Xanthe

Title: Two Masters
Author: Xanthe
Fandom: NCIS
Pairing: Gibbs/DiNozzo
Genre: Slash
Categories: BDSM, angst, hurt/comfort, romance.
Rating: NC17/FRAO
Status: Complete
Wordcount: 197,000
Posting Schedule: As this is such a long story, I'll post over one week, starting with part one on 11th October. Then three instalments a day, ending on 18th October when I'll also post the entire story to my website.
Spoilers: Judgement Day, Agent Afloat. This story is set during Season 6.
Disclaimer: These characters belong to DPB, CBS, Paramount, et al. No copyright infringement is intended.
Warning: Graphic scenes of loving, consensual, lifestyle BDSM sex, including spanking, bondage, sensory deprivation, orgasm denial, sex toys, dom/sub dynamic and pain play. "Lifestyle" means the dom/sub roles are lived rather than played at in sex game sessions.

Summary: Tony decides that he wants more from Gibbs than headslaps. But can Gibbs be persuaded to love again, and is Tony prepared to confront the demons from his past and learn how to trust?

Extract: "You can belong to me, or to the past - but not both. You can't serve two masters."

Dedication: This story is for Nikita, with love.

Thank you to:
nikitariddick for daily comments, whip-cracking, brow-soothing, and beta.
liresius for amazingly fast beta, chat and great insights.
flyingnorth, for audiencing, chat and squee.
haggitha, for audiencing and for the care parcels.
taylorgibbs for audiencing and cheerleading.
bluespirit_star for audiencing, squee, and for providing such wonderful graphics.

You have all been wonderful - thank you so much. Any mistakes are all mine.

Author's Notes:

This story is a somewhat bonkers, kinky soap opera with lots of sex and angst. It’s clearly a fantasy, and is intentionally "big" in tone, style and characterisation.

This story is NOT a "how-to" guide to BDSM. I do not enter into discussions about why people enjoy BDSM activities. If you want to know more, please visit sites like www.bondage.com.

If you don't like lifestyle BDSM stories, or you don't like the way *I* write lifestyle BDSM stories, then don’t read it. If you do like them, then slip into your leather harness and let's get started :-).

( Two Masters - Part One )

Edited post.

I've been receiving a few emails and LJ posts from impatient folk asking (very nicely!) when the Epic will be posted, so I thought I should give an update. I'm doing my second edit at the moment as the first one turned out not to be good enough.

As of about five minutes ago it was STILL untitled. I've never had so much trouble with a title! I talked it over endlessly with my team of trusty advisers - namely nikitariddick, liresius, bluespirit_star, taylorgibbs, flyingnorth and Haggy and we all came up with numerous suggestions. But, I'm going with "Two Masters" which Kalrhyssian helped me decide upon :-).

Bluespirit has made three gorgeous graphics for me - I'm posting the first one today.

Okay, onto the posting schedule. I'm going to post part one on Sunday 11th October. That's just part one which is about 4000 words long. Think of it as a really long teaser if you like *g*. There's a method to my madness which will become clear when I've posted that bit. Well, it'll become clear to some people. For others, not so much. Hmm, I think I am possibly being annoyingly cryptic... I'll then post a few chapters each day, finishing up the following Sunday, 18th October which is when I'll also post the entire story on my website.

As a thank you for your patience, or possibly another instance of me being very annoying (take your pick!), below the cut are the story details, with a summary, and a NEW teaser bit. AND...I'm posting the first graphic too. Squeee!

( Two Masters )