.....You always have me, for as long as you want it, as long as youâll let me.Â
"...This oneâs awfully pretty. I could take him right here. We'll let you listen, huh? You can jerk off if you want, though there might be a lot of crying. I get the feeling heâs still a virgin. Don't know how nobody's taken him yet, though."
...Bruce makes a sound. Strangled.
...Braxton hangs up the phone.
âYou know can tell me anything,â Bruce says quietly, fidgeting with Tim's bracelet. He's rubbing the beads the way that Tim does. It helps Tim think. Then, âYou can put it in a report, and Iâll read it, if you donât want to talk.â
"You can leave it on."
...Bruce doesnât look at anyone when he explains, âI watched him code three times, I want to hear it.â
âHave you ever feltâfelt completely powerless? Like you know something is going to happen, but thereâs nothing you can do to stop it?âÂ
Bruce goes very, very still. His hands stutter on Tim.
I donât know how to stop feeling helpless all the time and Iâm scared.Â
Weâre looking for you, if you get home before we find you, let us know youâre okay. Iâm going to ask Clark to check in tomorrow.Â
"Did he hurt you?"
"Braxton didn't rape me."
July.
August.
September.
I love you. Goodbye.
...âI think he thought youâd be the bigger threat. He was working with outdated information about youâand me."
 He lifts up his hand, without looking back at them, and he snaps his fingers. âTim,â he says, and Tim almost recoils, standing to attention, âcome here.âÂ
Bruce looks at him and he canât help think wounded dog.
"You're not much of a threat right now," Bruce tells him. "I can handle you."
Bruce doesnât think it would take much. A stiff breeze might do it.Â
Bruce reminds himself to be gentle as he takes Timâs chin and tips his face up. Tim still wonât look him in the eyes.
âTim, you were seventeen,â Bruce says.
Scared. Bruce feels scared. He wonders if that will ever really stop.Â
"What else are you going to do with me?âÂ
âLove you,â Bruce says.
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