“Is she mine?”
Sladick
This is a bit dark because I got into Apprentice Dick mood so watch out :3
Dick couldn’t breathe. He was frozen under the heavy gaze of that ice-cold eye, pinned underneath it with no way to escape.
“Is she mine?” Slade demanded, voice as hard as the set of his jaw when he ground his teeth together.
He wasn’t meant to be here. He wasn’t meant to learn about it, not a word and not a whisper. Dick made sure to leave no trails when he left and he was so sure- it was over the year-
The baby in his arm babbled softly and only that made Slade look away from him. Dick felt as if a spell had been lifted off of him and he hurriedly took a few steps back, cupping his hand more protectively around his babygirl’s head.
“How did you find me?” Dick breathed out.
Maybe he shouldn’t have spoken at all because fury lit up in Slade’s eye like a flame. The man stepped closer and Dick backed away instinctively but it didn’t take more than a few more steps before his back was pressed against a wall with no way to escape.
“Answer me!” Slade growled, slamming a hand against a wall. Dick flinched, immediately shoving at Slade’s chest to push him away, keep him away to not crush his daughter. “Is she mine?”
And there was no point in lying, was there? Slade already knew the truth, he always did yet he always asked anyway, just to hear Dick say the words.
“Yes.” He whispered, throat tight even without Slade’s hand around it. “Yes, she is.”
“And yet you dared to hide her from me.” The man drawled lowly, grabbing Dick’s jaw and forcing his head higher, high enough for their eyes to meet properly again. “You dared to lie and to run. You thought I’d never find out, didn’t you, little bird?”
And maybe Dick should drop to his knees and beg, beg to be spared and forgiven. Slade liked it when he begged – there was no way the man would just forgive him, not for a sin like that, but he could get more merciful if Dick pleaded enough. But Dick was so tired. So tired of running, of always looking over his shoulder.
“I hoped-” He sobbed, chest heaving where his girl was pressed to his heart. “I hoped to never see you again. I hoped to lose you and everything you did to me but I knew- I knew it won’t be possible. Not for as long as she’s with me and I- I could never leave her, even if she reminds me of you every time I so much as glance at her.”
His Master watched him shake and cry, watching him as if he was something fascinating. And maybe he was, to Slade. To the man who did his damned best to take everything from him, who continued to take from him even when Dick ran away to the other side of the world.
“I should punish you.” Slade murmured, when Dick’s sobbing quietened down to just hitched breaths. He wiped at the tears adorning Dick’s face, his touch mockingly gentle. “And I will. I will punish you, Apprentice. But not now. After all, you did take good care of her.”
Dick continued to cry as Slade caressed his face, pressing gentle kisses to his forehead and cheeks.
“Please-” He cried, gripping Slade’s shirt with shaking fingers. “Please- don’t hurt her-”
Because it would be the easiest way to hurt him, the easiest way to make Dick obedient-
“Shh.” Slade stroked his fingers along Dick’s cheek. “She’ll be safe, you have my word. You just need to learn your place first, little bird. But you don’t need to worry about anything – I’m here now. I’m going to take care of everything.”
And as Slade gently took his daughter away from his arms, Dick didn’t doubt for a second that it was true.
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in my upcoming idol!reader x kageyama fic, was it casual whenever you offhandedly reveal that you can’t sleep without the tv being on (usually turned on to a children’s network); you don’t know why you need it. must be subconscious; before you were famous, you used to binge all the shows that they re-run. weird to think that you now know most of these stars in real life. after a stalker scare, you’re reasonably afraid of sleeping at all; the tv does little to help and now all the lights are always on in your apartment. (was it casual when he was the one who heard you scream and ran out of his apartment to bang down your door and came to your aid?)
was it casual when kageyama spends the night with you, like a good neighbor does. was it casual when he watches all your silly childhood favorite shows with you (he’s never seen them before and listens intently to your explanations of who is who)? was it casual when he checks the locks on your door and windows repeatedly for you, and buys you a nightlight, and memorizes which side of the bed you sleep on? was it casual when he became the only thing that helps you sleep at night - and sleep well, too. was it casual when, the first night you have to spend without his presence, you can’t sleep and you feel empty and alone and afraid, and it’s been so long since you’ve felt this way. was it casual when you call him, in the middle of the night, and he answers on the first ring, voice thick and scratchy with sleep, and you’re about to hang up but he stays on the line with you until you fall asleep. you two barely talk, content to just listen to the other breathe. was it casual when neither of you realize that the both of yours breathing is in sync with the other’s?
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