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evan | trapper. ([personal profile] bloodandbrass) wrote2021-04-08 05:44 am
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[personal profile] hardlydead 2023-09-22 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ david works his jaw, takes a step forward and then back again on the other foot. pure, restless enery. he's not sure what to do here really, eventually just heaving a sigh. ]

Came out 'cause you pissed me off. [ shrug ] Figured I'd make myself useful since you weren't here.

[ he's got some of the most useful shit in the fog here, they both know that. ]
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[personal profile] hardlydead 2023-09-23 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
What do you fuckin' think?

[ he wonders, in the moment, if the screwdriver could pierce through the mask and trapper's skull in one go? if he could put enough force behind it to drive it through. if he moved quick and sudden enough, he could probably close most of that distance before trapper reacts. ]

[ david doesn't do that, but his grip tightens around the screwdriver's handle. ]


Show you a death wish, you miserable fuckin' cunt. [ if trapper won't move, that's fine. david doesn't close the distance, but he takes a couple steps in that direction, lip curled in the a sneer. ]
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[personal profile] hardlydead 2023-09-23 02:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ there's no hesitation, david grabs a tool off the nearest worktop and throws it in a quick, fluid motion. for all the shit the fog's taken from him, his aim is still as good as it was back in his rugby days. it doesn't have to hit hard, nor does he expect it to, just has to be something trapper has to react to or have it smash him in the... mask. ]

[ david rushes him in the aftermath, leaving as little time between the thrown tool and the impact of his own body as he charges trapper shoulder-first. he's not so ridiculous as to think he can just push past the man, but he can put him off balance if he times it right. ]
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[personal profile] hardlydead 2023-09-23 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ david weathers the blows, grits his teeth through the pain-- it should knock his ass down, but maybe it's the anger that keeps him up. internally frustrated that he felt the bastard almost tip over, but it wasn't enough. how it always fucking goes with this asshole, never quite enough to tip the odds. ]

[ he's been guilty of holding on to shit for too long before, waiting for the right moment, not this time. he snarls, shoves his shoulder harder against trapper's chest so he has the room to raise his other arm and try to jam the screwdriver into trapper's thigh. doing his best to keep hold of it so he can really make it hurt. ]
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[personal profile] hardlydead 2023-09-23 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ between the pain in his back and the hand pulling his hair, david's powerless in the moment to do anything but go with it with a sharp hiss. he lets go of the screwdriver, hands flying up to grab trapper's arm-- doesn't think he can get him to let go in this position, but maybe he can pull it toward himself, relieve that tension a little. ]

[ he can't afford to let trapper get a foothold on a real advantage here, david knows that. it's the struggle he keeps coming up against most, the second trapper gets that control he becomes an oppressive wall that's almost impossible to fight against. ]

[ david growls, holding tight onto that arm because however this goes it's probably going to hurt both of them a lot and he wants to minimise what he can for himself when he kicks out at that same thigh he just stabbed. ]
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[personal profile] hardlydead 2023-09-23 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ david does let go, which might be for the best, doesn't want to be pulling this behemoth of a man with him when he's thrown. it's hard to brace himself for it, david hits the wall and lands in a heap on the ground, a yell followed by a weak groan as david scrambles to push himself back to his feet. ]

[ the most time david's willing to spend on licking his wounds is a sharp breath through his nose and a quick shake of his head as if that's enough to shake off the pain, but it's gonna have to be. ]

[ david lowers his stance and rushes forward, hurling himself at trapper in a rugby tackle. ]
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[personal profile] hardlydead 2023-09-24 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ he almost can't believe he got the man off his feet, but david doesn't waste time on that thought. he scrambles, recognising the opportunity for the rarity it is, to crawl up and straddle trapper's chest. he'd love to be able pin his arms with his knees, and that punch is a prime example why, it staggers him a moment but he refuses to give this up. ]

