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The moment Liam flicks the lighter on and touches it to the roughly shaved area where the entrance wound lies, Theo can’t seem to help the tiniest flinch. He can hear the strain of Theo’s teeth as they grind together, almost crack from the pressure. His breathing is ragged, his heartbeat barely wrangled down to normal.
“I know, Teddy, I know, just hang on for a couple more seconds,” Liam chants under his breath.
He’s been holding his breath without realizing it. The stench of burning flesh, too fresh to even trick his mind into recalling the scent of meat on a grill, would have his stomach in knots if he were inhaling any air. A distant part of Liam’s brain, though, recognizes grimly that the only thing Theo can do at this point is to breathe through the pain, and he’s tired of wondering how well acquainted his boyfriend (not boyfriend?) has been since age nine with the smell of bodies burning and rotting.