Ronnie didn't mean for it to happen. That was important, in his mind.
No matter what, Bobby was his older brother, and older brothers occupied a powerful fierce place in a young man's life. He respected Bobby, trusted Bobby, learned from him as was the natural order of things.
Then Bobby brought those--that man who came back from the dead and the boy who threw fire like javelins and the girl, what the fuck did she _do_? She stopped the firewalker cold, and Ronnie knew he didn't want to mess with somebody who could shut someone like him down so easily.
And Bobby, all the while acting like he belonged to them, like he was one of them, like they were his family--
Dammit. He was getting worked up again.
Fucking Bobby, Ronnie thought as he urged the angry red stripes to fade from his skin. He just had to get the cooler mutation.
No matter what, Bobby was his older brother, and older brothers occupied a powerful fierce place in a young man's life. He respected Bobby, trusted Bobby, learned from him as was the natural order of things.
Then Bobby brought those--that man who came back from the dead and the boy who threw fire like javelins and the girl, what the fuck did she _do_? She stopped the firewalker cold, and Ronnie knew he didn't want to mess with somebody who could shut someone like him down so easily.
And Bobby, all the while acting like he belonged to them, like he was one of them, like they were his family--
Dammit. He was getting worked up again.
Fucking Bobby, Ronnie thought as he urged the angry red stripes to fade from his skin. He just had to get the cooler mutation.
