he acknowledges the intensity at the bottoms of his feet, “ —stuck together!—”, he whines out his dismay, as if saying so would make the toe tie snap, his torso thrashing with such a leap to each side I worry that the armchair might break.
I go to town on each sole, my scribble aggressive and intense; he lunges at me, he slams back into the seat, he lunges at me, he slams back into the seat, his cackles now sternly present, high pitched and breathless.
“—Woo! Ya know, I don’t think I can do this!—”, he admits, between inhales, “—I’ve never laughed like this before!—”, he blows air out through his lips, he’s getting warm, he’s trying to calm himself down, “—Damn, I’m outta breath!—”
“—You have to do this,” I remind, “You’ve been paid—”, Jesus, his feet are like silk, his soles plump, highly sensitive, god only knows how he’s coping, “—Shall I stop with the fingers? Shall I use something else?”
He nods frantically, his back arching as if he has something sharp stuck down his pants - it is his way of stretching out a stitch in his stomach as I give his feet a break and pick out a blindfold and ball gag from my bag.
He whoops, sniffing up some air, blonde chunks littering the top half of his face.
“Damn!—”, he glares at the objects in my head, “—Are you for real?”
I stand.
“You’re in deep now, my friend …”
I approach.
He does not protest, he does not try to move away from me, he remains seated, catching his breath through his nostrils, his head always facing me.
I take his lack of verbal disgust towards what I’m about to do as the green light.
He even opens his mouth, ready to take the gag, as I near it close towards his lips.
The round ball of plastic fits perfectly - his well structured jaw takes the shape - I see him biting down.
I clip it at the back and then place the blindfold over his eyes.
He sits quietly, unable to see, unable to speak.
I toy with him, “How does that feel?” I take out another tool from my bag, its my secret for now.
He tugs at his restraints and tries to say something.
“Mnn, mmph! Mnpph? Mnn …”
All ten of his toes are scrunched, he protects them, he thinks I’m going to return to his feet.
Instead, I pick the hem of his t-shirt up again - I peel it over his stomach.
“Mmnph—”, he grunts, my arrival at his torso unexpected.
I claw the t-shirts material, keeping it around his neck - his chest and stomach look incredible, bare, smooth, exposed, ready to be devoured.
He flinches as soon as he hears the sound of buzzing.
I leave him to figure out what is in my hand, he might have come to terms with it already, I cannot understand the words he is trying to get past the gag.
“Mnn! Mnph? Gah, gah-mphh, mnn?—”
He begins to squeal when I press the fast spinning, whizzing, vibrating bristles across the left side of his neck.
He is thrashing, beyond belief.
The armchair lifts, it shakes and creaks, he is doing all he possibly can to twist, stretch, leap away from the buzz of the bristles as I draw them across his chest and down his abs, towards his belly button.
“—Mmpph! Sghhuuup! Sghhuppp!—”
He is screaming, panting, dribbling … He has no idea where this sensation will take place next, he can only see black.
He tries to press his biceps into his sides when I near his right underarm - I go in, forcing the tool directly towards his armpit, he is giggling with such strength that I begin to consider the fact he might pass out.
The shrieks are visceral, from the gut, his entire body convulsing into itself or out of itself, either scrunching or splaying - quite simply, he doesn’t know what to do with limbs forced out of his own control.
“—Mmpphh! Aye ugging guu sghuppp mnnn mmnnn! Mnnn!—”, I think that was, ‘I’m begging you, stop’ … I don’t quite care, if I’m honest.
My cock throbs beneath my jeans, my mouth is dry with excitement, I watch his head thrash beneath me as I stand behind the armchair and tickle his sides with my hand, whilst pressing the electric toothbrush against his left nipple.
He goes berserk - his jolts are fierce, his gagged screams suggesting shock and disbelief.
“—Nuuuu, nuuuu, nuuu nug my nmnnnggles!—”, I think that was ‘no, no, no, not my nipples!’ … Again, I’m too focused in levelling up his hysterics, I have no time to translate.
The toothbrush against his nipple is too much to take - he does not stop attempting to twist his upper body away from it - he faces the situation with blinded eyes, almost like there is a second sight in his forehead that is drawn to the tickling - he has never experienced a sensory overload like this, my hand still grabbing at his ribs - let’s hear him say it, shall we?
“Is this the most intense tickling you’ve ever had?” I love asking them this.
He nods and nods and nods and nods and nods, giving me what I want, his ‘YES, YES, YES’ muffled behind the ball of plastic wedged deep inside his mouth.
