[Billy meets Teddy's eyes for a long, lingering moment before he has to close his own, shuddering slightly at the sudden rush of memories, and the emotions that come along with them. They'd been so different back then; nowhere near as close, obviously, but so much more innocent. Just a couple of enthusiastic and smitten fanboys discovering superpowers and relationships at the same time, together. It makes him think about how far they'd come.
It also makes him think about what a horrible step backwards they'd taken the past month. Caused by terrible circumstances, and... mostly him.
Teddy's right. They need this. Need it. Billy slides his hands up to rest against Teddy's chest, still curled up comfortably in his arms, wanting to touch, to feel their bodies against one another. Letting the sensation of it cement him in place, center him in that reality, he breathes in, out, in, out. Just them. Just the two of them, out in the mountains, learning to love one another the way they did before all of this happened...
...yeah. Yeah, they need that. And he wants it, too- so desperately that it's frightening, and he has to swallow the words before they choke him.]
I really... like the sound of that. Just us...
[No interruptions, no distractions, and no jumbled mess in his head to ruin things for them. It'll be great. It'll be perfect.
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It also makes him think about what a horrible step backwards they'd taken the past month. Caused by terrible circumstances, and... mostly him.
Teddy's right. They need this. Need it. Billy slides his hands up to rest against Teddy's chest, still curled up comfortably in his arms, wanting to touch, to feel their bodies against one another. Letting the sensation of it cement him in place, center him in that reality, he breathes in, out, in, out. Just them. Just the two of them, out in the mountains, learning to love one another the way they did before all of this happened...
...yeah. Yeah, they need that. And he wants it, too- so desperately that it's frightening, and he has to swallow the words before they choke him.]
I really... like the sound of that. Just us...
[No interruptions, no distractions, and no jumbled mess in his head to ruin things for them. It'll be great. It'll be perfect.
It'll be exactly what they need.]