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Ilthit ([personal profile] ilthit) wrote in [community profile] femslashficlets2020-01-29 07:50 am

[245] The Golden Child (Original)

Title: The Golden Child
Fandom: Original
Characters/Pairings: Violet Holmes/Katie
Rating: mature
Words: 200
Content: Childhood abuse, BDSM, poor coping, mental health issues, dark themes.


They never left a scratch on her. That's how they operated. It wasn't hitting that satisfied Violet's parents, it was total submission.

She'd always found her parents' relationship remarkable. They moved like one unit, each one tough as steel and perfect. They had molded into one another. She'd always dreamed of a relationship like that, only—she would be the one really on control. She had to.

They'd fucked all three of their daughters up, each in her special way. Violet was the golden child. She was the success story, proof that their methods worked, and that Lila's long mental leave was just an aberration, and that there had been something wrong with Rose to begin with. Tough love produced results. Isolation cured childish hysteria. Absolute submission to authority taught one how to be a leader.

She'd told herself she'd never be like them. She'd be better.

"Shh," she whispered gently into her lover's ear as she petted her back. Katie's sobs undercut the electric buzzing. "Shh, darling. I know you can take it a little longer. I know you'll do it for me."

She continued to pet and soothe, even as she heard the safeword sticking in Katie's throat.
 
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[personal profile] lotesse 2020-02-03 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
What a great, intense last line!