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An omni-directional system configured to convert the kinetic and potential energy in ocean waves to electrical energy or in some special cases to other forms of energy such as heat, mechanical and pressure energy. The system employs a float moored by a single hydraulic cylinder anchored to the seabed. Wave energy is captured as the float is displaced vertically and horizontally in response to wave action extending the hydraulic cylinder that in turn forces fluid under high pressure to the float where appropriate valves, hydraulic accumulators, and variable displacement hydraulic motors are arranged to drive electric generators. A secondary benefit of the system is the reduction of near shore erosion.
1. Wave energy conversion systems that are comprised of a float with a single connection to the seabed via a hydraulic cylinder wherein the hydraulic cylinder is caused to pump pressurized fluid up to the float by action of the float as the float moves in response to wave action and a float mooring connection and the float are configured to allow the float to move laterally oncoming waves to increase the amount of cylinder rod extension and thereby extract more energy from oncoming waves and a means to apply a restoring force to the float of wave energy conversion systems such that the float moves back its starting position after a wave has passed to be ready to receive the next oncoming wave.
2. A wave energy conversion system that is comprised of a float with a single connection to the seabed via a hydraulic cylinder wherein the hydraulic cylinder is caused to pump pressurized fluid down to a piping system fixed to the seabed by action of the float as the float moves in response to wave action and a float mooring connection and the float are configured to allow the float to move laterally oncoming waves to increase the amount of cylinder rod extension and thereby extract more energy from oncoming waves and a means to apply a restoring force to the float of wave energy conversion systems such that the float moves back its starting position after a wave has passed to be ready to receive the next oncoming wave.
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Systems designed to extract kinetic and potential energy from ocean waves and convert this energy to a form useful to mankind. The desired output of these systems is usually electrical energy but other outputs can be used in special circumstances such as mechanical energy for pumping and operating process equipment. Heat energy and pressure energy can also be valuable outputs.
Mankind has realized for a very long time that ocean waves contain considerable amounts of energy that could be very useful if a means was available to harness it. In recent times, wave energy measurements have been undertaken by a number of countries. It has been found that a number of sites have an annual average wave energy flux approaching 70 kW per meter of wave crest. This level of energy concentration presents a very exciting opportunity to provide renewable "green" energy in very significant amounts. A mile of shoreline with an annual average energy flux 70 kW per meter of wave crest dissipates almost a billion kW hours of energy every year. If this energy is captured and converted to electrical energy at $0.10 per kW hour it would have a market value of $986 million. It is not reasonable to expect this ideal level of return, but a return in the order of 10% of this amount is still considerable at $98 million per year. The objective of this invention is to provide a means of converting as much as possible of the energy available in waves to electrical energy at a cost competitive with other existing energy sources.
Wave energy conversion systems must successfully operate in a very hostile environment and not succumb to violent storms and the deleterious impact of marine plant and animal life. Further, due to the location of the system offshore, finding a means of delivering the energy output to shore at a reasonable cost is also a demanding technical challenge. Even though the technical challenge is significant, one can be confident a suitable system can be developed if cost is not a constraint. The challenge is to provide an energy recovery system where the life cycle cost of energy delivered is economically viable when all costs and benefits are taken into account including pollution credits. This invention provides solutions that allow delivery of electrical and other forms of energy at economically viable cost levels.
A large number of wave energy recovery systems employing floats have been entertained and many patented in the past. They usually employ floats that are connected to mooring points via two or more mooring lines to ensure the float is not displaced any significant amount horizontally due to wave action. Further, the use of more than one mooring line can constrain a system to unidirectional operation limiting effective response of the system to a small angle of approach of oncoming waves. This disadvantage is overcome if the shape of the float in plan is essentially circular. This circular shape has some disadvantages that become more evident as the size of the float is increased. This invention makes use of a float that is generally cylindrical in shape with a single mooring connection permitting omni-directional operation without loss of performance. Further, the invention provides a means to take advantage of lateral motion of the float that results from the influence of ocean waves that is enhanced if the waves are breaking. This invention could effectively employ circular floats without detracting from system performance in some special circumstances related to site conditions.
Most float systems are targeted for installation well off shore that increases the cost of delivering energy to the shore and increases the cost of mooring because the water depth is greater. This invention recognizes these disadvantages in that it is configured for installation near shore (surf zone) in relatively shallow water. Energy recovery is also increased due to the steeper shape of waves in the surf zone. Shallow water mooring also reduces the risk of damage due to extreme storms in that shallower water tends to dissipate the energy of extremely large waves before they engage the float.
Providing a means to survive the extreme storm conditions at minimum system cost is very challenging. This invention deals with this problem by keeping the float at an elevation approximately level with the wave trough of storm waves allowing the uppermost high-energy portion of the wave to pass over the float. The float is designed to withstand the pressure of submergence created as the wave passes over the float. The storm control system has been given the ability to sense automatically the presence of extreme waves and place the system in a storm standby mode until a storm abates.
Float systems often convert float motion into energy by compressing air and in turn allow the compressed air to flow through an air turbine to convert the energy of compression to mechanical energy. This invention generates pressurized fluid that is directed to drive a variable displacement hydraulic motor (or motors) that in turn delivers mechanical energy to electrical generators or other mechanically driven devices. Heat can be generated directly from the pressurized fluid without the need to convert to mechanical energy by simply allowing the fluid to pass through restrictions. This invention preferably has the fluid energy conversion components located inside the float to minimize the distance hydraulic energy must be transmitted as extended transmission distances incur significant added cost and energy losses. Even though locating energy transformation components within the float is desirable in a number of instances, this invention can be configured to work with a remote and or shore based energy conversion components. One of the primary reasons for keeping the energy conversion components within the float is to facilitate removal of the complete system to a local service dock for maintenance without incurring the need to disconnect fluid conducting lines underwater and run the risk of polluting seawater and incurring the risk of seawater entering the fluid system.
Sea plant and animal life that grows on submerged system components is a serious maintenance issue that all wave energy conversion systems must contend. A successful energy conversion must address the problem by choosing appropriate materials and by providing a means to economically remove build-up of plant and animal life that degrades system performance as time passes.
Several means have been invented for the purpose of converting wave energy into electrical energy, and these seem to fall into the following broad categories;
A. "Rotational" Devices
Devices which directly, or at least early in the process, convert the oscillating motion of the waves into rotational energy, which is then generally used to directly turn a generator. Examples of this category of inventions include: Shoreline installations, such as:
Near shore installations with foundations on the shore bottom, such as;
Open ocean craft, platforms, or largely submerged devices (that also could be located near-shore if desired, or that do not specify a location), such as;
Most of the purely mechanical transducing devices suffer the limitation of unregulated rotational speed of the generator, rendering the output suitable only for non-critical current applications (usually the charging of batteries). To invert such output to a form suitable for the power grid requires an additional, inefficient step, rendering most of these devices impractical. Those that govern the rotational speed employing some kind of load control simply waste any energy produced in excess of the governed speed, again rendering them somewhat impractical.
