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Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας | Alexander the Great (kingofmacedon) wrote in nevermore_logs,
@ 2013-10-09 20:23:00

Current mood:	tired
Entry tags:	alexander the great, richard the lionheart

Who: Alex & Richard
What: Apparently, putting those two together in a house can lead to explosions. Who knew?
When: Wednesday night
Where: Their place
Warnings: Language, violence, TBD

In between moving and being annoyed at the government shutdown, Alexander's temper was constantly frayed. He was doing his best not to unleash it on anyone who didn't deserve it, but it was getting harder and harder to hold it in.

He came in, carrying a box of books that had been left in his car, and he all but tripped over Richard's shoes. He dropped the box directly onto his foot, swearing a blue streak because it fucking hurt.

"Richard!" he yelled. "Can you please move your shoes to somewhere where people won't fucking trip over them, maybe?"

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heartoflion
2013-10-09 11:04 pm UTC (link)

Richard didn't approve of how the government was treating it's people, not to mention the military. He'd diverted as much of his own funds as he could, but it was just a drop in the bucket, comparatively.

He distracted himself with petting Normandy, only looking up when Alex came in. "They are in the hallway, where they're supposed to be." Granted not on the shoerack either, but that was besides the point.

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	kingofmacedon 2013-10-09 11:22 pm UTC (link)
	"Yes, but they don't have to be right in front of the damn door," Alex muttered, collecting his fallen books. He threw them all back in the box, rather haphazardly, but he couldn't be arsed to care. He set the whole thing out of the way, heading to the kitchen to pour himself a glass of wine. Gods knew he needed it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	heartoflion 2013-10-09 11:45 pm UTC (link)
	He watched Alex move to the kitchen and leaned back, "you can't yell at me when you're leaving your books there too. I'm not going to move them." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kingofmacedon 2013-10-09 11:54 pm UTC (link)
	"They'll be there for all of 15 minutes, while I finish this, then they're going on the shelf," Alex replied. He pinched the bridge of his nose, taking a large sip of his wine. "And I'm not yelling. You haven't really seen me start to yell." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	heartoflion 2013-10-10 12:07 am UTC (link)
	He rolled his eyes and pulled Normandy up on the couch, scratching the dog behind the ears. "Or you'll forget. And I'm not putting them up for you. And don't take the last of the wine." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

kingofmacedon
2013-10-10 12:56 am UTC (link)

Alex knew, somewhere in the back of his mind, that this was a stupid thing to fight over, but he was pissed off and tired, and not in the mood to be nitpicked. "No one asked you to," he said. He grabbed the bottle of wine by the neck and carried it over to Richard, slamming it down on the table in front of him. "Have at it," he said, the sarcasm thick in his voice.

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	heartoflion 2013-10-10 02:34 am UTC (link)
	When the bottle slammed onto the table he rose. In any setting, anger tended to be his default and Alex just happened to be the closest by. Frowning he was trying to use the few extra inches he had over Alex to loom, something he used to do a lot. "Don't slam my wine down like that." It was the stupidest nonsense to be angry about, but it didn't stop him either. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kingofmacedon 2013-10-10 09:08 am UTC (link)
	Richard might have been taller than him, but Alex never backed down from anything, and he wasn't about to start now. He could feel his temper starting to boil just under the surface, it wouldn't take much more for him to be really angry. "Or what?" he asked, defiantly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	heartoflion 2013-10-10 07:02 pm UTC (link)
	One of the bad traits he'd inherited as well was the temper, and he'd never been good at containing it. So he went to push Alex. "Or that." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

kingofmacedon
2013-10-10 07:38 pm UTC (link)

Alex had a temper of his own, and he was never afraid to let people know it. He rocked back from Richard's push, but that was about it. He scoffed. "My mother could do better than that," he said derisively. He planted his feet, doing his best to become the immovable object, and shoved Richard back. He could feel something in the air, like the split-second of calm before an explosion.

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	I are fail at yelling heartoflion 2013-10-10 07:52 pm UTC (link)
	He went to take Alex' arm, to try and twist it to his back. Anger tended to translate to yelling in his mind. "Is this before or after she orders you around like a lap dog?" Perhaps it wasn't fair to compare recent tales, but he never said he played completely fair. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

You're great! It's totally succeeding in pissing him off.

kingofmacedon
2013-10-11 12:26 am UTC (link)

"Fuck you," Alex spat. "At least I don't have to call my mother to deal with women." He used his free elbow to jab at Richard's stomach and try to break out of his hold. The quickest route to pissing him off and really unleashing his temper was to insult his mother. Their relationship might be a little dysfunctional, but she was his blood, the only one who had come back. And if Richard wanted to take cheap shots, two could play that game.

