[ First of all, Alec has a lot of thoughts about who must be thinking what right at the moment, but he can’t really afford to dwell on it. What he does know is that both men have bought the act, and honestly it’s one of the reasons he acts the way he does- so when he has to cut and run and only think of himself, no one is surprised.
Second of all, Alec is also aware that he can only move so slowly before his stalling tactic becomes way too obvious and Wyatt shoots him out of pure impatience. Still slowly, but not so much as to be a bother, Alec reaches into his pants pocket. He’s got a few bills in there, though not nearly enough, so he makes a point to hold them in such a way that it’s hard to tell just what he’s got as he raises his hands and carefully steps towards the bounty hunter.
Third of all, Alec realizes how phenomenally stupid this is. He has no magic to fall back on, no defenses to soften the blow of a bullet or take it altogether. But, he tells himself as though his flimsy logic will make this any less dumb, Faraday is the better shot.
So once he gets within reach of the other man, he brings is hand down to offer the wad of bills, though the second he does, he lunges forward. Alec moves across the other man’s body, his outstretched hand going for the gun currently trained on Faraday- which of course means that he willfully presses himself right into the gun that was trained on him. So, you know, this whole plan is right on track with being extremely stupid. The wizard clamps both hands around the bounty hunter’s wrists and attempts to pivot them around, just as Wyatt pulls both triggers.
Pain blooms in Alec’s middle, white hot and sharp- this is not one of his better days- but he maintains his grip and hopes its enough. ]
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Second of all, Alec is also aware that he can only move so slowly before his stalling tactic becomes way too obvious and Wyatt shoots him out of pure impatience. Still slowly, but not so much as to be a bother, Alec reaches into his pants pocket. He’s got a few bills in there, though not nearly enough, so he makes a point to hold them in such a way that it’s hard to tell just what he’s got as he raises his hands and carefully steps towards the bounty hunter.
Third of all, Alec realizes how phenomenally stupid this is. He has no magic to fall back on, no defenses to soften the blow of a bullet or take it altogether. But, he tells himself as though his flimsy logic will make this any less dumb, Faraday is the better shot.
So once he gets within reach of the other man, he brings is hand down to offer the wad of bills, though the second he does, he lunges forward. Alec moves across the other man’s body, his outstretched hand going for the gun currently trained on Faraday- which of course means that he willfully presses himself right into the gun that was trained on him. So, you know, this whole plan is right on track with being extremely stupid. The wizard clamps both hands around the bounty hunter’s wrists and attempts to pivot them around, just as Wyatt pulls both triggers.
Pain blooms in Alec’s middle, white hot and sharp- this is not one of his better days- but he maintains his grip and hopes its enough. ]