Joan and Michael have been having a relationship for about three years.

Joan is very comfortable in the lifestyle where Michael is in control, and he in turn relishes his power. Recently he has noticed that things are somewhat different, he feels that although Joan is still submissive to his wishes, she is actually 'topping from the bottom'. This, as my dear readers may know, is where the submissive actually controls the events by their behavior. Michael is determined to put an end to this, and return to the point where his wishes and desires were all that were need to have Joan fulfill them.

Joan, for her part may not have even realized this was going on, but when she wanted to be punished she decided to act poorly, forcing Michael to react and punish her, giving her what she wanted. When he wanted to punish her or use her for his desires, and she was not ready, she gave excuses and that hesitation was what he started to sense. His plan was to bring her back to understand his control was complete and her satisfaction and joy came from what he took from her, not what she took.

The plan was elaborate, bringing into it elements of surprise, sex, pain and acceptance.

In the end, things returned to almost the original atmosphere, but better, and both Joan and Michael were once again happy