History DomesticAbuse / FanWorks

* ''Fanfic/OneLessLonelyGurl'' has [[MarySue C'ren's]] father being abused by his wife after he cheated on her and had C'ren as daughter to the other woman.

* ''FanFic/GuideMeHome''; Ozai's hinted at abuse towards Ursa is made more explicit, culminating in him giving her a nasty burn across her chest before ordering Ursa to go ahead with the plan to murder his father.

* Played for laughts in ''Fanfic/TheUnfantasticAdventuresOfBizarroNo1'':
** SelfDemonstrating/{{Bizarro}} is knocked out cold by the [[ManOfKryptonite Blue-Kryptonite Men]] and taken to a hospital while unconscious. When Bizarro comes around, he automatically punches whoever is closest to him. Unfortunately, it happens to be his wife Bizarro Lois. Fortunately, she isn't damaged when she bounces off the wall, and he excuses himself after catching her and get her wake up.

* ''Fanfic/UnbreakableRedSilkenThread'': Duncan. The first scene of him in the main plot after the jump to college is him hitting Gwen.

* ''Fanfic/OneLessLonelyGurl'' has [[MarySue C'ren's]] father being abused by his wife after [[YourCheatingHeart he cheated]] on her and had C'ren as daughter to the other woman.

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': Two examples, both involving OCs.

** In “The Survivor,” Mittens's first owner Jack mistreats the cat and is described as someone who when inebriated acts out destructively, taking it out on inanimate objects as well as family members who are within reach (when we first see his wife Emily in the story, she is described as having a bruise on her jaw). Emily also had an abusive father who berated and beat her.

** Mittens’s first owner Jack, in “The Survivor.” He mistreats the cat and is described as someone who when inebriated acts out destructively, taking it out on inanimate objects as well as family members who are within reach (when we first see his wife Emily in the story, she is described as having a bruise on her jaw). Emily also had an abusive father who berated and beat her.

** Militia and Melanie had an abusive father. They [[TheRunaway ran away]] from him a few years prior.
** Mercury's father was an abusive drunk. One day, they got into a fight and Mercury [[SelfMadeOrphan killed his father]].

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* Sam can have a relationship with Freddie like this. Weirdly, this can be done for Sam/Freddie and Carly/Freddie, with the latter generally being a HurtComfortFic whilst the former generally has Sam trying to overcome her FreudianExcuse. [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5190928/1/A_Darkened_Mind_Part_One Example]].

* In ''FanFic/DividedRainbow'', Rainbow Dash is made to suffer this from all Fluttershy's animals when she [[SwappedRoles swaps roles]] with Fluttershy. It isn't pretty in the slightest.
* In ''FanFic/{{Strings}}'', [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Korra]] is physically and emotionally abused by Tarrlok after she is kidnapped and forcibly married to him. Tarrlok's mother was physically abused by her husband [[spoiler: Yakone]] and eventually [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide committed suicide]]]].
* ''Film/TheMatrix'' fanfic ''Bringing Me To Life'' there's Mr. Jameson who beats his already emotionally terrified wife to keep her from taking their son and leaving.