I unclip the ball gag, I think he’s ready to shout it out.
“You know what to do, to make it stop,” I remind.
As the ball gag falls into his lap, he shouts out, “—London!—”, his body throwing itself away from the whizz of the electric toothbrush, the armchair shifting across the carpet as I switch off my tool.
The hotel room is suddenly silent, his breathless panting being the only noise that fills the four walls, I start a thirty second count in my head …
He sits still blindfolded, I let go of his t-shirt but leave it gathered around his pecs in a creased heap, his stomach lifts and drops, lifts and drops, lifts and drops.
Twenty three, twenty two, twenty one …
“I didn’t like that—”, he seemingly confirms, his tongue trailing over his upper lip …
Eighteen, seventeen, sixteen …
I feel a sting of anxiety - have I gone too far?
Thirteen, twelve, eleven …
He tries to locate me, “—No one touches my nipples,” he smirks.
I huff out relief as I take out my final tool from the bag, the thirty seconds ticking down to an end.
I go silent on purpose.
He glances from side to side, his mouth falling open.
His sneer suggests thrilled, exhilarated, curious to see where I’ll take this next …
Thanks to the carpet, he doesn’t hear my footsteps, he can’t make out where I am.
He gasps so hard he almost sucks the interior of the hotel into his mouth, as soon as I scrub a hairbrush across his right sole.
He erupts, shaking his head hard and fast, the hairbrush effortlessly able to decorate the bottom of his foot with dozens and dozens of plastic bristles, covering the landscape of his sole from heel to toe in a repetitive rub.
“—I’m not gonna be able to do it!—”, he is adamant, he won’t stop shaking his head, “—Fuck!—”, he has pulled on his restraints with such force the rope has loosened, “—Fucking hell!—”, he can now plant his palms over the arms of the chair and lift his butt upward, a breathless bellow of distressed and uncontrollable laughter spilling from his lips as I scrub, scrub, scrub …
He rubs his face against the shoulder, he nudges the blindfold up to his eyebrows, his glare is ruined and furious, “Take that off!—” he pulls his big toes apart, the string keeps them together, I sense he is highly uncomfortable having them bound - I abide.
Whilst scrubbing at both feet, I tear away the toe tie, giving his feet the ability to flap, clap, stretch and squirm once again - this provides him some relief, even if he does look like he’s about to turn into flames.
“—Ssstop! Ssssst—-”, he tries to catch my hands with his feet, he tries to press his soles over my hands to pin them to the foot stool, he tries to kick me away, he tries to smack me with the limbs he no longer wants under attack, “—Pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease—”, I scrub hard and fast over the arch of his left foot, he grunts like a troll, “—Please! Stop it!—”, his beg arrived in the form of a snarl - it was grainy and deep, it comes from a part of him he is only made familiar with thanks to me, “—I, I can’t breath?—” is he asking me, or telling me, or questioning it all himself, “-—I need a break?—” he hasn’t sat back down yet, his butt still lifted from the seat, his feet still writhing beneath the hairbrush, “—I need a drink! I need a drink!—”, he exclaims breathlessly, his left foot clamping down over the brush and my hand where he successfully catches me with his strength.
I try to pull my hand free, I cannot.
We are both reduced to giddy laughter - with each pull of my hand, the bristles glide half an inch across his sole - the sensation causes him to splutter, I laugh because I am entertained.
“You don’t like that either?” I stare into him.
He is utterly careless in how he yells his reply, “—I hate it!—”, he can’t control his pained giggling, his poor feet have now shaped into an X, both flawless soles pressing down over my hand, the hair brush, the dire extension of me he dislikes the most, “—Go, go get me a drink,” I can tell he’s lying, why is he speaking to me like I’m his slave, isn’t it the other way round? “—Go, go!—”, he just wants me to do anything but this, “—I’m thirsty!—”
I yank myself free, he drops to his seat in a bounce, he rolls his eyes to the back of his head when he realises I have decided not to get him a drink, but to instead continue scrubbing the brush across the bottoms of his feet.
His cackles are tremendous, they are thunderous and loud, almighty and non stop - he holds onto the armchair with his cuffed wrists as if it is a sinking lifeboat, he is drowning in his own laughter, handling the ache in each ankle as he twists and curls his feet at a speedy rate - the brush never stops, it doesn’t give in like he does, it has no brain or muscles, it is just plastic, actioned by my relentless force - it is when I scrub at the base of his splayed toes that he shouts out, “—LONDON!—”, for the second time.
“It’s going to be a quick thirty seconds …” I notice how we’re almost out of time, why does the hour go by so fast?
