The Grande Palais Building

Paris, France

Kit left the Autumn Winter 2024 Loewe Fashion Show where he was suddenly greeted by hungry paparazzi and a large crowd of screaming fans that had gathered on the grounds outside.

He waved at everyone politely, bowing his head and smiling as his cheeks flushed pink.

He waited for his security team to escort him to the next show, however, unlike five minutes ago, they were nowhere to be seen …

Kit looked over his shoulder, the flashes from the press getting brighter, the selfie requests from the fans getting louder …

Surrounding he and the hysteria were rows of trimmed bushes, a gravelled square and the outside of the Grande Palais Building, which currently hosted all of the designers, clothing and models for Paris Fashion Week behind its stone pillared walls.

Kit stepped back, his shoulders pressing into someones chest …

“Oh, sorry!”

Kit spun round, his eyes widening as he faced a tall man dressed in a black suit, with a white oval masked strapped to his face.

Behind him, several other Masked Men stepped forwards.

“We’re ready for you, Mr. Connor …” The Masked Man announced.

Before Kit could ask questions, the anxiety that came with being hounded by such a large amount of attention became too overwhelming to ignore; he nodded at the masked stranger’s quickly, allowing them to create a protective wall around him, where they then guided him away from the frenzy and out onto the road.

The fans used their iPhone’s to take photos of Kit and the ‘actors’ portraying the smartly dressed masked ‘characters’ - like Kit, they too assumed that this sudden set up was a performance part of the next show and that it would be most likely that the other celebrity guests would be taken to their seats in the same way …

Kit’s curiosity lifted as his excitement caused him to grin, “Do I get a mask?” He chuckled, the masked group carefully leading him away from the crowds, past a classical and ornate fountain and into an empty side building connected to The Grande Palais, where he stepped through a large set of tall, teal coloured wooden doors.

The chants for his name as well as the press and the clicks from their camera all faded into nothing as the doors creaked shut, leaving Kit standing in a giant lobby, the masked characters now quietly gathering around him in a perfect circle.

The bright grey from the Parisian afternoon shone through the gothical skylight above, illuminating Kit’s baby face a soft white - he shifted his eyes from side to side as he waited to find out what might happen next.

“Well,” Kit held his hands behind his back and glanced down at the marble flooring, “This is unusual! Are we going up there …” Kit lifted his head and nodded to the large spiral staircase a few feet away, “… Or …”

A commanding American voice called from the top of the staircase.

“You’re staying right here …”

The masked characters bowed their heads.

“… Take a break, boys,” the voice ordered.

The masked characters lifted their heads and turned away from Kit, where they then made their way out of the lobby by forming a line and exiting through another set of doors, as a group, all at once.

Kit took his big brown eyes towards the staircase as he watched a man in his mid fifties take casual steps towards the lobby.

“There have been two big questions in my time … One involves a where, the other involves a when …”, the man sighed heavily, “…Kit Connor, Kit Connor, Kit Connor, Kit Connor …” he held a suitcase in his left hand, “… That’s all my followers have been saying, since before I can remember … Oh, they want you, they want you bad … ” he grinned, arriving inches opposite Kit, extending his right hand, “… Jones, Miller Jones. It’s great to meet you, kid.”

Kit, unblinking and confused, lifted his hand and took hold of Miller’s, shaking it firmly.

“Hi …?”

Miller planted his palm over Kit’s shoulder and gently led him towards an office decorated with glossed wooden furnishings, cream velvet curtains, its walls lined with book cases …

“You have no idea how thirsty you’ve made everyone, young man,” he pulled a leather armchair away from the desk and positioned Kit into a seated position, “I must get a request for you every other day, every week, every month … “ Miller sat on the other side of the desk in his own armchair, placing the briefcase over the surface of the desk, “… Finally, your time is now.”

Kit scratched the back of his head as he lifted his eyebrows into a bewildered crease.

“My time? Sorry, is this part of the sh—”

“—No,” Miller cackled, “This has nothing to do with fashion, or you out there, posing for the cameras in that fancy blue shirt of yours …”

Kit frowned as he adjusted himself within a shirt he knew had always been a questionable choice.

“… This is an introduction—”, Miller informed, “Tell me, kid. Have you ever heard of a little thing called knismolagnia?” He crossed his legs at the knee and sat back in his chair, smugly tonguing the inside of his cheek.

Kit winced, “I er, I can’t say that I have …” he straightened his spine, happy to admit defeat, “… Listen, I er, I’m not actually that into fashion, I just come to these things because my stylist thinks it’s good for my self esteem, she never tells me about the new designers or—”

"—It’s not a fashion brand—”, Miller flattened his lips, “I’m surprised. One of your hairier Heartstopper cast mates has dabbled in it before. Heck, he really did mean it when he agreed to keep his mouth shut,” Miller stroked his jaw and eyed a portrait of a french soldier attached to the nearby wall, “I should reward him, in some way …”

Kit moved to the edge of his seat, “Is it alright to say I have no idea what you’re on about?” He faked some laughter, keen to create some clarity over this strange situation.

Miller remained still, observant, his gaze fixed on Kit’s face, “The ones everyone lust for most are always so polite,” he could not help but sound sinister as he spoke.

Kit sat back in his seat and held onto the arms of the chair.

“We’re a secret organisation—”, Miller stood suddenly, proudly explaining himself, “We specialise in shaping knismolagnia, the fetish for tickling, around the rich and famous … We film what we call ‘sessions’ and sell them to millions of exclusive, paying members around the world,” he began to stroll around the office, his loafer clad feet making no noise over the soft carpet, “You are our next subject, our next ‘ticklee’ …” he then arrived beside Kit’s armchair, “… You are ‘The One’ everyone has been asking for the most, The One we have held off on pursuing, till the very moment we received our evidence …”

Kit’s face creased at the bridge of his nose, “Evidence?”

Miller pursed his lips and picked his iPhone out from his jacket pocket, “The few seconds of proof,” he searched through his video album, “The confirmation that you’re more than worth it,” once he had located the footage, he turned the iPhone around so the screen faced Kit, and then he pressed play …

Kit raised both eyebrows and then tucked his hands under his armpits.

“Yeah … I’m er, rather ticklish …”

Miller pocketed his phone, got down on one knee and knelt before Kit in adoration, “From what I can see, that’s an understatement ... Listen,” he cleared his throat, “We have five million members, and each one has agreed to pay one dollar, or er, pound in your terms, to see you restrained and tickled, for a undisclosed length of time … You do the math, kid - that’s a lot of money … “ Miller then softened his proposal into a gentle whisper, “… Will you submit, Mr. Connor?”

Kit bit his lower lip as a nearby grandfather clock tick, tick, ticked, filling the heavy silence within the office.

He hesitated in responding, waiting for this ‘Miller’ person to stand back up and announce it was all one big joke.

But that didn’t happen …

“You’re serious?” He scoffed.

Miller nodded, just once.

“Not often. But right now? Totally serious.”

Kit slid up and away from the armchair.

Just when Miller assumed he would fiercely decline, Kit raised his eyebrows in interest.

“You’re going to pay me five million quid, if I let you tickle me?” He turned to Miller and placed his hands on his hips, “And it’s filmed, in secret, goes nowhere?” He narrowed his eyes, impatiently waiting for an answer.

Miller stood from his knelt position and adjusted his collar.

“It’s as simple as that,” he confirmed, readying himself to use the briefcase, “The only people who see it are the members, and they’re under a strict contractual agreement to never share. If they do, they face death …”

Kit gasped.

Miller flapped his hand, “I’m kidding! It’s a less serious punishment, like, jail or something … You’d have to check with our HR department, the repercussions regarding member betrayal are kinda vague …”

Kit’s hands slid away from his hips where he then clapped his palms together.