* ''WebVideo/{{Illuminated}}'' features Thrax as Jane's abusive exe. She ran off and joined Captain Amelia's ship in order to get away from him, but he ended up following her.
* ''Fanfic/{{Support}}'' is a ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'' story where a pregnant Chelsea runs away from her abusive husband after he threatens to divorce her and claim full-custody of their daughter.
* ''Fanfic/RWBYScars'':
** The fanfic expands upon Adam being Blake's abusive ex-boyfriend by rewriting the "Black" trailer so that he slaps Blake. This, combined with him wanting to kill a cart full of human civilians, is the last straw that leads her to running away from him. It's later mentioned that Adam is six years older than Blake and that he manipulated her into a sexual relationship when she was only fourteen.
** Willow's relationship with Jacques is tense. They've been together for over three decades but there's no romance between them and they rarely even talk. At minimum, Jacques is emotionally neglectful. Jacques is also emotionally and physically abusive towards their three children.
** Summer's aunt Ivory had an abusive boyfriend.
** Militia and Melanie had an abusive father. They [[TheRunaway ran away]] from him a few years prior.
** Mercury's father was an abusive drunk. One day, they got into a fight and Mercury [[SelfMadeOrphan killed his father]].
** Roman had a verbally voltaile relationship with his now-deceased wife Eon. Arguments weren't uncommon and he'd often call her {{Fantastic Slur}}s when angered. On her part, Eon had a troubled relationship with her CreepyChild daughter Neo, at least once calling her a "monster" for her TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior.
* In ''Fanfic/ApprenticeAndPregnant'', Whitepaw's father Old Gray isolated his mate from her extended family and abused her. When she tried to leave, Old Gray killed his mate and [[OffingTheOffspring his daughter]].
* In ''Fanfic/{{CRME}}'':
** Cinder starts abusing Emerald and becomes more controlling near the end of Chapter 6. She later slaps Emerald twice for being jealous about Mercury taking Cinder’s time away from her. She is also emotionally manipulative by telling her that she'll throw her out on the street if she doesn't comply.
** Blake and Adam show up and he is very emotionally manipulative during her short appearance. The abuse is subtle compared to Cinder and Emerald, but this is only due to lack of time.
* ''Fanfic/NoOneSaidLifeWasGonnaBeFair'' starts with ShellShockedVeteran Jasper being in an emotionally and physically abusive relationship with her wife of over a decade, Lapis. Jasper still loves Lapis and doesn't want to leave her, but Lapis has a [[TheMistress mistress]] and plans on leaving with their teenage daughter.
* [[spoiler:Link]] becomes emotionally and physically abusive towards his [[spoiler:adopted sister Zelda]] in ''Fanfic/TheirBond'' due to the effects of drug and alcohol abuse. It gets to the point where Impa considers him a danger who should be killed.
* ''Fanfic/ExTenebrisLux'' is a oneshot about Cinderella's recovery from abuse. She finds it difficult to recover after the trauma of her [[ParentalAbandonment biological parents dying]] when she was little, combined with years of abuse from her WickedStepmother and step-sisters. It affects Cinderella's marriage and her relationship with her own son for years after she's escaped her abusers.
* It's mentioned in ''Fanfic/UltimateMisfits'' that Stormer's father was an abusive cheater towards her mother. Eventually, her mother left with the kids and that's how Stormer became ChildhoodFriends with Kimber.
* In ''Fanfic/PokemonLightAU'', Gloria's DisappearedDad was abusive to his family, which is why he isn't in Gloria's life anymore.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i2rwDUiJZ4 The Wind - Ariel & Jim ft Odette]]'' by Creator/TheNight130 is a Jim/Ariel {{fanvid}} where Odette is Ariel's abusive girlfriend. Jim hears noise in another apartment, goes to ask if anything's wrong, and sees Ariel with a bruised eye. Despite Ariel [[CutHimselfShaving saying that nothing is wrong]], Jim doesn't believe her.
* ''Fanfic/LetTheWorldSmile'': Ganondorf isn't physically abusive, however he's dominant and aggressive in a manner that isn't healthy.
* ''Fanfic/WineRedNoKokoro'': Ann and Cliff have a BelligerentSexualTension-filled relationship that frequently turns abusive. They love each other, but they're always fighting and Cliff often ends up bruised as a result.
* In ''Fanfic/FlowersDrenchedInVodka'', Eli and Hanayo are stuck in a cycle of abuse: Eli gets violent towards her girlfriend when drunk, apologizes when sober and says it won't happen again, repeat.

