“So I got in a fight, they owed me money.”
Grey eyes like sharpened steel glared into Mike's blues, his warm hand feeling for heat and damage around his friend's face so tender in stark contrast. "Why didn't you just take your money back? Are we talking like... small bills or mountains of cash? Why didn't you call on the cavalry?" His free hand, as though containing every ounce of offence and mock hurt his body could muster, flew to his chest, fingers splayed out over his own heart.











