tantalizing light - beach sweep

[michael t.]

Had he been in a different situation, like back on the road with Trevor and in charge of their own shit, perhaps Michael would've blown up a little bit more for being told off by Roxie. He had never been particularly great at handling his anger issues in the past, but he hadn't had to put any sort of clamp down on them since he was always in charge. He'd tell people he would kick their shit in, and they would either back down in a cowering heap, or get their asses handed to them by Trevor – since the coyote always just insisted Michael would get himself hurt. Things weren't like that anymore, however. No longer was he the big cat in charge, and no longer could he just lash out in any way he wanted without any consequences. Besides that, the one who had told him off was Roxie. Even if the terrifying presence of none other than Goldie wasn't around, Michael still wouldn't have been able to blow up on Roxie. She was his family, as demonstrated by the way that she casually elbowed him in the side, making him let out a grunt of displeasure. So, instead of blowing up in a way that might've previously been the norm, the bobcat just grumbled in annoyance, mismatched eyes narrowed, "Oh come on, s'not my fault that I decided to call out something so stupid." His words were harsh, but as per his sister's request, he kept his words low so that Blits wouldn't hear them.

Turning his attention back to the idiot himself, Michael watched the exchange between Goldie and Blits with a smirk, a little cackle leaving him before he glanced at Roxie. He said with a little grin, amusement dancing in his blue eyes as he spoke, "Yeah Blits, they won't mess with you. They really like Roxie, though. One of 'em even pinched her on the butt once. She hates the little things." He could still remember the draconic feline's dramatic wailing after she had been punched by a crab, acting as if her entire family had been killed before her very eyes because a crustacean had touched her in such a way. He had, of course, helped her out in the moment, but he didn't feel any sort of guilt over laughing about it now, even though he would probably regret it later, when Rox shoved his face into the sand. In a lot of ways, the two of them acted as if they had been siblings since they were kits, instead of having adopted each other much later in life.

[glow=#75603C,1,000]" oh, it's a setup, no, no, we won't fall. "[/glow]