Monday, 31 August 2026

FEMDOM SESSION: 31st August 2026

While there have been some awesome and exciting moments over the last month (Mistress punishing me harshly for my unauthorised ruin and her abandoning my teasing after just a few firm strokes immediately spring to mind) there has been a lot of suckage too. For a start I stupidly cut my cock while 'manscaping' which meant it was 'off limits' for a week until it healed and even then it still hurt for a while. I did wonder about that because it didn't always hurt in the same place, but I guess the skin of the penis is very sensitive so a cut like could play havoc with nerve endings.

And then almost as soon as that healed I developed what I assumed was a UTI. At first it wasn't too bad and I carried on as normal while I waited to see a doctor, but eventually it got worse to the point that I needed to see a doctor urgently. It turns out it was actually a different (but related) kind of infection, that requires daily applications of cream and possibly antibiotics if it doesn't get better.

So as not to aggravate the situation, we have again avoided Mistress teasing me, but thankfully we have still managed to get Mistress to ten orgasms again this month, which means over the first five months of this chastity year we've averaged ten a month! That is really, really good, especially given the weather we've been having lately so I am hopeful that we can not just get into the hundreds by the end of March 2027 but maybe close to some of the really high numbers we managed years ago.

MISTRESS R's TOTAL ORGASMS SINCE 1st APRIL 2011 (1691)

CHASTITY YEAR #1 (117 ORGASMS: 1-117)

CHASTITY YEAR #3 (132 ORGASMS: 230-361)

CHASTITY YEAR #4 (125 ORGASMS: 362-486)

CHASTITY YEAR #8 (119 ORGASMS: 812-930)

CHASTITY YEAR #16 (50 ORGASMS 1642-1691)
APR 2026 -8, 12, 14, 22, 25, 26, 28. 30 (8)
MAY 2026 - 3, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 22, 24, 25, 27, 31 (11)
JUN 2026 - 3, 4, 8, 10, 14, 17, 19, 21, 28, 30 (10)
JUL 2026 - 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 16, 19, 22, 26, 27, 30 (11)
AUG 2026 - 3, 8, 9, 15, 16, 19, 25, 26, 29, 31 (10)

Granted there's a long way to go, but it's looking really good so far. That would be amazing!

Anyway, as you probably know by now, Mistress and I like to have one extra-special 'Femdom Session' each month, and we've found through experience that there's no 'catching up' if one's lost. We've tried scheduling two closer together in the past and somehow it never quite works the same (albeit maybe that's about to change!) so it's important not to 'lose' any along the way.

Since today is the last day of August and we already have plans for next weekend, I suggested to Mistress that maybe we should still have our session, but just change it so that it's less about Mistress 'dominating' me (cbt, pegging, nipple torture etc) and more about me worshipping her gorgeous body instead.

After all this was something that Mistress had alluded to previously while I was worshipping her feet in another session, but which I seriously doubted she would ever actually follow through with. So maybe something positive might actually come from this unfortunate situation and if Mistress enjoyed herself then maybe she might want to do it again in future. I hope so, because the idea of never knowing exactly what a session is going to entail is exciting for me, just like never knowing if I will be 'unlocked' or not.

So we began our session as usual with me blindfolded and wearing ankle and wrist cuffs. Mistress came in and often she starts the session by using her foot to tease my cock and balls, but since she couldn't do that she rubbed them up and down the outsides of my thighs instead and then had me turn towards the bed.

Then she instructed me to move back a little and she gave me fifteen strokes of the whip and paddle. Straight off the bat I don't think she's ever given me a maintenance spanking in this position so already we were into something new. After that Mistress had me worship her feet for a very long time (still not long enough for me, obviously, since I never tire of Mistress's beautiful feet) while she played with her glass dildo.

This seemed to work out well for both of us, me for obvious reasons but also it seemed the more relaxed pace meant Mistress had more time to get turned on and really enjoy her toy. A few times she stopped to have me clean her dildo and I sucked as much as I could of it into my mouth, eager for every tiny drop of juice (and also to show Mistress what a good slave I am). 

As I eagerly kissed, sucked and licked her gorgeous feet Mistress teased me beautifully about how today everything was about her and about how badly I wanted to bury my face between her thighs and taste her gorgeous pussy. I was loving every second of it honestly and even though it must surely have been one of the longest foot worship sessions ever, I was almost disappointed when Mistress pulled her pretty feet away.

