[Billy had suspected a pretty routine task, honestly. Guard the guy carrying the bait, make sure no one gets hurt-- the usual stuff he's tasked with that he's gotten used to over the last couple of months. It's just he hadn't expected to see one Teddy Altman standing there. One that looks-- younger.
Maybe no one else would have noticed right off the bat, but Billy has spent years ridiculously in love with the guy to notice all the slight little differences. Longer hair, rounder face. Still all the piercings though, so there's that at least.
It's enough to make his heart feel like it's stopped beating for a moment, to make him pause in his steps.]
Hey--
[The word comes out hesitantly, drawn out as he struggles for words. It's not often that Billy Kaplan is speechless but this certainly achieved it.]
Um. I mean, yeah. We should definitely... do that.
[That was totally not as smooth as he meant it to be, but seriously. What is he supposed to say here? "Hey, Teddy, what's the last thing you remember so we can compare notes?"]
i.
Maybe no one else would have noticed right off the bat, but Billy has spent years ridiculously in love with the guy to notice all the slight little differences. Longer hair, rounder face. Still all the piercings though, so there's that at least.
It's enough to make his heart feel like it's stopped beating for a moment, to make him pause in his steps.]
Hey--
[The word comes out hesitantly, drawn out as he struggles for words. It's not often that Billy Kaplan is speechless but this certainly achieved it.]
Um. I mean, yeah. We should definitely... do that.
[That was totally not as smooth as he meant it to be, but seriously. What is he supposed to say here? "Hey, Teddy, what's the last thing you remember so we can compare notes?"]