yourtruecolors (yourtruecolors) wrote,
@ 2011-06-09 09:16:00

Flashback: Nearly six years ago.
((Warning: Unpleasant subject matter discussed))

Minnie came home from the gym to find a different color pattern than she was expecting leaking through the door. It was still a familiar color pattern, but fortunately without he sickening gray ruined patches that had recently become familiar as well.
Minnie was still blinking as she closed the door. "Tina?" What was Tina Frost doing on Julian's couch?

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	whosperfectnow 2011-06-09 12:00 pm UTC (link)
	At the sound of Minnie's voice Tina lifted her head from the pillow Julian had provided when she insisted the couch was fine. She hadn't expected Minnie so soon, but she had also lost track of time. "Hi." (Reply to this)(Thread)

	yourtruecolors 2011-06-09 12:03 pm UTC (link)
	"Hello. You're looking well," Minnie said simply. Better than she had the last time Minnie'd seen her, at any rate. Okay, taht wasn't saying much, but it was something. "You're on the couch." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-06-09 12:04 pm UTC (link)
	"The couch is comfortable," she said with a small smile. "Julian said I could crash here for a few days, though I don't think he expected I'd take the couch." Sitting up a bit, Tina made room for Minnie. "How are you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	yourtruecolors 2011-06-09 12:09 pm UTC (link)
	"It's a comfy couch. And yes, Julian's a gentleman." She smiles. "Sometimes almost inconveniently so, but that's a whole other thing. I'm doing great. So, um, will you be taking any calls while you're crashing here?" Minnie's polite way of asking if she's supposed to be pretending they don't have a guest if there are inquiries. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-06-09 12:12 pm UTC (link)
	Despite her best efforts to maintain a blank expression, Tina grimaced slightly and looked away ever so briefly. "You and Julian are my call. No one is going to be bothering on my behalf. Not as though my mother cares." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

yourtruecolors
2011-06-09 12:29 pm UTC (link)

Well, Minnie was glad Tina was established on the couch when she got that information to avoid a period of confusion about what the HELL Julian was thinking.

"Well. Glad to have you here, then." She smiled. "Especially if the radio goes on the fritz again. Don't know what's wrong with the thing, but if you could take a look in the morning, we'll owe you one."

Minnie frowned at the last bit. She didn't know what was up there, having never really met Tina's mother and doubtful that it would help if she had. Julian and, when he was around, Mr. H. would never have let someone do that to her when she was Tina's age -- not that anyone had tried.

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whosperfectnow
2011-06-09 12:36 pm UTC (link)

"You have a situation where you have a high-priced stereo that isn't worth what you paid for it. I think I will completely reconfigure it this time and convince it to work to the level you expect. You won't owe me anything. I'm here on your couch. It...it's better than the alternative."

Tina thought about where she had been last night and the very thought of Benedict Kine made her stomach sick though she didn't want Minnie to know. She didn't want anyone to know.

