Normally Alex went to Sanagi when he got injured. It had become a regular thing with them now. Today he had her make a house call.
Letting her work as he always did. He was used to her presence and touch. When her fingers traced over one of the old scars… His hand snapped up to grab her hand. His touch though was gentle, yet restrained. A simple reaction because none of the scars he bore was earned gently. A part of him though recognized Sanagi as someone he trusted and was able to keep himself from hurting her.
“Sana…” His eyes looked conflicted as he first looked at her and then down to his hand holding hers. Slowly he withdrew his hand as he closed his eyes. “I’m sorry… I didn’t mean to startle you.”
Purple hues watched him wanting, as always, to help relieve some of the pain that lingered in his crimson ones. “Don’t be sorry.” Her off hand took his hand back as she shifted positions. “I should have been more careful but….” She laid her head on his shoulder, careful with her horns and her free hand reached the the myriad of scars on his left hand. She slowly and purposefully traced the one on the back of his hand, before turning it over and doing the same to the two on the palm side all the while talking low in almost a murmur to him. “They’re a part of you. They’re the parts that say you’re a survivor. I believe…. without someone accepting all of it, all of you, that it will be a much longer road for you to accept it all. For you to move on to the better things you say you want.”
She stopped tracing and looked up at his face again. “I accept you for it all, and I know that’s hard to believe but I do. I think you’re beautiful, in all of it.” At this point she was just gently holding his hands. Hoping desperately to convey everything she wanted, even though she realized there was plenty she wasn’t saying. She was biting her lower lip, like she did so often, but this time, there was a small tinge of blood at the edge of it where she had bitten just a little too hard. She still hadn’t even noticed.
Spirit of the Warlock 