selfhelp: ([billy] oh god. oh thank god.)
William "Billy" Kaplan (Wiccan) ([personal profile] selfhelp) wrote2013-07-12 09:13 pm

[Action, July 11th-13th]

[To say that Billy is a bit of a basket case right now would be a severe understatement. His mom is here. His admittedly teenage and therefore doesn't-know-who-he-is-and-kind-of-alternate-universe mom, yes, but that doesn't seem to make the intensity of his feelings about the matter any different. One small comfort is that they're getting along (so far), and their shared powers gives them common ground, but there's still that lingering... risk that he can't stop thinking about. That he won't be able to keep his secrets, that eventually everything will come crumbling down. He's terrified of that.

The first day, he does little else but fret and mull over it, after separating from Wanda; Teddy's kind enough to cancel any of his daily doings, since he's in no state to be pretending like everything's normal. It had been hard enough with Wanda the first time. Today, though, he feels much better. His head is more clear, he's found his center of calm, and he spent at least half the day and night before meditating so he figures he has a firm grasp on his sanity again.

There are certain things that he knows he needs to do, especially since he ditched all his usual priorities the day before, so he's made himself a list, and today he's going through it all. It is as follows: He swing by the art gallery and removes some of his work, namely anything that features the Scarlet Witch (only a couple of pieces, mind you, and they're his, but art theft is still art theft). He attends training with Logan and begs for forgiveness about skipping the day before (beg may be an overstatement of what actually happens because he isn't really sorry at all). He'll attend X-Men Training and try to perform decently despite feeling ridiculously scatterbrained. And finally, he'll probably talk to some Very Important People in the process of completing the rest of his list.

In the end, well... he's decided to track down Wanda again, maybe not now, but some time in the near future. Because despite his fears and misgivings, despite everything he's likely to say to everyone else - that it's a bad idea, that he'll mess things up, that he'll accidentally reveal himself - the temptation of sharing his powers with hers, teaching her, helping her, is too strong to resist. This is about more than a lost family, now. This is about magic.]
touchofrogue: (Uncertain About This)

[ July 11th | Private ]

[personal profile] touchofrogue 2013-07-13 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Well. In the face of incredible awkwardness...]

Hey, Billy? You around?
frost_jewel: (surprised)

[action]

[personal profile] frost_jewel 2013-07-13 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Someone else is scatterbrained in group training too. She has a lot on her mind and isn't focused on the practice. That's how she gets swept off her feet by whatever they're fighting, and thrown none too gently at her training partner. Today, that's Billy.]
wildbluevagner: (lighten up man)

[Action]

[personal profile] wildbluevagner 2013-07-13 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
[After training, Kurt is wiping at his head with a towel and throws one to Billy.]

Hey - chin up, man! Not every session can be a home run.
halfnhalf: ([teddy] wait a minute...)

[July 11th | Action]

[personal profile] halfnhalf 2013-07-13 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
[Teddy's at home by the time Billy gets back, the guitar he usually borrows from Cloud Nine for lessons on his lap while he fiddles with the strings. One of them broke in his session with Prim, and so he figured it was about time they all got changed. He's on his third one when he hears the door unlock, and he looks up with a smile.]

Hey, Bi... [He trails off slightly when he sees the tension in his boyfriend's body, his smile waning with concern.] Everything okay?
alloys: (☢ if it's a broken part replace it;)

action; friday

[personal profile] alloys 2013-07-13 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ When Billy drops by Tony and Pepper's house on Friday, Tony is upstairs in his workshop. It's a shadow of its former chaos - no portal, no armor, and even the number of random projects he was fiddling with was considerably smaller. Truth told, he didn't spend much time there, instead devoting the majority of his spare time to the medlab at the Battle Dome. But he kept up a few side projects, if only to keep himself from spiraling into the same singularly-obsessed place as before. He's beefing up an iPod at the moment that is definitely not for Little Loki. Nope.

And being in his workshop, his music is way too loud. As such, he doesn't hear the front door opening. ]
handing: (horror-struck)

[action]

[personal profile] handing 2013-07-13 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
[She's been worried, of course. Ever since she got the message from Teddy that Billy wouldn't be at their home the day before, Pepper's wondered what happened. But she knows just how hard it can be to bear that news, so she doesn't question Teddy, instead letting the conversation end with a short thanks. Hopefully when Billy feels up to it, he'll give them answers.

What she sees when she runs across him next, however, provides anything but.]


Billy? [Of all the things she expects when she walks into the art gallery, seeing someone taking down one of the pieces isn't on the list. But it isn't only a single drawing, as Pepper realizes when she sees the gaps nearby.] What's going on?
halfnhalf: ([teddy] uh huh i'm listening)

[July 11th | Action]

[personal profile] halfnhalf 2013-07-13 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, hey... [Teddy sets the guitar aside, strings and all, to give his lap some room, then reaches up to wrap his arms around Billy's shoulders, one hand rubbing soothingly above the wings. Something obviously occurred outside; if Teddy had kept his journal open, he probably would've known instantly. But with him wanting to focus on the guitar rather than what people are saying, he instead turned his iPhone's music on. Billy can probably hear it faintly playing from the chair nearby.]

I can't know what's going on if you're mumbling in my shoulder, B...
handing: (staring and shocked)

Re: [action]

[personal profile] handing 2013-07-13 07:45 am (UTC)(link)
I'm here every Friday. [Every weekday, in fact, unless the Malnosso intervened. But it's a retort given without thought, because the apology isn't an answer. So she looks to Billy again, meeting his gaze.]

Billy, what are you doing? Why are you taking down your drawings?
halfnhalf: ([teddy] people watching is my thang)

[July 11th | Action]

[personal profile] halfnhalf 2013-07-13 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
Wanda?

[The Scarlet Witch? Billy's soul-mom? She's here?

... Then why does Billy look so stressed about it? Shouldn't he be happy? Well, except for the fact that Wanda's in Luceti, but...

Still, Teddy has no room to judge. He wouldn't really know what it's like. So instead of prodding Billy more, he just holds him close, lowering his head to touch their foreheads together and shut his eyes. He at least knows the reason for Billy's distress; further explanation can wait until he's indulged in his boyfriend's embrace. Billy tends to talk better when he's not as stressed out, after all.]
alloys: (Default)

action; friday

[personal profile] alloys 2013-07-13 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ A project so basic requires hardly all of his focus, so even though his thoughts are wandering, he notices as soon as the music volume lowers. Tony glances up from the bench, finding not the person he usually does standing by the stereo.

He didn't show up yesterday - with a pardon from Teddy, and it only made Tony slightly fidgety. Billy wouldn't have cancelled without a good reason. Which made him worry, too.

...Of course, the first thing out of his mouth is: ]


You're about twenty-four hours late.
handing: (i can't do this)

Re: [action]

[personal profile] handing 2013-07-13 08:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Hopefully he finds it soon.]

But why? Did something happen?

[Especially since she's not letting up. Pepper takes a step forward, that old worry renewing itself as she tries to figure out what on earth could have caused this.]
alloys: (☢ and yet it dominates;)

action; friday

[personal profile] alloys 2013-07-13 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...Yeah, something's happened. ]

I'll just deduct it from your paycheck. [ An appraising look. ] Of the two of us, I'm not sure I'm the one who needs to talk right now, though.
alloys: (Default)

action; friday

[personal profile] alloys 2013-07-13 08:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ He was already telling Billy all about his personal demons. How much more personal could it get? ]

Try me.

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