Why? She's an uptight bitch. Gonna be honest with you, Hop, I'm Kinda worried she'd freeze it off if I stuck it in. Probably better you warm her up first, right?
[an immediate snap:] Watch your goddamn mouth, Hargrove.
[he tells himself he'd be annoyed if he heard Billy talking about any woman like this; if he heard anyone talk like this. it's not about Alicent. it might be about Billy though.]
What the hell is your damn problem? Be a goddamn man about it instead of whatever the fuck this is!
[The telepathic onslaught rolls in early morning. It’s accidental, it’s a lot of overwhelming need straight into Billy’s brain.
It’s a mess of desire, of unhinged want. She projects it before she can stop it, just the pure unfiltered fantasy of it all, of Billy, Eddie, of being full, visibly so.
[ He's not 'awake' in an instant, but he is hard in an instant. Worst case of morning wood he's had in years, brain fizzling, and he's not sure it wasn't a particularly erotic dream until Jem whimpers again. He catches up. ]
Jem, baby. [ He forgets the complicated mess of Eddie Munson, for just a moment. If his thoughts bleed to Eddie too, well, they're all wrapped up. ] Am I in your pussy or your ass?
[He sends it to both Eddie and Billy; a simultaneous blanket of worry. ]
I’d feel better if you both checked in with me more often now. Hell, I’d feel better if you were here, but at least keep me from having a stroke every few days.
Handful of days ago. [ They're good. He thinks they're good. They've had some really good fucking nights, but Murphy hadn't been having an easy time of it. Not with Mavis... so, Billy's been giving him space. To sit at her bedside, to exist with Aristaeus. He doesn't know how to navigate that. ]
Why? Keeping a log of our dates? It was a good one.
yeah. he's screwed if someone decides to go for a brisk walk.
i'm [ Hunting down every urchin that lives in Rubilykskoye. Ignoring the prophesies occasionally tossed into his mental net. Worrying, and missing her, and he wants to go to sleep for the longest time, her skin pressed against his nose. ]
i'm looking for ganya. [ a particularly waifish child, one the other kids haven't seen. ] then yeah. i want to see you.
I need you to promise me something and I don't have a lot of time to fuck around. Promise me that if something happens to me you're not gonna flip out and go punch people or anything.
when are u coming back to the cabin?( eddie’s got a free pass on work for a while, billy’s not using his or didn’t get one. he’s pretty sure it’s more about avoidance though. )
[ The anger comes before the message: he's so, so fucking hurt and pissed, and he doesn't catch it in time. Just a brief undirected flash of furious grief before he tamps it down. ]
Hey.
Jem asked me to come heal you and Eddie. Are you at his bullshit greenhouse?
[ John doesn’t usually carry emotion in his messages, not that Billy’s ever seen. For a moment: he mistakes the white-hot burst of grief as his own, like his emotions are so out of control he can’t parse them. ]
she ask that before she offed herself? or do you talk to ghosts too?
[ In the afternoon, after everything is done, Ianthe has graciously helped move the body, and the Church has been informed, it's time for the next stage of clean-up. ]
This is Quentin Smith Jem wanted me to contact you
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