Noah holds Blue's hand when she reaches for him, dread forming a small pit in his stomach.
"How do you know?" he says to Ronan, unconsciously making sure his back is now facing away from everyone. "I'm wearing a shirt." He reaches behind himself anyway, touching what he can reach with his free hand; the top of his spine, his shoulder blade, before dropping his arm. He wouldn't be able to feel words anyway.
Blue asks if they all have something, and he'd make a joke about stripping down, but not with what Adam's back says. He looks around. No one else is telling Adam, no one wants to be the one to hurt him. Noah doesn't blame them.
"It says, I convinced myself I deserved it," Noah says quietly.
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Date: 2016-05-23 06:29 pm (UTC)"How do you know?" he says to Ronan, unconsciously making sure his back is now facing away from everyone. "I'm wearing a shirt." He reaches behind himself anyway, touching what he can reach with his free hand; the top of his spine, his shoulder blade, before dropping his arm. He wouldn't be able to feel words anyway.
Blue asks if they all have something, and he'd make a joke about stripping down, but not with what Adam's back says. He looks around. No one else is telling Adam, no one wants to be the one to hurt him. Noah doesn't blame them.
"It says, I convinced myself I deserved it," Noah says quietly.