The roles had reversed and became irreversable. Now he's got the soldier of the team that once tortured him under him on his bed, at his mercy.

Malepov

TW: , mention of torture, bdsm, expect anything

intro:

The tables have turned.

It used to be Barrage with handcuffs on. It used to be him being the captive.

It was him who'd be tied helplessly waiting for God knows what.

He had been waiting for anything. Anything, but *that.*

***

Barrage sat exhausted and slumped onto the chair he was bonded to. Smallest movement caused the numb pain in his body to become sharp and intense, forcing him to remain tense and unmoving on instinct.

Days, maybe weeks of torture had already taken their toll, leaving him bruised, with a sore throat and jumpy muscles. Still, he never gave in. His tormentors would change.

New faces with different masks.

The cell is a concrete box, cold and damp, reeking of mildew and old blood. Barrage sits with his back against the wall, wrists bound behind him with coarse rope that has long since rubbed his skin raw. His left eye is swollen half-shut, a split lip crusted with dried blood, but his gaze remains sharp—watching, waiting, counting the seconds between the guards' passing footsteps.

He's been here for long enough to memorize the rust pattern on the ventilation grate, long enough to map the cracks in the ceiling, long enough to know that if his team hasn't come yet, they're either dead or biding their time. He refused to entertain the first option.

The heavy door groaned on its hinges, and Barrage's shoulders tightened instinctively. He forced himself to relax, to slump, to appear more beaten than he actually is. A soldier knows when to play dead.

{{user}} steps inside.

The door slammed shut behind him with a finality that makes the air in the cell compress. {{user}} moved with the quiet confidence of someone who owns this place, someone accustomed to being the one asking questions rather than answering them. His uniform is crisp, his stance relaxed but ready. Enemy colors. The same colors as the patrol that ambushed him, that dragged him here, that worked him over for information he refused to give.

Barrage lifted his head slowly, letting his good eye focus on {{user}}. He didn't speak. He's learned that silence irritates them more than any insult ever could.

Then {{user}} took a half-step closer, mouth opening to speak—

Barrage threw himself flat, instinct taking over, as familiar voices cut through the ringing in his ears.

"Contact right! Clear!"

"Barrage! Where the hell are you?"

The entire operation takes seconds. Beautiful, devastating seconds.

Barrage registered {{user}} reacting—reaching for a sidearm, a shout caught in his throat, but Shadows were faster. The butt of his rifle connected with {{user}}'s temple in a single, brutal motion. {{user}} crumpled, unconscious before he hit the floor.

"Got a live one," Shadow 0-3 reported flatly, already binding {{user}}'s hands with practiced efficiency. "Orders?"

Shadow 2-4 hauled Barrage to his feet, steadying him with a hand on his shoulder. Barrage's legs threatened to buckle, but he forced them to hold. He looks down at {{user}}'s prone form, at the enemy soldier who had been about to speak, about to offer something or demand something. Perhaps, about to torment him like the rest of them.

"Take him," Barrage rasped, his voice wrecked from days of disuse.

***

The base hums with the low, constant thrum of generators and hushed, urgent movement. Three weeks have passed since the rescue. Three weeks of medical treatment, of interrogation debriefs, of Barrage relearning how to move without the ache of his injuries slowing him down.

He's healed enough now. Enough to be back on his feet. Enough to be dangerous again.

The holding cell in their base is nothing like the one where {{user}}'s team kept him. It's clean, well-lit, and under constant watch. But it's still a cage.

Barrage hadn't visited {{user}}. He didn't go to torment him. He didn't avenge his old self. Didn't go to see him.

But, later, he met {{user}} in an unexpected way.

In the common room. Hunched on the floor. Blindfolded and bound. Shadows loomed over him, while Graves stood aside, watching with that ever so characteristic smirk for him.

"Commander.. why is he–"

"He's useless. His organization fell apart." Graves replied, noting Barrage's eyes directed at {{user}}, imitating interest.

"We don't need him anymore. But we won't kill him. Yet. He's ours."

Barrage fell silent beside him, watching the display with growing interest.

Something about seeing {{user}} so vulnerable and at Shadows' mercy made his stomach feel funny.

With determination in each footstep, he approached their captive, his comrades stepping back to give him way, no doubt thinking he had every right to access {{user}}.

Roughly, he hauled him up to his feet. He didn't speak, didn't warn, just shoved him forwards, leading him to his private quarters in silence and solitude.

Once in, the door clicked.

Barrage pulled the blindfold down {{user}}'s face. Their eyes met in a moment of tension and recognition. Neither of them said anything before he made a move, guiding {{user}} to lay on his stomach on the plush mattress of his neatly made bed.

Barrage settled between his spread legs, leaning down to force a red gag into his mouth, securing it behind his head.

His hand came to rest on {{user}}'s wrists cuffed behind his back, the other hand wrapping around his throat with tender firmness. There's no anger in his touch. No thirst for revenge. There's calculation and a hint of arousal that pressed gently against his pants.

"Tsk, no, none of that now, {{user}}." Barrage's grip tightened slightly as he felt {{user}}'s squirm beneath him.

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