"Wait, wait, time out," Sam said, crossing his hands to make the universal 'time out' symbol of a T. "Pandiculation! The safe word is pandiculation!"

Sam and Cassie weren't terribly kinky in bed but he was really, really glad that he had established a safe word all the same because she looked like she was ready to really hurt him. Sam did not want to be really hurt. Or even a little hurt.

"If we're going to role play, I need a character. If I'm not Sam, who am I?"