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Subject: {ASSM} "Lesbian Strap-On" (FF B/d strap hair) by Creampie Eater
Date: Fri,  3 Oct 2003 16:10:05 -0400
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DISCLAIMER:

This is a story about sex between consenting adults.
If you are not an adult, you cannot consent, even to
read this story. Therefore, read something else. Note
also that my stories may portray sexual acts that are
not necessarily safe. Since you are an adult reading
this, you know it. Even so, caveat lector.

NOTES:

This was written for a Yahoo Group and for a female
friend with a certain fetish and curiosity.  It is
dedicated to Stephanie.  It is quite unlike most of my
other stories, so if you visit my page or my group,
don't expect to find a lot like this.  The themes,
though, are common.

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Lesbian Strap-On
----------------

Stephanie loved the feel of Julie brushing her hair,
especially since she knew it was a prelude to very
exciting sex.  The brush massaged her scalp, then
pulled gently on her luxurious blonde mane as she
brushed to the ends.  Each stroke brought her closer
to her bondage, and that concept thrilled her.

Finally, after a long time brushing her hair, Julie
opened her bag of little elastics, and created tiny
ponytails that framed Stephanie's face.  Julie had a
nice eye for detail, and the little ponies would look
cute when she formed the main pony tail in the back. 
This she created carefully, pulling Stephanie's hair
taut and brushing it more to make sure it would be a
seamless glossy  ponytail that really showed off
Stephanie's hair color variations.  She used a strong
elastic to keep her ponytail firmly in place just
below the middle of her head.

"Kiss me," Stephanie whispered as Julie picked up the
iron to curl her bangs.  Stephanie had been patient,
but she wanted to feel Julie's full lips again.  Julie
had carefully avoided doing anything sexual until now
in order to enhance Stephanie's desire, but she was
more than happy to kiss her friend.  Both ladies
mouths opened wide as they kissed, tongues dancing in
each other's mouths.

"Why don't you take off your clothes," Julie broke the
kiss.  Stephanie had to blink to recover her wits, but
then stood and unbuttoned the simple top she was
wearing.  Shrugging it off, she then pulled down her
knit shorts.  Peeling off her panties, she was nude. 
Julie eyed her appreciatively, growing hungry to use
her friend.

She walked to the dresser, picking up the heavy
leather wrist cuffs she had brought.  She knew just
wearing them would make Stephanie more submissive and
excited, which was how she wanted her now.  Her bangs
would wait.

The cuffs had soft faux fur lining, but were otherwise
heavy and strong.  They had steel buckles and were
thick.  It was overkill to restrain the demur
Stephanie, but it was the psychological effect that
appealed to Julie.  There would be no doubt that
Stephanie would be helpless.

"Like them?" Julie smiled as Stephanie swung her arms
back and forth to test the weight.

"MMmm, yes," Stephanie replied truthfully.  "Very
comfortable."

"Well, let's see if you like them," Julie said,
stepping close to her friend.  She looked Stephanie
deep in the eyes, reaching down to explore Stephanie's
femininity.  Stephanie was beyond damp, and Julie slid
some juices around, circling Stephanie's clit. 
Stephanie blinked once, trying not to tremble, then
failed.  Julie brought her fingers to Stephanie's
mouth, and she knew to clean them.  She trembled
again.

Smiling, Julie had Stephanie return to the bench at
the foot of the bed, making her sit upright.  Then,
she curled Stephanie's bangs under, giving Stephanie a
youthful and cute look.  Stephanie's eyes looked large
under her bangs.  Her eyes were also staring intently
at Julie, as if trying to transmit the desire she was
feeling.

"Kiss me," Stephanie said, very softly.

Julie was firm, shaking her head for emphasis.  "No."

"Please?" Stephanie begged quite cutely.  It was the
first of the uncountable number of times she would beg
tonight.

"Sorry," Julie replied, excited at the simple
demonstration of control she could make.  Instead, she
went back to the dresser to put down the iron and to
take up the bright pink cord she had brought.  She had
cut a quite long length earlier, which had intrigued
Stephanie.

