The Thing POV

I see my Master looking at me with contempt, with anger, and I just wait for the punch, but it never comes.

"Go clean yourself up!" He orders.

I go to the bathroom, feeling lighter like a weight has been lifted... Knowing that his beast cared is something that warms my heart and the pain I felt and the scream I let out was liberating, unlike any other.

I took a quick shower to get rid of any remnants of what had happened earlier, and when I looked at myself in the mirror while drying off, I saw that the marks of torture were still visible, but...