[He gets a glance of the mark, first. Frowns over Eddie's head, arms slowly wrapping around Eddie's shoulders, along his back. He squeezes slowly, looks around the room at first: takes in the bed, the clothes, the quiet state of disarray, of frantic lived-in-ness. He looks down at Eddie next, catches sight of the gauze around his neck, and breathes out slow.
There's the smell, of alcohol, of faintly scorched skin. He exhales out hard, shaking, asks, very quietly: ] What happened?
[Because something happened, beyond the obvious. Beyond the control, the chaos, the everything else. ]
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There's the smell, of alcohol, of faintly scorched skin. He exhales out hard, shaking, asks, very quietly: ] What happened?
[Because something happened, beyond the obvious. Beyond the control, the chaos, the everything else. ]