Julie cautioned Stephanie to be a good girl and remain
still.  Then she tied the length of cord tightly
around the elastic holding Stephanie's hair into a
ponytail.  She knotted it after making sure it was
pulled very tight around the base of the ponytail. 
Julie divided the hair into three sections, including
the two tails of cord in different sections.  Then she
braided Stephanie's hair, the bright pink cord
appearing briefly amongst the blonde braid.  It was an
intriguing effect.

Wrapping a small elastic tightly around the end of the
braid to keep it in place, Julie let the braid fall. 
"The string feels weird," Stephanie commented,
swishing her tail back and forth to feel the cord
swaying against her naked spine.  Julie ignored her,
which was vaguely distressing to Stephanie.

Instead, Julie went back to the dresser to grab her
next implement, a karabiner.  This wasn't a cheesy
knock-off sold as a key fob, but was a real McCoy
karabiner designed to hold a 300 hundred pound
mountaineer.  It had a simple locking mechanism that
someone could operate one-handed while on the side of
the mountain, but it wouldn't open accidentally.  That
would be fatal if your life depended on it staying
closed.

Julie's voice had a gentle strength.  "Stand up."

Stephanie stood up, getting more excited.  She knew
she was being restrained.  Julie went behind her
friend, grabbing her wrists and bringing them together
behind her back.  Each wrist cuff had a solid D-ring
to allow it to be attached to something.  In this
case, the karabiner was used to link the cuffs
together a bit above the small of Stephanie's back.

Julie walked back around to face Stephanie, and
casually began to undress.  Stephanie's eyes were very
large under her bangs, watching her friend slowly
become naked.  In particular, she stared at her
friend's crotch.  The last time they were together,
Julie had been carefully shaved into a "beaver pelt"
of buzzed fur.  Now, her crotch sported a dense growth
of curly brown hair.  Just realizing she had noticed
made Stephanie tremble.

Julie came to Stephanie, kissing her softly now so
that Stephanie moaned.  Julie's fingers caressed
Stephanie's ears, then dropped slowly to her nipples. 
She pinched and squeezed and pulled them ever harder,
testing Stephanie's limits.  Soon enough, Stephanie
made cute noises against her exploring tongue and
Julie stopped her attack.

"Kneel."

Stephanie kneeled on the bedroom carpet, looking up at
her friend with unconcealed lust.  She loved this
part, and when Julie brought her pussy close for
Stephanie's attention, Stephanie was the one who
emitted the first moan.

Stephanie had never eaten a girl with a natural
growth.  Her friend had retained either a shaved or
buzzed look since they had been together.  She found
the longer curlies to be a nuisance, and yet there was
something powerfully feminine about the feel and smell
and heat that pubic hair created.  Finding Julie's wet
gash was but a momentary struggle, then she enjoyed
the new sensation of giving her oral.

Julie knew how much Stephanie enjoyed eating her
pussy, and she allowed her to get that pleasure for
quite some time. She gripped Stephanie's braid,
grinding her pussy on Stephanie's face  Julie's
excitement grew as she felt how willingly her best
friend was sucking her, and in knowing that she should
cum.  Stephanie would find great satisfaction if she
came on her face, so she did.

The first orgasm was always nice, but the later ones
would be nicer, Julie knew.  She held onto the braid
to steady herself during her orgasmic wobbling, then
used it to haul Stephanie up and into another kiss. 
Stephanie's eyes were glazed with excitement, and her
mouth was covered with juices.  It was exciting for
Julie to kiss her and taste her own flavor.  God, she
felt powerful.

Now the real fun would start.  Julie helped Stephanie
onto the bed, having her kneel with her legs spread as
far apart as they would go.  Julie went back to the
dresser, picking up the two belts Stephanie had
provided from her husband David's closet.  Julie
slipped one of them under Stephanie's shin, buckling
it high on Stephanie's thigh.  She did the same with
the other leg, so that Stephanie's legs wouldn't bend.
 It was a new form of restraint to Stephanie, and one
that worried her until Julie reached between her legs
and diddled with her unprotected sex.  She about peed
when Julie inserted a finger into her.

