[Yea, he gets that. It's less well-realised outside of Brooklyn but a significant chunk of Spot's fierceness was always in defence of somebody he cared about - that was how Spot showed he cared. He understood the need to step in to defend somebody who couldn't defend themselves]
Sorry.
[He mutters the apology without thinking when Jack flinches away, and when he resumes he's even more careful than before]
You're an idiot, Kelly. You shoulda had backup.
[But he's not judging, not really. He's just mad Jack got himself hurt. There's something else, too, something he knows he shouldn't ask but it's just there hovering over him and he can't help himself]
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Date: 2020-05-02 10:51 pm (UTC)Ah
[Yea, he gets that. It's less well-realised outside of Brooklyn but a significant chunk of Spot's fierceness was always in defence of somebody he cared about - that was how Spot showed he cared. He understood the need to step in to defend somebody who couldn't defend themselves]
Sorry.
[He mutters the apology without thinking when Jack flinches away, and when he resumes he's even more careful than before]
You're an idiot, Kelly. You shoulda had backup.
[But he's not judging, not really. He's just mad Jack got himself hurt. There's something else, too, something he knows he shouldn't ask but it's just there hovering over him and he can't help himself]
Why'd you come here, Jack?