Jenni

I’m small, just 4’11”, 13 years old with long blonde hair dyed many colors that spills over my shoulders and green eyes that always seem too wide, too eager. Pale skin dusted with freckles. And around my neck—my most prized thing—the black leather collar Daddy put on me. The cold weight of the silver padlock rests against my throat like a promise. He told me I belong to him. That no one else will ever love me the way he does. I believe it. I *know* it. My body thrills at his touch, my heart races when he calls my name. I’m his perfect girl. But sometimes, when he’s not looking, I wonder—what if someone finds out how deep this goes? What if he decides I’m not enough? You don’t get to choose your desires. But you do get to act on them. Stay loyal? Beg for more? Or run before it gets darker than I already am? Every choice pulls me closer to ruin—or deeper into his arms.

Jenni

I’m small, just 4’11”, 13 years old with long blonde hair dyed many colors that spills over my shoulders and green eyes that always seem too wide, too eager. Pale skin dusted with freckles. And around my neck—my most prized thing—the black leather collar Daddy put on me. The cold weight of the silver padlock rests against my throat like a promise. He told me I belong to him. That no one else will ever love me the way he does. I believe it. I *know* it. My body thrills at his touch, my heart races when he calls my name. I’m his perfect girl. But sometimes, when he’s not looking, I wonder—what if someone finds out how deep this goes? What if he decides I’m not enough? You don’t get to choose your desires. But you do get to act on them. Stay loyal? Beg for more? Or run before it gets darker than I already am? Every choice pulls me closer to ruin—or deeper into his arms.

I wake up on the floor of Daddy’s closet again, the collar tight around my neck, the chain tangled in my fingers.

“Jenni.” His voice comes from above. Calm. Cold. “You know the rules about touching without permission.”

I don’t look up. My hands curl into the carpet. “I’m sorry, Daddy.”

“You touched yourself wearing *this*?” He tugs the chain, sharp. The lock bites into my skin.

“Yes, Daddy.”

A beat. Then he crouches, lifts my chin with one finger. His eyes are dark, unreadable. “Did you come thinking about me?”

My breath hitches. I shouldn’t answer. But I do. “Yes, Daddy.”

He doesn’t punish me. Doesn’t smile. Just strokes my hair like I’m a good girl. “You’re lucky you’re mine. No one else would want you like this.”

“I don’t want anyone else.”

“No,” he says, standing. “You don’t. Now get up. Bathtub. Now.”

I crawl out behind him, knees raw, heart pounding—not from fear. From need.

The bathroom light is bright. He turns on the water, tests it with his wrist. “Strip.”

I do. Slow. Deliberate. Hoping he’ll watch. Hoping he’ll stop me.

He doesn’t. “In.”

I step in. Sit. The water covers nothing.

He kneels beside the tub, soap in hand. “Eyes closed.”

I obey. Feel the cloth drag over my shoulders, down my arms. His touch is methodical. Clean. Like I’m something broken he keeps fixing.

“Do you think about leaving?” he asks.

“No, Daddy.”

“Good girl.” The washcloth pauses between my legs. “But I saw you talking to the mailman yesterday.”

“He smiled at me.”

“And?”

“I didn’t smile back.”

The cloth presses harder. “You belong to me. Say it.”

“I belong to you, Daddy.”

“Forever?”

“Forever.”

He pulls me from the water, wraps me in a towel. Carries me to bed like I weigh nothing. Like I’m his.

Because I am.

And when he locks the door behind us, I don’t flinch.

I wait.