bloodandbrass: (doubt)

[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-09-20 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he's still watching david, but as he realizes it, he tries to think that he has an excuse. it's a conversation. he's trying to figure out what the hell david's talking about. how school meant he got out his aggressions without it turning into a reputation the people here would get on his case about.

the rugby comment he can at least scowl about. ]


Yeah, right. I've seen that all the damn time in every sport. I don't believe you had that much self-control on the field.

[ after all, he didn't. part of the reason he never made any teams. ]
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-09-21 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ yeah, he figures. who cares? this is just a conversation. just two guys, shooting the shit. two guys, one of whom looks better than evan knows he ever will, and who, just a few months ago, got on his knees and -

he glares back out at the city abruptly. not getting drunk was supposed to stop shit like that. ]


Bet I know why.

[ family obligations and, he's sure, the ability to control the anger. he glares at his cigarette, which is almost out. ]

How long they expecting you to be here? All night?
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-09-21 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ for a few seconds, evan smirks again, almost a smile, almost something that's actually amused and maybe a little understanding rather than just for show.

god, does he ever understand. maybe not in exactly the same way, because he was always supposed to be in the background, but there's still no breaks. ]


Don't let me keep you from 'em.

[ he drops the cigarette and grinds it out under a heel. there's an ashtray about five feet away, which he ignores. ]
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-09-22 12:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ that'd make him laugh again if it wasn't so sobering for him to realize the same thing, and to hear it outright from david.

he watches, gaze locked, as david straightens himself out and opens his arms. how do i look? evan barely hears the second question, for once grateful that he's never been social or talkative because even if he managed to say something right now it'd come out all wrong, completely wrong, and fuck everything up for him.

the suit's perfect. seeing david in fancy clothes is nothing new, but somehow, this is different. somber and cutting edge, not flashy. meant to impress on its own, not because of the price tag.

after too long, he manages to get out a response. ]


Not unless they get real close and smell you.

[ it comes out almost sarcastic. like a joke. which it's supposed to be. that's all. just making a wry comment to someone he hates. ]
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-09-22 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it's the first time evan doesn't immediately respond with rage to that dismissive little part-name, mostly because he sees the way david hesitates before he responds and then turns away a little too quickly. that's not good. neither is the way he reacted, but as if he'll reflect on himself in the moment.

he goes back inside after david does, and does his job. which mostly amounts to standing around and looking like a presence. he follows his father for a while, being mostly ignored, seeing david out of the corner of his eye being as charismatic as ever. it irritates him, but less, now, knowing that david hates it as much as evan would.

after a while he gets dismissed, because his father ran into some people he knows from the old days, when they were just getting established. old friend and old enemies, mostly the same people. he's not welcome in their nostalgia drinking, which is fine by him. he's briefly introduced and then leaves.

now would be the time to drink, but he's still not in the mood for it. instead he takes the chance to get something on a plate and make his way back out onto the balcony to try and eat in peace.

but everyone else has been drinking, and the volume from inside is loud, and he can hear things that grate on his nerves and must, from their conversation earlier, do the same thing to david. rich people. they don't fucking get it. ]
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-09-22 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ david's arrival is quiet, but abrupt. one second there's nobody to his right and then when he looks back ten seconds later, there's david, a glass in his hand, staring out over the city like he's about to burn it down. evan would know. he's an expert at that look.

but he doesn't look at evan at all, giving him a few more seconds to finish what he's eating in silence before debating if he should interrupt at all. ignoring him and giving him space is probably better.

but, here they are. ]


They get on your nerves enough?

[ he assumes there was no violence yet, because he hasn't heard any yelling. ]
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-09-22 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Ain't that everyone?

[ evan finishes off what little he kept on his plate and sets it aside. it's high-class fare, which means it looks good and tastes empty and doesn't do anything to cut the hunger. fortunately, he's used to that. ]

Rich fucks are delusional. Especially when they've never lifted a finger to earn shit.

[ no part of him is aware of the hypocrisy. he was born and raised rich, but he earned it, as far as he's concerned. ]
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-09-23 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ that sums it up, really. evan's not sure how to follow that up, until he eyes the glass. it's not wine, he can tell, and there's no hard liquor here, so it's not likely to ... start anything. hell, he'd be surprised if david got even slightly buzzed off that. ]

Enough to get you drinkin'.

[ as if that's hard for either of them. still. he's been avoiding alcohol lately. beer, even. just because. ]
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-09-25 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ evan's initial response to that is to try and one-up david, because that's what they both always do, but he hesitates for reasons he's not very clear on. maybe the recognition of their similar lives at this point is tempering him. a bad sign, but he's not mad enough to withdraw just because of that. ]

Probably not as bad.

[ getting kicked out of the old boys' club isn't the worst thing he can imagine happening here. ]

Nobody's patronized me tonight.

[ worse than usual, anyway. ]
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-09-26 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ evan's smile in response to that is very thin, and very brief, and not amused. david doesn't follow up on the threat, though, so the anger that started to bubble up settles back down. ]

Like what? Rugby again?

[ he's always assumed david's skills were limited to fighting, drinking, partying, and having sex with every woman who looked his way. and sports, to a certain degree. recent developments notwithstanding, that thought hasn't really changed. ]
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-09-27 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ evan watches david a few seconds longer as the silence stretches on. normally he wouldn't care. letting other people get more awkward as the silence drags on until they finally have to fill it is something he knows how to do, although that's more out of not having any interest in saying anything than trying to manipulate.

but this time ... ]


They wouldn't treat you any better if you had a doctorate.

[ because he's not his father. that's all it is. ]
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-09-27 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ there's some class resentment there, or at least evan would understand that if he knew the term. all he can really understand is david's frustration. the only reason people don't patronize him to that degree is because he's not as personable. he takes it to heart, immediately.

one of the few things his father doesn't actively punish him for acting out about. probably because it leaves such an impression. ]


One wrong move and they're dead.

[ which isn't so different from anyone else's life, but. ]

Or at the bottom of the social circle.
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-09-28 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ evan wishes he'd been looking away when david did that. the practiced, casual ease of taking off the suit coat, so it's just the black shirt underneath, the way it clings in ways the jacket obviously didn't -

it's no less familiar than if he was taking off a jacket to fight. or at least, it shouldn't be. it still leaves evan silent, his mouth unusually dry. maybe he does need a drink.

the response is slower to come than it should be as he deliberately turns to glare out at the city again, trying to focus on the way the lights in the buildings almost make patterns, if he focuses. ]


Yeah. Sure. [ that's not good enough. ] You won't even see it coming.

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