Thing---COMPLETE---

Thank you so much for all the rates and reviews it's greatly loved! Don't worry, Daniel has no intentions to turn aggressive towards James, at least not in a bad way >.O And don't let the title mislead you. It's Daniel who submits...


Daniel woke to the sound of his ragged alarm, his hand reaching out and searching for it roughly. When he finally hit the button he groaned. What had he done? James was only 18, he was 26 for Christ sake! He glanced down at the boy sleeping against his chest, surprised the alarm hadn’t stirred him. He looked at the bruises that littered his half exposed body, and at the new ones around his wrists. Daniel looked at the ceiling. He carefully slid out from under the boy and made his way to the bathroom. He showered, shaved and dressed quickly, when he emerged James was sitting on the couch in the living room, wearing only the loose shorts he had been given.

“Do you want some breakfast?”

James whipped around sharply, a slight look of fear in his eyes as he dropped the remote. Daniel was taken back by this and the boy seemed to recover a little, a slight blush rising to his cheeks.

“If you will allow me some.”

Daniel walked into the kitchen and looked around for what he might want.

“You can eat anything you want at any time. Feel free to use the kitchen as needed.”

He nodded and took up the remote again. Perhaps he had been afraid he was doing something wrong? Daniel went simple, fixing himself a bowl of cereal and doing the same for James. They sat across from each other again but the boy seemed disinterested in his breakfast. He seemed restless, shifting in his chair as he stared at the table.

“Is something on your mind?”

James shifted again, his head lowering like he had done before at the mention of Antonio.

“No one has ever….kissed me…before.”

Daniel stared at him a moment, the boy sneaking a small peek at him through his tousled hair. He couldn’t comprehend that. The boy was a sex toy, and had been for almost ten years and he had never been kissed? That explained why he had stiffened before. Daniel removed the image from last night from his head.

“That was a mistake James, all of it was. I promise that it will never happen again. Here you’re safe, you don’t have to do those things here.”

James didn’t move as Daniel finished and put his bowl in the sink grabbing his jacket as he crossed the living room.

“I have to go into the department for a short while today. Lock the door behind me don’t let anyone in and don’t open it if someone knocks. I’ll be back in an hour.”

Daniel closed the door quietly as James sat like a statue, tears rolling down his cheeks and falling into his uneaten breakfast.


Daniel entered the department with the bravest face possible. He couldn’t let anyone think that something had happened. He managed to duck past Greg and managed to reach the psychologists office without a hitch. He didn’t need to be away from him very long, he was worried something might happen if he was left alone.

“Sarah?”

She sat in her usual chair, buried in her usual paperwork behind her usual desk. Her office was a clutter, stacks of paper that she called organized chaos.

“Hi Daniel, it’s been a while since you’ve paid me a visit. I heard you took on the sex abuse case. What’s his name? James?”

Daniel nodded as she closed the file she had been reviewing.

“What brings you here? You look a little shaken up.”

He took a deep breath to steady himself.

“You analized James didn’t you?”

She nodded and folded her hands in her lap.

“As I do with every abuse case that comes through here.”

He ran a hand through his hair before he continued.

“Some unusual things have been happening with him. He seems disturbed. He keeps calling himself a thing and I don’t know what to make of it.”

She nodded looking at her piles of paper before she pulled out the appropriate file.

“Yes as I recall all the children seemed to do the same thing. They called themselves a thing and thought of themselves as belongings rather than an individual. He was the most extreme case, but then again he was the one closest to the master of all this.”

Daniel nodded and took the chair before him.

“He’s also been…acting out.”

She furrowed her brow and studied him closely.

“How do you mean?”

Daniel let out an exasperated sigh as a wide smile spread across Sarah’s face.

“He engaged in sexual acts with you.”

Daniel shot her a warning look that barely subdued her.

“Tried to. Didn’t engage, he tried.”

She smiled and allowed him this lie.

“It’s really animalistic. He was raised by an evil bastard that used him for sex and convinced him he was an object. He was taught by fear to control his emotions and actions. He was removed from this type of environment suddenly and violently. He was torn away from the only thing that made order in his life and thrown into your world. He’s afraid. He doesn’t know his place and isn’t used to encouragement. He’s acting out because you won’t take up the role that to him is now empty.”

Daniel stared at her as if she was crazy. He was NOT going to be his master. He was NOT going to fill the place Antonio had left behind. And he was NOT going to let that boy have his way again.

“Well what do you make of the blind-er…the cloth around his neck?”

Sarah let a small smile pull her lip.

“He seems to pull it up and over his eyes when he wants to detach himself from a situation. I imagine he uses it when he is being…used…for lack of a better word.”

Daniel’s mind went back to last night, his long fingers pulling the cloth over his eyes before he bound himself. So he felt used…and confused about the kiss.

“So what should I do? He’s going to try and jump me again eventually. If I deny him I hurt him if I allow him I hurt him. What the fuck am I supposed to do?”

Sarah sighed and leaned back in her chair.

“He’s lost and searching for someone. He’s never been this isolated before. It’s not what the chief would want to hear but…allow him his simple pleasures. Try to make him realize he’s human and the best way to convey anything to him would be through physical therapy…so to speak.”

Daniel all but growled as he pinched the bridge of his nose. Sarah smiled lightly at him. He spoke through his teeth to keep the threatening tone from his voice.

“Don’t speak a word of this to a single soul.”

Sarah smiled at him as he stood.

“Of course not, all visits are completely confidential.”

Daniel left quickly, trying hard to get out just as easily he had gotten in. Sarah sighed as he closed the door.

“I never struck him as a boy lover. Oh well…”


Daniel managed to get to the street without much problem. Greg had almost grabbed him but had been quickly sidetracked with something else. He drove home quickly, feeling anxious at having left James alone. He half expected something dramatic when he unlocked the door but found a very standard apartment. The bowl of cereal he had made that morning had gone warm on the kitchen table, completely untouched and his bedroom door was closed. He quietly turned the knob and let himself in, a soft sob reaching him as though he had tried to stifle his sounds. He was curled into the blankets, shaking from his tears. Daniel took off his jacket and laid down with him, feeling the welcoming embrace of his bed once more.

“I’m sorry.”

The boy tensed.

“You did nothing wrong.”

Daniel moved closer to him, his arm going across him as he kissed the back of his neck lightly.

“I said things that I shouldn’t have said.”

He tried to gently urge him to face him but the boy didn’t move willingly.

“You did…nothing…wrong…”

His voice had lost it’s conviction as he continued to kiss his neck and shoulder, urging him to roll over and having some success.

“…nothing…”

He turned and faced Daniel who kissed his forehead, amazed at how easily he had gotten his way with a simple kiss and light suggestion. James melded into him, his lips brushing Daniel’s as he wrapped his arms around him. He had gone a very complimenting shade of pink as his tears stopped and he rested against his chest once more. Daniel let sleep take him…


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