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hyperactive) wrote2020-02-09 02:50 pm
hyperactive) wrote2020-02-09 02:50 pm
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[ ah, well, it's not important now - stiles laughs a little, making a note to himself to pick billy up without asking, next time, just so he has more of an opportunity to show off his car to someone who is at least pretending to appreciate her. he's about to make some stupid, sarcastic joke about walking that probably wouldn't make sense or even go anywhere when he gets distracted by billy's lesson in etymology.
stiles pauses. he pauses, and he pauses, and then very quietly, he says, with all the affection in the world: ]
Nerd.
[ what a nerd? oh my god, hold on. stiles sits up, getting excited. he's known billy was a nerd since they met in a fucking arcade, but that was some truly nerdy shit he just slammed down between them. stiles doubles down. speaks a little louder. ]
Neeeeeerd. Neeeeeeeeeeerd.
stiles pauses. he pauses, and he pauses, and then very quietly, he says, with all the affection in the world: ]
Nerd.
[ what a nerd? oh my god, hold on. stiles sits up, getting excited. he's known billy was a nerd since they met in a fucking arcade, but that was some truly nerdy shit he just slammed down between them. stiles doubles down. speaks a little louder. ]
Neeeeeerd. Neeeeeeeeeeerd.
[ if there's one thing billy has been called other than his name, it's "nerd"- maybe even more than he's been called by his name, but his childhood was full of bullies (mostly one, though) who didn't appreciate his love for things like superheroes and comics and lord of the rings, among other things.
coming from stiles, it doesn't really bother him at all - he's past letting people push him around now that he's older, and it's pretty clear that stiles is just teasing him just to tease. pot calling the kettle black, considering all the stereotypically "nerdy" movies he has on his laptop alone.
still, billy groans and slaps his hand over his face, sighing into the phone and stiles needles it in that he's a big ol' dweeb. he laughs a little, but it's mostly muffled by the edge of is palm, which he moves so he can talk over stiles. ]
Oh my goddd, oh my godddddd, okay. Okay, shut up, I'm a nerd, we get iiiit.
[ he drags his hand down his chin to his chest, laughs again under his breath. ]
Anyway, you're one to talk. I've seen your movie collection, you have no room to be calling me a nerd.
coming from stiles, it doesn't really bother him at all - he's past letting people push him around now that he's older, and it's pretty clear that stiles is just teasing him just to tease. pot calling the kettle black, considering all the stereotypically "nerdy" movies he has on his laptop alone.
still, billy groans and slaps his hand over his face, sighing into the phone and stiles needles it in that he's a big ol' dweeb. he laughs a little, but it's mostly muffled by the edge of is palm, which he moves so he can talk over stiles. ]
Oh my goddd, oh my godddddd, okay. Okay, shut up, I'm a nerd, we get iiiit.
[ he drags his hand down his chin to his chest, laughs again under his breath. ]
Anyway, you're one to talk. I've seen your movie collection, you have no room to be calling me a nerd.
[ oh, this is definitely a spiderman pointing at spiderman situation for sure. if billy wanted to rip on stiles for having a surplus of niche, unusable knowledge, he'd be more than well equipped to do just that. that doesn't stop stiles from teasing, though. that's just what friends do. ]
Woah, woah. We're not talking about me right now. We're talking about King of Nerds, the big, dorky dweebmeister himsef, Billy McDingus. You are a great, towering statue, representative of the heights one's nerdiness can reach. I'm just a guy who knows how to torrent.
[ it's hitting stiles somewhere in the back of his mind that it's getting pretty late, and that he should probably let billy go soon - but he completely squashes that thought down into the back of his mind, pretending he hadn't thought it. ]
Probably kind of weird that her name comes from doe, all things considered. [ you know - because of all the deer. anyway, though - ] I didn't really peg you for a name guy, but I could totally see you having a Nordic stage and spiraling out from there. Picking up knowledge, learning the language. Most middleschoolers have a Nordic stage, a Greek mythology phase, a dragon phase or an Egypt phase, I think.
[ or all four if you're like stiles, baby. ]
Woah, woah. We're not talking about me right now. We're talking about King of Nerds, the big, dorky dweebmeister himsef, Billy McDingus. You are a great, towering statue, representative of the heights one's nerdiness can reach. I'm just a guy who knows how to torrent.
[ it's hitting stiles somewhere in the back of his mind that it's getting pretty late, and that he should probably let billy go soon - but he completely squashes that thought down into the back of his mind, pretending he hadn't thought it. ]
Probably kind of weird that her name comes from doe, all things considered. [ you know - because of all the deer. anyway, though - ] I didn't really peg you for a name guy, but I could totally see you having a Nordic stage and spiraling out from there. Picking up knowledge, learning the language. Most middleschoolers have a Nordic stage, a Greek mythology phase, a dragon phase or an Egypt phase, I think.
