The grass is cold and prickly and Colby's pretty sure that's a beetle crawling over his skin as his shirt rides up, belly pressed flat into the damp ground. His elbows are starting to hurt too, but he digs them harder into the dirt and peers through the rifle scope, pretending to do the math so he won't miss by as much this time, but he's really just wishing he'd worn long sleeves. Not that it's cold - it's LA, come on - but all the hairs on his forearms are standing to attention anyway.
Might be because Edgerton is practically on top of him.
He has his left arm slung over the back of Colby's shoulder's, and his right is helping guide the rifle. Their cheeks are pressed close so Edgerton can get the same view of the target - and Colby is pissed that the man barely needs the scope at all - and it also means Edgerton gets a close up view of Colby's exposed - and totally over-reacting - arms.
Yeah, Edgerton sees all right. And seems to know perfectly well that he's causing it.
Just as Colby squeezes the trigger, Edgerton squeezes too, tightening his grip around Colby's shoulder's, leaning in...and catching Colby's ear in a gentle nip.
The shot, quite obviously, goes wide.
Ah, fuck it, thinks Colby, as he turns around and tackles Edgerton in a bear-hug. He'll never be as good a shot as Edgerton anyway.
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Yeah, so...this is how military boys hug. When holding guns, and sometimes wrestling.
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Might be because Edgerton is practically on top of him.
He has his left arm slung over the back of Colby's shoulder's, and his right is helping guide the rifle. Their cheeks are pressed close so Edgerton can get the same view of the target - and Colby is pissed that the man barely needs the scope at all - and it also means Edgerton gets a close up view of Colby's exposed - and totally over-reacting - arms.
Yeah, Edgerton sees all right. And seems to know perfectly well that he's causing it.
Just as Colby squeezes the trigger, Edgerton squeezes too, tightening his grip around Colby's shoulder's, leaning in...and catching Colby's ear in a gentle nip.
The shot, quite obviously, goes wide.
Ah, fuck it, thinks Colby, as he turns around and tackles Edgerton in a bear-hug. He'll never be as good a shot as Edgerton anyway.
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P.S. You get this in your inbox twice, because I hit Post Comment by accident before I'd finished, dammit!
Yeah, so...this is how military boys hug. When holding guns, and sometimes wrestling.