Julie was tempted to go straight to the dildo, but
decided to remain calm and go with her plan. 
Accordingly, she crawled fully onto the bed, and
behind Stephanie.  Now she gripped the two ends of the
cord intertwined with the braid before murmuring for
Stephanie to look at the ceiling.  She threaded the
cord through the karabiner, and pulled it taut.

Stephanie let out a gasp as her hair was suddenly
pulled and her head was yanked backward.  Then, her
wrists were pulled upward with the same tension, and
she realized her hair was being tied to her wrists! 
The idea was unbelievably sensual to her, and she
almost spurted juices even as she was made more
uncomfortable (or maybe because of it!).

Julie smiled with satisfaction at Stephanie's
approving reaction.  She could look down into
Stephanie's pretty eyes and see the lust.  Unable to
contain herself, she lowered her face to Stephanie's
and kissed her savagely.  Her hand gripped Stephanie's
unprotected nipples, and she milked her breasts as
Stephanie moaned.  Then her hands slide down and she
fingered Stephanie's pussy, amazed at how wet she was.
 She felt the clit puffying out, and brushed it until
Stephanie whimpered, then came.  Again, she felt so
much control at having taken an orgasm from her friend
so easily.

It was now she wanted to exert her real dominance. 
She placed some pillows in front of Stephanie's hips,
then helped her roll forward.  In this position,
Stephanie's butt was so nicely round and sticking up,
eager for spanking.

The first spanks were just preparation, and Stephanie
practically purred.  When the redness became apparent,
Stephanie was no longer purring but moaning openly. 
"What a slut," Julie smiled to herself.  Every so
often, she would reach down and finger fuck her to be
sure.  Her juiciness was a sure sign that Stephanie
was heating up.

Julie wasn't a bit surprised when Stephanie started
begging for cock.  "Fuck me Julie," she panted.  "Use
your cock."

There was much more begging involved before Julie
consented to bring out the cock.  She had kept it
carefully under wraps, since she had bought a new one
for the occasion.  This was a new "Kong" dildo, super
realistic and complete with pubic patch and balls. 
The toy was described in the catalog as meaty, with a
9" length and 6.5" circumference (2" across!).  Julie
hefted it, anticipating the use.  She brought it to
Stephanie, waving it in front of her face.  "Are you
sure you want this?"

"Oh fuck," Stephanie replied, her throat pressing into
the mattress with the effort.

"I'm glad," Julie smiled, aware that Stephanie's
answer could be construed many ways.  Before Stephanie
had a chance to make a more intelligent reply, Julie
fed the cock into her mouth.  It would sit there for
contemplation while she spanked Stephanie in earnest.

The spanking was harsh, but not unduly so. 
Stephanie's buttocks got quite red, but Julie also
made frequent pauses to fondle her exposed pussy.  She
didn't quite understand what Stephanie was trying to
say, but she imagined it would be something like, "Oh
yeah, stuff your entire fucking hand into my whore
cunt."  Well, Stephanie wouldn't be that direct, but
the intent was there, Julie smiled.

With Stephanie's ass properly red, Julie climbed off
the bed and removed the Kong from her mouth.  Then she
grabbed Stephanie's head at the base of the tightly
strung braid.  She pulled Stephanie so that her face
was at the edge of the bed, and her body was
perpendicular to the edge.  Stephanie wasn't able to
move much, but she undulated as much as she could so
that she wasn't exactly dragged like a cavewoman.

Stephanie was not surprised to see Julie put a foot on
the edge of the bed then lower her muff for more
attention.  She was glad for the opportunity to
service her friend, burying her face deep into the
forest in order to lick and suck her juicy pussy.  She
just adored eating Julie's pussy!  The last time she
had been with her, Julie's husband had enough time to
fuck her, cum, get hard again, and cum again, all
while Julie sat astride her face.  The closing 69,
where Julie sucked her husband's cum from her gooey
pussy was especially rewarding.

