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[Okay, so. Several things need to be dealt with here, one way or another. First being the fact that he has a facetwin hanging around who is pretty damn hard to explain, though Tommy being more or less okay with the "brother" title helps with that. Second is that he knows the truth about his heritage now, which is, in short, a huge weight off his shoulders. Third is that his strength is mostly back in his arm as long as he doesn't bend or twist it in a way that stresses his brace too much, which admittedly doesn't mean much, but it does mean that he's able to finish the sketches he'd promised to Pepper's art gallery.

Thus, since it's so warm and dry today, he'll be heading out to deliver a set of hefty-sized rolled sheets of drawing paper to Pepper's art gallery, and then to swing by Tony's house to catch up on some work and maybe fill his... sort-of employer in on the recent developments. Mainly the kid with Billy's face who is probably going to hate him for a while. Tommy's not as keen to forgive as some people.

His last stop will be the plaza, armed with a miniature sketchbook, and props himself up against the side of the fountain to draw whatever comes his way. Occasionally he might have to stop and give his hand a frustrated shake, but hey, there's no physiotherapy like a good work-out, right?

At some point while he's out, though, he'll be doing what he told himself he'd get done: a journal entry that is better late than never.]

[Voice, locked from Tommy]

Hey, it's Billy. Just wanted to get it out there that if you see anybody with my face - or hear my voice, I guess - that's Tommy, my... brother. Kind of. It's complicated. He might be a bit tough to deal with sometimes, but he's not a bad guy, so just try to put up with him, if you can. He could use some friends.

[....]

Just don't let this get back to him, I'd never hear the end of it.

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...Yeah, like I said, it's complicated. But for all intents and purposes, the relation is definitely real.

[He knows better than to compare them all aloud, but...]

...I get that. [ of course she gets that. dawn isn't exactly the realest of little sisters, but... ]

Are you twins? [ after all, billy had as good as said that they were identical. ]

Yeah, apparently. Though he keeps saying he's older. No idea if that's really true.

It could be some kind of brotherly conspiracy.

I think it's just his ego demanding superiority.

Ah. Not so much on the humble side of the gene pool?

Not so much. But at least he's self-confident?

I guess that's not a crime. And you say he can use some pals? Well -- I'll keep my eye out. I can handle confident people.

I'm sure he'd love meeting someone who-

[Pause. Close mouth. Think. Um.]

Well, let's just say he has a weakness for beautiful women.

[That's about all the warning he can give her about him probably mistaking her for SMG, or at least making a comparison if Billy manages to convince him on the whole fiction-is-real thing.]

Actually, he's kind of like a mini-Spike. Sometimes you just want to punch him, but he does nice things sometimes. He's even got white hair and tightpants.

A...mini-Spike.

[ horrifying. ]

[ NORMALLY she'd be rocking the flattery over the whole 'beautiful' thing but... ]

He's here now, too. By the way. Spike.

[Oh. My. God.]

He is, really!? Since when!?

[OMGGGGGG why has he not been watching the journals more carefully lately...!]

A few days ago.

[ ... ] I'm glad someone's pleased.

Oh, uh- sorry. I can't help it, he was, um.

[...How does he say this.]

He sounds really cool. Like... you know... my favourite.

[Character.

...Look, he likes the snarky ones in hotpants okay.]

Spike is not cool.

[ she's FLABBERGASTED. ] Clearly, your -- uh -- version of events left out some pretty damn uncool things.

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Oh, there was plenty of uncool. Let's just say I appreciate his personality.

[He calls it like it is. What's not to love?]

[ in a moment of vain panic, buffy breaks their code only to ask: ] People don't like him more than me, do they?

[Oh wow, she brought up the Forbidden Subject. This is serious.]

What? Of course not! You're the strong, sexy heroine! No one's more popular than you.

[ practically petulant: ] Good! As it....should probably be...

Hmm.

Uh-oh, did I offend you?

[His tone is half-teasing, but there's an edge of seriousness to it. He has no idea how she feels about Spike at this point, after all, so favouring Spike might not be a good thing.]

N-no. Just -- it's weird. I keep wondering just how much you saw. 'Cause I think about some of the things I liked to, uhm, watch. When I was younger. And...

[ and she doesn't want to be that. someone else's greek tragedy. ]

[...Ah. Message received, and he feels like can't really dance around the issue this time.]

Well... not gonna lie, I've seen a lot. But it's not like I can judge you for it. I may not be a vampire slayer, but plenty of things have happened in my life that I wouldn't want someone else to have watched for entertainment.

[Though the worst of it would take some pretty sick minds to actually enjoy... he wouldn't want to meet that kind of person.]

...Huh.

Well. Thank you. For the non-judgement. Heaven knows I probably deserve some of i--

[ heaven. ugh. she coughs. ]

S-sorry. What did you say your brother's name was? Tommy?

[Oh geez. He should probably just let her derail it there for now, since she seems so uncomfortable, but he quietly files that comment away.]

Tommy, yeah. His full name's Thomas, but he hates being called that.

Can't say I blame him.

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