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Online Strangers [ShortSighted and Zombies Galore]

My Princess is even beautiful covered in tears, Nate noted as she sobbed, trying desperately to apologize to him. Anger still flowed through his veins, though not quite so torrential as before, a significant portion of that red hot flash having turned to bitter disappointment. Even huddled on her cot, pressed into a corner from her fear she looked somehow appealing. It was as though she was Rapunzel, the princess so beautiful she was left locked in a tower.

"What can you do to earn my trust back?" Nate asked, still furious.
 
"I---I---I don't know." Mandy choked out through the tears. "I'll do anything." She added, thinking that would help but she didn't think that those words could be damaging to her. Her ass was still stinging from his slaps, the hand prints slowly fading from the firm cheeks that were planted on the cold floor.

"Please don't hurt me. Please don't."
 
Nate sighed and rubbed his still tired eyes. He made a come hither motion with his hands and then held his arms open as though he wished to embrace Mandy. "Come here, Princess. Come here and give me a hug." A plan was slowly formulating in Nate's head concerning what would be an appropriate way to handle Mandy's escape attempt. It was, after all, his job as her Prince to make sure that she did not step over any boundaries and was properly punished when she did. Otherwise, how could she be the perfect Princess?
 
Mandy nodded and slowly got herself up, moving over to Nate to hug him. She thought he'd calmed down and stopped being mad. She thought that she'd got out of punishment. "I'll be good. I'm sorry." She told him hugging him tightly. "I'm sorry. I'm a good Princess." She told him. "I'll be real good."
 
Nate enveloped Mandy in his strong arms, affectionately squeezing her close to him. His bare chest felt wet and sticky where her face leaned against it and not even in a very good way. His hand absolutely went up to the crown of her head and petted her, running his fingers through her sleep tangled hair. "Good, good. I'm glad you've made that decision 'cause I'm trying to be the best Prince I can and it makes me happy you're trying, too." Nate went so far as to plant a peck of a kiss on her forehead, "Now, what do you say we pretend that didn't happen and restart our day? I'll shower, shave, brush my teeth, make breakfast, get dressed and then we'll do something fun, okay?"
 
Mandy nodded, letting Nate hold her as she nodded, agreeing with what he was saying. "Yes. We can have some fun. I'd like that. I'll let you get dressed and everything." She told him. "Dress in something nice for your princess." She told him, leaning up to kiss his lips in an attempt to make things better. "We'll have a good day."
 
You bet your ass we'll have a good day, Nate thought, though he was pleasantly surprised by Mandy's kiss. He slowly untangled himself from their embrace and walked backwards, letting his fingers brush ever so lightly down the young woman's arm. When he walked out of the door he closed it behind him and shut it, clicking the lock closed. All the nascent trust was gone now, an interesting turn of events given how Mandy was complaining the night before about having no trust left in him.

He took the stairs two at a time and went through his much practiced morning ritual; brushing his teeth, shaving, toilet, shower. Nate spent a few minutes putting around his room before he fell upon an appropriate combination of clothing. His torso was covered by a fitted button-up shirt that emphasized his tight abdomen and muscle broadened shoulders with thin light blue vertical stripes. Next were slacks that showed off his gluts, made strong through years of squats. His easily ruffled auburn hair was, as ever, messy. Though Nate had always fantasized about long hair he knew that in all reality it would be a poor choice on his part--even cut short his hair was uncontrollable.

Nate soon found himself in the kitchen, scrambling eggs, chopping up mushrooms, onions, bell peppers, potatoes and olives. Clearly he had been making breakfast burritos for years as he managed to have to prepared in under twenty minutes. Mandy's captor walked down the stairs, unlocked the door and opened it, "Since you promised to be a good Princess, how about you come up stairs with me so we can eat breakfast together, like we're supposed to?" He left the door open behind him, not waiting for the response he expected to be yes.

He had carried the plates out to the living room and set on them on the coffee table--his home lacked a dining room.
 
Mandy took a seat on her bed thinking about what she'd done and cursing herself. She should have waited, now it would take a while before she could get his trust enough to try and find an escape again. She was planning an escape though.

When Nate came back down she followed him to the living room and took a seat. As soon as she saw the food and smelt it, she started wolfing it down she was so hungry. She loved it. It was gorgeous and she wasn't afraid to tell him this.

"This is gorgeous Nate. I love this. It's perfect." She told him.
 