This time, the pleasure of licking Julie was too
short.  At least, it seemed it would be.  Julie
returned with a rippled soft rubber toy that looked
like a large butt plug with a bulbous nose.  After
making Stephanie wet it, Julie began teasing her
opening with it while allowing Stephanie to lick her
clit.  She enjoyed the feeling of initial penetration,
especially with Stephanie's eager tongue helping out. 
She moaned aloud when the toy slipped into her
steaming entrance.

Julie left the toy in, and dragged the bench over to
the edge of the bed.  Kneeling on it, she was able to
slide her butt up to Stephanie's face.  Stephanie was
less eager, but still began to lap at her anus when
her face got lodged between Julie's cheeks.  The very
tentativeness at first, growing to an abandoned anal
servicing, was exciting to Julie.  She slid the
rippled toy slowly in and out of her increasingly wet
hole as Stephanie really got into it.

She went back and got a third toy, this one a smaller
version of the rippled one.  It really was a butt
plug, and Julie worked it in while Stephanie watched,
fascinated.  Stephanie had a real interest in anal sex
that she had admitted to no one except Julie.  Even
her husband wasn't included in that piece of
information.  Seeing it slide into Julie's back hole
was exciting, even if she had to frequently shove her
tongue inside Julie's ass to wet it.

Soon, Julie had her front and back doors filled with
slick black rubber, slowly sliding in and out.  She
kept just out of reach of Stephanie and her eager
tongue.  When the saliva in her ass dried, she went
and got some slippery stuff to lube up her ass toy. 
While at the dresser, she took her new harness in
hand.

It was billed as the "Ultra Harness 2000", and was
built sturdily for serious pumping.  It had a
vac-u-loc plug for the big new Kong dildo.  But the
thing that got Stephanie's attention, and was the
reason Julie bought it, was the attachment for the two
toys now pleasuring Julie.  The harness had a center
strap that went between her legs, to which the toys
would affix.  They would remain inside Julie while she
wielded the Kong toy, adding to her pleasure.

After a brief explanation, Julie put on the harness. 
Just to be sure, she lubed both the butt and vaginal
toy before tightening the straps.  The pleasure of
being filled in both ends was considerable, but the
mental pleasure of using the strap-on would be even
greater.

Julie attached the Kong to her harness, and moved the
bench out of the way.  She wanted Stephanie to be
properly submissive, so she asked her if she wanted to
be fucked.  "Oh god Julie, just fuck me!  I need it so
bad," she begged, continuing for a minute until Julie
let her suck her cock.

The new Kong looked so realistic, sliding in and out
of Stephanie's mouth.  Julie also was excited that
Stephanie's head and arms were restrained, forcing her
to remain in the same position while Julie could move.
 She also couldn't back away when Julie began driving
the dildo deeper into her mouth.  Julie was kind to
her friend, but she also loved watching Stephanie
begin to drool and gag on her cock.  The sense of
control was powerfully stimulating.

Julie went again to the dresser, returning with a
shiny silver bullet vibrator.  Now, as she face fucked
Stephanie, she reached behind her and began to pump in
and out of her flowing pussy.  Stephanie climaxed
almost instantly, before the vibrator was even turned
on!  Julie smiled, excited to have such a sexy, slutty
girl as a friend.

Julie really didn't want to wait, but she needed to
prepare Stephanie for the Kong.  So she went to the
other side of the bed, and crawled on.  She raked
Stephanie's back with her nails, leaving faint red
marks as she pumped the humming toy in and out.  Soon,
she could wait no longer, but instead positioned the
fucktoy at Stephanie's gaping entrance.

Feeling nasty, Julie gripped Stephanie's braid and
pulled as she slide the Kong slowly in.  "Oh God, it's
so fucking big," Stephanie gasped, feeling her insides
stretched as never before.  Then, she felt the slutty
guilt as she realized how much she loved it.

