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There was a fatal flaw in Eliot's plan to keep Johnny contained. Mainly that, while Eliot was certainly capable of tremendous feats of endurance, he was still technically just a normal human, and he grew steadily weaker over the 24 hours he'd spent locked to his radiator.

And thanks to Ingvar, Johnny was only getting stronger.

( Yeah, Johnny's still nasty. Content note for cutting and injury )

Eliot was gasping by the time he reached his front door, his nose bleeding from the effort of keeping Johnny Bartlett at bay. ( content note: self-harm )