[ or all four if you're like stiles, baby. ]
[ as stiles lists off title after title pertaining to his intelligence, thank you, billy just lays there sprawled on his back with one foot tangled up in the sheet, silently mocking stiles by opening and closing his free hand like a lobster claw, rolling his eyes while trying not to smile. blah, blah, blah, yack, yack, yack.
billy stretches his arm backwards over his head once stiles is done and lets it drape across the pillow tucked under his head. he probably shouldn't give stiles any more fuel to throw on this fire, but - well, who cares? stiles is a giant nerd too, from what billy can tell, and it's been a little while since he's been able to just - be his true, nerdy self without someone telling him to shut up. the last time was with— well. it doesn't matter. ]
It's... less of a name thing and more of a mythology thing - Norse more than Greek or Roman, but I know a lot about those, too. You just kind of pick up some language along the way, and then that spirals into wanting to know more of it, blah blah blah, you get it. [ billy pauses, drawing his knee up to try and untangle his foot. ] ... I actually had a, um. Lord of the Rings phase in middle school?
[ he clears his throat, breathes in— ]
Quetin Eldarin. Ma quetit Eldarin? Ma hanyat ni?
billy stretches his arm backwards over his head once stiles is done and lets it drape across the pillow tucked under his head. he probably shouldn't give stiles any more fuel to throw on this fire, but - well, who cares? stiles is a giant nerd too, from what billy can tell, and it's been a little while since he's been able to just - be his true, nerdy self without someone telling him to shut up. the last time was with— well. it doesn't matter. ]
It's... less of a name thing and more of a mythology thing - Norse more than Greek or Roman, but I know a lot about those, too. You just kind of pick up some language along the way, and then that spirals into wanting to know more of it, blah blah blah, you get it. [ billy pauses, drawing his knee up to try and untangle his foot. ] ... I actually had a, um. Lord of the Rings phase in middle school?
[ he clears his throat, breathes in— ]
Quetin Eldarin. Ma quetit Eldarin? Ma hanyat ni?
[ stiles is genuinely interested in this - learning more about billy's likes, learning more about the things he's interested in, that's something he's wanted to explore for a while now. he's relaxing into his bed again, laying down, one knee drawn up while the other leg splays outstretched, settling into the comfort of hearing billy's voice - when out of fucking nowhere, the bitch drops elvish. ]
Oh my god? Oh my god, oh my god. Oh my god.
[ if he thought he was interested in billy before, that's, like, nothing compared to now. he sits up, the loud thunk reverberating through his phone coming from the end table he just knocks and rattles with his shoulder. shit, ignore that. ]
Yé mána. Lóme sina nauva anda.
[ -- wait, okay, no, hold on, slightly sexually charged language there. stiles clears his throat, takes his second shot. ]
Nál as meldo. I lambe sirya lambenyallo.
Oh my god? Oh my god, oh my god. Oh my god.
[ if he thought he was interested in billy before, that's, like, nothing compared to now. he sits up, the loud thunk reverberating through his phone coming from the end table he just knocks and rattles with his shoulder. shit, ignore that. ]
Yé mána. Lóme sina nauva anda.
[ -- wait, okay, no, hold on, slightly sexually charged language there. stiles clears his throat, takes his second shot. ]
Nál as meldo. I lambe sirya lambenyallo.
[ at first, billy isn't entirely sure what part of anything he said that's stiles is reacting to, or if - something's happening to or around stiles that he just isn't aware of. for a moment, he feels the tiny ember of panic start to flare up near the bottom of his ribs, but he only gets as far as pushing up onto an elbow before stiles is shooting some elvish right back at him.
billy blinks, and then promptly drops back onto his back, letting out a loud, bright laugh, clapping his hand over his chest. there's nothing funny about what stiles has replied with - well, you're in for a long night is kind of questionable, though billy is mostly sure he means no harm by it - billy is just. he's happy.
of course stiles also speaks elvish. of course he does. billy tries to tame some of his laughter, clearing his throat again. ]
Yé! Okay. Okay, uhhh. Feanya ná alassea! Ma quetil acáriel, mellon.
