Lavendom is a fictitious small independent state in Europe. Historically it has always been governed in a very matriarchal way.
But in recent times as a response to rising crime rates and deaths or injuries amongst adolescent men as a result of high jinks
or outlaw behaviour the laws have changed further restricting the rights of all males; and in particular dictating that males in
their late teens and early twenties must be strictly controlled as preparation for their new life in Lavendom.
This story depicts scenes of uniforms, restraint, bondage, humiliation, cruelty, and punishment. If this is not your thing then
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The story is copyright Shelby Callaghan 2009. You may not reproduce or republish this story or any part of this story without
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Andrew got out of bed to look out of the window. A fine morning; he was travelling home today having just graduated top of his class at University. He was looking forward to a career in Engineering, but had decided to spend the summer back home with his family in Lavendom before returning to start the new job he had secured. Andrew was aware of the restrictive laws that Lavendom inflicted on their men, but at 22 he was now legal age in Lavendom, and although he knew he would be subject to some restrictions; he thought he would be safe enough at 22 to avoid any state imposed penalties that he had witnessed inflicted on some of his friends in his younger days. Andrew had not been keeping up with the news; he wasn't aware of the new decree to virtually enslave all men until they were 28, and to prevent unsupervised travel for any reason. He had no idea - he was in for a shock once the plane landed and he was back on Lavendom soil.
It was only a short flight; around an hour and a half, he could have drove, but he had sold his car a month ago to have some money for a deposit on an apartment when he started his job. Apart from one other young man around the same age as him, he was the only male on the flight. The captain announced that the plane would be in Lavendom airspace in ten minutes and could all guardians ensure their charges were secured by then. The lady sat next to the other young man nodded at the attendant and she typed some numbers into a keypad next to her station. Andrew was shocked when she then stood the other young man up and started to undress him down to his socks, the young man was covering his genitals with his hands when his female companion produced a disposable diaper out of her bag and put it on him; then he was given a pair of bright red rubber knickers to put on. The knickers looked really tight and the young man struggled to pull them up; when he was done she handed him a a bundle of red material; as it was unrolled Andrew recognised it as a one piece overall of the type that he had worn when he was younger, but this one was much thicker material. The young man started to put on the overall, putting his feet into the legs and pulling the material up his body, he started to place his arm in one sleeve and Andrew realised that the ends had no holes for the hands, instead there were mitten like with no thumbs. The young man succeeded in getting his right arm completely in and then his female companion helped him with his left arm. Andrew noticed that the mittens were tight over the hands and over the palms it looked as though there was thick padding in between the layers of material to prevent the wearer from using their hands. The young man's companion then stood in between Andrew and the young man so he did not see any more until she moved; by which time the young man had been placed completely in the suit. Andrew was even more shocked to see that the suit had an integral hood which was placed over the young man's head, and there was a zip that started at the top of the head and zipped down-over to the waist which had been closed. She turned him round so his front was facing Andrew, 'what the!' thought Andrew as he noticed the hood extended down over the young man's face completely covering his eyes, there was a cut out in the lower half of the hood so the bottom of his nose and around his mouth was open. His companion was now unfolding a bundle of brown leather straps which Andrew realised was a harness, the young man was directed to step into it and it was pulled up his body and over his shoulders. The lady retrieved a padlock from her purse and proceeded to lock the harness on the young man; quickly followed by adjusting all the straps tugging them all tighter, paying particular attention to the straps in between the young man's legs. Andrew thought that the act of tightening was cruel and unnecessary - but he would soon learn that it was the law! The young man was guided to place his hands behind his back where his wrists were fastened to the back of the harness in broad strong brown leather cuffs; each one padlocked closed. Finally the lady produced a squishy red rubber ball with a strap attached to it from her bag and proceeded to place the ball in the young man's mouth and fasten the strap tightly around his head forcing the ball back into his mouth. After this was done all the women on the plane started to clap and the lady with the young man nodded to the other passengers and then guided him back into his seat and fastened the safety belt rather tightly to keep him in.
Andrew thought he was daydreaming, he couldn't quite believe what he had just witnessed. The spell was broken when a very pretty but stern looking flight attendant placed her hand on Andrews shoulder and asked him who his guardian was. Andrew explained that he was in his way home after University; he knew nothing of needing a Guardian. The attendant asked how long he had been away and when he answered four years she gave him a sympathetic expression and said that things had changed in Lavendom and he was no permitted unsupervised freedom until he was 28. She then asked him if he had with him the required public restraints. Andrew said that he would sort it out when they landed; but the flight attendant got quite stern and said to him "no you won't; we'll sort it out now or the airline will get in trouble and I will lose my job. Have you got a parent or guardian meeting you at the airport?". Andrew hadn't told his family he was coming; he had intended it to be a surprise. He was regretting his decision now, at least he would have known about the new laws if he had explained that he was coming. The attendant explained "Because you have not arranged for a parent or guardian to collect you, and you have not got the necessary equipment in your luggage you have already broken several laws. I'm afraid we must place you under airline arrest and hand you over to the authorities when we land!". Andrew started to panic and tried to release his seat belt to stand up, but he found that the seat belt was locked shut and he could not release himself. The attendant was clearly annoyed and said to Andrew "OK, so you want this the hard way!" and as she was about to turn around and go for help an older lady next to Andrew who had been listening caught the attendants attention and said to her "I don't think that will be necessary dear. The young man didn't know about the laws and has just got a bit panicky. I can take him; I have been accompanying my nephew and he is staying abroad for a few weeks so I have his travel restraints with me. I can use them on this young man and make sure he gets home OK." the older lady turned to Andrew and explained that it was his choice, but if he would rather spend the next year or so locked up in a training camp then he can decline her offer. Andrew nodded his acceptance and the attendant gave the lady a helping hand to retrieve her hand luggage from the overhead compartment. Andrew was relieved to be told that since he can claim to be a 'first time visitor' under a special treaty for visiting or returning men he would only need to be harnessed, but she was also going to gag him to prevent him from breaking any further laws when he went through customs - he would only allowed to speak when spoken to. The attendant entered some numbers into the seat belt control keypad which allowed Andrew to unclasp the seat belt; and he then stepped into the harness the kind old lady held out for him. It was similar to the harness he had just witnessed being placed on the other young man on the plane. It was made from strong brown leather straps, with a wide strap over each shoulder, a wide strap round his waist, two leg straps fastened to the waist strap at the sides and to another strap through the crotch, there was also a thinner strap that went around his chest underneath his armpits to prevent the shoulder straps from being pushed off the shoulders. After the older lady had locked Andrews wrists to the waist strap behind his back she then proceeded to place the gag in his mouth and tighten the strap around his head. Finally, she explained that there were strict regulations as to how tight a harness had to be for any male that was to be accompanied in public, at the same time she tightened the harness so it was quite uncomfortable. Andrew was sat back down just in time before the caption announced that the plane was now crossing into Lavendom airspace. The surrounding lady passengers who had witnessed the furore all clapped as Andrews seat belt was tightened down over his lap.
