For Sherlock of some flavor or another

[tofightinjustice]

There's a heavy bag hung up on one of the trees at the edge of the Milliways forest. It's a little off the beaten path, which is nice, and Bryce finds that working in the cool not-Scottish air is a lot less dehydrating than working in the California sun.

For her size (she's middling tall but not very bulky), she's giving the bag a fairly thorough beating.

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[tofightinjustice]

". . . It's okay that you didn't win," Bryce offers, uncertainly. "You fought really well."

[sicaria]

"That is not why I'm blushing."

[tofightinjustice]

[sicaria]

She blushes harder!

She doesn't need to say it now, right?

[tofightinjustice]

"--Um."

This.

What.

UM.

[sicaria]

"...Sorry?" she tries.

[tofightinjustice]

"That's--"

Um.

"That's okay?"

[sicaria]

"...Okay."

??? NOW WHAT ???

[tofightinjustice]

WHO KNOWS. D:

Bryce pulls a knee up to her chest and runs a hand through her hair; it sticks up in haphazard, sweat-soaked spikes.

"I didn't. Mean to. I mean it's okay, I just. Didn't -- know?"

[sicaria]

"Didn't mean to what? Beat me in a fight? Because that's apparently the criterion," she says, a little ruefully.

[tofightinjustice]

"--Oh."

Well.

She definitely meant to do that.

[sicaria]

"It's actually sort of interesting," she says thoughtfully. "...But I suppose you won't be particularly keen to listen to me analyze it."

[tofightinjustice]

"No," she says, looking up. "I wouldn't mind."

[sicaria]

She sits cross-legged and folds her hands in her lap. (Her dress is smudged in a few places, wrinkled in others, but will probably be fine after a good wash.)

"I've only ever lost before to Jim, and that was half on purpose; he was training me for the Games. I had... other reasons to be fond of him, but looking back, that was a major factor in why I find him so attractive."

[tofightinjustice]

"You like it when people beat you?"

[sicaria]

"Seems to be the logical conclusion," she agrees. "I suppose it makes sense, too. It's a high bar to clear. And I've always found violence arousing, in the abstract at least."

[tofightinjustice]

Bryce blinks at her.

"What?"

[sicaria]

"...Which part?"

[tofightinjustice]

"You find violence arousing?"

[sicaria]

"In the actual practice I'm always too focused to care, and it usually isn't even in retrospect, but thinking about it, about someone who's good at it—yes."

[tofightinjustice]

"I don't get it."

(She thinks about bucking her hips under Sherlock to throw her to one side.)

"You kill people. That's what you use violence for."

[sicaria]

"Yes, and that's the part that's not particularly attractive."

[tofightinjustice]

She eyes Sherlock closely.

[sicaria]

"...Yes?"

[tofightinjustice]

"Is all of that true?"