Insist

A piece revolving around a switch fight, and a possible turning the tables scenario.

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“Rather than resist, I would insist that you surrender.” The words felt powerful, somehow. Their stated insistence was making you want to obey. As your partner stared you down, you tried to muster the words to disagree. To keep resisting.

“No, no my bratty little toy. I’m in no mood for you to be thinking. I insist that you stop.” Again, you had just been about to open you mouth when the sentence fell apart in your mind. Then the rest of your thoughts went with it. Leaving very little.

Just a small inkling of wanting to be annoying. To make them work. You came close to them, scrambling to find your thoughts again, it took some time, but you did it. “But… But… I have some great thoughts. Why should I stop them?” An idea struck you.

“Hey, look at me.” You had few thoughts, but this idea was something you could go with. They looked you in the eye, but you did not falter. “How about, rather than my not thinking tonight, you stop thinking?” You saw their confusion on their face.

You hadn’t tranced them much. But they were easy to drop. “It must be so hard to think all the time, I know how easy it is to just stop. To let those thoughts go. And I know how much you love doing it.” Their eyes were already fluttering slightly, and they couldn’t seem to find words.

“And it must be so easy to want to let yourself relax for me. To let yourself sink away.” They shook their head, softly. But faintly, their breathing ha already started to slow. “You do. I can see it. You’ve had a long day, and you want me to help you relax. Take your mind off it.”

They slowly raised a hand, from behind their back. Dangling from a chain, held in their grasp, was a crystal, that shined and span, casting reflections all across the room. Your thoughts stalled again. Your gaze caught by the crystal. “Now pet… I insist that you don’t do that again.”

Instantly the idea was gone from your head. And as they started talking again, it wasn’t long before you were helplessly staring at the crystal, unable to look away. Body relaxing, thoughts gone. Eyes, so tired. Eventually, they insisted that you sleep, and you dropped into trance.