chapter 1

Jenn and Russell had now been online friends for what seemed like a very long time - possibly nearing four years in total. Their friendship was strictly an online thing, but they had a lot in common, and both had invested an inordinate amount of time in actively discussing their shared fantasies with one another.

Jenn was a fully-fledged feeder and had always secretly hoped that Russell would gain weight, whereas Russell, as a somewhat submissive feedee, had always actively sought her encouragement to do so. However, despite the pair's best efforts, Russell had never managed to let go of the mental brakes in his head and indulge in his deepest, darkest fantasy. And unfortunately for the pair, a real life romantic relationship was never likely to be fulfilled, despite Russell's best efforts to convince Jenn initially. The grim reality was that they both led wildly different lives.

Jenn was an heiress to her father's wealth, living an extravagant globe-trotting lifestyle. Her "Daddy", as she would call him, was the founder of a global private healthcare empire, with clinics and hospitals dotted around the globe. Daddy's wealth ensured that Jenn, as the apple of her father's eye, had always enjoyed nothing but the best of all that life could bring.

Russell on the other hand was distinctly average. He got by okay - but only just. He worked long hours on meagre pay as a junior sales analyst for a large corporation. His salary would never be able to afford Jenn the type of lifestyle that she had grown so accustomed to. Sure, he had managed to gain a little weight for her in the past, but those pounds soon melted away once Jenn's busy lifestyle took her away from their online chats, or his doubts about gaining got the better of him.

However, "The Deal", as Russell had named it, was about to change all that. It seemed like such an ingenious solution to get what they had both wanted for so long now. It was Russell's insights at work that had first given him the inspiration for the idea. He merely observed that it was a well-known fact within the business circles that customers, firms, or whomever it may concern, responded best to punitive financial incentives. The hefty charges doled out by the corporation he worked for when its clients were late in paying bills quickly elicited better results. And Russell's boss always used to drone on triumphantly that, "if you hit people in their pockets - where it really hurts - you'll immediately get results!".

And it's upon hearing that phrase for the umpteenth time that month that Russell's idea for the deal was born.