Warning: This story features bondage.

Context: This is a short story written for Day 30 of Kinktober 2025 using the prompt words Comfort and Soothe.

Seagulls squawked up above. Beachgoers splashed in the seawater and lazed on towels, soaking in the sun.

Audrey and I made our way across the sand, past them all. Her shoulder-length chestnut brown hair swung as she glanced back at me. She was wearing a cute purple bikini and a red sarong around her waist.

She carried two folded up chairs and a folded umbrella under her arms. I’d offered to carry some of those bulkier items, but she refused and insisted on bringing them all herself. I now had a guess as to why. She didn’t want me using them to cover myself from view.

I carried a single bag with supplies. My blonde ponytail swayed as we walked much slower than I’d have preferred. My beachwear was a tiny shiny gold bikini. The small top clinging to my heaving breasts hardly covered them, and the bottoms disappeared between buttcheeks that jiggled with every step. I could sense heads turning as we passed. From a distance I probably looked naked.

“Audrey why did you make me wear this?”

“Because I wanted to show off my girlfriend’s body. And because you’re so adorable when you’re embarrassed~”

The beach crowding became sparser the farther along we went. Soon enough there was no-one nearby.

“I think this is the end. There’s nowhere else to go.”

“Ah that’s where you’re wrong!”

We passed beyond the end of the sandy surface, stepping carefully over some rocks, and came upon a further spot of sand just beyond it.

“See! A hidden mini-beach that no-one else knows about. All for Audrey and Nina~”

It really did feel like a personal private beach. Quite a romantic spot. I was suitably impressed.

Audrey set down the three heavy items with a grunt. Together we unfolded and set everything out. We had two sun lounger chairs facing the water and a large parasol embedded into the ground between them for shade.

“You didn’t put on sunscreen did you Nina? Turn around!”

She was right, I had forgotten to. I sat upon my seat, presenting my back for Audrey who sat on hers. She squirted lotion into her hands and grabbed the back of my neck. It sent a shiver down my spine as she massaged it, running her hands down my back. She spent a while at the very bottom, making me roll my eyes.

“Think you’ve got my ass sufficiently protected yet?”

“No I think it needs another tube. There’s just so much to cover!”

“Ha. Ha. Hilarious.”

“Heh~. Ok turn around! Again.”

I swivelled around to face her. She went still for a moment, lotion-covered hands unmoving, just staring at me.

“Hmm? What?”

“Just enjoying the view~”

I blushed. She chuckled as she placed her hands upon me, rubbing me all over. I wasn’t that surprised when she reached under the scraps of gold fabric to fondle my boobs.

“Aah~”

“Oh yeah, lots to cover here too. In fact, let’s get rid of this obstruction.”

“Huh? HEY!”

She grabbed my bikini top and yanked it right down, making my breasts bounce free.

“What? There’s no-one else here. Let the twins out to enjoy the sun too!”

“Audrey! Give it back!”

“Tsk. Someone’s not relaxing enough. I can help with that...”

She reached deep into the supply bag, and her hand came up holding a large bundle of brown hemp ropes. No wonder it was heavier than I’d expected. I really should have checked inside.

“Seriously? You brought that stuff out here?”

She threaded the first rope through her fingers with a devious smile, then leapt at me. I squealed and resisted briefly, but didn’t put up too much of a fight. When Audrey decided she wanted me tied up, I was going end up tied up.

After ten minutes I was lying flat on my lounger, and roped to it. My legs were bound together at three points, and my arms were folded and tied under me. All those ropes continued through the horizontal slats of the chair, keeping me very much stuck in place. More ropes crossed my chest and my uncovered boobs, and those also tied me against the wooden slats beneath me. The finishing touch was a harshly tightened crotchrope digging into my gold bikini bottoms.

I wriggled to test the bonds. The lounger only creaked slightly. Audrey knew her knots. I wasn’t getting out easily.

“One last thing to guarantee a nice peaceful quiet time at the beach.”

She extracted one more item from the bag: a large harness ballgag.

“Oh come on! Why did you pick the XL one?”

“What’s the point of training you to handle bigger balls and then not stuffing you up with a bigger ball?”

She sat over me, gag in hand, leaned down and...

Audrey swiftly lowered her head, and planted her lips on mine. I made a surprised peep, then relaxed into the kiss. For a minute we passionately smooched.

“Ahhh... Audrey, that was... Mmmph!!”

“Hehe~”

I grumbled as she squeezed the rather large red ball into my mouth, then arranged the straps under my chin and over my face. She sat back admiring her work on me.

“You know, this might be my personal heaven. A gorgeous sun-soaked beach with no-one else around except for a perfect-ten stunner of a girlfriend lying beside me bound, gagged and basically naked.”

She leaned down again and kissed my gag.

“Mmmmh~”

“Now! That’s enough work for both of us. I want to read for a while.”

“Mmph?”

“Don’t worry. I’ve got some entertainment for you too.”

The bag of surprises hadn’t been emptied yet. Audrey extracted a wand vibrator.

“Hmmmph?”

She licked her lips as she placed it between my thighs, adding another rope to fix it into position, then switched it on. It was a frustratingly low setting.

“Mmmmhh...”

