
Timothée stood in the luxury ensuite bathroom clutching ‘his Oscar’ in his right hand.
He analysed the richness of the gold that made up the statue, the sturdiness of its shape, the surprisingly heavy mass of its size …
He imagined where he would store it, who would see it first, what kind of effect winning something like this would have on his career …
He held it tightly, as if he did not want to let it go, the pad of his thumb trailing over the engravings of the wording decorating the Oscars base: Timothée Chalamet, Best Actor 2025 for ‘The Complete Unknown’.
How …
… How can it be this easy?
Have others like me achieved it like this?
Or am I the only one?
Timothée pursed his lips and breathed in the scent of vanilla through flared nostrils, where he went to exhale the word ‘fuck’ in an attempt to clear the complexities and overthinking whirlwinding through his mind.
Instead, he chose to practise his speech.
“Oh boy,” Timothée gushed, “What an honour,” he shook the Oscar gently in the air, as if it were just a trophy and it some ways that is all it really was, “The uh, the things I’ve done to get my hands on this! …” he winced and pinched the bridge of his nose, chuckling to himself as a purposeful creak from behind informed him of an additional audience member.
Timothée glanced up at his reflection in the mirror opposite as The Man appeared at the entrance to the bathroom suite, where he casually leant against the door frame and folded his arms.
“At least they can say you were honest,” The Man smirked.
Timothée lowered his head and contained an entertained grin.
He then shuffled around where he confidently presented himself in all of his semi-naked glory, mostly as a way to face the reality of his circumstance whilst also striving to break the ice.
The Man’s mouth fell open as he nudged himself away from the door frame and took a careful step back.
Timothée lifted his head, Oscar still in hand, its eight and a half pound weight causing the muscles in his forearm to flex.
Since The Man had laid eyes on Timothée almost half a decade ago, the young actor had aged from twenty five to almost thirty in what felt like the click of a finger.
His once jaw length dangle of innocent curls had been snipped into a neatly styled tassle of quiffed curtain parting.
His upper lip was no longer bare, instead a faint trail of moustache added to his new found maturity; alongside this, his shoulders were broader, his biceps a little bigger, his chest and stomach lined with additional muscular shape …
His shaven manhood, made hairless on request, was wedged into something he had been asked to wear on arrival: a black thong.
He was everything The Man obsessed over, yet he had evolved into something far more attractive than The Man could conceive …
And then there were Timothée’s feet.
The Man could not look at their beauty for more than two seconds; the sting of excitement, the gut wrenching gush of pleasure that came with witnessing their perfection in the flesh, right here, right now, was almost too much to handle.
The Man cleared his throat and gestured to a bed decorated with bondage.
“I …” he coughed into his fist, “I … Guess we should get the ball rolling …”
Timothée’s lips flattened into a blunt line as he nodded just once, now taking the Oscar in both hands where he carried it out of the ensuite bathroom and back into a giant bedroom lavishly decorated in rich reds, warm browns and vibrant golds.
The Man rested against a floor to ceiling window looking out over a gloomy afternoon London skyline as Timothée reclutantly handed the Oscar back to him.
Timothée perched his bare behind at the edge of the bed, in-between the open leather ankle restraints and tightly bound lengths of rope, where he cocked an eyebrow at The Man and his brazen ability to simply have his hands on the unreachable, to use it to get exactly what he wanted.
“Are you uh, are you sure about this?” Timothée asked quietly.
The Man chortled in disbelief as he took the Oscar towards an open yellow briefcase resting over a marble side table.
“I should be asking you that,” he quipped, placing the Oscar inside the briefcase, alongside the rest of the tools he had hand picked for a session that had cost the kind of money some people could only dream about.
Timothée peered forwards and rested his elbows over each knee.
“What else you got in there?” He tongued the inside of his cheek and cocked an eyebrow.
The Man angled the briefcase so that its contents remained hidden from Timothée, “Anyone ever told you you ask a lot of questions?”
Timothée pouted and nodded in understanding, choosing to keep his inquisitiveness to himself, as The Man took a seat in an armchair opposite the bed and picked up a small glass of pre poured iced vodka.
“I have a … Fetish … That I’d be keen to explore,” he announced, whilst taking a sip from his drink.
Timothée leant back on his elbows, his slim, mostly nude form catching some of the grey beams of typically british weather shining into the hotel room.
“Go on,” Timothée urged, his tone soaked in curiosity.
The Man held his glass of vodka beneath his chin and sighed out a resistance to remain mysterious.
“Like the movie you’ll win the Oscar for, I have a desire for, well …” he sniggered, his cheeks blushing pink, “… The complete unknown, I guess. I like to surprise the men I tie down.”
Timothée fell silent as he took in the gravitas of a situation he and his agent had spent the best part of three months putting into place.
What was he doing?
Here he sat, more or less ass naked with the clothes and boots he wore getting here casually folded up in a neat pink pile in the corner of the room, his diamond necklace draped over the top of the stack.
The Man watched Timothée’s thick, dark brown eyelashes flutter towards the bedroom door, where he appeared ready to state the obvious - however, before he could do so, The Man decided to do it for him.
“Your security are waiting,” The Man smiled politely as if reading Timothée’s mind, “I know they have instructions. If this afternoon goes on for too long or if they hear anything you’ve listed as not what you signed up for, they’re to break the door down and escort you to safety,” he then placed his empty glass of vodka down beside the briefcase and got to his booted feet, “An easy act to follow, considering I left the door unlocked …”
Timothée felt The Man’s shadow blanket him as his tall, muscular shape stood mighty and powerful, whilst Timothée sat on the corner of the bed with no choice but to submit.
“Two hundred and thirty six pages of contractual agreement,” The Man reminded as he curled his right hand into a clenched fist and held it out to Timothée, “Twelve meetings, eight lawyers, two NDA’s and now …” his blue eyes sparkled, his offer to make a start hovering before Timothée’s hesitant stare, “… One city. One afternoon. One chance to change your life …”
Suddenly The Man’s fist unclenched and a pocket watch attached to a sparkling chain dangling from his grasp.
Timothée blinked.
“The clock is ticking, Timothée,” The Man’s voice was smooth, calming, he was just as persistent as he was respectful, an almost perfect balance of willing.
