WARNING: this story contains incest, pure homophobia, forced domination and slavery, violence and other elements that may be disturbing to those who do not like this kind of thing. If this is your case, I advise against reading it
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My father didn't look for me that night and let me sleep, well, at least try to. The next morning, not knowing what I was going to do or how to deal with what my father was proposing, I got up and went to the kitchen. It was Saturday. He was already there, having breakfast. He had a few papers next to him, which he seemed to be reading. I greeted him and sat down, though I didn't eat anything. I just sat there quietly, with my head down. My father said to me shortly in a very soft voice:
-Ethan, have you reflected? I know it's hard, but unfortunately we have no choice, son....
I shook my head, dejected. I could only stammer:
-Dad, you had promised me....
-I know, son, don't you think I don't know? -he replied just as softly-. But how could I count on this? Do you think I like it? I'd give anything not to have come to this situation, but now we have to face it. Are you willing?
Again, utterly dejected, I shook my head and stood up. I simply could not accept it. My father went to stop me:
-Please, Ethan, don't go away again...
I ignored him and headed for the door. Then what I would never have expected happened. A sharp jolt from the necklace sent me to my knees on the floor. Unbelieving what I had just felt, I turned to my father with an infinitely accusing look.
-I didn't want to do it -he defended himself-. You made me. And I need you to know one thing -he continued in the same soft tone of voice but now much firmer-, I won't let them take you away from me! I'm willing to do anything to stop them! And I will go over your head if I have to, do you understand?
I nodded, frightened and overwhelmed. I had never seen my father like this. I suddenly felt a strange mixture of respect and fear for him.
-Sit down and eat your breakfast, please -he ordered me, in a low but imperious voice, pointing to the chair.
I obeyed, still dazed, and ate for a while, while he went back to his papers, both of us in silence, and when I finished, I looked at him. He looked back at me and said, in a much warmer and more affectionate tone:
-Do you understand that we have to do this? I need us to be in this together, son, we are a team. That's the only way we can succeed and get through this.
-Yes, I guess so, Dad -I agreed. The truth was that he was right, as much as it hurt, so I didn't want to rebel any more, especially since I was still feeling the pain of the electric shock.
-Well, then we can start -and smiling warmly at me he added-, you'll see it won't be as hard as you think.
-Right now? -I said incredulously.
-What better time to start? -he replied cheerfully-. The sooner we get started the sooner we'll get used to it and be able to fool the inspector, don't you think? -And without waiting for an answer, he went on, taking some of the papers: -Look, I have retrieved all my notes from the slave training course. We'll start with those. However, Bill, who is much more of an expert than I am at this, has promised to stop by some evening to monitor our progress and make suggestions. He really is a good friend. We are lucky to have him.
-I'm listening to you, Dad -I agreed in a determined voice. I was now determined to do everything I could to not lose my father. I knew he was doing it for my own good and the alternative was truly terrifying.
-Then let's get started. Stand up, please -I obeyed-. In the presence of his owner or any free man a slave never sits, unless he receives express permission to do so -as he instructed me he consulted his notes-. Now undress. You will always be naked, you will only have the right to wear the loincloth they gave you in the courthouse.
-I don't have that loincloth anymore, Dad -I replied as I took off my pajamas-. I... I threw it away. It was an awful thing. I didn't think I'd need it -I excused myself.
-Yes, I suppose that's logical -he excused me too, sympathetic-. Well, I'll have to get one on Monday, they are, as it were, the "official uniform" of the slaves. In the meantime, I'll allow you to be in your underpants.
"I'll allow you?" I froze to hear my father speak like that. He was quickly slipping into his role. A shiver of fear shook my body. My father noticed it and thought it was from cold.
-Don't worry, I'll turn up the heat just enough so you won't be cold when you're naked. I know you are very sensitive to cold -he smiled warmly at me again.
-Thank you, Dad -I said sincerely and thanked him for the smile.
-Well, that's our first rule -he said, frowning a little-, I'm your father, but now I'm also your owner. Therefore, you owe me the utmost respect in dealing with me. From now on I will no longer be "Dad" to you. You will address me as "Master", understood?
-Yes -I said, astonished. Everything was so strange to me that it seemed unreal....
-Yes... what? -he encouraged me to continue, arching an eyebrow. It took me a while to figure out what he wanted.
-Yes... Master -I concluded.
-That's it! -He said jovially-, See how it's not that hard? You'll be a perfect slave in no time -I don't think my father was aware of the effect his words had on me-. I won't be able to call you "Ethan" or "son" from now on either. I will address you as "slave" or "servant". Later, when the inspector is here, I may have to use more demeaning terms, like "faggot," "scumbag," or "scum." I hope you don't get mad at me for that -he said, winking at me.
I was feeling how each thing he said to me was sinking me deeper and deeper into a bottomless pit. Nevertheless, I tried my best to keep my composure and please my father. "We are a team," I told myself. My father went on to quote to me the rules that were to govern our lives for the next few weeks:
-Of course, I'm afraid all the house chores are going to fall to you now. A free man cannot do housework if he has a slave to do it for him -it was clear that he was trying to justify himself, and that he felt guilty-. Well, at least you will be busy, because... another thing -here he hesitated, being aware of what he was going to ask me-, you will have to give me your cell phone, your computer, your console... A slave has no right to leisure or free time. He must always be attentive to his master and his well-being.
You can imagine my desolation when I heard this. Everything I had enjoyed so much those days was going to be taken away from me. My father noticed my dismay and I sensed that it affected him. But he got over it and continued:
-For the time being you will continue to sleep in your room, but when the inspector arrives he will have to stay in it, so we will have to find you another place to sleep. We'll figure it out. You won't be using our bathroom anymore either. Instead you'll use the one next to the garage in the basement -he thought for a moment, consulting his notes-. I'll have to fix it so that when the inspector comes, no hot water comes out of the shower or the sink. Those are comforts reserved for free men, a slave has no right to them.
You will get up before me and be ready before your first duty of the day, which will be to wake me, shower and dress me, once you have prepared breakfast. During breakfast, and at all meals, you will not sit at the table, but will stand all the time, serving me and looking after any need I may have. You will eat afterwards, when I permit you to do so. In fact -he looked at his papers again-, from now on you will have to ask my permission for everything, absolutely everything, from eating to washing or even going to use the bathroom -my mind was trying to assimilate all this, totally overwhelmed.
-I don't need to tell you that you will comply with any order I give you, whatever it may be, immediately and without complaining. And, although I will be somewhat tolerant in this at first, you will not speak unless you are asked, understood?