[ He wasn't. Not really. But the guy didn't need to know that, and -- shit, what the fuck was he doing? Couldn't he have left well enough alone? He could feel the blood trickling down his arm, soaking into his jacket sleeve and trickling to his fingers, but only just. Good sign, he figured. If there was any nerve damage, at least it wasn't so bad that he'd lost all feeling in his arm.
The other guy seemed his height, or maybe that was just because he walked with more of a stoop now, hunched in over himself like he was trying to hide. Hiding was a good idea, actually, adrenaline making his heart beat triple time as he glanced around the alley. So far, no sign of anyone else, but that didn't necessarily mean anyone wasn't coming.
Not even twenty-four hours in the City and already he was fucking it up. Some things never changed. ]
Get outta here. [ He hissed it out between gritted teeth, hand coming up to clamp over his injured arm, stop the bleeding. What he needed to do was fine somewhere away from here to really sit down and assess the damage. ]
And if you really wanna thank me, forget you ever saw me, all right? [ He was taking a step back, two, farther into the shadows of the alley, swallowing convulsively as the adrenaline left his body shaking. ]
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[ He wasn't. Not really. But the guy didn't need to know that, and -- shit, what the fuck was he doing? Couldn't he have left well enough alone? He could feel the blood trickling down his arm, soaking into his jacket sleeve and trickling to his fingers, but only just. Good sign, he figured. If there was any nerve damage, at least it wasn't so bad that he'd lost all feeling in his arm.
The other guy seemed his height, or maybe that was just because he walked with more of a stoop now, hunched in over himself like he was trying to hide. Hiding was a good idea, actually, adrenaline making his heart beat triple time as he glanced around the alley. So far, no sign of anyone else, but that didn't necessarily mean anyone wasn't coming.
Not even twenty-four hours in the City and already he was fucking it up. Some things never changed. ]
Get outta here. [ He hissed it out between gritted teeth, hand coming up to clamp over his injured arm, stop the bleeding. What he needed to do was fine somewhere away from here to really sit down and assess the damage. ]
And if you really wanna thank me, forget you ever saw me, all right? [ He was taking a step back, two, farther into the shadows of the alley, swallowing convulsively as the adrenaline left his body shaking. ]