[ laughing again, billy sighs into the phone. ]
... God, I can't believe you really sat there and called me a nerd.
billy blinks, and then promptly drops back onto his back, letting out a loud, bright laugh, clapping his hand over his chest. there's nothing funny about what stiles has replied with - well, you're in for a long night is kind of questionable, though billy is mostly sure he means no harm by it - billy is just. he's happy.
of course stiles also speaks elvish. of course he does. billy tries to tame some of his laughter, clearing his throat again. ]
Yé! Okay. Okay, uhhh. Feanya ná alassea! Ma quetil acáriel, mellon.
[ laughing again, billy sighs into the phone. ]
... God, I can't believe you really sat there and called me a nerd.
[ stiles just lights up when billy laughs, the excitement and the recognition and the joy of sharing this with someone else all rolling through him at once. he's never had a friend like this - someone willing to sit down and talk to him in some stupid fucking fantasy language that he spent months memorizing and practicing and learning all so he could write notes to himself that nobody would understand and talk on forums with people who lose interest within weeks of signing up. this is just - nice. ]
I sure did. Á apsene ni.
[ stiles drops back into bed, another thud heard through the receiver of his fluid as the mattress bounces beneath him. he's grinning, now, well and truly distracted from any - unpleasantness, from earlier. it's the rain, really, that makes it so much easier for him to just feel better. stiles doesn't think that, though. stiles thinks it's all billy.
he swallows, going quiet. just for a moment. ]
Hey, uh - you're pretty great. I just wanna say - you've totally made getting stuck out here with all the cultists and the killers almost worth it. I like you a lot.
I sure did. Á apsene ni.
[ stiles drops back into bed, another thud heard through the receiver of his fluid as the mattress bounces beneath him. he's grinning, now, well and truly distracted from any - unpleasantness, from earlier. it's the rain, really, that makes it so much easier for him to just feel better. stiles doesn't think that, though. stiles thinks it's all billy.
he swallows, going quiet. just for a moment. ]
Hey, uh - you're pretty great. I just wanna say - you've totally made getting stuck out here with all the cultists and the killers almost worth it. I like you a lot.
[ stiles isn't the first person here that billy's been able to converse with in elvish, but he is the first he's actually been able to speak it with. he'd gone back and forth a little with quentin not too long ago, but there's quite a difference between writing and speaking in billy's opinion, and it's been way too long since he's been able to toss out a little quenya like it's nothing.
billy already thought stiles was a pretty good friend, but this? this just shot him pretty much all the way to the top. billy's... happy. he feels lucky to have met someone he can just be nerdy with and not feel stupid or lowkey judged, or humored. next, he'll have to see if stiles can read and write aurebesh.
stiles gets a little sentimental, and billy goes quiet too, a little touched if he's honest. he closes his eyes and smiles faintly to himself, finally starting to feel sleep pulling at his edges. he's not about to fall asleep, but he'll probably start to get there soon. when he answers, his voice is a little quieter, skirting the edges of mumbling. ]
... Yeah? I wouldn't say I'm great, but - I'm glad. That I can help things suck a little less, I mean. But - I like you a lot too. You're pretty great. Nán alassea omenita tye, Stiles.
billy already thought stiles was a pretty good friend, but this? this just shot him pretty much all the way to the top. billy's... happy. he feels lucky to have met someone he can just be nerdy with and not feel stupid or lowkey judged, or humored. next, he'll have to see if stiles can read and write aurebesh.
stiles gets a little sentimental, and billy goes quiet too, a little touched if he's honest. he closes his eyes and smiles faintly to himself, finally starting to feel sleep pulling at his edges. he's not about to fall asleep, but he'll probably start to get there soon. when he answers, his voice is a little quieter, skirting the edges of mumbling. ]
... Yeah? I wouldn't say I'm great, but - I'm glad. That I can help things suck a little less, I mean. But - I like you a lot too. You're pretty great. Nán alassea omenita tye, Stiles.
Ugh, shut up.
[ another laugh, quieter than the last. he kind of wants to head out now, put today to bed - dinner with logan was A Lot, and dwelling on turning eighteen an entire planar fucking universe away from his dad has been weighing on him for the past few days, too. he just needs a good night's sleep to wash away all this heavy, sentimental stirring in his chest, and now that they're heading towards a lull in the conversation, he feels like he could probably sign off pretty easily. ]
Thanks again for the cupcakes. And...
[ but he still doesn't really want to. stiles darts his tongue between his lips and casts around for words to fill the silence, an excuse to stretch talking to billy out a little while longer. he comes up empty, and it's obvious he's coming up empty, from the quiet ums and uhs to the gentle stretches of nothing between them. ]
And, um. Yeah. I....
[ another pause, until stiles lands on something that works. ]
What's, um - oh! We could watch another movie together? If you want to. Not now, but - soon, maybe?
