you gotta tip on the tightrope (tip, tip on it)
And the thing is, he's bad at confrontations, but he knows Mikey well enough to know his next step will be to let Gerard have Ray.
He also knows himself well enough to know he might take him.
Because the second that Killmonger touches him, the second that his hands are on T’Challa’s bare skin, wrapped around his throat–T’Challa can feel him, every inch of him, Killmonger’s rapid heartbeat, his too-quick breathing, the adrenaline coursing through his body, the fear and rage and confusion, all of it running through T’Challa’s mind like a spark of fire along dry grass.
“No, no, no,” and T’Challa thinks it’s his own voice speaking until he feels the puffs of air against his fac…
Because the second that Killmonger touches him, the second that his hands are on T’Challa’s bare skin, wrapped around his throat–T’Challa can feel him, every inch of him, Killmonger’s rapid heartbeat, his too-quick breathing, the adrenaline coursing through his body, the fear and rage and confusion, all of it running through T’Challa’s mind like a spark of fire along dry grass.
“No, no, no,” and T’Challa thinks it’s his own voice speaking until he feels the puffs of air against his face, until he realizes that it’s Erik speaking, his own face inches away from T’Challa’s as he says, “Not you, not you.”
Elena and Bonnie talk, and then there's a kidnapping. Still eventually Elena/Damon/Stefan.
The palace steward sees much more than she ever says.
Damon listens and plots. BRILLIANTLY.
"Wait, you're saying you want to use our fake marriage to pick people up?"
"What else is it for? Also, technically speaking, it's real. In the legal sense, anyway."
(Chloe, June, drunk marriage, Paris.)
Syd dates Geno. Geno doesn't realize it.
It took Costis awhile to understand what was happening, in their little cottage in Roa.
June probably shouldn't have eaten the cake she randomly found on the counter, but in her defense, most people don't leave sex cakes hanging around while they go clubbing.