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☆-- forever only takes its toll on some. (Closed) - ON-GOING

Jun 22, 2008 02:07

WHO: Teddy Altman (skrullactually), Billy Kaplan (witchactually), and open to Tommy Shepherd (need_for).
WHAT: After spending the night in separate rooms.
WHERE: The superhero hideout! Their apartment.
WHEN: After Teddy, Axel, and Reno are busted by the fuzz.

( and everything went up in smoke like wild flowers. )

billy kaplan, teddy altman

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skrullactually June 22 2008, 08:47:13 UTC

Teddy was making his tired way from the bathroom back to the spare bedroom when he heard the faint noise of movement coming from the kitchen. Leave it, is what he said firmly to himself, knowing full well that it was way too early to be Tommy. Ignoring his better judgment and his moodiness, Teddy stuck his head out of the hallway and in doing so, saw Billy puttering about, trying to steal a quick breakfast.

With a slight roll of his eyes, he watched as his boyfriend teeter tottered on his tippytoes, one hand pressed hard against the counter top in the hopes of gaining some leverage. He had half a mind to let Billy flounder, the bastard, but the fact that he still felt infinitely guilty and miserable from the night before kept him from retreating just yet ( ... )

witchactually June 22 2008, 16:23:08 UTC

The shadow that fell over him was the only heads-up Billy got before he found his quest for the bowl unceremoniously usurped by the taller and admittedly more valiant Teddy Altman. Without really meaning to, Billy stilled entirely at even that slight contact between them, feeling his pulse speed up automatically and his breath catching-- half from the surprise, half because it was Teddy. And fighting or not, being around Teddy always gave Billy those symptoms.

But, the clink of the bowl on the counter freed Billy from his paralysis. There, a seven o'clock bowl of real life. He hesitated a long second before reaching for the it, mumbling a half-hearted thank you as he hopped up onto the counter to sit. Awkwardness twisted uncomfortably inside his chest ( ... )

skrullactually June 22 2008, 16:59:29 UTC

Any other day, and Teddy would have said yes -- enthusiastically, maybe playfully, and with a reference to Martha Stewart. But today just happened to not be one of those days, the conversation from last night was still fresh and bright upon his memory, the words that Billy had said to him rung in his ears.

Tommy's right, Billy had said to him then, his expression flat and unamused, I shouldn't have called; you would have followed your dick home eventually. And for the longest, painful moment that followed, all Teddy could say in reply was, Ouch.

Looking back on it now, Teddy had to admit -- okay, so maybe he'd been a complete asshole. But that didn't mean that Billy could be one too, right? Underneath the still-swirling eddies of his frustration and hurt, there was anger, regretful and bitter -- but directed inwardly towards himself, more than anyone else. It had been his big mouth that had gotten him into this situation in the first place, but instead of giving him an out, Billy -- damn Billy -- had just forced him to dig ( ... )

witchactually June 22 2008, 18:19:55 UTC

There had been the tiniest inkling of hope that, after one night apart from each other, they would consider that punishment enough and merely let the matter drop. That hope had been promptly squished by Teddy's expression, the tone of his voice. And it wasn't even that Billy thought he didn't deserve it-- it was just that he was a little spoiled in the way that he was sort of used to things turning out the way he wished them to ( ... )

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