two >>> i make a fist and not a plan

[expeditiousness]

un: SPEED
private; @wiccan

wanda’s gone.

[what. it’s fine. tommy’s totally fine.]


[some time later:]
@everyone

idk who here knew wanda but fyi she’s gone now, if you didn’t already hear.

Comments

Re: Private

[skyward_eyes]

I have no clue what red bull is. But I'll figure it out.

Does Billy know yet?

Private

[expeditiousness]

red bull’s an energy drink. pure awesome in a can.

and yeah, i told billy first.

Re: Private

[skyward_eyes]

Somehow I'm not surprised that is what you put value in.

It's okay to be messed up about this.

[Don't deny it. Come on, you're using text, not voice.]

continued private

[expeditiousness]

[damn. and here tommy thought he was being stealthy.]

what are you talking about? i’m fine, dude.

Re: continued private

[skyward_eyes]

So why are you scared of letting someone hear your voice?

[expeditiousness]

i’m not. i just felt like texting, sue me.

[skyward_eyes]

Bullshit. I know what Wanda was to you and Billy.

[expeditiousness]

she wasn’t even from the same world as us. it’s not a big deal.

[and if he says it enough times maybe he’ll convince himself.]

wanda disappeared on us back home, too. it’s fine.

Private

[skyward_eyes]

A mother is a mother. It doesn't matter that it's another world. I know you cared about her, and she cared about you. There's no amount of saying things like it's not a big deal that is going to make it hurt less.

Trust me.

Fuck, trust me, this last week, I've learned that the hard way.

[expeditiousness]

[it’s true - tommy cared about wanda a lot, maybe not as a mother figure but more like a sister he’d never known before meeting her here. either way, she was family, and tommy spent more time getting to know her than he did with the wanda back home.]

i’m not hurt. i don’t have feelings. everyone knows that.

[skyward_eyes]

Okay, let's upgrade that to a curse from my world. Behemothshit.

Because you know what? I've had the privilege of you talking to me about it. About how you met your team, how they helped you. I'm not so stupid as to believe there's no emotion there. That you don't care.

Honestly, it's scary. Trust me, it's scary. My school, they tried really hard to make us what you're claiming. And it's not worth it to be like that.

Besides, if you don't have emotions then I don't know how much I'm going to buy it when you have to show up and threaten me over not breaking your brother's heart or something.

[expeditiousness]

[he’d like to argue that it’s not worth it to have feelings, to get attached to people only to have them ultimately let you down, because that has been tommy’s experience, over and over. but the last part of what nida says brings all of that to a screeching record-scratch halt.]

are you and billy together now?

[skyward_eyes]

No. But I did kiss him. Which I think puts me in territory for potential threatening.

[Does that help some? Distract him enough?]

But seriously, I pretty much was raised to do the whole no emotion thing, and yet here I am, falling for a guy. So yeah, I know that claim is complete shit.

[expeditiousness]

[well, yeah, this is probably a bad idea, but at least it’s a nifty distraction from tommy’s problem.]

did he tell you about teddy?

[skyward_eyes]

A little. Of course, the stuff up at the shrine? I got to SEE what happened between them.

If I ever meet the guy, I'm going to punch him. As Billy's friend. Because it was bullshit.

[expeditiousness]

and you really think it’s a good idea to get involved with him after that? i mean, he’s my brother and i love him, but he’s kinda fragile sometimes. we lost a couple of our teammates a while back and he disbanded the young avengers, quit doing hero stuff, and completely shut down for MONTHS. this breakup’s gotta be hitting him really hard.

[skyward_eyes]

Trained spy, Tommy. I can be as patient as I need.

But there is no way I'm letting him shut down. You see him start any of that shit, contact me. I will bodily carry him from his misery pit and make him do some training. Hard to stay that caught up in yourself and all that when I leave him exhausted. Get him some sleep, keep him from thinking.

There's a serious reason that Seifer and I handle too much thinking with a healthy dose of beating each other up.

And the way I see it, he might be less fragile when he starts to realize how strong he can be physically. It's strange how mind can follow body, but it's there.

[expeditiousness]

i mean. he’s not weak, he’s just not like a jock or anything. he uses magic. me and teddy and eli were the ones usually throwing punches in fights - SPEEDpunches, in my case.

but now i’m picturing you carrying billy off to a fight club and i gotta say, that’s pretty hilarious. i’d pay money to see that, if i had any money here.

[skyward_eyes]

And if he can’t use magic? He shouldn’t be able to defend himself then? He should assume to damsel in distress position for someone to come rescue him? Fuck that.

And once my ankle is good, you’re getting carried off too. Because I have a feeling. ‘SPEEDpunches’ use velocity to impart force. I am not letting either of you get away without knowing how to throw a real punch or throw someone over your shoulder.

[expeditiousness]

dude, chill. i’m not saying he’s a damsel, and i’m not disagreeing with you. we can both stand to learn some new tricks tbh.

and now i’m wondering if you can carry us both at the same time. i’d pay double my nonexistent money to see you try that. ;)

[skyward_eyes]

Not here. I don't have the strength here to lift you both at once. Well... I mean, I suppose a combination piggy-back and bridal carry would maybe be possible for a few moments. And I could probably bench either one of you. Just not both.

[expeditiousness]

ok now THAT i gotta see sometime.

[skyward_eyes]

I mean, I could try some tonight if you drag him with. My ankle will probably give out, Dr. Crusher has me on bed rest and elevation, but at the very least I should be able to do pushups with one of you sitting on my back. I think.

[expeditiousness]

dude no

wtf happened to your ankle??

[skyward_eyes]

Fell off the roof of the place between mine and Wanda's.

What was Wanda's.

Turned my ankle on a rock in the landing.