[ another laugh, quieter than the last. he kind of wants to head out now, put today to bed - dinner with logan was A Lot, and dwelling on turning eighteen an entire planar fucking universe away from his dad has been weighing on him for the past few days, too. he just needs a good night's sleep to wash away all this heavy, sentimental stirring in his chest, and now that they're heading towards a lull in the conversation, he feels like he could probably sign off pretty easily. ]
Thanks again for the cupcakes. And...
[ but he still doesn't really want to. stiles darts his tongue between his lips and casts around for words to fill the silence, an excuse to stretch talking to billy out a little while longer. he comes up empty, and it's obvious he's coming up empty, from the quiet ums and uhs to the gentle stretches of nothing between them. ]
And, um. Yeah. I....
[ another pause, until stiles lands on something that works. ]
What's, um - oh! We could watch another movie together? If you want to. Not now, but - soon, maybe?
[ listening to the sound of stiles' voice and the gentle, distant sound of his breathing over the phone is, for whatever reason, very soothing to billy, who finds himself relaxing rather quickly, slowly approaching that hazy space between being awake and asleep. he doesn't laugh so much as he hums when stiles tells him to shut up, but it's still fairly evident in just the one note that he's at least a little bit amused.
billy's mostly aware that he should probably let stiles go now that the conversation seems to be winding down, but it's just... a lot easier to listen to him kind of stumble his way through trying to find something else they could talk about. he breathes in through his nose, forcing his eyes open a little to keep himself from crossing that threshold between alert and asleep so he can answer stiles. ]
Mn, no, yeah. Definitely. Another movie sounds good. You can pick. I'll, um. I'll bring the... chicken tenders. Or whatever you want. On me. Or you can come here and I'll have 'em here for you. Bring Frogger's boyfriend.
billy's mostly aware that he should probably let stiles go now that the conversation seems to be winding down, but it's just... a lot easier to listen to him kind of stumble his way through trying to find something else they could talk about. he breathes in through his nose, forcing his eyes open a little to keep himself from crossing that threshold between alert and asleep so he can answer stiles. ]
Mn, no, yeah. Definitely. Another movie sounds good. You can pick. I'll, um. I'll bring the... chicken tenders. Or whatever you want. On me. Or you can come here and I'll have 'em here for you. Bring Frogger's boyfriend.
[ stiles still wants to drag this out, but he's starting to hear the sleepiness in billy's voice, and it starts to feel like something of a dick move to drag his feet on hanging up. there's more jokes in his head, stupid little comments about chicken tenders and frogger's boyfriend all lined up and ready to spring out, but he loses his battle of wills against himself. he's gotta let billy go. ]
We can plan it out later. I'll text you?
[ if i can read the letters, ha ha, he almost says, just barely, barely, barely managing to stop himself but genuinely wincing all the same. jesus. he shakes his head, even though billy can't see it. ]
Night, Billy.
We can plan it out later. I'll text you?
[ if i can read the letters, ha ha, he almost says, just barely, barely, barely managing to stop himself but genuinely wincing all the same. jesus. he shakes his head, even though billy can't see it. ]
Night, Billy.
[ with whatever energy he's got left, billy wriggles to get himself under his covers, pulling his comforter up to his chin while he keeps the phone to his ear with his other hand. despite the rough start to the evening, it's actually been a pretty good night. billy feels... content. he hums his agreement over the phone again and nods his head slightly, like that'll some how make his response more clear. ]
Mmkay. ... Or call. Whatever's easier. [ billy breathes out, then tilts onto his side, cracking his eyes open a little and stretching an arm out for he lamp by his bed so he can switch it off. ] ... Night, Stiles.
Mmkay. ... Or call. Whatever's easier. [ billy breathes out, then tilts onto his side, cracking his eyes open a little and stretching an arm out for he lamp by his bed so he can switch it off. ] ... Night, Stiles.
The bag with the fucking lembas bread?
The lembas bread bag? The bag with the lembas bread? The fucking lembas bread bag?
[ because yes, he got it, and yes, there's some very serious shit for the two of them to talk about re: the content of that bag, but also: fucking lembas bread? lembas bread? lembas bread??????? he's ecstatic. ]
The lembas bread bag? The bag with the lembas bread? The fucking lembas bread bag?
