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give it up

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Summary:

"Say it," says Pericles, deadly gentle.

 

(Or: Ricky doesn't go down without a fight.)

Notes:

For the prompt 'defiance.'

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Work Text:

Ricky's hair clings to his face, damp with sweat, as Pericles' claws brush it aside. His vision swims; nausea washes through him like waves pounding shore; he feels like he's going to black out.

(Again. Black out again. He's lost count of how many times now.)

"Say it," says Pericles, deadly gentle. Ricky spits at him.

"Give it up," he snarls. His breath comes in ragged gasps. "I won't lower myself--"

"Then I will lower you," says Pericles, tucking Ricky's hair behind his ear, and presses the button again.

Notes:

The scenes with the snakes are devastating and I could write essays about it (and have, and will). They are also INCREDIBLY horny, and I honestly consider both of them to be rape scenes--symbolically at the very least, but like. bodily violation Pericles is blatantly getting off on. yeah--and it is my mission on this earth to write fic that captures that dynamic between them as much as possible.

At heart Ricky is just a cat trying to chase a bear up a tree for the things he cares about, fear be damned and danger be damned even more, and some times that serves him better than others. :')