Elias's hands fiddled anxiously with his phone, eyes shifting nervously between his friend and the device. "I mean, are you sure? It's... I don't want you seeing me differently if you see this and- uh... yeah you'll definitely be seeing me differently." He exhaled softly.
"Ja im sure. I mean you'll be the first to see my face and I can only hope it doesn't change the way you look at me too. Nothing you show me will change how I view you Eli." Marius nodded and wrapped his arm around Elias's shoulder and pulled him into his room, using his foot to shut his door. "Dont want the others to see this too." The pilot chuckled nervously.
Nodding slowly, Elias complied and stepped into the room that was, unsurprisingly, clean and orderly. With a hesitant, final glance towards the Pilot he exhaled lowly and pulled up the picture. "Put me out of my misery, Mari. Make it painless." He exhaled with a laugh, only seeming to be half joking as he tossed the phone his way. Upon the screen was a picture of himself, not a single article of clothes on. Muscled body completely on display in the large mirror, a smirk covering his features. Clearly he was half drunk by the way it was partially blurred and his smile was a bit too lazy. A completely different context to seeing each other in the showers or post-mission medical checks.
"I just- look, I struggle to delete pictures and I- I didn't know what to do with this one since I've... never done that before so, I panicked and kept it and-" cutting off the beginning of an embarrassed fit of rambles, Elias glanced towards Marius hesitantly. "LITERALLY seeing me differently now, huh?"
Marius slided up the lens on his helmet as he looked at the phone, still listening to elias freaking out in the background. Grey eyes narrowing on the pic as he glanced up at eli then back at the pic.
"What is this?" He pointed to the phone then back at him. "Sohn einer Hündin!
You have more muscle than me? How is that possible? I was sure i exercised more than you! Yet look at those toned thighs! Them abs! Those arms!" Seems he was hung up on the face that blitz had more muscle and a better toned body than himself.
"Ja this changes everything! You are not soft doughy boy like i thought." Marius chuckled.
Sputtering frantically at the Pilot's comments, he waved his hands and tried to interrupt him, "N-No! I- Wait!" His face ended up in his hands with a loud groan as he snatched his phone out of the Pilots hands, cradling it to his chest before mumbling, "I just- I have to carry that shield around all day, I kind of have to be... more fit that most. Besides, I train with Monty for gods sake, do you KNOW how hard he goes? Six would kick my ass if I was a 'soft doughy boy'." He snickered, seeming to relax a bit. Okay, that wasn't as bad as he thought it would be.
Marius laughed at his comment.
"Ja your right. I forgot that those shields can be heavy. Even i struggle carrying those portable shields." He said while nodding. Yup his view on elias did change but not in a bad way..."Ah now then deal is a deal but promise you won't be scared ja? It will make me feel bad." He gave a nervous laugh as he undid the strap to his helmet and took it off, revealing his dirty blonde hair that was now sticking up. He had the very common helmet hair. He then pulled his face mask down, revealing his full face.
A long, mangled scar went diagonal across his lower face, from the side of his neck, trailing up to the corner of his lower lips, continuing on the other side up to his cheek. Smaller scars were scattered around the bigger one. He glanced up at him and gave a nervous smile. "Mystery solved ja?" He looked away as he gave a nervous laugh.
Elias's eyes widened ever so slightly, not in repulsion but in awe as the balaclava was slid down and out of the way, revealing the mangled scar trailing across his face and down his neck.
"Marius," he exhaled, gazing at him curiously, yet less of his attention was focused on the scar. His eyes had an entirely new meaning to the blonde, a softly shaped jawline, a warm, natural smile, even wild helmet hair. Hands raising to touch his face, Elias hesitated once he realized he had to take the scar into account. This wasn't something someday revealed everyday, "I-... Can I?" He murmured lowly, voice gentle and softened in a way he only really does to his cat when she manages to hurt herself, a reassuring whisper of sorts partnered with a warm smile.
Marius was taken back by his reaction. He expected him to give him a look of disgust like others used to, not curiosity. He was honestly shocked and speechless as he gave a slow nod.
"Ja...you can." Marius said softly as he grabbed elias's hand gently and placed it onto his cheek. He closed his eyes for a bit, enjoying the warmth of his hand.
Perking up slightly as he felt hands guide his own, Elias smiled warmly at the Pilot as he guided his hands. Cupping the other's jawline, he brushed his thumbs over his warm cheeks, barely ghosting his fingers over the scar. "Dom said you had to be something real ugly to be hiding behind your mask all the time. He was wrong on all accounts." He grinned, a finger tracing the scar curiously, the pad of his index finger trailing from his bottom lip, gently brushing down his neck with a fascinated look in his eyes if the way they seemed to shine meant anything. "You're pretty... pretty uh- good looking, of course." he quickly recovered the odd compliment with a nervous smile as he continued to trace the scar down his neck. "Does it go further?" He asked with a tilt of his head.
