[it's a start, even when his certainty wavers, arms sagging as if already exhausted by the weight of this thing that has killed]
[he pulls it from the sheath entirely and slides that back onto the bed next to his partner's thigh, delicate in its placement, knowing every move he makes is being watched, and carefully]
[it's bigger than he expected, somehow, and he requires Hasebe's help to keep it lifted with one hand]
[that's when curiosity gets the better of him and two fingerprints slide along the edge in what he swears is the most delicate touch he's ever used... and yet he doesn't even feel the separation of his skin until crimson trickles down]
no subject
[it's a start, even when his certainty wavers, arms sagging as if already exhausted by the weight of this thing that has killed]
[he pulls it from the sheath entirely and slides that back onto the bed next to his partner's thigh, delicate in its placement, knowing every move he makes is being watched, and carefully]
[it's bigger than he expected, somehow, and he requires Hasebe's help to keep it lifted with one hand]
[that's when curiosity gets the better of him and two fingerprints slide along the edge in what he swears is the most delicate touch he's ever used... and yet he doesn't even feel the separation of his skin until crimson trickles down]
Damn. [a curse that is awe, not pain]
[he's fucking deadly]