“That’ll keep you simmering for a good while. Don’t want you going too far and making a mess on these rented chairs! Also...”

She took out two small white wireless earbuds.

“You can listen to the audiobook of that novel I recommended. Which you keep saying you’ll read and still haven’t!”

I’d been procrastinating reading that book on purpose. It was cheesy low-effort smut. I had no choice but to listen to it now though, as Audrey popped the buds into my ears. She kissed me on the nose, readjusted the umbrella to make sure it covered both chairs, then settled back into hers to begin reading her own book. The recording began playing.

“Jane was a beautiful elegant woman, who put her wildly successful career above all else. However her life was about to change forever, the day that Xavier stepped into her office...”

I groaned and squirmed uselessly against the ropes.

An hour had passed. I couldn’t decide whether it was the drivel in my ears or the constant teasing vibrations between my legs that was frustrating me the most.

Whhhhhhoooooosh!

A sudden gust of wind washed over us. I closed my eyes as sand sprayed lightly against me. The breeze died down, but something felt different.

The sun! It was right in my eyes. I looked across and saw that the parasol was now tilted at a 45 degree angle, blown askew by that rush of wind. It still covered Audrey’s chair, but I was now completely exposed.

“Mmm.... Hhmmdrh?”

Had Audrey not noticed? I craned my neck up trying to see if she was just too engrossed in her book. Instead I saw the book lying flat on her chest.

“..... zzzz.....”

She’d fallen asleep!

“MMMMPH!”

Soundly asleep. I couldn’t wake her. I couldn’t fix the umbrella. I couldn’t get back in the shade.

I struggled against the ropes and the chair seriously this time. But even during a playful tie-up session like this, Audrey never went easy on the ropes. I was much too stuck to do anything. And there was no-one around to help.

I whimpered as the sun beamed down, slowly cooking me.

Yaaaaawn! “Oh man, did I fall asleep?”

Audrey rubbed her eyes and sat up, stretching with no small amount of satisfaction.

“And how is my darling little sub? Hmm? Nina?”

She looked over at the adjacent lounger.

!!!

“Oh shi... Oh my god Nina! Hang on, hang on. I’ll get you out...”

“Mmmmmm....”

A few hours later, we were back in our cosy rented cabin. The sun was setting outside. I was sulking on the couch while Audrey was very gently applying cream all over my reddened skin to soothe it.

“Would it help if I said sorry another ten times?”

I didn’t respond.

“I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m-”

“Okay okay, I get it. You’re sorry.”

“She speaks! I really am sorry.”

She tenderly kissed my shoulder. The burns weren’t too bad, all things considered, thanks to the well-applied coating of sun cream. They did however leave an unfortunately prominent after-effect.

Everywhere where ropes had gripped my skin, there was a clear pale imprint that contrasted with the exposed sunburnt areas. The worst part was my face, which had white lines running out from the sides of my mouth, and further lines running down under my chin and up over my forehead.

“I’m not going out tomorrow.”

“But... we’re supposed to meet my friends and family. That’s the whole reason we took this trip. I wanted you to finally meet everyone.”

“And how am I supposed to face them LIKE THIS?”

I could feel the first inkling of tears welling up.

“I mean, maybe you could wear long pants and cover them up and...”

“Yeah great. I can spend all day sweating like a pig. Doesn't matter anyway since I can’t cover my face. Just... tell them I’m sick or something.”

Audrey clambered onto the couch cushions to sit right behind me. She wrapped her arms gently around me, holding me in a tight hug.

“I could do that, if that’s what you really want. But I’ve been excited to introduce you to everyone for weeks. You’re the best thing to ever happen to my life, and I know they’re going to love you. Like I do.”

“....”

“Nina?”

“.... Say more things.”

She chuckled and hugged me even tighter.

“You're a smart, funny, kind woman and I’m so lucky to have you. And I really want everyone to get to know you.”

“But... I can’t. It’d be so embarrassing...”

“Honestly, most of them already knew about my dominant kinky side. They would have assumed we get up to this kind of stuff anyway.”

“Still...”

“It’ll be an icebreaker! You can make jokes about me being a literal slavedriver. We’ll have fun, I promise.”

I stewed in contemplative silence. Audrey maintained her gentle embrace, and planted a few kisses on my neck.

“Also, if you do this for me, I’ll make it up to you when we get back home.”

“.... How?”

“I’ll cook your favourite meal, set a bubble bath, put on a comfort movie and then... you know that red dress you like on me?”

“You mean the-”

“Mm-hm that one. With the black lace lingerie under it. I’ll tie you up nice and cosy with the soft cotton ropes, then I’ll give you the steamiest sexiest striptease you’ve ever had in your life. Then we’re going get under the covers, and I’m going to make you explode into your panties over and over and over again. Even our biggest gags won’t be able to keep you quiet, but we can sure try~”

“....”

“Nina?”

“.... What time is the lunch meetup tomorrow then?”

Audrey beamed behind me as her heart swelled.

“I have the best girlfriend ever!”

“Don't you forget it.”

“And if you don’t mind me saying, a smoking hot one. So hot you’re... burning up~. OW! Okay sorry, too soon. Clearly a... sore spot~. OW!”