[It's been so long since they were in the air together, since Billy was in the air, that in the first few moments, his breath is taken away by the sudden rush, by the change of altitude, by the wind in his face. He blinks rapidly but forces himself not to shield his face or look away. He wants this, and the day's events have made him feel self-indulgent enough to acknowledge that fact. What he'd left on Teddy's note all those months ago was still just as true as it had been that day- he did miss flying, and experiencing it now is one more reminder of why. Teddy's arm around him, the wind in his hair, the freshness of the air above the village, above everything, the way his bare skin tingled from the slight chill.
It's different, being carried like this instead of flying himself there. He's not stupid or delusional, he can acknowledge that fact, too. His body doesn't have the same weightlessness as it did when he used magic to keep himself aloft, and it's only the speed of their flight that keeps him from hanging off Teddy like a deadweight. He's being carried by Teddy instead of soaring through the air at his side. And while it isn't necessarily bad, it's just... not the same.
One more thing to mull over later, maybe. Not now, though- now, he doesn't care how they get home, just that they're going. They're engaged now, they've a promise between them that didn't exist when they left, and he wants to spend the rest of the day celebrating that fact.
And in the meantime... well, he's going to enjoy the hell out of the flight, even if it isn't the way both of them would have liked it to be.]
[Action, March 14th]
It's different, being carried like this instead of flying himself there. He's not stupid or delusional, he can acknowledge that fact, too. His body doesn't have the same weightlessness as it did when he used magic to keep himself aloft, and it's only the speed of their flight that keeps him from hanging off Teddy like a deadweight. He's being carried by Teddy instead of soaring through the air at his side. And while it isn't necessarily bad, it's just... not the same.
One more thing to mull over later, maybe. Not now, though- now, he doesn't care how they get home, just that they're going. They're engaged now, they've a promise between them that didn't exist when they left, and he wants to spend the rest of the day celebrating that fact.
And in the meantime... well, he's going to enjoy the hell out of the flight, even if it isn't the way both of them would have liked it to be.]