You know, I wouldn't have even needed to see the author name on this to know who wrote it. As soon as I saw that TM in the upper right corner of ShrinkMate™ (everyone knows how to do that, right?), I knew who this was.

And what is it with you and these cutthroat shrinking companies?

If they fail to prove their love, their reduced size becomes permanent.

What? Did NanoHabitats get into the love business, too? Damn, whoever came up with that idea doesn't fuck around when it comes to Valentine's Day!

As for the story itself, I think the best way to describe it, at least from my perspective, is agonizing in the best way possible. Because man did I feel so sorry for Felix. From the moment he was thrown into that purse to the very last line, I was hoping for him to find some form of real (not conditioned) happiness. The way Cassie systematically broke him down (more on that in a minute) was as heartbreaking as it was perfect! 

As you well know, I love stories that make me go back and rethink things I've already read, and this story made me do that a couple times! I started to think that Cassie had planned this whole thing during their date at Mortimer's. When Felix noted that people were getting turned away for not having a reservation, I went, "Wait a minute, how'd they get a table then?" Why, the only they could have done that is if they had a reservation already, of course. And given the fact that Simone wasn't there, it clearly wasn't Felix who arranged it, so it had to have been Cassie.

The phone call sealed it for me, though.

First there was Cassie having that surprised face picture of Simone on her phone with the caller ID. Why would she have that? They're clearly not friends, and she clearly took that picture without permission. It occurred to me that she might have taken it for dramatic effect in that very moment, using it to really make Felix feel what was about to happen.

Second, there was "Simone W." as the name displayed as the caller. I had been trying to figure out what the fuck "Winter" on those envelopes in Cassie's purse met, but as soon as I saw that, I realized that Cassie was stealing Simone's mail somehow, which removed the last doubt in my mind that this kidnapping was planned instead of spur of the moment.

So I was pretty confident that I figured out the big twist that I was expecting (you always seem to have one of those at the ready). Then, Cassie said this:

“Good job! You’re the best one yet!” she giggled. “Want some of my cereal?”

And that's when I realized that she had done this before, apparently a bunch of times.

But then it all seemed so obvious, as they say, and I felt really dumb. The way Cassie handled this situation the entire time screamed that she knew what she was doing rather than winging it, and I completely missed it! From the crueler aspects of Felix's conditioning, such as all the shocks to condition him, treating him like a pet (which added a layer of hotness to the whole thing that I couldn't have imagined beforehand!) to the gentler stuff, such as how expertly she handled him after the date, absorbing the shock of her footsteps and countering the sway of her hand to give him a comfortable ride as she held him in her palm, it was all there. She had done this before, handling tinies and conditioning them like this. Those subtle clues were fucking brilliantly slipped in there.

I'll admit that I didn't think much about the C++ book on her desk or the microfiber towel waiting for him in Cassie's purse, but those were pretty solid clues, too. Of course, I had no idea that the microchip wasn't part of the ShrinkMate™ package, although maybe it should have been obvious that the company wouldn't include shock therapy as part of the service (then again, they do make you risk permanent shrinkage, so eh?).

But damn was Cassie brutal here. Not only did she fuck up real love (as far as we know, anyway), but she showed Felix no mercy at all. She made him ride in her butt crack, shocked him for throwing up (an involuntary bodily act) as well as a shit ton of other thought policing corrections, and even made sure to ruin any positive memory Simone would ever have of him by recording that fake declaration of love, sending it to Simone, then fucking calling her to rub it in both Felix and Simone's faces. All of that was just plain evil!

And then she put down the stick and picked up the carrot. The way she manipulated him with her feet (in more ways than one) was incredible. I loved all the detail of that foot massage and the foot returning the favor. I'm also always a huge fan of tinies unzipping dresses for their giant lovers, so thank you for that! And then it was back to Cassie's ass with him, this time willingly despite going much deeper than in the shower.

But Felix's attitude during all of that was what really surprised me. Cassie's technique worked perfectly. In a matter of six hours or so, she tortured this poor guy severely, both physically and mentally, then turned on the charm and showed off just how sexy she could be, and the dude actually kind of fell in love with her for real. He wanted to return the favor after Cassie got him off. He even forgot Simone's name, chastising her (without name) in his head for theoretically not being willing to let tiny him sleep in bed with her. Cassie broke him so completely that he even still wants to lick her feet and go up her ass after he finds out that she planned to ruin his life before all this even started.

That's someone who's good at their craft! As terrible as she is, Cassie did a hell of a job here!

I also love the revelation that Cassie could, in fact, get a date whenever she wanted, but she wants to collect tinies instead. Given how dolled up she got for their date and how effortlessly beautiful she looked at breakfast, it almost seems like she makes herself look less attractive at work on purpose. Or at the very least, she doesn't give a fuck how she looks around "normies."I thought that was a cool little touch.

And that she has 20 other tinies lined up ahead of Felix (the Do Not Enter sign was another thing I was wondering about but didn't dwell on) and he's not the favorite at all (so far from it that Cassie found it laughable)? What a fucking gut punch to end on. There was at least going to be the small comfort that, fucked up as this situation is, he was at least into what she was going to make him do. But now, he barely even gets to do that! So he lost everything and became her hopelessly devoted sex slave, and he barely even gets to do that! He's just going to be trapped on the other side of that door for pretty much the rest of his life.

Although, to be fair, we don't know what kind of accommodations Cassie has for her tinies. Are they just hanging out in jars? Does she have tiny houses for them? Do they share a mansion? A cage?

We've seen both nasty Cassie and sweet Cassie, so I really have no idea on that front!

Lastly, I really liked that climbing scene at the end. It was a lot of fun, and Felix's ingenuity to go inside her shirt to use Cassie's stomach to rest on while making the climb was a clever idea.

So yeah, this was a really good one-shot (see, you can do it!). I loved all the psychological components at play, and the smut was damned hot, too! And hey, the smells didn't bother me too much, which I was a little surprised by! They even made sense within the narrative, which was pretty cool.

Sorry Felix, but sometimes, life just ain't fair. Thanks so much again for the wonderful story and for stepping so far outside of your normal niche to tailor something just for me. The effort did not go unappreciated!

As I mentioned before, I really love the casual nature of Cassie's domination of Felix. There's something that really works for me with a giantess who doesn't need to get emotional over her little playthings shouting about nonsense like "rights" or "geneva conventions." Just the idea of, "you fit in my ass, I want you in my ass, therefor you belong in my ass" is such peak villain behavior. And then in the end to finally break his mind and Pavlov him into worshipping said ass, only to say "get in line Bucko, you're not even in my top ten favorite buttplugs" is the icing on the cake. 

Excellent work my friend, I'm truly grateful!

Wow, dark, very dark!