( marc is not a fan of guns, typically speaking — not because he has anything against them, per se, but simply because he doesn't like who he is with one in his hand, doesn't like the reminder of the person he was. marc is capable of brutality, but these days he prefers to feel the accountability, whether that be through bruised knuckles and blisters or through cuts and scrapes and bone-deep aches. it needs to be earned, and there's nothing earned with the point-and-click of gun, other than a conscience that goes to sleep easier than it should.
still, he's been shot before. it's fine. the fact that she speaks, doesn't bother to try and maintain the quiet or pretend there's anything other than tension present? indicates that it's not her first choice, that she's probably not liable to shoot wildly, action an inadvertent result of panic.
and yet he doesn't move beyond the doorframe. he stands there, all suit and by-contrast untidy hair curling across his forehead, slightly tacky and damp thanks to a thin sheen of sweat.
dryly, he remarks, ) Then you're in luck, because I was after coffee. ( a breath of a pause. ) I'd wager one of us is going to be more lucky than the other.
( he means it literally, but if it comes across as a convoluted, uncomfortable euphemism—
⏾ karen
still, he's been shot before. it's fine. the fact that she speaks, doesn't bother to try and maintain the quiet or pretend there's anything other than tension present? indicates that it's not her first choice, that she's probably not liable to shoot wildly, action an inadvertent result of panic.
and yet he doesn't move beyond the doorframe. he stands there, all suit and by-contrast untidy hair curling across his forehead, slightly tacky and damp thanks to a thin sheen of sweat.
dryly, he remarks, ) Then you're in luck, because I was after coffee. ( a breath of a pause. ) I'd wager one of us is going to be more lucky than the other.
( he means it literally, but if it comes across as a convoluted, uncomfortable euphemism—
sorry, karen, that's just marc. )