[ he should be stronger than david. a lot stronger. and he is, he knows, but there's two things in the way here: he's never at his best after a trial, and david's got extra strength thanks to the rage powering him right now.
so does evan, to be fair. but in the time he's been in the fog, he's learned that cornering a rat too often eventually makes it turn and fight, and when it's got nothing left to lose it gets a freedom even he'll never understand. in this case, david has literally nothing else to cost him here except his life, and there's not much evan can do to him that hasn't already been done a hundred times over.
slowly, despite everything, david gets his arms pinned against the dirt. that doesn't mean evan's totally down, and even the slightest change in pressure means he's going to be up and swinging again immediately. but in that moment, everything goes still - not stopped, just tense, rigid, ready to explode. and evan glares up at him, blood on his face, teeth grit, waiting to strike. ]
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so does evan, to be fair. but in the time he's been in the fog, he's learned that cornering a rat too often eventually makes it turn and fight, and when it's got nothing left to lose it gets a freedom even he'll never understand. in this case, david has literally nothing else to cost him here except his life, and there's not much evan can do to him that hasn't already been done a hundred times over.
slowly, despite everything, david gets his arms pinned against the dirt. that doesn't mean evan's totally down, and even the slightest change in pressure means he's going to be up and swinging again immediately. but in that moment, everything goes still - not stopped, just tense, rigid, ready to explode. and evan glares up at him, blood on his face, teeth grit, waiting to strike. ]