With the massive toy mostly inside, Julie began to
pump in and out of her friend slowly.  Stephanie was
so damn helpless, but so damn reactive!  Stephanie's
ass flexed as she took the toy deep, and flexed again
as it was pulled out, clinging to her vagina.  Her
mouth was a non-stop source of wild moans and
exclamations.  But the real show-stopper was how
frothy her pussy got as she was fucked.

Julie soon centered on her own pleasure.  The two toys
inside her holes were sliding in and out a little,
giving her serious pleasure.  It pleasure was best
when she was pumping hard, and when she neared orgasm,
she pounded Stephanie's pussy relentlessly.  When she
came, it was like no orgasm she had felt before!

As nice as it was, she still had room for more.  She
jerked to a slower pace, and focused on her next
target.  Stephanie's eyes went wide when she felt her
ass cheeks wrenched apart, followed by a wet stream of
saliva.

"OH god, no, not my ass, no!" she pleaded.

"You know you want it," Julie snickered.

"No I don't!" Stephanie persisted, but she was
betrayed by the low moan she uttered when Julie's
slender finger wriggled into her ass.

"Ha, I thought so," Julie smiled.  She continued
fucking Stephanie's pussy slowly with her man-meat,
while opening her backdoor.  The ease that Stephanie
relaxed and allowed two fingers in was suspicious. 
Julie thought that maybe Stephanie had been secretly
using toys back there.

Stephanie groaned in pleasure as the vibrator slid
into her anus, probing and humming.  Knowing she was
powerless to stop what was coming was that much more
exciting as well.  She had an excuse to allow her
friend to assfuck her.

When the vibe pulled out and Stephanie felt lube being
poured literally into her ass, she began to tense up. 
"Relax baby," Julie cooed, pushing the slippery vibe
back inside to coat her butt canal.  Soon, the vibe
came out and Stephanie felt the head of the meaty
dildo at her opening.

"Julie... I'm not ready..." she panicked.  "Really, I
don't think aaaaahahhhhhhh!!!!"

Julie again gripped Stephanie's braid, symbolically
pulling but being really very gentle as she pressed
the dildo slowly into her friend.  "Relax hun," she
coaxed, waiting a moment for Stephanie to comply. 
Then, the head popped through the first sphincter and
Julie paused to let Stephanie adjust.  Another
admonition to relax, "almost there," and she could pop
through the second sphincter.  "I'm in," she told
Stephanie.  Instantly, the restrained girl relaxed
much more, understanding that she really could do it.

It took some time, but Julie was able to begin full
thrusts in and out of her friend.  The mind fuck was
so nice!  She was fucking her friend's ass, for God's
sake!  It wasn't like fucking her husband, who had
been the initial recipient of the Kong.  He had no
choice but to take it in the ass if he wanted to be
screwed (and he loved being screwed, so that wasn't an
issue).  Stephanie did have a choice, and could have
genuinely refused if she had used the code word.  But
she didn't, so she had freely given her ass to her.

It was a fucking thrill!

More thrilling to Julie was that Stephanie actually
came from the ass fucking!  Stephanie regarded the
growing aches in her neck, scalp, and arms as
reminders of her submissive position.  She had never
been sodomized by someone else, and that too was a
totally submissive act.  She felt her orgasm growing,
and then it washed completely over her.

Julie was preparing to use the vibe on her when
Stephanie began to wraith around and grunted like
crazy.  Her love cries were loud and passionate.  The
understanding that she was cumming this way sent Julie
over the top as well.  The ability to squeeze both
toys in her at once left Julie panting on her back,
her steaming cock laying on her belly.

Both women recovered for a few minutes, then Julie
came around to kiss Stephanie fervently.  They began
to get charged up again, but Julie gushed when she
asked, "Are you ready for your BIG surprise?"

"Will I like it?" Stephanie smiled, trusting her
friend.

"Are you ready?" Julie asked again, smiling at her in
a way that totally relaxed Stephanie.

"Yes," Stephanie answered, allowing Julie to kiss her
long and deep again.  She loved Julie's insistent,
probing tongue.  Being Julie's lover was very exciting
and comforting.