The shoreline devices, additionally, are generally massive and ugly, and tend to disrupt the shoreline environment; and the near-shore inventions also pose some such additional visual and environmental problems.
The open ocean inventions that are boat-, raft-, or float-based will tend to dampen the surface waves because of their mass (as will those devices with large storage or generating facilities at or near the surface).
Those inventions that posit floats that are specially-designed or weighted, hinged, or otherwise encumbered are needlessly elaborate and generally more expensive than the within invention. In trying to optimize certain aspects of wave energy collection, their overall practicality is called into question. The floats of the within invention are simple, affordable, and responsive, being somewhat small relative to the wavelength of the average wave, and the overall simplicity of each power-producing module (if assembled into multiple arrays) allows easy maintenance, or module replacement, without taking the entire system down.
B. "Non-Rotational" Devices
These devices variously:
A float that is basically a closed rectangular tube with rounded corners operates a hydraulic cylinder to pressurize a fluid that in turn is used to create heat, pump fluids, or more commonly, provide mechanical energy to operate equipment such as electrical generators. The rod of the hydraulic cylinder is attached to the float near the center of the float. The lower end of the hydraulic cylinder is anchored to the seabed. The hydraulic cylinder is the only mooring connection the float has with the seabed. The float is free to rotate in the plane of the surface of the sea and naturally tends to align its long axis parallel with the crest of incoming waves. The system is therefore omni-directional providing the ability to optimally extract energy from waves emanating from all directions. It may be advantages in some circumstances to angle the ends of the float to somewhat face oncoming waves to reinforce the natural tendency of the float to align itself parallel with wave crests. Other means such as fins (similar to the rudder on an airplane) can also be used to encourage the float to stay aligned with the wave crests if required.
Relative geometry of the installed system components and configuration of the components themselves are selected in a way to encourage the float to move horizontally (surf) as well as move upward due to the action of an oncoming wave. The surfing action improves the energy yield of the system. The system is designed to operate in the "surf zone" to take advantage of the system's ability to surf the steeper waves prevalent in the surf zone. A recovery force is applied to the float after each wave has passed to bring it back to the starting position before the next wave begins to build.
Special joints are required at the connection of the cylinder rod to the float and similarly at the connection of the lower end of the cylinder to the anchor in the seabed to give total freedom of rotation in all planes so that bending moments are not generated in the cylinder and cylinder rod. These connections can take the form of ball joints or universal joints.
Even though the foregoing system description discusses the connection of the cylinder rod to the float, the orientation of the cylinder could be reversed and the system could still be made to operate. The orientation of the hydraulic cylinder with the rod uppermost offers a unique advantage if the pressurized fluid oil is being delivered to the float as described in the preferred embodiment. With this arrangement the cylinder rod is made hollow and is used to make the hydraulic connection with the float without the use of flexible hose that is very expensive and bulky that in turn increases drag that is undesirable during the return of the float to the starting position. If the system is required to deliver pressurized fluid to some other location other than the float then a hollow cylinder rod connected to the seabed anchor could be advantageously used in this instance to deliver fluid to a fixed piping system.
The preferred embodiment makes use of a cylinder assembly directly connected to the float via a universal joint however it is anticipated that some sites could make use of a cylinder that is remote from the float and connected to the cylinder assembly via a cable or series of linkages.
Other arrangements for connecting the float to the cylinder can be used. For example, there may be advantages to using fixed or articulated links between the float and the cylinder (similar to lines usually associated with kites that connect to parts of a kite and converge to a single point where the kite line is attached) to provide some control/stability to the float.
A key feature of the system is that fluid energy conversion components and electrical generators maybe located inboard the float. This feature accommodates towing the complete system with all functioning parts to a remote weather protected maintenance depot by simply disconnecting the system from the fixed anchor. The connection to the fixed anchor can be configured to permit disconnection and reconnection without the use of a diver.
The system is designed for use in relatively shallow water from 30 to 150 feet deep. The specific depth selected is highly site dependent. Energy yield versus life cycle cost optimization is closely related to water depth. Determination of the optimum water depth for a particular site will evolve as costs and performance data become available as a result of full scale operating experience. The foregoing description of the cylinder link between the float and seabed anticipates a very shallow water installation. Deeper installations can make use of a cable connection between the lower end of the cylinder and the seabed. It is anticipated however, that a tubular extension connected to the lower end of the cylinder might be the most economical way to reach the anchor in deeper water. The tubular connection offers two advantages over a cable and may be also less expensive. It is desirable from a performance and towing perspective to give the combined cylinder and extension to the anchor as much buoyancy as possible. A tubular connection can be sized to provide the necessary buoyancy without added cost. The air chamber provided by a tubular connection advantageously reduces the change in air pressure below the piston in the cylinder as the piston moves in and out. Further, this generously sized chamber can act as a repository for pressurized fluid that works past the piston over millions of wave cycles. This oil would be drained from the tube during maintenance cycles and therefore not be allowed to contaminate the seawater.
The concept anticipates the risk of damage by extreme storms by automatically going into a "parked" or "standby" mode. In this mode the recovery force provided by the hydraulic cylinder is increased to keep the float at an elevation close to the trough of the waves so that the very high-energy wave crests pass over the top of the float. The system would not be producing energy in this mode. Floats would typically be designed for submergence to a 25 ft. depth to withstand the pressure of the waves passing over them.
A typical float could have a totally submerged displacement of 250,000 tons. Floats with this capacity move very large volumes of hydraulic fluid in short periods of time as the wave builds and crests (1–2 seconds). Fluid flow rates are therefore very high and large diameter expensive piping must be provided if high frictional flow losses are to be avoided. Minimization of the transport distance is therefore very important. Use of a hollow cylinder rod and locating all hydraulic components in the float minimize the length and cost of piping as well as the related frictional flow loses. Wave action provides short bursts of large amounts of energy as each wave passes. A portion of this energy has to be stored over short periods (until the next wave arrives in typically 8–14 seconds). Short-term energy storage can be provided by hydraulic-accumulators that compress gas. The energy can be withdrawn from the accumulator at a constant rate to generate a steady output from the system. An adaptive control system is employed that senses the amount of energy stored and the time of arrival of the next wave so it can meter the amount of energy delivered through a variable displacement hydraulic motor to an electrical generator or other device requiring the input of energy. The adaptive control system manages the release of stored energy in a way that only a small amount of energy is left in the accumulator when the next wave is encountered thereby ensuring there is energy storage capacity available for the next wave cycle.
