All Sharp Like Fox Teeth – Chapter 5 – quicksylver28

Stiles was in his arms before he even cleared the door, arms tight around his waist and trembling; his breaths coming out in little panicked puffs. Tony immediately wrapped his arms around the lithe frame and held him tight, one hand coming up to gently cup the back of the teen’s head as he sent an alarmed look to the others. Rocky was the first to respond, coming over to usher them to a small couch that had been pushed back to a corner of the room. He held up his phone so that Tony could read what was typed there as the others made themselves scarce, leaving only Mac by the door.

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All Sharp Like Fox Teeth – Chapter 2 – quicksylver28

In the seconds it took for them to dash to the mustang and duck in, they’d already been soaked by the sudden downpour; looking like a pair of drowned rats as the car’s heat kicked in with a low hum. The cab was silent save for their breathing, the outside world all but turned white and swallowed by the deluge that drenched the entire city. So much for light summer drizzles. Stupid weather channel.

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All Sharp Like Fox Teeth – Chapter 1 – quicksylver28

Tony sat naked on the edge of his twin bed, hair messy and head bowed as he tried to regulate his breathing. DC humidity this year was gearing up to be a real cast iron bitch on his scarred lungs and he’d awoken feeling like that same cast iron had been sitting on his chest all night. His inhaler hung from his fingers absently. It had been a two-puff morning, and both Brad and Jimmy had warned that anything more than two meant an immediate trip to the hospital.

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