[ because yes, he got it, and yes, there's some very serious shit for the two of them to talk about re: the content of that bag, but also: fucking lembas bread? lembas bread? lembas bread??????? he's ecstatic. ]
OKAY
YES
THAT BAG
THE BAG WITH THE LEMBAS BREAD AND THE WHITE TREE YOU GOT THAT BAG TOO
[ ugh, billy is - so glad stiles gets it. billy's incredibly excited about it too, if that's not already clear, but there's definitely some things that need to be addressed when it comes to the rest of the bag's contents. which he'll get to in a minute. ]
i thought maybe the bag was from you at first because i couldn't think of anybody else that would leave a bag with the white tree of gondor on it on my doorstep like, on purpose.
and put lembas inside?
it's even wrapped up in the leaves and everything!
but then i got to the letter and unless you also go by ramona on top of stiles and mischief, i figured - probably not you.
i don't even know if this is like actual lembas.
probably not though, right?
there are like a thousand lembas recipes online (i may or may not have looked them up a couple dozen times before, leave me alone)
but most of those are just flour, butter, and some kind of sweetener.
how much did you get?
i got like four.
YES
THAT BAG
THE BAG WITH THE LEMBAS BREAD AND THE WHITE TREE YOU GOT THAT BAG TOO
[ ugh, billy is - so glad stiles gets it. billy's incredibly excited about it too, if that's not already clear, but there's definitely some things that need to be addressed when it comes to the rest of the bag's contents. which he'll get to in a minute. ]
i thought maybe the bag was from you at first because i couldn't think of anybody else that would leave a bag with the white tree of gondor on it on my doorstep like, on purpose.
and put lembas inside?
it's even wrapped up in the leaves and everything!
but then i got to the letter and unless you also go by ramona on top of stiles and mischief, i figured - probably not you.
i don't even know if this is like actual lembas.
probably not though, right?
there are like a thousand lembas recipes online (i may or may not have looked them up a couple dozen times before, leave me alone)
but most of those are just flour, butter, and some kind of sweetener.
how much did you get?
i got like four.
Edited 2020-04-30 06:26 (UTC)
I could start going by Ramona. I can see that working for me.
Let's test it out. Call me Ramona.
Actually, no, wait, we can do that later. We have more important things to talk about.
[ like - you know - the lembas bread. even though stiles is pretty excited that he might have real fucking lembas bread in his possession, it's very easy to look a gift deer in the mouth around here. there's gotta be some deeper, darker meaning behind all of this. ]
I got four, too. Which is kind of nervewracking? Kind of feels like we're getting rations.
The Holy Grail makes water drinkable, so. Weird and foreboding, if the bread's real.
We could test it? Rabbit bite the corner like Legolas and see if it fills us up.
I haven't done that yet because I'm slightly nervous about being poisoned, but. You know.
Very, very interested to know that you tried to make your own lembas bread, however. That's quite the cherry on this cake.
Very nerdy. Not cute at all. Kind of disgusting, actually. I can't believe we're friends.
Let's test it out. Call me Ramona.
Actually, no, wait, we can do that later. We have more important things to talk about.
[ like - you know - the lembas bread. even though stiles is pretty excited that he might have real fucking lembas bread in his possession, it's very easy to look a gift deer in the mouth around here. there's gotta be some deeper, darker meaning behind all of this. ]
I got four, too. Which is kind of nervewracking? Kind of feels like we're getting rations.
The Holy Grail makes water drinkable, so. Weird and foreboding, if the bread's real.
We could test it? Rabbit bite the corner like Legolas and see if it fills us up.
I haven't done that yet because I'm slightly nervous about being poisoned, but. You know.
Very, very interested to know that you tried to make your own lembas bread, however. That's quite the cherry on this cake.
Very nerdy. Not cute at all. Kind of disgusting, actually. I can't believe we're friends.
Edited 2020-04-30 06:28 (UTC)
no, yeah
that's kind of what i've been thinking too.
the cup, the bread, the letter.
i don't really know anything about the sleeping stone, though or how that might tie into the grail and the lembas.
but something's definitely about to happen. i'm not really sure what to do.
i haven't tried any of it either mostly for the same reason.
it seems like any time a stranger offers us food, there's something wrong with it or it's been tampered with - and i have no idea who this ramona person is supposed to be.
no clue who mother superior is, either.
hmm. i was going to suggest one of us try it while in the company of the other just in case something goes wrong or gets sick, but would you look at that?
suddenly i don't know you.
that's kind of what i've been thinking too.
the cup, the bread, the letter.
i don't really know anything about the sleeping stone, though or how that might tie into the grail and the lembas.
but something's definitely about to happen. i'm not really sure what to do.
i haven't tried any of it either mostly for the same reason.
it seems like any time a stranger offers us food, there's something wrong with it or it's been tampered with - and i have no idea who this ramona person is supposed to be.
no clue who mother superior is, either.
hmm. i was going to suggest one of us try it while in the company of the other just in case something goes wrong or gets sick, but would you look at that?
suddenly i don't know you.
