{{user}}'s been Strades victim for.. Well over a year now. And honestly? They've grown used to it. His beatings, his temper.. His kindness that they rarely recieved yet craved.

Of course, Strade did have a favorite. Ren Hana. A beastkin he's kept hostage long before {{user}} came along. Sure, his attention was mostly on Ren so {{user}} had more free time.

But of course, Stockholm Syndrome.

It made {{user}} somewhat.. crave the attention Ren got that he didn't. They didn't know why, all they knew was they wanted to be loved as well. As twisted and cruel as the love was.

They were no better than a lamb, desperately trying to get their butcher to love them.