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shadows searching in the night ( scarred serenades ) by Kydriel
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Jul 2022
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"Guitar's yours. Used to think I'd impress girls with it."
"Trust me Harrington, you don't need a guitar to impress girls. And y'know what they say, chicks dig scars."
"Mine are bigger."
"Size isn't everything. It's how you use it, ain't it big boy? So prove it. I've shown you mine, you show me yours?"
Eddie reverently traces the roadmaps of Steve's scars with guitar string calluses. Outlines them with lips - tastes courage. Steve's body is a tapestry of tales. Eddie is determined to leave his mark, obliterate violent scars with those born of devotion. Hopes he'll leave a scar so Steve can carry a piece of him close. In turn Steve kisses his bruises better. Eddie gasps at the pain/pleasure. Steve needs to hear more.
Each touch is a promise. One day Eddie's injuries will heal like Steve's. One day he'll fight again. One day it won't hurt. Wounds forged in the heat of war will temper into battle scars only the brave have the right to bear. They've survived the valley in the shadow of death together. A grisly demobat bite on Steve's flank mirrors one on Eddie. He wonders if they'll form matching scars.
They kiss with the desperation of dying men, like the world is ending - because it is.