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You smiled softly as you watched your loved partner come out of the bath. Thancred had his towel wrapped around his waist, hair still dripping wet when he spotted you watching him.
"Enjoying the view?" He grinned at you, walking up to close the gap between the two of you. You couldn't hide a little blush as you nodded. "You have a new scar" you pointed out, brushing your index finger over the fresh scar right over his right collarbone.
You could hear him sigh as he shook his head gently. "Don't worry, it's just one of many" Thancred whispered, his hands reaching out to toy with your hair to distract you. But you didn't want to be distracted, you focused on all the scars that adorned his body and knew all of them had a story, knew some of them were connected to painful memories. Your gaze fixated on a large scar right across his chest. Without thinking, you leaned down and kissed along the scarred skin.
Thancred gasped at the sudden care, but let you continue. You were the first person that he let this close to himself, that he opened up to so much. He trusted you with all his heart.
You felt his heartbeat increasing when you moved to the next scar, lips caressing even the smallest of scratches. His hands now rested on your head, fingers petting and brushing through your hair. "I love you" you murmured against wet kissed skin. Thancred tensed a bit, still struggling to express his feelings after all this time with you. You always knew he tried his best, a man of big words when it came to flirting, yet so awkward handling emotions. "Love you, too honey" he managed to say.
His answer made you chuckle happily and you carefully nudged him to the bed on which he sat down with a little sigh. Thancred wasn't sure why you started this, but clearly enjoyed it too much to voice out his question. Your lips refocused on the next scar, softly kissing all over it, moving to another… every now and then, you repeated your love to him. "I love you so much", another kiss, "you deserve all of this and more" you sighed in a sweet voice.
Thancred felt moved, his heart throbbed and cried out to yours, knowing he truly was loved, feeling so blessed having you. He never took you for granted. Thought for such a long time that he didn't deserve you, but you made sure to let him know that he did. He took in every soft touch, every sweet kiss and loving word you offered. "Thank you…" you heard him whisper with such a wavering voice, filled with love and affection but also the pain of his past.
You moved up to kiss over his neck and finally met his lips with yours, affectionately licking over them until Thancred wrapped his arms around your body, pressing you closer as he deepened the kiss. The both of you stayed like that for what felt like forever, until you needed to break the kiss for some intake of air. Thancred stroked over your cheek with his thumb, offering you a smile that spoke more than any words ever could, full of love and care and gratefulness. "Now, let me caress your scars, too" he whispered cheekily. You laughed softly as you nodded, letting him take over.