Drabbling: Adventures in 100 Word Newsies Fic

by Angel of Harmony

A series of Newsies drabbles, mostly slashy, written as challenge responses. Fourteenth drabble, in which Blink and Mush are compared to ice cream.

8. Muscle Memory

Drabble 9: Muscle Memory
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Disclaimer: Disney owns nearly everything I've ever obsessed over. This is no exception.
Challenge: Write about the sense of touch. (We had various "senses" challenges; this is the only one I participated in.)
Pairing: Blink/Mush (My first completed Blush, ever.)

Muscle Memory

By Angel of Harmony/Harmony/Jen

Blink never was the touchy-feely type before he found someone he wanted to touch. Physical memory had long outlasted the aural and visual, and human contact still brought the stabbing fear-pangs of past events he'd tried so hard to forget.

But with Mush, things are different. Mush's callused hands make warmth, not shivers, run up Blink's spine, and his strong arms form a circle of love, not pain. And though he still winces when Jack leans on his shoulder, still cringes as Racetrack pats him on the back, Kid Blink is rewriting his muscle memory, one hug at a time.