* ''Manga/Evangelion303'': [[spoiler:After Jessika’s death]] Asuka was wrecked with survivor guilt and self-loathing and angry with herself and everybody. Unable to control her temper, she lashed out against everybody, especially Shinji. She spent several weeks abusing him psychologically and occasionally physically. She got better, but then she felt horribly guilty and ran away, thinking that Shinji would be better off without her.
* ''Fanfic/LastChildOfKrypton'': Gendo’s treatment of Ritsuko is anything but kind, loving or tender. Often she is afraid of him or sport bruises. In the rewrite Ritsuko sobs she deserves it due to everything she has done to further his plans.
* ''Fanfic/{{Luminosity}}'' [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructs]] the mate bond in ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', ending up with this. Vampires assume their mates love them back--that's how the magic works. The mate bonds, however, do not work on half-vampires, and since they're not human, they can't be turned into vampires to make the bond mutual. Enter Demitri, who is mated with Allirea, who hates him. Her power is hiding, but his power is finding things. Cue repeated kidnapping and rapes.
* In ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' story ''Fanfic/SupermanOf2499TheGreatConfrontation'':

* In ''Series/ICarly'' fics, Sam can have a relationship with Freddie like this. Weirdly, this can be done for Sam/Freddie and Carly/Freddie, with the latter generally being a HurtComfortFic whilst the former generally has Sam trying to overcome her FreudianExcuse. [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5190928/1/A_Darkened_Mind_Part_One Example]].
* In ''FanFic/BackgroundPony'', Lyra's childhood friend suffered an abusive father and became a BrokenBird because of it. When Lyra's older she comes across an abusive father who strangles his wife and two children every night, but the nature of her [[UnPerson curse]] makes it near impossible for her to stop it.
* In ''FanFic/TheNewRetcons'', a friend of Michael's suffers from this until he manages to get a restraining order, and seeing his friend's ordeal made Michael realize that his father's negligence in seeking help for his insane mother was also abusive.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' fanfic offers the non-canonical character of [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5055274/3/The-Graduation-Class Joan Sanderson-Reeves]], a prim and upright lady who runs a school teaching cookery, elocution and deportment. After her villainous brother-in-law beats her sister so badly she miscarries a child, Joan murders him in hot blood, in a storyline which is a ShoutOut to Creator/RoaldDahl. After getting away with it, she sets up as an unlicenced Assassin, specialising in ''sterilising'' abusive husbands who indulge in wife-beating and child abuse. Eighteen inhumations later, the Guild of Assassins makes her an offer and enlists her. Four years later, the Guild School's Domestic Science Mistress (who teaches the use of ''really'' dangerous food additives) is asked to track down and bring a book to another Ethical Assassin who has taken up the torch of slaying errant husbands for money. The new Assassin is a florist who knows how to say it with flowers. Specifically, she can say ''Drop Dead!'' in a variety of inventive and interesting ways. And so the Guild School signs up its [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5423228/1/Murder-Most-Orrible botany mistress]]...
* ''Fanfic/OneLessLonelyGurl'' has [[MarySue C'ren's]] father being abused by his wife after [[YourCheatingHeart he cheated]] on her and had C'ren as daughter to the other woman.
* ''Fanfic/DirtySympathy'' has [[VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney Klavier Gavin]] bring physically, emotionally and sexually abused by his lover, Daryan, which leads him into a StrangersOnATrainPlotMurder with Apollo.
* In ''FanFic/DividedRainbow'', Rainbow Dash is made to suffer this from all Fluttershy's animals when she [[SwappedRoles swaps roles]] with Fluttershy. It isn't pretty in the slightest.
* In ''FanFic/{{Strings}}'', [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Korra]] is physically and emotionally abused by Tarrlok after she is kidnapped and forcibly married to him. Tarrlok's mother was physically abused by her husband [[spoiler: Yakone]] and eventually [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide committed suicide]]]].
* ''Fanfic/SpiderX'' sees Max reach this point in his relationship with Tabitha after only a few weeks; Tabitha only tolerates it as long as she does because she was initially scared of what he’d do if she broke up with him after he tells her how he rendered his father and his former bully brain-dead shortly after getting his powers, and later decides to stay on only until she can get Wanda away from Mystique to save the other girl from being brainwashed to be more 'loyal'.
* ''Film/TheMatrix'' fanfic ''Fanfic/BringingMeToLife'' there's Mr. Jameson who beats his already emotionally terrified wife to keep her from taking their son and leaving.
