Chapter 1
College was… an experience. A rather variable one. Some classes breezed by easily, others were an absolute grind to make it through. If Ron could just take the courses he was interested in it wouldn’t be an issue, but sadly college simply didn’t work that way. Had to worry about that pesky core in addition to a major. Luckily the standard classes were nothing too tricky, provided he could put the work in it wasn’t difficult to keep up his GPA. It might still be hard to muster up the focus on uninteresting topics, but thankfully he had a more… assertive partner to keep him on track.
His wonderful girlfriend, Kim Possible, always there to give him something to look forward to after a long day and with seemingly endless energy to poke him back onto tasks when he didn’t feel like having any of it. Finding a college that would work for both of them had been a tough matter to work out, but it was well worth it. Having to deal with the distance between them would have been far worse, for sure. Unfortunately their college didn’t have co-ed dorms, but regardless it wasn’t hard to get time together somewhere quiet on campus or even sneak one of them into the other’s dorm. They had no shortage of experience sneaking around and getting into where they weren’t meant to be after all…
The missions, that was the big shakeup of the day to day college life. They weren’t as common as they were in high school, things had been a fair bit quieter ever since graduation, but they were still a notable part of his and Kim’s lives and enough to keep them pretty busy at times. In a way it made him appreciate the quiet times too, the danger and excitement only served to strengthen the bond while the breaks between left them with the chance to enjoy that closeness in peace.
Lost in thought Ron barely caught the dismissal from the professor, having tuned out a fair portion of the lecture. He was going to have to make sure to figure out what he missed later, but for now he had something else to see to. Walking out of the classroom and making his way back out to campus proper he started looking around and quickly spotted the distinct bright hair that marked Kim running towards him, presumably having just finished her last class of the day as well.
“Heya Ron! How was class?” she asked cheerfully, running up and giving him a firm hug and a quick kiss on the cheek.
“It was fine, the, ah, parts I caught anyway,” he said with a sheepish chuckle, returning the kiss after a moment.
“Daydreaming again~?” Kim teased with a wink as she laced her fingers with his, drawing an embarrassed blush from Ron as he thought about how often his focus could slip in the less interesting classes.
“Hey, you know I’ll still fumble my way through the class somehow,” he responded, letting Kim pull him along to one of their favorite spots on campus. The cool autumn air blew by quickly but pleasantly, drawing his eyes to Kim’s hair for a moment as it flowed in the breeze.
After a few steps her hand clenched around his as she pulled him closer, smirking at him. “It’s cold, you should stand a bit closer,” she said playfully, starting to walk a bit faster and pull them along. Within a couple minutes they reached the spot, an eight foot high wall that served as a great perch to overlook the campus commons. Kim let go of Ron’s hand to scale the wall quickly and gracefully, Ron following along less gracefully but still managing to make it up almost as fast save for ending up sprawled on top of the wall while Kim had swung right up into a seated position.
Once they were both seated Kim put her arm around Ron and leaned her head on his shoulder, his hand reaching over to take her other hand as they sat and just enjoyed the view in the setting sun for a few minutes. Eventually though her grip tightened on his hand almost imperceptibly and she cleared her throat, to most it wouldn’t be out of place but to Ron she seemed… almost nervous? “So Ron, I’ve been thinking…” she started, her voice holding its usual confidence but with the slightest waver that clued Ron in that something was up. “Things have been great here at college, what with the classes and the missions and the time with you, but have things been seeming a little, well, stagnant to you?”
“Stagnant how? I mean, I’ve been enjoying things and haven’t really thought about it myself,” he said, his thumb rubbing gently across her knuckles as he turned his head to look at her. This was a bit unlike her, and his mind started running through a variety of reasonable and unreasonable possibilities as to what she might be getting at. Before his mind could go too crazy though, she continued.
“Just, kinda the same thing. I mean it’s not exactly the same, each day off class and each mission is different but still, it’s class after class and mission by mission, spending time together whenever we aren’t busy with something else. I just thought it might be nice to, well, try something a little… extra to shake things up.”
“What kind of extra?” he asked curiously, his brow furrowing. They already got no shortage of excitement from missions, what would be considered shaking it up when they already went through routine life or death scenarios?
“Well…” that hesitation Ron caught in her voice was more noticeable now, despite Kim clearly trying to keep it down. “I was thinking maybe you could try…” he heard her take a deep breath, her next words coming quickly. “...tying me up?”
“Wait, what?” Ron asked, his face scrunching slightly in confusion, unsure he’d heard right.
“I want you to try tying me up,” she repeated, her words flowing more smoothly now. “It’s something I’ve been kind of curious about for a little bit… It’s a strange feeling, being helpless, and maybe it sounds weird but I’ve started wondering what it’s like when there’s, well, no danger involved.” Her grip tightened on his hand, a small sign of anxiety, as she waited for him to reply.
“Huh… Well, I can tell you from experience it isn’t great when you’re not looking for it to happen,” he said with a chuckle, trying to set her at ease with a little humor. “But yeah, I mean… If you want to give it a try I can… I can definitely try it. I should have some idea of how the whole capture thing works by now, shouldn’t I?” he said with a half-grin, drawing a giggle from Kim as she leaned into him.
“Thanks, Ron. So, do you want to try it tonight? I know we have plenty of rope in our supplies,” she said with a giggle, blushing slightly.
“T-tonight? Um, maybe not tonight… Sorry, but I, need to prepare a bit first. I don’t wanna mess it up and end up getting myself all tangled up,” he said nervously, scratching the back of his head. “I think we have late classes tomorrow too, so how about the night after tomorrow?”
“That sounds great! Hmm, but if you’re gonna keep me waiting then you’re gonna have to do this whole capture thing right. I’ll be walking around somewhere quiet near your dorm after class the night after tomorrow, and you can take it from there… deal~?” she asked, her voice taking on a slight sultry tone as she ran a finger down Ron’s chest which only left him blushing harder.
“I-I, ah, alright, I can… I can do that. I think,” he said with a chuckle, squirming slightly. Capturing his own girlfriend? That was… quite a thought, but at least he had a little time to research and prepare. And admittedly his heart beat a bit faster at the thought of nabbing her, and of what might come after… “So, night after tomorrow, one capturing. Got it,” he said, trying to put some confidence into his voice as he met Kim’s eyes. The nervous excitement he saw there settled it, he was going to have to do his best at this.
“Thanks Ron!” she said with a grin and smile, leaning in to kiss his lips quickly before dropping from the wall and swinging from a branch on a nearby tree before landing in a graceful roll. “See you then!” she called out, turning and running off towards her dorm with a skip in her step.
That left Ron alone with his thoughts running rampant, though one in particular stood out.
Now I have to get down from here…
