["No more mutants". Just like that, and millions of them lost everything.
Teddy had seen some of their reactions on TV. Despite how much some would want to give up their power, despite wanting to be normal, he'd seen them crying, fallen to their knees with their hands pressed to their face with someone else's arms wrapped around their shoulders. One had even shouted at the camera and shoved it away. It was awful. And, at the time, Teddy had looked down at his hand and was, shockingly, incredibly relieved to find that he could still shapeshift.
And now he knows why it all happened. He knows what caused such despair, such anger, even death. He knows what made him so afraid for himself and for others out there.
Is he afraid now? A little. But it's not for himself, or a repeat of that incident. No, he's afraid for the love of his life. Not because he doesn't trust him, but because he's thinking along the same lines as Billy. Teddy can't really believe that it was her either; it just doesn't sound like her in the slightest, even if she lost it. And if something else caused her to do that, then it might make Billy do it too. Teddy has no qualms in admitting that Billy has much, much greater power than he does, and he knows that he'd have a hard time stopping whatever force might be more powerful than him, than Wanda, no matter how much he fights it and gives whatever he can to protect him.
He purses his lips and looks away as a result, the movement in Billy's hair stopping once more as he resists the urge to clench his fists. Just three words and Wanda destroyed more than just millions of mutants' lives. She destroyed everyone's trust, possibly even her own, and created many, many enemies.
That isn't something Teddy ever wants to happen to Billy.
Thankfully, he's able to quell the mild confusion, the moderate fear, and the insanely powerful protective instinct, and instead he looks down at his boyfriend and moves a hand to pass a thumb along his brow soothingly.]
Billy... How do you feel about it? About what she did? [Because, no matter how Teddy feels, it affects Billy the most. That's his possible soul-mom and all.]
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Teddy had seen some of their reactions on TV. Despite how much some would want to give up their power, despite wanting to be normal, he'd seen them crying, fallen to their knees with their hands pressed to their face with someone else's arms wrapped around their shoulders. One had even shouted at the camera and shoved it away. It was awful. And, at the time, Teddy had looked down at his hand and was, shockingly, incredibly relieved to find that he could still shapeshift.
And now he knows why it all happened. He knows what caused such despair, such anger, even death. He knows what made him so afraid for himself and for others out there.
Is he afraid now? A little. But it's not for himself, or a repeat of that incident. No, he's afraid for the love of his life. Not because he doesn't trust him, but because he's thinking along the same lines as Billy. Teddy can't really believe that it was her either; it just doesn't sound like her in the slightest, even if she lost it. And if something else caused her to do that, then it might make Billy do it too. Teddy has no qualms in admitting that Billy has much, much greater power than he does, and he knows that he'd have a hard time stopping whatever force might be more powerful than him, than Wanda, no matter how much he fights it and gives whatever he can to protect him.
He purses his lips and looks away as a result, the movement in Billy's hair stopping once more as he resists the urge to clench his fists. Just three words and Wanda destroyed more than just millions of mutants' lives. She destroyed everyone's trust, possibly even her own, and created many, many enemies.
That isn't something Teddy ever wants to happen to Billy.
Thankfully, he's able to quell the mild confusion, the moderate fear, and the insanely powerful protective instinct, and instead he looks down at his boyfriend and moves a hand to pass a thumb along his brow soothingly.]
Billy... How do you feel about it? About what she did? [Because, no matter how Teddy feels, it affects Billy the most. That's his possible soul-mom and all.]