"Brad, GET IN HERE," yelled Antonio from his office.
"Oh fuck, what is it now," thought Brad. He hated when Antonio yelled for him like that. Others in the office could hear and it embarrassed him to seen taking orders like that. Not that it should have been a surprise after Brad took the Assistant position.
Brad and Antonio worked at a small regional law firm together. Antonio was an experienced, although still young lawyer who had gotten hired after working his way though the Public Defenders office after law school. The poor pay and overall misery of the job made up for itself in good experience and Antonio ended up becoming a killer lawyer. That wasn't a surprise though, he had been a star student and a quick individual his whole life. He had worked hard to make something of himself despite his low income, immigrant background. His training had given him a strong sense of justice. Antonio used the courtroom to highlight all the unfairness found in society and loved when the system awarded swift, appropriate punishment.
Brad had been hired at the firm by his uncle right before he retired. The whole office knew that this was obviously sick case of nepotism, but office politics prevented anyone from saying anything about it. Brad was seriously unqualified and had developed a reputation as a frat star in college. The last thing he was focused on was his performance at work, instead he could almost constantly be found texting his buddies planning parties for the weekend where he would inevitably end up cheating on his dedicated girlfriend, Samantha.
This pattern could only last for so long. After his uncles retirement, Brad's poor performance quickly started gaining the attention of management. Brad felt the pressure but couldn't be bothered to get to work.
Brad's behavior annoyed Antonio the most. He had worked hard to get to his position so seeing this privileged douche fumble constantly and let everyone else pick up the mess angered him. Brad often had to report to Antonio on projects and he always wound up having to fix Brad's work to save from some huge embarrassment.
Antonio had finally had enough. When the next brief came to his desk he didn't even look it over. This led to a painful, career altering defeat in the courtroom for Brad which finally caught the attention of upper management. While they were still worried about Brad's uncles influence they couldn't risk the reputation of the firm.
Since Brad often reported to Antonio he was present at the meeting with the board where they discussed what to do with the spoiled young lawyer.
"Our hands are tied, I don't see how we could leave him on the payroll after what happened," one of the VPs said.
The HR manager was quick to respond, "while I definitely understand where you're coming from, Brad's -history- with the firm is too sensitive. We will have to figure out something for him."
"What are we supposed to do? Let him sit around on his phone all day" the VP responded, "I guess that's all he does anyway."
Antonio was quick to interject after this: "While understand the issues the firm faces with Brad, and trust me, working with him I have seen them myself, I still see some potential in him. He is loyal to the firm and with proper training, he can still be an asset to us." Antonio went on to explain how he would not mind taking on Brad as an assist and mentoring him.
The board was fine with this arrangement. This gave Brad something to do and removed a lot of responsibility from others in the firm. While they didn't understand why Antonio would want to assume this risk himself they let him know that if he could convince Brad to accept the title change they would happily create the position.
Later that week Antonio set up a meeting with Brad. While nervous, Antonio was filled with excitement. He had created a plan to finally put Brad in his place, all he had to do was get him to agree to it.
"Hey boss, what's up?" Brad said as he strolled into his office.
Antonio just rolled his eyes. "Just close the door would you Brad"
While Brad was annoyed with his tone, he obeyed and sat down.
"I think you know why I called you hear Brad."
Despite his cocky demeanor, Brad knew the reason for this meeting. His defeat earlier had put him on thin ice, even he could acknowledge it. The thought of the embarrassment of losing his job, at his uncles firm of all places, was too much to bear. He was terrified of what would y come out of this meeting.
"Before you try and make excuses and justify your mistakes, just reason with me for a bit." Antonio was grilling Brad, he had to hit is point home. "Why would continue to put up with you. What happened last week was just one issue, your performance is terrible, your always on you phone, and you never get anything done. If you think you can coast your way though this job you're very mistaken."
Brad was terrified. He thought it was bad when he came into the meeting but know he was really worried.
"Despite this Im willing to put myself on the line for you. With the right training you could be a great asset, for the firm and me personally."
Brad was silent. Antonio knew it was the right time. He open his desk drawer and pulled out a strange, black lump of plastic and placed it on the middle of his desk in front of Brad.
Brad felt a pit in his stomach. He exactly what it was. In his darkest, late night porn secessions we would watch kinky videos where men wore these pieces of plastic and got whipped by sexy, latex clad ladies. It was a chastity cage. Did that S.O.B. Antonio really want him to wear one? He hadn't realized Antonio was gay. He couldn't believe he was at the mercy of this f*g. What would Samantha think? What if his friends accidentally saw it?
Antonio broke the silence "You need some serious fucking discipline Brad. Make no mistake I'm presenting you with an opportunity to keep your job, albeit with a few adjustments."
"Are you kidding me Antonio, you want me to wear that for you? I'm not gay bro."
"I'm not gay either Brad, sometimes I just like the feeling of control. Often it's control over a horny slut, some needy bitch, others it's some cute twink like you."
