I've had a tiny stub of a story idea that I've been kicking around a few years but it hasn't jelled for me at all. You know, something where the two sentence description sounds good but I can't get any traction with it.
So I thought I'd just put it out there to perhaps inspire others.
A relatively young woman seemingly makes a living as a BDSM call-girl. And the reader is given to believe she's high cost but lets the client "do anything at all" to her.
And we see a session where she's put through the wringer. Bondage and electricity and needles... whatever the author is comfortable writing about.
And at the end, when the client thinks they've gotten their money's worth and releases her, in a flash she spins them around and locks them in whatever device or bondage they'd had her in. (Or perhaps she picks a moment mid session when she has an opening).
And then she......
Robs them blind. Because they're all rich schmucks and would never be able to report her.
One additional twist I'd been trying to work in is that part of her personality is a complete lack of fear. Not bravery or "guts" but an actual pathological lack of fear response. She hates pain just as much as anyone but doesn't respond to the immanent threat of pain. And afterward, while she clearly remembers the pain and certainly doesn't want it to happen again, she still doesn't feel *fear*. At most, an intellectual acknowledgement that "I'm about to experience something I will not like experiencing. Regrettable. But I think it's worth it for my goal".
Anyway, I can't actually get it to work in my head, much less on the page. So I welcome anyone who likes to kick the tires and try it out if they are inspired by the idea.
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