Gavin smiled broadly as his friend acquiesced to his request.  He laughed, happy that perhaps there was an end to this in sight.  At least one of the hurdles was past.  Pulling his plan off, however, that was much more tricky to pull off.  But he was determined to try.<br/><br/>He met his friend's gaze at the mention of his uniform.  "Hey, I'm sure that the uniform helps, but I'm willing to bet you<em>out</em>of the uniform drives the ladies even wilder."<br/><br/>They walked some more as Landon continued.  When he asked the question about the scarring, Gavin was silent for several steps.<br/><br/>"Well, I won't lie and say there's nothing there.  There is.  Across her abdomen and on her...left leg, the upper thigh, yeah.  A few starkly colored lines, with a collection of fading smaller ones.  Not a lot of spiderwebbing, thankfully, but you can definitely see the scars.  But here's the thing.  It's not bad.  Not as bad as she makes it out to be.  You'd think she was nothing but scar tissue the way she speaks, but that's so not the case."<br/><br/>After a few more steps, Gavin added something quickly.  "There's also some puckering of her skin on the side, where the stitches were, but nothing major."<br/><br/>He shook his head.  "She's so caught up in her issues that she might not see what's developing in our life together.  I don't expect her to get over this quickly, but damn it, I want her to start realizing she's just as sexy as ever, at least to me."<br/><br/>The two men paused as Gavin turned back to Landon.  "Thanks man.  Seriously, thanks."