“I'll do it!” He cheered.

Miller blinked, his face dropping in shock.

“You’ll … You’ll what?—”

Kit shrugged.

“It’s just tickling …” his eyes beamed with elation, “… I actually find the idea of it rather fun,” he could not have sounded more British if he tried.

Miller pinched the bridge of his nose and squinted, “Lemme just gather my thoughts,” he could feel another migraine coming on, “We uh, we usually blackmail, bribe, kidnap our subjects into submission …” he went back to pacing around the office, the idea of Kit simply agreeing to a session becoming more stressful than the idea of Miller having to work for it, “… You’re telling me I don’t have to do the thing I came here thinking I’d have to do? …” he sounded relieved yet frustrated, stern but polite, keen yet reserved, “… It’s rare for us to just ask, kid, and it’s even rarer for someone as special as you to just answer with a ‘yes’ …”

Kit’s arms dangled at his sides as he searched the floor for the best way to respond, “I’m sorry,” he apologised again, “Should I be resisting? Is that what everyone else does?”

Miller hid his face with his hands and chuckled into his palms, “You really are one in a million,” he announced in a confused muffle.

Kit blushed and lifted his shoulders, stepping aside as Miller picked up the suitcase and began to make his way out of the office.

“Just tell me what you want me to do, and I’m there,” Kit’s enthusiasm vibrated from his beefy exterior.

“Oh sure,” Miller huffed, “I didn’t expect anything less!” He cackled sarcastically, “Who knew! Apparently the hunting days are over …” he held onto the handle of the buildings entrance door, pulling it open, “Check your left jeans pocket. When you’re ready, give us a call. The session will take place here.”

Kit watched Miller walk over gravel and towards a large black SUV, where he placed expensive looking sunglasses on the tip of his nose and climbed inside, directing orders to a driver wearing the same mask as the men from earlier.

As the car purred into action, Kit reached into his left jeans pocket and picked out a calling card.

He held it between his index finger and thumb, his eyes narrowing at the illustration of a house surrounded by feathers, printed on the front of the card.

He flipped the card around, revealing an email address and phone number, with one line of wording written underneath each mode of contact.

“… The House of White Feathers …” Kit whispered as he read, “… You now belong to us …”

Two days later …

Masked Men guarded the entrance door to the side building, as Miller and Kit walked into the room opposite the office.

Miller placed a camera stand and gym bag at his feet and allowed Kit to walk inside what appeared to be an art storage room.

Framed photographs, illustrations, paintings and antique mirrors were stacked in corners, some leaning against the wall, some gathered in a neat pile - everything seemed rather ordinary, until Kit’s eyes landed on a large chair-like device, positioned in the very middle of the room.

“Am I going in that—”, he pointed at the chair.

Miller nodded, “Yes, you are,” he patted Kit’s back, “Don’t look so nervous, the restraints are to stop you from stopping me. If you’re as ticklish as you look and we do this with you unrestrained, we’ll get nowhere …”

Kit approached the chair and ran his fingertips over the wooden stocks attached to its base, “Can’t we do this in a hotel or something?” With the Converse he wore, he pressed the rubber sole against the edge of the leather seat, testing its sturdy-ness, “Paris Fashion Week is literally taking place on the other side of that wall …” he grinned from ear to ear, pinching a velcro wrist restraint with his index finger and thumb, tugging it against the rope it had been connected to, “… Hm, this is all rather kinky, isn’t it?”

Miller smirked, closing the door behind him where he locked it with a key given to him by The Grande Palais’ janitor who had gained one thousand euros in cash for assisting him in this set up and for privately escorting him and Kit away from the press located in the buildings gardens.

“To echo what you said only a few days ago: it’s just tickling …” Miller watched Kit naturally be cautious, “… You can either chose to not believe me and leave, or you can trust me and take a seat, knowing that by the end of the day you’ll be five million pounds richer …”

Kit rolled up the sleeves to his t-shirt and glanced down at his feet.

He pressed his lips together, nodded into the floorboards and then walked over to the chair, taking a seat over the padded leather in the form of a confident straddle.

He adjusted his crotch as the tightness of his gym shorts became caught up in the depths of his thighs - he cleared his throat and failed at not blushing as he parted his legs and rearranged himself below.

“Sorry,” he huffed, “My shorts are a little tight, since I started—”

“—Working out—”, Miller interrupted, “I noticed. You’re far bulkier in person,” his eyes trailed over Kit’s casual attire, his brain reminding him to zip his mouth and not let slip that The HOWF had been digitally spying on Kit for the best part of two years, “You worked out this morning …” his words were delivered as a distraction and they arrived as a statement, not a question.

“Sorry,” Kit went to stand but Miller held his hand towards him, pressing his palm downward, like a ringmaster taming an eager tiger, “I can go change, I’ve got other clothes in my rucksack,” he sat back down, “I left it with your friends, the guys with the masks—”

“—I’ve lost count on how many times you’ve apologised … ” Miller positioned the camera stand opposite the tickle chair, “… You’re handsome, talented, kind, one of the world’s freshest up and coming actors …”, he attached his iPhone to the stand, screen facing the chair, “… You’re in demand, hot property, you have youth on your side and an exciting future ahead of you,” he hit the record button, “You should never apologise to anyone. People should only apologise to you …”

Kit’s eyes glistened in admiration - he had never had someone say something like that to him before - after a second or two, his overwhelmed blush creased into eye widening intimidation as soon as Miller said …

“… Now take off your t-shirt.”

The iPhone started to record Kit, who sat in awkward reluctance, his adam’s apple caught in the middle of a throat filled thick with gulping hesitance.

Instead of mumbling out the words ‘Now? Right now?’ like the anxiety in his brain urged him to do, he chose to cough away his apprehension and grab hold of the hem of his t-shirt.

Miller shrugged off his jacket and dropped it to the floor - he turned his back to Kit and began to roll up the sleeves to his shirt as he walked around the room, admiring the framed pieces of art that had started to gather dust - behind him, Kit stretched his t-shirt high up over his head, revealing an exceptionally pale stomach and hips, a broad, beefy chest, bright pink nipples and deep, cavernous underarms …

Kit folded the t-shirt into a tidy pile and placed it beside the chair.

As Miller turned back round to face him, Kit placed his hands into his lap and offered him an attentive smile.

“Light auburn underarm hair …” Miller noted, “… If you squint your eyes, it’s like there’s nothing there …” he began to approach the tickle chair.

Kit raised his right arm and investigated his own armpit, blowing some fluff clinging to the inside of his bicep, “I trim them most weeks,” Kit revealed, “The guy I’m seeing thinks less is better.”

Miller shaped his mouth into a tiny ‘o’ as he unlatched the stocks and lifted the top half, “There’s a guy!” He tapped the open grooves, gesturing for Kit to place each ankle inside, “Does said ‘guy’ know that you’re here, doing this? Tied and tickled by a strange man for money?”

Kit hid a chuckle with his fist as he placed both ankles over the grooves, “No,” he said shyly, yet another blush of pink arriving at each cheek as Miller closed the stocks and then locked the latch, securing Kit’s feet and legs.

“It’s alright,” Miller smirked, taking hold of Kit’s right hand, “It’s our secret, remember?” He then lifted Kit’s arm above his head and attached a velcro cuff to his wrist, pinning his hand to the top of the chair.

Kit felt the entirety of his right armpit stretch open.

“Are we …” Kit allowed Miller to do the same to his left arm, “… C, can we close the curtains?” He aimed his face at the brightness of the window, which looked out into a secluded, gated-off private garden currently receiving a soak by an automatic sprinkler.

