Here we are again! Skye and I have really had a lot of fun in our time as rope partners. We've also shared some emotionally devastating times. Fun and sorrow and fear and elation -- all of it colors our friendship and our relationship. We come off as goofy and silly a lot of times (witness the tag-team waist cinching in this gallery) but we run deep together. Our rope play is often like comfort food: something that settles our nerves and makes us feel safe.

This whole set was a showcase for Sully's wonderful bondage bed (I still want one -- and the gorgeous house that it belongs in) but it's also a showcase for some of the things that make my play with Skye so delicious: some pain (a couple of hard punches with me backed up against unyielding metal), some strain (elbows together while tightly waist cinched) and some dream (yes, I managed to nod off while I was tied up -- I love napping in bondage)! There was also some drooling because I got some good head space happening during part of the set.

The one thing that never ceases to amaze me is that our relationship keeps evolving. Michele totally captures that and keeps finding the nuances that define what we are to one another as friends and rope partners. I keep feeling as though we're only at the beginning.