Dom looked like he wanted to murder Will right then and there, and Elijah was not pleased to see it. He was just going to have to hope that anger made him stupid, and Will pulled off some kind of incredible miracle. He was called up to fight first, and he made sure to clasp Robert’s hand in solidarity before they headed out into the ring.
The fight was over pretty quickly, with Elijah letting Robert win because it had been longer for him since he had. Then Elijah went back to sit beside Will. He dusted the dirt from his track pants and then he leaned against the wall, his heart heavy. “He always forgets to protect his knees,” Elijah whispered to Will, turning to him and curling close like he was sharing an intimate moment. “Dom I mean. Back of the knees is even better. He’ll go for your head because he’s a brute. He’ll go high, you go low.”