She told me to get on the bed and my ass got another dozen or so strokes with the paddle before she tied me down on my back. No sooner was I tied down than Mistress straddled my head and sank down onto my willing mouth. She was extremely slick and she tasted amazing, that glass dildo had really got her juices flowing!

Mistress made me beg her to remove the blindfold and I finally got to see her gorgeous body standing above me and wearing those cool crotchless panties from Ann Summers that really push her pussy lips forward and make them look swollen and enticing. She was also wearing a black PVC bra, a solid one. She looked absolutely incredible.

Mistress sat on my mouth again and allowed me to taste her delicious pussy, before giving me another pillow and propping me up a little against the headboard. Then she settled between my legs, with her feet up near my head. I could barely reach her feet with my mouth and my hands wouldn't reach either... so that was kind of torturous, but occasionally Mistress would move one of her feet closer so that I could kiss and suck on it.

Inbetween times I got to watch her use her glass dildo on herself, which was a truly beautiful sight. Mistress looked absolutely stunning today. She had her hair done a couple of days ago, and with her bright red lipstick and the look of pleasure washing across her face as she worked the glass dildo between her lips.... wow. Just gorgeous.

I really had no idea how much time had passed, but I was quite surprised when Mistress told me it was time to worship her pussy and make her cum. Not that I was complaining you understand, quite the contrary! Just a little surprised. Mistress got up and stood on the bed, telling me to take her panties off for her. I really loved that she had me do that. I carefully slid them down her legs and Mistress told me to sniff and lick them clean. Once I did that she told me to put them aside and I sank down between her legs and kissed around her pussy a little before starting to use my tongue. She was clearly very turned on and I really wanted her to enjoy it so I made sure not to rush at all.

Eventually I slid a finger into her pussy and teased her with it for a while before working it down between her ass cheeks. She was very wet and my finger slid easily between her cheeks, but as always I was super gentle and slow about introducing my finger to her ass. Mistress loves having her asshole gently teased while I lick her. Not penetrated, or maybe only very slightly, but really just circled. I love doing that especially since I know it usually makes her cum harder.

After Mistress came she pushed me back and then stood up on the bed to have me clean her. The juice was literally dripping down her thighs and I eagerly licked and sucked up every drop before licking between her legs and sucking every tasty morsel from her lips. Then she turned round and I spied even more juices dripping down the back of her thighs. She was so wet and just dripping pussy juice, it was utterly gorgeous to see (and taste) and I did my best to get every single drop before she had me lick the rest of her juices off the PVC sheet. YUM!

Mistress then told me to lie down and she stood over me again, facing away and exposing her beautiful pussy and ass to me. I noticed more pussy juice on the back of her thigh that I had missed and still more leaking out from between her pink lips. I asked if I could clean her some more and Mistress sat down on my face, allowing me to finish cleaning her properly before she asked me if I wanted to be allowed to worship her ass.

Well yeah, obviously I did! So after a little begging Mistress sank down onto my tongue again and allowed me to worship her asshole. It was so good, I absolutely loved it, but after just one round Mistress got off me and the bed and then told me the session was finished.

I didn't actually look at the time, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was nearly an hour because the foot worship was definitely way longer than normal. But anyway, it doesn't really matter, because I loved every second of it and I'm so glad we did it because as I said there really isn't ever any 'catching up' and I'm also really happy that it gave Mistress the opportunity to try something new where it was all about her without feeling 'guilty' about not giving me any teasing.

I really hope she will take heart from this session that I really do love it when it's all about her and that I love making her feel worshipped regardless of whether there is any physical teasing for me or not. And I really hope that in future she knows she can decide to touch me or not touch me or just touch me a little bit, whatever makes her happy. 

I am so happy we did our session today, sure it was different and it felt a little odd that things weren't following the normal patterns, but that has to be a good thing. And there's no getting away from the fact that Mistress's pussy was soaked, and that makes me very happy indeed.

