❰ she's not a coward, at least. damon can practically feel the symbiote in the back of his mind, the anxious little creature with its finger hovering over the killswitch, but he won't let up until either she concedes or he passes out. she can no more kill him than he could her, so he's not afraid of unconsciousness. he has a point to make, and he will see it done.
as she pulls her head back, his first thought is that she's trying to get away — but that idea is abandoned as soon as she begins to move forward. there's only enough time to turn his head, so that hers doesn't connect dead center of his; even so, his head rings, and he throws lakshmi backward, knowing that even just a moment of weakness will be pounced on. he's loathe to let her go, but the opportunity to regain clarity is more important than a chokehold he can't make good on. ❱
I don't care what you are. ❰ he rises slowly from the ground, her knife in his hand — it's becoming a habit, his stealing the knives of women who cross him. maybe he'll start a collection. ❱ Queen, hunter, I don't care. Touch her again, you're dead.
❰ even if he has to compel some alien off the street to do it. ❱
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as she pulls her head back, his first thought is that she's trying to get away — but that idea is abandoned as soon as she begins to move forward. there's only enough time to turn his head, so that hers doesn't connect dead center of his; even so, his head rings, and he throws lakshmi backward, knowing that even just a moment of weakness will be pounced on. he's loathe to let her go, but the opportunity to regain clarity is more important than a chokehold he can't make good on. ❱
I don't care what you are. ❰ he rises slowly from the ground, her knife in his hand — it's becoming a habit, his stealing the knives of women who cross him. maybe he'll start a collection. ❱ Queen, hunter, I don't care. Touch her again, you're dead.
❰ even if he has to compel some alien off the street to do it. ❱