Miller felt his heart sting as Kit presented an almost desperate need to not be seen - for the first time in the session, Miller decided to prove to Kit that this wasn’t just tickling, it was also about mental capability, the understanding of physical limits and the acceptance of the unknown, amongst other things.

“There are no curtains,” Miller glanced at the window, its curtain pole empty, “And even if there were, I’d keep them open, to heighten your senses, to speckle the simple idea of undeniable risk-taking across the centre of your paranoid psyche …” Miller stepped back, tugging at the stocks latch, making sure it remained firmly locked, after all Kit looked anything but weak, “… And what can you do about it? You’re officially restrained. You can do nothing but take what I’m about to do to you. You’re going nowhere …”

Miller didn’t much mind that he had adopted a more menacing act - he had The Kit Connor tied and secured - the pretending could take its place on the bench, the honest truth now rightly taking its position as the front and centre power.

“Seems about right,” Kit yanked at his wrist restraints, his elbows now at either side of his face, “Oh,” he yanked harder, this time picking up a sweat, “I really am tied down,” he laughed nervously, yanking for a third time, his knees bending into a forceful kick into the stocks, “Oh!” He grinned, his eyes watering in alarm as he ‘self tested’ the furniture he had provided consent in being restrained to, “I can’t get out!”

Miller walked to the gym bag and picked it up, “You know, since we sealed the deal, I’ve been overwhelmed with one thing and one thing only …” he walked towards the tickle chair and dumped the bag besides the stocks as Kit watched on innocently, “… How effortless this has been.”

Kit sat listening in interest, his bare torso glowing in its doughy, tender beauty - he always presented a little smile, his thick eyelashes always fluttering.

“It got me thinking,” Miller unzipped the gym bag, “You, yourself, Kit … You’re peaceful …” he used his fingers to rifle through the selected tools, mentally choosing which one he would use first, “… Just look at you. You’re practically a damn teddy bear …” he ignored the hairbrushes and the electric massagers, the ball gags and the blindfolds, “… You’re soft like candy floss, pale and polite, about as offensive as a sunny afternoon …” he picked out a classic seagull feather, keeping it between his index finger and thumb, “… You literally held the hands of the masked men that bought you to me …”

Kit’s eyes glistened in excitement at the sight of the feather, his nostrils flaring as he watched Miller approach him.

“And here you are …” Miller continued, “… Eagerly present just forty eight hours after hearing my proposal …” he stood at Kit’s left side and reached the feather towards his left nipple, “… Sitting here in one of our simplest of set ups, doing exactly as I’ve asked of you …”

Kit watched the tip of the feather make impact with his nipple, “I, I don’t know what to say,” he admitted, his chin pressing against his chest as the feather fluttered up towards his jaw, “I, I don’t see the big deal … I like being tickled, it’s fun! Why wouldn’t I jump at the chance to get paid at the same time?” He bit his lower lip as the feather dragged across his face, causing his nose to scrunch up, “Mnn, that’s itchy …” he sniffed.

And there it is, Miller thought, the hook, the thing that will make this absolutely sensational …

… He has no idea how intense this will be …

"One of our previous favourites,” Miller slowly slid the feather down to Kit’s right pec where he stroked it across his side, causing Kit to politely shuffle away, “He didn’t like it. Or so it seemed. He ran from us, for an entire year …” Miller aimed the very tip of the feather against Kit’s abs, stroking it towards his hairless navel, “Dealing with a subject like that takes a toll on your stress levels, ya know what I mean?” Kit sucked in his stomach, his navel dropping away from the feather, “You, kid … You’ve just made this so damn easy …”

Miller took a few steps behind the tickle chair, dragging the feather away from Kit’s stomach, where it left his torso in a flutter, causing Kit to bulge his tummy back outward in a sigh.

“Now, face the camera,” Miller ordered, “Tell us your name, your age, your height, your shoe size …”

Kit nodded in understanding and eyed the camera attached to the camera stand.

“My name is Kit, er … Kit Connor?—” he said, almost as if the situation he had willingly put himself in made him question his own identity, “—I’m er, twenty years old, I’m tall—”, he sounded proud, “—I’m 6’1, and my, my feet are rather big …”, he then sounded almost apologetic, “… Size eleven … Eleven and a half, sometimes?—”, suddenly, Kit found himself jolting just as fiercely as he had in the video clip, as Miller carefully reached over his shoulders with both hands and extended his index fingers … “—Oh!—”

… As soon as his fingertips barely made impact with the soft delve that made up Kit’s underarms, Miller began to draw expertly faint circles inside each armpit, causing Kit to widen his eyes in alarm and thrash as if he were being electrocuted.

“—Ah!—”, he gasped in shock - his natural reaction was to use his biceps to protect his armpits from the overwhelming sensation currently taking place within their depths - his fists curled into tight balls and his elbows hurtled closer to each side of his face - but the cuffs restraining his arms to the top of the chair restricted him from succeeding - such a sudden and blunt reminder of entrapment made him bite his upper lip, kick his legs and chuckle in complete disbelief, his breathy laughter blowing against his broad chest in the form of a simple huff.

In the reflection of a large antique mirror leaning against the opposite wall, Miller could see that Kit’s face was already glowing pink - the twenty year old vibrated in an astonished tremble, his back arching high, his knees lifting into a forced bend - all because of two index fingers practically hovering in their delicate draw of a circle shape inside of each pit - the touch was well behaved, courteous, light and breezy - it caused Kit to snigger and pant, lick his lips and gulp, the chair beneath creaking as it tried its best to contain his rigid size and weight, his muscular structure and vigorous attempts to help himself out by trying to leap away from the touch causing the furniture he sat bound on to rattle and shake …

Miller increased pressure by drawing the circles in the form of a delicate scratch and tame scribble - he did not invade or push intensely, he simply nudged things up by one gear, his attempt to ease Kit in and to ‘grow’ the hysteria minute by minute proving to Kit that this man had an extreme dedication to his craft - he enjoyed it, he respected it, he didn’t want to fuck it up, after all, so far, it had been so easy

Kit wheezed and chortled under his breath, his torso twisting to the right and then to the left - he felt his cheeks heat up, his eyes began to water, the circles in each underarm constant, repetitive, non stop, pleasurably distressing - he used his head to bat away Miller’s forearms, but they remained sternly in position - and now, the circles were turning into intrusive pokes, the scribbles were changing into gathered strokes - Kit’s panting became flustered, his reserved chuckles now transforming into steady yet uncontrollable giggles.

With the knowledge that Kit’s armpits were exceptionally ticklish, Miller took his circled draw down to Kit’s sides, shaping his hands into claws instead where he began to explore the tops of his waist and the lines of his hips - leaning over Kit to reach these specific body parts meant that Miller’s biceps pressed against either side of Kit’s head, trapping it in place, no longer allowing him to bat his tickler’s arms out of the way.

Kit grunted and winced as Miller’s fingers kneaded into muscle that did not give off the same feverish panting that Kit had produced only half a minute ago, when his armpits had been touched in the same way - Miller, not disappointed with this discovery (after all, ticklish spots these days were a quality to enjoy, not a quantity), decided to return to Kit’s underarms, where his fingernails made impact once again with the soft, silky smooth and now rather sweaty delves that made up each pit - Miller’s satisfaction and reassurance made a come back as soon as he felt Kit lunge forward and expel a breathless giggle, the tickle chair shifting a few inches across the floor.

