"Blue blazes," Rich breathed out, his voice still shaky.
He felt bad for cursing so much in front of the bitty teenager, so now that he was a little less terrified he went right back to the more family friendly pseudo-cursing he'd used during most of his youth to avoid getting his mouth washed out with soap by his father.
As far as realizing--really realizing--how vulnerable he was now without his flight and invulnerability, that had been one hell of a wakeup call.
Rich realized he hadn't actually answered Donnie's question, so he said, "I'll be fine. I maybe busted a rib or two but that's better than having to be scraped off the bottom of this tunnel with a spatula."
Thank God Donnie had been that quick and quick-thinking. Maybe it was the ninja reflexes.
"Thanks, kiddo. I owe you one."
What a good kid. It was a thought that kept repeating the more he got to know Donnie. It was a shame Donnie didn't have hair, Rich thought, because he would've wanted to start ruffling it at the next possible opportunity. Hell, he was probably going to take five seconds to affectionately noogie him a bit anyway, even with the baldness.
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He felt bad for cursing so much in front of the bitty teenager, so now that he was a little less terrified he went right back to the more family friendly pseudo-cursing he'd used during most of his youth to avoid getting his mouth washed out with soap by his father.
As far as realizing--really realizing--how vulnerable he was now without his flight and invulnerability, that had been one hell of a wakeup call.
Rich realized he hadn't actually answered Donnie's question, so he said, "I'll be fine. I maybe busted a rib or two but that's better than having to be scraped off the bottom of this tunnel with a spatula."
Thank God Donnie had been that quick and quick-thinking. Maybe it was the ninja reflexes.
"Thanks, kiddo. I owe you one."
What a good kid. It was a thought that kept repeating the more he got to know Donnie. It was a shame Donnie didn't have hair, Rich thought, because he would've wanted to start ruffling it at the next possible opportunity. Hell, he was probably going to take five seconds to affectionately noogie him a bit anyway, even with the baldness.