[ credence is barely holding himself together and graves knows it. the praise is nice though, even if it feels unwarranted. credence's eyes never leave graves' work on the wound, soft and worried. when the danger has passed and only pain is left, credence wipes his hands again and snatches the gauze and bandages from graves so that he can do this part himself.
but then i like coconut and credence can't help but smile, chin tucking down slightly in embarrassment over being so happy being granted something so simple. it means a lot to him, though. once the bandaging is done he burrows into graves' shoulder for a moment, inhaling-exhaling slowly before he peels off the gloves and grasps graves' face gently in his hands, urging a kiss to his mouth softly. ] I love you. You can't leave me because of something like this, okay?
[ he still won't expect graves to say it back. of course he doesn't, because graves never says it. still, he looks at him a moment before speaking again. ] You need to rest. I can clean all of this up.
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but then i like coconut and credence can't help but smile, chin tucking down slightly in embarrassment over being so happy being granted something so simple. it means a lot to him, though. once the bandaging is done he burrows into graves' shoulder for a moment, inhaling-exhaling slowly before he peels off the gloves and grasps graves' face gently in his hands, urging a kiss to his mouth softly. ] I love you. You can't leave me because of something like this, okay?
[ he still won't expect graves to say it back. of course he doesn't, because graves never says it. still, he looks at him a moment before speaking again. ] You need to rest. I can clean all of this up.