With any other ticklee, by now Miller would have made conversation - there may of been some taunting, a little teasing, some questioning - ‘does that tickle?’, ‘you can’t take it, can you?’, ‘want me to stop?’ - but with Kit, Miller felt inclined to remain silent, to converse with his ticklee by touch and touch only …

A humid heat filled the room, Kit’s skin became moist, the Paris sunshine beaming through the window - as Miller continued to faintly scribble into his underarms, Kit’s giggles left his throat in the form of a constant shudder, they erupted quietly but with a eye-widening strength and determined force, they took all the air out of his lungs before he could heave it back in, in the form of a strained wheeze, only to expel them out once more, sometimes at ten to fifteen seconds per expel …

Miller journeyed his scribble throughout the entire shape of each of Kit’s underarms; he explored their edges, their depths, the part that reached towards his bicep and forearm, the section that stretched down to his pecs and chest - all the while, Kit giggled and huffed, panted and gasped, his muscular shape completely under Miller’s control …

An unexpected departure took place when Miller slid his hands away from Kit’s armpits, only to briefly pause whilst he made his way to the gym bag - as he pulled the bag open, he chuckled at the sight of Kit who sat in a flustered slump, his face glowing, his chest working on refilling his lungs with air - he already looked exhausted and it had barely been five minutes.

“You alright over there?” Miller picked out a bottle of lotion, uncapping the lid, standing, making his way back to Kit.

Kit nodded quickly, sniffing up through flared nostrils as his eyelashes fluttered - his silent response said so much, it verbalised the words, ‘it’s a lot’, whilst also saying ‘I can take it’ … But above all else, being so quiet told Miller that Kit was reservedly overwhelmed - he did not want to say out loud how surprisingly ticklish it felt so far, how randomly great of a tickler Miller was, how undeniably difficult he was finding it to catch his breath - instead he wheezed once again and then scrunched into himself, as soon as Miller poured lotion into each of his armpits and began to rub and stroke the oily liquid into the depths of both of his underarms at the same time.

Having the slippery-ness of the lotion applied between Miller’s fingers and the sensitivity of his underarms caused Kit to crumble within his seat - the chair rattled and creaked, his legs kicking, his back returning to a high arch - within seconds, he was giggling so hard that his entire face, from forehead to chin, was bright red - he shuffled down the chair, his arms flaying, his elbows bending, he wanted to close up his underarms the best he could but even if he succeeded, Miller was already deep inside, fingers wiggling like worms festering deep within his mind - his giggles, his cackles, his huffs and his pants were the only noises that filled the room as Kit’s level of ticklish-ness was managed in a way it had never been handled in his young life.

As Kit panted out giggles too lengthy and strained to control, his heaving now a desperate attempt at sucking in air, Miller continued to analyse his ticklee’s reflection in the antique mirror opposite - Kit looked disgruntled, overjoyed, wet and swollen - he had picked up a sweat far quicker than any ticklee Miller had ever worked with - his eyebrows were creased with anguish, his manic grin distorted, his throat thick with glee - he simply could not take having his underarms stroked like this, yet here he sat, slouched deep within the seat, unable to sink any further, his head twisting and shaking, his giggles endless, almost a form of torture in themselves …

Kit wished he could stop laughing but that was quite simply impossible - his giggling sounded like it was always collapsing, always tumbling out, always spilling - and then there was the wheeze in - like a toy being made to squeak - more breathless chortles followed and then there was another high arch of the back - for Kit, this was becoming too much, too intense, far too ticklish to handle - he had abided by this strangers directive, he had done what he had been asked to do, he had endured so much in such a short duration that he felt it fair for the first time since the tickle torment started, to say the word, “—stop!—”

The ‘meaning’ behind a tickling as intense as this presented itself face on when the tickling did not stop, like Kit had asked - instead, Miller persisted - his scribble remained deep within each lotion soaked underarm, causing Kit to pant harder and puff heavier - he had picked up such a high level of perspiration around his eyelids that he had no choice but to squeeze his eyes shut, his stomach aching from the giggling, his torso throbbing from the twisting and the stretching - maybe if he tried again, maybe this time he would listen …

“—Sssorry, stop?—”, Kit licked his lips and tugged on his restraints, “—stop!—”, he found it hard even saying that singular word, a word consisting of four letters and four letters only, “—Ican’t—”, he admitted, his cheeks now a deep purple, his armpits enduring this delightful yet abhorrent, constant attention, “—Ican’tbre—”, how could he sound so entertained, so happy, so giddy and hysterical without even independently trying, “—Ican’tbreathe—”, how could he be made to feel this way, to grin so hard despite the anguish, “—Ican’tbreathe!—” Kit’s strained chuckles suggested overwhelmed bliss but his statement regarding his physical capabilities suggested genuine discomfort, causing Miller to stop.

“You can’t breathe?” Miller knew when Kit would be genuinely out of breath, he had been controlling everything since he first laid the feather over his nipple, “You’re allowed to shout out, when you can’t breathe …” Miller patted Kit’s shoulder, knowing all too well that Kit should’ve verbalised his concern earlier on, but the young man was far too polite, “… Okay?”

Kit nodded once - he blinked away blurred vision, surprised by how far down the seat he had slouched - he tried to shuffle back up but it took too much energy - he had already been reduced to a flustered heap and the session had only just begun - Kit sniffed and decided to acknowledge the main feeling that consumed his mind and physical exterior, “—I’m so warm—” he announced.

Miller cranked open the window, some sweat also residing beneath his shirt, “I’ll let you cool off for a bit, give you a chance to catch your breath …” as Kit closed his eyes and sank into his seat, relief drying off the shimmer across his chest and face, Miller made his way to the stocks and began to unlace Kit’s left shoe …

Kit curled all five toes of his left foot into a worried stretch, their long lengths contained and protected behind the thick white cotton of his sock as Miller pulled away his Converse.

Now with breath fully regained and some of the sweat drying from his upper lip, he looked up at Miller with a face saturated in confusion and asked something Miller did not expect.

“You’re not seriously going to tickle my feet, are you?”

Miller chuckled and began to unlace Kit’s right Converse, “What did you expect?”

Kit felt the shape of his right foot expand as the shoe made its departure, the tightness of the canvas that had surrounded his foot now gone completely - he eyed Miller mischievously and with an almost flirtatious tone, as well as a twinkle in his eye, he nudged his enquiry closer, “Haven’t I been through enough already?”

Miller grinned like a shark at Kit, positioning himself beside Kit’s left socked foot, his response arriving in the form of a blunt and somewhat rather smug, “Nope!”

Without warning, Miller clawed his fingernails over Kit’s left sole and actioned an aggressive scribble, all five of his fingernails scratching over the soft cotton, their scribble landing over his heel, his arch, the sides of his foot and the base of his toes.

Kit hurtled forwards with such animated strength that he took even himself by surprise, “Ah!—”. his foot scrunched inwards, all of his toes curled into a clench, his foot twisted from left to right … Almost as soon as Miller had tested Kit’s reactions, his fingernails lifted away from his sole and began to grab at his sock, where he then started to remove it from Kit’s foot.

“No,” Kit whined, “No, no please …”

As he peeled the white cotton away, Miller noticed the bewilderment currently masking Kit’s face; he seemed shocked, uncertain, his eyes shifting from side to side - he was thinking at a mile a minute, adjusting himself in his seat, pursing his lips, flaring his nostrils … Miller analysed the many blinks, sniffs and coughs to fill the silence … He had seen a reaction like this time and time again over the decades he had proudly positioned himself as a professional tickler of the male body - each time he noticed this always present yet always unique expression, he always felt the need to shed a focus over it.

“Lemme guess,” Miller pulled Kit’s left sock away from his foot and then started to do the same to his right, “You’ve never been tickled like this before?” He watched Kit’s toes curl into the tightest scrunch he had ever seen, “You didn’t realise you were this ticklish? You think it’s insane, crazy, you’re losing your mind?” Kit’s feet were incredible, they were narrow and long, milky white and hairless, his toenails perfectly shaped and neatly trimmed, all toes aligned as if The Foot Gods themselves had designed them …

Kit swallowed down a strange flush of shyness as his feet were stripped bare, “Er … All of the above?” He rarely exposed his feet, so to have them locked, stocked and sock-less made him feel, “This feels rather strange …” he admitted.