We can look into it all together.
Maybe we should crash in the same place for a while. I'll sleep on your couch, or something.
Just so we're always with another person if something does kick off.
Okay, so - feel free to tell me to mind my own business. The last thing I want to do is... sound like the obsessive fanboy Logan thought I might be.
Which was unfounded. Even outside of the Jean Grey wedding fantasy. That's not me. That's not who I am. I'm cool. I'm very cool. So. Keep that in mind going forward.
But, um -
Powers? Powers.
What can you... do?
[ because he implied he could do some pretty fucking buckwild shit in the car after the Teddy Ghost Incident, but stiles didn't... press. wasn't exactly the time. the reason he asks, though, is because if billy has some kind of regenerative healing like logan, maybe... that's... worth taking into consideration if one of them starts chowing down on strange, potentially tampered with food..
even though stiles will probably try to eat it himself, just because he's too much of a hero to put billy at risk. but listen. due diligence. ]
Maybe we should crash in the same place for a while. I'll sleep on your couch, or something.
Just so we're always with another person if something does kick off.
Okay, so - feel free to tell me to mind my own business. The last thing I want to do is... sound like the obsessive fanboy Logan thought I might be.
Which was unfounded. Even outside of the Jean Grey wedding fantasy. That's not me. That's not who I am. I'm cool. I'm very cool. So. Keep that in mind going forward.
But, um -
Powers? Powers.
What can you... do?
[ because he implied he could do some pretty fucking buckwild shit in the car after the Teddy Ghost Incident, but stiles didn't... press. wasn't exactly the time. the reason he asks, though, is because if billy has some kind of regenerative healing like logan, maybe... that's... worth taking into consideration if one of them starts chowing down on strange, potentially tampered with food..
even though stiles will probably try to eat it himself, just because he's too much of a hero to put billy at risk. but listen. due diligence. ]
that's not a bad idea.
you don't have to sleep on the couch, though. i have a spare room?
it's kind of bland and boring but. it's got a bed and pillows and blankets and a plug by the bed so you can change your phone without having to get up.
and it's upstairs, so if something crazy does go down and like - i don't know
orcs invade, you won't be the first person they come across. i'm just saying.
[ billy makes a quick note to himself to wash the bedding in the spare room just in case, and then - takes a minute to try to figure out how to tackle the question about his powers, only because they're so... broad. ]
i... can do a lot of things, actually.
but to put things very, very simply
i'm magic, electrokinetic, and i can warp reality.
[ which is still pretty vague, and billy can already hear all the questions stiles probably wants to ask, so he expands a little. ]
a lot of what i can do is magic-based.
spell casting, wish fulfillment in that if i want something to happen, i can just
state what it is i want to happen, and so long as i actually believe what i'm saying, it usually works.
[ ... ]
i've been having some trouble with my powers since i've been here though, so some things don't always go according to plan.
but i've spoken to a few people about it and i've heard that it's a pretty common thing.
not that that necessarily makes me feel better.
ms. grey showed up on my doorstep a couple weeks ago needing a little help patching up an injury, and when i tried to heal it like i normally would, it mostly worked
but instead of just speeding up the healing process, i like
absorbed the injury onto myself instead? which has never happened before.
totally sucked.
well, i mean it was fine because i just healed myself after that
but that's definitely not how that is supposed to work. so.
[ is he playing down the entire situation with jean? maybe. but that's not the point here. ]
you don't have to sleep on the couch, though. i have a spare room?
it's kind of bland and boring but. it's got a bed and pillows and blankets and a plug by the bed so you can change your phone without having to get up.
and it's upstairs, so if something crazy does go down and like - i don't know
orcs invade, you won't be the first person they come across. i'm just saying.
[ billy makes a quick note to himself to wash the bedding in the spare room just in case, and then - takes a minute to try to figure out how to tackle the question about his powers, only because they're so... broad. ]
i... can do a lot of things, actually.
but to put things very, very simply
i'm magic, electrokinetic, and i can warp reality.
[ which is still pretty vague, and billy can already hear all the questions stiles probably wants to ask, so he expands a little. ]
a lot of what i can do is magic-based.
spell casting, wish fulfillment in that if i want something to happen, i can just
state what it is i want to happen, and so long as i actually believe what i'm saying, it usually works.