Timothée lifted himself away from the edge of the mattress and held his hands behind his back, his assured stance saying the words, ‘What are you waiting for?’
The Man dropped the watch into his trouser pocket and then led Timothée towards the middle of the king size bed, where he nudged him towards the wide landscape of its middle.
Timothée shuffled onto his back and went to position his hands and feet by the restraints tied to each corner of the bed, however The Man twirled his index finger and kindly said the words:
“Please, on your front.”
Timothée hooked his teeth over his upper lip and stroked his jaw as if working out a difficult math equation, now laying on his side.
The Man allowed Timothée a brief second to ‘take in’ how exposed he would be in such a position as he adjusted strapped belting and fastened black rope - after all, Timothée had never been tied up by another man, much less alone entirely naked with so many private areas on show …
After some brief consideration, Timothée rolled onto his stomach and propped himself up with his elbows, his index finger and thumb toying with the tufts of facial hair decorating the end of his chin - currently, he was mere inches away from total compliance yet The Man could tell there was something uncertain still lingering.
Timothée felt leather buckle around his left ankle, his leg tightly pulled to the left corner of the bed - only when the same was done to his right ankle did Timothée fully understand the extremity of how firmly he would be bound, his thighs now spread tauntly apart, the tops of his feet almost hooking over the corners of the mattress.
The bed wobbled as rope was looped, knotted and pulled - within less than half a minute, The Man had arrived beside Timothée’s right side where he carefully took hold of Timothée’s wrist, lifting it gently towards a third open cuff …
“Hold up,” Timothée faced The Man with one of the deepest frowns The Man had ever seen.
The Man paused.
Timothée felt the air of the room greet his pert behind, the arch of his back, the length of his legs.
So many words, so many ways to express his vulnerability, so many insecurities trickled through his mind and towards his mouth, but the only thing to make its way past his lips was,
“I don’t even know your name.”
The Man smiled and tidied up some of the drapes of curls littering the side of Timothée’s head, where he then continued restraining him into a position he had only been able to dream about, up until now.
“My name is John,” said the man.

Kit threw a black t-shirt over his broad, creamy white torso and walked large bare feet towards the sealed and singular window that shed morning sunrise into he and his fellow captives Living Quarters.
Behind him, Tim shuffled towards the edge of his bed and squinted into the warm yellow beam that shone into a prison he had been forced to see as his home.
“I beat you to it this time,” Kit yawned, his brown eyes taking in the finer details of the surrounding forest as he adjusted his briefs.
Tim glanced to his left, then to his right, unsure if Kit were addressing him - after all, Kit had not moved from the window, nor had he turned to face Tim directly, and everyone else besides Joshua were still asleep.
“Uh,” Tim scratched the back of his head, “I’m uh, I’m not sure what you—”
“—You always look like you’re ready for something,” Kit’s face was so close to the window that the tip of his nose nudged against the glass, “Like your ready for someone …”
Tim had to pretend Maxwell did not exist, an easy act after all he had been taught.
Before he could come up with a replacement answer, he turned over his shoulder as Joshua unintentionally did it for him.
“He has a boyfriend on the other side,” Joshua croaked as he rolled onto his back, stretching his slim body in a stiff sprawl over his single bed, the sheets caught up around his legs, “The Kardashian thing is all smokes and mirrors,” he yawned, stifling a giggle with the back of his hand, “As if anyone would take that seriously anyway …”
Tim cocked an eyebrow and lifted himself into a stand where he offered Joshua a testing yet flirtatious glare, deciding to take himself to the ensuite bathroom instead of allowing himself to remain under further inspection.
Kit turned away from the window as Tim’s socked feet made no noise across the tiles - only the gentle sound of birdsong outside greeted The Living Quarters, giving Kit the opportunity to make his move with the prisoner he felt understood him the most.
Joshua, still mid yawn and flex, jolted in alarm when his eyes landed on Kit who now stood at the edge of his bed.
His lips readied the phrase ‘how can I help you’, but Kit spoke first with words Joshua did not expect him to expel.
“Your … Your body,” Kit pointed at the many small lines of faint pink on Joshua’s sides, the pinch marks decorating his hips, the few scratches beneath each underarm, “Everytime you come back from seeing him you get more bruised,” Kit folded his arms, “It doesn’t make sense. How can you like something that hurts you?”
Joshua covered his torso with the bedding and buried himself into the comfort, only his nose, eyes and curly head of hair exposed - by doing so, he concealed the marks, the evidence Peter had driven him wild as punishment for trying to sneak a phone …
Sebastian rolled over in a groan, semi listening to some of his awakening contestants, “Loving the thing that we hate,” he grumbled into his pillow, eyes still closed, “Is sometimes just senseless …”
Joshua’s eyelashes fluttered into an understanding blink as Kit took a seat at the edge of Joshua’s bed.
“Listen,” Kit spoke quietly, as if the words he presented were just for Joshua, “I get it … I like it too.”
Joshua remained still and reserved, a wave of surprise washing over him when he felt the need to lie.
“I, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Kit shuffled closer as the sound of tap water hitting the sink and a toothbrush scrubbing teeth took place behind him.
“Maybe when this is all over, you can swap the war wounds for a teachers hat and show me the ropes sometime …” Kit lowered his head and blushed as he accidentally fell into a pun, “… You, you know what I mean …”
Joshua smiled and curled his right fist into a ball.
“I’ll think about it,” he fist pumped Kit, “Although something tells me, once it’s game over … We would’ve all learned enough to last us a lifetime …”
Kit chuckled, honoured to of at least had his knuckles graze against someone he admired.
Bzzzzt …
Suddenly, T.K, in the form of a black glass orb nailed beneath the window ledge, came to life in the form of a flicker …
GooooOOOOOod morning, gentlemen!
As the other contestants were startled in a forced awakening, a well known pop tune pumped out from TK, its perky and sinthy tones bellowing out into The Living Quarters.
It is time for game number three …

Once The Man had finished restraining him in place, Timothée quickly discovered that he could only move his head by twisting it from left to right, finding only a small moment of restful comfort in laying entirely on his front where he would stare into nothing but the crimson of the bed sheet.
