This is a short PWP that came to me after watching 1.08 "What is and What Should Never Be". In a deleted scene Auggie made a comment about the paddle and what Joan would do to Annie if she actually bought one the paintings. The look on his face after he said it...Well…There's my inspiration.

RATED M WHICH MEANS DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU ARE UNDER 18.

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Auggie followed the sound of Annie walking after an unhappy Joan obviously headed to Joan's office.

"But I didn't mean to!" Annie exclaimed.

"It was $3 MILLION dollars Annie! How could you not…" Joan's voice was cut off by the closing of the door.

"Yikes" Auggie breathed under his breath.

Inside Joan's office:

"…not mean to?" Joan finished.

Annie's eyes were downcast as she tried to explain. "I was trying to get someone else's attention and this stupid auctioneer just kept thinking I was bidding. I wasn't though. I tried to explain…" She lifted her eyes to see Joan standing in front of her in a red PVC corset, black thigh high platform stiletto boots and a small scrap of black lace covering her just below where the corset ended. Auggie was sitting on Joan's sofa just listening.

"I didn't say you could look at me. Eyes down." Joan spoke in her normal voice-of-authority manner which made Annie obey immediately. Just before Annie lowered her eyes, she saw Joan holding an auction paddle and it was HUGE; five times the size of a normal auction paddle.

Before she knew it, she was draped over Joan's desk. She wasn't draped, she was tied by her wrists and ankles to the desk, naked and waiting for the punishment she knew she deserved. Excitement ran through her in anticipation of what was to come. Especially with Auggie there listening to everything.

Suddenly, Auggie was the one who was tied to the desk waiting for the paddle to descend. He looked up to see Joan's face and what he assumed to be Annie's face standing above him in matching red PVC outfits. Their arms were crossed under their breasts; each with a large auction paddle in their hands.

"Auggie?" He groaned and placed his head back on the desk. "Auggie!" He remained still waiting to feel the paddles connect with his bared flesh. "AUGGIE!"

His head snapped up, eyes open, headphones still on his ears and finally wide awake.

"Auggie you really need to turn the Mingus down while at work." Auggie heard Annie joke as she and Joan walked into his office. He was grateful the blush running up his face would be attributed to Mingus rather than the real reason.