@baldbiotic continued from ( ★ )
THE ADRENALINE ALWAYS tempts him. It grips him like a cardinal SIN, like lust & greed & wrath, claw deep & bleeding, so IMPOSSIBLE to ignore. The thrum of it, each heartbeat a note plucked on a harp, is the music his blood moves to. Giving in to that temptation & submitting himself to man’s most primitive instinct———– DAMN RIGHT it feels good.
He winds his arm back & flexes the muscle smooth, pops the BONES at his neck. He’ll feel it in the morning, the ACHES of the fight, & appreciate the reminder. He looks at Jack ( or the back of her HEAD ) & clucks a chuff off his lips.
❛ Dead DOG coulda told me that. ❜
A SMILE wicks the dusty corners of his mouth. It’s GENUINE, not a smirk or crooked simper, but a SMILE. It lingers for a moment before he NOTICES it & crushes it like a REVOLT, shoves it under the thorn-prick of his teeth. & he’s grateful then that she’s looking AWAY.
He snaps a fresh heat sink into the hot BELLY of his rifle.
❛ But you’re looking a little TIRED, Jack. Having trouble keeping up? ❜