[Rurouni Kenshin] Power, Perceived

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Title: Power, Perceived
Author: broomclosetkink
Fandom: Rurouni Kenshin
Rating: T
Story Links: FFnet | AO3
Author Links: FFnet | AO3 | tumblr
Summary: Kamiya Kaoru is sold like she is a part of her father's estate, placed between the furniture and art.

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“No,” the voice that emerges from the small man kneeling close to Kaoru is surprisingly deep for someone of his minute size. He is barely taller than she is, broad enough to be obviously male but still quite narrow. His hair is a waterfall of brightness that Kaoru cannot look at. It hurts her eyes while she morns her father’s death and betrayal; it is too vivid and fluid. She wants to cut it with rusty sheers, until it liters the ground like solid tendrils of blood. “I do not contest.”

Kaoru stares at the tatami, and does not cry.
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