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Scars
"What are these?" Elizabeth asks softly, her hands gently tracing the lines on his back.
Will grimaces. "The cat, but let us not talk about that, hm?"
His kiss leaves her breathless as ever, but the question comes nonetheless.
"Does it hurt?"
"No, not now."
"And then, when you got it?"
The words are muffled by her hair. "More than the one on my chest."
She holds on tight to him, feels her own heart clench. She wants to ask more, but remains quiet.
Mr. Brown? Some ship you worked on your way to the Caribbean? Your mother?
There's a another kiss to her neck before he looks back at her, dark eyes filled with sadness and hope as he smiles faintly and caresses the light curve of her belly. Another six months, he calculates.
"Our baby will have better, Elizabeth, I promise."
A tear follows her understanding, promises the same herself with a parting kiss.