With those words, the arm that was circled around Billy's waist moves away, instead letting that hand hold his own arm. He does, at least, keep contact, by letting his other hand hold his boyfriend's knee.
Billy probably knows, or maybe not, just how much those kind of words terrify Teddy. With friendship and trust comes a very ready and very easy way of manipulating someone. Teddy knows it well. He's been on the receiving end of it. And the offender wasn't nearly as gifted as Loki, nor as on the other side of the moral scale.
Someone like that sinking his claws into Billy's shoulders on the basis of trust and friendship...
He lets out a sigh this time, one that seems just a touch... shaky, while he lightly squeezes Billy's knee before loosening his hold again.]
Look, Billy... I'm not saying you shouldn't talk to people about that. If you need it, then please do so. I'm not stopping you from doing that.
[A small pause, and:] But... you know who you're trusting with things like that, right? This is the guy who's manipulated the greats. Who murdered so many people. [The tone of that sounds familiar, he murdered your mom,] Who tortured Hawkeye. You know all that?
[action; january 28th]
With those words, the arm that was circled around Billy's waist moves away, instead letting that hand hold his own arm. He does, at least, keep contact, by letting his other hand hold his boyfriend's knee.
Billy probably knows, or maybe not, just how much those kind of words terrify Teddy. With friendship and trust comes a very ready and very easy way of manipulating someone. Teddy knows it well. He's been on the receiving end of it. And the offender wasn't nearly as gifted as Loki, nor as on the other side of the moral scale.
Someone like that sinking his claws into Billy's shoulders on the basis of trust and friendship...
He lets out a sigh this time, one that seems just a touch... shaky, while he lightly squeezes Billy's knee before loosening his hold again.]
Look, Billy... I'm not saying you shouldn't talk to people about that. If you need it, then please do so. I'm not stopping you from doing that.
[A small pause, and:] But... you know who you're trusting with things like that, right? This is the guy who's manipulated the greats. Who murdered so many people. [The tone of that sounds familiar, he murdered your mom,] Who tortured Hawkeye. You know all that?