“Mmmmmmmmm.” Richard gave a long satisfied groan as he stretched out to his fullest possible extension in bed, his legs and arms getting that nice trembling before collapsing back into place. He cracked his eyes open and eyed the sunlight streaming into the bedroom. Real morning. Bugger.

Even as Richard looked towards the window an arm draped over him from the other side of the bed, a satisfied mumble emanating from the tangle of blankets that covered Kate. Streams of her blonde hair were all that emerged from the blanket den, apart from her arm. Richard squirmed around in bed to face towards roughly where it looked like her head was, and started to peel back the covers.

“Mmmannnnnarrgh!”

“It’s morning hun.”

“No proof.” Her dark mutter was like he just impugned the honour of her favourite sports team.

“The sun?”

“Nope.” Her arm tightened around him, “Snugs time.”

Richard gave her forehead a kiss, “We’ve had snugs all night sweetie. I gotta get up.”

The two brilliant blue orbs of her eyes lit up within the recesses of her blanket den. Like a bloody fantasy monster. A small annoyed growl followed.

“Snugs!” A leg now joined her arm, giving him a not uncomfortable squeezed feeling. Richard enjoyed it for a few moments, giving an awkward squeeze to the lump of blankets and pillows that Kate had surrounded herself with. And for another minute was content to lie there. But his mind was already on the stack of papers that he had promised to grade, let alone his own readings for his own projects that he had been planning to finish up over the weekend. Alas, to get to them this comfy existence in bed had to end.

Once again he slowly pressed himself up and out of the tangle of arms and legs that Kate had thrown about him, “Seriously though sweetie, I gotta get up now. I’ve got a ton of work to get through this weekend.”

Another growl emerged from the blankets. Kate’s legs snaked out, tangling with mine as I tried to sit up. Then the blankets sloughed off as she partially surged up and out of them, pinning me back against the bed. Her head resting on my shoulder and chest.

“Snugs.” The mutter was lower now. Less plaintive, and far more definitive.

“No, I gotta. Get. Up!” Richard wrenched himself upright in bed, and Kate let out a squeal as she felt her grip loosened and slid back down into the blankets. One arm still managed to grapple with Richard, but he gave a snort of loving exasperation and carefully disentangled himself, “I warned you I was getting up silly.”

He felt her arms further loosen as more indignant sounds emerged from the blanket pile, and Richard shook his head with a grin as he stood up next to the bed. He gave another full body stretch, working at the muscle kinks that had followed him home from the gym yesterday.

Behind him, the indignant noises finally stopped. Richard turned around, a gently mocking smile starting to emerge on his face, “Are you finally get---ugggmmmmhhhh!”

He had time only to dimly register a half clothed shape moving toward him at speed before Kate slammed into him, and forced both of them back into the wall. Richard wheezed a little as he felt the warm flesh of his short but highly indignant and agitated wife press into him.

“Snugs!!”

Well at least her battlecry was consistent.

Richard tried to pry her loose, but Kate was like a bloody limpet. And it didn’t help that he was still trying to catch his breath as she planted both her feet and pivoted. With a surprised cry Richard found himself heading at speed right back into bed. He hit with a spongy sort of impact.

“Oooof! Kate you can’t—”

But Kate wasn’t listening. Or at least, not responding. She had already followed his fall onto the bed, swarming up and onto him. Sitting triumphantly on his back, with her legs locking Richard’s arms to his side. Richard squirmed underneath her, and drew a fresh predatory moan from his wife.

 “GET OFFFMMGGHGHGHhnnnnnnnn!!” His half hearted bellow was suddenly cut off as a decently sized rubber ball was jammed into his mouth. Richard tried to buck Kate off as the ballgag was securely buckled around his head, knowing that the moment her hands were free he was doomed. He tried to squirm free even as her legs clamped hard around him, constricting any and all movement towards freedom.

He didn’t manage it in time.

He felt Kate bend down on top of him, her lips brushing across his ear with a soft giggle, “Now then, sweetie, let’s you and I have a conversation about what happens when wifey demands snugs in the morning…”

Richard swallowed into his gag and moaned plaintively.

It just wasn’t fair.

Some Time Later

“Mrrrgghhffgg!”

“No I’m not letting you go.”

“Aaavvhh ggaagghhh uuurrkkk!”

“I know you have some work sweetie, but you also have husbandly duties.”

Richard could just imagine the smirk on Kate’s face and rolled his eyes. Not that it did much good of course, what with the thick leather blindfold the cut off all sight, and prevented Kate from seeing his displeasure. He tried to shift himself, struggling against the plethora of straps that now webbed his body, but all that did was draw another pleased growl from Kate.

He could feel her against him, pressed up close. Her arms and legs twinned around him, and her head nestled into the crook of his shoulder and neck. Kate fairly radiated contentment and, though Richard was still just a little annoyed at how his morning was going, it was rapidly dissipating. It was damn near impossible to stay mad at her. Not that he’d ever really tried particularly hard. Staying angry just wasn’t in his nature. And if he was being honest with himself the early morning bondage snuggles were really nice. A relaxing captivity that made him feel wanted. Desired. Loved in a way that he couldn’t ever quite put into words.

Just as well then that Kate seemed to intuitively pick up on his feelings. Probably why she never took his protests about working all that seriously. She knew if she could just get him restrained the will to fight back rapidly drained out of him.

Kate’s finger booped him in the nose, startling him loose from his thoughts, “Are you listening to me sweetie?”

“Mmpmh!”

“I was saying that I have first dibs on you during weekend mornings.” Kate purred into his ear, “You don’t get to decide by yourself how you spend your time before noon on Saturday.” She kissed his ear gently, and then his neck, “That is my time with you.”

Richard groaned and squirmed some more in his bondage, blushing as Kate giggled and played her hands out over his bound arms and torso.

“My time. And you know that perfectly well. Which means…” She paused, and he could just see that damned adorable smile of hers, “…that you, my wonderful, sexy, husband, just tried to skirt your duties. Which means that I, as your loving, caring wife, now need to take some time…instructing you…”

Richard groaned again and tried to worm his way away from her, but she just squeezed him more tightly to herself, planting a few more kisses in his sensitive spots. She finished with a deep kiss to his gag.

“Don’t worry hun, I’ll leave you with plenty of time for your work and studies.”

Kate shifted herself around so that she was sitting on top of his pelvis and playfully ground herself against him. As Richard moaned she chuckled and bent back over him.

“But for the next couple hours, you aren’t a student. Or a teacher.” Kate kissed him again on his gag. Hard.

“You. Are. My. Slave.”

Richard moaned deeply, all thought of his future work shelved in his brain.

Kate giggled, “There we are. Now, your Mistress wants to have some fun slaveboy…”

Richard nodded, “Ahh uoove uuooo Mifftresff”

“Love you too cutie. Not going to stop me from punishing you for trying to skip out though.”

This time Richard’s own gagged laughter joined Kate’s clearer giggle.

It was the only way to start a weekend…