“Getting your feet out?” Miller could sense Kit’s dubiety as he stood and laid one of Kit’s socks over the back of the tickle chair, beside his face, as a reminder that his feet were no longer his own, “Or the whole thing so far?”

“The whole thing,” Kit watched Miller pick up some lengths of string that had been nailed to the top of the stocks, “It’s not what I expected. I sort of imagined a more aggressive approach,” he peered over his chest, the smooth, creamy pale expanse of his torso presenting nothing but glowing white flesh, “I thought I’d have to hide myself for a while, from the guy I’m seeing … For some reason I thought there would be marks, or something …” Kit could not help but gulp down a fist of solid air as soon as he realised Miller would be tying his toes back to the stocks.

Miller knelt down and continued actioning his toe tie on Kit, “You’re a rare breed,” he explained, “There has only been one, possibly two others that are like you …” he looped the string around Kit’s left big and index toe, pulling the length back a little, “You’re too sensitive, that skin of yours hardly protects you … And you’re too delicate, like a fine wine glass. I don’t need to apply too much pressure to break you, to get you breathless,” Miller then began to tie Kit’s right big toe and index toe back to the stocks, pinning both of his feet into a fixed position, “If I were to go harder, it would send the dial into an unnecessary realm that would not be enjoyable for either of us …”, Kit’s soles were now taunt, the flesh tight, his feet unable to move an inch from side to side …

Toe tied and now completely free of sweat, Kit narrowed his eyes into both of his underarms and then shot a curious gaze towards Miller, asking his second unexpected question of the session.

“Can you try hard?” He even widened his arms apart, to expose his underarms further, “I want to see if I can take it.”

Miller lifted his shoulders and raised both eyebrows, “Okay, kid …” he then stood from the knelt position and made his way back behind the tickle chair.

With Kit’s underarms still damp with lotion, Miller did not need to seep too much dribble over his own fingertips - once he had oozed some spit across his finest tool, he reached over Kit’s shoulders and forcefully threw all ten of his fingers into just one pit, Kit’s left, where he actioned an assaultive dig and scribble into the very depths of the delve that made up the cavernous crater that shaped one of the most sensitive areas of Kit’s body.

Kit shot from inquisitive to furious in less than a second; his entire torso hurtled forwards with a violent and animalistic robustness, his arms kept back behind his head, his knees pulling so hard up towards his stomach that the stocks almost broke in half - he scowled at Miller’s fingernails, his eyes boiling pure heat into the infiltration until he could not handle it anymore, “—Okay! Please stop!—” he called in a panic.

Miller slid his fingers away from Kit’s pit and curled them around the back of his neck, squeezing it reassuringly.

“Trust me, kid. I know what I’m doing,” Miller ruffled up Kit’s hair and then made his way back to his feet, “I’m an expert …”

Kit nodded in understanding, unaware of how stiff he had made his own spine - he slumped back into the seat and wondered whether to feel comforted that he was in the hands of someone with such expansive knowledge on how to manage tickle torment on a willing victim, or intimidated by such extreme power.

As he watched Miller pick up the seagull feather from earlier, feelings of exhilarated excitement and complete astonishment looted Kit’s mind - for the first time since allowing himself to be restrained to this seat, he found himself panting out the word, “—fuck!—”

Kit started to kick his legs, non stop, as if pedalling a pedal boat up stream through a wavy river - as the feather flickered and fluttered across the sole of his left foot, he found himself once again giggling uncontrollably, his breathless heaves returning, that familiar heat residing over each cheek, “What—”, his wide eyes shot towards the window, “—What if someone sees!—”, he whined out his concern in the form of a wheezy pant.

Miller, now utterly fulfilled thanks to the knowledge that Kit’s feet were feather ticklish, reached into the gym bag and picked out a second feather, “You afraid people will discover your weakness?” He teased, kneeling opposite Kit’s soles, where he started to rapidly stroke both feet at the same time with the soft tipped end of each feather, “By midnight tonight, five million people are going to be jerking off to this …” Kit curled all of his toes into a tight clench and kept them that way, his feet trying their best to twist from side to side beneath each feathers taunting glide, “… Surely it won’t matter if a few passers by outside catch a glimpse?”

Kit shook his head from left to right, as if trying to rid the craziness wedged behind his skull - his giggles had become so strong and so breathless that they now did not make a sound - Kit would just widen his jaw and release energy, constantly, his adam’s apple bobbing, his throat thick with hysteria - when he heaved in to catch his breath, he would then pant two to three times before expelling the same amount of quiet, grainy, unrelenting force - all because of two seagull feathers combing through the betweens of his toes …

Kit wanted to verbalise his stunned stupor, he wanted to let Miller know that his skills were responsible for this, that he should be proud of himself for introducing him to an exhausting sensation like the one he currently endured, but he simply could not speak - he wheezed and heaved out his giggles, only to suck them back in and repeat the process, his feet constantly flapping, squirming and writhing under the gentle flutter of each feather - his mouth would move, it would shape out the words, but nothing but heavy shudders, breathless whispers and uncontrollable giggles left his lips …

“You trying to tell me something, kid?” Miller dropped the feathers to the floor and swapped them for his fingertips, “Having trouble saying it out loud?” He then began to scribble his fingernails over both of Kit’s soles at the same time, actioning a determined focus across each arch.

Kit leapt towards Miller in protest, another strained tumble of giggles erupting from his throat, however these ones felt more desperate, more worn, more urgent - he bulged out his chest, his almost insulted facial expression encapsulating the words ‘what are you doing?’ - having his feet scribbled on with such ruthless force caused his entire face to beam a shining pink, so much so that it had started to work as a stark contrast to the rest of his smooth, pale, milky white torso - within a matter of seconds, Kit’s eyebrows had burrowed, his eyes had squeezed shut, his sneer looked like that of a wild, cornered dog, or in this case a big brown bear - he looked cuddly yet distressed, cute yet alarmed, understanding yet perplexed - everything he did not want to be, but the ever present giggles and the manic chortles told a different story - it suggested pure bliss, pure agonising, never ending, consuming bliss

Miller became mesmerised by the sight of Kit’s boiling exterior - from where he knelt, the simple scribble and stroke of fingernails now taking place across each plump ball of Kit’s soles seemed to create a fusion of heat and pulsating lunacy beneath Kit’s skin - he appeared as a NASA rocket ready to launch into space; fire, fumes, shoots of smoke and cloud billowed from any available orifice like his ears, nostrils, mouth and eyes, but he was not allowed to take off, he did not hurtle into the stratosphere or experience any sense of relief, he just remained ignited and shuddering, trembling and shaking, the ground beneath him quaking, the tickle chair squeaking and rattling as he kicked and kicked and kicked and kicked, his giggles now causing dribble to bubble at each corner of his mouth as he threw his torso closer to Miller and hissed out a yearn for pause, “—sssss, ssssss, ssssss!—”, yet the ticklishness across the bottoms of his feet was so cataclysmically sensitive, he could now hardly even say the word ‘stop’.

Kit had slouched so far down the chair that his elbows no longer bent - his arms stretched up in a straight line, his hands gripping hold of the top of the seat for dear life, his butt bouncing and bucking over leather, his face pressed firmly against his bicep, his teeth biting into his own flesh as a way to distract him from the intensity of a level of ticklishness he did not expect - he cackled and giggled with such might that it became viscerally clear that he would have trouble breathing once again, in the next minute or so, if Miller decided to continue to handle his feet this way - unfortunately for Kit, Miller had urges, needs to discover, and only one thought landed in Miller’s mind, the more he watched Kit’s face gleam pink, the more he watched Kit’s feet twist and stretch …

‘If he reacts like this to my fingers, how will he handle the brush?’

