@engiane: ❛ sorry, sheriff. wouldn't want to add any difficulty to your night. ❜ ( sully & finn )
there is a comfort to the thrumming of the bass that almost dulls the pain and sting of disappointment wedged between his ribs. he used to dislike clubs - too many people, too much noise ... it's precisely what he's decided to find comfort in tonight. granted, anonymity might be hardly more than an illusion in their world, but it's much easier to buy into that with a few drinks in your system and a beat loud enough to drown out your own thoughts.
unfortunate that palone seemingly had the very same thought and all the more vexing that their teammates had apparently disappeared leaving finn behind to witness the tragic undoing of sullivan palone unfold all on his very lonesome. and somehow sitting with the responsibility of ensuring the other driver's safety.
finn can feel the energy coming off of him like sully is an exposed wire and he a puddle and yet he doesn't hesitate when he reaches for the half empty drink and takes it from him. barely three words spoken between them tonight but he knows it will take less than ten to risk a proper brawl - he's never been in a fight before and he's far from eager to change that. " i reckon that's enough. if that's what p8 does to you, i dread finding out what a dnf must look like ... " it is meant to be funny but even he realizes it drips off his tongue with a bitterness unfairly directed at the other driver. his own teams short-comings today do not fall on the competition. and who's he to judge what kind of poison someone picks. and yet ... " thought you would turn to the more physical kind of outlets. you can not possibly have run out of options already, we've not even been here a week. " now that actually did sound a lot funnier to his ears and he leans back quite pleased with himself, deciding on a whim to finish whatever was left in palone's glass. it's sharp, strong, makes him nearly miss the quip immediately fired back at him and yet it wrangles a chuckle out of him he didn't expect. " 's a little too late for that now i'm afraid, palone. the others have left a while ago so i'll have to see through that you get home semi intact. it's just us now. "