Liberation

"Liberation" is a [SEASON NUMBER] thread written on [IRL DATE].
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==Full Text==
Malak found himself once again in front of Opie, the disheveled young man watching him from the other side of the bars. Malak’s hands were clenched tight, his face still oozing from its cuts.
“Broke the bad news to Farris hm? You could have bluffed out of it you know… my letter wasnt all that revealing…”
Malak swallowed thickly. “You…” he shuttered, and Opie settled back as if to relax into the usual verbal tirade. But there was a tremor to Malak’s lips. “You pretended to be like him…you did everything you could to act exactly like Rhenco.”
Opie’s gaze flickered around his cell, not making eye contact. “Uh huh….”
Malak’s vision blurred. “Because it was the only way he’d leave you alone.”
Opie stopped as still as a statue, and one eye slowly drifted down to look at his father. For a moment, he didnt look so ill focused, and there was vulnerability.
Malak continued. “By behaving like him he lost interest in you. Because there was no one to hurt anymore in his eyes. And I…I didnt do that. I just broke Opie, I became a monster instead of just acting like one. And in my heart I always knew what you were doing but I was envious and resentful…”
By now Opie had slowly stood up, now watching Malak with full apprehension.
“I was never a very big man Opie…I always liked to think I was, but I wasn’t. I was so arrogantly proud of Farris and to doubtful that you were even mine that I…I…”
“Came crawling over here because you realized it after mom cut up your finger and Farris beat you to a pulp? Ran to me because you realized that lady cheif would never be with you and that Sven kid would never be your chance to do over parenthood?” Opie said in a soft murmur.
Malak had a stream of tears silently sliding from both eyes at this point. He spoke in a broken voice. “Yeah…yeah Opie that’s exactly what I’m doing. I know I dont deserve it…I’m so sorry son…I’ve never treated you right and I’d do anything to get you back. But there’s no weight to that wish. I wouldn’t force anything on you, not even my presence. I know better. Its shameful another man would have to make something so obvious clear to me. But it’s all I have.”
Opie’s eyes began to dart again and his fingers began to fiddle. “Farris will never forgive us for what we’ve done…”
“I know…”
“I- I wont be safe to be left alone with people…not really…”
“That’s okay…”
Opie’s hands slowly closed around the door of the cell. “I dont want to be around until Rhenco is gone…”
Malak grabbed the cell door as well. “You’ll be safe, and hidden in the house.”
Silently the two men opened the door together, and Opie stood uncertainly in front of him. “Hi dad…” he said quietly.
Malak watched him, and just as uncertainty reached over and put one hand on his shoulder, and the other on the side of his head. Opie carefully stepped in with the guided hands, and just barely rested against him.
Malak swallowed again as they stood there together. “I got you boy…I’ll take care of you this time…I promise…”
Category:BOTGD 2
Category:Act I
Category:Events
Category:Malak
Category:Opie