He could flex his fingers, he could stretch out his toes, he could blink, raise his eyebrows and just about wobble his hips - but the length of his arms and legs, the width of his shoulders and back … They were more or less bound into an extraordinarily tight splay.
No matter what The Ma— Damnit, John— had planned, Timothée would not be able to fight it, all he could do was endure.
Timothée closed his eyes in an attempt to focus, as soon as he felt the weight of John arrive behind him.
The entire depth of the bed sank; the bonds squeaked, the wood of the furniture creaked - all because John had simply loomed in a menacing kneel between Timothée’s thighs.
Timothée acknowledged the blushing burn across his face as John perched quietly into place - in this position, John would surely be greeted by the sight of Timothée’s widened thighs and the smooth space contained beneath the thin nylon of the provided thong - Timothée had never allowed another man to see him this way, and it was beyond likely he would never allow another man to see him like this again.
Timothée felt the softness of John’s palms arrive over each of his butt cheeks in the form of a gentle spank - the impact of each palm was strong enough to cause Timothée to jolt, yet it was playful enough to feel more like a pat.
The hotel room was so quiet that the impatient London traffic could be heard on the other side of the window.
Thumbs smoothed butt cheeks apart, causing that burn over Timothée’s flame to boil a little harder - he embraced a fierce embarrassment whilst welcoming a satisfying awareness that this part of his body was admired and adored - maybe this was an ass thing, maybe this guy just wanted a taste, maybe I’ll enjoy something like that…
Another light spank arrived over his right cheek and then his left —pat! pat!—, at such a quick pace that Timothée had no choice but to turn his head over his shoulder and try to look John in the eye.
His gut reaction was to protest, but after being promised so much and paid in the form of a mother fucking Academy Award, Timothée instead decided to sneer at John and narrow his eyes, as if acting out the role of someone teased and tested.
“… Ouch …” Timothée smirked, the simple delivery of the noise presented in an attempt to please John, whilst also being so very genuine in its whispered expel.
As John slid the warmth of his hands up and around Timothée’s lower back, where he massaged him firmly and kissed each of Timothée’s butt cheeks, Timothée’s smirk transformed into a blissful smile that unintentionally confirmed to John he was optimistically unaware and tricked into a false sense of relaxation, before the real meaning of why he was here was laid out to bare.
Before Timothée could begin to wonder if he could get used to doing this kind of thing with another guy, what felt like an accidental slither of fingertips ventured a little too far up each side of his ribcage, towards the cavernous and conveniently open depths of each of his hairless underarms.
A violating impression only caused by the past minimal infliction of playful family or frisky friends forced Timothée to naturally attempt to protect the sensitivity of his armpits by snatching his elbows to his sides, however the taunt strength of his bondage refused any allowance.
Timothée swiped his face to the side and screwed his eyes shut, his gritted teeth on vibrant display as an animated grin tore his lips apart - John had now subtly introduced all ten of his long, enquiring fingers deep inside each of Timothée‘s underarms, five combing into his left and five curling into his right.
The unwelcome presence of such intrusive touch did not linger enough for Timothée to worry or verbalise any serious concern; it was so expertly light, it was so very much there and then it was not, but it was enough to cause his shoulders to jump and drop whilst his body spontaneously tugged at the ropework restraining once useful limbs so far apart.
Only when fingers not belonging to him increased pressure, as well as the depth of their penetration, did Timothée begin to feel vandalised beyond comprehension.
Without meaning so, he leapt towards the ceiling as if electrocuted; he thrashed wildly under the poke, prod and constant pry of fingernails that seemed to have a life of their own.
His mind became blown in an instant, a cataclysmic explosion of colours mixed with jet black consumed his sight as a thunderous and unapologetic grunt of distress blew out of his mouth.
He became engulfed by how ticklish it could feel to have his underarms exploited in such a way, so suddenly, without prior discussion or debate; within seconds he no longer owned his body nor its movements - he wriggled and jerked across the bed sheets, the rope taunt and firm in its knotting — creak! creak! creak! — his slim, vulnerable and paid for frame ravaged by torment as the grasp from a man now laying over his back became merciless and devastating, so much so that it caused Timothée to growl out the word, “—Hey!—”
The fingers did not stop.
Much to Timothée’s alarmed anguish and dribbled despair, the fingers persisted in their hunt, clawing into underarms he could not shield, as deep as they possibly could, scratching, scribbling, scrawling into the silky soft delves of each armpit, transforming Timothée into a kicking, punching, writhing stretch that could hardly move an inch.
“—Hey! Hey, stop it!—”
The bed shook as if there were a nearby earthquake, its richter scale at ten, the leather cuffs around Timothée’s ankles and wrists refusing to let Timothée fidget and flounder as much as the vibration in the confines of his mind demanded him to - he roared like an animal, his eyes bulging open in exasperation as he head butted the mattress like a mad man, “—Hey! Stop it! Come on!—”, it was too much, too out of the blue, too consistent - it rudely gave him no choice but to collapse into a heap of dumbfounded hysterics where he could only giggle, shriek, shout and bellow out breathless, uncontrollable laughter with a level of vigour he did not think possible - if I let go, will it make this better?—
“—Yo, John!—” he sounded genuinely surprised, “—That’s not cool!—”, he wheezed in disbelief, unable to notice how quickly his verbal cry in stating the obvious would follow the questioning of self defence that took place behind his now creased forehead, “—Hey! We, we didn’t talk about!—” he sounded delirious, his voice high pitched, his face the visual of twisted, “—Get outta there!—”, he felt the press of John’s chest weigh down over his back, where his captor tightly coiled around his frame in the form of an unyielding bare hug, those jabbing fingers ravaging his underarms with an aggressive force, submerging Timothée in a wrap of miserably spectacular bodily tolerance, “—Please please please, for real!—” he wailed, his slender frame now practically consumed by muscles and six foot one brawn …
Timothée had never begged or pleaded in his life, not for anyone or anything - yet despite the intensity of his current circumstance, it oddly felt ‘right’ that almost every step he had ever taken since being born on this earth had led him to this very moment, a moment of viscerally mental and physically demanding carnage - every breathless plea was actually for the Oscar, he was being made to work for the award …
The past no longer mattered, neither did what was at stake, all that Timothée wanted was for this man to stop grabbing into the deepest of depths that made up the surprisingly ultra ticklish cavern of flesh between his pecs, forearms and shoulders - if he tried to control the avalanche of endless, breathless cackles, would that put him off? If he tried to stop the grains of his shouts and the whines of his cries, would that turn him away?