The final 30 minutes or so of the flight was uneventful. Andrew was securely and very uncomfortably harnessed, gagged and strapped to his seat. The kind old lady who had stepped in to 'save him' ignored him for the rest of the flight reading her magazine. After the plane had landed all of the females disembarked first while Andrew, the other young man and their lady companions waited. The flight attendant nodded that they could leave and released the young men's seat belts. Both him and the other young man were stood up by their respective female companions; turned around and had leash straps attached to their harnesses. The other couple went first. "Walk" she instructed the young man, and he proceeded to walk blindly down the aisle toward the door as his female guardian steered him with the reigns. Andrews companion laughed at the startled look on his face as she explained that since he had not been trained to walk on the leash he could walk alongside her; but he had to remember to kneel and look at the ground whenever she instructed him to. Andrew nodded and they set off to leave the plane.
It was only a short walk into the terminal building. As they entered the older lady steered Andrew to a desk on the left of the room. The other couple were already at the desk, and the young man was on his knees with his head down next to his lady guardian while the customs officers checked over their papers. Both of the customs officials were female, they both wore navy blue official looking uniforms with black leather belts with handcuffs hanging from them as well as a thick leather strap with a handle that was obviously designed for spanking with, and a holstered taser type gun (Andrew had seen pictures of them to know what they looked like). Andrew felt quite frightened and thought to himself he had better do as he was told. Once the desk was clear they were waved forward and the older lady commanded to Andrew "kneel" when they reached the desk. Andrew dropped to his knees rather slowly not having his hands free to help himself with. One of the customs officials commented that he was too slow and not trained properly. The kind old lady explained that he was claiming 'first time visitor leeway' status having been away from Lavendom for 4 years; she fished around in Andrew's bag and retrieved his passport and handed it to one of the customs officers. The officials at first were discussing taking him into custody anyway as he was a previous Lavendom resident; even though he had been away. Then they discovered that he was a graduate and returning home from University with a good degree in Engineering; after this fact was discovered they seemed to be really keen to get him back to his family as quick as possible. The kind old lady agreed to wait with him until a member of his family could pick him up so that he didn't have to spend time locked on the floor of a holding cage. The customs officers cleared them to leave but took Andrews passport and kept it; one of them saying with a snigger "you won't be needing this again".
The kind older lady helped Andrew to his feet and escorted him out of the clearing area and took him to a café in the airport building to wait for his family. She explained that she was going to remove his gag for a minute but to keep his voice down as if anyone complained he was being too load he could be arrested. "What sort of place has this turned into" thought Andrew. The older lady took some details from Andrew about where he lived and the phone number for his family and then gagged him again. She used her mobile phone to call Andrews mother; explaining how she had met Andrew and that she would wait with him at the airport until someone could get there to collect him. She rang off and told Andrew that she had spoken to his mother and she would be there in an hour to collect him. The café was almost full; the table next to them only had two chairs. A lady came in with her two daughters, they were around a similar age to Andrew and he thought they both were very attractive, one of the young ladies glared at Andrew when she saw him looking at her, the older lady who had 'rescued' him put her hands on the sides of his head and forcefully turned his head away saying very firmly "It is not polite to stare young man". Their mother was looking for a chair and approached Andrew and the older lady; she put her hand on the back of the chair that Andrew was sat on and asked "Can I have this chair please?". Andrew thought to himself "no you can't, I'm sat on it". But to his amazement the older lady smiled warmly at the woman and said "of course you can"; she then turned to Andrew and commanded "kneel". When he did not react instantly she leaned over to him and grabbed the front straps of his harness, she slowly, but firmly pulled him off the chair and onto his knees in front of the table and told him to keep his eyes to the floor. The chair was taken away to the other table where Andrew heard one the daughters comment that he needs to be disciplined more often. The kind old lady told Andrew quietly that he has no automatic right in Lavendom to be seated, and that he cannot refuse a reasonable request of any woman. Andrew remained kneeling on the floor but was getting seriously uncomfortable, with the bent over position the crotch strap of the harness was putting pressure on his body, his shoulders were aching from having his hands fastened behind his back, and he was dripping drool from his mouth gag. After a while the lady with her daughters got up to leave, and Andrew looked up at his temporary guardian pleadingly pointing his head to the chair. The older lady bent over and wiped the drool from his chin with a napkin and told him he could kneel up to take the pressure of his body with the tight harness straps, but he must stay on the floor; his mother would be arriving shortly.