This wave energy recovery system and embedded adaptive control has the capability to vary the resistance the hydraulic cylinder applies to the float as it is moved by action of the waves. This is accomplished by changing the minimum gas pressure in the high-pressure energy storage accumulator. In periods with low waves, the minimum gas pressure in the accumulator is kept low, typically 1,000 psi. As the height of the waves build, the minimum pressure in the accumulator is increased up to a maximum that typically may be as high as 3,000 psi. Optimum energy recovery requires the ability to change the amount of resistance the high pressure hydraulic accumulator applies to the float in that the energy recovery is a function of the resistance multiplied by the distance the float moves. For example, if the tension was kept at the maximum in a low wave period the float would not be able to overcome the resistance provided by the hydraulic cylinder and therefore would remain stationary. Energy would not be recovered in this instance because the distance moved would be zero.
One or more high pressure accumulators can be employed. Some cost and possibly weight savings can be realized by having a bank of accumulators and charging each with a different pressure such that hydraulic fluid enters them sequentially as the pressure of the incoming fluid rises.
Recovery of the float bringing it back to its starting position is accomplished by applying a low hydraulic pressure to the cylinder that causes the cylinder to pull on the float. A low pressure hydraulic accumulator located onboard the float is the source of low pressure fluid required by the recovery cycle. High winds will resist recovery however water flow on the back of the wave and gravity forces will assist with recovery therefore the required recovery force will be relatively small. Further, the horizontal recovery distance is small (in the order of 10 ft. for shallow water and in the order of 35 ft. in deep water). The adaptive control system adjusts the recovery tension (pressure) to suit conditions. For example, low waves usually equate to less lateral movement of the float and low wind levels that in turn requires less hydraulic cylinder tension to return the float to the starting position.
Wave energy is highly variable ranging from essentially zero for many hours per year to a relatively few hours at maximum output. The system output usually averages something less than half the peak output therefore it is advantageous to use two or more hydraulic motors each mated with its own electrical generator so that only one motor/generator set is operated most of the time. This practice reduces wear, extending component life and also improves the energy recovery efficiency in that only one generator is excited most of the time and the active hydraulic motor operates in a more efficient range.
The apparatus of the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
In order to more clearly understand the present invention part numbers as assigned in the following parts list will be used:
A large float 1 as shown in
A hydraulic cylinder assembly 2 is attached near the center of the float by means of a flexible joint 3 designed to withstand high tensile loads and is made with hollow components that are configured to conduct pressurized fluid from the hollow cylinder rod 22 up to the float 1 above. The flexible joint 3 is attached to the float 1 at a position that is a little forward of the longitudinal float axis and below the bottom of the float. Optimum positioning of the point of connection ensures the float is not overturned in high cresting waves, but instead is encouraged to dive into abnormally extremely high waves so that the top of the wave passes over the float. A further consideration in selecting the attachment position is the need to rotate the attached hydraulic cylinder assembly 2 into a generally horizontal position when the complete wave energy conversion system is towed to port for servicing.
The hydraulic cylinder assembly 2 is comprised of a barrel 21, a hollow rod 22, a piston 23, and an extension tube 24. The maximum stroke of the cylinder is typically limited to 12 to 16 feet depending on the water depth and wave regime at a particular site. The length of large hydraulic cylinders are usually a foot or two longer than the maximum stroke therefore the length of the extension tube 24 is considerable as it must bridge the distance from the bottom end of the cylinder barrel 21 to the flexible joint 4 that is attached to the seabed anchor 5.
A flexible joint 4 is used to connect the hydraulic cylinder assembly 2 to an anchor 5 in the seabed 6. This flexible joint 4 can be the form of ball joint or universal joint to give the float 1 and connected cylinder assembly 2 an ability to align with waves oncoming from all directions.
When wave action moves the float 1 away from a position generally above the seabed anchor 5 the rod 22 and attached piston 23 are forced upward that in turn forces fluid 25 up to the float 1 under significant pressure through ports 26 in the hollow rod 22, up rod 22 and through the flexible joint 3.
Hydraulic fluid 25 is received in the float 1 by a high pressure hydraulic accumulator 71 after passing through a check valve 72 positioned to allow free flow to the high pressure accumulator 71 but prohibits reverse flow to the cylinder assembly 2.
Adaptive control 73 recognizes when the pressure in the accumulator 71 has peaked at which time the adaptive control gives an appropriate signal to variable displacement motor 74 to operate, drawing pressurized fluid from accumulator 71 at a variable rate to maintain an essentially constant torque on the electrical generator 75 at a sufficient rate so that all pressurized fluid is drained from the accumulator 71 at the moment fluid 25 starts to flow into the accumulator 71 as a result of float 1 response to the next oncoming wave.
Electrical generator 75 is preferably an asynchronous generator (simply a standard induction motor) but other types of electrical generators can be employed. The advantage of an asynchronous generator is that it automatically synchronizes with the electrical power grid when it is connected without the need for very expensive synchronizing switchgear. Further, it can run as a motor without load and instantly deliver electrical energy to the electrical power grid the moment the hydraulic motor 74 starts to apply a torque without the need to activate and synchronize switchgear.
Fluid 25 discharges from the hydraulic motor 74 to a fluid cooler 76 that cools the fluid that tends to heat up quickly due to the relatively small volume involved and the extensive amount of energy it is transporting. Preferably, the cooler 76, is an integral part of the bottom surface of the float 1 so that heat is transferred directly to seawater eliminating the need for seawater circulating pumps and the need to clean internal surfaces of ocean plant and animal life that would likely take up residence and interfere with heat transfer.
Fluid 25 is discharged at low pressure from the fluid cooler 76 to a low pressure hydraulic accumulator 80 and simultaneously to a check valve 81 aligned to permit free fluid flow to the cylinder assembly 2 but not allow reversing the flow back to the low pressure accumulator 80 when high pressure oil is being delivered by action to the hydraulic cylinder assembly 2 as the float 1 encounters an oncoming wave. As soon as the float 1 reaches its maximum displacement with respect to the anchor 5 the pressure falls in fluid 25 to that of the low pressure accumulator 80. The low pressure accumulator maintains fluid pressure on piston 23 that in turn creates tension in rod 22 to take the float 1 back to its starting position ready for the next wave induced power cycle to begin anew.
A fluid reservoir 82 is connected to the primary fluid circuit via a small pump 83 and two shut-off valves 84 and 85. This secondary circuit is used to adjust the basic charge pressure of both the high pressure accumulator 71 and low pressure accumulator 80 by actuation of the appropriate valve 84 or 85 and adding or removing fluid from the accumulator requiring adjustment of its operating pressure. "Parking" the float 1 under extreme storm conditions is accomplished by opening valve 85 and via pump 83 to increase the fluid pressure between the cylinder assembly 2, motor 74 and high pressure accumulator 71 to a sufficiently high level that the float 1 does not have sufficient buoyancy to overcome the resistance to upward motion imparted by the pressurized cylinder assembly 2 thereby keeping the float 1 immobile such that high waves wash over it.
It will be understood that modifications can be made in the embodiments of the invention described herein.
