[ Everyone often forgets about his temper until he’s throwing a fit. He ties the boot while actively glaring at it just because. Sleep deprivation does not, in fact, help you not be cranky. Once it seems like it’s not going anywhere he gets back up, tapping his toes against the wall to make sure. ]

You’re kind of the best, man.

[ David with his tough exterior that pulls absolutely insane moves like jumping out windows and going into trials already injured. He’ll call you stupid right to your face but keeps pulling through and asks for nothing back with a surprising gentleness. What a guy.

He moves next to him with easier but awkward steps, feeling sort of lopsided with oversized boots. It’s a bit like wading through water though and he’s got it. He’s hunched next to David, blowing on his hands ]

You build up a tolerance to this, right? I didn’t want to do the polar plunge into Erie but I should’ve. [ A hopeful question. Ormond exists in the cycle and now so does this. He’s not looking forward to it in the slightest.

Okay technically he’s not building up a tolerance to being impaled in the shoulder and everyone screams still so probably not but give him some good news.

He puts his arm out front of David and points at the ground, barely visible metal sticking out from the snow, ready to snatch them the second they leave. ]

Do you see him?