Tigers and stripes

Normally when we play there are very clear lines about roles.  There is a top giving sensation and there is a bottom receiving it (often literally).  These top and bottom roles as you might surmise follow the Dominant and submissive roles as we lead our daily lives with in TTWD.  Every once in a while though there is a switch.  Saturday night was one of these, once in a whiles.

I found myself on the receiving end of a riding crop I have wielded many times.  It was used across my chest and my backside and although she lacks a certain flare or style she does have a surprising amount of power.  It was as most scenes involving pain and intense feeling a heady experience and a fun night.  Like many a sub I can still feel the remnants  of our activity as I write this.

However did the tiger change his stripes even if for only one night?  Can he even if he wants to?  Can she?  This was not a case of subs gone wild, she was following instructions.  It was on the surface her topping but a closer look would reveal I was in control the entire time, she was as much a puppet to that control in using the crop as she would have been under the crop.

The real indication can be found on Sunday.  On Sunday she was just a fragile, just as in need of reassurance and closeness and care as should would have been if she were used and bruised.  The dynamic that defines us played out on Sunday via aftercare exactly the same way it always does.  She sought out closeness and protection and I provided it, like a thousand Sundays... Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and so on before.