History Fanfic / LuckyNumberThirteen

-->'''Sharon:''': Don't let him back you into a corner because he's got money. God knows he loves trying to convince you how powerful and wonderful he is just because he's got a massive bank account. It doesn't work that way--you've got plenty of evidence against him.

* TheUnreveal: The fic doesn't explain why Christian goes for a particular type of woman; although Sharon picked up on this and finds it unsettling because of ''how'' similar they all are, she couldn't possibly know the canonical reason for this. In ''Fifty Shades Darker'', it's revealed there that Christian believes he's attracted to these women because they resemble his neglectful birth mother (whom he hates); given that the fic assumes the reader has also read or is at least familiar with the source material and thus this particular plot point, it is likely intended to be an [[InvertedTrope inversion]].

Sharon further goes on to explain how, during her first and last BDSM scene with Christian, he was careless with hoisting and tightening, purposefully ignored a gagged Sharon's alert signals and threatened her with anal rape.

-->'''Sharon:''' Because if he starts arguing with you and demanding something you don't want over, say, dinner, you can keep saying no. You can get up and walk away [...] You can't do that when you're gagged and bound to a table.
As it turns out [[spoiler:this is pretty much exactly what happened to Sharon when she was with Christian]].

* {{Dehumanization}}: This briefly comes up when Sharon asks Ana if she's aware of Christian's previous relationships, to which Ana says that she "know[s] about the fifteen". This gives Sharon a moment of pause, before she tells Ana, "Hon, they are all women and they all have names and are people. [...] I'm one of them."

* {{Foil}}: Sharon to Ana. They have both been involved in BDSM relationships with Christian Grey and look superficially alike. However, while Ana was a virgin before meeting Christian and knows virtually nothing about BDSM, Sharon has been involved in the scene for a few years and is quite experienced. While Ana is rather shy and unconfident, Sharon is assertive and very comfortable in her own skin. Ana finds almost everything to do with sex and BDSM scandalising and embarrassing, while Sharon is a lot more casual and even blunt about it. Ana is also unsure about being a 'natural' submissive (which is what Christian calls her), while Sharon knows she's submissive and is completely fine with it as long as it's on her terms.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Sharon mocks the idea that Christian thinks he can do whatever he wants because of his wealth: "Don't let him back you into a corner because he's got money. God knows he loves trying to convince you how powerful and wonderful he is just because he's got a massive bank account. It doesn't work that way--you've got plenty of evidence against him."

** The author displays quite a bit of knowledge on BDSM so that Sharon can talk about it accurately to Ana; in particular she makes a distinction between the terms 'slave' and 'submissive' (and the accompanying 'Master' and 'Dom') in the BDSM community and calls out Christian for being a bad Dom who doesn't respect his Subs' hard limits, poorly-implements safe words and other safety measures, ignores his Subs' well-being to focus on his own pleasure, and doesn't do any after-care.

* TheUnreveal: The fic doesn't explain why Christian goes for a particular type of woman; although Sharon picked up on this and finds it unsettling because of ''how'' similar they all are, she couldn't possibly know the canonical reason for this. In ''Fifty Shades Darker'', it's revealed there that Christian believes he's attracted to these women because they resemble his neglectful birth mother (whom he hates); given that the fic assumes the reader has also read or is at least familiar with the source material and thus this particular plot point, it likely intended to be an [[InvertedTrope inversion]].

-->"I won't give you the gory details and all of that, but, to put it simply, I got tied up, and then he started hoisting and tightening the ropes. And by hoisting and tightening, I mean he [[spoiler:''damn near ripped my arm out of its socket'']]".
* WorseWithContext: PlayedForDrama. Sharon gives a hypothetical context to Ana when they're talking about the submissive contract. When Sharon brings up that potential Doms and Masters complaining about a person's hard limits is a red flag, Ana questions why (Christian having done the same thing with her). Sharon says the following: ''"Because if he starts arguing with you and demanding something you don't want over, say, dinner, you can keep saying no. You can get up and walk away [...] You can't do that when you're gagged and bound to a table."'' As it turns out [[spoiler:this is pretty much exactly what happened to Sharon when she was with Christian]].

