[Hold the shift, hold the shift and you'll be fine, just hold it -
He tilts his head, just enough to get his mouth free, as there's something just slightly comforting about Billy holding him like that even if there's just a piece of him that's there. Teddy feels guilt of his own, for reacting like that, for making Billy near tears himself when he's cried so much already...
Just hold the shift and you'll be fine.]
Billy? [His voice is still choked and watery, shaky.
A shift and it's fine.]
Just... please, don't do that to yourself. You have people who want to help you... You have me.
[He lifts a hand, slowly, to rest it against Billy's heart, feeling the rhythm there and his own heart automatically pacing itself to match it.]
I'll bully this thing out of you if I have to. Don't think you're alone... please, don't... [Don't do it, please stay, please believe me, I love you, I don't know what I'd do without you - ]
[Action, October 15th]
He tilts his head, just enough to get his mouth free, as there's something just slightly comforting about Billy holding him like that even if there's just a piece of him that's there. Teddy feels guilt of his own, for reacting like that, for making Billy near tears himself when he's cried so much already...
Just hold the shift and you'll be fine.]
Billy? [His voice is still choked and watery, shaky.
A shift and it's fine.]
Just... please, don't do that to yourself. You have people who want to help you... You have me.
[He lifts a hand, slowly, to rest it against Billy's heart, feeling the rhythm there and his own heart automatically pacing itself to match it.]
I'll bully this thing out of you if I have to. Don't think you're alone... please, don't... [Don't do it, please stay, please believe me, I love you, I don't know what I'd do without you - ]