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Greg Dyke, former director-general of the BBC, bowls in with a meaty handshake and punchy delivery. "I've got a lot of sympathy for George Entwistle," he says of the current director-general as he takes a seat. "The BBC looked stronger than ever when he took over in September, post-Olympics, post-Leveson. And then two weeks into the job he's handed this poison chalice: Jimmy Savile."
He makes a gesture with his hands like an explosion. The 65-year-old, tanned and wearing a pink shirt, is on robust form.
Greg Dyke knows more than anyone about the strain of being director-general of the BBC in a time of crisis. In 2003, under his leadership, the BBC's Radio 4 Today programme described the Blair government dossier on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq as "sexed up", sparking an incendiary row with the Blair government. The source of the story, the scientist Dr David Kelly, committed suicide in the fallout, and the subsequent Hutton Inquiry criticised the BBC's reporting. Dyke was forced to resign in 2004, and still feels the injustice of it. ("I don't meet anyone now who thinks that dossier wasn't sexed up," he says, "do you?")
Eight years and two directors-general later, the BBC is again in crisis, facing two inquiries. The first into how Jimmy Savile, one of its greatest stars, managed to remain unmasked as a predatory paedophile. The second into why Newsnight had the evidence to expose him but didn't.
Greg Dyke has much to say — so much and at such speed that one train of thought often crashes into the next. Sentences are left unfinished; arguments trail off.
Nonetheless, Dyke is clear on one thing: he describes the BBC's handling of "the past four weeks" as "pretty disastrous".
"They let the speculation go on for too long. And then, of course, more and more came out, so it got harder to deal with. The idea that they didn't show Newsnight's investigation because of [he affects a sneering tone] 'editorial reasons' is very weak. Explain your reasons to the public. That's important."
Dyke didn't hear rumours about Jimmy Savile and didn't meet him in person — his background was outside the Corporation, first on local newspapers and later working his way up the ladder in television: at London Weekend Television (LWT), where he worked on The Six O'Clock Show and earned a reputation for "tabloid TV". He revived TV-am with the introduction of Roland Rat and went on to become the first chairman of Channel 5, before moving to the BBC in 2000 amid speculation that he would "dumb it down".
Of course he remembers Savile from TV, as vividly as anyone else at the time. "I was always struck by how oddly asexual he seemed," he recalls. "But Jimmy Savile is a BBC creation, so they can't absolve themselves of blame. BBC1 created this animal, really. I mean, they invented Jim'll Fix It, but if they'd called it something else it would've been fine. It was just a very good show — it didn't need Jimmy Savile. Good shows can make do with any presenter."
He refuses to believe that there has been any institutional cover-up of Savile's behaviour in the Corporation over the years. "I can understand the mechanics of where the BBC went wrong with Newsnight recently but I genuinely cannot work out what happened on Jimmy Savile all that time.
"I cannot believe that senior figures of the time — Bill Cotton or Jim Moir — had any inkling that Savile was a paedophile. I knew these people. I can't believe they had any idea he was having sex with underage girls in the dressing room."
Dyke shudders at the thought. "What I do think is that there's an issue in here somewhere about celebrity. Celebrities can get away with things the rest of us can't, yes. It's something about the culture of celebrity. In television, are presenters more protected than anyone else on the show? Yes.
"In this case, the inquiry will have to look at how someone who is a celebrity created by the BBC managed to use that celebrity to fool everybody."
Of the two, he points out, the Newsnight inquiry is the lesser.
He says he would have handled the story differently if he had been editor but only insofar as he would have told reporters to get more evidence. "I would've said: 'Make sure it's right. Do you really think we've got the evidence?' And if they hadn't got enough, I would've said, 'Go away and get more.' Instead the editor pulled it. He lost his nerve."
He goes on: "It's good that they made a Panorama about it. But there the question is, who took the decision that no one from the BBC management should appear? It was like saying, 'Let's get everybody who is going to kill you to appear, but no one from management to give a balanced view.' It seems a very strange decision."
Perhaps surprisingly, he doesn't blame Entwistle for any of this, ("I'm having lunch with him in December"), but attributes the failures to those around him.
"He should've had more help," Dyke says firmly. "Where was that help? If you're days into that job and something like this happens, you need help. He hasn't had support. Where are these people?"
"When I was first in the role [Sir] Christopher Bland gave me help and advice. He was dead right. In Entwistle's case, that should've been [Lord] Patten." Dyke pauses. "No one doubts Entwistle was Patten's choice for
the job, so where has Patten been?"
He looks out of the window and sort of answers his own question. "Oh, politicians always think they know about everything. The difference between Christopher Bland and Chris Patten is that Bland is a street fighter, I've got a lot of time for him. Unfortunately, Entwistle has been damaged by all this, and I'm sure he knows that."
Does he think Entwistle should resign? Dyke tips his head to one side slightly. "He and Patten will have to work out whether he's so damaged that actually he can't recover."
What about the BBC? "Oh, the BBC will survive," he says with bounce, "and it's brilliant at surviving. It's who survives with it. But in some ways that doesn't matter. It didn't matter that I left. Like all organisations, change comes through the crises and different leadership. Five, six years is the longest you can do in that job." (I wonder if this is a sideways dig at Mark Thompson, who did it for eight years after Dyke.)
Dyke says that he's seen many parallels over the past weeks with his own dark time at the top of the BBC. Not least, he says, a failure to act quickly.
He remembers, for example, that during the furore over the "sexed-up" dossier, Newsnight reporter Susan Watt had failed to disclose that she had a tape of a conversation with Dr David Kelly that corroborated reporter Andrew Gilligan's piece on the Today programme.
"We didn't know until after he killed himself that Susan Watts had a taped interview with Dr Kelly."
The Newsnight editor at the time? "George Entwistle." Why didn't he know about the tape?
"You'd have to ask him why he didn't know that, why didn't we know? All I can say is that we didn't. I didn't know him well enough to fight with him."
They were dark times, Dyke remembers, not just for him but for Gavyn Davies, who had stepped into Bland's shoes as chairman at the end of 2001 and, like Dyke, stepped down after Hutton.
"He still feels wronged," says Dyke. "He feels bitter. When I wrote my book [Inside Story] Gavyn said: 'You're all right now. You've written your book and vented your spleen.'
"But I was pretty pissed off after I left the BBC," Dyke says now. "Pissed off and angry. For a while. And one day my daughter said to me: 'Get over it, Dad.' And I thought, yes, she's got a point. And so I did."
With hindsight, he says: "Alastair Campbell was a PR man, he did what PR people do. He was given the job of justifying the war in Iraq and he did it. For him it was a PR game, and he had to win. No one said boo to him. After Alastair left No 10, Tony Blair invited me round for tea. I said no."
Then he smiles. It's a big, charismatic, Cheshire cat smile that really seems to say, "I'm not pissed off."
