he’s already hurt, and it would be so easy to give up control. but he can do this. he still flinches, though, at the voice. the voice that isn’t marc’s. he’s not actually that surprised; as he quickly finds a reflection to glance at. “ do you even know who these people are ?? ‘cos i don’t think they’re after me. so it’s one of you two. ” two. feels weird, but he’s rolling with it. a couple of them approach, and steven winces back when he sees what they have in their hands. “ what are those, are they-- billy clubs ?? oh shit-- ” they don’t answer, but they do approach, and steven’s reaction is to back the hell off. he manages to put a car between them, but he isn’t running yet. if steven runs, they run, and they certainly look a lot fitter than he felt.