#rwdayone

High on his thigh, where his legs drag together as he digs his toes into the sheets, is the sting of stubble burn. His boxers catch on it as he stretches, hip digging into the mattress, and the bite spreads like molasses, warmth creeping up his veins.

@ AO3

If he’s being honest with himself, Aaron noticed the scars then. They were hard to miss; jagged mountains and sheer crevices his fingers stumbled across as they travelled across the terrain of Robert’s body. But he put it to the back of his mind. or; Aaron gets to know Robert's body again.

“What happened here?” Aaron's voice is soft, almost a whisper. Robert wants to act stupid, wants to act like he has no idea what Aaron is referencing. But he does. Because Aaron's fingertips are tracing his chest that is now covered in thin white lines. They linger on one in particular, just off to the left, a little deeper than the rest. - The conversation Robert and Aaron have in August 18th after the episode ends. Robert week day 1- Write a missing scene from your favourite Robert era.