❛   that’s a mean bruise.   ❜  

            (   don’t pull a nancy drew, ned, STAY OUT OF BUSINESS THAT ISN’T YOURS.                                 DON’T BE NOSY.  all that does is end in trouble.    ).

                     he’s taller than her, by almost a foot, all six foot two of muscular dork shifts almost nervously, tries to hunch his shoulders to make himself look smaller.  varsity jacket hangs comfortably over his form  &  eyes filled with something akin to empathy but could easily be misconstrued as pity.  he knows bruises like that hurt.

                           he’s been taught never to hit a girl   &   to never let a girl get hit.