though he has his head turned against the light, he can still hear && he’s not
sure if he should read it as a GIFT or a C U R S E . panic rises in his chest
as he hears the clatter of metal against metal—the heavy weight of tools,
the lighter clinks of a thin knife———
( undoubtedly left D U L L so he wouldn’t have the pleasure of a clean c u t )
when the sound of a chair scraping over rattles through the air, harper draws a sharp
breath && dares to look. he knew he had to look at some point—there was no differ-
ence if it was N O W or L A T E R . it was only a matter of time.
his eyes flicker over the other has he speaks, not to memorize his features,
but more to R E A D him—hope to A N T I C I P A T E his next move. but
his people skills were rusty at best && the look on the other’s face made it
more && more obvious that he was COMMITTED to whatever act he was
about to do. && there was no A P P E A L that would leave him unscathed.
he tries to take another breath, but finds it stuck in his own throat.
“ зачем? ” he stutters in panic—stumbling at B E S T . swallowing hard, he tries
again. “ why? what do you W A N T ? ”
“is that russian? —i have a russian friend. — a little cold over there, right?”
he chuckled letting the smile hang on his lips. truth was, owen liked it best
with the sense of confusion. when his false charisma was easy to see
through, and the other, whoever it was, thought he was crazy. he liked it
best when they were sure that he was NOT the kind to negotiate with and
they were better off just giving him whatever he wanted.
he leaned forward on the chair, twisting head just a little, just to make
sure he could catch the other’s eyes. “listen, this is gonna be really,
really easy. you don’t have to worry at all...” his tone was kind a soft,
the expression somewhat concerned and reassuring. “when i ask
you a question, you answer it. if it seems like you are telling the truth,
i move on to the next one. if it seems like you are lying. you get a little
hurt. you answer everything and you leave. you don’t answer and you
are going to ask me to kill you. — also i don’t know is not accepted
answer, so—
—piece of cake, right?.”
he got up from the chair before he could hear the other’s answer, taking one
of the knifes from his tool table into his hands “so... childhoods. crazy, right?”
owen leaned the point of the knife against his thumb, turning at around on his
hand in a playful manner. “my childhood i was beating the shit out of kids on
the street to get their bikes. —what about you, buddy? what were you doing
when you were ten? and remember, BE HONEST.”