Ah, shit. [ mickey curses when the punch connects with his jaw, right on top of another bruise from the fight last night. aaawesome. ] Was it too much to hope you'd be left-handed? Least I could even out my face.
[ he'd been expecting the punch to come any second, so it's not too much of a shock, even when it staggers him (no shit, he got punched), even if mickey's making a show of rubbing his jaw. he didn't make any move to evade it, seeing as he told alec he'd let him hit him (well, that's what he meant, anyway), and didn't so much tell him that he'd take that as officially kicking off a legitimate fight. woops.
mickey's walking it off after recovery from the stagger, pacing a bit while he shakes his head, like trying to shake the actual pain of it off (and it mostly works - he's learned how to take punches in his life, especially from people stronger than him (hi dad)). ]
That was your free one, since I was a dick — [ he's self-aware, and he's not completely unfair, just really weird. but this also implies there will be more than one, and mickey doesn't let that sink in for long, barely even enough to get the last syllable of 'dick' out before his 'walking it off' turns into sneaking out a sharp, fast, vicious gut punch. if it connects, it won't feel great. mickey packs a hell of a punch - for a human. but that's not nephilim, and he doesn't know he's out-classed yet. ]
cw: brief mention of child abuse
[ he'd been expecting the punch to come any second, so it's not too much of a shock, even when it staggers him (no shit, he got punched), even if mickey's making a show of rubbing his jaw. he didn't make any move to evade it, seeing as he told alec he'd let him hit him (well, that's what he meant, anyway), and didn't so much tell him that he'd take that as officially kicking off a legitimate fight. woops.
mickey's walking it off after recovery from the stagger, pacing a bit while he shakes his head, like trying to shake the actual pain of it off (and it mostly works - he's learned how to take punches in his life, especially from people stronger than him (hi dad)). ]
That was your free one, since I was a dick — [ he's self-aware, and he's not completely unfair, just really weird. but this also implies there will be more than one, and mickey doesn't let that sink in for long, barely even enough to get the last syllable of 'dick' out before his 'walking it off' turns into sneaking out a sharp, fast, vicious gut punch. if it connects, it won't feel great. mickey packs a hell of a punch - for a human. but that's not nephilim, and he doesn't know he's out-classed yet. ]