inbox;

[stressors]

● "Hey, it's Shiro." ●

"Sorry you missed me. Leave me one and I'll call you right back. Thanks."

☏ call. ✉ text. ⌨ video. ☄ action.

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[impulsors]

[ ???????????? ]

Shiro.

[ squirming, but not very much, because that's apparently his theme now. ]

I don't think this'd work in a fight.

[stressors]

Sometimes you've gotta carry the people around you.

[ rimshot.mp3 ]

[impulsors]

We aren't even going anywhere.

[ definitely squirming to get down now. ]

[stressors]

[ except all of their rolling around's gotten them both off the mat. but he's not pushing it -- keith's gotten a leg down by the time they've reached the padding.

which means it's pretty easy to topple him right back over, until he's got an arm across his torso holding him back against the floor. ]

[impulsors]

[ so what you're saying is: it's legs-around-waist o'clock again. ]

[stressors]

[ i know what i'm about, son










even if the placement of keith's legs has probably shifted just enough to get them flush together. but you know what! focus on the real task at hand can provide a potent distraction. ]

[impulsors]

[ yeah. sure.

but keith's paying some attention, anyway -- sprawling back means that he's got both hands free to wrap tight around shiro's arm where it's locked him against the mat, pushing and shoving as his hips twist to force him off-balance.

basically: this is a whole lot of outraged squirming. ]

[stressors]

[ -- oh yeah

nope

yep

uh-huh, he can totally feel it now, that's unfortunate. ]

Uh.

Need a hand?

[impulsors]

Not -- exactly.

[ but whatever shiro can feel, his grip's still hard, unyielding, knees like rooted steel.

ugh. his fingers flex once; his palm smoothes over shiro's wrist before his grip eases, restless and dark as his gaze snaps up, brows furrowed. ]

. . . fine. Tell me how you'd get out of this.

[stressors]

. . . you're pretty much halfway there.

[ because if he's going to hold onto keith for any longer than the next minute, then they're both going to be in a really

hard

spot. ]

You've got your legs all ready to throw me. Get my mind off of them first.

Throw off my balance by getting me to invest more of my weight into my arms.

[impulsors]

So -- what if I do this?

[ it's not his most graceful maneuver: torso twisting as his fingers locks over shiro's to bend his hand back over his wrist, lightning-sharp.

at least one of them's still paying attention to the lesson. ]