Pearl hardly blinks. "All right," she answers simply, her previous reluctance forgotten -- in fact, the 'punishment' aspect to all this is slipping through her mind like water through a weather-worn dam.

If she closes her eyes and swallows hard enough she can almost bring herself to ignore the dirt. But the noises Garnet makes, the way she twitches beneath her hold -- those are unmissable.

In the four years they've dated and the eight she's known her before that, Garnet's been sensitive nowhere. This brand-new reveal is nothing short of exhilirating to Pearl, and from the way Garnet's reacting, well, it's safe to say she likes it quite a bit herself.

And Pearl's always been a pleaser.

So she follows her orders with vigor, going as far as exceeding them, even; peppering the skin with licks and kisses and soft bites, massaging at the heel with her thumb as her tongue slips out into the spaces between Garnet's toes. It surprises even her, how easy it is to get into -- but her ears are perked for Garnet's moans, and every hint of unstifled breathlessness sends a new rush of adrenaline rippling through her veins.