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Tommy Gavin ([personal profile] gavin62truck) wrote in [community profile] milliways_bar2013-08-16 08:39 pm

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The door opens, and Tommy steps through -- haltingly, hesitant, when he finds the bar instead of the firehouse kitchen. In a moment of panic he considers turning back. But with a defiant set of his jaw he quickly stalks across the room toward the back door, straight past the bar, not giving it another glance.

Because he can't look at it. He can't look at it without feeling the urge to drink, the nagging tug of the liquor in those shiny glass bottles. His hold on sobriety has gotten shaky over the past couple of weeks. And even though he knows Bar herself wouldn't serve him any alcohol if he asked for some, he'd only get angry. And nobody needs that.

He really shouldn't be here.


Outside, it's evening. The sun's gone down and the sky's a murky shade of indigo, just dark enough to reveal the galaxies beyond.

Enough to make you feel like an insignificant little speck of shit.

With a heavy, bitter sigh, Tommy sits down on the porch steps, takes a cigarette out of a pack, and lights it up. He might as well take a smoke break before he goes back to work.
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[personal profile] boston_bruiser 2013-08-28 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
Voodoo shrugs, his hands in his pockets. "Okay. I don't know you. Fair 'nough."

He leans against the railing. "But here's what I do know. I know the door to the Bar's right there," he says, nodding to it. "I know if you want, you can be outta here in ten seconds flat, back in your world."

He scratches at his beard. "I also know that there ain't no Security guys out here to stop you if you wanna take a swing at me. What happens next is completely up to you. Always has been. Always will be."
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[personal profile] boston_bruiser 2013-08-28 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
The counter is instantaneous. Tommy's untrained, a sloppy fighter, and Voodoo sees the right coming from a mile away.

Two things happen simultaneously - Voodoo deflects the punch and rams a knee hard into Tommy's crotch. The offending arm is wrenched behind Tommy's back, and Voodoo sweeps his feet out from underneath him, bringing him to the ground.

One knee pins Tommy's legs, the other his lower back. Voodoo's free hand seeks out the pressure points at the intersection of Tommy's jawbone and ears and presses down on them.

He doesn't say anything. Doesn't need to.
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[personal profile] boston_bruiser 2013-08-28 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)


When the time is right, Voodoo releases Tommy from his grasp and moves off to the side.


He offers no words. Only a hand to help Tommy up.
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[personal profile] boston_bruiser 2013-08-29 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
He shrugs, once. "Heard a whole lot worse from a whole lot scarier."

He leans back against the railing, arms snaking across each other until they are akimbo.

"Smarter, too."
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[personal profile] boston_bruiser 2013-08-29 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
"I mean you don't know your fuckin' limits."
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[personal profile] boston_bruiser 2013-08-29 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
"It's training you don't got, Gavin. You wouldn't stick your arm in a shark's mouth and expect it to come out intact. You think throwin' a punch at me would end any better?"

He takes a step forward as well - Tommy's got an inch on him in height, but Voodoo's stockier.

"Words 'n actions are two different things, Gavin. What you're doin' right now? Chest-beatin'. Ain't no more."
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[personal profile] boston_bruiser 2013-08-29 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
The shove takes Voodoo two steps back before he halts himself.

He takes those two steps forward again. It's defiance, and he knows it.

"I ain't puttin' you in no infirmary, Gavin. But if you're expecting an apology, you ain't gettin' one. I made my point. Guys like you? Guys who won't PT? They're weak links. You gotta ask yourself, why won't you PT? Do you just not give a shit about what all this fuckin' apathy might cost you, might cost someone else, down the line? Are you that fucking self-centered?"

A half-beat.

"If you don't take it upon yourself to get stronger, to get faster- whatever happens 'cause of that weakness is on you.
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[personal profile] boston_bruiser 2013-08-30 04:58 am (UTC)(link)




"Man, I don't know how you got out of the Academy thinkin' like that."

He shakes his head.

"But yeah. You made your point. You're a firefighter who doesn't give a fuck if the people on his calls live or die. You want a medal or a chest to pin it on?"
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[personal profile] boston_bruiser 2013-08-31 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
Voodoo scoffs and shakes his head. "I don’t fuckin’ believe it. Three hundred forty-three smoke-eaters, thirty-seven port cops, twenty-three city cops, and eight EMTs, all dead on nine-eleven. Twenty-four guys KIA in Afghanistan so far."

He bites his lip.

"One’a them my swim buddy."

The bite is gone, replaced with a snarl.

"And you’re still suckin’ air."
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[personal profile] boston_bruiser 2013-08-31 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, I guess we fuckin' do."

His hands are on Tommy's wrists, his grip solid.

"So what do you wanna fuckin' do in the meantime, compare trauma conga lines? See who has it harder? Whip our shit out already, get it over with?"

He cracks his neck, leaning in to narrow his eyes. "Or maybe you wanna settle this like men. Make your goddamn move, Gavin."
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[personal profile] boston_bruiser 2013-08-31 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
As much as he'd like to think he is, Voodoo isn't superhuman.

So when Tommy cracks him across the nose, he grunts in pain and lets his grip slip as he covers his nose.

He breaths come steady for a few moments. The smell of blood is what finally brings his hands away from his face. His hands are drenched with the red liquid. It oozes down from the busted bridge of his nose, trailing down his cheeks to his lips and chin.



He looks at Tommy and nods, once.

"Good hit."

His own is faster, more precise - a hard elbow strike to Tommy's solar plexus.
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[personal profile] boston_bruiser 2013-08-31 07:03 am (UTC)(link)
Voodoo braces himself on a nearby table, wiping the blood off his face with the back of his arm. His breaths come slower now, more ragged.

(They were best friends, once. How it came to this...

...is something he'll think about later. Much later. When his blood dies down.)

He looks down at Tommy, writhing on the deck in pain. He knows exactly how much it hurts. How long it'll take before Tommy's diaphragm stops seizing up. How long before he's able to breathe again.

"Come on. Get up."


He takes a deep breath, advancing toward Tommy. A light rainstorm has moved in, washing the blood down his face, drenching the deck.


"Get. Up."
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