He talks about the Tories asking him to stand for Mayor of London in 2007. "I talked to David Cameron. I said I couldn't be the Conservative candidate — because I wasn't a Conservative — but if they could persuade the Liberals, I would stand as an independent with support from both. And Cameron, to his credit, went to see Menzies Campbell, who basically said it'd be too difficult" — he laughs — "even though I was someone who had supported the Lib- Dems in the last election!"
However, he is happy with Boris: "I think he's a phenomenon. I've not seen anything like it for a long time. I love it and it unnerves me at the same time. He's not scared of being eccentric, and I think wouldn't public life be better in this country if we had more people prepared just to be themselves? He's brilliant. Is he a Right-wing Tory or a liberal Tory? Bah, he's a character and an individual."
One could say the same about Greg Dyke.
'He and Patten will have to work out whether he's so damaged that actually he can't recover'
'Jimmy Savile is a BBC creation, so they can't absolve themselves of blame'
'The BBC will survive and it's brilliant at surviving. It's who survives with it'
'I don't meet anyone now who thinks that dossier wasn't sexed up'
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FORT COLLINS — By the time 20 minutes had passed in Sonny Lubick's farewell speech, dry eyes welled up and feelings of frustration became a little fiercer.
Emotions from coaches to players to students ran the spectrum Tuesday afternoon as Colorado State coach Sonny Lubick bowed out. No one seemed happy, least of all the players.
"They didn't feel like it was right, how a guy that's building the program could be let go in order to advance the program," outgoing senior quarterback Caleb Hanie said. "Because without him, there probably wouldn't have been a program like this. Some people feel betrayed. I don't know if it's the right word, but he should have been given more respect than what he was.
Lubick addressed his players before Tuesday's news conference and told them he wasn't leaving on his own terms. That raised the ire of his players, many of whom attended his farewell.
"Coach Lubick was essentially forced out of here," junior defensive back Klint Kubiak said.
Sophomore wide receiver RaShaun Greer said while they weren't directly told what was happening, players "had a feel" their coach would be gone as the season drew to a close, but still called the day "real difficult."
"I came here because of him," Greer said. "It's kinda surreal, like a dream."
Lubick gathered his coaches prior to Friday's season finale against Wyoming and told them he was being fired. He made the decision not to tell the players until Tuesday.
"Knowing was tough, but I'm glad we knew," defensive backs coach James Ward said. "It really, I think, gave us the ability to do it the right way for the seniors and kind of gave us that extra grit to really see what we were made of as a staff. Guys did a wonderful job of staying together."
But now there is uncertainty. Most assistant coaches are left in limbo, wondering where they might be next season. Tom Ehlers, director of football operations, stays onboard as an administrative and personal bridge from Lubick to whomever the next coach will be.
"How do I feel? I just lost my job," Ehlers said. "I don't know how this could ever come easy."
Students were sad to see Lubick go as well, but those interviewed indicated a change might have been needed.
"I'd say it's sad because he built this program out of nothing," sophomore Noah Greenberg said. "It's probably a good time for everyone to move on, but it's a sad day. I think throughout the year they (students) kind of wanted a change."
Asked whether his faith in the coaching profession and the processes that accompany it have taken a hit, Ehlers said, "Yeah. You can't help but wonder if a guy like Sonny can't choose how he leaves, then as a profession you wonder where it's come. But we probably created that monster ourselves as coaches, taking those jobs and the money and all that."
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Five-star linebacker recruit Reuben Foster may have officially committed to Alabama back in February when he dressed as Nick Saban on signing day, but he is keeping his famous Auburn tattoo. Rather than going through the expensive and painful process of having it removed, Foster has had some additional work done to turn the ink into a tribute to his cousin Ladarious Phillips. Here's a closer look at what Reuben Foster's Auburn tattoo has become: a tribute to a fallen family member. twitter.com/AlexS_ESPN/sta… — Alex Scarborough (@AlexS_ESPN) May 1, 2013 Phillips, a former Auburn fullback, was shot and killed last year a month after Foster changed his commitment from Alabama to Auburn and got a tattoo on his right forearm to prove it. Foster says one of the reasons he wanted to play for the Tigers was so he could play with his cousin. He later flipped back to Alabama but insisted he would be keeping the tattoo. Here's what it used to look like. "I can remember like yesterday we lived by each other before we even thought about playing football," Foster recently told ESPN's Alex Scarborough. "We're family. I'd borrow his Auburn shorts — I'm wearing them now." Any time a high-profile player flips his commitment from one SEC school to another, they know they are going to be hated. Foster is prepared for that. "Man, the Iron Bowl is going to be crazy," he said. "Anytime I make a tackle or step on the field or even get near something it's going to be 'Boo!' I tell myself if I hear that it won't do anything to me. I'll laugh. You boo me, I'll give you something to boo about." While there's something that doesn't look right about an Auburn tattoo on an Alabama player's arm, you can't fault Foster for paying tribute to his cousin. If that helps him deal with a difficult tragedy, hearing boos because of it is worthwhile.
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Ivan wasn't really..small, so Arthur had to calculate the right amount of rope, and what position he was going to put him in. From the beginning, before the ball gag and blindfold was added, Arthur had tied his arms up with the help of the hook in the ceiling, the red roped tied skillfully around his wrists, and even around his fingers, and then down to his biceps. Arthur thought it was beautiful, really.
And after the gag and blindfold was added, he worked the rope over Ivan's torso, and then hooked one of his legs up. It definitely provided a more satisfying view for Arthur. Ivan wobbled a bit on one leg, but the ropes held him in place.
"Mh..", Ivan made a muffled noise, Arthur noticing how his fingers curled around the rope, and his head lolled against his arm. Arthur smiled, knowing he could feel his stares on his body. He had yet to learn what it was like to be tied up, completely exposed and without control. It must have felt exhilarating. Arthur ran his eyes over Ivan as he approached him, his heart racing in his own chest, just from the view. He raised a hand to gently cup Ivan's cheek. "That's a good boy.", he said, staring at the leather blindfold over Ivan's eyes.
This started as simple curiosity. It was another boring day at work, in Arthur's cubicle. With his back hunched over, his elbow on the table and supporting his head, his eyes cast down over the magazine placed on the clean surface of his desk. Binders of untouched files were stacked up to his side, and his computer had an open program waiting for his fingers to begin typing. Only, his attention was focused on something that definitely was not work.
Mr. Braginski happened to walk past his cubicle, and his eyes happened to glance over at his English co-worker, and his hand that was slowly turning the page of his magazine. Mr. Braginski – Ivan – stopped, and backtracked a bit to stare at the magazine's contents, trying to figure out what it was. He adjusted his pile of papers in his arms with discomfort once he realized what it was.
He swallowed heavily and then exhaled before he walked into Mr. Kirkland's cubicle, trying very hard to focus on the back of his head, but his eyes flickered rapidly back and forth to his magazine, his face flushing a little. Once he cleared his throat, Mr. Kirkland's back snapped straight, and his hand dropped to desperately shield the pictures in his magazine. He glanced back at Ivan, his eyes wide and his face pale. After hastily shoving the magazine away, he coughed nervously, and swirled on his chair to face him.