* This is a subject in ''Fanfic/KiryuuinChronicles'' [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/3363740/chapters/7356965 read here]], as narrated by Satsuki (nicknamed "Dove") as recollects the past, who [[ChildrenAreInnocent innocently]] wonders why her father does what he does to her mother if he loves her, that is, slapping her, beating her, and causing her miscarriages. However, her mother isn't the only one on the receiving end of this, as so is [[ParentalSubstitute Rei]] and [[AbusiveParents her]], yet her little sisters, Nui and Ryuuko, aren't. Said abuse also leads to her mother's mental illness and the fact that [[spoiler: Ragyou, due to being pregnant with Satsuki by someone else, was forced into this marriage]] doesn't help.
* Part 1 of ''Cave Story Versus IM Meen'' basically ''revolves'' around this trope.
* This is the subject in ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4407929/chapters/10011842 Train Tracks]]'' and both spouses are responsible, as Ragyo drinks and is prone to violence, often doling out hits, the which, after having been taking them, Soichiro deals back. Rei's narration implies that the two engage in fist fights
* It's revealed in ''Fanfic/OldWest'' that Selena, the mother of [[UnscrupulousHero Rattlesnake Jake]], was beaten every night by her husband James Douglas as soon as he returned home under the influence. Though she wasn't utterly submissive, she had nowhere to go and none of the townsfolk got involved because [[FantasticRacism they wanted nothing to do with snakes]]. After the last beating, James was run out of town and Selena was killed by an unsympathetic deputy, leaving Jake alone on his path to become {{the dreaded}} outlaw.
** When the estranged {{conman}} husband of Grace Glossy, Benjamin Hares, shows up and attempts to sell her lands to the BigBad, she tries to throw him out. He reacts violently, battering her until their son Teddy calls Jake to the rescue. Finding Grace beaten up by Benjamin reminds Jake of his parents, turning him [[UnstoppableRage so livid]] that he [[spoiler:kills Benjamin like he undoubtedly has wanted for years to kill his father]]. Unfortunately, the normally stable Grace is [[HeroicBSOD so broken]] that she isolates herself for weeks.
* The relationship between [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Embry]] and [[OriginalCharacter Melanie]] [[TheSociopath Sampson]] in ''FanFic/ForYouIWill''. Melanie emotionally and physically abuses him, up to the point of ''stabbing him'' during sex, and Embry can't fight back because she's his imprintee and he's compelled to love her and do what she wants at all times.
* ''WebVideo/{{Illuminated}}'' features Thrax as Jane's abusive exe. She ran off and joined Captain Amelia's ship in order to get away from him, but he ended up following her.
* ''Fanfic/{{Support}}'' is a ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'' story where a pregnant Chelsea runs away from her abusive husband after he threatens to divorce her and claim full-custody of their daughter.
* ''Fanfic/RWBYScars'':
** The fanfic expands upon Adam being Blake's abusive ex-boyfriend by rewriting the "Black" trailer so that he slaps Blake. This, combined with him wanting to kill a cart full of human civilians, is the last straw that leads her to running away from him. It's later mentioned that Adam is six years older than Blake and that he manipulated her into a sexual relationship when she was only fourteen.
** Willow's relationship with Jacques is tense. They've been together for over three decades but there's no romance between them and they rarely even talk. At minimum, Jacques is emotionally neglectful. Jacques is also emotionally and physically abusive towards their three children.
** Summer's aunt Ivory had an abusive boyfriend.
** Militia and Melanie had an abusive father. They [[TheRunaway ran away]] from him a few years prior.
** Mercury's father was an abusive drunk. One day, they got into a fight and Mercury [[SelfMadeOrphan killed his father]].
** Roman had a verbally voltaile relationship with his now-deceased wife Eon. Arguments weren't uncommon and he'd often call her {{Fantastic Slur}}s when angered. On her part, Eon had a troubled relationship with her CreepyChild daughter Neo, at least once calling her a "monster" for her TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior.
* In ''Fanfic/ApprenticeAndPregnant'', Whitepaw's father Old Gray isolated his mate from her extended family and abused her. When she tried to leave, Old Gray killed his mate and [[OffingTheOffspring his daughter]].
* In ''Fanfic/{{CRME}}'':
** Cinder starts abusing Emerald and becomes more controlling near the end of Chapter 6. She later slaps Emerald twice for being jealous about Mercury taking Cinder’s time away from her. She is also emotionally manipulative by telling her that she'll throw her out on the street if she doesn't comply.
** Blake and Adam show up and he is very emotionally manipulative during her short appearance. The abuse is subtle compared to Cinder and Emerald, but this is only due to lack of time.

