originallutece: an alcoholic father is waiting for meeee (neutral; somewheeere beyond the sea)
Rosalind Lutece ([personal profile] originallutece) wrote in [personal profile] stripebacked 2018-04-12 06:53 am (UTC)

[Her eyes dart over him, cataloging what injuries she can see. It's not much, and she's certain he's hiding worse beneath his clothes, but she won't press just yet. If she does, she'll have to give an equal report on her own, and she's not quite ready to tell him.

(In no small part because she knows he'll get angry. He'll demand to know Tani's name, he'll be desperate to fight him, and she won't put him through that).]


I'm not that badly off just yet.

[But she reaches for him impulsively, fingers sliding lightly against his arm, hungry for physical contact that isn't harsh or abusive. She glances down, focusing on nothing at all for a few seconds. Then, quietly:]

Tell me what they did.

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