My only slight complaint was that I would have liked to worship Mistress's delicious asshole for longer, but ain't that always the case? 🤣

Thursday, 27 August 2026

A Rather Tall Lady and The Mystery Box Show

On Saturday morning I was at the supermarket when I spotted a woman about 50 (I guess, I find it hard to put ages to people, probably because Mistress looks way younger than she is), there was nothing particularly remarkable about her, she was blond, just kinda normal looking really and I probably would never have noticed but for the fact that she was easily six feet tall and had a very purposeful walk. 

Even then I probably wouldn't have thought any more of it except that her (presumably) husband was sort of scurrying along behind her carrying all the bags and he was barely any taller than me (1'm 5'8 on a good day 🤣). Of course me being me I couldn't help wondering if there was something slightly 'Femdomy' about this.... probably not, they are likely perfectly vanilla. But still... I kinda hope so.

*****

In case anyone is wondering what happened to the story I said I'd written about my last teasing, I've been trying to finalise it and I just can't seem to get it right. And to be honest I've not really been in the mood for writing the last week or two, so it may be some time before it appears, I really don't know at this point.

I received some nice feedback from someone through Literotica this morning, basically saying they loved 'How to Break Your Man' and to please write more like this and with 'regular frequency'. 

While of course it's pleasing that someone enjoyed my story and that they would like more, the idea that I can just shit out 50,000 word stories regularly rather displays a lack of understanding as to just how much time and effort goes into something like that. Next time I write a story like that I might log the time expended just to see what it actually takes. But even that won't include the amount of time spent 'thinking' about it in-between writing sessions.

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I'm not sure how, but I came across this YouTube channel called 'The Mystery Box Show' which is quite good. I've only watched two videos so far but they were both quite entertaining. as someone in the comments said 'Not sure if stand up or Ted talk, but good'... inevitably those will prove to now be the only two videos worth watching on the entire channel but still... worth a watch.


Both these videos are quite old, but it's interesting to hear people talk about their experiences. There are funny moments, but these aren't meant to be comedy, indeed the middle part of the second one is a bit sad, and the lady is clearly quite nervous, bur it's quite entertaining and interesting along the way.

Friday, 21 August 2026

Every Stroke is a Gift.

I decided that my last teasing was actually worth making into a short story, which is something I don't think I've ever done before. Sure, I have taken inspiration from real events and incorporated them into stories, but I don't think I've ever actually written a story that was 90% or more true. For once I'm actually excited (rather than apprehensive, as I often am) about Mistress reading this latest piece and that will be posted here (and on Literotica) soon.

As I was finishing it up it hit me that I really can't take anything for granted any more. Now that Mistress is getting more comfortable with being 'meaner'; not always teasing me after I make her cum and now giving me just a few proper strokes and then stopping like she did the other day made me think I really have to be more conscious of appreciating and extracting every last drop of pleasure from every stroke, every touch, every slap, every scratch... that she allows me.

I said the other day that I considered Mistress's punishment after my ruin last weekend a watershed moment for us and I still do, but I also genuinely think Mistress teasing me so lightly and then giving me just a few strokes and stopping like that was another one. It really brought home the level of control that she has now and more importantly that she's prepared to use it.

(Just thinking about that is making me feel light headed again....)

I couldn't have imagined her doing something like that a few months ago and while I'm glad she has increased the intensity of the punishments, so that I actually feel like I'm being properly 'punished', when I talked about being 'meaner' this is exactly the kind of thing I really meant; using frustration as a 'tool' to make me worship and want her even more than I already do.

Every stroke is truly a gift from my amazing Mistress and I should value them accordingly.

Thursday, 20 August 2026

Things Have Definitely Changed, and I Love It!

When I came home tonight I was rather fed up, mainly because my lower back was hurting like hell, but I really didn't want my discomfort to get in the way of Mistress's pleasure, so after a warm shower we convened in the bedroom about 8:30PM. She looked gorgeous as always, even with her bra left on... and after a little kissing Mistress pushed me away and down between her gorgeous thighs.

Despite my backache I was more than ready for this; I'd been thinking about Mistress all afternoon and her pussy tasted so, so good. I licked her to orgasm and once she'd cum she pulled her legs back up to her chest, presented her gorgeous slit to me and said 'Now, clean me properly'. I really loved that, especially the way she said it and honestly if things had stopped there I would have been more than happy.

But luckily for me, that was only the start! 

