Grrrrr was half way through my answer and for some reason, the page blanked... grrrr.
Anyway - thank you all, ladies, I am very grateful for the feedback.
I really need a man - to feed back, I mean! I have no idea whether this works as being told from a man's point of view. The ladies seem relatively OK with it. But as cariad says, they are such strange creatures.
Mishka - I've decided he's perfectly well aware of the need to pee thing - he is an ESB after all! Let's pretend they've got a rubber sheet...
Beswitching - thank you for playing with me! I very much appreciate the time you're putting in. I'm afraid I can't anwser your first comment/question - I'm only just learning to work with the active voice consciously, too.
Anyone else got an answer to that one?
I'm afraid I'm English - realising is right! I also spell color 'colour', grey 'gray', and various other things like that. It must feel uncomfortable to you - I find US spelling uncomfortable - but I don't believe there is any convention in the library to oblige use of US spelling - Ruby?Was woken, is this right? Would saying instead--I woke at dawn, the sunslanting across my eyes and the the birds singing their territorial hearts out.-- is that also right? I have trouble with the verbs sometimes. Realising is misspelled.
'To be woken by something' is fine as far as I'm aware - e.g. 'I was woken by the alarm' (unless you're cariad). I'd like to stick with this unless I get more objections - there may be another US/UK difference here I'm not aware of. I did mean it to mean that the sun in his eyes and the noise of the birds woke him.
and Re the twitching/waiting - I look forward to comments from the men. I said I LOOK FORWARD TO COMMENTS FROM THE MEN.. (A little subtle suggestion doesn't do any harm now and again).I like the rest of it just the way it is. I would like to think a man would be cutsie enough to call a girl "slutty pie," just curious though, do the guys think so?
'simply' or not - hmmm - it was 'just' before. Which I liked, but I had too many justs. Taking 'simply' right out - it makes me feel that there isn't quite the gap, the moment's space before saying the word 'perfect' that I imagine. I'll have to think about it a bit, and see if I can rework it both to my satisfaction and yours!
Ooh, lovely! I hadn't thought of him as predatory, but yes, you're right, he is isn't he. That's just given me a lovely shiver. Thank you for allowing me to see my own story differently!I like that the movement and thought is so predatory and the sleeping woman so vulnerable.
Me too, me too!!Could a male think this way? Would he go to such lengths to bind her so... I will only believe it wholly when we get a male opinon...guys, hey, hello. But g-d, I hope so, and I hope I know him...
Re the reaction to the wake-up pain - and cariad's comment on fear - yes, points taken, I will re-work. (I did have her momentarily afraid, but it obviously isn't strong enough). And having been whipped on the pussy - well, yes, a really good yell would be appropriate.
I LOVE your suggestion for the ending!! Will definitely take advantage of that, thank you!
cariad, thank you too for your feedback - see comments above. I'm glad to have confirmation on the heavy sleeping bit! (I sleep hard, too). I'm glad I did OK on the active voice, too - I'll pretend the use of the passive was skillful, rather than just done in ignorance, lol.
I'm really glad you enjoyed the story, thank you.
I shall save my re-workings for a while... JUST in case a male deigns to drop by...