Title: torque
Fandom: Runaways
Rating: PG
Length: 100 words
Content notes: References to child abuse
Summary: Chase thought he could stand up to anything his dad threw at him.



"Tell me about the idea," his dad says, and Chase thinks it's the first time Victor has ever really seen him.

It shouldn't matter. The beatings and abuse should have driven every weakness from his body, every soft spot his dad could push on, but--

--right now, with his dad looking at him: so hungry and open and faithful, the way Coach looked at the team during practice, convinced they'd be perfect if they just pushed hard enough--

Chase wants to be perfect, for once, for his dad, and his defenses shatter like the gauntlet Victor tossed to the floor.