Huffing Syx tried to wave her off, “It’s fine really.”
Actually, it was embarrassing as the bruises were revealed. As his tight suit was peeled back, dark bruises covered his arms and sides courtesy of a hard staff. Those weren’t the ones he didn’t want to show, though.
Wrapping his arms around her, Syx just sighed. This wasn’t going to get easier.
“This was being careful. Bruises are a good thing… really…” he kissed her head and pulled away enough to finish stripping. Hissing in a bit of pain as he pulled off his underwear and turned to head to the bathroom, hoping she wouldn’t notice the the bruise on his crotch. It was embarrassing. All the more because it was going to kill his sex drive tonight.
Seeing the true extent of the injuries he had suffered had Anna’s hand moving up to cover her mouth, her eyes widening fractionally. Rather than making a scene about it, however, she took a deep breath to calm herself, her eyes closing as she did. When they opened again, her expression of concern was clear as day before she turned.
She left for a while, but when she returned she had an ice pack covered by a thin cloth. Handing it to him, she held her other hand out palm up, a couple pills in her hand. “For any swelling,” She urged gently.
Syx took the pills but shrugged, “These don’t really work well on me.”
Pressing the ice to the worst of the swelling, he leaned his head on her, “I’ll be fine. I promise. They’ll heal before you know it,” he was covered in scars, she had to understand that wounds happened. She’d been covered in battle scars once too… but no more. They had disappeared with the ears. Something that was Emma and not Anna. A part of him hoped she was still his warrior woman.
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