[The words, and Teddy's tender ministrations, make Billy close his eyes, smiling contentedly and raising his hands to wind them properly around his boyfriend's neck.]
Mm... of course I do. I know what it meant to both of us.
[For him, perhaps, it was still less significant; a natural step in the progress of their relationship, a previously unspoken kink that he'd been too afraid to ever bring up, a line he thought would never be crossed because of mutual embarrassment and Teddy's fear of his own strength, or whatever else might hold him back. But he knows what Teddy means. This acceptance, unquestioning and complete, no matter what form or figure or size or colour or anything. The ultimate way of showing, rather than simply telling, how Teddy's appearance doesn't change how he feels.
And maybe how little it means to him in comparison - or rather, how shallow and self-serving his reasons for doing this are - just makes it more significant, because if they went any deeper then it would contradict those words. That saying he had to sleep with Hulkling meant he thought of them differently. That this was another form he had to learn to accept, physically and otherwise.
That's not the case, though. To him, Teddy is Teddy, and he wants Teddy, no matter what. And today he's finally proved it.]
[action, february 23rd]
Mm... of course I do. I know what it meant to both of us.
[For him, perhaps, it was still less significant; a natural step in the progress of their relationship, a previously unspoken kink that he'd been too afraid to ever bring up, a line he thought would never be crossed because of mutual embarrassment and Teddy's fear of his own strength, or whatever else might hold him back. But he knows what Teddy means. This acceptance, unquestioning and complete, no matter what form or figure or size or colour or anything. The ultimate way of showing, rather than simply telling, how Teddy's appearance doesn't change how he feels.
And maybe how little it means to him in comparison - or rather, how shallow and self-serving his reasons for doing this are - just makes it more significant, because if they went any deeper then it would contradict those words. That saying he had to sleep with Hulkling meant he thought of them differently. That this was another form he had to learn to accept, physically and otherwise.
That's not the case, though. To him, Teddy is Teddy, and he wants Teddy, no matter what. And today he's finally proved it.]