kathryn’s lesson
Kathryn stared at the computer screen in horror. There she was, glancing around furtively, then taking a seat and hacking into Shelley’s computer. Never mind that she was doing it to save Shelley’s bum. Her co-worker had called her late one evening in a blind panic.
“Kathryn, you have to help me! My mother has fallen and broken her hip and I’m going to have to take off to care for her with no time to return to the office.” Kathryn opened her mouth to express her hopes for a speedy recovery, but Shelley was rushing on. “I saved three files right at the end of the day, but I was in too much of a hurry to either encrypt them or password protect them. If William finds out, it will mean my job!”
William was the vice president in charge of security. His office handled a great deal more than simple physical security of the premises, however. He had departments to combat corporate spying, internal leaks and technological espionage. He was responsible for each and every background check and security clearance issued in the entire company. At the thought of security clearances, Kathryn interrupted Shelley.
“I’m not sure how I can help you. I don’t have near the level of clearance you hold. I couldn’t even get into your computer.”
Shelley’s voice turned pleading. “I’ll give you my passwords.”
Kathryn’s stomach lurched. Sharing passwords was strictly against company policy.
“Nobody will know. Just pop into my cubicle at lunch. You know as well as I do that the entire office is deserted. It’s just three files. Will take you less than a minute. The encryption software finds and encrypts everything with one click.”
Kathryn had the momentary irritable thought that, if it were that easy, Shelley could have done it before logging off to go shag her loathsome toad of a boyfriend, then pushed it aside. She sighed and reached for a pen and a piece of paper. “All right. Tell me how to get into your system and where to find the encryption software.”
And Shelley had been right, Kathryn thought. Her horrified mind clung to that little tidbit of information as she turned to face William.
“Care to tell me why you were hacking into Shelley’s computer while she is out on emergency leave?”
Answering truthfully would cost Shelley her job. It might cost both of them their jobs. Kathryn bit her lip in indecision. It made no sense for both of them to become unemployed. Bravely, she looked back at William. His stern, impassive eyes bored into hers and she felt a frisson of fear. Regardless, she raised her chin. “No. I would rather not, thank you. I understand if you have to terminate me.”
William raised an eyebrow. “I’m afraid this wouldn’t be handled with a mere termination. You’re not terribly familiar with the contract you signed when you became an employee, are you?” When Kathryn shook her head, he continued. “You would rather go to jail?”
Good lord
, she thought, what sort of files were they? Her blue eyes widened in true fright. Jail. Her future would be ruined. She’d be unemployable. And … and … jail!! She looked down so that William wouldn’t see the tears form, and fought to keep them from spilling down her cheeks. “Is there anything I can do to keep that from happening, William?”
William looked at the suddenly submissive body language of the young lady. She was a promising employee, one he certainly hadn’t thought might stoop to corporate spying. To that end, he’d checked the computer’s records. He knew already that she hadn’t done anything wrong, that she’d merely encrypted a few files her co-worker had negligently left vulnerable. It was Shelley who really deserved the punishment. But, knowing Kathryn was guilty of at least obtaining knowledge of Shelley’s password, he’d thought to give her a little lesson that would keep her on the straight and narrow. He hadn’t counted on the streak of integrity she showed for her flighty friend.
And, as he stared at the glossy top of Kathryn’s dark head, his carefully controlled sadistic streak chose that moment to assert itself. Unseen by the junior executive, an evil smile worked its way across his face. “You can start, Kathryn, by addressing me a bit more respectfully.”
Kathryn’s head snapped up, both hope and trepidation in her eyes. She’d managed to control the tears, but the effort had left her eyes large and glowing, their dark lashes wet and spiky. “Wh-wh-what do you mean, William?” His face hardened. “I mean, Sir,” she amended. The word felt odd coming off her lips.
“Better,” he mused. He wondered how far this girl would be willing to go in order to protect her friend and save both their jobs. “I think you can repeat your original question, Kathryn. With more respect. And from your knees.”
From her knees??? Kathryn was shocked. He meant to humiliate her. Pride flowed through her, and she almost snapped her head up and gave him an indignant retort. And then, the thought of jail and her family and how horrified her mother would be passed through her addled brain. Numbly, she felt herself bend down and get to her knees before William. “Is there anything I can do to keep from going to jail, Sir?”
She managed to look sweet, submissive and proud, all at the same time. And terrified. He felt his cock stir at the look of abject terror on her face. “Spread your knees apart, Kathryn.”
This time, she didn’t stop the tears. She let them roll, unchecked, down her cheeks. “Please, Sir, my skirt is too tight.”
“Pull it up.”
Awkwardly, she did just that, pulling it up enough to allow her knees to spread slightly apart. William took a step closer. “More.”
Her face flushing with shame, Kathryn pulled the skirt up around her hips and spread her knees apart. The tops of her stockings and her garters were clearly visible, as were her panties.
