[Soul Eater] Extracurricular -- Stein/Spirit pastfic drabble

[metamorphe]

Title: Extracurricular
Pairing: Stein/Spirit-ish
Words: ~300
Other Notes: So, how exactly did Spirit fail to notice freshly stitched wounds appearing all over his body for five freaking years!?
I drabbled most of this up in a comment-thread on my main journal.

Comments

[nightofcydonia]

This actually seems highly plausible, and it does explain a lot. Poor Spirit.
~Weaver

[lykomancer]

I can't come up with any other logical-- or even not-so-logical reason-- why Spirit would be so completely oblivious. I mean, wouldn't he notice when he got dressed? Apparently not!

[lmd_84]

I suppose there's the point that considering their job, Weapons may get injured on a regular basis. Combining that with your theory, if he's used to getting knocked around during missions, over time Spirit might not have thought much of a few injuries he couldn't remember getting. *sigh*

I like your idea. Neat. Makes sense, so far as one could make sense of Spirit being terribly oblivious on the subject of his former meister.

[metamorphe]

Weapons may get injured on a regular basis.

I'd thought about that, too. However, Stein has a deep and abiding love of erratic needle-work. Getting a wound you don't remember when your life is full of fighting? Okay, I buy that. Realizing the wound you don't remember is already stitched up in a very familiar way? ...now that takes a special level of dense.

[akameji]

♥ you so much. GLEE! This is so, so wonderful!

The whole fic is great, because it really does get to the issue. If he doesn't notice it right away, he probably won't comment on it...

Also, "hair spilled across the pillow like a bloodstain" is the most wonderful, perfect metaphor, especially for a Stein POV fic. Thank you so much for writing and sharing.

[lykomancer]

Hahaha, thank you! ♥

I like that, when rereading it, I notice that Stein-- when I write him-- only uses "he/Spirit/Senpai" when he's seeing Spirit as a person and not merely as an experiment. That's a pleasantly IC little detail that wasn't deliberate.

[akameji]

Oh, wow. That's an excellent thing to slip in there. If you don't mind, I may keep that in mind the next time I write him.

[lykomancer]

Go for it.

[akameji]

Oh, I noticed one quick thing when I was reading through again. Stein shouldn't have his screw when he's still Spirit's partner:

[lykomancer]

Ahhhh~, damn! And I'm usually so good about my details, too. :P

Thank you for pointing that out though. I was wondering about it, and then neglected to verify. (Honestly, I was just kind of messing around for the hell of it when I wrote this.)

I'll try harder next time to get it right then, eh? ♥~♪

[akameji]

1. Your icon makes me laugh.

2. I didn't even notice on the first time through. Not a huge deal, I just wanted to mention it.

♥ I hope you're inspired to write more!

[maksou]

Can I just say little Stein's expression here is a total, "Ima gonna rape you" face? XD Especially with the little groping hand there...