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Billy Kaplan ([personal profile] wearingthestars) wrote in [community profile] revivalproject2021-04-03 02:19 pm

What is grief?

WHO: Billy/Various, some OTA (will be noted)
WHERE: First Breath, Vanquish, Temba, YA house
WHAT: Sad
WHEN: Day of Return
WARNINGS: Sad



Return
(OT Vanquish [or First Breath if you want to see him worrying on the ship], Mostly meant for Jon and/or Lauri-Ell)

When the compulsion to return to the ships had come, Teddy hadn't been there. It set a knot of worry in Billy's stomach, even as he tried to reason it didn't mean he was gone. He might have gotten up early, or felt the compulsion before him, or...something. Right?

Still, that dread kept him from messaging during the trip back, mind running over the dark possibilities until they had landed and Billy went running to wait outside Vanquish. He was just worrying for nothing, right??


Storm Clouds
(OTA)

Billy was at a loss. What was a he supposed to do? He was trying very hard not to fall back into that deep depression that had claimed him after Cassie- that dark numbness that seemed to swallow him up for months.

The weather around him seemed to be reflecting that conflict, isolated clouds, dark and stormy, possibly attracted by the electricity that occasionally flickered unbidden at his fingertips.

He didn't know how to find a proper balance, to feel these emotions without losing himself to them.

The clouds rumbled overhead, rain pelting down, and Billy offered up an apologetic look as he wasn't the only one caught up in this downpour.

"Sorry-"


Hold Me
(for Tommy)

The house didn't feel the same without him. Billy tried to set aside that steadily growing weight on his chest and put away some of what he'd brought back from their trip, but he kept seeing signs of Teddy everywhere. He couldn't quite bring himself to touch any of Teddy's stuff, leaving it where it was.

He tried to sleep that night, laying on his side of the bed, switching between tears and long stretches of sleepless silence, before finally giving up and leaving their his room for Tommy's.

He peered inside hesitantly, voice a little rough from the boughts of crying.
"...Could I sleep with you?"
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[personal profile] beholding_archivist 2021-04-14 02:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"In that case I am already certain they know how to take care of themselves. The young ones are already hunting some of the larger insects in and around the library." The Archivist explains just as the Countess gives a quick lick to Billy's nose before fluttering down to greet her kittens, trilling and grooming their heads before making her way to the rest of the lot.

Jon looks back over to Billy with a single raised brow. "I suppose we are cleared to move on."
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[personal profile] beholding_archivist 2021-04-16 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Jon holds back a soft chuckle as they close the remaining distance to the library. "Once they are all grown up there will be a lot of fur and feathers to be cleaned out of the library!"

He remembers living with a single cat. These were easily two dozen felines with additional feathers. He will hope they spend at least a reasonable time outdoors.
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[personal profile] beholding_archivist 2021-04-22 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"Possibly." Jon agrees, then frowns thoughtfully. "They would probably enjoy messing with them."