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Shepherd AU WIP.  Thoughts/concerns appreciated. I been fighting with this for a bit. 

“What the fuck do you want then?”

“You do not remember me?” Otabek tries not to take it
personally. Perhaps, given the circumstances of their meeting, it was better if
Yuri forgot about him completely. Of course, there would be no going back to
his clan, no going back to father, and….

He’s given up too much to give up here and now. Otabek
unties the sides of his leather armor.

“What’s with you asshole?” Yuri spits

He loosens the straps, and it’s by and large the stupidest
thing he’s ever done. He lifts it over his head, just to make sure that Yuri
can see it completely. He lifts up his shirt, and reveals to Yuri the white
scar across his ribcage. The one that caused him to nearly bleed out in his
father’s camp. The one that Yuri himself had inflicted.  “Five years ago, I tried to steal sheep from
you. You stabbed me where I stood, but felt remorseful. You nursed me back to
health.”

“I made a fucking mistake then.”

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