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Storyline: What if Lucas' life was very different, what if Karen was the bad one, not Dan, Can anyone pull Lucas from his nightmare existance?

Prologue

He has no friends, people don't talk to him, he thinks no-one notices him. In reality he's wrong.

From afar he's noticed, longed for, but in his head he's lonely, someone to be ashamed of. That's what he's been told his whole life. Since he was able to understand what it meant to be worthless and useless.

His father doesn't want him, his brother hates him. His mother is ashamed of him and his stepfather... well thats the worst.

He's no-one, nothing, worthless, pointless, there are more he can think of but he's in pain, and thinking only makes it worse.

He's Lucas Scott, failure, waste of space and all around hated figure.

He's quiet, he's learned to be that way, keeping quiet hurts less, remarks and screams just get you hit harder, punished more.

It's rarely noticeable to others and those incidents are ignored or easily explained away. The main punishment is reserved for his back, a belt, a cigarette, a fist, all have been experienced and will be again.

Its not possible to pinpoint what triggers a beating, it can be anything, burnt food, getting in the way, not hiding in his room, in fact sometimes its nothing at all, just a way for his stepfather to relieve his frustration. His mother does nothing , she welcomes it in fact. Why shouldn't he be beaten? He's the reason Dan left her, that's her reasoning anyway, if it wasn't for Lucas then Dan would still be with her and they'd be happy together. Thats what she tells Lucas every chance she gets. She's dilusional, Dan left for college not knowing that Karen was pregnant, he fell in love with Deb, had Nathan, returning to find Karen with Lucas, waiting for him.

Dan fell in love with Lucas the first time he laid eyes on him, his blue eyed, blonde haired angel. He wanted Lucas, wanted to be his daddy, wanted Nathan to have his big brother. Karen however didn't want a daddy for Lucas, she wanted Dan to marry her. Why should Lucas have Dan?

An ultimatum, either Dan married Karen and was a daddy for Lucas, or he couldn't talk to him, couldn't have a relationship with him, if he tried then Karen would take him away and Dan would never see Lucas again.

He desperately wanted his little boy but he had Deb and Nathan to think of. At least if he stayed away from Lucas then he could see him, that had to be better than nothing.

Nathan wanted his big brother. He had known since he was little that Lucas was his brother, Dan had warned him to stay away from Lucas, explaining that Karen would take him away and they'd never see him again.

So they both look from afar, one wanting his son, the other his big brother.

Karen had married when Lucas was 6, her husband Chris a cruel bastard. He would never lay a hand on Karen, he didn't hit women, children however were fair game, how else would they learn if they weren't taught lessons?

Lucas needed to be taught, Karen hated him, therefore it was logical to assume that he needed desperate teachings, plus it made Chris feel better after a long day.

Lucas is scarred, physically and mentally, no-one to love him, no-one to take away his pain, he's trapped in a nightmare.

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