[When Billy meets his eyes, Teddy smiles faintly as well; it's the first time he felt even vaguely free of all this stress ever since this started. Not just whatever was wrong with him, but the spirit possessions too, having to duck and dodge away from friends who'd been infected with Twila, only really trusting Billy with it. And even then, jumping right into a suicidal Batman Gambit just to get him back...
No wonder you got me.
And with the murmur, Teddy shuts his eyes and rests his head against Billy's shoulder, breathing deep again, trying to clear his mind of any protesting voices. One last whisper, a lonely, lost one that makes Teddy shudder, and then, parting words.
"I have to go now. I'm sorry for any trouble I've caused."
That tiny, dark part of his mind panics: No, don't leave me! But he barely hears it due to Billy's fingers twined with his own, the thought of people he really needs to apologize to, including Billy himself, and picking up whatever things he might have canceled with other people. Lunch date with Mia. Guitar jamming sessions with Katniss. An apology lunch for Artemis. And who knows, whatever else he might have planned, or will plan.
It's right in the middle of those thoughts that the shard leaves him. With Billy right there in front of him, it leaves from his back instead, right where his heart is. He can't see it, and Billy might not be able to either, but it looks a lot like a red crystal shard.
And as soon as it severs its ties with him entirely, Teddy's thoughts cut completely short as sounds and sights and everything suddenly swims, blurs, then blackens, leaving him falling straight to the floor.
Well. If Billy couldn't see the shard, then that's certainly another way to tell that a week's worth of manipulation and pain and twisting of emotions is finally gone.]
[action, june 9th]
No wonder you got me.
And with the murmur, Teddy shuts his eyes and rests his head against Billy's shoulder, breathing deep again, trying to clear his mind of any protesting voices. One last whisper, a lonely, lost one that makes Teddy shudder, and then, parting words.
"I have to go now. I'm sorry for any trouble I've caused."
That tiny, dark part of his mind panics: No, don't leave me! But he barely hears it due to Billy's fingers twined with his own, the thought of people he really needs to apologize to, including Billy himself, and picking up whatever things he might have canceled with other people. Lunch date with Mia. Guitar jamming sessions with Katniss. An apology lunch for Artemis. And who knows, whatever else he might have planned, or will plan.
It's right in the middle of those thoughts that the shard leaves him. With Billy right there in front of him, it leaves from his back instead, right where his heart is. He can't see it, and Billy might not be able to either, but it looks a lot like a red crystal shard.
And as soon as it severs its ties with him entirely, Teddy's thoughts cut completely short as sounds and sights and everything suddenly swims, blurs, then blackens, leaving him falling straight to the floor.
Well. If Billy couldn't see the shard, then that's certainly another way to tell that a week's worth of manipulation and pain and twisting of emotions is finally gone.]