That claw-like, fast paced grope then began to whizz and dart up and down his torso; it did the tango over his exposed rows of ribs, it waltzed across his hips and waist, it frollied over the tops of his buttocks, all whilst Timothée detonated into a shatter of shrieks and rampant bucking, “—Gimme a break man this isn’t cool!—”, he screamed, “—This fucking tickles man come on!—”, he fiercely proclaimed.
There was no stopping - the tickle torment continued, much to Timothée’s flabbergasted disbelief - this time over areas untouched by women, let alone men …
Before Timothée could even heave in to start to catch his breath, he felt the slit of his thong lift away from his butt hole with such aggressive exertion that the stitches in the fabric ripped but they did not tear, exposing his pert behind and his weighty balls, as well as the silky smooth flesh that made up the betweens of his thighs …
The largest gasp Timothée had ever created blew through his throat as soon as he felt the same persistent fingers that had exploited his underarms now venture across the open and entirely exposed inch or two that made up the tiny yet cataclysmically sensitive space of his taint.
“—Hey, NO!—”, each no sounded louder, “—NO!—”, each no sounded more urgent, “—NO!—”, each no sounded more uncertain, “—NO?—”, each ‘no’ catapulted from the depths of Timothée’s stomach and launched out of his mouth as if it were not allowed inside of him, the more his taint endured the merciless scribble of fingernails, whilst John’s free hand continued to lift up the stretch of thong, leaving Timothée tickled now more or less naked, his writhing, flexing and tauntly bound form now bare-ass up to the ceiling and under full exploration.
Timothée flung his head over his right shoulder, “—You gotta stop!—”, he whined out his laughter, where he then flung his head over his right shoulder, “—I, I can’t take it!—”, he acknowledged, his hips thrashing from side to side, his butt shaking and bouncing, his cheeks clapping together as his taint became a landscape for exploitation, the bed wobbling with such strength that it may as well have produced steam and taken off towards the moon, “—Stop, man, you’re freaking me out!—”, ahh there it is, we’re getting there, not long now …
Unlike others of his kind, John did not pause to give his lee a rest - instead, the only provided ‘break’ was a second or two between movement - one … two … See, it’s not very long, is it? - Timothée’s levels of ticklishness were abused once again, this time by a long, wet tongue, a set of pouty lips and a clean white row of ravenous teeth as those penetrating fingers tickled into the defined shape of Timothée’s hips and waist whilst John feasted on the betweens of his wide open, milky smooth thighs, causing Timothée’s spine to stiffen into a straight line and for his head to fling in various directions, as if wired by the most ferocious charge of power …
“—Gruhahahaha! Uh, uhahahaha, nnn, grr, grruuuuhuhuhahahahahaha oh, ohahahaha, ffff-uck, ffffff-uck, f—uck!—”, the strength of the tongue licked around the width of his taint, “—Sss, sssome, sssomeone! He, he, he’s tickling the sh, shh ohahahahahahahahahatta me!—”, his balls and cock were ignored, however they fell victim to dribble, his endless giggles now causing his own saliva to bubble at each corner of his lips as the thong became caught up around John’s nose, “—Sssecurity, ssss, ssss, sssecurity? Security!—”, he called out to the hotel room door for a safety team that had been paid off to no longer stand there, the fingers at his hips now scritching, scratching and stroking at one hundred and fifty miles per hour across his butt cheeks, an act that led him to fiercely announce, “—Okay I quit, I quit, fuck the Oscar!—”
… Unbeknownst to the Academy Award nominated actor, he had been reduced to pieces many times before, but it always took a while, mostly due to how determined and matured the young actor had grown within a world he had been tricked to forget …
However, within the heat of this hotel room, at exactly 1.34 in the afternoon, in this other world, it had taken John just two minutes and eight seconds to break Timothée Chalamet.

Joshua narrowed his eyes at the words that appeared on T.K’s exterior, “The person in the what now?”
As the group gathered around T.K in a flustered hurry, Justin barged past the contestants wearing only red boxer shorts and black socks, where he grabbed hold of T.K with both of his hands.
“Turn it off!” He yelled, grunting as he tried to pull the black orb out from the wall, “—Turn it off!—”
The demand ‘turn it off’ shouted with such volume caused the only remaining sleeping contestant to snap his eyes open as the line worked as a harsh reminder of words he too had once yelled only one day before, not to a computerised piece of A.I software, but to a tiny plastic cock ring nudging him closer and closer to a resented release whilst his hands and feet were tied.
“Mnn,” Logan placed his hands over his ears, “I hate this song …” he mumbled, whilst peeling himself away from the duvet, his frustrated glare landing on everyone else who stood in their underwear surrounding T.K and his now flashing exterior.
Baby, baby, baby ohhhh, like, baby, baby, nooooo!
"Stop it!” Justin grew angrier when he realised he could not destruct T.K, “Shut the fuck up, you fucking … Piece of shit!—”,
I thought you’d always be mine, ohhh, ohhh …
Instead, he chose to express his exasperation by spitting on the black orb, “—Sptth!—”, his drool landing over the glass with a smack, its size and weight drooping over the oval shape, “—Dickhead!—”, where he then went to stomping from side to side and growling at anyone who might look at him in a way he did not approve of, “Get your eyes offa me, Lynch!”
Ross held his hands up in surrender and hid behind Kit, “Jeez, Bieber, chill, man, it’s just a damn robot—”
—Sebastian shoved Ross out of the way and then towered over Kit - despite them being around the same height, Sebastian’s menace and lack of patience still overwhelmed the Heartstopper actor.
“How the fuck have you suddenly got points?” He pointed at Kit’s chest, “One hundred fucking thousand of them?” He asserted his point by applying additional pressure, “You do something behind our backs? Play a game we aren’t aware of? Are you a sneaky mother fucker?”
