[ If it isn't the shout that makes him stop, it's certainly the shove. It disrupts his concentration, the spell guttering out as it cancels, and Joshua takes a heavy step back, off balance.
But it's the anger in his brother's expression and words that makes the semi-primed state melt away, the fire and feathers fizzling into motes of aether. For just a moment, there's an expression there as though he's just been slapped, his own fear and fury briefly tempered by hurt for just a spit second. But then that fury comes back, biting and snapping like a flame. Clive had been the one to do something stupid, and if not for him, if not for Will-- ]
You--
[ But that's all he can get out, because that's when the coughing starts. It's violent, wet, and Joshua can only pull in quick, gasping breaths between them. Sapped as he is, his legs lose the ability to support his weight, and he makes a desperate grab for the couch.
Just in time for the crimson soaking his glove to be joined by the awful sound of retching and even more blood. ]
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Date: 2025-02-10 06:09 pm (UTC)But it's the anger in his brother's expression and words that makes the semi-primed state melt away, the fire and feathers fizzling into motes of aether. For just a moment, there's an expression there as though he's just been slapped, his own fear and fury briefly tempered by hurt for just a spit second. But then that fury comes back, biting and snapping like a flame. Clive had been the one to do something stupid, and if not for him, if not for Will-- ]
You--
[ But that's all he can get out, because that's when the coughing starts. It's violent, wet, and Joshua can only pull in quick, gasping breaths between them. Sapped as he is, his legs lose the ability to support his weight, and he makes a desperate grab for the couch.
Just in time for the crimson soaking his glove to be joined by the awful sound of retching and even more blood. ]