Delight and terror, fear and euphoria, Valerie Armitage felt all things in equal, delightfully potent measure. Needing to crane her neck upright, she tied her crimson hair back into a ponytail, staring wide-eyed at her vast, beautiful, and flustered girlfriend. It was a physical endeavor to gaze upon something, someone, so massive, and yet… the small, shrunken woman could not look away.

Why ever would she, when the beauty before her was so captivating, regardless of their willingness to help in this little… experiment.

Shrunken down to a size little more than less than a quarter’s width, Valerie met the experience with gusto, every single one of her nerves alight with fire in excitement.

The same, however, could not be said of Cathay, the more experienced of the two in the arcane arts, shifting uncomfortably upon her spot in bed, legs crossed, and her silvery hair a complete mess. A result of just having been woken up to these odd circumstances.

Cathay’s magenta eyes refused to fall upon Valerie, her wonderful star, though not out of spite for having been disturbed. Rather, and as a result of the tiny human’s request, she could not face them without having a blackened blush fall upon her cheeks. She was perplexed. Immensely so. Her beloved never failed to test their limits.

Eventually, though, something had to be said. The two lovers could not sit in silence forever.

Gritting her teeth, Cathay slowly turned her head down towards her girlfriend, their smile the complete opposite of her own.

“You know this is incredibly stupid, right?” the far larger woman questioned, raising a hand to push back a stray strand of hair behind her ear. “This could have waited a bit longer, I’m sure. When you’ve practiced more. You’re far too experienced for anything this… advanced.”

Sure.

Advanced.

That was certainly one way to put things.

Admittedly, and rather disappointingly, though the arcane intuition required to shrink beings successfully was usually quite complex, Cathay held no doubt that this was anything but an attempt by her girlfriend to progress further in her practice and teachings, learning the secrets of the vast cosmos and beyond.

It was curiosity, plain and simple. Of something entirely different, and much more… intimate.

Valerie was a smart woman, of that there was no doubt. The oldest of her family, consisting of herself and her two siblings, brothers both, Jason and Donovan.

But she was also… chaotic, for lack of a better word.

Adventurous, quick to disregard her usual human frailty when faced with the secrets of infinity and all that rested beyond its incandescent horizons.

An admirable trait, yes, especially when considering who it was she currently dated, but there were, at times, requests from the bold woman that garnered more than a few raised eyebrows.

The present, for instance, which had Valerie shrunken down by her cosmically feared lover, wishing to… explore the recesses of their mouth.

An effort to learn the biology of higher beings, they called it. A lie easily deduced. And yet, despite it being as such, Cathay did not have the moxy to turn them down. As things stood, regardless of their shrunken or natural size, Valerie still held the reins in this relationship. The crown, so to speak.

The top to Cathay’s bottom.

The little human was relentless, and despite the reputation of her name, Cathay could not deny them, no matter how much she wished.

Waving off any concerns of her girlfriend’s, Valerie moved from her hair down to her clothes, pulling her shirt above her head as she peeled it off, getting herself nice and ready. “Yes, yes, yes, so you keep saying,” the little woman remarked, tossing aside her upperwear as she next moved to jiggle her pants off of her waist. “But that doesn’t make this any less exciting. The fact that I’m not so experienced makes it even more so, if I’m to be entirely honest. Dangerous… but sooo damn cool~.”

Easy for them to say, it wasn’t their mouth being explored…

Working off her pants, Valerie kicked those to the side as well. Standing only in her bra and underwear, both a deep shade of red, mirroring her hair, she looked back up at her nervous lover, hands upon her hips, still as optimistic as ever.

“Besides, if anything goes wrong, I know I have you to count on,” the brave, shrunken woman remarked with a chuckle.

Gingerly, Valerie walked across the messy sheets that lined hers and Cathay’s bed. Stepping as close as she was able to the crosslegged ‘goddess’, the little human leaned forward, planting a kiss upon her girlfriend’s bare foot. Their exposed big toe, to be precise, taking a moment to look within the pitch black polish of their nail, noting now how they were small enough to see themselves near clearly within its obsidian reflection.

Valerie smiled as she raised a hand to her cheek, softly caressing the side of her face. This. Was. Incredible.

