[Johnnie rushes over to help, trying not to laugh meanwhile. She's just so damn earnest and it's cute and he can't help it.
The shitty guard rail is about to frustrate him too, anyway. He finds what looks like a weak, corroded spot and gives it a good solid kick with his heel to try and smash through the rusted metal still connecting it to the rest of the railing, but although it cracks, it doesn't fully break - and meanwhile he's sent bouncing backward, hopping on one foot while biting back the pain from the kick. He refuses to whine about it, he's tough, but fucking ow.]
Shit. Okay, but I got part of it! I can get this motherfucker!
[The answer is just to do it again! Harder! He braces himself this time, heel still throbbing, and sends it forward in a hard kick against that corroded surface. The metal bends and whines and snaps, and its jagged edge slashes through his jeans and leaves him bleeding.]
Asshole! Fuck!
[He's FINE he's fine, it's only a long but shallow cut, fucking guard rail bullshit. He grinds his teeth as he forces himself not to hobble, though he does rub at the cut to try and soothe it.
The warped metal is broken on two ends now - hers, and his. It's still very definitely bolted to a couple of posts, though, in the middle. Maybe they can pull it off of them. He just needs a minute.]
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[Johnnie rushes over to help, trying not to laugh meanwhile. She's just so damn earnest and it's cute and he can't help it.
The shitty guard rail is about to frustrate him too, anyway. He finds what looks like a weak, corroded spot and gives it a good solid kick with his heel to try and smash through the rusted metal still connecting it to the rest of the railing, but although it cracks, it doesn't fully break - and meanwhile he's sent bouncing backward, hopping on one foot while biting back the pain from the kick. He refuses to whine about it, he's tough, but fucking ow.]
Shit. Okay, but I got part of it! I can get this motherfucker!
[The answer is just to do it again! Harder! He braces himself this time, heel still throbbing, and sends it forward in a hard kick against that corroded surface. The metal bends and whines and snaps, and its jagged edge slashes through his jeans and leaves him bleeding.]
Asshole! Fuck!
[He's FINE he's fine, it's only a long but shallow cut, fucking guard rail bullshit. He grinds his teeth as he forces himself not to hobble, though he does rub at the cut to try and soothe it.
The warped metal is broken on two ends now - hers, and his. It's still very definitely bolted to a couple of posts, though, in the middle. Maybe they can pull it off of them. He just needs a minute.]