A/N: Another prompt on the kink meme that inspired me more than it should have. Way more. I'm going for like. Multi-chaptered here. I apologize in advance for this story.

Prompt: Adrian and Laurie having a strange, kinky affair. Details up to you, but I'd like to see them switch off between who's Dom and who's sub, and I would love it if it wasn't something they discussed, it was just a power struggle and someone different always came out on top.

Laurie Juspeczyk was- as she often found herself- terribly bored. Years with Jon had made her quite familiar with boredom, but she had yet to learn how to really get rid of it for good. Her days were mostly spent trying to solve that mystery, but none of the hobbies she had taken up had really stuck, and it was rare that her baits for her lover's attention actually worked.

She did not necessarily miss her days as a costumed adventurer, but she could not deny that those days added some much needed excitement to her life. There were days when she almost considered asking Jon if he could find similar work for her, but she always decided against it. She had wanted normalcy for so long; this was the closest she would ever get to that.

Most days, she ended up watching him work, not understanding a bit of what was going on. Sometimes he would try to explain things, and she would politely listen, but they both knew she did not have one single clue what the hell he was talking about. That was where she found herself when Adrian Veidt first made his proposal.

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The idea had been sitting at the back of his mind for quite some time. He had simply been waiting for the proper time to bring it up. There had been plans for how to work it into conversation, preparations that would be made, topics that would be discussed, and precautions to ensure that everything went exactly to plan. However, none of that planning really mattered once Laurie made it so much easier to bring up.

He often called Jon to check in on how things were going, usually once a day. On that day, Laurie was in the room, and when there had been a lull in the conversation, she had spoken up.

"How long are you going to keep hogging him from me?" she joked. "You have no idea how boring things get around here!"

It was such a perfect opening, more perfect than he ever could have arranged. It was so perfect that he did not hesitate to say, "Why, Laurie, I had no idea I was causing you such a problem!" He pretended to ponder this for a moment before saying, "Now, I can't really give Jon much of a break right now, but I do have a suggestion that you might enjoy."

"What's that?" she asked, interested.

"How about both of you come down here to visit?" asked Adrian. "You had such a good time last time you came. Jon, you could do your work here, while Laurie had a chance to get away from the city. I'm sure she could find a few ways to entertain herself."

"I am not at a point in my work where I can move things around," Jon replied, without much pause. "You know that things are still at a sensitive stage right now."

He gave no sign that this response had been exactly what he had expected, and instead said, "Is that right? I had no idea..." If Jon suspected that he was lying, he showed no indication of that fact. Again, Adrian made a show of pretending to think on things. "Oh! Well, even if you're too busy, perhaps Laurie would still enjoy coming by for a bit? If you don't mind letting her out for a bit," he teased.

Jon's expression was unreadable, and for a few slow moments, Adrian wondered if he had seen through to his true intentions. But then, without another word, he looked up and gave a slight nod, and then Laurie vanished.

A fraction of a second later, she appeared at Adrian's side and promptly vomited on his floor.