[ the flex is a warning, but he's not sure of what yet. he tries to get david slick enough, tries to get this done thoroughly enough but fast before things tip back over into violence, but david gets ahead of him again.
the tension breaks, and suddenly david's trying to - not kick, but grab, which was something evan didn't expect. he manages to catch one leg partway up with the elbow of the hand not inside david, but the other gets up higher, and then suddenly david's squeezing his ribcage hard enough that evan nearly chokes.
he manages to wheeze out a breath as his caught arm on one side and his ribs on the other creak with the force of it. it's angry, but there's a laugh to it, too. ]
Nice - try.
[ david's avoided any edged shrapnel. deliberately or by chance? doesn't matter. evan digs his fingers in deeper, knowing he can probably end this without letting go. trying to find a way to distract david in turn before he starts doing damage - real damage - to evan's not-exactly-insignificant torso. ]
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the tension breaks, and suddenly david's trying to - not kick, but grab, which was something evan didn't expect. he manages to catch one leg partway up with the elbow of the hand not inside david, but the other gets up higher, and then suddenly david's squeezing his ribcage hard enough that evan nearly chokes.
he manages to wheeze out a breath as his caught arm on one side and his ribs on the other creak with the force of it. it's angry, but there's a laugh to it, too. ]
Nice - try.
[ david's avoided any edged shrapnel. deliberately or by chance? doesn't matter. evan digs his fingers in deeper, knowing he can probably end this without letting go. trying to find a way to distract david in turn before he starts doing damage - real damage - to evan's not-exactly-insignificant torso. ]