William stood very close, his feet nearly touching her outthrust knees. Kathryn hung her head and tried to block out the sight of those polished black shoes, but her eyes wouldn’t close. She could hear him breathing, could sense his arousal. “Arch your back,” he said. She did so automatically, beyond the point of denial. As she did, she felt, to her shame, her nipples harden, clearly visible against her silk blouse.
She knew the moment he noticed them. His chuckle washed over her in shameful waves. The shoes turned and walked away, to her relief. The relief was short lived. She heard him walk to his desk, unbuckle his belt, unzip his pants, and take a seat. “Remove those panties, without getting up, and come here, Kathryn.”
She lifted imploring eyes to his. In answer, he turned the flat screen monitor toward her and pressed play again. The scene from the cubicle was now followed by video of her kneeling there, her skirt bunched up around her waist, knees spread, breasts pushed out. She looked utterly wanton, like a little slut. She closed her eyes and worked her panties down to her knees, then, lifting first one leg and then the other, slid them off completely.
“Good girl,” said William. “Now put them in your mouth and crawl to me.”
Kathryn held them in her teeth, keeping her lips carefully away from the fabric, avoiding the crotch area entirely. She could smell them, to her shame, could smell her arousal coming off them in waves. William laughed again. “So fastidious. We can’t have that. Put the crotch in your mouth, Kathryn. Crawl to me with your wetness from the crotch of your panties coating your tongue.”
Grimacing with distaste, she did as he asked, then began crawling across the expanse of carpet to his desk. “That’s it. Good girl. Bring me your panties.” When she drew near, she looked up at him, unsure of what to do next. “Lay them in my lap.”
She crawled the last couple of steps and raised her head. His cock stood up from his opened zipper, hard, a drop of pre-come shining on the tip. William pushed his pants down further. “Lay them on my knee. You can begin by giving my balls a good tongue bath, Kathryn-slut.”
She pushed the panties out of her mouth and onto his leg, then moved her face toward his crotch. With a little sob, she nudged his pants out of the way with her nose and stuck her tongue out. He groaned at the hot contact and moved his hands into her hair. “That’s it, slut. Get them nice and wet all over with your hot tongue, then suck them dry gently. You are a cock hungry slut, aren’t you?”
Kathryn didn’t answer the question, so he tightened one fist in her hair and pulled her face away. “Say it.”
She couldn’t bring herself to say the words. William’s face tightened and he pulled back on her hair until she was angled way back while he leaned over her. He pushed her legs apart with his hand and shoved two fingers deep into her cunt. He worked them there for a moment, then pulled them out with a sucking sound and wiped them under her nose. “Feel that, cunt? Smell that? You’re hot for this. Now say it.”
Kathryn abandoned her last shred of dignity. “I am a cock hungry slut, Sir.”
He let go of her hair. “Show me, bitch.”
And Kathryn fell to her task, taking his cock deep into her mouth, as deeply as she could. She swirled her tongue around his shaft, dipped it into the little hole at the top. She slipped it under his foreskin, then took him deep into her mouth again, sucking him down until she felt him in her throat, felt him as far as she could take him without gagging. And then, his hand landed on the back of her head and forced it down further. She gagged a little, and he allowed her to pull back, catch her breath and then fucked back into her mouth, using it like he would her pussy.
Kathryn worked her throat, worked her tongue, doing her best to bring him off, to end this humiliating experience. It didn’t take terribly long. Only a few moments passed before she felt his cock twitch, felt the rush of his juice along the vein against her tongue. And then he exploded into her mouth and she swallowed convulsively, clinging to his legs and trying to breathe through her nose.
He pulled out and she fell forward on the floor, burying her face in her hands. She heard him breathing hard for a moment. Then he spoke. “Look at me, Kathryn. And open your mouth.”
She sat up slowly, sat back on her heels and opened her mouth miserably. Without a word, he took her panties from his knee, balled them up and stuffed them into her mouth. “Straighten yourself up and go back to your desk. Keep those panties in your mouth until you get there.” He pointed at the monitor, which showed her with her cheeks slightly bulged out, kneeling between his knees. “Trust me when I tell you I’ll know if you take them out, slut. Now go. Trot along.”
She stood and straightened her clothing silently. He watched as she turned to go to the door. “You make keep your job, Kathryn.” She couldn’t thank him, so she nodded her head and hoped she looked grateful. Then he added. “For now.” She opened the door and fled.



Ooooh, the classic scenario. I thought at first it would be a set up by Shelley. Then I was wondering about the loathsome toad of a boyfriend. Who is he? Does Kathryn secretly lust after him? What does William look like? Did Kathryn lust after him? Or was she always a goody-goody? Of course, we all know, this could NEVER happen in real life (snicker - at lunch).
Is it possible to put a poll on your website where people can vote for their favorite stories? I want to vote over and over again.
sassy ~
Ah, you’re so good to me. Thank you. i’ll bet there is a way to place a poll on the blog … but i also know i’m not nearly HTML savvy enough to figure it out.
As to your questions … this is one of the stories (all in the k series) in which i was given a topic by my ex-lover and told to create a story. There are two more stories about Kathryn … some of your questions might be answered by them, but i never created very much background or developed the characters.
