Blood In My Sight

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WHO: Tommy & Kyle
WHERE:
WHAT: Tommy needs to calm down
WHEN: 6/26, After yelling at Billy and threatening Riley
WARNINGS: CW: discussions of torture and experimentation on children

This was too much. His anger was still roaring, his blood pounding in his ears, his thoughts running too fast for even him to catch up to. And Tommy just had to do what he could to calm down. He'd tried his island and stopped that when he's knocked into a tree with too much force. It fell over and he knew he was going to bruise badly from it. Then dove into the water to cool off.

Even that wasn't enough so he did the next best thing he could. He took off to find the only person he could talk to right now.

Which was showing up at Kyle's room at the hotel. Doesn't even bother to knock, or even open the door. Just vibes through.

"Kyle," he called, shocked by how raw his voice was from his distress.

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[kyley_b]

Kyle isn't exactly in a super calm frame of mind himself - he has a rotten temper, especially if his ego is bruised - but every emotion save shock is slapped from his mind when Tommy appears.

"Dude," he says, scrambling to his feet. He opens his arms, brows knitting together in concern.

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In a way, being here made perfect sense. Tommy had gone to Kyle after arguments with Billy since they had started dating in that other world. Hell, even before then. Didn't matter that it was fake, he knew that Kyle got it. Either as Kyle the boyfriend or his Human Lite beat friend Tommy had trusted Kyle because Tommy knew Kyle had a brother and was experienced in sibling conflict.

Coming here made sense.

That didn't make Tommy feel less self conscious the second he realized that those arms were immediately open to comfort him. It was almost enough to send him running again. But the rage was still there, still boiling.

"I didn't kill the sanctimonious asshat."

[kyley_b]

Kyle's face cracked into a half smile.

"I'm legit proud," he said, sounding both sympathetic and amused. "It wouldn't be much of a fight, dude."

He dropped his arms and instead took a seat on the bed. "Talk to me."

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The arms dropping is frustrating and he wants to step forward and take the hug now but he can't. It's too late. That's lost.

Instead of going to sit on the bed he sits on the floor and leans his head against Kyle's knee.

"My brother is letting someone experiment on him."

[kyley_b]

Kyle's hand comes up at once to gently card through Tommy's hair.

"Well," he says slowly. "That's his right, as an adult, I guess. Can't say I'm stoked about it. What KIND of experimenting are we talking, here?"

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His right. Tommy makes a displeased noise. He clearly doesn't agree.

"On him, on his powers. That's never good."

[kyley_b]

"Has that happened to him before?"

Fingers still gently moving through Tommy's hair, soothing. Kyle has years of practice doting on loved ones.

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"Both of us," Tommy said. Billy's experiences with it hadn't been very pleasant, but Tommy's had definitely been longer lasting. Though one could argue it had happened to Billy twice now. "He won't listen when I tell him he can't do this.

[kyley_b]

"That's frustrating. Did he at least tell you why he's consenting to this? Because I can understand wanting to protect people, but I don't want him doing it solely out of guilt."

He was quiet a while before he said softly, "What if someone you trust was with him? While he volunteered."

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"He says to make sure he can't be used like that again. Which means he's actually doing it solely out of guilt," Tommy offered, immediately translating from 'stupid twin' to 'plain talk'.

Tommy just closed his eyes and wanted to scream.

"IT doesn't matter why he consents, his powers have a weakness, and if that guy wants he can take advantage of Billy."

[kyley_b]

"Shit. And he won't listen to anyone else, huh?"

Kyle coats considers and then immediately rejects the idea of kidnapping Billy.

"Don't you think that's less likely if one of us is present at all times?"

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"No," Tommy grumbled. He got tortured over this shit because people claimed they just wanted 'to know' and 'to understand' and 'help him control'. Too bad Billy refuses to listen to experience.

"The big dog is going to keep an eyes on him. I saw that briefly. She was angry too.

[kyley_b]

"Hm." Kyle wondered if maybe he shouldn't try anyway.

"At least there's that. Lauri-Ell can snap most people in half." He sighed and leans down to kiss the top of Tommy's head. "I'm sorry," he said. "I know it's scary. For him, and you."

Good Morning Sunshine

[doubled_speed]

There is something well and truly wonderful about the whole situation of waking up in the arms of another. Or perhaps with another in your arms. Either way it's two sorts of wonders of being curled together with someone. There was being close to Billy, holding him and feeling for half a moment like there was an echo of himself in his arms, offering his strength.

There was a whole other feel of waking up curled around someone who liked him, who wanted him, who wanted to be with him. The warmth, the way Kyle held like he didn't want to let Tommy go. This one was pretty good though. Even if it was, well not as warm as it had been when he went to sleep. That was weird.

