Notes: Apprentice-arc. Very noncon.
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So Slade has him naked and cuffed to the bed, and that's probably how torture is usually conducted. This is totally logical. Textbook. It's all in the superhero manual. It's in the script. Robin's telling himself this as Slade descends, Slade's body pressing him down, Slade's face filling his vision.
Big, hard hands, stroking and petting, and that's okay. Slade's just figuring out where to put the needles. Again, average unoriginal plain old torture. Impersonal. Needles. Needles are impersonal.
And when Slade kisses him hard and deep, this really is just torture, like any other kind. Spreading Robin's legs apart, Slade is just like every other bad guy, and the bad guy always loses.
What Slade is murmuring in his ear, about his body, about his darkest fears, and the fact that he belongs to Slade now, that's just typical villain banter.
Robin tells himself over and over again and wonders if he'll ever believe it.