Fic: Master and Slave (10/13)

[starsandsea]

Title: Master and Slave (10/13)
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairing: Bruce/Kal
Word Count: 554
Disclaimer: I own nothing
Author's Note: Previous parts can be found here. Lots of thanks to bradygirl_12 and arch_schatten for the hand holding and beta! :D



Bruce opened his eyes. There was light. He blinked. The air around him smelt different. Fresh. Clean. He blinked again. The air smelt of oranges. He was still lying on his side, but there was something soft underneath him and covering him. He frowned. He knew this place. The memories came back slowly. His master's room. His master's bed.

He looked around. His master was sleeping in a chair next to the bed; the book Bruce had been reading open on his lap. Bruce blinked. This was a new dream. He moved slightly, gingerly, waiting for the pain to assault him. It did, but it seemed to be at a distance. Almost... numb. It didn't wake him up.

His movements did wake his master, though. Bruce looked at him in confusion.

"Bruce! Bruce..." His master was suddenly kneeling by his bedside. The Prince clasped his hands, then kissed them softly. Bruce stared at the bandage adorning his left lower arm.

"My Bruce..."

He wasn't wearing any slave manacles. Not even his master's. Bruce frowned again. "Master?" His voice came out cracked and barely audible.

He was so tired. He heard his master's voice, but it slipped away. Bruce fell asleep.

*****

Bruce was dreaming again. He was dreaming of his first memory and the events that surely lead to it. He had woken up on a road, surrounded by dead bodies. All of them had been killed by a sword, stabbed mercilessly and repeatedly.

He had been holding a blood coated sword in his hand.

He was the only one alive, but he didn't know who he was, where he was, only that... he must have killed the people lying around him. He must have.

There was no one else alive.

He wept for them, and his lost memories. Then, the slavers had found him. And he had gained a whole new lot of memories, memories of pain and self-hatred mingling with shame and guilt. He couldn't let himself fight back when the slavers beat him, raped him. He couldn't. He might wake up again and find that he'd murdered them all. He couldn't live with anymore guilt upon him.

So, he let them do what they wanted with him, use him whenever they wanted. He couldn't fight back, he couldn't, he would kill them all...

The dream abruptly shifted. He was back in the cell, chained the wall, Lex Luthor looming over him, smirking. He shouldn't have fought back against him, even if only verbally, he shouldn't, bad things always happened when he did...

He heard his master's voice, whispering to him softly, telling him that everything was all right. His master, the first person to show him kindness, him, kindness, after all he had done, who seemed to impossibly care for him...

"Shh... it's all right, my Bruce, everything's all right now..."

Bruce shook his head in denial. "I killed them. I killed them!" His master's arms about him, restraining but gentle at the same time. "I killed them," he repeated. "I didn't mean... I'm so sorry, so sorry..."

Darkness loomed before him. He fell into its welcoming embrace.

Comments

[stalinglim.livejournal.com]

Oh my GOODNESS. Wow, that was quite a twist. I loved it, though. I'm sitting her saying 'woooow'.

Aww, Clark with the book. :) I look forward to more.

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

Oh my GOODNESS. Wow, that was quite a twist. I loved it, though. I'm sitting her saying 'woooow'.

Hee! *grins and giggles a bit* *pets Kal*

I'm glad you liked it! :D Thank you for commenting!

[wachey.livejournal.com]

Awww!! Poor Bruce!! *hugs him too*

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

*huggles Bruce*

I'm being very mean to him! *huggles him again*

Thank you for commenting! :D

[saavikam77.livejournal.com]

Gaaaaaahhhh!!! O_O So painful, yet... thank goodness Bruce has been rescued! And the manacles! Gone! But oh, the memories! Now I really want to know what happened before. O_O

*loves*

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

*huggles Bruce*

Yep, the manacles are gone! ;) The memories are just me being mean to him, really. :p

Thank you for commenting! I'm really glad you liked it. :)

[bradygirl_12]

Sweet Bruce!

A great explanation of why he won't fight back, Star.

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

*pets Bruce*

I'm being very mean to him! LOL

Thank you for commenting, Brady! I'm glad you liked it. :)

[greeneyelove.livejournal.com]

Just...aghhhh. Chifhanger! But wow what a twist. Poor Bruce is dealing with so much.

I can't wait for the next part!

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

I'm being very mean to everyone, with all these cliffhangers! And Bruce too. ;)

The next part should be up soon! :)

Thank you for commenting! :D

[tmelange.livejournal.com]

Can't wait for more! Bravo on this!

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

There should be more soon!

I'm glad you liked it! :)

[icarus-chained.livejournal.com]

OH! Oh, my. But that's perfect. Which sounds horrible, but it is. That's so fitting.
And poor Bruce! Oh, honey. You get hurt so much.
Lovely chapter, and I adore his Prince taking such care of him.

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

*grins* I had to do something mean to Bruce to explain why he really won't fight about anything. *pets him gently*

LOL, yeah, Bruce does get hurt a lot! But it's such fun...! :p

*pets Kal too* He's so worried!

Thank you for commenting! I'm really glad you liked it. :)

[eve-k.livejournal.com]

Now this was an interesting flashback, I can hardly wait to see where this is going! Bruce as a killer? No way!

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm glad you liked it! :D

*huggles Bruce* I'm being very mean to him! lol

Thank you for commenting! :D

[sandia-spring.livejournal.com]

I just discovered this--it's really intriguing. I hope to see more of Bruce's background & learn about the world surrounding them. I looooove me some slavefic!

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm really glad you like it! :D

There will be a bit more about Bruce and the dynamics of this universe in the second arc, and even more in the third! :)

Thank you for commenting! :D

[quiltdiva.livejournal.com]

Bruce has dark memories. I wouldn't have minded if he'd killed Luthor though! I loved Kal sitting with the book!

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

Bruce has dark memories indeed. It might even be said that he's better off, not remembering... I found the picture of Kal sitting there with a book to be quite endearing, as well. :)