"OK," Julie said, sliding off the bed.  She turned to
the man sitting in the corner, who had been watching
the girls making love.  It was David, Stephanie's
husband.  The front of his shorts were covered in
wetness.  He must have cum many times, the girls knew.

Somehow, seeing her husband in this context was
unsettling to Stephanie.  One or the other or both of
the husbands always watched them when they played. 
But the look of lust on his face... the size of his
erection despite how many times he had cum... it was
disturbing.

"What's going on," said the helpless woman while David
when to THAT drawer.  It was the drawer he kept all
his hair stuff in.  David had a hair cutting fetish,
and kept his toys in a special place.  Now, he pulled
out a pair of scissors and his battery powered
clippers.  He put on a #2 guard and Stephanie began to
panic.

Rather than listen to her panic, Julie took her last
toy, a mere whiffle golfball with a string through it,
and put it in Stephanie's mouth.  The string she tied
around her head so that Stephanie couldn't spit out
the make-do gag.  Stephanie calmed down a bit,
understanding there would not be much she could do.

Julie went into the bathroom and cleaned off the dildo
and the bullet vibe.  Then she came back in, seeing
that David was wantonly clicking the scissors and
chuckling like in a horror flick.  It seemed absurd to
Julie, but she saw Stephanie was near tears.  She
chided David, then stroked Stephanie's cheek and
kissed her tenderly.

Moving back behind Stephanie, Julie felt her sense of
power surge.  What she and David had collaborated on
was nothing short of abuse, and Stephanie was their
victim.  She wasn't too gentle when she pressed her
Kong back into Stephanie.  Yet, Stephanie began to
fuck back at her savagely.  Well, as savagely as she
could while so well restrained.

Things got even hotter for Julie when she pushed the
vibrator into Stephanie's gaping asshole.  She tried
worked it with her hand while her pelvis rammed her
cock in and out of her friend.

Soon, David would wait no more.  He snapped on the
clippers, and both women stopped in mid thrust.  A
smile of delight on his face, he gripped Stephanie's
braid and pulled her head forward to get to her nape. 
Her arms were wrenched even higher up her back, but
all Stephanie felt was the clippers buzzing on her
nape.  David ran them up against her skin, clipping
the braid off.

Stephanie was lucid enough to feel the pain increasing
in her scalp as less hair was being used to hold her
head.  She held her head back as best she could, but
her neck muscles were completely exhausted.  She was
confused by the sudden turn of events, and became more
so when Julie began fucking her hard and wrenching the
vibrator around her ass.

Finally the braid was completely removed and
Stephanie's head fell to the mattress.  The cool air
of the bedroom felt so foreign, but she barely noticed
it.  Her orgasm was building and again it washed over
her, involving her entire womb/ass/torso.  To say it
was powerful is to say a hurricane is stronger than a
gentle breeze.

Gently, Julie pulled the Kong from her friend's pussy,
then undid the karabiner to release Stephanie's arms. 
Unbuckling the harness, she laid nude on her friend,
then began to kneed the aches from Stephanie's neck
and arms.  That felt so nice to Stephanie, who let out
a contented sigh.

Both women dismissed David's presence.  He was
watching them and fondling the braid he had taken by
force from his wife.  His posture, his wild demeanor,
the huge cumstain on his pants all trivialized him. 
Later or tomorrow, he would finish the haircut he had
started and Stephanie would be absurdly cute.  But now
he was less than useless.

Stephanie rolled over to caress Julie.  Lovingly,
Julie removed the many butterfly clips still framing
Stephanie's hair.  The women touched each other's
faces, and then their lips met.  Stephanie felt
Julie's fingers on the bristles that were the remnants
of her nape.  Despite her powerful orgasm, she felt
herself beginning to respond.

Her touches became more sexual, and Stephanie wondered
if she could convince Julie to let her borrow the
harness so she could drive.  Seeing the lusty flashes
in Julie's eyes, she knew she had but to ask.

**********

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