the first sign, that someone was watching her, was the playlist. a private link sent to an old, abandoned email address she never checked. the title was "songs for a rude dyke who doesn't know what she wants."
it was filled with angsty love songs that came out around her years of high school.
she deleted it, must've been spam after all...
the second sign was the photograph. a prinout of a picture from those same years, of her and her first girlfriend, kissing on the bleachers.
it was taped to her front door, her own face circled in red marker. this time, she was scared. she called the police, who told her they couldn't do much.
the third sign was the key. she came home to find her front door unlocked. she was certain she'd locked it. inside, nothing was stolen, but a single, shiny new house key sat on her kitchen counter. a message.
it happened that night. she was in bed, unable to sleep, every creak of the building sending a jolt of adrenaline through her before dozing off.
she didn't hear him break in. she just woke up to a hand clamped over her mouth and a weight on her back.
he flipped her over, and in the dim light from the streetlamp, she saw his face. her blood ran cold. it was...him. the boy from high school. the one she'd laughed at, the one she'd publicly and viciously shot down with a cruel "i'm a lesbian, you dumbass" just to impress her friends.
he wasn't a boy anymore. he was a man.
he growled, his voice a low rumble. she tried to scream, but his hand tightened over her mouth.
he yanked her pajama pants down, exposing her supple dyke ass to the cool air. "you were so mean, so rudee back then," he said, his voice deceptively calm.
"i think it's time you apologized, and i know just the way."
his hand came down hard. it wasn't a playful smack. it was a sharp, stinging slap that echoed in the quiet room. she cried out, but it was muffled by his palm. "this is how you apologize," he grunted, spanking her again, and again. each smack was more forceful, a repayment for every public humiliation.
he spanked her until her defiant sobs turned into broken, pathetic whimpers, until her ass was glowing red and she was babbling muffled apologies into his hand.