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@thcrealheroes ; annie / CONT.
𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞, seeing so obivously jealous because some woman was hitting on him and it didn't matter that he had barely acknowledged her or flirted back, annie was jealous and she wasn't very good at hiding it. even her trying to deny it was adorable, the way she could barely look him in the eye and the way she downed her drink, which was hot in a way that he didn't expect. what could he say? he loved a woman who could hold her drink. plus he liked seeing annie lose 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 every now again. she was always wound so tightly, which was somewhat understandable with everything that was constantly going on, but to see the way she just let herself feel and couldn't keep up the perfect good girl act. it made her so fucking irresistible to him. it didn't even occur to him that kimiko and frenchie were clearly watching the exchange. shaking his head with a smirk, watching as she walked away before downing the rest of his own drink, giving the other two a look before following her, completely unable to help himself.
𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦, arms folded across his chest as he waited for her to come out of the bathroom, unable to shake that amused feeling. he never expected jealously from her, it almost seemed beneath her, but yet here they were and it was something he couldn't run from anymore. he knew he could keep try to keep 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 to himself what was happening here, it had been messy and intense, but he wasn't sure what to think about it all anymore. all he knew was that despite how hard he tried to keep fighting this, he couldn't anymore. the moment she stepped out, he laughed softly, " i didn't realise you were the jealous type, sweetheart, " butcher teased, hands reaching out to pull her towards him, no one would even see them in the crowded place, " i bet you're all frustrated and worked up right now. how about you come back to my place and work all of that out in a more constructive way than your bad attempt at denial? "
@thcrealheroes / CONT.
𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬, that she was standing across from here, willing to help ryan in a way that he couldn't and helping him keep his promise to rebecca. in making sure that ryan wouldn't end up like homelander, he needed her help to help him learn and control his powers. as much as he dislikes supes, he would do anything for ryan and he didn't have anyone else that they could possibly 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 to do this. hughie had always spoke so highly of starlight, he was the reason that butcher had even considered this because he trusted hughie and if he really thought that starlight could be trusted, he had to go with that. he was completely aware of the risk he was asking her to take, especially considering how closely she had to work with homelander. the one person who could absolutely not know what they were doing here. it had a 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 year, though he was positive that homelander had spent most of the year searching for ryan, but he still hadn't found them and it needed to stay that way. butcher would do anything to make sure ryan could grow up in a way that rebecca had wanted, she just wanted the best for him and he had always been bad at keeping promsies, but this was a promise he wanted to keep.
𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭, knowing he definitely deserved the way she reacted to him because she absolutely had every reason to not like, not trust him and honestly, he was shocked she was here. she didn't owe him anything and it was just further proof that she was just a good person. but he was being geninue in saying that he appreicated that she was here and if she was going to keep showing up like this, he could at least agree to not be consistently arguing with her. butcher sighs softly, looking around the surrounding area as he nods, " he's doing okay as he can be. i know he misses his mom more than anything. he keeps having nightmares . . . about you know who, " he admits softly because it was the one thing he couldn't keep him safe from, he couldn't keep ryan from his own fears and his own mind. he could do everything else, he could keep moving him from place to place, he could fight to his last breath, but he couldn't protect ryan from his own nightmares. he hated seeing him cry and shout, knowing becca would've been so much at comforting than he was, but he was really 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 his best out here. he never thought he would be a good dad, but he was trying to do whatever ryan needed from him and he definitely wasn't perfect, but the two of them had each other and it had helped him not be completely consumed by grief.
𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, seeing that smile on her face and just taken back by how beautiful she is. nope, absolutely not. he could not afford to be distracted and think like that. she was here to help ryan and that was it. nodding his head, running his hand through dark hair, " yeah, he does. i told him that you were coming, he remembered you from that day . . . said you seemed nice, which i guess he's not wrong about, " he smirked, an almost playful tone to his voice as he looked away from her again. butcher didn't like admitting when he was wrong or 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 help, but it was obvious that he didn't know what it took to help ryan with his powers, " he's inside with grace right now. he's scared of his powers, he hates them and fuck, if he chooses to never use them, i'm fine by that. but he knows he needs to learn to control them, " butcher tells her, knowing becca would be happy that he was doing this, she wanted ryan to not be like homelander and he was trying to make sure that happened, " just be patient with him, yeah? kid's been through enough, "
@thcrealheroes ; annie / CONT.
𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦, that she had the sense about her to questioning everything she was witnessing right now and not just immediately being glad to see him. that's his girl, that's his annie, even in the face of doom and gloom, she still gotta question fucking everything. yet the moment he used that petname, he saw the 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 flood her face as she realised it really was him and his arms wrapped around her as she leaned into him, eyes closing for a moment and he does everything he can to ignore kessler's mocking voice. nothing was going to take away from this moment for him. they had been through their fair share of shit, but he was just so 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 that if this was going to be one of the last chances he got to see her, he was just glad he could get her out and she would be the one to finally stop homelander. he knew he could do it and he believed in her.
𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝, which considering how sick he was getting, it probably felt like nothing to her in comparison to the way he used to be able to hold her. the way she touched him almost made him emotional, shaking his head, " couldn't forget about you, baby girl, you're a pain in my ass, " he teased, trying to just be a little normal between them, especially considering the way she was looking at him, he could literally see the worry in her eyes as she realised just how 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤 he had gotten and it was only a matter of time, " don't worry about me, we gotta get you out of here and you gotta go stop that shifter, derail their fucking plan to take over, " butcher told her, his hands moving to cup her face and for a brief moment, he missed the power that the temp v had given him. he would be able to break these cuffs and get her out of here, but he didn't and there was no way billy was letting kessler anywhere fucking near annie. it just meant that there was only way two ways out of her cuffs, she had to figure out her power situation and quick, or she had to do it the 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐥 way and pull herself out.
𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝, he looked at her with a softer look on his face as he hated that she had no other way out of this and there was no way for him to help her, " i'm fucking sorry, annie, but you're gonna have to get yourself out of this. that cunt didn't leave a key and we ain't got the time to chase her down, you can do this, " billy wished they had the time for him to go after the shifter and get the key, but he didn't want to leave her. he also knew one good hit, he was going down and he had things he needed to do before his time was up. getting annie out was the first thing, then he had to try to get through to ryan, " i wish i could fucking do more. but you can get yourself out of this, i fucking know it, "