Kit grunted as Sebastian poked his chest for a third time, before Kit decided to shift the attention back to the person most disliked throughout all eight of them.
“Well he’s got two hundred thousand!—”, Kit shoved Sebastian’s hand out of the way and nodded fiercely at Justin, “Explain that! Like I have a clue who gets points and how! I just woke up, saw The Leaderboard and—”
—Justin leant against the brick wall and folded his arms across his chest, “What happens in The Room, stays in The Room …” he smirked, “And that’s all I gotta say about—”
“—Timothée …” T.K’s black orb stopped flashing and Tim’s reflection appeared in the Justin Bieber-drool stained glass, “You were chosen to be the next ticklee in game number three … And guess what! You have Logan to thank for that!”
The Living Quarters fell silent as Justin, Ross, Sebastian, Joshua, Kit, Tom and a now standing Logan all looked at the young actor who stood amongst them with toothpaste staining his attempt at a moustache.
Tom took a step forwards and lifted his hand, ready to place it on Tim’s shoulder, “You’re the most experienced out of all of us, mate, you’ll be fine—”
—Tim shrugged his shoulder out of the way and moved closer to T.K, his narrowed eyes glare resting on Logan.
He did not ask why, he did not need any reasoning, he could not afford the distraction …
Instead he remained silent like he had done all morning and turned towards the black orb, his controlled quiet simply saying, ‘whatever you have, I’m ready’, leaving Tom only able to drop his hand back at his side and an awkward Logan to shuffle into the shadows with a lowered head.
T.K proceeded with his orders, “Please do the following; neatly shave your underarms, neatly shave your pubic hair, neatly trim your toenails and fingernails, take a hot shower and stand at the cell door of The Living Quarters, unclothed.”
Tim clenched his teeth and offered the A.I device opposite him a firm nod.
Before he could fully turn away from T.K, the politely british tones addressed Tim once again.
“And make sure to keep the moustache …”
Tim pursed his lips and then politely moved between the group, ignoring Tom’s concerned gaze, taking himself back to the ensuite bathroom where he switched on the shower and picked up a shaver and cream provided by The House of White Feathers themselves, along with all of their other toiletries.
As the shaving cream squirted onto steady, soft palms and the shower water heated up, Justin walked past Logan and offered him an exceptionally private yet testing wink.
Logan caught Justin’s eye and then, with an expression saturated with shame and guilt, he gulped and looked away.

John offered Timothée a sip of vodka by nearing the small glass of alcohol towards his lips.
Timothée spun his head away as if the glass were an insult.
At first, John assumed Timothée no longer trusted him, but the speed in which the boy had twirled his head almost suggested that the move was more of a savage decline, a ‘you don’t get to do that’ instead of a ‘don’t do that’.
Timothée waited briefly until he felt John step back, chortles and chuckles still chiming from his lips - at least he’s lighthearted about it, John thought.
“—I can’t do that shit, seriously—”, Timothée then turned to face the person who surprised him with a sensory onslaught, a person who held the glass of vodka shyly at his chest and looked down at the carpet, “—The deal’s off, lemme out …” even his demands were laced with a vibrant yet twisted smile.
“—Those words give me shivers …” John placed the glass of vodka at the bedside table, “… A pure declaration of desperation,” he pressed his fingertips over his chin, “A willingness to give up the one thing you want so badly, just to avoid being tickled …”
Timothée sighed into the bedsheets, relieved to no longer be under attack as John placed his hands over his own face in complete astonishment.
“… I have wanted to do this for so, so long …” John’s hands dropped in an overcome dangle, “… The jealously I have felt, knowing others get to do it to you, the resentment that has filled my thin, frail bones …” he tutted, “… Doing this to someone as ticklish as you are, it makes us both become raw and viscerally unmanufactured versions of ourselves, and I’ve only just started …”
Timothée scoffed and yanked at his restraints, his tightly bound X shape refusing to budge, his thong back in position, his more or less naked form still displayed within its taunt splay; his writhes communicated a want for no more, his widened jaw and flustered chuckles presenting authentic stupor.
“Come on, man,” Timothée sounded serious, keen to adapt the theme, “For real, lemme go, it’s cool …” he wanted to reassure John there would be nothing to worry about, “Your secrets safe with me,” he sniffed, “I uh, I promise—”
“—Oh?” John made his way back to the briefcase, “There are far more sinister things I could do to you, green eyes. I have a spanking paddle in here, some nipple tweezers, a vibrator to name a few …”
Timothée found himself cackling into his shoulder, bewildered by his level of giggling, putting it down to shock more than anything else, “This went from zero to Fifty Shades damn quick, John—”, he sniggered, “Talking straight up,—”, he could hear John rifling through the briefcase, choosing, deciding, picking up, “—There’s gotta be something else you wanna do, man—”
“—No, no. It’s just this,” John confirmed as he climbed back onto the bed and knelt between Tim’s thighs with his chosen tool in his right hand, his view now Tim’s pert behind; the tightness of his thong, his broad, slim back, his pale, markless skin, the width of his shoulders and the tight, wide stretch of his bound arms, “It’s only this,” he then began to faintly dance the very tip of his tool across either side of the thongs fabric …
Tim’s entire torso wriggled jolted into a sudden and constant writhe - his giggles sounded strained, whine-like and hopeless - the breathless bellows now pummelling into the surface of the bed - he was like a toy that could be switched on thanks to the effortless glide of a seagull feather, his waist, hips and behind leaping uncontrollably as he was transformed into a tittering fluster, despite how against it he was just ten seconds ago.
“You see,” John lifted the thong once again so that the hyper sensitivity of Tim’s taint glared back at him, his other hand fluttering the feather across the silky expanse just above his balls, over the bottom of his spine, in-between the untouched intimacy of his butt cheeks, “Almost half a decade ago I offered you everything … Money to last a lifetime, heck, probably two lifetimes …” he journeyed the feather up Tim’s left side, towards his open left underarm, “… But you declined me. You embarrassed me. And now?—”, the feather arrived in the depths of his underarm, whilst John’s free hand entered his right, “I get to embarrass you.”
