cant wait for more

Great story! I liked the mystery around Tim and the hotel, and that there was a bit of surprise at the end. I was expecting he’d get back into his vehicle and still crash and die. Well done!

Also, I was toying with the idea of writing a prequel with Blaine and Ryland in their dorm. Basically expanding on the brief story that Blaine tells Levi in this chapter. Is this something people would be interested in? I'm wary that it might be one of those things that is simply better left to the imagination of the reader :-)

Yeah, I think that's totally fair, given how it's written and what we've seen so far. For me, Levi might be smart in a conventional way - he's good with numbers - but in another way he's lacking. Unlike Austin (who basically *allowed* himself to be hypnotized, until it was too late to turn back once he changed his mind), Levi has no imagination whatsoever. And so, he can't imagine the possibility that Blaine really could hypnotize through a pre-recorded video. His mind just can't conceive that as a thing that could happen. While the other characters are just inventions of my puny mind, Levi is actually based on a real person that I know. He's very smart and logical in some ways, but he is also incredibly dumb and gullible in others :-) And I think that comes from: 1) a lack of imagination, as I said. 2) an overconfidence in his intellect and invulnerability. Something that I probably should have done a better job communicating in the text in this idea that: "Well yeah, maybe *Austin* could get hypnotized, but let's be real, I love the guy but between the two of us, there's no doubt I'm the smarter one in the relationship. There's no way *I* could be..." And ultimately, this is what I find so hot about hypnosis. The idea that once it's started, once you allow yourself to watch the swinging crystal for even a few moments....that's it, your fate is sealed. It might take another ten minutes for the induction to complete, but if you allow yourself to get drawn in for even a SECOND, it's already too late. Once it's started, the person doesn't realize there's a problem, until they're so sucked into it that they can no longer pull themselves out. And that's what I was going for here. Blaine is such a naturally talented hypnotist that it only takes a brief moment of participation in his induction, and then it's all over... :-)

I really enjoyed how the submissive was made to top/be a switch. I honestly wish there were more submissive tops in the stories, 'cause I think it's hot when a guy who's supposed to be a top, and in control, end's up becoming someone else's living dildo. It's literally a mindfuck, when a guy's dick (which is supposed to be synonomous with a guy's pride and dignity), is reduced to being the property of someone else, and meant to be only used at another's leisure. Add in the fact that the subtop is bigger, more masculine in a physical way, is a hunk, has a big dick, *and* is straight? God that's hot. I really, *really* like what you've done so far.

I'm enjoying the story so far but I Don't like how easily Levi fell for it, idk makes him look incredibly stupid to keep watching even after witnessing first hand what it had done to his husband and takes me out of it quite a bit.

I just went back and looked at that chapter. You only mention a Matt?

Enjoyed this very much!!! I hope you continue!

Very satisfying middle chapter. Good to see Blaine has managed to establish a tighter hold over the couple, entering Levi into the fold (who may be spared the role of servant, perhaps? Judging from Blaine's treatment of him). At any rate, all that servitude, obedience, and standing at rigid attention covered all my bases, along with the changes to the couple's dynamic. Loving the control in this series. Haha my kinkier side just wants Blaine to utterly dominate this happy couple, ruthless though he be. My only qualm in this chapter is related to Levi himself. My suspension of disbelief snapped somewhat regarding his fall into hypnosis. It all happened so quickly and easily. I understand that Blaine clearly knows what he's doing, but, as Levi possesses a more skeptical mind, I thought he'd be more resistant. He's so laughably clueless in this story. In the first chapter it made perfect sense, as he was a complete denier in the power of hypnosis. I could see why he would brush off Austin's enslavement as a joke or as something impossible. Yet, as he is beat over the head countless times with stranger and stranger happenings around him, pre-hypnosis, (other than the basic suggestions) he simply continues to deny. Then, after viewing the camera, he concludes that his husband and the dorm boy are hypnotized, to the point where he will not confront his husband on this (the right choice) and feels the need to desperately contact a hypnotherapist for aid, only to revert to his hypnosis doubting standpoint when Blaine attempts to hypnotize him via the camera. I figured at this stage, shouldn't he consider hypnosis to be a very real danger? Secondly, why is he even humoring Blaine, since Blaine has been so arrogant towards him the past little while? Then the lack of resistance. I could understand how Austin was easily brought under control. Of the two, he is (or was) the more relaxed, carefree, gullible, and frankly the more suggestible one, along with being more... brawn over brains somewhat- though he has a good imagination. Levi on the other hand is the more intelligent one, (not that Austin is stupid) and is practical, organized, sharp (or so I thought), and is the more suspicious of the two, the more mental of the two. I was a little surprised that Blaine managed to scoop him up so easily. Of course I see that Levi is a bit overconfident, yet if he *was* just some oblivious, silly fool, I'd be more convinced; he seems much smarter than that, though. Anyway, as the ending implied some additional resistance, perhaps I'll be surprised. :) And, this blurb I wrote is neither a criticism nor a complaint- more like what I observed and concluded reading this. I am **loving** this series, and haven't felt this level of personal engagement for a story in a while. I'm invested. Despite what I said, the camera scene was loads of sexy fun, and my buttons are pushed in all the right ways! Tuesday couldn't come fast enough, as I'm looking forward to the sex chapter with these yummy guys, and am interested in seeing what will happen. I am curious to see what new book project Austin has been working on that has been inspired by Blaine, too. ;) Another favourite, and pretty much still a 5/5 from me. You write this all very well. Thanks!

I agree with Bobby, can we see Fenrir?