Easy

“Come now, dear. What’s the worst thing that could happen when you drop the tough act and just do as I say? All this—” he tightly gripped their arm and squeezed his thumb next to a healing cut, making Whumpee grit their teeth in pain, “—could stop.”

“You’ll just keep making things worse,” Whumpee said, conceding some of their fears. It was completely logical for them not to bend. “Worse and worse and—“

“No, darling, no. Not when you behave.”

“Yes, you will. You’ll just keep testing me. See how far you can push me. Keep upping the stakes until I’ll finally say ‘no’ and you’ll have your excuse to—“

“What makes you think I need an excuse?”

True. Even if they behaved perfectly, Whumper wouldn’t just stop. Which was the main reason they wouldn’t give in. Why submit when he was going to hurt them anyway? Pain, fine. Pain plus the burning shame of humiliation and the knowledge that they yielded? No. At least now they had the small pleasure of having him make an effort to get what he wanted.

And Whumpee knew that if they’d give into one simple request – get on your knees, look at me – it would soon escalate to worse things, push at their limits and comfort zone. Give a finger and he’d take their hand. And that little crack in their pride would keep getting larger, shame seeping in for giving in to the simple demands to escape some pain, until finally, it would splinter.

And they’d lose themself.

“Well,” Whumper drew away and instead crouched down next to them, helping them sit upright, but kept a tight grip onto their neck and tilted their chin up. “If you don’t want to get hurt, the solution is very simple, then.”

He smiled as Whumpee’s eyes narrowed in suspicion. “Just don’t say ‘no’.”

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