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Disclaimer: I do not own Henry Danger
WARNINGS: MOLESTATION
Summary: Ray and Henry have a father son kind of relationship, but they didn't realize it until Gwen hurts Henry. Let's just say, Ray's anger and protective nature overpowered his muffin-induced love. AU, non-graphic molestation, Episode: Love Muffin
Henry's back connected with the wall of the back room he was trapped in as he tried to get as far away from Gwen as possible. She was smiling an unnerving grin, her eyes hauntingly beautiful and glinting with a frightening kind of mischief. The woman neared him, and when Henry's back hit the wall, she continued to approach him until her nose brushed against his as she whispered a statement into his ear:
"I don't think you'll tell Ray about what I'm going to do, but in case you even consider it... I have Ray wrapped around my little finger. He'll never believe you. He could fire you or wipe your memories. If I asked him to hurt you, he would do it in a heart beat. If I were you, I'd keep my mouth shut."
Henry swallowed, glancing around her at the door, wondering if there was a way to get around her. He'd tried gently pushing her out of the way. When that didn't work and Henry's panic increased, he tried shoving her with all his strength, but for someone who looked so petite, so physically incapable of overpowering a boy that fought crime for a living, she was built like a brick wall.
"What are you going to do?" Henry asked, wanting to get this over with so he could escape and get back to Charolette and Shwoz and find out a way to free Ray from this woman's spell.
She laughed. "Don't look so tense. You'll enjoy it."
Her hands began to trail down his chest, her fingertips barely brushing his shirt. At first, Henry was just confused; he was only fifteen and a naive fifteen year old, at that. He didn't understand.
But when her hands landed on his belt, he understood perfectly.
"No!" He yelped, trying to push her away. "Char! Shwoz! RAY! HELP!"
As Henry prepared to scream once more, her lips connected with his, and he thrashed in her arms, tears beginning to trickle down his cheeks, despite his best efforts to keep himself from crying.
Her lips moved against Henry's while he tried to bite her, kick her, something, but she was nearly as tough as Ray, despite her weak appearance.
Her hands fumbled with his belt before slipping her hands into his pants.
Henry sobbed against her lips, wanting to escape this situation. He was surprised because he didn't want his mom or dad or Charolette in that moment. He wanted Ray.
She was just beginning to pull his pants down the rest of the way when his prayers were answered, and the door creaked open.
"What's going on? I heard yelling," Ray said before he noticed the situation.
Gwen's hand inside Henry's pants, touching him while the said boy cried. His lips were bruised, and Henry was breathing rapidly, on the verge of hyperventilating.
Rage fueled him, overpowering the love he felt for Gwen and replaced by a fiercer kind of love- a parent's love for their child (Ray was more of a father to Henry than the boy's biological father was).
"Ray, honey," Gwen chirped as she removed her hands from Henry, no longer pinning him to the wall with her weight. "He seduced me and made me touch him. It was disgusting!" She spat, making Henry flinch as he looked from Ray to her and then back again.
"Oh, yeah?" Ray hissed. "Then why is he the one crying?"
"Because he's a sick pervert who-"
Gwen didn't get to finish her sentence.
In that moment, Ray abandoned the well known and respected rule of 'never hit a girl (unless she hits you first or she's a villain/criminal, and there are no other ways to subdue her)' and slugged Gwen across the face using one of his favorite moves (a punch that would knock the person unconscious but cause no permanent damage, although it would hurt). She tumbled to the floor and didn't get back up.
Ray glanced back at Henry, and his heart cracked when he saw his strong side kick shivering in the corner, his clothes still disheveled and more tears joining the ones already staining his face.
Ray knelt beside Henry and lightly placed a hand on the boy's shoulder. When Henry didn't flinch or pull away, Ray helped the side kick fix his clothes and stand up, wiping his tears away.
"It'll be okay," Ray assured him as he helped the boy walk on his quivering legs.
Ray walked into the main part of the Man Cave, where Shwoz and Charolette glanced up.
"What happened?" Charolette asked, distressed by the sight of Henry in such an emotional state.
"Gwen happened," Ray grumbled. "Shwoz, go tie her up until we can bring her to the cops. She's in the supply closet."
Shwoz nodded and rushed off while Ray motioned to Charolette that he'd be right back before he lead Henry up the stairs and into his bedroom.
He helped Henry lay down in the bed and was about to walk away when Henry grabbed his hand.
"Stay," Henry murmured.
Ray smiled. "Of course, kiddo."
The man seated himself beside the teenager and laid beside Henry, an arm wrapped around the boy. Henry snuggled into Ray's side and quickly drifted off to sleep, the toll of that day's events dragging him down into exhaustion and later, slumber.
"Amazing," a familiar voice mumbled from the doorway, and Ray looked up from Henry to see Charolette leaning against the doorframe. "Something can overpower Gwen's spell... a parent's love for their child."
Ray frowned. "But I'm not-"
"Ray, Henry sees you as a father, and I know that you see him as a son. That's just as good as a biological parent's relationship with their biological child, if not even more powerful."
Ray sighed and despite all the explanations he'd have to give to Charolette and Shwoz and all the explanations they would have to give him (everything was a little hazy ever since he ate that muffin), he smiled and gazed down at Henry's face. He'd always had a close relationship with Henry, but he'd never known the right words to describe it until now. The relationship was stronger than boss and employee, stronger than just friends, and he'd never been able to find the right words to describe their relationship until today.
"A parent's love for their child..." Ray muttered, repeating Charolette's words. "I couldn't have described it better myself."
Hope you enjoyed the chapter! Bye, everyone!
