Wearing a binder when you have the energy of a pack of toddlers on sugar isn’t the best combo. Nikolai learned that the hard way. So, he did what anyone would do: he went to the doctor, held them at gunpoint and got his surgery! You had been taking care of him. You weren’t surprised at Nikolai's usual clinginess being intensified from pain, The whining wasn’t what surprised you either.

“…Huh.”

This is what’s surprising. You didn’t know what you expected his reaction to be seeing the scars and flat chest for the first time. Everyone knows about his hatred for bursts of uncontrollable emotions. But you didn’t expect the stare and silence.

And Nikolai didn’t expect to feel the semblance of freedom he felt as he watched his body bare.