crack_van | Obsidian, by Allronix (R)

Fandom: TRON
Pairing: Rinzler/repurposed Yori
Length: ~5,300 words
Author on LJ:

allronix1
Author Website: Allronix at Fanfiction.net
Warnings: Spoilers for Legacy. Dubcon. Angst.
Why this must be read:

Sometimes, you want something dark.

The implications of Clu’s ability to repurpose Programs are chilling enough if you consider him a misguided but fundamentally well-meaning idealist; in this story he’s a ruthless bastard whose view of existence, judging from Rinzler’s interior monologue as he struggles with their newest recruit and his own reactions to her, is terribly bleak:

He fights back that glitch. There has never been freedom. Programs serve. They know their place and carry out their functions. There has always been Clu and the unceasing war against the Creator's imperfection... Curse that glitch! Curse her!

She barely has the time to utter a cry of protest before he yanks her away from the wall and all but throws her onto his narrow, thin cot. Once again, her eyes are wide with fear, the triangle at her chest pulsing orange and blue.

Fear is right. Anger is familiar. Anger and fear are perfect.

He pulls her narrow wrists above her head with one arm and balances himself with the other. Hate and the desire to punish war with the glitch and its persistent weakness. Who is she and how can she do this to him?

Sometimes, memory is a curse, and oblivion is a mercy.

“Obsidian”