To Ash and Dust

“You think he’s cheating?” Laura says, sliding up next to him. She has her eyes on the fight down below and there is no question which one she is asking about. Most people think that Red--named for his pre-fight sweatshirt, not his hair--is cheating somehow.

“No, I think he’s just better,” Derek says.

“Better than you?” Laura asks.

Or, a post-apocalyptic, cage-fighter AU inspired by Imagine Dragon's Radioactive.