Randomness

So, I've got nothing wonderful and prolific for you today. I nearly forgot about posting today in the craziness that has been life lately. Instead, you get a random brain sketch of some character interactions. Sorry for the lack of descriptions, it just sorta came to me and I enjoy watching the Colt and Topside together, so I thought I'd actually write this one down, but of course, I lost most of the dialogue as soon as I started typing.
“Let’s roll!”
Topside barely heard the Colt’s call as he considered the weasel of a man before him. How he had the audacity to say such things...
“Yeah, I thought you couldn’t take it,” the man sneered.
“Any time, any place,” Topside retorted, his muscles tensing for a fight.
“I said - let’s go.” The Colt appeared beside him, acting as though the other man wasn’t even there.
“Aww look, you got your mom to come rescue you, isn’t that nice?” the man taunted.
Topside tried to step past the Colt to take a swing at the man, but she shoulder-checked him. “Don’t you dare mess up your pretty face,” she warned him.
“Ha, see even she doesn’t think you can beat me.”
Topside growled his reply, his eyes a deep smoldering blue. “I will thrash you so hard…”
“As long as you don’t mess up your face,” the Colt commented, countering Topside’s attempts to get by her.
“Ha! It’s like she’s paying you for your looks!”
“I am paying him for his looks,” she muttered.
“Why don’t you just shut up?” Topside snarled at him.
“Who’s going to make me?” the man jeered. “Maybe she’ll do it for you.”
That was the last of the discussion.
Later:
Topside raised the ice pack to his face and moaned.
“I told you not to mess up your pretty face,” the Colt reminded him.
“You’re the one who kicked me!” Topside protested. 
"Still your fault.”

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