Tim had no idea what John was talking about, nor did he recall the moment he had ‘refused’ John’s offer - the chance to even contemplate John’s words was speedily shelved - now, the feather fluttered in an endless flicker within his left armpit, whilst John’s fingers combed within the depths of his right, “—Okay, I’m sorry, alright!—”, he had no idea what he was apologising for, but it was his only ammunition, to give John what he wanted so he might stop, “—Fuck, this is wild, man!—” he tried to close up his underarms, he pressed his lips together, he grunted and huffed, panted and shrieked, “—That damn feather, fuckstop, fuckstop, fuckingstop!—”
“—So much cursing!—” John shook his head, “—That won’t do,” he lifted himself away from Tim and playfully left the feather on top of his ass as Tim focused on controlling his breathing, his mind set teased by the suggestion of soft instead of hard like earlier, “Let’s gag you for a bit, teach you a little lesson …” oop! How things can change so quickly …
Tim’s head thwarted from left to right as his mouth fell open, “You warped son of a bitch!—”, he clenched his teeth and then buried his face into the mattress as that rifling noise returned, then the weight of John between his thighs, and then the loom of shadow across his torso … “You weren’t lying when you said you were horny for the unknown, man, fuck!—”
Tim could have babbled onward forever, but a plastic ball arrived in front of his lips, and then a leather strap found its way around his cheeks; the force of the gags application was immediate, it consumed his mouth and tightened around his head, it caused his eyes to expand, to water, his vision to blur - clearly, the Oscar was still for the taking, despite his adamant refusal of its handing, therefore, as he was gagged, he focused on that very moment in the distant future, a moment where he would stand on that stage and accept that award surrounded by applause, a time where this very moment would be a distant memory …
“—Gahh! Guuh, uhh! Uff, nhh, nhh …!—”, his tongue pressed against the smoothness of the ball, dribble automatically bubbled at the corners of his mouth, “—Guuh, uuuh, uhhh!—”, if anyone had asked him what today would involve, after all the paperwork, the mystery and the excitement, he never would have expected this …
Once again, the time to consider, compartmentalise or attempt to understand his current circumstance was eradicated by the insufferable feeling of ticklishness, this time around his stomach, “—Mnn! Mnnn! Mnn!—”, Tim’s protests thumped against his gag as John wedged himself up nice and close in another bear hug - this time his arms were wrapped around Tim’s waist, his fingers grabbing, clawing, exploring Tim’s abs, navel and tummy, whilst he smothered Tim’s taint with his tongue, saliva, teeth and mouth, transforming Tim into a chaotic state of unexpected and uncontrollable lunacy …
Insert scene where Tim is told what will happen. John talks as if he knows Tim (go down the ‘5 years ago you denied me…’ road) - Introduce blindfold and ball gag. Feels the tip of a feather, back to armpits. John reveals that there is a way out of this, but first let’s have some fun.

Once Tim had actioned all of T.K’s requests, he stood at the cell door of The Living Quarters completely nude, his balls, taint and cock entirely hairless, his underarms freshly shaved and his skin thoroughly washed.
Since showering, his short head of hair had dried naturally - it now rested over his head in a messy flop, his short, damp fringe just about reaching his eyebrows.
He checked out his toe nails by glancing down at his feet, which had never appeared so perfect - once content with their appearance, he checked his fingernails too - they were expertly trimmed, not too long and not too short - he felt happy with what he had achieved in such a short space of time, so much so that he calmly placed his hands behind his back and waited patiently, as if in line for breakfast in his local New York bagel shop back home.
Behind him, the rest of the group gathered in awe; they had not been around someone made to be so naked in front of them so casually, they had nowhere to hide, their awkwardness on full show …
As Tim confidently awaited his trial, Kit found himself checking the Dune actor out, his travelling gaze journeying up his slim legs, his broad back and tall, thick neck, before his perverse assessment could be noticed by Sebastian, who intentionally cleared his throat, breaking Kit from his moment of youthful exploration, exploration that felt seemingly torn between Tim and Joshua.
As Kit’s cheeks flushed red and he stepped away, the cell door opened and two Masked Henchmen entered The Living Quarters, both carrying a shining silver plate as if serving a meal.
However, on the surface of each plate was not food - instead, on the plate to the left were a pair of bubble gum pink Timberland boots, some thick socks in the same colour rolled into a neat bunch and a sparkling diamond necklace.
On the plate to the right was a neatly folded outfit consisting of a bubble gum pink hoodie, a bubble gum pink vest and a pair of bubble gum pink cargo pants …
“Ticklee 002," The Masked Henchman to the right held his tray towards Tim as The Masked Henchman to the left did the same, “Put these on …”
Tim tilted his head in curiosity as the group behind him all refrained from looking as befuddled as the chosen contestant.
The items felt like they belonged to him even though they did not - all he needed were some sunglasses and he would then be more than ready to stand proudly against the wall of flashing camera lights and the thousands of screaming girls calling his name around the frenzy of a movie premiere …
The items appeared picked out and purposefully styled to perfection, so much so that Tim felt the need to question why, how - instead of allowing his paranoia to get the better of him, Tim decided to remain quiet, his silence comforting him in better ways than the overthinking, another useful tip he had learnt from his time as a highly experienced ticklee.
With little to no reluctance, Tim picked up the items in a cradled bundle and followed his orders, acutely aware that no one in the group offered to help.
He placed the pile on the floor and then layered himself up step by step, as if in his own home; first went the vest and then the cargo pants, which felt comforting against the hairless-ness of his balls …
He hopped a little whilst dressing his feet, the scent of the suede from the Timberlands sniffable even from Justin’s distance some metres behind.
“Pretty in pink, huh? …” Justin whispered to Tom whilst playfully nudging his side.
Tim shrugged on his pink hoodie and flipped the hood over his head - the stylistic move gestured to a few things; mostly, it was an attempt to casualise the situation but in some ways it was also his method of showing The Masked Henchmen before him that they were not the only ones allowed to wear hoods …
Ross cocked an eyebrow, “He looks cool …” he admired as Tim draped the diamond necklace through his fingers and admired the expensive sparkle.
