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Billy Kaplan ([personal profile] wearingthestars) wrote in [community profile] revivalproject2025-04-03 12:59 am

Guess who's back?

WHO: Billy Kaplan, Soldier, Tommy Shepherd, Tony Stark
WHERE: The Cabin, TBD, The University
WHAT: Billy's back
WHEN: Early April
WARNINGS: TBD

Soldier

To Billy it felt as though no time had passed, brow scrunched like he was trying to recall a strange dream that was all ready escaping him. He wasn't on the ship. The air didn't have the same chill they'd left behind. It's not all together new for him. He's had these gaps before, and so has Soldier, but something about this one feels strange for a reason he can't parse.

He sits up, and when he calls out his voice is hoarse from disuse.

"Soldier?" he tries tentatively, pushing to climb out of bed. His legs feel unused to supporting his weight, and he tries not to listen to that voice of fear that lives in his mind and wonders what may have happened here in his absence.

Tommy

He knows he could message Tommy and a fraction of a second later he would be bowled over by his brother, but he thinks it may be less jarring if he finds him in person. He has a mental checklist- the Diner, the Greenhouses, where ever Hargrove is. And once he spies him he braces for the impact he's sure to follow, offering an apologetic smile.

Tony

His room in the University seemed to have been cleared out, Billy sitting on the bed after his brief inspection. There was little doubt Tony would have seen him come on one or more of the cameras, and Billy waited, an impish smile curling on his lips when he was proved right.

"So, which one of you stole all my stuff?" he teased fondly, head ducking in bashful apology for making them all worry so long.
sinistral: (☆ 05)

[personal profile] sinistral 2025-04-14 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Long enough." It's not like Billy stayed deliberately away, and the Soldier doesn't want him to feel guilt at the passage of time. But he knows too that it's never that simple, and that guilt doesn't always feel the need to root itself in logic.

He holds Billy close, allowing the hug and even going so far as to rub his back gently. "How do you feel?"
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[personal profile] sinistral 2025-05-29 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Billy might even feel the Soldier's jaw tighten a little, a smile pulling three muscles away from his usual stoic expression. What a novelty.

"Not weird injured or sick?" Disorientation they've both dealt with; it's annoying, but it passes. Injury or illness would be more concerning. But if it's simply the return after absence and the stress on the body that causes, then the Soldier knows it should pass soon. "I have been here since you were taken. I didn't want you to return and wonder at where I was."