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Submission
She took him under her wing. He didn't understand why at first, though he assumed it might have been because of Regulus. They were friends after all. Maybe she was looking after him because of that. He was soundly abused of that notion a few weeks following their marking ceremony when Bellatrix cackled as she held her little cousin under the Cruciatus for a solid minute.
Barty stood to the side, watching in horror, praying he wasn't next.
She only confused him more when she snarled at her own husband to leave Barty unharmed.
When he realised the cost of her protection, it was too late. She rode him hard, leaving his body littered with scratches and bite marks, her own personal ownership marks. He almost wished he'd suffered Rodolphus' Crucio instead.
She demanded his submission and his loyalty to her was only second to his loyalty to their Lord.
Barty wasn't sure what he'd done to deserve her attention, but as with everything else in his life, he accepted it.
And he did what he was bid to do.
And that was how he ended up facing Frank Longbottom, the Cruciatus this time leaving his own lips.
And that was how he ended up screaming himself hoarse in a tiny cell in Azkaban.