Ryan Standish had it coming to him, but had ended up in a position neither Ryan nor Vinnie Cost had ever anticipated. Ryan, while reduced to serving as Vinnie's jockstrap, had managed to take control of Vinnie's body. Not just for a few hours or minutes, but for three weeks. He had taken the wimping nerd, and whipped his body into shape. Vin Cost was now captain of the Water Polo team and one of the most popular smart jocks in school. Much to Ryan's girlfriend's chagrin, with Ryan in control, Vin had locked up the Valedictorian's spot for the coming graduation. Earning a letter in a sport warranted 2 extra credits, and a leadership position captaining the team added another 3 points. Ryan didn't mind sticking it to Stacy, now that thanks to sticking it to her before he was stuck as a living athletic supporter.
Vinnie had awakened from his 3 week sleepwalk when Ryan had forgotten who and what he was, and accidentally stripped himself off Vinnie's body to take a shower. Now aware of what had transpired in the preceding 3 weeks, Vinnie decided to keep the life Ryan had given him, but to keep it on his terms. He had reprogram the jock by writing with marking pen on its waist band that it was property of Vin Cost in 1 inch high letters. The words burned into Ryan's psyche.
When Vinnie stepped into his athletic supporter, he felt the power of Ryan Standish, but he also felt the subservience of Ryan's now broken will. Ryan belonged to Vinnie and he always would. There was no way that Vin would ever give up his new jock life, and there was no way he could pull it off without Ryan's support. Vin Cost captain of the Water Polo team couldn't even swim. In spite of Ryan using his body to swim for the passed 3 weeks, Vin realized that he still didn't know a frog kick from freestyle. However, Vin felt great. He decided he'd take his new body for a work out, and instructed Ryan to take Vin through his normal routine.
Ryan eased back into tenuous control over Vin's body, and quickly dressed Vin in the work out gear that Vin had purchased under Ryan's control. The spandex fabric really highlighted Vin's new muscles. Ryan was proud of his work on the wimp's body. But that pride changed to satisfaction that he pleased Vin. It was dangerous Vinnie knew, but it was so easy to sit back in his mind and let Ryan chauffer his body around. They jogged out to the reservoir, and stopped at Murray's Gym on the way back. Vin consumed three bottles of water, and two of powerade during the four hour work out which followed. Vinnie was exhausted but refreshed as he stripped off his work out gear, and jockstrap. He felt a sense of loss, emptiness, as the mind of Ryan left his mind, and remained in the dirty jockstrap on his bedroom floor.
After his shower, Vin decided that he needed to freshen up his stinking jockstrap. After 3 weeks of constant wearing, it pretty much reeked. He tossed it in the laundry basket along with three days worth of clothing, and carried it down to the porch. The washing machine was running with a load already, so Vin left the laundry there to be washed. He knew his mother would take care of it.
There was so much Vin didn't know about the last three weeks.
First, that his parents had gone away for the weekend. Second, they had left him--well, really Ryan controlling Vin's body--in charge of Vin's younger brother Sal. Third, Ryan believed in chores, and had assigned Sal laundry duty. 4) Sal had never done laundry before. 5) Before Ryan had allowed himself to be stripped off Vin's body that morning, he had made Sal breakfast and helped him with his homework. Ryan had been an only child, and really got into being Sal's big brother. Sal didn't know what to make of the change, but he wanted his big brother to be proud of him. Ryan had mowed the back and front yard with a handmower, while Sal had completed his homework.
Sal came down, and emptied the washer. He put the wet mass of clothing into the dryer, and looked at the additional basket of clothes that his brother had left for him. He felt so good to be trusted with this task. Vin hadn't checked up on him once.
He picked up the yellowed stinky jockstrap marked property of Vin Cost. Sal sprayed it with a bottle of stain remover. He shook his head, and dropped the offending article of clothing into the washing machine. Then he filled the tub with hot water, and added bleach. He decided to let it soak a while. He sorted the whites from the colors, and added them to the washing machine. Then he added more bleach. Starting the cycle, Sal happily ran up stairs to play video games.
Inside the agitating washing machine, Ryan felt the obsession to serve Vin Cost fading. The pretreatment and bleach were dissolving the not-so indelible ink that had been applied hours earlier.
Ryan was grateful for his little brother's attention to detail. He wondered what Vin would think. Now more than ever, Ryan knew he had to regain control, Vin had revealed that Ryan could be restored to his humanity. He had said it before, but Ryan hadn't believed him, but when their minds comingled he saw the truth.