"Clearly," Nate commented after seeing her eat. She ate as though she had not been fed in days. He, on the other hand, was eating at a somewhat more sedate speed on the couch next to her. After he finished with another mouthful of the breakfast burrito he reached over and lightly touched her shoulder, "Thank you for the compliment. I appreciate it."

After he was done eating Nate stood up and walked to the center of the room. "So, am I dressed in something pretty to please my Princess?" He turned around slowly, hands palm up, arms parallel parallel to the ground. There was no doubt in Nate's mind that Mandy would like the way he looked. Every day included at least an hour of physical training of some sort. Though, given how good looking he was, why did he need to kidnap a seventeen year old? Mostly because the older ones were usually smart enough to run after the first few dates.
 
"You look like the perfect prince." Mandy smiled before looking down at herself and sighing slightly, she didn't look like the perfect princess just in an old baggy t-shirt of Nate's. "I don't look much like a Princess." She told him. "I'm just wearing your top. Maybe we need to go get some of my things." She told him. It was a risky thing to say and Mandy hoped she wouldn't get in trouble for it.

"So, what fun are we going to have today?" She asked Nate. "And can I have this thing off my neck now?"
 
"You can't lead a whole new life if you're going to be wearing things that you used to," Nate responded smoothly. He moved back down next to Mandy and put an arm around her waist, snuggling close to her. "No matter what, Mandy, you always look like a Princess. Even when you're crying and angry and confused."

He absently rubbed her arm, "I just happened to pick up the box set of the first four seasons of Criminal Minds. I was thinking we could watch that and then we could paint a little." Both of which he Nate knew from the hours he spent talking to her hour after hour on the internet were her favorite.
 
When she heard the suggestions of what they were going to do she nodded vigorously at the ideas. She loved watching Criminal Minds, she loved the show and it gave her hope that if her parents cared enough for her maybe she'd be found by people like the actors and actresses in time. Maybe she'd be found safe soon by authorities and Nate could be taken to jail. She didn't voice these thoughts.

"Yes, you know what I love." She smiled. "I'd love to watch Criminal Minds."

Mandy had successfully gotten herself out of trouble, she decided. Everything was perfect and Nate seemed trusting again. Things couldn't be better and Mandy believed that she would be able to try and escape again soon.

"Can I get this thing off my neck now?" She asked again, trying to find a way to get the collar off. "It makes me feel like some sort of pet or dog. I don't like it."
 
Nate got up and went to the entertainment system across from the couch, slitting the plastic wrapping on the box set. He loaded the first DVD of the first season into his DVD player. "You don't like my gift?" There was that genuine hurt in his voice. It was as though she had managed to put her fist into his sternum and come out with his still bleeding heart.

He moved back to the couch, sitting down next to Mandy. "I mean... If it's not good enough, I guess that's okay. But..." He carefully, almost reverentially touched the collar, "I think you look absolutely beautiful in it."
 
"I--" Mandy faultered as he sounded hurt by it. She didn't want to anger the man or make him hurt her but she wanted it off of her neck. She wanted something nicer not something where Nate could easily chain her up like a dog. "What about one of those nice silver necklace's in the shops?" She asked. "Maybe with a love heart on it, or my name?" She suggested trying to give better options and a reason for Nate to take it off. "I just don't like that it makes me look and feel like a dog. I don't like that you can chain me up with it." She told him quietly.
 
"I would not get a dog a collar nearly that nice." Nate responded. "When you wear that collar it represents us." One of his big hands found her's and slid his fingers between her's, "The two of us, Prince and Princess. You don't have to wear it all the time, but some of the time. Sound fair?"
 
"Promise not to chain me up in it again?" She asked, deciding that wearing it some of the time wouldn't be too bad. "And promise not to shove that thing in my mouth like you did last night. It was horrible and I didn't like you chaining me up like that." She told him quietly, "So, if you promise that then I'll wear it only some of the time." She told him.
 
"I promise not to shove that thing in your mouth," Nate said as he pressed the two points on each side of the collar and carefully twisted so that the seamless mechanism at the back popped open. He took the expensive collar in hand and tossed it on the coffee table.

"How would you like to cuddle while we watch Criminal Minds?"
 
Mandy was surprised that he was doing what she said so easily and not telling her off. She wondered for a minute if this was really as bad as it seemed, being with Nate, but she remembered how old he was and what he'd done. It was wrong. It was completely wrong and disgusting that he'd done this to her.

"I'll rest my head on your chest and wrap an arm around you." She told him quietly, before doing exactly what she'd said, her head nuzzling his chest as she wrapped her arm around him, settling to watch the TV and her favourite show, despite having seen all the episodes already.
 
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