Last night I dreamed i was back in Silent Hill again, lost inside Brookhaven hospital. Flickering lights, thick fog, cold broken tiles under my bare feet. Then I saw herāHeather. My Heather. Messy blonde hair, worn vest, that familiar look in her eyes. I nearly cried.
āAnne?ā she whispered.
We ran to each other and held on tight, laughing and shaking with relief. She pulled me to a safer room with an old metal bed and a door we could barricade. We sat together, catching our breath, just happy to have found each other again.
Then Heather found some old rope in a closet. She held it up, confused. āWhat do we even do with this?ā
Heat rushed to my face. The words slipped out before I could stop them: āMaybe you could tie me up with it?ā
She blinked. āWhat? Anne, are you serious?ā
I nodded, biting my lip. āPlease, Heather⦠Tie me up. Make me helpless. I need it.ā
Something shifted in her eyes. She gave in. She laid me back on the dirty mattress and tied my wrists to the headboard, then my ankles to the foot of the bedātight enough that I could barely squirm. When she stepped back and looked at me like that, I was already breathing hard.
āWhy are you like this?ā she asked quietly. āSo submissive⦠so kinky?ā
I looked up at her, flushed. āIāve always been this way. In these dreams Iām not embarrassed anymore. I just want you to have control.ā
Heatherās expression softened into something warmer, hungrier. She sat on the edge of the bed and reached out. Her fingers brushed my cheek, then trailed slowly down my neck and over my chest. She lingered at my exposed belly, gently circling and playing with my navel, teasing the sensitive skin around it with light touches and soft strokes. I shivered and let out a quiet moan as her fingers continued lower, exploring, teasing. Another soft moan escaped my lips, then another, as the ropes held me perfectly in place while I trembled under her hands.
ā¦And then the dream began to fade. The room blurred, the ropes loosened in that hazy way dreams do, and I woke up in my own bed, breathing heavily, heart pounding. I miss her already. I hope I see Heather again soon in my dreams.