Magic in the First Degree → snippet
Finn opened the door to find Rory, his best friend, leaning on his knees and gasping for air. He tried to find the words. When nothing eloquent came, he went for the only thing left.
“Rory, what the fuck?” His eyes darted between the scorch marks on Rory’s arm and shoulder, then at the street behind him. “How…? What happened to the women in suits?”
Rory stared at the floor, still trying to catch his breath, shaking his head and laughing softly.
“I, uh…” he trailed off, glancing up to Finn and shrugging weakly. “I jumped out the window?”
“You--!” Finn stared, gestured emptily to the space Rory occupied, and then leaned against the wall. “You jumped out the window? What the hell is wrong with you?”
Rory stood straight, still breathing heavily and looked Finn in the eyes helplessly.
“What was I supposed to do? They blasted the door open with...lightning I think? It was coming from their hands, somehow, I’m not really sure, but...it’s not like I could just go with them!”
“You live on the tenth floor, Rory! You could have died!”
Rory shrugged, stepping into Finn’s apartment and collapsing on the couch.
“Yeah, I think I broke something, actually. Maybe a couple things. I think the fire escape was further down than I thought it was--ow!”
Finn hung his head, begging for strength from whatever deity would give it to him, and closed the door as he turned around.
“I’ll get you some ice, but then we’re discussing this.”
“You know I hate discussions.”
“You should have thought of that before you threw yourself out a window, Ror,” Finn called from the kitchen as he gathered as many packs of frozen fruits and vegetables as he could find.
tag list: @pinkarchandroid ; @robinsidereus ; @asexualhardware ; @otter-nest ; @itsfelixnoir ; @juls-writes (i saw your :eyes: so i wasn’t sure) ; @omgbrekkerkaz (i wasn’t sure, let me know if you’d like to be removed!) → let me know if you’d like to be added to the magic in the first degree tag list!! (ask, dm, comment are all fine!)