Miller used one hand to scribble over the bottom of Kit’s right foot, keeping those breathless giggles on an endless cycle, whilst using his free hand to reach into the gym bag for his next tool.

Kit had no idea what Miller held in his hand, mostly because his eyes were either squeezed shut or they were blinking repeatedly in an attempt to squint away the sweat - so, when the feeling of several dozen individual plastic nibs landing over the sole of his left foot, where they would glide up to the base of his toes - their sharp ends slipping over a foot soaked with perspiration to the point of not needing any additional lubrication in the form of oil - he was most certainly taken by surprise, his astounded expression creating a wheezy gasp, his bewildered scowl suggesting complete and utter startlement.

“—Ssssss, ssssst, sssss!—” wheeze, “—sssssst, sssst, sssssst!—”, wheeze, “—mehahahgruhuhahahahmuhhuhuhuhahahhehehuhuahahagruhuhuhssssss, sssss, ssssst—”, wheeze …

With previous ticklees, Miller often needed to scrub hard to get a reaction as delicious as this, but with Kit all he had to do was lightly run the brush from side to side across the delicate chunks that made up the bottoms of his feet; his creamy heels, soft balls, the pads of each toe - sometimes the brush did not even make impact, sometimes it barely grazed over the ultra ticklish surface - no matter what level of infliction the brush managed to achieve, it always guaranteed a breathless, boiling, bewildered tumble of madness to vibrate beneath Kit’s flesh, to the point where he simply gave up trying to speak and just sank in the chair, giggling, giggling, giggling, giggling away to his hearts content, tears now streaming down his face - he looked happily anguished, joyously pained, overwhelmingly tired - maybe if he knew that this would be as dastardly exhausting, that he could feel this ticklish, that he could be tickled this way, he might not have enthusiastically agreed to partake in such a physical onslaught on his senses …

“—Ican’t—”, wheeze, “—Ican’t—”, wheeze, “—Ican’t—”

“Can’t what?” Miller watched Kit’s toes stretch and curl like fingers, “Can’t what, kid?” He wanted to get up close and personal, so he sat on the floor, his back facing Kit, where he then curled his arm around Kit’s left foot, holding it in a firm lock, even though it was already contained within the stocks, “Can’t what?” He repeated, almost obsessively, Kit’s foot now rubbing against his chest as it squirmed beneath the brush, his toe ties keeping it entirely trapped, “Tell me …” Miller urged.

Kit shot glazed over, wide open eyes towards his feet, his teeth clenching hard into a tightly clamped grin, “—Ican’tdoit—” he announced, his declaration followed by another never ending tumble of breathless giggles, “—Ican’ttake—”, he couldn’t even finish with ‘it’, his hands trying to reach out to stop Miller, his fingers splaying, his wrists and arms caught above him, “—Damn!—”

Miller kept his eyes on Kit’s left foot, taking in the many outstanding details that presented themselves during such a heated and intimate moment, “You can’t do it?” Miller teased, his view being that of The Kit Connor’s left foot contained within his armlock, its large shape squirming, stretching, pushing forwards, pulling backwards, constantly reacting to the scrub of the brush, “You haven’t got much of a choice, kid … You let some old man tie you down, what were you thinking!” Miller could not help but notice how utterly soft the betweens of Kit’s toes appeared, how quickly they would splay outward and then curl into a defensive scrunch, the plastic nibs of the brush gliding across their lengths, “I could do anything to you! I could keep you here all day, all night, all week! Tickle you till you lose your mind!”

Kit, flabbergasted and now spluttering out his words, threw his body forwards in a strained hurtle towards Miller, “—I already am losing my mind!—” He whined like a spoilt child, his mouth falling open in relief as Miller slid away from his left foot and shot up into a standing position, leaving Kit in a soggy slouch over his seat, his appearance similar to that of someone who had just run half a marathon with no breaks between, “—Okay, let me out, stop, please …”

Miller dropped the brush back into the gym bag where he then made his way behind the tickle chair for a second time, “I decide when we stop,” Miller warned, his hands returning to Kit’s underarms, where his fingernails went back to lightly scratching and faintly scribbling over his armpits, “You’re the opposite to me … When I thought it would be difficult to catch you, you were thinking it would be easy to handle …” as soon as Miller’s fingernails made impact with Kit’s underarms, Kit went back to heaving, giggling, wheezing, panting, his arms flapping like some distressed, mother-less bird, “It’s not easy, is it, kid? You said it yourself … You can’t do it … Why?”

Kit hurtled his torso from side to side, he tried biting, nipping, gnawing at Miller’s hands, his tight, wheeze-like giggles consuming his thoughts and his throat, “—No, please, stop!—”, Kit babbled in a defeated, high pitched sob, “—Itticklestoomuch!—”, he repeated all at once, urgently, insanely, his well trimmed eyebrows now so highly raised that they almost reached his hairline, “—Not my pits, please!—”, he cackled in saturated disbelief, his pink tongue curling out of his wide, open mouth, his bulging eyes round and white like some startled cartoon that could not understand the dilemma they currently faced …

“—Couldyoustop?—”, he ‘requested’, almost too politely, “—Ican’tgetout!—”, he realised once again, the constant touch deep within the wet depths of his armpits literally blowing his mind, the tightness of his gym shorts now twisting around his thighs, exposing the fact that he had chose not to wear underwear, one of his hairless balls now slipping out of the hem of his shorts, “—I’mserious,now! I’mfindingitrather …”

He scowled at his left armpit in complete shock, aware that one of his balls were poking out of his shorts, almost uncaring at that fact, more focused on the tickling instead, “—I, I’m finding it rather —”, he tossed and turned, he hurtled and he leaped, “—I can’t even think straight!—”, he began to grow frustrated, his wheezes, whimpers and whines turning into grrr’s, growls and grunts, “—Oh, alright! Okay, okay! Not my armpits, not anymore, please! they’re too ticklish! I, I can’t breathe!—”

Miller decided to test Kit’s limits by not just nudging, but blatantly shoving him off the cliff of mania he currently stood at the edge of, this time tickling harder, this time grabbing, poking and digging in with the same speedier more aggressive strength he had given Kit an example of a moment ago - as soon as he actioned such an infiltration, Kit erupted into a manic thrust, kick and throw of each body part, mostly his torso, which flew to the left and then to the right, the tickle chair almost toppling over, “—NO, STOP, PLEASE, I GIVE IN!—”, Kit had nothing to give in to, he had no truth to contain, no secrets to keep, no password to reveal - instead his ‘giving in’ was submitting entirely, fully, one hundred percent ‘giving’ himself in as a person far too ticklish to handle this a second longer, his restraints now barely containing his muscle, “—AGHAH! IT’S TOO MUCH!—”, his declarations were now delivered in the form of worryingly loud screams, “—PLEASE, STOP, NOOO, NOOO!—”

To contain the shrieks, Miller allowed a brief sense of relief to wash over Kit, pausing on the tickling for around three seconds, whilst he picked up Kit’s sock, still neatly laid over the top of the tickle chair, and without warning, suddenly gagged him with it.

