[For a moment, Teddy doesn't even know how to react. It feels like someone just threw ice cold water on him, or like he's being pulled into a really terrible dream.
And no, things really aren't okay, and apparently Billy doesn't need him to pretend they are either. He takes a step back, recoils like he's been punched in the stomach -- but even he knows that'd be a lot easier to take than that.]
So that's why you didn't want to go back... was all that earlier, that promising to come back with me, that I'm important-- it was lip service wasn't it?
[So much for trying to not be angry at Billy, for trying to be understanding.] Loki, Billy? Really?
[Teddy knows that weird little kid that just showed up, that tried to take Billy's powers once already, the former villain. How is he even supposed to wrap his head around that?
He feels suddenly left behind, out of place, and with no idea how to fit in with any of it. Worse yet, he feels even more betrayed, even more disappointed. He wipes idly at his eyes, wanting the fresh tears gone.
He told Billy once that he was all he'd had and now he supposes he doesn't even have that. And whether it's his fault or Billy's, it doesn't really make it feel any less hopeless or painful. It also doesn't make him wish that he had a mom to go to, or just-- anybody, honestly.]
Billy, I can't do this. Don't-- just don't tell me you love me because right now? I really can't and don't believe it. Maybe you should go back to your new boyfriend and just forget you saw me. It'd be easier.
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And no, things really aren't okay, and apparently Billy doesn't need him to pretend they are either. He takes a step back, recoils like he's been punched in the stomach -- but even he knows that'd be a lot easier to take than that.]
So that's why you didn't want to go back... was all that earlier, that promising to come back with me, that I'm important-- it was lip service wasn't it?
[So much for trying to not be angry at Billy, for trying to be understanding.] Loki, Billy? Really?
[Teddy knows that weird little kid that just showed up, that tried to take Billy's powers once already, the former villain. How is he even supposed to wrap his head around that?
He feels suddenly left behind, out of place, and with no idea how to fit in with any of it. Worse yet, he feels even more betrayed, even more disappointed. He wipes idly at his eyes, wanting the fresh tears gone.
He told Billy once that he was all he'd had and now he supposes he doesn't even have that. And whether it's his fault or Billy's, it doesn't really make it feel any less hopeless or painful. It also doesn't make him wish that he had a mom to go to, or just-- anybody, honestly.]
Billy, I can't do this. Don't-- just don't tell me you love me because right now? I really can't and don't believe it. Maybe you should go back to your new boyfriend and just forget you saw me. It'd be easier.