Marius chuckled as he rubbed the back of his head, he was slightly embarrassed. "Ah well dom is a bastard anyway. He calls everyone ugly." He grinned and gave a soft sigh. The warmth was nice as he rarely touched his own face due to his scar. He was rather ashamed of it.
"Danke Eli. Its nice to hear that." He gave a warm smile before looking back at him and nodding.
"Ja...I shall show you." He said as he undid his vest and slide it off before taking off his hoodie. He then took off the black shirt underneath, revealing his bare chest. He was fairly muscular and toned for his small size but no where as muscular as elias himself. The scar trailed from his neck and continued to get bigger the further it went down and connected with a huge mangled scar that covered his right side. It curved down to his lower back and seemed to trail down, probably going down his right leg as well.
He cleared his throat as he showed off his scars on his chest and lower back.
"I um...took a grenade blast on a convoy...Ironically on the way to join GSG9...I took the worst yet it wasn't enough to save the rest of my men." He looked down as he spoke, the memories vivid in his head. "I honestly hate grenades...pretty stupid right?" He gave a chuckle as he looked away.
Elias watched carefully, layers of clothes being shed to reveal the main, gnarled scar upon his side. Instinctively, he reached out to brush it gently, eyes raising from where his hand lay to the Pilot's face. Listening to the other as he spoke about how he took the injury, he hummed lowly. Expression softened, he reached back again, embracing Marius instead, arms wrapped around his waist as he pulled the Engineer close to his chest."It isn't stupid, Mari. It's for good reason." he hummed reassuringly, "Y'know what's stupid? That I freaked out about a nude." His smile widened into a wide grin as he let out a breathy laugh and briefly bonked their foreheads together lightly, "You had a lot more reason be worried about. But trust me, you're the same brave, genius, sweet, Jägerchen I know and adore."
The pilot shivered a little as Eli touched his scar. He could very faintly feel the warmth as he lost a lot of feeling in his side due to his injury. The embrace caught him off guard. He gasped as he was hugged. He hesitantly raised his arms and hugged eli back tightly. "I think we both had reason to freak out. You did something i never thought a dough boy like you would do and now you learned my darkest secret." He chuckled as their foreheads touched. He looked right into his eyes and smiled. "I am happy that my...scars don't scare you. They have held me back on lots of things...it can be hard to be close with others as well but i am happy you accept me." He smiled and leaned forward, giving him a tender kiss on the cheek. He was honeslty very happy.
Smiling warmly, Elias leaned into the embrace carefully and hummed in agreement at his comment. Lightly pinched his not scarred side with a grin after Marius placed the feather light kiss upon his cheek. "Nothing you do could ever scare me, Mari. After all the times I've had you giggling like a maniac over my shoulder, there's no way I can't have you in my life. Hopefully you'll stay, ja?"
Grinning, Elias ever so slightly tightened his grip on the Pilot, their noses brushing as he arched a brow at him, mischief written across his features. "Actually...That reminds me..." He almost purred, smirking knowingly, "A day without you getting the soul tickled out of your body isn't allowed in my books."
Marius jumped a little from the pinch as he smirked. "I'll always stay will you if you'll have me ja?" He hummed happily as their noses touched. He made a mental note that he really enjoyed this and show do this again soon. His expression changed to a surprised one at the mention of tickling. "Eli if you tickle me, I will kiss you so you can't tickle me! I will do it for reals this time!" He playfully threatened him.
"It's tradition, mein Schatz." He snickered, closing in on his personal space, almost breathing the same air as him as he grinned from ear to ear. "Besides, you don't need an excuse like that if you want to give me-" abruptly he was tickling the Pilot's bare sides, lifting him up and off the ground with a laugh, "A little kiss!" Although he usually made it hard for the Pilot to actually do as he threatened, always leaving Marius breathless and hysterical enough to escape him or exhausted enough to not be able to act upon his word, Elias was going rather easy on him today. Perhaps the reveal was enough to soften him more than he already was around the Engineer. "So about that kiss, ja?" He snickered, the Pilot caught in his arms.
"N-Neeeeiiinnn! Not fair Elias!" Marius manged to say while laughing. He flailed around as he was tickled by him. "You know what! Here's your kiss!" He shouted as he leaned forward and kissed him, right on the lips to hopefully shock him enough to stop tickling him