"Y-Yes?", he asked, his voice breaking in anxiety. His eyes looked Ivan up and down, his hand tapping on his thigh. Ivan arched a brow, and looked at the crumpled up magazine that was now on the other side of his desk. "What is it, Mr. Braginski? I'm busy.", Arthur demanded, his voice a bit more controlled.
"What is that?", Ivan asked, shifting from foot to foot. He could see how Arthur's mouth went agape, and then snapped shut again. "W-W-What do you mean? What's what?", Arthur stuttered horribly, his face flushing. Ivan motioned toward the poorly treated magazine.
Arthur glanced back at it and then at Ivan. He shook his head, "It's just..a magazine." He then laughed nervously, "Of course it's a magazine, what'd you think it was?" Ivan eyed him, "What kind of magazine?"
"It's just a bloody magazine! Don't ask me irrelevant questions! Now what is it you want, Mr. Braginski?", Arthur snapped, growing irritated. He fidgeted nervously in his seat, Ivan's eyes boring into him not very comforting. Ivan blinked and then sighed, "Look, I'm not going to report you or anything, it'd be a waste of my time. What's with all the ropes though? That's so strange.."
Arthur paused, and then licked his lips that had gone dry. "You..you saw that? I-It's, uh...how could you not know what that is?", he asked quietly, looking up at him meekly. Ivan remained silent, staring at him. "I've never seen such a thing before, that's why. Now are you going to tell me, or what?", he said in an impatient tone, glancing at the magazine again.
"Why does it matter? You don't need to know.", Arthur said promptly, turning back to face his desk, letting Ivan know the conversation was over. Only, Ivan moved closer behind him, and reached a long arm out to snatch the magazine in the corner. Arthur immediately jumped up, "Hey-! Give that back!"
Ivan backed out of the cubicle, out of Arthur's reach, and flipped the magazine open. It turned to a page with this woman tied up, her hands and feet tied together behind her, ropes going up her torso, and around her breasts. Her face was definitely erotic, and it made Ivan blush lightly.
"You dolt! Get back in here before someone else sees!", Arthur hissed in a whisper, grabbing Ivan by the front of his dress shirt, and tugging him back into his cubicle, just before Mr. Bonnefoy was making his way in their direction. Arthur glared at him once the Frenchman walked past his cubicle, his blue eyes staring at them two. A smirk spread over his lips before he walked away, making Arthur exhale in relief.
Ivan looked at Arthur, and then peeled his hands off his shirt, still holding the magazine with his pinky. Arthur sat back down on his seat, and snatched the magazine from him and placed it back down on the table. "C'mere.", he said before Ivan could try to take it again. Ivan paused, and then stood beside him, hunching over a bit to see the page again.
"This is called bondage.", Arthur said with a hushed voice. Ivan stared at the woman, and nodded. Arthur exhaled, "You use ropes like this," he pointed at the rope that wound around the woman's torso, "to make them completely..well, useless." Ivan remained silent.
Arthur glanced up at him, smiling lightly. "And you can do whatever you want to them. With their consent, of course. That's the whole point. It's supposed to be a new..experience with your partner. Sometimes, just sex gets boring.", he said, a wide, lecherous grin on his lips. Ivan blushed lightly again, and stared at the girl's expression.
"Have..have you tried it before?", Ivan asked quietly, raising his eyes to look into Arthur's. Arthur blushed then, and shook his head. "I don't know how to find someone that would want to.", he admitted, looking back down at the magazine.
Ivan swallowed and licked his lips, "Is that it, though? You just tie someone up and fuck them? Isn't that like sex, but with ropes? What's the difference?" Arthur looked back up at him, "No, no. Uh, well, you could use toys. Like, you know toys, right?"
"Like a dildo?"
"You could use that. But there's also gags, hand and feet restraints, whips, c-cock rings, uh, and other stuff. I don't know. There's a list in here somewhere..", Arthur mumbled, flipping through the pages. Ivan stared at him, seeing how his ears were a bright red and his eyes were blinking rapidly.
After awhile, Arthur gave up on finding the list, and closed the magazine, his fingers shaking. He turned to face Ivan, and licked his lips. "It's not like normal sex, because..", he paused, feeling embarrassed. It seemed like he was telling a child about intercourse. How could Ivan not already know this? He was an adult!
"Because it's exciting. Uh, not being able to do anything. For you to depend and trust the other person, to basically..lose yourself. You can't move, and all you can do is lay there, waiting. Sometimes, you have no senses at all. If you put on a blindfold, a gag, and ear plugs, you don't know what's going to happen at all. It's like a big rush. All you can feel and hear is your heart pounding in your chest. Just..no idea. No idea at all. You're just like a piece of meat, waiting to be touched."
While Arthur went on like this (he got pretty lost in his own imaginations and couldn't resist his excitement), Ivan could feel his face burn, and he couldn't help but think of himself in that position. He wanted to try it now.
Arthur exhaled a shaky breath, and straightened up in his seat. "So, now you know. Can I get back to work?", he said, flattening out the front of his shirt. Ivan remained silent, staring distantly at the desk, thinking intently. Arthur looked at him, and cleared his throat, "Well? Can you leave me be?"
"..we try?", Ivan mumbled quietly, looking at the floor. Arthur eyed him, not exactly hearing what he said. "What?", he asked, leaning forward a bit to hear him. Ivan swallowed and raised his eyes to Arthur's.
"I want to do it with you. C-Can we try..it?", he sputtered, feeling completely embarrassed. How could he even ask such a thing? They were just co-workers! Arthur would surely be disgusted, seeing as he was a man, that he wanted to try this sort of thing with him. But, it seemed like he knew what to do! Ah, hell, of course he would turn him do-
"..Sure.", he heard Arthur say, Ivan's blood running cold. He blinked a few times, and then felt his heart beat rapidly, sending more blood up into his cheeks. "Y-Yes?", Ivan stuttered, wanting to make sure he heard him correctly.
Arthur nodded, blushing lightly himself. "But..it depends. What do you want..to do?", he asked, looking up into his eyes. Ivan inhaled sharply, "I want you to tie me up." Arthur licked his lips at his reply, and nodded lightly. "I can manage that. Only, you would need to trust me and..allow me to do things..to you.", he said quietly, growing slightly giddy inside from what was actually happening.
Finally, he might have a chance at trying this out.
"I don't care. B-But if you..uhm, want to, uh, f-fuck me..you'll have to ask me beforehand, okay?", Ivan looked down again, running his finger over the papers in his hands. Arthur felt his heart twist at the thought (he always did have a little infatuation with Mr. Braginski), and nodded. "Of course."
"May..I see the magazine? For only tonight, so I can choose. What to uh, do. What to use, and the like.", Ivan asked, raising his eyes to Arthur's bottle green irises. Arthur nodded and handed the magazine to him, Ivan moving his papers to cradle it them in one arm to grab it.
