A Helping Hand || Scott & Egrid
@theprettiestscott
It had been some time since... Egrid tried hard not to think about it, and things still didn’t feel even slightly closer to normal. Those kids, that man, his injuries, they were all ever-constant reminders of what had happened. His casts were still in place, his bruises had faded into an ugly green colour but it still hurt to move his jaw and the bandages around his chest had been replaced a few times but the stitched wounds were so easily pulled; more than once he’d found spots of red on his shirt after pulling a stitch.
People seemed to have heard about what happened, a ‘mugging’ of the poor ice cream shop owner. They’d been so kind, more customers all giving him sympathetic looks while shushing their kids who loudly asked what was wrong with him. Today had been little different. He’d managed to serve customer and only needed to change his top once after pulling a stitch; the day was nearly done and only a young boy remained near the back of the store as a delivery van pulled up.
After having to explain his appearance for the umpteenth time to the delivery man he’d left four large boxes of supples; cones, milk, flavourings, fruit, and had to drive off to his last job. The boxes were just inside the shop and Egrid recoiled at the thought of bending to lift them but he couldn’t see what else to do. He bent slightly and a sharp gasp escaped his lips as he tried to reach for the first box... God it hurt.









