“You wanna come to my room in Kane Hall and hang out this afternoon,” he asked.

“Um, yeah, sure,” I said.

“Cool,” Bobby said. “My roommate is on the JV football team and doesn't get done with practice until dinner time. He goes straight to the dining hall with his teammates and never gets back here until seven-thirty or eight. We'll have plenty of alone time. You wanna meet outside the library at three?”

“That sounds great,” I said.

That afternoon after classes was an absolute dream. Whenever I'm having a bad day, I go back there in my mind and remember how lucky I've been. I remember trembling with desire as I sat on Bobby's bed...

I already felt safe and comfortable with Bobby, but nervous about allowing myself to be tied up when there were these two guys I didn't know with us. I told myself before we got started that if anything felt off, I would stand, walk out of the room, and leave without announcing my intentions.

I didn't pick up any dangerous vibes, though. Scott and Tommy were nice guys. We hung out beforehand, drank a few beers, and talked about what we'd all like to do. They were open and talkative about what they wanted to try, and they made a point of making sure I had my say about what I would like and not like. They asked me to lay out my ground rules beforehand. That led into a whole big thing about choosing a safe word because Scott had read something about that online. Tommy talked about a hilarious episode of Portlandia he saw that was about safe words. He started spitting out ridiculous options I could use for a safe word – dolphin, biscuit, crackers, dynamite, and on and on. He had us all cracking up.

Finally, I said, “Hey, let's just keep it simple. Like, if I say, 'Stop,' you guys stop. And if I say, 'No,' don't do whatever it was you were about to do.”

Scott and Tommy were funny together. Tall handsome ginger-haired and freckled Scott had a rather serious demeanor a lot of the time, but short, cute, and boyish Tommy was just the opposite. He said all sorts of strange and funny things that got Scott to loosen up. Tommy had the most adorable dimples and the sexiest smile. Yeah, not only did I feel confident that neither of them were gonna go psycho and treat me cruelly while I was tied up, I liked them both. They were nice guys. I felt comfortable about the situation, looked around the dorm room at the three of them, and couldn't believe what a lucky guy I was.