[ ... ]
i've been having some trouble with my powers since i've been here though, so some things don't always go according to plan.
but i've spoken to a few people about it and i've heard that it's a pretty common thing.
not that that necessarily makes me feel better.
ms. grey showed up on my doorstep a couple weeks ago needing a little help patching up an injury, and when i tried to heal it like i normally would, it mostly worked
but instead of just speeding up the healing process, i like
absorbed the injury onto myself instead? which has never happened before.
totally sucked.
well, i mean it was fine because i just healed myself after that
but that's definitely not how that is supposed to work. so.
[ is he playing down the entire situation with jean? maybe. but that's not the point here. ]
Excuse me? No. I'd wanna be on the frontlines during an orc attack, not sequestered away in some secluded little safe room.
I'm tough. I'd protect you. I'd fight 'em all off. Just you watch.
Best case scenario, I'd charm one of them into falling in love with me. I've always wanted to date someone big and green.
[ you wouldn't get it, billy. stiles stops talking, then, sharpening his focus and paying attention to every single word billy says. magic - he's intimately familiar with the concept. everything else billy can do is kind of mindboggling and enough to make stiles feel, not for the first time, that he could absolutely be doing better things with his life than spending time with him - but he keeps that to himself, just like he did when those thoughts came up with scott. he's not that person - he doesn't voice those doubts.
his priority is on one part of this and one part alone. ]
What do you mean you "absorbed the injury onto yourself"?
I mean, I know what you mean. That's pretty straightforward. Super straightforward, actually.
But - how badly was she hurt? How badly were you hurt?
I know what "totally sucked" means. "Totally sucked" means it was a big deal. I invented "totally sucked".
I'm tough. I'd protect you. I'd fight 'em all off. Just you watch.
Best case scenario, I'd charm one of them into falling in love with me. I've always wanted to date someone big and green.
[ you wouldn't get it, billy. stiles stops talking, then, sharpening his focus and paying attention to every single word billy says. magic - he's intimately familiar with the concept. everything else billy can do is kind of mindboggling and enough to make stiles feel, not for the first time, that he could absolutely be doing better things with his life than spending time with him - but he keeps that to himself, just like he did when those thoughts came up with scott. he's not that person - he doesn't voice those doubts.
his priority is on one part of this and one part alone. ]
What do you mean you "absorbed the injury onto yourself"?
I mean, I know what you mean. That's pretty straightforward. Super straightforward, actually.
But - how badly was she hurt? How badly were you hurt?
I know what "totally sucked" means. "Totally sucked" means it was a big deal. I invented "totally sucked".
[ 'i've always wanted to date someone big and green' is enough to make billy pause for a couple seconds, thumbs hovering over the fluid's screen as a very weird, very unexpected but very brief spike of something vaguely similar to jealousy sparks up in the back of his brain.
stiles has no idea, though, that teddy isn't just the tall, blond haired, blue eyed boy he saw for all of ten seconds in the middle of the woods not too long ago. he has no clue that teddy's a shapeshifter, that he spends just as much time being big and green as he does not-as-big and not-as-green. stiles probably doesn't mean anything by it at all, so he lets it go.
jean's business isn't really his to tell, at least not is so much detail, but - well, her showing up on his doorstep made it partially his business too, so. he just treads a little carefully, keeping some of the details vague for now. ]
she just had a couple deep cuts that needed stitches.
but i don't have a first aid kit and even if i did i don't know the first thing about stitching someone up.
i mean maybe it's close to sewing? which i do know how to do, but
anyway. there was a lot of blood so i figured i'd just heal her the same way i've healed other people before, just to save time and so she could lay down and recover sooner
and it went fine at first, it worked like it was supposed to but right as i was finishing
uh, this is kind of gross, but my arm just kind of ripped open in the same place her's had been torn open.
it's all good now though.
took care of it, good as new. :)
stiles has no idea, though, that teddy isn't just the tall, blond haired, blue eyed boy he saw for all of ten seconds in the middle of the woods not too long ago. he has no clue that teddy's a shapeshifter, that he spends just as much time being big and green as he does not-as-big and not-as-green. stiles probably doesn't mean anything by it at all, so he lets it go.
jean's business isn't really his to tell, at least not is so much detail, but - well, her showing up on his doorstep made it partially his business too, so. he just treads a little carefully, keeping some of the details vague for now. ]
she just had a couple deep cuts that needed stitches.
but i don't have a first aid kit and even if i did i don't know the first thing about stitching someone up.
i mean maybe it's close to sewing? which i do know how to do, but
anyway. there was a lot of blood so i figured i'd just heal her the same way i've healed other people before, just to save time and so she could lay down and recover sooner
and it went fine at first, it worked like it was supposed to but right as i was finishing
uh, this is kind of gross, but my arm just kind of ripped open in the same place her's had been torn open.
it's all good now though.
took care of it, good as new. :)
[ one day he'll learn about "hulkling" and, like, bash his face against the floor to chase the cringe of this particular memory away. sorry, billy. ]
"Deep cuts".
