Re: [punching, the redux]
Dude was on the bail, ready to retreat, but Adrian hit the nail on the head with his taunt.
'Hissy' was so very close to 'sissy,' man, and Patrick was sensitive. Dudes did not throw hissy fists. Girls threw hissy fits. Queers threw hissy fits, and if Adrian wanted him back in the ring, then the tactic was a good one, because it brought up all of Patrick's fears and surfaced them most spectacularly. "Asshole. I am not forfeiting," he insisted, slipping back under the ropes and stalking at his bro. "You were the one who went back to the rope without throwing a punch, man. Own up," he insisted, spittle on his lips and getting in Adrian's face. Right in his face, man, right fucking there.