"Sure. Just call me or something, and we can do it whenever. Just think about it, alright? I won't mind if you change your mind.", Arthur told him with a stern tone, staring into his eyes. Ivan nodded and licked his lips, "O-Okay, then. I'll call you soon.."
With that, Ivan turned on his heels, and left his cubicle. Arthur stared after him, and then exhaled. He turned back to his desk, and stared at the surface for a moment. Then, he did a few fist pumps, a big grin on his lips.
That night, Ivan called him at a late hour. Arthur was grumpy when he had to get up from his armchair, place down his book, and had to walk to his coat draped over his couch to retrieve his phone. But when he saw the calling number, he gasped audibly and felt his heart speed up. He took his seat on the couch, and flipped his phone open with trembling fingers.
"Hello?", he greeted, crossing his legs. He heard Ivan exhale and then say, "I want you to use a gag and blindfold. On me. And..this, uh, position. With my arms tied up, and my leg, too. I-If that's fine with you.."
Arthur grinned, knowing that position exactly. "Alright, then. Have you decided when?", he asked, staring at his carpet, jiggling his foot a little, anxious. He heard the rustle of pages on the other end, and then a sigh.
"How about the day we have work off?", Ivan offered. Arthur sniffed and licked his lips. That was in two days. "Sure. I look forward to it."
"As do I. See you tomorrow, Arthur.", Ivan said, before Arthur heard his line go dead. Arthur laughed breathlessly. That was the first time Ivan addressed him by his first name.
"How is it, Mr. Braginski?", Arthur hissed in his ear, his eyes drifting down his back. Ivan only replied with a muffled noise. Arthur chuckled and ran his hands up Ivan's arms, his fingers running over the skin lightly, wanting Ivan to just feel the sensations. Ivan panted heavily already, and his face was completely flushed. Arthur moved around him, facing him, and slid his fingers over his exposed thigh, his other hand moving inwards. He stopped his fingers right in front of Ivan's erection, and then moved it back downwards, teasing him.
"Mm!", Ivan wiggled his hips, his eyebrows furrowing. Arthur smiled, and ran his hand up his abdomen, feeling the bumps of the ropes as he trailed his fingers up his chest. Arthur could see his saliva escape his mouth through the holes in the ball gag, traveling down his chin, and under before oozing down. It looked utterly embarrassing, but it only turned Arthur on more.
Arthur leaned in to whisper in his ear, "You're so sexy right now, Ivan." Ivan fidgeted at that, and made another noise, his face deepening a shade of red. Arthur hummed before he flicked his tongue against his earlobe, and then ran his tongue up the arch, earning a muffled, surprised moan from Ivan.
When Arthur pulled back, he admired Ivan. He stared at his flushed face, his heaving chest, and his clenching hands. He saw how he wobbled a bit. It was obviously hard to keep his balance with all of these distractions, Arthur knew that much.
After exhaling, Arthur reached out to run his hands over his thighs again, massaging them with sensation, and then moved his hands around to grab his ass in his hands. Ivan jumped, and then panted deeply through his nose, his hips fidgeting. Arthur kneaded it in his hands, grabbing with firmness that his fingers pressed in the soft flesh. It was bit rounder than he expected, but it was a pretty nice ass.
Once satisfied, Arthur decided to give Ivan more attention where it was needed. Without warning, he ran a palm up against Ivan's big cock, feeling the sudden immense heat, Arthur's eyes watching his hand move up against it.
A loud, surprised moan came from Ivan, his hips bucking slightly. He instantly began to salivate more, more of his drool sliding down his chin. Arthur smiled widely, pleased with the response he got. What he had planned would definitely bring out a more pronounced reaction.
He ran his palm up the shaft a few more times, making Ivan tremble, and then retracted his hand. Ivan whimpered from the loss of contact, and pulled on the ropes around his wrists. Arthur ignored his protests, and walked to his bed before he crouched down. He reached under the bed to slide out the small box he kept under there. He placed it on the bed and unclasped it before opening it and reaching in to take out one of the vibrators.
It had the basic shape of a pencil, but shorter, and it obviously didn't have the pointed end. It was about three to four inches long, and was slim and rounded at the end. On one side, it had the switch. There was low, medium, and high options.
When he returned to Ivan, he switched it onto medium. A humming noise filled the room. It trembled in Arthur's fingers, making his fingertips ticklish. He stared up at Ivan, seeing how he went still. He must have figured out what it was. Arthur raised a hand to run it over Ivan's hair, threading his fingers through his platinum blonde locks, soothing him.
He wasn't intending in putting it inside him, he was just going to tease him with it. Arthur exhaled quietly, and then raised the loud vibrator to Ivan's ear, letting him hear it louder, more pronounced. Ivan flinched and turned his head to the side. His pants grew heavier, and his fingers clenched.
Arthur pulled his hand back, and then watched Ivan. The buzzing continued. He wanted Ivan to feel helpless, and worry when he was going to actually do something. Surprise was a good bonus. And eventually, Ivan began to make muffled noises, and moved around, his arms flexing.
Arthur grinned with satisfaction, before he abruptly pressed it against the soft flesh between Ivan's raised thigh, and his cock. A strangled noise came from Ivan, and his hips and legs twitched, and he moved away from it. Arthur reached out to hook his hand around his hips, holding him in place.
"You want to feel good, don't you?", Arthur asked over the vibrator. Ivan remained still, and kept his head upright. Arthur hummed, and then slowly moved the vibrator lower, teasing, towards his ballsack. When Ivan moaned around the gag, he moved it back up with ease, and placed it right above the base of his arousal, over his pubic hair.
Ivan writhed even at that, and tried to raise his hips somehow, to get him to touch where he wanted to be touched. Arthur licked his lips and gently pressed the tip of the vibrator against the skin of his shaft. Ivan groaned.
He moved his hand that was gripping his hips, to simply hold his cock in his palm. It was definitely thick and hard, Arthur feeling the vein on the underside pulsate. He swallowed before he ran the vibrator up his cock, and held it against the head. Ivan twitched harshly and moaned so loudly, Arthur feared he would finish too soon.
"You like that? Where do you want it?", Arthur spoke over the vibrator, and stroked him lightly. "Mmh! Mmm..", Ivan said, obviously not having the ability to speak. Arthur's breath came out as pants too, and his heart raced in his chest. He moved his cock out of the way, and slid the vibrator lower, and held it over his ballsack. Ivan groaned and moved his hips back and forth, his drool dripping onto his chest and onto the floor.
"Ah, wow, that's so hot.", Arthur breathed, and then switched the vibrator onto 'high'. The vibrator's humming became angry buzzing, the vibrations harsh. Ivan threw his head back, and moaned. Arthur could see how his eyebrows were curved upwards, and his hands were clenched, the ropes barely allowing it.
