[ bruce is not expecting to be interrupted; he wasn't even particularly expecting to be noticed. whatever his clothing, he's still a submissive in the down, and he's quickly learning that submissives are largely ignored everywhere in this bizarre place.
the voice, then, brings his glance up, puzzled and a little startled beneath the careful blankness. but the way he looks is.. uncomfortably familiar. bruce instinctively recoils, brows drawing together as the stranger--smile familiar, like jerome's--stares at him, looking as surprised to see bruce as the younger man is to see him.
now isn't the time, though. he has a more pressing concern, which is currently digging into his side unpleasantly. ]
Excuse me, [ he says, polite out of reflex more than anything, and then whips around, leg snapping up in a kick straight into one of his attackers' forearms. the guy swears and drops the knife, clutching his arm to himself, and bruce drops down to catch it, sweeping his leg out to knock another one of his feet. he dances back then, knife held before himself and trying to keep his eyes both on the would-be muggers and the strange not-jerome. ]
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the voice, then, brings his glance up, puzzled and a little startled beneath the careful blankness. but the way he looks is.. uncomfortably familiar. bruce instinctively recoils, brows drawing together as the stranger--smile familiar, like jerome's--stares at him, looking as surprised to see bruce as the younger man is to see him.
now isn't the time, though. he has a more pressing concern, which is currently digging into his side unpleasantly. ]
Excuse me, [ he says, polite out of reflex more than anything, and then whips around, leg snapping up in a kick straight into one of his attackers' forearms. the guy swears and drops the knife, clutching his arm to himself, and bruce drops down to catch it, sweeping his leg out to knock another one of his feet. he dances back then, knife held before himself and trying to keep his eyes both on the would-be muggers and the strange not-jerome. ]
I don't want any more trouble.