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.・゜-: ✧☾ ☽✧ :-゜・.
Once again, they were stuck on the road. No supplies, no food or water. But they had found their way back to each other. Almost everyone was there. Despite everything.
It wasn't ideal to be stranded in the middle of nowhere, especially not with a baby but Stella was sure that they'd manage. Just like they had before. Levi wasn't doubting them either. They had been stuck on the road for months before they found the prison. Back then, they didn't have a baby in their arms but they had a pregnant woman. They still managed to survive. Back then, they were weaker and their group was smaller. Now, they had been through too much. They had grown and become stronger. And for him, all that mattered was that he was reunited with his girl.
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They had put up camp in the forest. The group had been walking without stopping for hours upon hours trying to get as far away from Terminus as possible. It was dark when they settled down at the end of the small hill in the forest.
Ellie had found some medical supplies on the way which Stella now used to clean Levi's arrow wound. He lay leaning against the hill as Stella slowly lifted his shirt over his head. He groaned as the action of lifting his arm was enough to send a stab of pain into his wound.
Lifting his shirt didn't just reveal the arrow wound but also the many bruises and cuts that Levi had gotten from the night when the claimers attacked them. Stella's finger traced over every single one of them and her jaw tightened seeing the pain that those men had inflicted on him. Some would fade away over time but some of the cuts would scar, turn into a constant reminder of what occurred that night.
Stella moved all her hair to her right shoulder before leaning forward, placing a gentle kiss on the deepest wound on the boy's bare stomach.
As she sat back up he grabbed her hand, forcing her to look at him. He sent her a smile telling her that he was fine and she forced a quick one back.
She swallowed as she lifted the bandage that was poorly wrapped around his shoulder. The arrow had gone through his whole shoulder, hopefully not causing any serious internal injuries. Dried blood covered the skin around the wound and the sight didn't fail to make the hair on Stella's arms rise despite her having seen awful and grotesque things since the fall of the world.
Stella grimaced seeing the wound. She soaked the towel in rubbing alcohol and bit the inside of her lip as she moved it closer to the wound.
"This might sting." She warned Levi who only chuckled.
"Can't be worse than the actual arrow."
Stella held her breath as she pressed the towel against the wound. Levi hissed out in pain, throwing his head back as he squeezed his eyes shut. Stella tried to be as gentle as possible but every move caused a burning pain through the boy's entire arm.