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	yourtruecolors 2011-06-09 12:43 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm sure it is," Minnie said, a little steel in her voice. She'd seen the... the downright bruises in her energy field last time. Maybe if Minnie worked hard enough, she could Handle people like Kine for Julian someday. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-06-09 12:47 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, home sucks. Especially with Grace out at her nature camp thing." Tina played it off. Everyone knew she hated home. That was enough. "You sure you're okay, Minnie?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	yourtruecolors 2011-06-09 12:49 pm UTC (link)
	"M'fine," Minnie manages. "How is Grace doing, when she's not at nature camp." Grace better be at a damn nature camp. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-06-09 12:51 pm UTC (link)
	"Grace is Grace, running around, trying to save the endangered something or other, getting upset because I still drink cow's milk, being Mother's favorite. You know, hugging trees." Tina shrugged. "I...try to keep her out of Sebastian's hair." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	yourtruecolors 2011-06-09 12:54 pm UTC (link)
	"Good for you," Minnie says quietly, earnestly. Then she makes herself brighten. "No way could I give up milk either. I've gotta dance on these bones." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-06-09 12:56 pm UTC (link)
	"I just hate soy anything. It tastes funky." Tina quietly studied her for a moment. She didn't have to use her mind to sort this one out. Observation was every bit as important as other gifts. "You know. You've sorted it out. Crap." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	yourtruecolors 2011-06-09 01:03 pm UTC (link)
	"Y'know they can actually use soy to curdle milk? Just seems like that's a bad sign for anything you want to make milk out of." Minne nods. "Sorry, wasn't trying to up the awkward, but yeah. Your colors. You sometimes get... it really doesn't look right, and somebody ought to be shot." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-06-09 01:07 pm UTC (link)
	"Benedict would enjoy being shot, Minnie. He'd take special enjoyment of it." A few tears make their way down Tina's cheek. "Last night was the worst yet." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	yourtruecolors 2011-06-09 01:10 pm UTC (link)
	Minnie starts to put an arm around her -- lightly, not restrictively, and gets a tissue out of her purse with her free hand. "Well, tonight it's not happening. Tomorrow night either. We'll see how much we can do. Julian's a big spender," she tries to joke. "Plenty of Mr. H's money to blow through prodigally." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-06-09 01:14 pm UTC (link)
	"Benedict's already bought out the next two weeks after I leave here. He was pissed I wasn't available this weekend." Gently, Tina leaned against Minnie. "You can't tell anyone this, Minnie. You can't. I'm already ashamed enough. I don't wan to do this. I don't want this. I'd rather die than do this. I'm...considering just ending it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

yourtruecolors
2011-06-09 01:29 pm UTC (link)

"Hey. Hey. Where there's life, there's hope. And I won't tell anyone if... if you're sure. I can keep secrets from anybody who isn't Julian. I'm real good at it." But there had to be some way to stop this.

Something went cold and knotted in her stomach as she asked "Do you think he could be...distracted?"

Maybe it would be good practice, she tells herself. She knew the sort of things she was preparing for someday, and not all men were her Julian. And she was an adult.

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whosperfectnow
2011-06-09 01:53 pm UTC (link)

"Well, Julian obviously already knows. You have no idea how relieved I was when I realized it was coming here. Even if Julian didn't have decent intentions, I would have gladly done anything either of you wanted."

Tina all but froze as Minnie suggested herself as a distraction.

"Oh no. Oh hell no. Minnie, when it's Benedict it's not just him. He'd...he'd break you. He'd take great joy in shattering your bones just to see how loudly you'd scream. And then the unspeakable things would begin. Julian would have a horse. Me, I'm taller. I'm tougher. The wounds heal faster."

Which was exactly why she was taking the abuse and not Grace.

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yourtruecolors
2011-06-09 02:16 pm UTC (link)

Minnie swallowed, took a breath. "Maybe it's just a matter of approach. You invite me along, I offer to practice my dancing for him. I warn him about damaging me so I can't dance -- he doesn't know me; he doesn't know I'm not important in the great scheme of machinations; maybe breaking a dancer could get him in serious trouble. Besides, Tina, I need the training. Julian is always so, so good to me, and I know that's not the world. I can't let it get me off guard. Better to put a foot in the deep end now than when Julian's counting on me. I can try to talk him into letting me."

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	whosperfectnow 2011-06-09 02:20 pm UTC (link)
	"You do understand that there is a high likelihood that Benedict would make you and I...perform together for him, right?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	yourtruecolors 2011-06-09 02:23 pm UTC (link)
	Minnie grimaced, then shook it off. "Still delays the worst of it, right? And I should practice that, too." Though hopefully, any later experiences would never, ever involve jailbait. But she shakes it off again. "I have to help Julian live in this world. I can't afford naivete. And performing is what I'm all about." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

whosperfectnow
2011-06-09 02:37 pm UTC (link)

Tina thinks about this for a moment and realizes that Minnie has a point. To accomplish her goals, she has to be prepared. To be prepared, she has to have experience. For several moments Tina is silent as she weighs this out. Benedict Kine is an experience that no one should have, but if she's insistent...

"I know what he likes. He won't hurt you, especially if you appear to enjoy--really enjoy--the things he'll want me to do to you. Fortunately, his tastes for that are shockingly vanilla."

And Benedict was usually pretty gentle after his visual cravings were sated. Which mean a minimum of pain and marks for herself. She might even manage to avoid the leash.

