#16 tacks

16 Tacks (8-year-old Nathan Wuornos; pre-Haven)(part of my Demi!Nathan fic, chapter 12(?) about moment in time between Nathan and Duke)

Nathan is lying on a gurney in the nurse’s office, he knows he should be in physical pain but there’s *nothing*.

He does feel a lot of emotions, though, humiliation, anger, like a freak.

His back is covered in over a dozen bandaids, and he felt nothing even when nurse Carol made distressed noises at the state of his back.

He can still hear Carla Rose’s screams, the look on her face when Nathan tried to stumble over a (onesided, it turns out, or maybe no-sided), crush confession while leaving behind him a bloody trail.

He also remembers the laughter, which quickly turned to yells for an adult after the real damage of 16 tacks on a person’s back was revealed to Duke Crocker and all his pals.

Nathan Wuornos: I can laugh. I do have a sense of humor, you know.

Duke Crocker: I’ve never heard you laugh?

Haven parallels: Nathan gets overdue apologies (1x11 The Trial of Audrey Parker / 1x12 Resurfacing)

Garland Wuornos: I’m sorry, Nathan. I really am. I don’t want to tell ya.

Nathan Wuornos: Yeah, me too.

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Duke Crocker: Nathan. Sorry about the tacks.

The Life and Times of Demisexual Nathan Wuornos   Chapter 12: "You went home with her, just like that?" [Haven Nathan & Duke  1x5 Ball and Chain/1x10 The Hnd You’re Dealt/post-1x12 Resurfacing) 1942 words; 450 hits; 7 kudos (23.11.2019))

https://archiveofourown.org/works/11154636/chapters/47799514

Drabbles on Touch Chapter 27: Becoming Troubled in ‘83 [Haven 1x2 Butterfly/4x2 Survivors backstory; young!Nathan, young!Duke, Elizabeth/Garland Wuornos] 759 words; 550 hits; 20 kudos (4.4.2019)

Drabbles on Touch Chapter 26: Feel, See, Hear, Speak No Evil [Haven 5x2 Speak No Evil Nathan & Duke] 356 words; 519 hits; 20 kudos (27.2.2019)