Once Mistress was satisfied that I had cleaned her pussy properly, she pushed me back down the bed and told me to worship her feet. As you know, I adore doing this and I always hope Mistress well allow me plenty of time to do it for her. Sometimes she does, sometimes she doesn't, but today was definitely longer than average and I truly loved every single second of it.

Mistress's feet are so incredibly sexy and as I sucked her toes and kissed and licked her soles my cock started to get hard and I noticed that my backache had completely disappeared! Amazing. 😀

Since Mistress had allowed me what seemed like a bit longer than usual to worship her perfect feet, I again wondered if maybe she was planning on leaving me locked. Not so! I asked permission to be unlocked and Mistress granted it, telling me that I was free to choose a cock ring to wear.

I put the original (clear) Oxballs Cocksling on and got on the bed with Mistress. Within the first minute I had told her how badly I wanted to be allowed to cum, I find being ruined tends to reignite that need, but I don't think for a moment Mistress was planning to let me cum, especially given my unauthorised ruin the other day!

As we kissed, Mistress started to tease me very gently with her fingertips. It was maddening, but so hot and soon I was hard and trying to rub my cock against her fingers. She teased me about how frustrating it must be for me, and how if I tried to push against her she would just pull her fingers back. She also told me that I shouldn't even think about asking for anything more... this wonderful but incredibly frustrating teasing went on for some time, but of course eventually I begged her to touch me harder.

She dug her nails into my cock and started to stroke it, not too fast or hard, but definitely 'harder' than before, but then she sat up and said 'but I told you not to ask for anything more didn't I?' and gave my balls a few slaps before she continued. I had chosen not to put the cock whip out today because I think my left ball needs a little more recovery time, but her hand landed more on my right ball (which is fine) so it was no problem at all.

Then she made me beg her to stroke me harder, which I of course did. She curled her fingers around my cock and stroked me maybe 15-20 times (at the most). I was barely getting into it when I felt her fingers let go and Mistress told me that was it for today and I was locked back up. 

Oh my God, the frustration was exquisite. With her words and her actions Mistress keeps blowing my mind and I thanked her profusely for making this experience so incredible for me. But of course mere words cannot really convey how grateful I am to her. This again, like Sunday was another example of what an incredible Mistress she already is but also how she is seemingly becoming even more amazing. by the day.

As we lay there in each other's arms, my throbbing, denied cock occasionally brushing against her sexy thighs, I felt so unbelievably grateful to have her in my life and so excited to see where she takes me next. As Mistress is the quintessential 'bookworm' I sometimes imagine her idly rubbing the underside of my poor cock with one finger (or perhaps part of her foot) while reading an Agatha Christie or sipping a glass of wine, outwardly oblivious to my frustration yet inwardly revelling in it. Well, you never know...

I wish I could adequately explain to her how amazing she really is and how much I adore the way things are progressing for us. It is truly wonderful. Speaking of which...


Poppet Subslut19 August 2026 at 07:27
Hi RA - i meant to comment about your mistresses new 'mean' approach. It is weird isn't it that when we are treated 'meanly' by our Owner/Mistress we actually find that really exciting but that is not always understood as such by our Owners. i know mine will occasionally say something like 'how can you put up with..?' - to which of course the response is gladly, i love it. i am also totally with you on sweat and as for a sweaty backside - heaven! 

Poppet's comments are always greatly appreciated (and there have been many over the years) and I simply couldn't agree more here. When Mistress suddenly punished me the other day (without warning) for my unauthorised ruin I was a little... surprised/shocked by the severity of it, but also proud of her honestly because I think a few weeks ago she would probably have backed off when she saw my reaction. 

As I said before, I did not enjoy that at all 'in the moment', but honestly it has been constantly in my thoughts ever since and has made me feel even stronger about my amazing Mistress than I already did. Today, when I was sitting at my desk at work I was thinking about it and how it has changed my perception of her, because while I never have actually 'accidentally on purpose' ruined while being teased, it's always been in the back of my mind that if I did do that at any point any punishment I was likely to receive wouldn't really be 'that bad'. 

Well that's certainly changed, because I would not for a second willingly consider giving Mistress a reason to do that again. And that really has taken things up to a whole new level because now it's not just me feeling that I 'want' to obey her, but feeling like I am actually being 'dominated' which is a truly wonderful feeling. 