Tommy let his eyes open, basking in the fact that once again, with Kyle there he had managed to sleep in. It wasn't common for him to do that. But they had stayed up late talking, another wonderful session of instruction where Tommy had managed to properly copy a whole three characters on paper AND successfully pronounced some words. So he'd had a minor make-out session and curled up against Kyle to sleep.

Except when he'd gone to sleep he'd been in a t-shirt and boxers. And now?

As Tommy's fingers wiggled a little he figured out what felt different. He knew this sensation, and opened his eyes and there it was. Flashes of silver on his fingers. White and green along his arm. All of it skin tight, fitting to a body a slight bit less muscled than it used to be.

"Well fuck."

[kyley_b]

Kyle snorfled and wriggled a little closer to Tommy, chasing sleep a little further. It was a losing battle as he felt Tommy shift, and then heard him speak aloud.

"Hwuh?' Kyle managed, eyes opening in spite of his heart's desires. For a moment he was quite convinced that he was dreaming because Tommy sure did look like he was wearing some sort of superhero costume.

"Why are you wearing spandex?" he asked once he was relatively certain he was in fact awake.

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"It's not spandex!" Tommy laughed, and he was out of the bed before the blankets really even had time to be disturbed. He was laughing in delight, looking himself over. It meant turning this way and that, checking the fit. It was still perfect, even with the difference in his muscles. Fucking Reed Richards was a mother fucking genius.

HE offered a grin and was gone in a flash of silver-green and then back a second later, his goggles recovered from his place with Billy and properly on his face.

"It's unstable molecules, a special sorta fabric that adapts to the powers of those who use them. Which means highly reduced friction, aerofuckingdynamic, and durable to keep up with me if I crash. Awesome, right?"

He twisted so the silver streaks would catch a flash of light.

"Shiny."

[kyley_b]

Kyle was still waking up a little, his brain stuck somewhere around warm bed good when Tommy returned. He knuckled sleep out of his eyes and watched Tommy twist and turn and grin.

"Awesome," he repeated, then added for good measure, "Shiny."

He sat up, pushing his hair back with both hands. It poofed right back up. "But, okay. When did you put that on?"

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Cute thing, with the hair and all. Tommy had to grin. He remembered mussing it last night when making out. And still it hadn't seem affected. Kick ass hair that.

"I didn't. Just woke up in it. Haven't had it here at all."

[kyley_b]

Kyle stared at Tommy for a moment, and not just because his ass was perfectly and lovingly encased in skin-tight fabric.

"...if you didn't put it on," Kyle said slowly as if he was thinking it through as he spoke, "then who did?"

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If he didn't put it on who... Oh. That's... That's a really fair question that Tommy has the chance to run through a hundred thousand possibilities for before coming to the most obvious one.

"Agrii. Probably Ga Re. She's the one that interacts with us most. She gives pretty okay hugs, even if she's moist."

[kyley_b]

Kyle absorbed this answer, looking entirely nonplussed.

"Ga Re. Who is moist. Okay." He scowled at the blankets, then turned to swing his legs out of bed.

"Great. Awesome, Ga Re," he muttered darkly.

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"I'm really confused how they did it from space," Tommy admitted, arms crossed over his chest. His gaze was turned toward the ceiling and yep, he didn't know. "They can't come planet side. So I guess the same power they use to throw things in the Supplies box?"

Then he looked down and saw Kyle. What was up with that look.

"You okay?

[kyley_b]

Kyle was just sitting there with his hair a mess, in his boxers, arms crossed over his chest. He glanced up at the ceiling as if maybe he could see the mysterious Agrii. He sighed and dropped his gaze back to Tommy, tossing his hands up.

"Yeah, I'm fine," he said, sounding annoyed. "Fucking space aliens are undressing my boyfriend while I'm asleep, that's all."

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That's not what he was expecting. Tommy burst out laughing and in a blur was at Kyle's side, leaning against him, still in the costume.

"Awwww, I don't like it either, but hey, I can go faster like this. So I can be a good hero. Or, you know, just go over water without my clothes all getting wet. Is it really that bad that I was weird space-powers stuffed into the costume? I'm sorry."

[kyley_b]

Huffy, Kyle leaned against Tommy. "No, no, it's fine," he said, then sighed.

"It's fine, it's GOOD, I'm actually really happy they gave you your costume. It's super useful, and you look stunning in it so that's a perk." He forced himself to smile, feeling stupid and petty.

"I'm just annoyed they got you out of your clothes before I did, I guess."