｡♥  BAD NEWS ! 

          ^{One BONY fist bangs against his chest && Eddie doesn’t even take a step back –––– green eyes bore down at the scientist , daring him to do worse. He hadn’t been through that icy hell & back for Frank to tear him to pieces NOW. He wouldn’t take Columbia , he wouldn’t  T H R E A T E N  him like this –––––– no. Eddie had had ENOUGH of Frank’s devious, manipulative, tempestuous state. He was so  c l o s e , just in reach of his face, and without a MOMENT’S notice - calloused, icy hands grab Frank by the shoulders and push him ROUGHLY against the cement wall adjacent to the elevator. There’s a sick, reverberating SMACK as he does so, then promptly throws one tightening hand to the man’s WRIST, other to his HAIR , entangling digits in those dark curls with a sharp , UNFORGIVING tug.}

          ^{Frank was MASTER of serpent-like, calculated, cool remarks ––– manipulation, TACT , the prowess of the demons and the charm of an angel, such an intoxicating combination that those surrounding him were rarely foolish enough to fight back.  E d d i e  , however , had brute strength ––––– PASSION , absolutely ZERO polish to his methods. Frank could whisper , but Eddie could  S H O U T  !}

          ^{❛ SAY THAT AGAIN. I  D A R E  YOU , SAY IT ONE MORE FUCKING TIME && I’LL RIP THESE PRETTY LITTLE CURLS OUTTA YOUR GODDAMN SCALP !!! ❜}

            _{NEEDLESS to say,   the doctor had expected a vastly different reaction   :   slight frame makes contact with the laboratory wall,   the noise of the collision all but DEAFENING.   the mad prince’s jaw falls half - way open,   &   a strangled YELP escapes his throat as he writhes,   AN ENSNARED SERPENT,   in eddie’s grasp.   the biker,   frank observes,   visibly DISMAYED,   is much bigger,   much stronger than he.   &&   oh,   QUEEN’S SAKE   –   there must be a way to WIN this dreadful fight.}

           _{emerald hues flit upward to meet those of the biker,   &   the doctor remains QUIET,   gazing into eddie’s eyes,   acknowledging the man’s threat with a RAISED EYEBROW   &   little else.   frank shifts,   almost testing him,   silently daring him to LET GO   &   see what happens   …    but eddie doesn’t,   of course,   &   frank is left to defend himself with the only weapon he’s ever had   :   his vicious,   poison - drenched tongue that flicks OBSCENELY over white teeth.   ‘   HARDER.   ’}