graves remembers this, the night before when they had met, when graves had taken him to a diner and showed him the value of magic -- and he feels a coil of guilt at the wonder in his eyes, when he lights up and looks so much younger than his years.
credence is clever, driven and hungry for knowledge; a smart young man that graves comes to learn more about as the days go by, uncovering snippets of him, getting closer. his brows furrow when he sees those palms, skin broken and welts swelling up -- it's nasty work by a nasty woman, and despite graves's intent not to get personally involved, the transgression is too great to ignore.
he doesn't answer the first question just yet, preoccupied with the wounds credence gingerly sports. they need to fix this, because it will sting and burn whenever credence touches something -- graves is more than certain that's mary lou's intent -- and he gently brushes his finger over his, taking away the worst of it with a quiet spell, skin healing over the wounds, knitting together.
it's the least he can do after getting him into trouble. ] Tell me if it still hurts.
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graves remembers this, the night before when they had met, when graves had taken him to a diner and showed him the value of magic -- and he feels a coil of guilt at the wonder in his eyes, when he lights up and looks so much younger than his years.
credence is clever, driven and hungry for knowledge; a smart young man that graves comes to learn more about as the days go by, uncovering snippets of him, getting closer. his brows furrow when he sees those palms, skin broken and welts swelling up -- it's nasty work by a nasty woman, and despite graves's intent not to get personally involved, the transgression is too great to ignore.
he doesn't answer the first question just yet, preoccupied with the wounds credence gingerly sports. they need to fix this, because it will sting and burn whenever credence touches something -- graves is more than certain that's mary lou's intent -- and he gently brushes his finger over his, taking away the worst of it with a quiet spell, skin healing over the wounds, knitting together.
it's the least he can do after getting him into trouble. ] Tell me if it still hurts.