Under normal circumstances, a sane person would think to be terrified of being so small, almost less than an insect. Yet Valerie was far from sane, as were her brothers.

Something as obscene as… this… why, it was practically to them, at this point in their lives.

Lunging forward, the shrunken human wrapped her arms around her girlfriend’s big toe, giving them as big of a hug as she could with her minuscule stature. In response, Cathay shivered and gasped above, caught off guard by the sudden embrace but not too opposed to it.

“I can trust you, right?” Valerie asked from down below. Lowering her gaze to meet her lover’s eyes, Cathay still found difficulty in meeting their dauntless expression. Even she was put off by her Star’s antics, and given the long life she has lived, that was… quite the feat. “Right??? Or is the mighty Ruler of the Depths a chicken? Scared of disappointing lil ole me?”

And Cathay was a Ruler.

A Queen of an entirely separate plane of existence.

The unreality known as the Depths, in which many of the infinite cosmos’s most fearsome beasts dwell. Since long before time immemorial, the Depths have existed, predating entire corners of creation, the universes and realms which speckle the tapestry of totality, feeding off of every little thing it could get its horrid maws on.

It was home to abominations– horrors so brutal, their bloodlust defied all reason. Every law and iota of decency was like an ember to a raging inferno of barbarity, and at the peak of such brutality rested the Primordials. True gods of the Deep, they knew neither beginning nor end, having always existed, even before their domain took shape from the primordial chaos by which all things originated.

And the most fearsome among their numbers was the Archfiend, Cathay. Fourth to take up that mighty mantle of Ruler, as well as the most powerful to lead the Depths endless, truly infinite corridors.

It was not a stretch to assume she was among the whole of creation’s most powerful beings, if not the most powerful. And by a steady margin at that. As a Ruler of one of the chief kingdoms, by right her word and authority could change… anything.

Everything, were it not for the limitations and rules that came with such incredible responsibilities.

And yet, for all the power she possessed, and the unquantifiable number of eternities she has existed, in mind alone as her body always has, Cathay would toss it all aside… for her Valerie.

Her beloved little human, a shining example among a planet full of worthless, senseless apes.

Her Star…

So it was that, even with all the power of the cosmos at her fingertips, her name feared across every corner of conception, did the usually so indomitable Archfiend find herself cautious. Almost unwilling to allow her human lover this experience.

“Can you blame me if I am?” Cathay questioned, managing a weak smirk as she curled her toes tighter, bringing Valerie further into their embrace. “You can be rather fierce when you’re upset. And you humans are oh so fragile a species. I’d just hate for you to get upset over something that was out of my control~.”

Valerie couldn’t help but snicker. “Because there are so many things you can’t control, right?” As far as excuses go, the little, but brave, human was unconvinced. “Whatever happened to being all-powerful?”

“That all went right outside the window when we began our little relationship, you know that.” The Archfiend reminded them. “Or must I remind you of that video you keep on your phone? Of our first ‘date’?”

No need for that, Valerie could practically recall it from memory alone by now. “I don’t see why you dislike it. You’ve got such the cutest cries, Baby. As well as the sweetest moa-”

Another toe curl, and the shrunken woman was forced to be silent, earning herself a brief mouth of toe flesh in response to recounting some of that dreaded video’s contents.

With a huff, Cathay curled her fingers through her hair, straightening out her silvery locks. She was still indecisive. Unable to decide what the right thing to do is.

Listen to her dom… or heed sound reason.

It wasn’t until she gandered Valerie pouting that any lingering traces of resistance faded, and the Archfiend found herself leaning forward, her hands lowered to pick up her lover between careful fingers.

“Fine… fine! Let’s just get this over with!” As Cathay hoisted Valerie skyward, she couldn’t believe she was caving into this.

This, among many other things, was a secret she’d have to keep from the cosmos’ other Higher Powers…

Valerie, on the other hand, was elated. “Wait… REALLY!?!” She clasped her hands together in joy, watching as her girlfriend’s beautiful face grew larger the closer she got. “You’re actually going to…”

“Stick you in my mouth before I’ve even washed up?” the Archfiend cut in, quickly reminding Valerie that she had just woken up. “Yup”

Realization dawned upon Valerie like a truck colliding against a deer. She was caught in the headlights of her euphoria, completely ignoring the fact that Cathay was unkempt, and while it was a small matter for a being like her to tidy herself up quickly, it was doubtful now that the Archfiend would humor such triviality.

