Title:
Our Strange Duet
Fandom:
The Spectacular Spider-Man (animated
series)
Word Count: 842
Author/Artist:
Emo_Hazard/Jeklyn-Hyde
Pairing/Characters:
Doctor Octopus/Otto Octavious. (yes, as
separate characters)
Rating: PG-13
for cursing, yelling and suggestions of child abuse.
Summary:
Disclaimer/claimer:
Spidey and Co. © Stan the Man Lee and Steve
Ditko. I own nothing. Savy?
"Why do you insist on remaining? Your presence is not longer required."
"This is my mind. My body. I have just as much a right to be here as you."
"Strong words coming from you, Octavious. Almost brave, I would say."
"B-but its true. The only reason you're here is because of that accident."
"Oh, is that right? But I've always been here, Otto. Ever since the beginning. I am who kept us going when you were too afraid or weak to go on. I am the one who finally told our wicked mother just how much of a hypocrite she was. I am the one who gave thanks to the machine that killed our bastard father. I am everything you cannot be."
"But I can be. Just not like this! Not a criminal, not a villain. If I could just be given the chance."
"Isn't that just it?! No one will ever take a chance on a gutless, spineless coward. Ever since you were a child, father did nothing but remind you of your worthlessness. And you dare never let mother dearest down, because she was all you had. Oedipus complex. Disgusting."
"It… it wasn't anything like that! Don't you say such vulgar things about my mother!"
"But it's all true. We would never do anything to disappoint mother dearest. Even if it meant letting go of someone so precious. Dear sweet Alice. Her long, golden hair draped over our chest like sunshine in the afterglow of copulation. You took her innocence and tossed her aside. Just so mommy would still love you…"
"Stop it! Stop saying these things! It's not true. It's not true."
"I speak only the truth. Because you are too cowardly to do it yourself."
"Stop it… please just stop…"
"Do you promise to be good, Otto?"
"I'll be good. I promise."
"Good boy."