There’s too little time between her initial movement and when her shirt hits the floor between them to offer anything other than a noise of surprise, his hands raised slightly in an failed gesture of de-escalation. He swallows back on any other reply, instead taking the look she’s clearly requesting of him.
It’s... a grotesque sight. Less for the scarring itself, significant though it may be, and more for the obvious intent that underscores each and every mark. An illustration of intentional human cruelty. Sympathy replaces surprise and horror, before both are schooled into an expression that’s not quite either. Open, warm, entirely divorced from pity or disgust.
He raises his gaze to meet her eyes. Simply—]
You’re beautiful.
[ And no less in his esteem than she was minutes or hours ago. ]
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There’s too little time between her initial movement and when her shirt hits the floor between them to offer anything other than a noise of surprise, his hands raised slightly in an failed gesture of de-escalation. He swallows back on any other reply, instead taking the look she’s clearly requesting of him.
It’s... a grotesque sight. Less for the scarring itself, significant though it may be, and more for the obvious intent that underscores each and every mark. An illustration of intentional human cruelty. Sympathy replaces surprise and horror, before both are schooled into an expression that’s not quite either. Open, warm, entirely divorced from pity or disgust.
He raises his gaze to meet her eyes. Simply—]
You’re beautiful.
[ And no less in his esteem than she was minutes or hours ago. ]