After all, you can't really feel properly 'dominated' without being at least a little bit scared of what might happen if you don't behave yourself and it really felt to me like a watershed moment and I hope Mistress feels the same too. I get that ceding more control to Mistress means that she will feel more empowered to take our sex life where SHE wants it to go, and honestly just thinking about that made me feel quite dizzy with lust for her. 

She has always been absolutely everything to me and now she is truly becoming a Goddess. 

Tuesday, 18 August 2026

No Sweat!

Mistress was a bit late home from work today so when I got home instead of just getting out the shower she had just finished working out and was wearing some really short, tight shorts and a vest top. I put my bag down and went to kiss her and she was all like 'Ooh, don't kiss me I'm all sweaty'... I don't know quite where women get the idea that sweat makes them unattractive to men, well maybe some men, I don't know... stupid men, perhaps. 🤣 

I really couldn't care less, I just see Mistress in these tight little workout shorts and all I can think of is ripping them down and worshipping her amazing ass. Maybe one day. Well anyway, I persisted and Mistress eventually let me kiss her and grope her wonderful ass. I even got to kiss her thighs a little bit, I loved that. I guess maybe we need to work up to sweaty ass worship! Hehehe.

Poor Mistress, she has to deal with ridiculous fucktards at work and then she comes home and has to deal with her sex pest of a husband. It's a good job she loves me isn't it? 🤣

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I wrote another story today, it's called 'Now Do You Understand?', and it's very different to anything I've written before (I think). How can I describe it? It's primarily a 'femsub' story but there's a cuckolding (or perhaps more of a 'cheating') element to it too, if that makes any sense. I know it probably doesn't, but it will when you read it. 

It's pretty short, well under 2000 words (1655 in fact) and it was very heavily inspired by an amazing 'My Pandora' femsub blowjob video I saw, that's definitely worth watching if you like that sort of thing! 

I don't know when I will be posting that exactly, it's pretty much finished I think, but I'd like Mistress to proof read it first. 

*****
 
Clearly Sunday's 'accidental ruin' punishment has been on my mind a lot today. How could it not be? I'm honestly still a little in awe of what Mistress did to me to be honest; it was easily the hardest she's ever whipped my balls and I wouldn't want to experience that too often I can tell you. Ouch!

But I accept that it was meant as a punishment and it was definitely deserved, but in future it might be good for Mistress to have a little target practice because my left ball really caught it ALL and it's been a little bit tender today! I still love that she did it though. It was just, WOW! Pretty painful, but still WOW!

And I will definitely be more cautious about edging in future!  

*****

If you haven't already read them here's a list of stories that I've recently posted. They can also be accessed from the 'My Stories' tab at the top of the page, or from the drop down menu if you're reading on a phone.










I've actually written part two of 'Selection Day', but I'm just not happy with it. I'm going to leave it alone for a bit and go back to it and see if I can make it work. If not, then I just won't post it... we'll see.

Definite Signs of Progress

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Saturday, 15 August 2026

Too Hot to Handle

After I finished writing that last post, Mistress and I settled down on the sofa together to watch our new favourite programme 'Too Hot to Handle', Judge us if you must, and you should because it is shite, but after the depression of the latest 'Temptation Island' we needed something dumb, fun and full of cum (so to speak).

During the show Mistress sat with her bare feet in my lap and after it ended and there was no distraction I continued to caress them and admire how beautiful they are. This went on for a few minutes and I started getting hard, and then very hard. But Mistress had already told me she would be wanting 'attention' later so I was in two minds about whether I should ask for permission to touch myself (especially since last time I asked when we were downstairs she said no). I dithered for some time until my cock got so hard that I really wanted to and then just as I was about to speak, she pulled her feet away and said 'Right, it's time to clean the bathroom'.

Bollocks. But still, she might have said no anyway.

So in the end Mistress ended up doing a workout and I cleaned the bathroom, and then we went to bed, where I had to fess up to some bad behaviour. Y'see, the last two nights I have not slept well and lying alone in the spare bedroom it's a lot harder to keep my hands off my cock than it would be if we were lying next to each other.

Last night we went to bed as late as we could to try and let the house cool down, but even then I couldn't get to sleep (I finally went off about 3:15 and woke up at 7:20AM. So in between going to bed and falling asleep I was constantly thinking about Mistress's gorgeous body and in particular her amazing ass. 

