I have a story and I'm in two minds about the ending...

It's an F/m story which concerns a woman who goes out to kidnap a man and do various nasty things to him.

At the moment, I have a surprise twist in the ending - it turns out the man in question is her husband, and they're playing out a scene. He's not really subby as such, but plays this game with his wife now and again because he knows how much she needs it.

Now, my dilemma is this. I like the twist, because it throws the preceeding story into a whole new light. It gives the victim an actual character, something he lacked previously, and it makes what had been a rather surreal story a more grounded, believable and character-driven affair.

On the other hand, it also softens the story somewhat. What had been a really pretty brutal abduction and repeated rape now becomes two consenting adults having fun. I'm thinking it might be better to have it as a more hard edged story where she was just what she seemed - in fact I was even contemplating having her snuff him at the end.

Any opinions?

Oh, and what would the story codes on something like that be? Consensual or non consensual? Either code would be a bit misleading for the reader... put both perhaps?