my back feels crunchy

Teeth connected with the front scruff of his neck, throat adjacent and more tugging than an actual latch. The skin pinched tight, sharp and uncomfortable, the sort of pain that immediately made him, or anyone for that matter, want to draw away and relieve the pressure. But by this point it seemed both were beyond the point of reason, that this wouldn't stop till the other could no longer fight. Both stubborn to the core it seemed.

Ronan had always been a massive hypocrite, he simply couldn't get along with those who reminded him too strongly of himself. Of who he used to be, who he could have been, once.

Canine habits rearing their head, Ronan was certainly not quiet in the throes of battle. Barks surged from his throat, the sounds slamming together with scarce a breath between them, all teeth and rabid eyes. He set to push, even harder this time, seemingly intend on drowning the boy in the water they were scuffling in.