It's weird, for months I have been completely fixated on her beautiful feet, and don't get me wrong I still am massively obsessed by them, but right now if she told me she was letting me cum and offered me the choice of where to shoot, I don't know what I'd say. For a very long time it's been a slam dunk, don't even bother asking me because we both know it's going to be on your feet, but right now, I might just say on her ass.

It's been a long, long time since I came on Mistress's gorgeous ass and the thought of erupting between her cheeks and licking my cum off her delicious asshole is so fucking tempting. It would be hell not choosing her feet if that was an option, but at the same time, I REALLY want to lick my cum off her ass.

So as I was saying, I had a confession to make... 

I set up the fan in the bedroom (full blast, still not enough!) and Mistress came in wearing a robe which covered up her gorgeous body. She told me to 'assume the position' and then straight off gave me fifteen hard spanks with the black side of the paddle. It was quite painful, but I knew I deserved whatever she wanted to give me so I tried to take it as well as I could. I was glad when it stopped though.

She put the paddle down and peeled off her robe. She looked fucking amazing, no bra, but some lacy panties which she then took off before climbing onto the bed, standing in front of where I was kneeling. I looked up at her gorgeous breasts (I know I don't rave about them like I do about Mistress's perfect feet but I really should because they really are stunning). She pulled my head between her legs and I kissed around her pussy for a while, my cock starting to harden again.

Mistress pulled away and lay down on the bed against the headboard. She looked truly magnificent and she suggestively wiggled her finger to indicate that I should come closer. 

"Bring that cock to me," she said in that amazing voice she has. 

As we kissed she reached down and started to gently tease my cock, that felt sooo good, before eventually pushing me away and telling me it was time to worship her pussy and make her cum. It was very warm and the fan wasn't really doing much but I was so happy to be back between Mistress's amazing thighs and tasting her that I really didn't care too much.  

After Mistress came she stood up again and had me lick and suck her pussy clean before sitting down and telling me to worship her perfect feet. I really enjoyed that; I can simply never get enough and Mistress allowed me to worship them for a decent amount of time (I mean never long enough for me, I would have been there all night) which I really appreciated.

Eventually Mistress pulled her pretty feet away and gave her approval when I asked if I could be 'unlocked'. Then she crawled across the bed to select a cock ring for me (one of the Oxballs Cockslings) I think it was the black one without the ballstretcher and then grabbed the lube and the cock whip before settling herself between my legs, facing me.

This was a wonderful surprise, I absolutely love it when Mistress sits like this and I can worship her feet while she teases my cock. The only problem is I don't know whether to kiss this foot, that foot or watch her stroking me and touching her breasts. What a wonderful problem to have though..

She dragged her nails up and down my balls a few times and then wrapped the cock whip around my cock, pulling it tight and making my cock really hard. It felt amazing, and I dutifully worshipped her left sole with my lips and tongue - absolute Heaven!

Mistress applied a little lube to my cock and then wrapped her feet around it, stroking it a while before telling my to thrust up against her feet. It was a little awkward but I did my best and then Mistress curled her fingers around me and started stroking me properly. I reached the edge and Mistress let go, then pulled her feet away from me and got up on her knees.

I had already told her earlier how I had been dreaming of her amazing ass when I touched my cock and I had intended to ask her today if I could worship her ass, but given that I had been punished I was in two minds about it. However, Mistress got up and straddled my head, facing my feet, her awesome ass on display, so naturally I begged to be allowed to taste it.

She quickly shut down the idea, but said that I could look at it while she stroked me. I reached up and parted her cheeks, honestly it was sexy as hell, but kinda torturous at the same time. I wanted so badly to taste her wonderful asshole.

She semi-edged me (pretty much there without waiting for me to tell her, possibly a good call today!) and then moved to kneel next to me. As she moved a voice screamed 'Noooooooooooooooooooo' like a man falling off a cliff. I'm not even joking. God I love her ass.

I thought that was it, but Mistress stroked me some more and I told her that I was conflicted about where I would choose to cum (given the choice). For months and years it's always been her feet, but I really, really, really want to clean her ass now. Mistress teased me about this as she stroked me to a second 'almost' edge and then told me I was locked back up.

God it was so fucking good. Mistress and I haven't had the best of weeks and we really needed this to feel properly connected again.