"Not on purpose!" he snaps in return, before taking a few labored, hissing breaths.
Whatever's happening along his back--if he's growing wings or feathers or whatever--seems to have sped up tenfold, and even though the numbness continues to crawl across his back, catching the bright spots of pain as it spreads, it still itches like nothing else.
The fabric of his jacket (closet-made, thicker than his usual) catches on his shoulders, and after a split-second of hesitation, he unzips it, clumsily yanking it off his back and tossing it aside. The cold raises goosebumps on his arms in an instant. It's below freezing, there's snow on the ground, and he's wearing a t-shirt.
There's that pressure again, something forcing its way out, and Jay doesn't have time to contemplate whether or not he's really willing to go shirtless in this weather before the fabric splits, exposing...something to the blistering cold. Somethings, plural.
Jay forces himself to look back. God, he looks like a plucked chicken.
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"Not on purpose!" he snaps in return, before taking a few labored, hissing breaths.
Whatever's happening along his back--if he's growing wings or feathers or whatever--seems to have sped up tenfold, and even though the numbness continues to crawl across his back, catching the bright spots of pain as it spreads, it still itches like nothing else.
The fabric of his jacket (closet-made, thicker than his usual) catches on his shoulders, and after a split-second of hesitation, he unzips it, clumsily yanking it off his back and tossing it aside. The cold raises goosebumps on his arms in an instant. It's below freezing, there's snow on the ground, and he's wearing a t-shirt.
There's that pressure again, something forcing its way out, and Jay doesn't have time to contemplate whether or not he's really willing to go shirtless in this weather before the fabric splits, exposing...something to the blistering cold. Somethings, plural.
Jay forces himself to look back. God, he looks like a plucked chicken.
This day's just going great.