He is utterly destroyed, never tickled like this before, likely to never be tickled like this again, unless he meets me for another session - by the look on his face, the boil in each cheek, the obvious lingering vibration across each curling toe, something tells me a second date isn’t going to happen …
“Yeah,” he is rigid, stiff, blinking away blurred vision, “You know what? I’ve had enough. Lemme go …” he sounds serious.
The thirty seconds are up. I kneel back down by his soles.
His feet X up again, he glares at me with a scowl that I literally feel penetrate through my chest.
“I mean it, Mark. Let me out—”, he shakes his head, “—I’ve had enough,” he repeats.
I begin to nudge the brush in a light, teasing press against the bottom of his left foot, the bristles comb faintly over the chunk of his heel, he kicks out at me, shocked by how fast his knee snaps, “How about if I use the brush and the electric toothbrush …” I retrieve my former tool and switch it on, the buzz sound is deafening, the battery fully charged …
He leaps forwards, his feet twisting apart, “Oh, come on!—”, he whines, his legs and knees bending and kicking as his soles endure the scrub of a hairbrush and the buzzing whizz of an electric toothbrush, “—Isn’t your arm tired? This is hard to take!—”, he juggles different needs and requirements, his announcement that he ‘can’t take it’ screams an undeniable truth to his declaration, however his, “—Tickle someplace else!—”, suggests he can handle this, just not on his feet.
As I scrub, I notice that the brush seems to be aggravating him - there are more snarls and grunts than panicked cackles - personally, I don’t always enjoy the pained expression, so I drop that tool and focus on using just the electric toothbrush - when tapped against his soles, his feet jump back and he gasps and giggles each time - it is quite literally music to my ears and makes me feel like I’m more tormenting him than torturing him (there is a difference, you know …)
“Beg for me to stop, and I’ll consider it,” I announce, “Come on, beg me hard, you pussy …”
He is angry - his handsome, confident act obliterated by my techniques and his level of ticklishness - he actually holds off on the begging, clearly too ‘above it’ to give me what I’ve ordered, however the sudden discovery of an insanely ticklish spot around the base of his right middle toe changes all that in less than a second.
He catapults himself towards the footstool, “—AH HA!—”, his left foot stretching over manically, desperate to push the electric toothbrush away from this insanely sensitive inch of flesh, however I keep it pressed against that toe …
His eyes are so wide open I fear they may pop out of his head, his entire being aimed directly at what I am doing, his jaw so stretched apart I’m tempted to fit my fist inside his mouth …
His expression is a exquisite blend between overwhelmed hysterical glee and complete distress - he looks like how I’d imagine he’d look if he were singing out a high tune at the top of his lungs, however the melody isn’t a song it is something far more beautiful, it is the sound of tickled-beyond-belief desperation.
“—Alright, please, please, I’m begging you, stop!—”
“—Wow—”, I continue to press, he is rendered unable to speak, “—You really can’t take it there, can you, pussy?”
He throws himself back into the armchair, with such force that the furniture pulls away from me - he shakes his head furiously, mouth still wide open, his arms now yanking at his bondage like a convicted criminal strapped to the electric chair.
I persist, he can’t gather his thoughts, he catapults towards me once again.
“—STOP!—”, there is a stern grain to his shout, “—Alright, champ, that’s enough now!—”, one second he is aggressive, violated and harsh, the next he is giggling frantically, his eyes glistening blue, his mouth forever smiling, “—I’m begging you, alright?—”, I love that, the way he says it, like he’s negotiating his levels of embarrassment, ‘alright?’, as in, ‘see, you got me, I’m yours, I’m fucked’ …
“Why? Why should I stop?” I lick my lips.
He lunges at me - if he were not tied down, he would have punched me in the face a fair few times by now.
“—I don’t think you realise how ticklish my feet are!—” He is exasperated, talking to me like I’m stupid.
“Oh?” Now I’m the one cackling, “—I think it’s more a case of you not realising how ticklish your feet are …”
Suddenly, I jump up - I am keen to remind him that his soles and toes are equally as sensitive as the rest of him.
He cowers below me like a weaponless prince, me the almighty swooping dragon, as I hop back behind the armchair - in no time at all I am at his torso once more, pressing the electric toothbrush over his nipples - he is given no chance to make sense of the departure from his toe to his chest - he is salivating, beyond breathless, his body entirely owned by my power - thanks to my tool now buzzing across his right nipple, I have him shrieking and screaming once again, his jaw and chin grazing against my arm - he is now trying to bite me through the laughter, his attempts to yell ‘stop’ and ‘please’ never completing - all he manages is ‘st’ and ‘pl’ …
He wheezes and whines, his laughter consuming his throat and chest, I can feel his body heat from where I hunch - he nips at me with his teeth a few times, but I take it, I am always pushing forward, always taking it a step further, always making him bust beyond his physical limits.
