Meet Ugly #6 - Keyed Wrong Car
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felicitygsI've decided the titles are going to refer to the number of the prompt on the masterlist, just so I can keep track of which ones I have and have not completed.
Heyo, this one is Kylux because they're both angry dramatic nerds.
06. in a moment of stupidity, I keyed what I thought was my ex’s car only to be surprised when you come screaming towards me. -Meet Ugly Prompt #6
Kylo leans back on heels, examining his work--Fuck you in foot high letters across the driver's side doors, ragged and gray metal exposed like bone against the glossy black paint. He shakes his hand loose, grinning at his work. Sure, his wrist feels like shit now, and that key was probably useless now, but god, it was worth it just to get back at Dameron for being--well, Dameron
The office parking lot is fairly empty--not quite lunch time after all--and Kylo had been able to work in peace. The handful of times he heard footsteps, none of them had come his way anyway, so he's only half listening to the current pair he can hear, or least he was, until he realizes they're getting louder.
He looks up as the footsteps' owner round the back of the car, ready (hoping against hope) it's Dameron so he can see his reaction, except--
This is definitely not Poe Dameron.
This is six foot of slicked back red haired rage, based off the current tight lipped expression and blue-gray eyes staring Kylo down, the fist that is gripped so tight the knuckles have gone bone white.
Kylo looks at the car again. Black, expensive, flashy--it has to be Poe's, right?
Except.
"What have you done," the man says, voice quiet but no less audible for that fact.
"This isn't your car," Kylo says, because maybe if he says that forcefully enough, it'll be true.
"It is," the man says, and he starts towards Kylo, each step clipped and brisk and there's a promise in his eyes that suggests Kylo needs to apologize and back down immediately if he doesn't want to get hurt.
Kylo stands, just barely taller than the man, but he's broader, stronger (he knows he is; he has to be--what office worker has bulk under their finely tailored suits?), and he knows how to glower, which he does. "Back off," he says, dropping his voice low and rough.
"You keyed my car," the man says, calm as anything, until he's almost on top of Kylo. Kylo sees the punch coming, pushes it aside, and then there's just a bloom of white behind his eyes and he's gasping to not puke as he doubles over from a knee to the groin. He tries to shrug it off, only to have his legs kicked out from under him, and then another kick to the ribs.
"You--you hit me!" Kylo finally, finally, manages to gasp out. The man is standing by the car, running one finger along the spine of the 'F', and he spares Kylo the most disdainful glance.
"You keyed my car," he says, again, matter-of-factly. "Which you are going to pay to get fixed."
"I--this is Dameron's car!" Kylo tries, one more time, to will that truth into existence, sitting back up and rubbing his ribs where he was kicked.
The man frowns, just barely, the tiniest blink and miss it twitch of his mouth. "You have two options--either you pay for this, and I don't press charges, or I'll make sure you spend the rest of your miserable hate-filled life in prison. Pick."
Kylo presses his mouth shut, biting his tongue until the dull ache grounds him a bit. Kylo does not make mistakes, but one of those options sounds a lot better than the other. Other than how, well, he doesn't have much in the way of money.
"I don't have enough cash for that," Kylo says.
"I'm sure I can come up with an appropriate repayment method," the man says; his mouth twitches up at the corner, eyes narrowing in thought, and it sends a cold shiver down Kylo's spine. It's not so dissimilar a look from his mother, mid political meeting.
"Well... sure, I guess I can pay for it," Kylo says.
"Good," the man says, teeth gleaming sharp as that smirk widens, and Kylo knows, deep in his gut, he's made a horrible mistake.
Heyo, this one is Kylux because they're both angry dramatic nerds.
06. in a moment of stupidity, I keyed what I thought was my ex’s car only to be surprised when you come screaming towards me. -Meet Ugly Prompt #6
Kylo leans back on heels, examining his work--Fuck you in foot high letters across the driver's side doors, ragged and gray metal exposed like bone against the glossy black paint. He shakes his hand loose, grinning at his work. Sure, his wrist feels like shit now, and that key was probably useless now, but god, it was worth it just to get back at Dameron for being--well, Dameron
The office parking lot is fairly empty--not quite lunch time after all--and Kylo had been able to work in peace. The handful of times he heard footsteps, none of them had come his way anyway, so he's only half listening to the current pair he can hear, or least he was, until he realizes they're getting louder.
He looks up as the footsteps' owner round the back of the car, ready (hoping against hope) it's Dameron so he can see his reaction, except--
This is definitely not Poe Dameron.
This is six foot of slicked back red haired rage, based off the current tight lipped expression and blue-gray eyes staring Kylo down, the fist that is gripped so tight the knuckles have gone bone white.
Kylo looks at the car again. Black, expensive, flashy--it has to be Poe's, right?
Except.
"What have you done," the man says, voice quiet but no less audible for that fact.
"This isn't your car," Kylo says, because maybe if he says that forcefully enough, it'll be true.
"It is," the man says, and he starts towards Kylo, each step clipped and brisk and there's a promise in his eyes that suggests Kylo needs to apologize and back down immediately if he doesn't want to get hurt.
Kylo stands, just barely taller than the man, but he's broader, stronger (he knows he is; he has to be--what office worker has bulk under their finely tailored suits?), and he knows how to glower, which he does. "Back off," he says, dropping his voice low and rough.
"You keyed my car," the man says, calm as anything, until he's almost on top of Kylo. Kylo sees the punch coming, pushes it aside, and then there's just a bloom of white behind his eyes and he's gasping to not puke as he doubles over from a knee to the groin. He tries to shrug it off, only to have his legs kicked out from under him, and then another kick to the ribs.
"You--you hit me!" Kylo finally, finally, manages to gasp out. The man is standing by the car, running one finger along the spine of the 'F', and he spares Kylo the most disdainful glance.
"You keyed my car," he says, again, matter-of-factly. "Which you are going to pay to get fixed."
"I--this is Dameron's car!" Kylo tries, one more time, to will that truth into existence, sitting back up and rubbing his ribs where he was kicked.
The man frowns, just barely, the tiniest blink and miss it twitch of his mouth. "You have two options--either you pay for this, and I don't press charges, or I'll make sure you spend the rest of your miserable hate-filled life in prison. Pick."
Kylo presses his mouth shut, biting his tongue until the dull ache grounds him a bit. Kylo does not make mistakes, but one of those options sounds a lot better than the other. Other than how, well, he doesn't have much in the way of money.
"I don't have enough cash for that," Kylo says.
"I'm sure I can come up with an appropriate repayment method," the man says; his mouth twitches up at the corner, eyes narrowing in thought, and it sends a cold shiver down Kylo's spine. It's not so dissimilar a look from his mother, mid political meeting.
"Well... sure, I guess I can pay for it," Kylo says.
"Good," the man says, teeth gleaming sharp as that smirk widens, and Kylo knows, deep in his gut, he's made a horrible mistake.