"Well f*ck me sideways," John said, his eyes wide with shock. "It really is you. Bloody hell..."

There was little that still surprised him, after all the insanity he'd seen in his life, but this? His first ever crush, whom he'd accidentally sent to hell decades ago after a major failure when attempting a spell far beyond his skill at the time? Yeah, he was floored. Making it back from hell was unbelievable enough, but in one piece?

Well, mostly in one piece.

"You look..." Like someone who'd gone through an awful lot of eternal damnation, that was for sure. And the scars... "Uh, different," was what he settled on.