Arthur rubbed the vibrator up and down his ballsack, and then underneath it, watching Ivan intently as he moaned and trembled. Arthur could feel his own, neglected arousal, and he wanted to be inside him somewhat, but he restrained himself, to enjoy this as much as possible.
He saw how Ivan's cock was red and angry, and was dribbling pre-cum. Arthur moved the vibrator up to press it against the head, Ivan moaning loudly again, as he had been the entire time. Arthur inhaled sharply, and then moved his hand around, the vibrator rubbing over his hip. He moved it between Ivan's cheeks, earning a muffled noise from him.
Once he pressed it against his entrance, Ivan pulled on the ropes around his wrists, and arched his back. Arthur hadn't pushed it inside, only teased the ring of muscles, rubbing the vibrator's tip around and around.
When Ivan no longer pulled on the ropes, only trembled and groaned occasionally, Arthur knew he was getting close. He pulled his hand away, and switched off the toy. He tossed it onto the bed before he looked back at Ivan, and smiled lightly. He reached his hands up around his head to unbuckle the ball gag.
He slipped it off, and made a face, seeing it soaked in drool. He eyed it, not sure what to do with it. He glanced at Ivan, seeing him catch his breath, before he walked to the bathroom, and dropped the ball gag in the sink. Once he returned to Ivan, he saw him licking his lips.
Arthur cleared his throat, and walked up to him. He reached up to wipe the drool off his chin with his palm, and then ran his thumb over his bottom lip, his eyes fixed on his lips.
He wanted to kiss him, but he knew he shouldn't. He continuously ran his thumb over his lip.
"Arthur..", Ivan breathed. Arthur snapped his hand back, as if he was caught stealing from a cookie jar. He exhaled, "Yes?"
"Please..let me finish.", he said breathlessly, and then bit his lip, moving his hips slightly. Arthur glanced down at his dripping arousal, and then swallowed. "Right." He got behind him, and placed his hands on his thighs. He ran his hands up to rest them over his hips. Ivan breathed audibly as Arthur ran his fingers over his pale skin, up his sides and then down again.
When Arthur finally curled his fingers around the base of his cock, Ivan sucked in a breath. It only took a few sensual tugs for Ivan to gasp and arch his back, a few shots of his cum landing on the carpet. The rest ran down onto Arthur's fingers, the substance hot.
Arthur instantly pulled his hand away, and looked at his cum on his fingers. He sighed, and walked into his bathroom, to wash his hands in the sink. Once he dried his hands, he walked back into the room, to the armchair he kept in the corner, and grabbed onto it before he lifted it and brought it to Ivan. After setting it down, he stood up on it, and reached up to take the rope off the hook.
Ivan almost crumpled to the ground from Arthur's lack of a warning, but Arthur jumped off the chair and caught him just in time. Ivan was limp in his arms for a moment, but then he sat back. Arthur instantly pushed his blindfold off his head, letting it fall to the ground.
His eyes were closed, but he opened them, and looked up at Arthur. He licked his lips, "Can you untie me?" Arthur paused, and nodded, and moved to get behind him.
Once he undid the knot on the back, he slid the ropes apart, and then worked on untangling them from his fingers and wrists. When he peeled them away, there were angry red marks in his skin, especially around the wrist.
"Ah..I have a cream for that.", he said before he stood and jogged to his bathroom. After shoving things around in his mirror's cabinet, he found it in the corner, and snatched it. Once he sat back down beside Ivan, he took his hands gently, and then poured a little of the cream onto the red marks around his wrists.
Ivan sighed at the cool feeling, and let Arthur rub it around. It stung, but not too bad. After Arthur had finished rubbing it on the burns, he continued holding his hand in his palm. He held it for a moment and then began working on untying his leg.
While he did so, Ivan remained silent for a bit. But then he said, "Um, thank you." Arthur paused, and raised his eyes to him. He laughed lightly and looked back down at his hands, "Why are you thanking me?"
"I didn't think you were going to say yes."
"Well, I wasn't looking at that magazine for nothing."
"Hm.", Ivan nodded, and lowered his eyes to watch Arthur finish unraveling the rope. Once it was all untied, Ivan stood, and let the rope fall. There was a few red marks on his leg, but he didn't care if Arthur wanted to put cream on those or not. So, he walked to the bed, and grabbed his underwear from his pile of clothes.
Arthur watched him from the floor as he pulled them on, his eyes staring at his backside before it was covered. He exhaled and gathered the rope before he stood. Even though he didn't get off, which was fine, at least Ivan may have enjoyed himself. He hoped he did. He did say thank you though, right?
"So, uh, Mr. Braginski-"
"Why are you calling me that? My name is Ivan. No need for formalities in situations like these. And I would like to do this again soon, but next time, I won't be the only one feeling good.", he said as he turned to face him. He smiled lightly, "I can do something for you..if you want."
Arthur blinked, and then shook his head, "No, it's fine." He saw the disappointed look on Ivan's face for a moment, before it was replaced with a smile. "Okay then."
The next minute was spent in silence as Ivan got dressed and Arthur gathered all his things. Arthur hadn't gotten undressed in the first place (he only changed into a pair of sweatpants and a loose t-shirt), so all he had to do was clean everything and put them away.
When Ivan finished buttoning his dress shirt, he turned to Arthur again. Arthur averted his eyes back to him, and raised his eyebrows slightly. Ivan cleared his throat, and walked to him. Arthur didn't speak when Ivan placed his hands on his biceps. He stared at Ivan's smile, and then in his eyes.
"That was..new. It was nice. Thank you for letting me do this with you, Arthur.", he said, before he leaned in to press a flirtatious kiss to the corner of his lips. Arthur went rigid, and blushed. He felt his heart jump, and his palms grow sweaty.
When Ivan pulled away, his hands sliding away from his biceps, Arthur sputtered. "I-I..okay, uh, it was..my pleasure!", he said, looking everywhere but Ivan's eyes. Ivan chuckled, "Alright, I guess I'll leave you now."
Arthur finally looked at him, and felt a bit sad he had to leave. He forced a strained smile, "Okay. Uh, drive safe." Ivan smiled genuinely at him and then turned to walk out of his bedroom. Arthur paused, and then quietly walked after him. He stopped at the doorframe, and watched as he approached the front door. Once he opened it and shut it behind him, Arthur strode up to the front window, and looked out, watching him as he got in his Jaguar.
He continued staring as Ivan backed out of his parking lot, and drove out onto the street, until he disappeared from view. Arthur sighed deeply, somehow feeling more disappointed than excited he actually had the chance to do that to someone.
Since then, at work, they greeted each other by their first names, and began to sit beside each other at lunch, and talked together on their breaks. This continued, as well as their constant rounds of bondage. Arthur had begun purchasing more toys and tools offline, and each time Ivan visited, they would try a new position.
A month or two passed of this, until they decided to put the ropes down and just have normal sex.


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