A/N: The track Lionize from the V6 OST has inspired me to write this- it's too good of a song to be wasted on Adam Taurus' character as depicted in the show. So, here's my take on Adam's journey.
This is the emotion-focused 100 Prompt Challenge that has floated around online for years. 100 prompts, 100 chapters, 100 words each- just brief introspective snippets into Adam's life. Canon conversations will likely not be repeated, due to word count, but it will be as canon-compliant as possible.
Content warning: Nothing will be explicit past what the show does, but this fic does have mentions of violence, self-harm, sexual/physical/emotional abuse, and foul language. Read at your own discretion.
Let me know what you think!
No Compromise
1. Birth
Life wasn't easy as a Faunus.
We are lesser.
Those words were engrained into his heart from the very day he was born. He was unworthy. He wasn't meant to exist.
And yet, it didn't click for quite a few years. As a babe, all he could do was reach out a tiny hand to his parents- his kind, loving parents. They were gentle. They loved him, their little boy, with all their hearts.
That didn't stop them from being shot before his very eyes when he was five. That day, he learned what it truly meant to be lesser.