we used to play outside when we were young & full of life & full of love
*What kinda shit?" You're genuinely curious; you know from living here for years how overblown and amusing the rumors can get. Started a few yourself, in the day. But the truth? Never even close to as interesting. "Nothin' excitin'- some'a th'usual suspects tryin'a start shit."
You shrug. "Tried t'keep it from gettin' outta hand. One'uv 'em tried t'deck me, I dodged. Shoulda been nothin' but the damn 'biter was standin' behind me an' got hit. An' Jack, the fucker pulled a knife." Your indignation with this escalation is evident in your lopsided glare. "On kids. Our kids. I couldn't let him hit any'a them-"
The glint of steel, the pain. You swallow and shake your head. What happened next is evident on your face.
His nod to the dressing earns a snort. "Got it stitched," you offer shortly, but pull back the dressing as asked. The wound itself is well approximated, appropriately red and swollen but without too much evidence of infection for that. The dock doc, as the woman is called, did a decent job. Not very deep - hard to cut deep on the face - and mercifully sparing the eye, but certain to scar your pretty face.
You shrug. "Tried t'keep it from gettin' outta hand. One'uv 'em tried t'deck me, I dodged. Shoulda been nothin' but the damn 'biter was standin' behind me an' got hit. An' Jack, the fucker pulled a knife." Your indignation with this escalation is evident in your lopsided glare. "On kids. Our kids. I couldn't let him hit any'a them-"
The glint of steel, the pain. You swallow and shake your head. What happened next is evident on your face.
His nod to the dressing earns a snort. "Got it stitched," you offer shortly, but pull back the dressing as asked. The wound itself is well approximated, appropriately red and swollen but without too much evidence of infection for that. The dock doc, as the woman is called, did a decent job. Not very deep - hard to cut deep on the face - and mercifully sparing the eye, but certain to scar your pretty face.
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