Title: Stephen
Fandom: American Idol
Pairing: Kris/Adam, Kris/OMC
Categories: amnesia, angst, BDSM, drama, hurt/comfort, slave
Length: epic (89,229 words)
Warnings: RPF, non-consensual and dubiously-consensual sex, Per author: High possibility of triggering content. Non-AU sexual slavery (Kris) and requisite abuse: physical, mental, sexual, mainly in flashbacks. PTSD, brainwashing.

Author on LJ: amproof / amproof
Author Website: amproof

Summary:
Kris has been missing for three years. When Adam finds him, he's not the person he used to be. In fact, he doesn't know who he used to be.

Review:
If any fic is appropriate to cap off our dark theme week it's Stephen. An amnesiac and brainwashed Kris is saved from a life of sexual slavery by Adam and his friends. Going by Stephen, he has a hard time reintegrating with his family and friends, breaking the conditioning of his abuser, and accepting his past identity is real.

Adam, who never gave up looking for the missing Kris, is horrified by what has been done to him and struggles to help without making things worse. Kris' family, too, try to help but don't quite know how to relate to him.

Only read this if you're prepared for a dark story regarding brainwashing, slavery and rape. It's sometimes excruciating to get through, but the author handles the subjects thoughtfully and thoroughly. It is ultimately a story of recovery in all it's steps, starting with a character that doesn't even know he has anything to recover from and including denial and backsliding.

Link:
on AO3: Stephen
on LJ: Stephen Masterpost; Part I chapter 1-5, chp. 6-8, chp. 9-10; Part II chp. 1, chp. 2, chp. 3, chp. 4, chp. 5, chp. 6, chp. 7, chp. 8 and notes