"Okay. If it's any consolation, I'm supposedly a very good lover."

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	yourtruecolors 2011-06-09 02:56 pm UTC (link)
	"Me too!" Minnie proclaims cheerily, a little more forced than her usual cheery proclamations. "Could he handle a long tease in the dance or will he throw a fit past a certain point?" Another breath, her lips set. "I can take it if he... acts out a little, but not if it'd rile him up to being worse for you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

whosperfectnow
2011-06-09 03:00 pm UTC (link)

"He'll actually enjoy the long tease, but at some point he'll want more. I know this scenario, Minnie and it's really not a bad one. He'll want more. He'll want to watch me pleasure you, to hear you screaming for me, at which point he'll want me, too. Sometimes, he'll want to watch me be cared for...gently. He takes issue with anyone but himself harming me, oddly enough. And if he goes that route, he'll want you, too. Gently. It will get him worked up to take me harshly, but nothing, and I mean nothing like his usual entertainment.

"Worst I'll get is the leash and the chain whip."

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	yourtruecolors 2011-06-09 03:14 pm UTC (link)
	"I can manage being a keening, whimpering little slut, no problem." There's some blinking at the chain whip being not much. "Well, delay is good. We draw things out, keep him up late enough, and that's more tired tomorrow-- is he busy during the day?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

whosperfectnow
2011-06-09 03:19 pm UTC (link)

"I don't know. I know sometimes he goes out with his girlfriend, though. Usually leaves me alone unless he loans me out...but he has never done when there was extra entertainment involved. Sometimes he makes me stay in bed with him when he stays in and watch the videos he's made. It varies. But if we keep him up late, I can make sure to wear him out before we finally let him sleep."

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	yourtruecolors 2011-06-09 03:24 pm UTC (link)
	"Whatever ends up filling the most time. I can't talk Julian into letting me go for the whole time you'll be there, but we can try to buy you as much time as possible." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-06-09 03:25 pm UTC (link)
	"If I play my cards right, I can buy myself three days of minimal pain and suffering on just one day of you being there. Which means I might be able to walk when I leave his company." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	yourtruecolors 2011-06-09 03:29 pm UTC (link)
	"Walking is good. Sounds like some worthwhile math there," Minnie says. "Now, I desperately need some ginger ale. Do you awnt anything while I'm up?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-06-09 03:32 pm UTC (link)
	"If you have Coke, that'd be amazing. Soft drinks are forbidden at home because Shaw's a snobbish jerk." Tina smiled, her mood brightening a bit. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	yourtruecolors 2011-06-09 03:39 pm UTC (link)
	"Gotta admit, Coke's like malted battery acid to me," Minnie says as she roots in the fridge. "But a good host anticipates varying tastes, and Julian's certainly that." She comes back, handing Tina classic glass bottle of the stuff and sipping her ginger ale. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-06-09 03:43 pm UTC (link)
	"Cola settles the stomach," she offered helpfully before taking a sip. "So how long have you and Julian known what was going on?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	yourtruecolors 2011-06-09 03:52 pm UTC (link)
	"So does ginger, so I'm good. Not very long at all. A few weeks ago was the second time I saw your colors going wrong, I told him, and he figured it out from there." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-06-09 03:54 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm glad, and also really, really ashamed." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	yourtruecolors 2011-06-09 03:58 pm UTC (link)
	"Nonsense. You're in a rotten situation, no sense letting shame pile up on top of it. And you're looking out for Grace, so that's gotta be where your pride goes." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-06-09 03:59 pm UTC (link)
	"Mom's sending her away to boarding school next year. I just have to hang out a little longer and then she'll be out, she'll be safe. It's totally worth it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	yourtruecolors 2011-06-09 04:05 pm UTC (link)
	Minnie gave her a 'good soldier'-style clasp on the shoulder. She knew she'd have to get her own pride in order, letting someone act towards her in ways where only Julian had the right. But the standard sort of pride was a luxury if she wanted to do her best for Julian, and it wasn't as if the bastard could change her heart. "You should get some rest." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-06-09 04:08 pm UTC (link)
	"Probably a good idea. I'm really tired. Julian got me ibuprofen earlier to help with the soreness so I think I'm ready for a nap." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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