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	heartoflion 2013-10-11 01:05 am UTC (link)
	He grunted at the hit to his stomach and released Alex, only to lash out to connect a punch to Alex' temple. "Well at least I can have women without having my mother right there with me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kingofmacedon 2013-10-11 01:13 am UTC (link)
	"If you're implying what I think you're implying, you son of a whore, then you can fucking go to hell," Alex hissed, hooking his foot behind one of Richard's knees, in the hopes of felling him like a tree. He was so angry now, he was literally seeing red. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	heartoflion 2013-10-11 01:26 am UTC (link)
	He sidestepped and reached down, trying to grab Alex foot before it connected so he had that leverage. "I've been. Not too pleasant. And I imply nothing you little bastard. What are you going to tell on me to your divine dad. Oh wait, that was just a tale." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kingofmacedon 2013-10-11 01:48 am UTC (link)
	"I don't need any help to take you on," Alex assured him, baring his teeth. "You sanctimonious asshole, you think you know so much? You know nothing." He hit the floor with an almighty crash as his remaining leg went out from under him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	YOU KNOW NOTHING JON SNOW XDDDDDD heartoflion 2013-10-11 02:01 am UTC (link)
	"Ha!" He went to put his foot on Alex' chest. "It seems I know enough to put you on your ass. Whose the glorious conqueror now? You should have remembered Alex. It's the one whose victorious whose right." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	DOES THAT MAKE ALEX YGRITTE? XD kingofmacedon 2013-10-11 02:18 am UTC (link)
	Alex planted both feet on the ground, using them to push his body off the floor with all his strength, and he hoped Richard fell on his pompous ass. "Right, because going on all those Crusades was totally the right thing to do, and nothing at all bad happened as a result. Oh, wait." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

NO IT HAS TO BE RICHARD BECAUSE HE'S A GINGER

heartoflion
2013-10-11 02:29 am UTC (link)

It did make him fall, and into the coffeetable too, but he swore and used the position to kick out at Alex' shins. "I only went on one, thank you. And at least I knew when to give up, rather then to keep going because someone had mommy issues." Most of it was buried under his accent though, and he kept slipping in and out of the language he'd used when he was young.

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ALEX SAYS, FOR THE RECORD, HE IS TOTALLY A DRAGON-RIDING TARGARYEN

kingofmacedon
2013-10-11 02:49 am UTC (link)

Alex hit the floor again, swearing loudly in Greek and hoping like hell he didn't have a concussion. But he hauled himself onto his knees, walking on them over to Richard and glaring down at him. "I have no idea what you said, and at this point, I don't care," he told him. "But, at the risk of repeating myself: fuck you. I'm sure it was something ridiculous anyway."

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	LANNISTER VS TARGARYEN NOW ON PAY PER VIEW heartoflion 2013-10-11 02:54 am UTC (link)
	At that he launched up, to use all his body weight to throw himself at Alex and hopefully pin him down on the ground, swearing up a storm in his native language. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

FIGHT TO THE DEATH. ISH.

kingofmacedon
2013-10-11 03:06 am UTC (link)

If Richard expected him to just lie down and take this, he had another thing coming. Their fight had no rules, which meant he could play dirty if he wanted to. And right now, he wanted, more than anything, to scratch Richard's eyes out. He couldn't even remember what had led up to this, but the violence was singing in his veins, and he'd never been very good at fighting his baser impulses.

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heartoflion
2013-10-11 03:44 am UTC (link)

Neither of them were very good at keeping their tempers in check, or playing very fair. In one way, at least they weren't hurting anyone else. And they both seemed to know how much to give to the other.

At the end, Richard was splayed on his back, knowing a few things were broken, and exhausted. He was coughing up blood, but he knew he'd given as good as he'd gotten. And at least he felt a little better.

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kingofmacedon
2013-10-11 01:42 pm UTC (link)

Alex's whole face hurt, and he was pretty sure his nose was broken. He turned on his side, spitting out a mouthful of blood onto the floor. Everything hurt, his whole body felt like a continuous throb. Richard could give as good as he got, he had to admit.

He raised his head a few inches off the floor, observing the destruction. "I think we killed the living room," he rasped out, voice hoarse from screaming.

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heartoflion
2013-10-11 06:58 pm UTC (link)

He managed to look up before he winced. If a few ribs weren't broken he'd be very surprised. Plus his hand hurt way worse then it really should. Still he could see the table was broken, and Normandy was only now poking his head out from where he'd been hiding.

"Yup," He cursed as he sat up and called the dog to him to make sure Normandy hadn't gotten caught in the middle. That would make him feel bad. "I think I broke my hand."

