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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-07-20 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ evan gives david a look of disgust, and hate, and those are the only reasons he doesn't smirk at the rough edge to david's voice. ]

Ashamed that you'll have to crawl to get away?

[ it wouldn't matter, even if he did get caught. his old man would pay the cops off. and then probably celebrate, the both of them. david would be insufferable. worse than ever. and evan's body would end up in a ditch somewhere, because his father's made it very clear that if evan's death precedes his, he won't even remember he had a son.

he can always try again.

but that's not going to happen. he's going to walk out of here alive, and throw david's beaten, bloody body into a ditch, and it'll be weeks before anyone finds it. by then nobody will ask questions. by then evan will be able to lie as easily as anyone else. by then nobody will know, even if they guess. ]
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-07-20 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ evan doesn't take off his jacket. he's not about to show off the bruises any more than he has to. he watches david instead, intent, waiting to see a weapon. there isn't one. but david wouldn't bring a weapon to this. neither one of them would, or ever has. the worst they've done is brass knuckles, and even those weren't good enough. they need to feel each other's blood and bones. need to know what they're doing.

he watches, tense and rigid, ignoring the way everything hurts, the way his shoulder is already aching in anticipation of what's going to come next, when david charges.

evan wants to duck the blow but doesn't. he catches david, stumbles back even as he locks a vicelike grip around his wrists, can't keep his balance, and hits the floor. on his back. his father's words rip through his skull like a bullet. ]
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-07-20 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he tries to kick david off him, knee him in the groin or stomach - someplace sensitive, someplace with bruises. but it doesn't work, and after a few seconds david's straddling him, on him, hands around his throat -

returning the favor.

evan strains his neck instantly, as if that's going to make a difference, and slashes at david's face with his free hands. punching, clawing, unwilling to let david strangle him here and now, because all david has to do is lean forward to get the pressure evan had to use his entire body to get before. he bucks, tries to leverage them both over. aims more than a few punches at kidneys that have to still be aching.

and all the while it's not as strong as it should be, because he fucked up, he's furious, he's injured. he can see this ending. he'll be thrown out. forgotten. david will swan back home and get all the favor, all the adoration, and if his father tries to get revenge it'll be some rote bullshit just out of appearances and nobody will really care. not one single person. the only person who'll even remember him will be the man about to kill him.

just david fucking king. ]
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-07-20 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ evan's not choking, but it's hard to breathe. and he doesn't want a bruise around his neck when he comes back. he doesn't want questions, he wants to walk back home without a word or anyone looking at him twice.

david starts to slip, and that's all he needs to throw everything he has into trying to flip them. trying to get on top. his shoulder's screaming at him, something's busted in there for sure, but he only groans and keeps trying to get on top. has to. has to prove what he can do. he can't strangle david again, but maybe he can smash his face in so bad he can't breathe. ]


Get - down -
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-07-20 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ the upside of fighting david is that he's as strong as evan and doesn't go down easy. the downside of fighting david is exactly the same thing. he's not afraid. he can't be cowed into giving in. he never will, and evan's used to people giving up fast if they aren't david.

so as hard as it is to fight back, he can't stop david from getting one wrist in a grip, pinning it like he couldn't throttle him. he's still got a hand free, though, and he tries to smash that fist into david's face as he plants his feet hard on the floor and shoves up. trying yet again to throw david off him, or over him. whatever needs to be done to get the upper hand again. ]
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-07-20 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ the hit rattles his already rattled skull. the only comfort is in feeling his own fist plow into david's face.

but that's about the best he can do, right now. he feels david fall forward, barely holding himself up. it'd be the perfect opportunity to hurl him off, chase him down even if he has to crawl, pin him down, beat him to a pulp. but everything's still so sore that he just can't get himself to do it.

evan glares up at david, blood at his mouth from where his teeth cut his lip, eyes gleaming with unadulterated hatred. he needs - a second. just a few seconds. to get his focus and strength back. enough to get david's legs off him, his whole body. if someone saw them, he thinks - ]


You're doin' shit.
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-07-21 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ the laugh is infuriating, but there's not much he can do about it now. he's pinned, but david's got no leverage, either. one wrong move and they're both out of luck. neither one of them has the strength to keep this up. it was stupid. stupid and angry. story of his fucking life.

it does mean he won't have to hide the body, though. or risk getting kicked out, demoted, causing disappointment. as long as nobody finds out that he didn't manage to pull it off, anyway. but who would have followed him? injured as he is - even if people didn't know the full extent of it - he can't get up to much trouble. ]


Get off me.

[ there's less anger in it than he intends, but his whole torso wants to give up and collapse at this point. it's hard to get the fury into his voice when his lungs can barely get enough air to start with. ]
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-07-21 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ it's the opportunity he needs. evan tells himself to sit up, to turn, to deliver a killing blow to david. a punch to the throat that snaps the windpipe. a hard enough hit to shatter his skull and drive the pieces into his brain. one final hit to the ribs that makes the broken bone fragments puncture his lungs.

he tenses, but he can't do it. his shoulders are on fire. his own ribs feel like they're about to break into pieces. he manages to push himself up about six inches, then hits the ground again, feeling pathetic. weak. useless.

this was such a stupid idea. ]


Your old man happy about all that?

[ it's an idle, exhausted question. he wants to get mad again so he can beat david up. wants to let the rage overpower the pain. maybe hearing about how david got rewarded for fighting him will do the trick. ]
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-07-21 11:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ evan's silent for a while, surprised by david's response, unsure what to say next. he could lie, but he's never been good at that. besides, it'll be obvious if he manages to pull it off and later someone else brings up the truth.

both of them got shot down for their efforts. just like both of them got handed stupid assignments like they were children. ]


Same thing.

[ he doesn't mention the direct insults. the fact that david got him on his back again. at least this time nobody could see it. ]
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-07-21 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he doesn't like hearing that. especially because it's true.

evan tries to push himself up again and manages to get into a sitting position, but that's about it. he looks at his hands, the bruised and bloodied knuckles where all the scabs split open while they brawled again. ]


Guess we aren't better than this.
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-07-21 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he glares at david after the silence breaks, uncertain what kind of offer that is. if it's genuine or if he's going to try and break evan's neck as soon as he stands up. or try to poison him. or drink him under the table - david may be the only person alive who can - and then let him die there from alcohol poisoning or something stupider.

or maybe it's just an offer, considering the hollow realization they both just had. ]


Yeah. Sure.
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-07-21 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ evan gets up when david does, trying not to make any sounds of outright pain like he wants to. he just about manages it, though the sigh he lets out when he finishes suggests it was a lot more difficult than he let on. everything in him wanted to stay down, on the cold floor that was almost easing some of the aches.

he makes a noise of assent when david suggests the place. outside their territories, for the most part. he's sure someone will recognize them both, but given that it's not the first time they've been seen together lately, maybe it won't matter. maybe they'll just assume it's more of the same. and maybe he'll get his ass beat when he goes home later.

as if that'll make a difference. right now, a drink sounds about right. he heads out the door ahead of david, glancing around before stepping out to make sure that nobody's watching or that they're not about to be followed. ]

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