Title: The Commander's Slave
Chapter Rating: Mature (M)
Fandom: The 100
Pairing: Lexa/Clarke
Prompt(s): Apocalypse/Dystopian AU
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Warning: Extremely AU
Summary: Lexa buys Clarke at the Mountain Men's annual food and slave sell. The grounders eat human flesh. The Mountain Men grow humans on the Ark and then have them sent down to be sold as food, but Lexa decides to keep Clarke for some special purpose. (Lexa/Clarke) one-shot
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Clarke woke to find a pair of eyes staring down at her. She yelped not expecting to find a face so close to her own she woke. A rough hand came up to face tilting her head this way and that.
Lexa studied her purchase. The girl was pretty. She, like Costia, had the light hair that was rare among her people. Costia had been of a Northern clan where her light hair was much more common. It seemed to be the same case with the sky people. There were certain similarities but even more differences. She had not taken a lover in twenty-four seasons. The old wounds of her dead lover had healed enough for her to start to feel the loneliness of an empty bed. Her heart might never again accept another equal but her loins still craved the attention of another. Her hand was getting tired of taking care of its master's needs.
"When did you last couple, girl? The Commander straightened her back. She had been leaning over the girl studying the appearance of innocence in sleep. She had never seen such softness before. She supposed it came from growing up in the sky; her own people were hardened from birth. There was no room for the weakness of youth.
The sky girl's brows furrowed in confusion. She had no idea what the grounder meant by coupling. They did not use that word on the Ark. She was unsure if she should lie and make up a number. She did not want to feel the wrath that this woman could surely dose out. The only thing standing between her and the cannibals outside was this woman. She brain froze, and she let the first thought slip from her lips. "Three months."
The grounder seemed to accept her answer with some satisfaction. "Was it with a stick or a flower that you coupled?"
Now the girl really had no idea what she was talking about, but she could not admit her ignorance now. She had already made the foolish mistake of lying. She had never seen a real flower before. There had been a few drawings scattered around the Ark, but there were no plants. Everything they ate came from algae.
"A stick?" It was more of a question than a statement. The girl had yet to see a flower in person and felt it best to go with 'stick' as her answer. Had she realized what the Commander was asking her, she would have been answering much differently and much more embarrassed.
Lexa made a face. She did not like that men had touched the girl, but she would live with it. She had contemplated the issue long into the night. She had long since practiced calming her breathing to pretend she was asleep. It was an important for an element of surprise.
She knew that the girl would die without her protection. It would be hard to keep her as a pet. The Tree Clan would not like her decision to keep the untrained girl, but they would respect it. At least to her face they would not openly question her decision. However, if Clarke stepped out of line, they might become more vocal with their opinions. It would take a lot of her valuable time to teach the sky girl how to act, but it seemed like the best option. If she gave the sky girl for food now then her people would begin to question her decision-making. They would assume she had paid for the pleasure of an untrained slave for only a night. The slave didn't even have enough meat on her bones to feed a growing infant. The only real option Lexa could take was the one to keep the girl.
"Have you ever experienced the pleasure of a flower?" She hoped the girl had. It would be a lot less work for her if the slave at least came trained in pleasuring a woman.
"No, ma'am." Clarke flinched seeing the dissatisfaction her answer caused written clearly across the Commander's face. "Please ma'am. I will do whatever you require of me."
The sky girl's eyes met hers for the first time since the questions had started. Unlike last night, she did not back down from the eye contact. She wanted the older girl to understand her commitment. She would do anything not to be turned into food. The fire for survival still burned hot in her belly.
"Very well, sky girl." Lexa stood never breaking the eye contact. "You shall taste the sweetest of flowers nectar's tonight. Until then, I have work to attend. You shall accompany, but remain silent and follow my every order without question."