“This is what you wanted, right?” Cathay asked, a hand raised to her chest as she played along. She hoisted her girlfriend upward, dramatically tossing them around as she spread out and tilted her hand, deliberately bringing on a wave of nausea to the little human. “Against my reservations, sure, but what do I know? A few couple trillions of eternties, sure, but you clearly know more about this than I.”

Valerie was gripping onto Cathay’s fingers as best as she could. Namely, their thumb, which the shrunken human latched onto for dear life, as her cosmically superior lover continued with her forced- and admittedly rather entertaining -rant.

She found herself stammering. The words she wanted to say were unable to properly form. “N-Now, I never said anything like…”

Yet, even when they did, Cathay hardly allowed them the chance to be heard.

“Don’t wanna listen to someone who’s literally always known these things, then fine, be my guest,” Expertly positioning her thumb beneath her girlfriend’s rear, the Archfiend lined her ‘shot’ near perfectly… her face in clear view, a sly smirk upon their lips. “Just don’t come complaining to me when reality isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.”

With one well-prepared flick, Valerie was sent soaring through the air.

She didn’t even have a chance to scream due to the suddenness of Cathay’s impromptu acting.

Yet, caught off guard as she was, the human didn’t feel fear.

There wasn’t the allure she had been hoping for; there was no time for that to have been properly built up, nor the lustful satisfaction that came with instructing a subordinate on what to do, but Valerie wasn’t afraid.

Despite Cathay’s earlier hesitation and subsequent decision to take the lead, the little human knew the Queen of the Depths could be trusted… at least to a certain degree.

Plenty of people have fallen into her maw, never to be seen again.

But Valerie was not one of them. She knew she’d survive to see another day. And as she fell upon her Girlfriend’s wet, waiting, salivating tongue, she silently promised there would be words to have with them.

Who in the nine Hells said they could take charge here???

With a moist slap, Valerie crashed upon the Archfiend’s tongue, its pink surface proving surprisingly soft. Soft enough to cushion her sudden crash landing, allowing the human’s body to glide across the massive muscle a few extra feet more before coming to a complete stop, nearly coating her entire front in the sticky spittle that seemed now to be produced in great abundance.

Groggily, Valerie hoisted herself up to a sitting position, taking a second to wipe her eyes clean of the drool that covered them. Running her arms across her body, she repeated the process, trying and failing to rub herself clean of her lover’s saliva.

With a groan, Valerie cleaned her lips, spitting out any liquid she might have accidentally taken in. “Real mature, Cath!” the aggravated human shouted. “Way to show off your age!”

Though Cathay was one of the oldest, wisest beings across the cosmos, she also, at times, proved to be one of the most petty.

Quick to act on emotions when slighted, even if said slight was to be forgotten the following day.

As her girlfriend, Valerie was often exempt from such humiliating treatment, and usually turned a blind eye when the Ruler’s ire was earned by others. Only when they went too far did they ever speak out.

Now, though, Valerie’s own anger had been roused. Sparked by the Archfiend’s antics.

All around her, the primordial being chuckled, shaking the cavern of flesh and bone. “Wat? Es izzn’t wat ou honted?”

Cathay was speaking with her mouth fully open and her girlfriend sitting on top of her tongue, and while she could speak with clear and comprehensible sentences… why spoil the fun of having her Star try and decipher her words?

Valerie growled, none too amused with her cosmic lover’s behavior. “No, this isn’t what I wanted!” She protested. In a huff, she slapped Cathay’s expansive, all-surrounding tongue, earning herself yet another chuckle. “I wanted to crawl in by myself, not have you flick me!”

Around her, the Archfiend cooed, feigning pity. “Hoooo… owwy ot owwy~”

Crossing her arms as she stood, Valerie had to work to keep herself calm. Were she to incite Cathay further, it wouldn’t take much for them to swallow her. And, again, while she knew herself to be safe with them, there were some things she just wished to avoid if it meant she didn’t have control over a situation.