* TheMissusAndTheEx: Christian's ex-submissive Sharon intentionally seeks out Ana, the woman he's currently trying to seduce, to warn her about what Christian can be like. Sharon says she knows this is a weird situation, but she feels she has to tell Ana about how Christian treated her before she gets hurt. Ana is initially a bit wary and jealous, but agrees to hear Sharon out [[spoiler:They end up becoming quite friendly with each other and Sharon agrees to help Ana break up with Christian]].

!! Contains examples of:

* ThirteenIsUnlucky: As referenced in the title, Sharon was Christian's thirteenth sub and the one who came out of it rather seriously injured. On the other hand, [[spoiler: she ended the relationship right away and so avoided any further physical and emotional harm, and manages to save Ana from a similar fate]].

* AlternateUniverseFic: Ana canonically never met any of Christian's former subs (save for [[StalkerWithACrush Leila]]) and was certainly never persuaded early on to [[spoiler: leave Christian, meaning that many of the later events of ''Fifty Shades of Grey'' and the other books didn't happen]]. However, it ''is'' canon that Christian had a sub who got injured during a BDSM scene...

* AnArmAndALeg: Heavily downplayed, as Sharon didn't actually end up losing any limbs, but she reveals that when Christian suspended her from the ceiling of his playroom [[spoiler: he tied her up in such a way her arm was ''dislocated and tore a ligament'', which required surgery to repair the damage]]. She said it sure ''felt'' like she'd nearly had her arm torn off, though.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Sharon mentions her 6'7", rugby-playing brother Greg helped her confront Christian when she ended things and also offered to "kick [his] ass" after he [[spoiler: dislocated her arm]].

* CoolBigSis: Sharon comes across as a bit of one to Ana, especially in the ending where she [[spoiler: happily agrees to come with her and Kate as a support person when she breaks things off with Christian]].

* DamselOutOfDistress: Sharon. After Christian [[spoiler: dislocated her arm and sent her to bed]], she waited until he was asleep, then [[spoiler: snuck out of his apartment and drove herself to ER]].
* DeconstructionFic: The fic takes all of the more disturbing implications and FridgeHorror present in the ''Fifty Shades'' books and plays them realistically. The results are '''''not''''' pretty. It actually doubles as a FixFic too, though, as the ending has [[spoiler: Sharon helping Ana realise she doesn't have to put up with this and deciding to dump Christian, becoming more informed about how BDSM actually works, gaining a new friend in Sharon and growing as a person]].

* LaserGuidedKarma: After the stuff Christian [[IncrediblyLamePun pulled]] with Sharon [[spoiler: she cut him off and threatened to sic her brother on him if he came near her. She gave him a taste of his own medicine as well by recording their break-up conversation as insurance if he tried to harass her and later manages to persuade Ana he's bad news]].

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Sharon signed the contract with Christian agreeing to be his submissive (or "slave" as she [[InsistentTerminology more accurately puts it]]) for three months, but after the incident where [[spoiler: her arm was dislocated, which actually occurred on their ''first night'' together]], she ended up [[spoiler: fleeing his apartment as he slept and cutting contact with him]].

--> "I won't give you the gory details and all of that, but, to put it simply, I got tied up, and then he started hoisting and tightening the ropes. And by hoisting and tightening, I mean he [[spoiler: ''damn near ripped my arm out of its socket'']]".

* RevengeFic: In regards to Christian Grey, though done in a more subdued and realistic manner; he in fact [[PresentAbsence never actually shows up in person]] and the 'revenge' is more about getting Ana away from his harmful influence, although via Sharon, Christian's controlling, manipulative and sometimes abusive behavior gets thoroughly called-out. By the end [[spoiler:Ana is completely disenchanted with Christian, wondering what she ever saw in him, and decides she's going to break up with him, with Sharon saying that combined they have enough evidence of his abusive and illegal behavior to make life unpleasant for him if won't leave Ana alone]].

* BlamingTheVictim: Sharon says that when Christian confronted her about ending their relationship early because of the injury he gave her, he tried to [[NeverMyFault shift the blame entirely on her]], saying he couldn't tell she was in pain, that she should've sent clearer signals to stop and that she over-estimated her limits when she agreed to become his sub. Sharon calls this out as victim-blaming, saying Christian is just a terrible, abusive Dom.