"Hey, we can go back now if you're afraid you can't hack it," Steve said, the words leaving his mouth bright and fast, no defense in his deflection.
Before he can even catch the easy way it flies out. Like there are alternate options that might not be as challenging. That are obvious. Which he didn't imply, or really mean to, but it's easy to throw it straight into there. To threaten her own motives before her words, when he knows they aren't the same thing.
"I wouldn't hold it against you." Which is such a lie, as much as it isn't, when he's studying her like might mean it as much as he's simply goading her. With Cath, and Cath alone, he actually might rib her to the end of time. A Navy sailor running away from a pile of dirt. He could probably write endless things, words that could fall from his mouth for hours, on how to taunt that singular event.
But that's because he already knows she isn't going to give in or back down, until she hits the top.
But part of that is the fun of it, isn't it? Getting into zone, the right mindset, pushing at each other until.
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Date: 2013-01-26 02:18 pm (UTC)Before he can even catch the easy way it flies out. Like there are alternate options that might not be as challenging. That are obvious. Which he didn't imply, or really mean to, but it's easy to throw it straight into there. To threaten her own motives before her words, when he knows they aren't the same thing.
"I wouldn't hold it against you." Which is such a lie, as much as it isn't, when he's studying her like might mean it as much as he's simply goading her. With Cath, and Cath alone, he actually might rib her to the end of time. A Navy sailor running away from a pile of dirt. He could probably write endless things, words that could fall from his mouth for hours, on how to taunt that singular event.
But that's because he already knows she isn't going to give in or back down, until she hits the top.
But part of that is the fun of it, isn't it? Getting into zone, the right mindset, pushing at each other until.