[ david leans forward, plants one hand down on trapper's throat and the other he uses to try and push his mask off and toss it aside so he can punch this guy in the face. again and again, alternating hands, the idea of course being to just beat this man until either he's a bloody mess or something stops him. ]
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[personal profile] hardlydead 2023-09-24 12:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ so singularly focused on raining down those hits on trapper's face, david really doesn't expect the hit to the gut. it makes him double over, both from the surprise and the pain, leaves him totally unprepared for the follow-up hand looking for his neck. panic blooming when he feels fingers at his face because that is, in many ways, a hell of a lot worse. ]

[ he lets go of trapper's throat to grab his wrist, trying to pull his hand away, hoping he can push it down enough to pin like he should've in the fucking first place. now it's a nightmare, no idea how he's gonna get both of those hands down, even as he reaches blindly for the one that punched him. with a normal person it'd be easy — grab both wrists and push them down so he can put his knees on them, but with this asshole, david's not so certain. ]

[ nothing ventured though, he plants his knees in the dirt either side of trapper so he's at least a bit more stable in the moment. ]
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[personal profile] hardlydead 2023-09-24 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ yeah, he's not strong enough to pin both of trapper's hands, not like this. david's stuck in that awkward place, knowing he can't overpower trapper, but if he lets go then that gives him every opportunity to really get david. ]

[ especially when trapper bucks, when his fists come swinging. it throws david's balance and he rears back, holding as tight as he can to the other man's wrists, pushing back against him but really doing much else. ]

[ but david refuses to relent. fuck that and fuck him. puts all his weight into it as he leans forward, against those swinging arms, using everything he's got to try and get them pinned down. he'll figure out what comes next, how to keep him there if he can just get that advantage solidly under him first. ]
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[personal profile] hardlydead 2023-09-24 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it feels like holding down the pin of a grenade. ]

[ like this, little more space between them than enough for their breath to mingle, just enough david can clearly see the tension and anger on evan's face and it comes with a deep and uncomfortable awareness of just how fucking volatile this situation is. he can't hold trapper down forever, and the moment that he loses even a little of that pressure is going to be explosive. ]

[ he's not afraid to die, especially not to a man whose rage tends to override any capacity for real cruelty, but losing like this would be crushing. getting this close to a win that actually feels like one and then having it ripped away because he didn't pin the bastard's hands? that shouldn't be all it takes to undo him. it shouldn't be so fucking easy to beat him, not for anyone. ]

[ his grip tightens around evan's wrists, a snarl rumbling in his throat as he stares back, but david doesn't move. truthfully he doesn't really know what to do here except gather himself, to choose to let go so it's not a surprise when trapper's up again, when things turn against him. ]

[ even through the rage, david's expression doesn't do a great job concealing the way all this goes through his head. the way he ends up with "what now?" as the only thing he can think when he looks at the man below him. ]
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[personal profile] hardlydead 2023-09-24 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ if he times it right, maybe. doesn't give in to the blood rushing in his ears, the way that anger and bloodlust is burning through him, maybe he can get away without being obliterated the instant he lets up. how the fuck he'd turn things back around after that is another question, but one thing at a time. this is already pushing the limits on how much he can really think right now. ]

[ the question doesn't help, because they both know he has no fucking clue what to do next. david's next move right now is 'keep stalling until he has an idea.' ]


Maybe I just wanted to hold you.

[ it lacks the usual sharp-edged playfulness david's comments usually have when he's trying to rile somebody up, an instant response more for the fact that silence in this moment feels like admitting weakness than anything else. ]
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[personal profile] hardlydead 2023-09-24 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it's kind of a shame, under different circumstances that response would be deeply satisfying, even now there's a part of him that wants to laugh. trapper's inability to handle inertia is really becoming one of david's favourite buttons to hammer. ]

[ in the moment though, david's focus is on how to put enough distance between them in the seconds after he lets go. very careful about the way he shifts his weight where he's straddling trapper, rolling from his knees to his toes so he's ready to spring up, back. wherever. ]

[ what's frustrating is the safest direction is back toward the workshop, but he doesn't have time to try and think about where else to go. he rolls to the side and up onto his feet, bracing himself for the attack he knows is coming. ]

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