“—St, st, st! Pl, pl, pl!—”
I tickle one nipple with my electric toothbrush, his shoulders wiggling non stop, my other hand now digging into his left armpit - my fingers feel wet curls of armpit hair, it is so very warm deep inside, his entire body is thrashing, thrashing, thrashing, until he shouts out, “—LONDON!—”, for a third time.
He collapses into himself, his chortles and giggling firmly present as I comb my fingers through his hair and tidy up blonde chunks shaken into a tasselled mess.
“Pussy …” I whisper.
He flaps both hands at me, the wrist cuffs somewhere up his forearms, “—Ah, whatever—”, he has lost all shame …
I look at the clock.
“Ten minutes left,” I make my way back to that toe …
He shuffles forwards, “—Wait, no—”, he whines, “No, screw the ten minutes, let me out!”
I kneel down by his soles, the whizz of my electric toothbrush still buzzing.
“You’ve used your safe word three times …” I look at him with an expression I only give to those I promise to annihilate, “… Three times was all you’re allowed …” I near the electric toothbrush towards the spot that drove him wild, “… Now you have to deal with this toe being tickled for ten minutes non stop …”
His eyes widen as the electric toothbrush makes impact, my question arriving like I am challenging him, testing to see if there is any of that superior swagger left - or have I taken it all?
“… Can you handle it?”
_____
Oliver could most certainly not handle it.
Once the hour was up, his bondage was removed and he downed a total of five small glasses of water, from the small tumblers located in the hotel room ensuite bathroom.
We are both soaked in sweat, I remind him that it is sometimes as physically demanding for me as it is for him.
“Pfft,” he scoffs, “Yeah right …” there is a twinkle in his eye as he switches on the shower.
I perch on the end of the bed.
“What was the worst part?” I always have to ask, I always have to know.
He unbuttons his jeans and drops them down to his ankle. He poses in the mirror, checking himself out, scratching away fluff or any excess clinging pieces of saran wrap.
He steps into the bathroom, in just his underwear. I didn’t realise how perky his ass was till he turns around and switches on the shower.
“The brush,” he purses his lips, “The bottoms of my feet are still tingling …” he chuckles, he is awash with disbelief.
This next part of the meet is always rather odd - I over compensate with politeness - I make sure they, Oliver in this case, has enough time to wash away the sweat and baby oil - I pack away my things whilst he cleans, I shove cuffs and rope and torn apart saran wrap into my bag, I put the hotel room back to how it was when I first arrived, I just let him do what he needs to do, whilst I do what I need to do.
It’s actually an interesting point of the session - it shows me how someone copes after something so strange, something so odd - after all, it isn’t every day Oliver is strapped to an armchair and tickled in a way he has just been tickled - his face looks drawn, he is always frowning, he seems distant - I’ve been there myself - it’s like walking out injury free from a car crash, the only difference being the crash isn’t horrific, despite the screams and cries for help - it is instead fun … You leave with an overriding sense of fulfilment, like you just endured something amazingly exhilarating.
“Would you do this again?” I see him to the entrance of the hotel.
He runs a hand through his hair, he clenches his teeth and searches the stars for an answer.
I allow him to pause, to think, I feel the void with suggestions.
“I have stocks. Other tools. I’d pay more. Think nude, tied to a bed, maybe two hours next time …” I press my lips shut, I sound needy.
He tucks his hands in his jean pockets and looks down at his Rebook clad feet, feet that were only just squirming for their life fifteen minutes ago - now, here he stands, on those very feet, calmly, normally, inches opposite me.
To my surprise, he chooses to ignore my proposal.
“I’m sorry if I seemed like a dick,” he avoids my confused gaze, “I’m a nice person, I promise.”
I feel honoured that someone so haughty is able to share their willingness to be honest with themselves, to me - he isn’t my friend, he doesn’t owe me an explanation, he hasn’t even been bad company - arrogant at times, cocky for sure, but if anything it added to the whole set up, it made me want to—
“—You broke me,” he laughs.
I want to kiss him, I want to hug him, I want to take him back inside and lay next to him, watch a film with him, order a pizza with him, strip him, tie him apart, run my tongue across his taint.
Instead, we say goodbye.