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	kingofmacedon 2013-10-11 08:05 pm UTC (link)
	"My nose is definitely broken," he replied. "And I would be pretty surprised if I didn't have a concussion." He felt bad for scaring Normandy, he liked the little guy. He tried to sit up, and found hecould without too much difficulty. "I feel like shit." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	heartoflion 2013-10-11 08:09 pm UTC (link)
	"Pretty sure that's how my hand went." He ruffled Normandy's fur and scratched the dog behind his ears with his good hand. "You're kind of fuzzy, so I'm not much better." Wincing he set his hand on the old wound, before drawing it back. "Hey that opened." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kingofmacedon 2013-10-11 10:27 pm UTC (link)
	Alex gingerly touched the tip of his nose, wincing and quickly withdrawing his hand. "Fuck, ouch," he hissed. "Should get that set," he said to Richard-or rather, slurred. "Fuck, I do not want to get my head looked at." "Has that happened before?" he asked, curious despite himself. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	heartoflion 2013-10-11 10:34 pm UTC (link)
	He shook his head and settled his hand on the old wound. "Around April, but not like this. 'Swhy I can't really fight and got to be careful when jousting." He tried to shrug but it just caused him to curse more. He let Normandy go check out Alex before sighing. "Sorry." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kingofmacedon 2013-10-11 10:46 pm UTC (link)
	Alex scratched Normandy's ears, sighing rather deeply himself. "I'm sorry too," he said quietly. "I don't even remember what I was mad about to start with." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	heartoflion 2013-10-11 10:53 pm UTC (link)
	"Neither do I. Not really." He knew he needed to get the wound checked out, not to mention the other various wounds he'd collected. And he knew Alex was hurt too. "Can you get up? We should go get checked out." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kingofmacedon 2013-10-11 11:33 pm UTC (link)
	"I think so," Alex said, gritting his teeth and getting up slowly. "If your old wound opened up, we should go and see Aesculapius. What about you, can you stand?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	heartoflion 2013-10-11 11:40 pm UTC (link)
	He nodded and slowly rose, cursing as he went. "I know that name. Sounds good." He nodded and lowered his hands to his ribs, "don't like to be standing but I'm up. gotta bind this up a bit though, or it'll keep bleeding." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kingofmacedon 2013-10-12 12:04 am UTC (link)
	"Sit down," Alex told him. "I think there's tape around here somewhere, it might not be pretty, but I'll do my best." He rooted around in some drawers until he found some medical tape and cotton pads. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	heartoflion 2013-10-12 12:20 am UTC (link)
	He did as asked but huffed. "Get up he says, sit down he says." There wasn't any heat behind it though. He was too tired to argue more. And the wound was burning. Thankfully he kept his medical cabinet well stocked. "Funny how they never taught us to do combat medicine huh? We can come up with detailed plans on the fly, but we're fucked when we get a wound." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kingofmacedon 2013-10-12 12:47 am UTC (link)
	"Hush, you," Alex said, sitting down next to Richard and pulling up his shirt. "And yeah, tell me about it. Never bothered to teach us anything like that. And heads up: this is gonna sting." He cleaned it quickly but thoroughly with an alcohol wipe, then pressed a clean pad over Richard's wound, securing it with some tape. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	heartoflion 2013-10-12 12:54 am UTC (link)
	He swore as it did sting, but didn't fight any of it. He waited for the wound to be bound up before giving Alex a look. "You staying?" It was a bit of a loaded question, considering how they just found out how their fights could go. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

kingofmacedon
2013-10-12 01:13 am UTC (link)

Alex put everything away and washed his hands, thinking. He didn't have a house of his own to go back to, and he didn't really relish the idea of moving in with his mother. Even though she'd probably love it. And he wasn't ready to give up on this thing that they had, even though they had just proved they could have really explosive fights.

"Yeah," he said, coming back and sitting down next to Richard again. "Yeah, I'm staying."

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	heartoflion 2013-10-12 01:15 am UTC (link)
	He was glad to hear that, so it made him relax. He didn't want to have ruined this due to his temper. "I'm glad. But maybe we shouldn't do this inside again." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kingofmacedon 2013-10-12 01:23 am UTC (link)
	Alex snorted, a small smile finally appearing on his face. "Agreed. You have a very unforgiving floor. My head would love to not crash into it again." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	heartoflion 2013-10-12 01:33 am UTC (link)
	"I did like that table." He looked down to Normandy who was at their feet. "The dog won't forgive us either." Wincing he rose. "Come on let's get that head of yours looked at." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kingofmacedon 2013-10-12 01:57 am UTC (link)
	"Poor little guy," he agreed. "I foresee him being mad at us for quite a while." He pushed himself slowly up off the couch. "But I don't wannaaaa," he griped, but he didn't really mean it, he knew he had to go. "I hate people poking around in my head." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	heartoflion 2013-10-12 02:05 am UTC (link)
	"Well I hear concussions can be pretty bad. Even for us." He went and picked up a coat to slip it on, wincing all the way. "Besides you still need to get your nose looked at." he paused at the door. "and we need a cab. I broke my hand and you hit your head. Neither of us can drive." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kingofmacedon 2013-10-12 02:17 am UTC (link)
	Alex grumbled a bit under his breath, but he couldn't disagree. "I was going to say, shouldn't we call someone. And that'll be fun to explain away to a cab driver, but my whole head hurts too much to argue." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	heartoflion 2013-10-12 02:24 am UTC (link)
	He got out his phone to call a cab, and upon finishing, shrugged. "I only have George otherwise, and he might tell us off. Not sure if I'm in the mood for that. Just, try not to pass out." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kingofmacedon 2013-10-12 02:32 am UTC (link)
	"Fair enough," he sighed. "Don't blame you, I'm really not either." He sat down to wait for the cab, careful not to let his head rest on the sofa, no matter how much he just wanted to sleep. He dug his nails into his leg, if he felt like he might be dozing off. (Reply to this) (Parent)