Tim then clipped the necklace around his neck and tied the laces to his boots, readying himself into an assured stand before both Masked Henchmen, who turned away from the prisoners and quietly escorted Tim out of The Living Quarters, where the cell door behind closed shut into a firm lock, the thud, thud, thud of Tim’s Timberlands echoing over marble and out into the expanse of captured privilege …
he morning beams of sunshine bursting through The Mansions floor to ceiling windows symbolised only freedom, freedom that Tim was not allowed to embrace until he had endured everything that the House of White Feathers would throw his way, their acts of intense infliction landing on him without their knowledge of Tim’s involvement with Maxwell.
In Tim’s mind, Maxwell was not real, they had no friendship, he did not know his face; anytime the leader of The House of Horned Devils arrived in his head, Tim would push it out straight away and focus on the task at hand, whether it be an official game or a contestant to deal with, or a simple conversation with someone challenging like Justin.
There was often only one thought Tim would lock away in his brain, for safekeeping:
The others live through The Games, I survive them.
Eventually, once through several wide halls, down some spiral staircases and a little further into the depths of The Mansion, Tim arrived at a visual far different from the beauty of the properties lavish, rich surroundings; this part of the home was dark, the walls black, the door before him presenting a handle in the shape of an extending hand.
The Masked Henchman stood behind Tim and allowed him to open the door himself.
Tim held onto the doors hand and waited to feel his heartbeat pounding in his chest, his ears, his throat …
He felt odd when all he acknowledged was how snug each loafer felt around each foot, how he had been dressed in an outfit that made him feel as if he were going somewhere special, his heart rate and levels of anxiety relatively controllable.
Practice, practice, practice …
Tim closed his eyes and thought back to all the times he had skilled the many unique set ups and intense scenarios with Maxwell, his memory going further back to last year and the year before that; how he had felt when first attending Tickle Fest with Armie for the first time, how he had dealt with climbing into The Incubator for Armie for the first time, the way his fingertips felt like jelly as he had signed Armie’s contract for the first time …
Armie, Armie, Armie …
Maxwell, Maxwell, M—
—Tim’s hand met The Doors hand and as they connected, Tim pulled the door open and stepped inside The Room, where his thick, heavy boots stepped onto the welcoming acknowledgment of soft, comforting carpet.
he surrounding Room was made up of a wide concrete floor, four tall concrete walls, and a concrete ceiling lined dimly with lights …
Tim had no idea that only yesterday The Room had been decorated to match Logan’s punishment and now, it had been redecorated to be in sync with Tim’s own task at hand - such knowledge was not necessary, all that mattered was one thing:
Winning.
The concrete flooring beneath Tim’s Timberland-clad feet led to a yellow coloured briefcase sitting in the middle of The Room’s floor, it’s metal latches locked shut.
On the other side of The Room was another door, similar to the one Tim and The Masked Henchmen had just stepped through, except this one was ajar instead of locked shut.
“Stand by the briefcase,” one of The Masked Henchmen ordered.
The Masked Henchmen stepped back and allowed Tim to carry himself towards what he intended to be a set up in which the results including only winning - within seconds he stood beside the briefcase, with his shadow blanketing its rigid box shape, the brightness of its yellow perfectly clashing with the pink of Tim’s attire.
Both Masked Henchmen then stood in the very corners of The Room, their expressionless, masked faces staring towards the ground.
The Room was quiet, a little chilly, only the buzzing hum of The Mansions generator working as the background noise to this assenting circumstance.
As the ceiling lighting blinked and before Tim could ask why he had been made to dress this way or why had he had been made to stand by the briefcase, the door opposite nudged open and a third Masked Henchman in a hooded cloak entered The Room carrying a large gold framed portrait.
Tim focused on the sudden importance of the portrait as The Masked Henchman turned the frame around so that its base rested on the concrete.
Tim was greeted with the painted sight of a handsome, auburn colour haired young man, possibly in his early twenties, muscular and naked, perched at the edge of what appeared to be a luxury bedroom side table.
Tim’s eyes travelled over the details of the painting whilst his mind tried to grapple with why he had been shown this work of art, amongst other things …
Out from the same door arrived a fourth attendee to this session, an individual Tim and the rest of the group had only heard of and had yet to meet …
VISUAL BREAK - GAME IS INTRODUCED. LAST WITHOUT SAYING YOUR SAFE WORD ‘NEW YORK’ AND YOU GET THE OSCAR. FOOT TICKLING SCENE WITH FINGERS, TONGUE AND HAIRBRUSH

Hypno’s tightly laced military boots crushed over the concrete as he stepped inside The Room, the leather of his jacket and his trousers squeaking with every step.
His face covering was built with pure metal, each sharp angle that made up his mask defining the shape of a robotic skull; his narrowed eyes glowed a milky white, his teeth were a square and rigid silver, the person behind the animated face covering, including their age, hair and eye colour, was concealed by a knitted hood that sat snug over Hypno’s head …
Hypno looked as if he had waited forever, as if his time had never come, whilst equally appearing as if nothing like that mattered, like he did not care - he resided in The Mansion for something else, someone else, but that time was not now, it would come later …
During this moment, Hypno had simply been commissioned to cast a spell.
Tim had witnessed The House of White Feathers and their unique force in various ways before, but this situation took the biscuit - when told of The Games, he expected to be seated in a tickle chair and made to endure tickle torment at the hands of the masked fiends he had grown so familiar with, all in the desperately passionate attempt to win a prize and avoid a punishment …
But from what Tom had told him about the obsessive session with T.K in the underground London cell, from how Logan hid himself beneath the covers after a second game hardly anyone knew the details about, after acknowledging the sight of the yellow briefcase, his concrete surroundings and the joining company of characters …
It became all too clear that these trials and tribulations might just be something Tim only thought he would be ready for …
No quick quips or sarcastic remarks left Tim’s mouth, he was unlike some members of the cockier group several floors above - instead, a stern, silent and sincere glare glowed within Tim’s eyes as he watched Hypno walk slowly towards him, where he eventually arrived directly opposite …
Hypno lifted a photograph of Armie out from inside his leather jacket and showed it to Tim.
Tim assessed the picture - black and white, Armie stepping off a private jet, he doesn’t know he’s been photographed …
… He looks good in a suit.
