[ normally, he's at least a little more aware than this. even if he isn't much of a fighter, nick is typically attuned to the world around him in a way that makes him at least hard to sneak up on. normally, he'd have a chance to react.
but this isn't normal and nick doesn't realise that there is someone else there until it's far too late. there might have been a cry of pain or surprise, but his back hits the tree trunk too hard for that. instead there's just a punched-out sound of protest, and both his hands quickly come up to grab at the hand around his throat. ]
The fuck- [ he spits out the reaction, blinking rapidly and still trying to catch up with what is actually happening to him. talk about a bad fucking day, now there's some freak threatening him for--being magic? honestly who knows. there's something about this guy--something other than the grabbing him by the neck in a very scary and threatening way--that immediately sets off alarm bells, somewhere deep in nick's psyche. ] Listen, what do you want? A fucking spell? I can do that.
tee hee
but this isn't normal and nick doesn't realise that there is someone else there until it's far too late. there might have been a cry of pain or surprise, but his back hits the tree trunk too hard for that. instead there's just a punched-out sound of protest, and both his hands quickly come up to grab at the hand around his throat. ]
The fuck- [ he spits out the reaction, blinking rapidly and still trying to catch up with what is actually happening to him. talk about a bad fucking day, now there's some freak threatening him for--being magic? honestly who knows. there's something about this guy--something other than the grabbing him by the neck in a very scary and threatening way--that immediately sets off alarm bells, somewhere deep in nick's psyche. ] Listen, what do you want? A fucking spell? I can do that.