[ that doesn't sound good. that sounds like she got into a fight with fucking logan, actually, which is a huge enough headache that he might have to track him down and subtly ask if he's seen jean lately, which - shouldn't be too hard, given that he's already been asking logan about jean a lot. he doubts he'd tell him anything of interest, but what the fuck. deep cuts. what else gives deep cuts around here that wouldn't immediately put them in danger? billy would tell him if there was something putting them in danger, right?
he just - stops thinking about it, for now. it's not important. what's important is - everything else. "took care of it, good as new". he's not going to take that emoticon at face value. ]
You're awfully calm for someone who had an arm spontaneously rip itself open.
This is the kind of attitude someone takes when they're used to that level of pain.
"Deep cuts".
[ that doesn't sound good. that sounds like she got into a fight with fucking logan, actually, which is a huge enough headache that he might have to track him down and subtly ask if he's seen jean lately, which - shouldn't be too hard, given that he's already been asking logan about jean a lot. he doubts he'd tell him anything of interest, but what the fuck. deep cuts. what else gives deep cuts around here that wouldn't immediately put them in danger? billy would tell him if there was something putting them in danger, right?
he just - stops thinking about it, for now. it's not important. what's important is - everything else. "took care of it, good as new". he's not going to take that emoticon at face value. ]
You're awfully calm for someone who had an arm spontaneously rip itself open.
This is the kind of attitude someone takes when they're used to that level of pain.
in my defense, it's been a couple weeks since then.
i definitely wasn't calm when it was happening. definitely some lingering trauma hanging around.
and i can't say i'm used to that level of pain because it was excruciating and i'm pretty sure i came kinda close to blacking out at least twice
but uh. if you're asking if i've gotten hurt before
well, it's not the first time i've had to heal myself, probably won't be the last.
i definitely wasn't calm when it was happening. definitely some lingering trauma hanging around.
and i can't say i'm used to that level of pain because it was excruciating and i'm pretty sure i came kinda close to blacking out at least twice
but uh. if you're asking if i've gotten hurt before
well, it's not the first time i've had to heal myself, probably won't be the last.
[ it's been a couple of weeks and he's only finding out about this now? stiles is-- mildly put out, but not enough to say anything. they're friends, but billy doesn't owe him an up to date detailing of every horrible thing that happens in his time here. christ knows stiles won't tell him some things.
kind of sobering, though. he's been getting a little too caught up in this stupid crush of his, starting to put his friendship with billy up on a pedestal. at least he caught himself before he started buying billy 50 inch tvs. ]
I don't know what to say, man. I'm sure the last thing you need is me freaking out on you or worrying about something you can handle.
I guess I'm just - here if you get hurt again?
It was really good of you to help Jean. I'm glad it all worked out in the end.
Uh, anyway - magic. That's pretty neat.
I had an experience with something similar back home, believe it or not. For, like, three seconds. Didn't last. Wasn't for me.
kind of sobering, though. he's been getting a little too caught up in this stupid crush of his, starting to put his friendship with billy up on a pedestal. at least he caught himself before he started buying billy 50 inch tvs. ]
I don't know what to say, man. I'm sure the last thing you need is me freaking out on you or worrying about something you can handle.
I guess I'm just - here if you get hurt again?
It was really good of you to help Jean. I'm glad it all worked out in the end.
Uh, anyway - magic. That's pretty neat.
I had an experience with something similar back home, believe it or not. For, like, three seconds. Didn't last. Wasn't for me.
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i mean, i barely handled it if we're being honest.
and i like passed out for idk
15 solid hours after everything was done?
which i've also never really had to do before.
like don't get me wrong, i definitely get tired after pushing myself a little too hard, but this was like
i went down like a bag of bricks the second i was sure jean was fine and that my arm was mostly okay.
but this is good to know. remember this when i inevitably turn up on your doorstep needing some help after having done something stupid
or at least needing a solid place to crash while i recover.
anyway. way more importantly:
you had an experience?
well, tell me more.
and i like passed out for idk
15 solid hours after everything was done?
which i've also never really had to do before.
like don't get me wrong, i definitely get tired after pushing myself a little too hard, but this was like
i went down like a bag of bricks the second i was sure jean was fine and that my arm was mostly okay.
but this is good to know. remember this when i inevitably turn up on your doorstep needing some help after having done something stupid
or at least needing a solid place to crash while i recover.
anyway. way more importantly:
you had an experience?
well, tell me more.
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