𝐍𝐗𝐓 𝟗-𝟐𝟒-𝟐𝟒
𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐡
The brawl had been brutal, but what would one expect of two men who had been best friends. Ethan Page had been the first to attack, a cracking headbutt to Noah's face after a particularly off color comment about the woman who stood at Ethan's side, causing the broken nose he now found himself looking at in the locker room mirror. He had made sure that Ethan paid, driving his former friend back first into the steel barricade with a hard shoulder. In the end, the security team had barely kept them apart. Nolee had barely kept them apart.
Noah watched his reflection in the mirror, chest heaving with his angry breathing, as he took in how he looked.
"You were soft on him," came a voice from behind Noah.
The mirror didn't show anything but an open door, but as soon as Noah turned around, he was met by the face of Devin Heraldry. The glimmer of madniess in his eyes was unnerving and Noah found himself trying to look anywhere but the other man's face, "I put him through hell."
"You. Were. Soft," Devin hissed, one of his hands clenching at the collar of the now torn ring jacket Noah wore. Noah could smell the acrid hints of smoke and iron, from the cigars Devin so often enjoyed and the blood Devin needed to live. He wondered who the unlucky recipient of Devin's appetites had been tonight.
"Get off my back," Noah grunted, shoving the other man away as he turned to look back at the mirror.
With inhuman strength, Devin spun Noah back around to face him. The Malkavian shoved him backwards into the mirror, the back of Noah's head connecting with the glass. It broke against his skin, dazing Noah even more than he already was after the brawl. Devin's free hand came up to Noah's face, thumb pressing against bloodied flesh and smearing the red ichor across the spanse of Noah's lips and chin, "You feel that? You 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 feel that?"
Noah sputtered, unable to fight the other man off and face searing with pain, "Devin, I..."
"Page did this to you," Devin snarled, "Page made you 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗱. You gave him the best you had for so long? And how does he repay you? By making you 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗱 your own 𝗯 𝗹 𝗼 𝗼 𝗱!"
Noah gave a weak mutter, "Never again..."
"What was that? Huh?"
Noah's tone grew darker as he found his resolve, tongue daring out to taste his own blood, "Never. Again."
Devin let go of Noah, patting his shoulder with a smirk, "When you face Page for that title? Remember this. Remember how you felt when he chose everyone but you. And then? Then you tear him apart and force him to watch his world crumble."