Hypno then lifted an antique pocket watch attached to a chain from inside his other leather jacket pocket, dangling it in front of Tim’s face.
Tim resisted at first, his head shifting back an inch, but the pocket watch was too shiny, the tick, tick, tick of the second hand too loud, its circular shape now moving closer towards Tim’s face, so much so that it nudged against the bridge of Tim’s nose.
Tim felt his eyes cross in the middle like magnets, the tiny muscles at either side of his head twinging slightly - he wanted to look at the picture of Armie, he wanted to look at the profile of the person in the painting, but he was mostly drawn to Hypno’s pocket watch …
Hypno spoke in a mechanical growl; his voice was menacingly deep and functioned by electricity, the real tones of whoever communicated behind the mask hidden on purpose, kept secret not just for fun, but because it was a necessity.
“I am not your lover, your financial support, the person you can beg for mercy …” Hypno declared.
Tim refused to play ball - he remained still, his eyes still crossed, his nostrils flaring as his hands dangled at his sides - he heard Hypno but he did not listen, until he was unable to not listen …
“… He belongs in the photo,” Hypno tore the picture of Armie in two, “… You belong to me …”
Tim did not want to confirm his submission, nor did he want to provide it so quickly without any prior thought, however, once the word ‘me’ landed within Tim’s brain, he found himself nodding quickly, his mouth lifting into a satisfied smile, where he then said two important words once sworn to the very person Hypno referenced.
“I’m yours,” he muttered, now fully in a controlled, entranced daze, a complete hypnotic state.
Hypno stepped back, pocketing the remains of the photo, where he then addressed the portrait held before Tim, the pocket watch now swaying gently in front of Tim’s face from side to side …
“… The person in the painting is your stranger, your unknown, your test …”
Hypno knew he had succeeded when Tim’s eyes shot back to the portrait of the nude young man.
“… When you are in your new universe, the person in the painting will come to life …”
“… He will play your dominant counterpart, the talented individual you have agreed to consensually meet …”
Tim had been hypnotised before but this came out of the blue, it was not discussed nor was it expected, instead it happened so fast that Tim did not have even a second to fight back or look away, to protest against this mysterious force now taking over his mind and his body from the top of his scalp to the tips of the toes snug within white socks and leather loafers standing firmly over the concrete floor …
“… You have been provided with what appears to be a simple solution towards gaining something extraordinary …”
“… You are shocked that this is how people like you make their way to the top, aren’t you, Timothée …”
Tim nodded slowly, the repetitive use of the word ‘you’ tricking him further into a role made just for him, his mouth falling open as he slowly mumbled, “… I didn’t think it would be this easy …” Tim sniggered and lifted his shoulders, “… I honestly can’t believe my luck …”
“… You have no memory of this universe, do you, boy …”
Tim felt a thickness catch at the back of his throat - he swallowed it down, his eyes dry and wide, as he continued to take in the sight of the young man in the portrait staring back at him as well as the fierce presence of Hypno’s swaying pocket watch …
… Like a puppet, he found himself shaking his head.
“… You did not sign a contract with Armie …”
“… You do not know who or what The House of White Feathers are …”
“… Your experiences with bondage and sensory exploitation will be abolished into a voidless hole …”
“… You will transform from someone who has done it all, to someone who has never done it before …”
“… You are you, before all you have ever known …”
Not only would his erotic past with Armie soon be forgotten, but the training and preparation with Maxwell would disappear too, as well as his knowledge of level of endurance, what he could and could not handle, leaving Tim awash with a paranoia that his coachings with Maxwell had been discovered by the cult and that is why Tim’s experiences with ‘this world’ were to be removed by mind control …
… Whilst walking to this very point only moments ago he had wanted to forget the people who had made him so ready for what would happen next, so that he could appear as unsuspecting, so that he could allow those who would toy with him to underestimate his abilities …
… As he stood swaying under hypnosis, whatever was left of his own mind now willed for one thing and one thing only …
I won’t forget, I won’t forget, I won’t forget …
… I can’t forget.
“… Nod once if you understand …” Hypno lifted his finger once again, his order a test to see if his magic had been successful.
So far today, Tim had barely said anything - most of the noise he made was for he and he alone, wedged within the private confines of his head - now? That head was held captive just like he and the seven other individual prisoners occupying this giant home …
As soon as he felt all he knew begin to fade away, only to be replaced with a far more innocent, highly ignorant version of himself, Tim lifted his head and offered Hypno a genuine look of momentous importance, his lips pursing together where he tried to whisper out for vital words …
Please, don’t do this …
Hypno’s grin beamed behind his mask as he watched Tim attempt to talk …
… When all he could do was nod once, as ordered.
Hypno swiftly snatched the pocket watch away from Tim, causing him to blink.
He then knelt by Tim’s feet and picked up the pink briefcase, unlocking both latches.
He opened the briefcases lid and removed a length of bubble gum pink coloured satin.
“Let’s play a game,” Hypno could not hide the sinister tone to his voice if he tried, “Remove your hoodie and take the cloth with you, into a different universe …”
“… A universe that will soon become your new reality, as soon as you finish counting down from ten …”
… Tim’s eyelashes fluttered as he followed Hypno’s orders immediately.
“… Ten … Nine … Eight …” he started the countdown with a monotone voice, his lips moving gently, as he shrugged off his hoodie where it fell to the concrete in an unneeded slump.
“… Seven … Six … Five …”
Tim took the length of satin and held it as if it were the most important thing he owned, curling it around his fists as if ready for battle, “… Four … Three …”
“When I click my fingers, the game begins …”
“… Two … One …”
Hypno took a step closer to Tim, his final words spoken in a hurried whisper.
“… I don’t often say this, and I’m mean it because, I, I know what’s to come, but …”
Hypno held up his right hand and positioned his index finger and thumb together, ready to transport Tim the complete unknown …
“… Don’t come ba—”
VISUAL BREAK - NAKED JOHN WALKING TOWARDS YOU WITH RED WALLPAPER.
TIM IS THEN BROKEN BY INTENSE FOOT TICKLING, SAYS THE SAFEWORD. WAKES UP. SEE NOTES