“—MMNNPHH!—”

Kit became furious, his bound position exploited in a way he struggled to understand, “—Mnnph!—”, in a way he had never dared to expect, “—Gaackk!—”, he made noises he had never made before, his tongue forced to the back of his throat as the dry-ness of the sock was forced between his teeth, “—Mmmphh! Mnn, mnn, unnn?—”, the white cotton material now tied tightly behind his head, his eyes made to bulge open …

Before he could even compartmentalise his circumstance, the extreme sensation of thick, sturdy, rigid fingers returned to both of his underarms with brute strength, their intense scribble almost burying into Kit’s flesh, causing every inch of his pale, brawny frame to catapult away form the tickle chair, the restraints, stocks and the device itself keeping him in position, “—MNNPHH, MNNNMNNNAAGHHMNNN, MNNGAAHHAHAMNN, MNNPHAHAAAAMNN, GRAHAHAHAMNNPH!—”

Kit flung his waist in all kinds of directions, his bare ball still snugly caught between his thigh and the hem of his shorts, shorts that rode further up his hips with every thrash - now, his entire cock and balls had slipped out past the gap of the only piece of clothing he wore, further transforming the pink boil of his cheeks into a beetroot red as shame mixed in with the hysteria he had no choice but to endure.

Miller looked down at Kit, who looked up at Miller, his eyes pleading with his tickler for some form of mercy - his biceps bulged as his torso twisted in ways it had never twisted before, his screams and giggles, his grainy laughter and commanding shouts caught behind the sock he had slid onto his foot earlier this morning, a sock now soaked with dribble and stuffed inside his mouth, “—MNNNPHH MN, MN, MN! MN? MNPHH! MNPHH! GRAHAHAHAAAANNPHH!—”, his begging did not make sense, his pleading and cries for a break going unnoticed thanks to his inability to produce words.

Miller kept one hand deep within Kit’s right underarm, whilst his other hand covered his eyes, blinding him, “They’re outside, by the window,” Miller teased, toying with Kit’s suspicions, his paranoia, “The press have heard you laughing like a crazy person, oh! They’re taking pictures right now …” Miller had to force his palm over Kit’s face as his head spun in a frantic twirl.

“—MNNNPHH MN, MN, MN! MN? NNUUU, NUUUU! NUUU! MNPHH! MNPHH! GRAHAHAHAAAANNPHH!—”

Kit threw his attention towards the window as soon as Miller removed his hand, his remaining energy left his nostrils in a heavy exhale as Miller slid his touch away from his underarms, a long line of drool now hanging from Kit’s chin - on the opposite side of the window remained an empty garden and a calm, unbothered sprinkler.

“Yew prig!—” Kit announced from behind his gag.

Within a flash, Kit threw himself forwards in alarm and began to shake his head, whining and moaning in distress as Miller picked out two electric toothbrushes and knelt down by his soles, returning his focus to his feet once again, “—Mnn! Mnn? Nuuuu! Nuuu! Pleeeeeg, pleeeeeaaaag!—”, Kit used his acting skills to ham up his concern, creasing his eyebrows upward, giving Miller puppy dog eyes, to help produce the severe seriousness contained within his display of worry, “Nnnuuu! Nuuuu! Nuuuuu!—”, Kit wished the gag was out of his mouth, his tongue pushing at the cotton, as Miller switched on both electric toothbrushes.

Click! Bzzzzzzz …

All Miller had to do was faintly press each toothbrush against the pads of Kit’s feet, for seconds at a time, to transform Kit into a mound of bubbling fury - the tip of the electric toothbrush barely had to whizz across Kit’s soles, hardly scraping the surface, for Kit to scream and shout, jump and jolt, his fists now thumping and punching the back of the tickle chair as the giggles were pulled from the depths of his tummy by a relentless force, “—Mnnnagahahahahaha nuuuu nuuuu mnahahahahahaaghhphh! Nnnuuu! Nuuuu! Nuuuu! Maaaahahahahahahahaha mnn! Mnn? Mnn! Uhhhh! Mnnnpnh, nuuu nuuuu!—”, Miller continued to admire Kit’s vigour, his large feet creating shapes of desperation, his long toes splaying and curling as his soles creased and scrunched inward, his big toes and index toes now successfully slipping free of the string, thanks to how hard Kit twisted his hyper sensitive feet, “—Gaaahh! Oohh! Mnnphh!—”, a brief moment of success, some kind of control, a sweet moment of bliss, all suddenly ruined once more by the electric toothbrushes presence around his pinkies, pinkie’s he had no idea could be that ticklish.

Kit began to squeal within each giant thrash for escape, his little toes never tickled like this before - the tickle chair rattled and creaked as it shook and wobbled, Kit’s flaccid cock and balls still wedged at the thigh gap of his shorts, his butt pounding the base of the seat in a relentless bounce as he shrieked behind the sock, his arms doing all they could to pull and pull and pull from the restraints around his wrists - his cheeks shone with sweat, his eyes were blood shot, his chest heaving, his abs now fully on show, his knees close up to his stomach as he kicked, kicked and kicked, “—NUUUUU, NUUU, NUUUUU!—”, when Kit’s eyes started to roll to the back of his head and the coughs and splutters started to arrive behind his gag, Miller knew the end was near.

That sight, that visual, that was ‘the moment’, the break that takes place, a sensational second or two containing an expression of complete madness, where the lee reaches that out of body, out of mind leap or hurtle, gasp or pant that informs a tickler as experienced as Miller that not only has he executed his job perfectly, but that ‘the time is up’, even if you don’t want it to be - the lee has reached their limit, to go on further would be unnatural, wrong, uncomfortable for both taking part in this one of a kind ordeal …

Miller switched off the electric toothbrushes and then checked his watch as Kit’s pupils dilated and beads of perspiration rolled down the side of his blotchy red face, all ten of his toes now scrunched into a protective clench.

“You lasted twenty five minutes …” Miller stood and returned to Kit’s upper body, pulling the sock out from his mouth, unknotting the tie from behind his head, “… Even The Object can take a little longer than you …”

Kit’s hands dangled from outside of his wrist restraints like rubber gloves as the sock dropped away from his lips “… I, I don’t know wha, what that… ” His raised eyebrows dropped to a frown as he chuckled into his collarbone and licked some perspiration away from his upper lip, “Wow, that was … That was …” he could not move, he could not find the energy to shuffle up the seat, he could not find the words to describe what he had just endured, all he could do was subconsciously sum everything up in eleven words, eleven simple words that encapsulated such an important and expansive dimension of thoughts, feelings and opinions, “… I haven’t screamed, or, or laughed, like that in my entire life …”

Miller felt keen, before he officially ended the session, to explore just a little bit more, mostly to see if there were any places he had missed, considering he had spent such dedicated time on Kit’s underarms and feet, “… You’re a giggler, that’s for sure … You get breathless, too …” Miller began to rub and prod Kit’s muscles and weighty flesh, as if he were rubbing seasoning into an expensive slab of steak, “… Do you sweat this much when you’re at the gym?” Miller noted some grunts when he arrived at his biceps, some jolts when he kneaded at his chest, some winces when he stroked past his nipples …

“All, all the time!” Kit huffed as his stomach and sides were pinched and poked, “Could you ssss, sssort my shorts out… ?—”, he stiffened up when his waist and hips were grabbed, but he naturally did not provide any severe responses to the areas under analysis, “My balls are out, oh god!” He now felt fully embarrassed, “Oh! My tummy hurts!” He began to giggle again, quiet to start as always, but then they lifted in pitch and strength as soon as Miller’s grab arrived between his thighs.