At any rate, the shrunken human still got what she wanted, in the end.

A front row seat of her cosmically versed girlfriend’s alluring, if not reasonably terrifying, maw. The last sight for many a powerful being, some of whom had forged for themselves entire swathes of realities in which they ruled as an omnipotent, undisputed deity. Turned to prey when they crossed the Archfiend, even before she was queen of her own endless kingdom, Valerie only hoped any underlying instincts of theirs wouldn’t add them to that oh-so extensive list.

Because if it did… she’d be missing out on this wondrous sight.

Though the scent of tobacco clung to the musty, stale air- a sign of Cathay’s more… recently developed human habits -that did not take away from the splendor that was the cavern surrounding Valerie. An entire environment all on its own, it squelched and glistened with living potential, capable of coming to life at any given moment. To her side, great ivory pillars stood tall, immaculately clean despite the knowledge that, in both ancient past and recent present, a great many things had been torn asunder by their indomitable power.

To Valerie’s front, facing the horizon of her Girlfriend’s awe-inspiring maw, rested the Archfiend’s uvula, hanging above the deep abyss that was their throat. To fall there would be to be plunged deep within Cathay’s darkest of chambers, to be baked, boiled alive, and digested at her whim. Were one to be saved from such a fate, it’d have to be by the Ruler’s own hand, and as things stood now, only one has ever been allowed a second chance at life.

A shiver ran down the shrunken woman’s spine.

How many things have gone through these lips of her lover?

How many reality-shattering deities have met their end between their teeth?

Though Valerie was trying to versify herself in the arcane, the history of the cosmos and all things that rested between and beyond, she could not say. And were she to think about it any further than she had to, she’s not even certain her mind would be able to handle such potent knowledge, strong and stalwart though it was. Enough to where she could date such a massively powerful woman without much issue.

But to date something and to know something's deeper history were two entirely different things.

Sometimes naivety was a blessing, ignorance its boon, and when faced with Cathay’s more bloodied existence, Valerie instead wished to focus on the woman she knew… not the Goddess.

To that end, and as she lowered herself down, the shrunken woman placed her lips upon her girlfriend’s tongue… and kissed them.

A reminder of their promise and the responsibility they had in keeping her safe.

“Who would have thought, every inch of you in here was as perfect as the outside,” Valerie mused in quiet delight. Slowly, she lowered herself further, her arms outstretched as she lay flat. “It’s just not fair, you know… that you could make such an incredible body on a whim.”

Some people would just kill for such a power, yet Cathay was capable of such feats as easily as breathing came to man.

“It’s just crazy, you know, to think that you molded your body to match my own.” Though Valerie’s arms were stretched as far as they could go, they were nowhere near capable of wrapping completely around her eldritch lover’s tongue. Still, this did little to bother the human. There was plenty to love here, all the same. “And yet, here I am, jealous of just how beautiful you are. Every. Little. Inch.”

Another kiss, and the cavern of flesh and bone shook, Cathay’s tongue undulating as she moaned in barely contained ecstasy.

Valerie could hardly hold back her smirk.

Cathay was hundreds, if not thousands, of times their size, yet she was still easy to reduce to a muttering, moaning mess.

It was utterly comedic, if not downright adorable.

Another shiver, and Valerie couldn’t hold back her laughter. “Oh? Is the big, scary Ruler feeling flustered again?” The little human laid peck after peck upon her girlfriend’s active tongue, inciting further moans from them. “You’re so easy, sometimes; you know that?”

After all, Valerie knew herself to be Cathay’s first real relationship. Affection was foreign to the cosmic being, explaining why they were so easy to soften up. Though the cosmos in its entirety knew to fear her, their beloved “Star” never had a reason to. History aside, the Archfiend was… cute when they wiggled about, writhing in elation and ecstasy.

And Valerie just loved that about them.

Her smile growing ever wider, the shrunken woman turned to lie on her back, eyes facing the palette of her gigantic lover’s mouth, basking in the glory that was their obscene power. Behind her, Cathay’s throat still beckoned, quivering, shaking in anticipation as her little lover relished in feeling their tongue upon her back.

