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Billy Kaplan ([personal profile] wearingthestars) wrote in [community profile] revivalproject2021-06-07 02:17 pm

I didn't mean for it to happen

WHO: Billy, Tommy, Bucky/The Soldier, OTA
WHERE: Temba, YA House
WHAT: The aftermath
WHEN: Early June
WARNINGS: TBD



The Return & What Follows (for Tommy)

Billy screamed, and the world dissolved. The Shadow had shielded him from the worst of it, assaulted by those memories in a non stop barrage for however long they were in there, but now he remembered it all. He dimly registered he was back in his calibration room, hoping he'd managed to release the others before he collapsed heavily onto the floor. He shouldn't have been able to perform that level of magic here. And whatever had allowed it abruptly cut it off with his return, utterly drained from the experience.

He was unconscious, in and out of nightmares for days before he finally jolted awake in a cold sweat, practically tumbling from the bed in his race to the bathroom to retch.

What had he done?

Avoidance [OTA]

Even after he awoke, Billy didn't want to leave the house. He was ashamed and scared, and used the excuse of resting for far longer than was true.

A few faces managed to hunt him down there, and it wasn't like Billy could turn them away, eventually relenting and breaking down a few of those barriers.

After that it was a little easier to venture out. It took a few smaller outing before he was able to get as far as the Hospital, but there at least he could focus on work.

(For Bucky/The Soldier)

Billy knew he probably wanted to stay hidden away as much as he did right now, but after what they'd been through together in the other world, he trusted the man to help him with this. Tommy and the others would refuse, but he was confident Bucky would understand. And he needed to apologize.

His magic was still weak, but it led him to the general location where he was meant to be. Billy couldn't quite meet his eye when he found him, swallowing thickly and looking uncomfortable.

"...Hey. Could we talk?"

Apology- Network- Text

I can't begin to make up for what I put you all through this last month. I had no right, and I'm so sorry you all got caught up in this mess.

I know that doesn't begin to make it right.

They did something to me. Like Calibrations...but worse. I don't know how. And I'm not trying to make excuses for what I did but- I'm scared they'll do it again. To any of us. I thought people should know.
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[personal profile] mrsklover 2021-06-13 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Richie breathes in deep and holds it.]

The man I loved my entire life was too scared to go face a fucking monster we were fighting. I convinced him. I told him he was braver than he thought and convinced him to go down into that goddamn sewer when he wanted to stay behind.

He died there, saving me. Stabbed through the chest, bled out alone, and then got left in the dark greywater to rot.

It makes sense, kid.
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[personal profile] mrsklover 2021-06-13 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
Peachy. But this isn't about me.
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[personal profile] mrsklover 2021-06-13 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
When I lost the guy I loved, I didn't have powers. All I could do was swallow my body weight in alcohol and try to not feel anything. If I had your powers, you better believe I would have done a lot worse than create a comic-sans version of the world to give people a break from their own bullshit.

I'm not saying you shouldn't be sorry but this whole thing wasn't your fault and honestly, no one died so. Just don't tear yourself up.
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[personal profile] mrsklover 2021-06-13 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh. Well. See, this is where I am gonna have to thank you because your world let me have a small taste of what it might be like to have what I wanted.

It was great, so. Thanks.
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[personal profile] mrsklover 2021-06-17 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
Me too, actually. Really glad. I never thought I'd ever have it. Better than I even dreamed.