“Let’s put them back …” Miller pretended to help Kit out by tucking his ball back beneath his shorts, but by doing so he also sneakily actioned an invasive inspection across Kit’s taint, which was unsurprisingly soft and, to Miller’s extreme satisfaction, tremendously ticklish, “… Ah …”

Kit’s knees clapped together as if magnetised, the response was actioned in less than a second, the fact that he could not close up his thighs to protect such a tenderly hypersensitive area caused him to almost blast out of the tickle chair, his lips pressing together tightly, his nostrils flaring so widely that you could fling bowling balls down each of them … “—No!—”, Kit shook his head fiercely, his desperate need for his taint to be left untouched proved by how hard he pulled at his left wrist restraint, “—Please, not there!—”, his hand slipped free, it grabbed at Miller’s wrist, “—Please, stop!—”, Kit’s fingernails buried themselves into Miller’s skin, as a way of telling him he was more than serious, “—STOP—”, his call for an end to this frenzy left his throat in a stern and above all else concerned demand, causing Miller to remove his infliction and step away, where he felt keen to finish everything off with one more ‘final moment’.

“You have strength, kid …” Miller knelt down by Kit’s left foot, “… Big, tall, mighty … Look what I’ve reduced you to …” he placed his index finger against Kit’s left sole and dragged it upward, slowly, faintly, towards his toes.

With his left hand free, Kit wasted no time in reaching forward, his fingers stretching outward, “—Please, stop!—”, his right hand, still cuffed, permitted him from being able to reach Miller’s index finger, so he had to throw himself back against the chair and quickly remove the strap around his right wrist, “—No, please, come on!—”, with both hands free, he was able to reach both arms down past his shins, but his hands failed to reach the stocks, “—Mnn!—”, Kit bit his upper lip in focus as both of his feet were suddenly toyed with, playfully, ony by light fingertip strokes and gentle brushes, enough to still send him wild, “—Leave my feet alone!—” he cried.

“Only if you say one thing,” Miller suggested, “And then I’ll stop…” he watched Kit’s feet flap, curl, twist and flex beneath his barely there touch, “… Alright?”

Kit continued to try to stop Miller, his hands even grabbing at the stock’s latch, unable to flick it open, “Yes! Yes, alright!”

Miller drew circles around the base of Kit’s big toes, causing Kit to giggle and whine into his fists.

“Say, ‘I’m Kit Connor, and I’m a ticklish little bitch’ …”

Kit did not hesitate.

“I’m Kit Connor!” He cried, “And I’m a ticklish little bitch!” He finally made impact with Miller’s hands, grabbing at them tightly, pushing them away from his feet.

Miller held his hands up in surrender and smirked.

“Easy,” he said.

Kit sank into the chair with a hefty sag, like a puppet who had his strings cut - as Miller returned to the gym bag to get Kit a bottle of water.

Miller handed Kit the bottle of the water and then un-latched the stocks, opening them up, allowing Kit to lift bring his legs towards himself where he readjusted his shorts and positioned his manhood back behind the protection of the damp cotton.

“Put your feet here,” Miller closed the stocks and then tapped the top, “And tell me, how was that, for you?” He then adjusted the camera, ensuring that the lens would capture the final moments of Kit in his paid for seat.

Kit uncapped the bottle of water and took several glugs from it, not bothered by the excess spillage dribbling down his neck, “It was probably one of the most amazing, intense, weirdest experiences I’ve ever had …” he lifted his feet and placed them over the top of the stocks, his big heels and large, soft soles facing the camera, “… I had no idea I was that ticklish. Honestly, I’m actually lost for words, which is rare for me …” he chuckled and curled his toes, a tingle still present between each one.

Miller folded his arms and grinned, “… What was the worst part?” He asked, stepping aside so that the camera could focus on Kit and Kit only.

Kit placed the bottle of water in his lap and lifted his left foot, “When you had me in an armlock, with that bloody brush …” he pointed at his sole, “… The bit above my heel, just here, blimey … Drove me nuts …” he grew excited by how many thoughts were in his head, he struggled to verbalise each one, “… Oh! And right here?” He lifted his right arm and pointed into his armpit, “Right in the middle? I couldn’t take that,” he ran a hand through his hair and blinked away sweat, “You went on for ages, I thought I was going to wet myself! Oh, and the sock gag, you kinky bastard!” He blushed at his choice of language, his pink cheeks growing a deep shade of red, “Sorry,” he lowered his head and sniggered, “I don’t even know what I’m saying,” he shrugged, “At least I don’t have to go to the gym this week!” He then looked towards the window, his mind saying the words, ‘at least no one saw’, his mouth closing as he chose not to speak that last part out loud.

Miller knew the answer to his question, but he asked it anyway, “… Would you do it again?”

Kit did not hesitate, his face brightening up, “Of course!” He felt too aware of how quickly he had expressed his zest, his body drooping into the chair sheepishly, “… I, I mean, sure … “ he smirked.

Miller placed his hands on his hips, “That’s fantastic!—”, he announced, “—I have just the thing in mind that you might be interested in …”

“He accepted,” Miller sat in an armchair opposite John and crossed his legs at the knee, clicking the fingers of his right hand, “Just like that.”

John, hunched in his wheelchair and covered from the neck down in a thick blanket, kept his yellow, glazed over eyes on Miller as he struggled to understand the simplicity of their recent catch.

“How …” he coughed and wheezed, “… How is this possible?” His boney frame was outlined by the giant grey square of a window as a torrential downpour slammed against the glass, “Is he as sensitive as he looks?”

Miller embraced the warmth of the fireplace, the Los Angels mansion heating up as a storm tumbled over The Hollywood Hills, “I told you, handsome. It was just easy … From asking him to take a seat, to offering him the ticket - he practically snatched it outta my hands … ” a waiter arrived at Miller’s side with a glass of champagne on a silver tray, “… And yeah, he’s sensitive alright. Unlike The Object, who is a minefield of eruptive reactions from head to toe, this one has only three spots … But each one is lightning in a bottle, believe me …”

As Miller took the glass of champagne, a convenient streak of lightning illuminated the many wrinkles that made up the sinister expression masking John’s face.

“You’ve done well my boy … “ thunder followed John’s sneer as the sharpness of his teeth hooked over his bottom lip, “… Only a few more loose ends to tie up, and then we begin …”

Miller raised his glass towards his master’s lips, whispering words only he and John had in common with passionate loyalty and benevolent dedication to his tone,

“… My rope is forever ready.”

He tipped some of the champagne into John’s mouth, allowing just a trickle to seep past the black of his tongue before removing the glass entirely.

John had been an alcoholic for most of his life - having Miller deny him the rest of the glass after giving him a tiny taste was Miller’s way of reasserting management, control and authority over someone who used to have such severe dominance in his life.

“Now, I’m off to see how he’s getting on. I’m given Kit to our our latest tickler in training, as practise …” Miller explained, as he casually dropped the glass into the flames, the heat eating up the booze in the form of feisty yellow and orange licks, “… Goodnight, master …”, he then began his ascent upstairs to the many rooms often filled with ticklees and their ticklers, except tonight they were all empty, besides one …

Miller arrived at the bedroom door and nodded once at The Masked Henchman guarding it.

The Masked Henchman bowed his head and turned the doors handle, nudging it open.

Miller walked into the unlit room, his eyes landing over the sight of a grinning Kit laying on a king sized bed, over red velvet sheets, his body naked, his arms tied to each upper corner post …

… He was dribbling, speechless, tickled past oblivion …

… And the tickler responsible for reducing Kit to this mess stood just as breathless.

Instead of asking this new tickler how he was finding his twelfth training session since The Major departed, Miller directed his curiosity to Kit.

“Did he break you?” He asked, folding his arms across his chest as he leant against the door frame.

Kit could barely speak - he lifted his heavy head away from the pillow and looked at Miller through blurred vision.

“Get him away from me …” Kit wheezed, “… Out of every, everyone, he’s the worst …” Kit’s giggles were soaked with lunacy, “… He’s evil!—”

Miller looked at the new tickler and held out his hand.

“Welcome, Hypno … I think you’re almost ready …” he announced, as Hypno firmly shook his hand.