“This must be killing them,” Valerie thought, knowing full well hers was a mind her girlfriend could not invade or read. A… quirk, as Cathay put it simply. A safety measure, which presented a limitation even she couldn’t push beyond despite her authority. Thus, her thoughts were her own, as were her intentions. “Here I am, half naked, in their mouth, and it’s taking them all they can muster to not just simply… swallow.”

No doubt it was excruciating. The archfiend was working against her instincts here. Prey was meant to be eaten, after all, yet here one was calling the shots. The only reason why Cathay didn’t go all the way, beyond the promise made, was because, at the end of the day, no matter how small she was, Valerie remained in charge.

If she said to relax her jaw, Cathay was inclined to do so. If they ordered them to strip, then the archfiend shall strip.

And were they to command them to swallow, only then would they do so.

They both knew this, yet one certainly relished in that knowledge more than the other.

With a sigh, Valerie rested her arms behind her head, watching in the distance as her Cathay’s lips tried to form the occasional word, her speech impaired by the fact that her mouth had remained open this entire time. Even more so now, as spittle had well built up, only occasionally swallowed down so that it would not seep from the corner of the Ruler’s mouth.

Her smile softening, Valerie wondered how much longer her cosmic lover could handle this. “You want to eat me, don’t you?”

A precautionary swallow shook the cavern, stronger than those that had come before, and nearly threatening to drag the shrunken woman down by its sucking force alone. But she remained sturdy. Well-guarded by Cathay’s intentions to not just do as she pleased.

At least, not any further than she already has

A moan shook the world, and a confirmatory grunt pretty much affirmed Valerie’s suspicions.

“Uh-huh…”

The Archfiend’s tongue rose, and with it her lover. But again, she still never went all the way. To do so now would be to place disrespect upon the leash she wore; the very same one which her Star often held between dominating fingers. All the while, Valerie remained as relaxed as could be, assured of her handle on the situation.

She cooed, delighted by Cathay’s obedience. “Beg me then,” She commanded simply. “Persuade me into letting you swallow me. Show me how badly you want it~.”

The Ruler’s skin was aflame with the sensation of a tingling pleasure. Her heart could be felt here in the center of her maw, beating at a rate which betrayed her forceful stillness. She panted and drooled, but never acted beyond that, and was a guess to be gathered, Cathay's blackened blood was flushed completely across her flawless face.

“P… Please…” The Archfiend tried to mouth, instead coming up with something more along the lines of ‘wease’. “Oo… weet… oo… woft… wet ee… wease...”

There were no words that could measure Valerie’s enjoyment of this. None existed within the human language that could do what she felt justice. She loved every minute of these games of hers, holding so much power over such a cosmic powerhouse.

And yet, for all that she enjoyed, Valerie was by no means a cruel mistress.

Strict, and at times terrifying, sure, but never needlessly harsh. And beyond them acting of their own accord not long prior, Cathay was a good girl. Dutiful and quick to listen to commands given.

Such behavior was what Valerie often looked for, and as such, deserved a reward.

With a chuckle, the shrunken dominatrix finally relented, showing mercy towards her lover's release. “Take it nice and slow, then. Make sure you savor me~.”

There wasn't even a need to explain things further. Cathay did exactly as instructed.

She took things slow, at first, savoring her Star's wonderful taste, like cinnamon and honey meshed beautifully together. Before long, though, the Archfiend could not keep herself contained, suckling and needing at Valerie's little body. They were moved around, poked and prodded with the Ruler's dexterous tongue, treated as some piece of candy… yet they were never in any form of danger.

Deliberately, Cathay avoided the use of her teeth, though her instincts demanded that she bite down upon her treat.

Instead, she teased and toyed only with the pink leviathan that was her tongue, nearly ripping clean off the undergarments that still clung to her little lover's body. There was no doubt in either womans’ mind that Valerie would be well and bruised come morning, with how rough they were playing, but such pain was welcomed. In their relationship, it was even common, with Cathay usually being on the receiving end.

Eventually, though, the Archfiend had played long enough.

With one drawn-out, if not carefully executed swallow, Cathay gulped down her girlfriend, along with the potential gallons of saliva she had built up. Seeing as it all had accumulated during the Ruler's refusal to go against her Star's wishes, it all just went down alongside the succulent temptress. A fitting dive for them, seeing as this was what they wanted.