Another thing i try to avoid is too much description of the characters in my extremely short pieces. There is a definite “type” to my male characters, and i don’t mind forcing my type on people with my longer pieces, as with Stephen in “The Lesson,” and my beloved Daños in “soiled.” While i tend to see all the men (or demons, in the case of the “seven” series) as tall, dark and evil, i know others might like to envision themselves in the role of the hero or heroine, and their ideal in the opposing role.
i had a discussion in the fairly recent past, with someone i admire unconditionally as both a writer and person, about keeping the reader in mind. In that discussion, we were talking about using terms that are easily understood so as not to take the reader out of the story when they run across something with which they are not familiar. In that conversation, i insisted that i refuse to “dumb down” for my readers, that reading something unfamiliar might well be understood if it were in context, and could actually teach the reader something they did not previously know. My lack of physical description is sometimes a concession to that … keeping the reader in mind.
Sorry for the long comment response. Sometimes, i get carried away.
elise
Well, my first question was going to be: will there be more Kathryn stories? So, I am glad to hear that there are.
Thank you, Beth. As with kiki, this one will end rather abruptly … but there are two more.
Of the k series … this is my least favorite. i don’t like to think of my erotica as “porn.” This one skirts dangerously close to that edge for me.
elise
I guess, looking back on some of your writing, you don’t provide much physical description (none for Asmodeus for example). I suppose I wanted physical description for William because I didn’t really like him. It seemed to me that Kathryn doesn’t admire him, and while she has shame at being caught, she’s not ashamed about being caught BY HIM. She is turned on by the submission - but in this story it seems not so much by submission to him.
I was talking about this kind of thing with my S.O. yesterday. I find it irritates me when someone I don’t view as dominant tries to dominate me. I guess it’s that element of admiration or worship. Jason gets carte blanche since Olivia worships him. Also, he has depth. He seemed not just angry but also hurt that she didn’t outbid the biddie. It seemed to me that he wanted her in the back seat out of concern for her. Am I reading too much into it?
I am very interested in figuring out ways to write certain characters by only providing a few details. I also am fascinated by what makes one story porn and another “literature”. In your comment to Beth, you said this story was closer to porn - I agreed with that but am not sure why.
sassy,
i’ve never liked the characters in the Kathryn series, nor have i liked the subject matter. i like flawed characters, but i need them to have redeeming qualities. Be evil, for instance, but have a soft spot. To me, William is just reprehensible and Kathryn is weak … and not terribly bright.
As to writing with few details, i’ve always found that “less is more.” i get bored when it’s all laid out for me. Nuance is beautiful and terribly underrated. Often, you can provide a tiny piece of description, then round it out with dialogue, which moves at a faster pace. Gestures, facial expressions, delivery, tone … all can be conveyed through dialogue. Before you know it, you’ve created an image in your head of precisely what that character looks like as he/she delivers the dialogue, and it happens without thought. As you said, you only realized i don’t offer description when you looked back on some of my work.
i think writers often make the mistake of thinking they have to feed their readers, forgetting that readers have quite active imaginations of their own. There’s something to be said for exquisite detail … but i get more out of experiencing a great work of art than i get out of having it described to me.
And, finally, porn vs. erotica. ~grimace~ i think the best way to compare it is this: i can be a complete slut FOR someone … but it is a far different thing from just being a slut. Porn, to me, is written as a means to an end: to get someone off. And it has it’s place. Erotica is written to convey or evoke a feeling or emotion. It transcends sex the same way lovemaking transcends fucking.
But make no mistake. i enjoy both.
elise
Hmmmm. Interesting short piece and especially interesting commentary, particularly regarding the lack of description, the ’source’ of the story idea, and the awareness that readers will bring their own preconceived notions to the reading….exactly as I did on first reading.
I ran smack into a couple stereotypical prejudices with these characters because of the setting. Our culture often venerates elements of society as a whole that some of us less impressionable or traditional folks see as a well camoflagued sham. I see two of society’s loftiest ‘ideals’ as the purest examples of sado-masochism around - corporate business and organized religion - and who in the business community plays the ‘enforcer’ role best but the executive in charge of security. A victim of my own thinking, I disliked him immediately just as I felt no particular pity or empathy for Kathryn who knowingly set herself up by succumbing to both active and passive authority. (Corporations are basically boring places, so perhaps she thought to be entertained?)
A long explanation to say that under your definition, this read as erotica because of its dominance and submission. However, because its setting screams S&M in my mind, it plays as porn. You disproved the old adage, Elise…your vehicle may have been the bird in hand, but adding the two you found in that bush, ya’ got three. *laugh*
Kaz ~
You made me laugh out loud at work, causing the religious zealot who sits next to me, the repressed homophobe who sits across from me, and my marginally interesting but still irksome female boss who sits behind me to inquire as to the cause of my amusement.
i placated them by mumbling something cliché (about a cliché, no less … points for me!) and quickly minimized the naughty bits of my screen.
Thank you, Kaz.
elise