the handcuffs were a gag-gift that fell way to the bottom of your nightstand years ago, fuzzy and hot pink. they resurfaced a few days ago after some reorganizing and john, somehow, now finds himself with both wrists locked to the headboard above him.
the cuffs are funny, sure. but there’s really nothing funny about the way he looks right now. broad and bare-chested and already flushed down his throat, the same color blooming across his chest like a sunburn, hair mussed where you dragged your fingers through it getting him settled. the pink fluff sits absurdly against the thick bones of his wrists — you realize he could very easily break them.
“bit snug,” he grunts, mouth twitching at the corner. “s’pose you planned that.”
they’re actually on the loosest notch, but, he doesn’t need to know.
you settle astride his thighs and watch the increasing rise of his chest, the swallow that rolls down his throat, the way his stomach tightens under your fingertips. there’s a sheen on him already, sweat beading in his collarbone and at his temples, dampening the edges of his hair. you drag a finger down his sternum, through the coarse hair there, and he pulls against the cuffs, the links rattling against the metal bars.
“ah-ah.” you lift your hand off of him and gently grip his jaw. ”struggling only makes it worse.”
he goes even redder, and you can feel his heart thudding, faster, harder.
“you’re enjoying this a bit too much,” he manages, voice rough, wiggling his jaw loose.
“says the man who’s already hard and i’ve done nothing yet.”
“i wouldn’t call this nothing,” he grumbles.
you lean in until your lips brush his ear, until you can feel the heat radiating off of him, and slide your hand down to palm him through his boxers.
the sound he makes is ruinous; punched out of him, half a growl, humid against your neck.
“love.” a warning strained through clenched teeth, his hips lifting into your hand. “when i get out of these…”
“if you get out of these.” you squeeze him, and his head thumps back against the headboard, breath wet and ragged. “big if, captain.”
he does get out of them. ten minutes later, one sharp pull and a sad little clink of cheap metal, and before you can even laugh you’re face down into the mattress, him bullying his cock into you, talking about the real cuffs he’s got for you in his duffle.