Still, Cathay couldn't help but wonder, as she lay back down atop hers and Valerie's bed, hand beneath her shirt and upon her soft stomach, what sights the little woman must be expecting when she reaches the bottom.

On the exterior, the Ruler looked human, her body carefully crafted during her early days walking the Earth, with Valerie's own beauty working as the basis for the reconstruction of Cathay’s previous form. But such similarities were only surface level, and the Archfiend’s deeper bowels have housed and digested many a formidable being; deities and devils alike.

How might a human fare in such a cocktail of ancient, divine energy? A cesspool brewed together from the residual powers of forces so monolithic they could hold a galaxy upon their fingertips?

Even Cathay didn't know the answer to that right away, yet she suspected it to be a sight Valerie won't soon forget.

To a degree, she was even nearly envious of the little human who often saw and experienced more than the rest of her wretched species ever would. To see the tapestry of creation with young, fresh eyes.

There were few delights greater than that.

*****

The pressure with which Valerie was dragged felt surreal. Surrounding her were powerful muscles that pulled her forward-or downward, depending on one's perspective. In truth, she didn't know whether to make heads or tails of it all, especially since Cathay had just swallowed them whole. Sensibility had gone right out the window, yet the shrunken woman could hardly hold her girlfriend accountable for that.

After all, she did want this. A bit of disorientation was expected, even accepted, to see one's wishes fulfilled.

However, had Valerie anticipated things to be so… tight, she might have reconsidered.

She was so small, and the muscles of Cathay's throat were so vast and powerful. It felt as though, if they were to come together even briefly, that would spell the end for the oldest Armitage. Popped like a packet of ketchup that came under too much pressure. Or squished like a grape, caught between a steel vice. The danger was real.

Very real. But so too was the intrigue.

As against every bit of sanity and sensibility she had left… Valerie was loving that rush of danger. It was… ‘doing it’ for her. Enough that she was certain she had a bright blush on her cheeks. Compared to Cathay, she was nothing. Not even an atom compared to their magnificence. A mote. A microbe.

Yet Cathay saw her. She acknowledged her. To the point where they allowed these little games. To have such a powerful being at your beck and call was no small thing, and Valerie made use of that fact incredibly well.

The rush was short-lived, however, as the shrunken woman eventually popped out of her girlfriend's throat and right into their waiting stomach.

And as they fell, the sight before them was unlike anything they had expected to see in such a deep, dark place.

A star-filled sky, rather than the gaseous interior of a goddess's bowels.

A limitless cosmos stretched across an unending horizon, hanging above a shining, brilliantly blue sea, betraying the morbid and macabre unease of this otherwise lethal environment. Beauty and splendor, instead of the terrifying, there was no sense in any of this.

It defied all reason. Hells, it shouldn’t even be possible, for someplace so damning to be so inviting, and yet…

Valerie believed she should have expected as much. Here, as she landed within the glistening waters, rising to stand knee deep in its never-ending waves, did the human find herself overlooking a beautiful starry sky in the depths of her girlfriend's stomach.

Why, the shrunken woman couldn't help but laugh at the absurdity of it all.

“God damn…” Valerie muttered, her surprise palpable, and her intrigue piqued. “Every inch of you really is perfect, isn’t it, Cath?”

But still, they cherished this. In ways no other human could possibly hope to understand.

As Valerie moved to lie on her back once more, the cool currents of the ‘ocean’ surrounding her, lulling her to rest as they lapped at her limbs, she couldn't help but wonder…

Just how long was she willing to stay here?

…About as long as Cathay would allow, undoubtedly. They certainly wouldn’t keep their Star in here forever. But some things were meant to be enjoyed and, until then, Valerie would just have to spend her time wisely.

Moving her hands in between her legs, however, and working at lowering the straps of her underwear, the shrunken woman wondered if it would be rude to rub one out in her cosmic lover's stomach.

“Probably,” Valerie muttered with a soft chuckle. She sighed dreamily, wondering if that's what Cathay wanted too.

As though she even needed to ask the question. The answer was already known.

“Probably~”