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Rage Caries You Away

WHO: Billy Kaplan, Teddy Altman, Tommy Shepherd, Tony Stark, Jon Sims, Potentially open to others
WHERE: YA house and about town
WHAT: Rage bug strikes
WHEN: End of May
WARNINGS: Violence

Billy sighs and shifts closer to Teddy, not wanting to get up yet, nuzzling against his side and closing his eyes.

"Can we just sleep 'til noon today?" he mumbles with a sleepy smile. He rubs absently at an itch on his neck, trying to hold onto that heavy eyed feeling as long as he can. How he wound up engaged to such an early bird he had no idea. "Come on, you know you want to."

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Teddy doesn't listen, his attention focused solely on reaching for and picking up his sword from its resting place against the wall. Even without its magic it will still be useful.

Once it's in his hand he turns, his expression still guarded and filled with rage. He looks at Billy like he would an enemy. And then he lifts his sword.

"Enough." And then he's charging towards Billy, his sword ready to strike.

He sees him going for the sword, frozen like he still doesn't believe Teddy could really hurt him, though once he's fixed under that look Billy takes a wary half step back.

"...Teddy-?"

And then he's charging, and Billy throws up a domed shield of magic at the last second, trying to ignore the growing discomfort that threatens to distract from the fear and urgency of the current situation.

"Teddy, it's me."

The magic shield forms, protecting Billy from the blow, and Teddy's sword connects uselessly against it. No matter how much strength he uses, the sword doesn't pierce the shield. He strikes again and again, snarling angrily as each blow is as ineffective as the last.

"Teddy-...Teddy! Stop!" Billy pleads, shrinking back anxiously, and as a last ditch effort he teleports away again, into the hall just outside their room, eyes wide.

Something is seriously wrong.

Caught off guard by the disappearance of Billy and his shield, his sword cuts through the air and right down to the floor, leaving a sizable dent. He growls, pulling his sword up again. He couldn't have gone far.

Moments later he's throwing their bedroom door open and stepping into the hall.

"Teddy stop!" Billy pleas, holding up a glowing hand. He's not sure how well or long his magic will work on someone like Teddy, especially in his Hulkling form, and he takes another step back. "Just talk to me!"

"No. There's nothing to talk about," he growls. He needs to fight. He needs to break. He wants to ruin. Bursting forward once again, he swings his sword out viciously, keeping a watch on Billy's glowing hand.

The magic tries to latch onto the sword, to hold it firmly in place, and Billy tries to escape by flying over Teddy's head. These close quarters were not the ideal fighting grounds, he needs to get out.

Billy's magic wraps around the sword and Teddy wastes no time in releasing it, keeping his focus solely on the other boy. With his hands free nothing impedes him from reaching up, using his height and the tight quarters of the hall to his advantage, seeking to grab whatever part of Billy's body he can grab.

"Teddy- let go-" Billy kicks out his ankle, trying to free it from Teddy's grasp, still trying to stick to defense over offence, but Teddy's obviously got the edge when it comes to physical strength.

He manages to retain his grip and slowly begins to tighten it to the point of discomfort, in order to get a sure enough grip to begin pulling Billy down from the air.

"Nnn-" Wincing, Billy tries to pull against Teddy's grip, but he's steadily pulled down, unwilling to hurt Teddy to make him let go.

"S-stop-"

Once he's sure his grip will hold he pulls even harder, wanting to send Billy crashing back into the ground. His words aren't reaching Teddy. In fact, they seem to only be making him more angry and violent.

He hits the ground with a pained cry, gritting his teeth, and feeling a rush of frustration threatening to overwhelm the fear and confusion, lashing out with a concussive wave of magic. He's not far gone enough yet to be fully lost to the rage though, looking horrified with his reaction.

"Teddy- I'm sorry! I'm sorry- please-"

The magic finds its target and Teddy is shoved back by the blow, a groan forced from his throat, but it's not enough to knock him off his feet. His eyes narrow and his teeth gnash together, releasing a growl.

"Save it! I don't want your pity."

He begins stalking towards Billy once again.

Electricity crackles at Billy's fingertips before he wills it back down, eyes narrowing before he can shake that building anger off again.

"It's not...it's not pity- Teddy- It's love, please- I don't want to hurt you. And I know you don't want to hurt me."

His scowl warps into a sneer as he stops several inches away, seemingly unconcerned by what Billy could do with his magic from this close. He leans in, just slightly.

"How do you know that? I don't seem to have any problem doing it." His hand strikes out suddenly, reaching for Billy's throat.

Billy flinches, but fights to keep still to try and prove his point, pulse rising sharply. Teddy wouldn't...right? Whatever this was, he could fight it.

His hand moves swiftly, fingers curling around Billy's throat, gently at first, and then with more force. But not tight enough to block off his ability to breathe.

"Still think I won't?"

"Aaa- T-teddy-" Electricity flickers at his fingertips again, but he still won't move against him, determinedly shaking his head. "Nn- you won't."

He bares his teeth. "Stop saying that!" Instead of squeezing tighter he uses his hold on Billy to throw him forward.

Billy tumbles back, and despite the bruising pain there's a brief smile on his face, seeing that as some small victory. It's short lived though, blinking away that pressing anger with a confused breath and when his gaze settles on Teddy again his eyes narrow, abruptly throwing a concussive wave of magic at him.

The blast knocks a pained groan out of him as he stumbles back several steps. The magic is enough to hurt but not enough to take him off his feet or slow him down very much.

"You're going to have to try harder then that!" He charges forward.

Watching him charge, Billy holds his ground, teleporting back behind Teddy at the last second and sending another blast after him to try and send him crashing into the wall.

"You really want that?"

He's not expecting that. Before he can stop his forward momentum Billy's blast of magic is careening into his back, shoving him forward into the wall before he can regain his footing. Growling, he shoves away from the wall, twisting around to face him.

"I can take anything you've got."

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