* ''Fanfic/NoOneSaidLifeWasGonnaBeFair'' starts with ShellShockedVeteran Jasper being in an emotionally and physically abusive relationship with her wife of over a decade, Lapis. Jasper still loves Lapis and doesn't want to leave her, but Lapis has a [[TheMistress mistress]] and plans on leaving with their teenage daughter.
* [[spoiler:Link]] becomes emotionally and physically abusive towards his [[spoiler:adopted sister Zelda]] in ''Fanfic/TheirBond'' due to the effects of drug and alcohol abuse. It gets to the point where Impa considers him a danger who should be killed.
* ''Fanfic/ExTenebrisLux'' is a oneshot about Cinderella's recovery from abuse. She finds it difficult to recover after the trauma of her [[ParentalAbandonment biological parents dying]] when she was little, combined with years of abuse from her WickedStepmother and step-sisters. It affects Cinderella's marriage and her relationship with her own son for years after she's escaped her abusers.
* It's mentioned in ''Fanfic/UltimateMisfits'' that Stormer's father was an abusive cheater towards her mother. Eventually, her mother left with the kids and that's how Stormer became ChildhoodFriends with Kimber.
* In ''Fanfic/SuperVillainPrevention101'', the Joker is Harley's abusive exe. The two were involved in crimes together, but they broke up and Harley [[HeelFaceTurn went straight]].

* ''Fanfic/LetTheWorldSmile'': Ganondorf isn't physically or even emotionally abusive, however he's dominant and aggressive in a manner that isn't healthy.

* ''Fanfic/WineRedNoKokoro'': Ann and Cliff have a BelligerentSexualTension-filled relationship that frequently turns abusive. They love each other, but they're always fighting and Cliff often ends up bruised as a result.

* ''Fanfic/LetTheWorldSmile'': Ganondorf isn't physically or even emotionally abusive, however he's dominant and aggressive in a manner that isn't healthy.

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i2rwDUiJZ4 The Wind - Ariel & Jim ft Odette]]'' by Creator/TheNight130 is a Jim/Ariel {{fanvid}} where Odette is Ariel's abusive girlfriend. Jim hears noise in another apartment, goes to ask if anything's wrong, and sees Ariel with a bruised eye. Despite Ariel [[CutHimselfShaving saying that nothing is wrong]], Jim doesn't believe her.

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i2rwDUiJZ4 The Wind - Ariel & Jim ft Odette]]'' is a Jim/Ariel {{fanvid}} where Odette is Ariel's abusive girlfriend. Jim hears noise in another apartment, goes to ask if anything's wrong, and sees Ariel with a bruised eye. Despite Ariel [[CutHimselfShaving saying that nothing is wrong]], Jim doesn't believe her.

* In ''Fanfic/PokemonLightAU'', Gloria's Disappeared Dad was abusive to his family, which is why he isn't in Gloria's life anymore.