A Kept Boy

A Kept Boy is a CWRPS AU series that posits a modern-day America in which slavery is legal. The series was written by poisontaster over a 2-year period. The story focuses on Jensen Ackles, an emotionally deeply damaged "body-slave," who is sold to a new master, Jeffrey Dean Morgan. It is often cited as one of the most recommended examples of slavefic.
:Author's summary: At heart, it's a love story, but it goes through some bad, dark places to get there."
The story was posted in installments, with the first post on July 10, 2008 and the final chapter written October 6, 2010. It is often referred to in its abbreviated form as "AKB."
A PDF of poisontaster's story was created by lapillus. A podfic version of AKB, read by superstitiousme, is hosted at the Audiofic Archive. The story has also been translated into Russian.
Bloodquartz created a lovely banner for the fic, which was also used on the cover of the audiobook. The story also won the March 2009 Sinchester Award for Best Slash- Long Story.
==Shared Universe==
Poisontaster has opened the universe to other writers. Other stories in this universe can be found at the LJ community What We Keep.
==Why Slavery?==
Poisontaster explains: 
==Outtakes Written by Poisontaster==
The AKB Outtakes are vignettes about different characters from the main AKB storyline, either from mention (as in the case of Jensen's former masters) or appearance (various members of Jeff's household). They generally should be read with some familiarity of the AKB universe.
* Cruise
* Kilmer
* Kane
* Jared
* Samantha
* Hutton
* Jeremy
* Jeremy II
* Dorm Life
* Jeremy III (Brothers)
* A Star in Somebody Else's Sky - Immediately post "A Kept Boy".
* Welcome to the Party, Pal - Immediately after "A Star In Somebody Else's Sky.
* A Musical Interlude - Indeterminate timeline; just a piece of schmoop foolery. Set to music.
* Star of Wonder - Jensen's first Christmas with Jeff (and everyone else).
* Never Quite To Return - Set six years in the future of AKB.
==Meta Commentary/Author's Notes==
Links to each individual commentary can be found at the A Kept Boy Master Post on LJ.
* On AKB: Why RPS. Talking about why AKB is an RPS universe.
* On Hutton. Self-explanatory; talking about Jensen's relationship with Hutton and the role Hutton played in his development.
* The Boy in A Kept Boy. Talking about Jensen's (lack of) emotional and mental development and how Jeff has altered it.
* Master. A short look into what role and meaning that word (and the person in it) has in Jensen's life.
* AKB Jeff: Screwed Up & Screwed. An examination of Jeff as a flawed hero.
* On Jeff and Kink. Looking at Jeff's difficulty accepting his own sexuality and kink as a whole.
* On Robin: Unreality & Prickly Females. An examination of the character of Robin; her genesis, traits and reception.
* Therapy & Connectivity. The mechanics of writing Cate and Cate's scenes; Jensen's difficulty with connection.
* Yeah. So That Happened. Self-indulgent musings on the end of A Kept Boy, as a story.
* Consent And the Uncommon Slave. An explanation and examination of how I took on the issue of consent in the AKB universe.
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==References==
Category:2008 Fanfiction‎
Category:2009 Fanfiction‎
Category:2010 Fanfiction‎