memeconsolidation ([personal profile] memeconsolidation) wrote in [community profile] bakerstreet2016-02-06 10:07 pm
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Kissing Scars

The Kissing Scars Meme
Despite the romanticism surrounding the emotion, it can be difficult to be loved completely — not just the beautiful parts of us, but also the sad parts, the injured parts, the hidden and less-than-pleasant parts. There are marks on us, both physical and mental, that we'd often rather forget. The mental ones can just be easier to hide. As for physical scars, they can be off of our minds some of the time, but that's exceedingly hard to do in more intimate, close moments.

Whether it's to your dismay or otherwise, your partner is not looking away and ignoring your scars. To the contrary, they're providing attention in a way most heavily associated with tenderness: kissing. It may be an accidental slip off target, or they may be trying to show you that what you've done and who you've been don't matter to them now.

Does the gesture touch you? Make the walls come up once again because of the memories that are dredged from somewhere you'd rather no go? A mixture of both?

The wound has long closed, yet the pains remains; these days, however, there's someone who may be willing to help you bear it.

  • Reply with the usual: canon, character, preferences, et al. You may also want to say if you're down for smut or not, since it's not a given.
  • Be sure to include what side you'd like your character to play. Mention if you can do both the kisser and the kissed.
  • Also, feel free to talk about your character's scars.
  • Reply to others.
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facedness: (they say that things just cannot grow)

[personal profile] facedness 2016-02-15 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
"Little," she repeats, nodding. "Wider field of choices that way." That's better, not having to decide all at once. Nibbling. Funny the things that feel safe or unsafe anymore.

She tilts her head, considering the wine. "I'd like wine," she decides. "To help to rose tint everything." She's not sure where the expression came from, but she says it anyway.

[personal profile] tair_abayd 2016-02-16 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
"I'll make it two," she smiles over her shoulder at Kara. A range of small finger foods and at least two bottles of wine to wash it all down with. Not a bad vacation overall, right?

Once the order is placed, Sara crosses the room to kiss her warmly. There's no agenda behind the touch, just warmth and affection. "I'm going to get a shower while we wait."
facedness: (bleed me dry each and every time)

[personal profile] facedness 2016-02-16 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Okay," Kara says immediately, though she instinctively leans a bit closer, like she doesn't want to be parted from Sara even that little bit. "Should I... I mean, should I do anything?" She's not sure even what, but it seems like the thing to ask.

[personal profile] tair_abayd 2016-02-22 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
"Hey." Sara reaches out, drawing her close again, kissing the scar at the base of her neck. It doesn't matter how the scar got there, only that it's something she can touch, something real.

"We're okay. It's just you and me and nobody else. You can come with me if you want, or you can stretch out and take a nap." Her hand smooths along dark hair. "You're safe."
facedness: (those angels started acting the same)

[personal profile] facedness 2016-02-22 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
Kara shivers a bit, not unhappily, not -- not anything negative, just from basic sensation. There are times when her scars ache, when any contact feels twice as distinct as touch anywhere else, and there are times when, no matter what's been going on previously, she just doesn't expect contact.

She nods slowly, trying to convince herself of the truth (she trusts Sara, just not herself). "I want, I want both," she admits. "I'll come with you. I don't want..." A shrug that explains everything.

[personal profile] tair_abayd 2016-02-24 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
"I know." Sometimes it's simpler to let someone else decide and Sara understands that better than most. So she lets her hand sink into dark hair and draw Kara into a warm kiss. "Together then." They were both finding their way back to what passed for normality. Who's to say they couldn't do it together?

"Get the water started? I'll grab a couple of robes."
facedness: (they say that things just cannot grow)

[personal profile] facedness 2016-02-24 10:10 am (UTC)(link)
Kara nods. This, she can do. This is simple, straightforward. This is something to do and a clear end result, and that's better than the unknown. "I can do that," she says. "How hot do you want it?"

[personal profile] tair_abayd 2016-02-24 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)

"Trust yourself," Sara drops a kiss to the corner of her lips. "Whatever's comfortable for us." The unknown was frightening, but she had someone to hold on to, someone who wouldn't be taken, someone who understood what it meant to be broken apart.

facedness: (you're so worried about the maiden)

[personal profile] facedness 2016-02-24 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Another nod, then. That can be difficult for Kara to remember, because for so long her brain wasn't even her own, but it's easier with Sara around. She could trust herself for Sara's sake.

So she goes into the bathroom, climbs in the shower. Turns it as hot as it could go for a moment just to feel it. That can be refreshing, sometimes, that abruptness.
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