You and Biana had been friends forever, and she was one of the most confident girls you knew. She always had been. So obviously, it didn’t surprise you when she accepted the scars from her fight with Vespera.

“These scars are a part of me now.” She had said. “I’m tired of pretending they’re not” and you believed her. Which is why you were really confused now.

You were visiting her at Everglen, and Fitz had told you she was in her room. You thank him and ran up to see her, opening the door without bothering to knock.

“Biana you’ll never believe-” you stop in your tracks, seeing Biana looking in the mirror.

Of course, her looking in the mirror wasnt what concerned you. She was wearing a backless dress, tracing the scars on her back and arms with a frown, muttering under her breath. She looked… ashamed of them.

She quickly stopped what she was doing when she saw you. “Oh, hey!” She smiled, ignoring what she was just doing.