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GROWING PAINS
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Dean couldn't hide the tremor of fear which ran through him. Justin was so damn calm, and Dean knew that they were always the worst. A rage driven psychotic was generally too labile not to make a mistake, to not leave a gap that could be used against them; too fired up not to get distracted. But the calm ones? They tended to be the emotionless bastards, the ones without empathy, the ones who could keep themselves under control. Those type, they were the ones to fear and it was, clearly, one of those who stood at the side of Dean right now, all fake niceness and politeness. That kind of calm without conscience? It terrified Dean to be this way, so vulnerable, so exposed and so completely unable to defend himself.
What made things even worse this time was that Dean didn't think he had anything that the guy wanted. He suspected the guy didn't even know about Hunters, let alone know that Dean was one. His torture was just that, torture. There was no ulterior motive behind it, no demands or questions that needed an answer., no bargaining chip. This guy was simply 50 shades of freak and, even worse, completely human. Dean's voice came out whisper soft. "Please...don't...don't..."
Justin leant over, reaching forward he brushed the back of his hand gently across Dean's cheek.
"You know what? I'm tempted...really tempted. You are a very beautiful boy, and you're being so polite today. I do wonder what it would be like to just sit and talk for a while? Would you like that, boy? Us...talking?"
Squeezing his eyes closed, recognising that his best hope was seemingly to remain polite, to speak softly, to act compliant; Dean nodded.
"Yes...Yes, I'd like that very much."
Justin's hand moved from Dean's face onto his shoulder and lightly stroked the rest of the way along the length of Dean's bare arm, causing Dean to shiver minutely and goosebumps to appear on the skin of his forearm.
"You have very muscular arms."
Dean stayed quiet, uncertain how to respond.
"I tried working out once. Joined the local gym. It was a horrifying experience and I went back only once."
Dean ran his tongue over his lips.
"What happened?"
Justin smiled and continued to stroke Dean's arm.
"Ah, sweet boy. You are a delight. They laughed at me. The instructor who was supposed to be showing me around and the men who were there pumping up their muscles and admiring themselves in a way which, I swear, would have made Narcissus proud. Yes, I acknowledge that my own body type was clearly sited at the opposite end of the spectrum to theirs but that, after all, was why I was there!"
Dean struggled to feel any real sympathy, not least because the constant swipe up and down his arm was beginning to irritate the hell out of him, the movement was also awakening various pains. None-the-less, he tried.
"That sounds...upsetting."
Justin nodded, looking sad.
"Oh yes...it was. Still. Returning later to burn the place down with those posers locked inside went some way to making me feel less hurt."
"You set fire to the gym? Knowing there were people inside?"
Justin stopped stroking Dean's arm, moving his hand to lay his palm flat against Dean's chest, fingers splayed.
"Ah my beautiful boy...Of course, someone like you will never have experienced how painful it can be. The snide remarks, the put downs, the sniggers, even those long looks of sympathy which follow someone like me around. But, I have proven that I don't need the sympathy or the charity. I have proven that someone like me can, in fact, hurt someone like you; you with your perfect face and delicious physique. I can be the one in control, and I can cause suffering to people such as you in order that you can, at last, experience the torment which I once felt."
Dean felt his anxiety rise as he looked into Justin's cold, hard eyes. He was in the company of madness, madness turned evil, and he was completely helpless.
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