#dangerousxboy

Was it sad that this was sort of familiar? That this wasn’t the first time his younger brother had acted kind of out of it. Klaus’ concern was evident in his eyes, and he moved closer to where his brother was- without invading too much of his space.

 “Julian, you’ve been missing for years.   What happened to you?”

He repeated, his tone softer.

 “Where’ve you been? We were worried?” 

“You’re Klaus’ friend, right?”

She gave him a big, wide smile, the former mentioned had spoken quite highly of this one. Hell he practically begged her to let him bring this man. For some reason he kept calling him ‘his cousin’ even though she knew that wasn’t entirely true.

“What are you called?”

The hideout quiet at this time of night. After their job, Daud had retired for the evening, Thomas and a few others had gone out, which left a skeleton crew behind. That suited Billie fine, she had info to go over, things to do.   That was, until Julian came into the common room. 

The way he moved was ghostly, silent and alone as always. It was clear to Billie, even if she didn’t already know, that Julian had gone through serious trauma before ending up with them. His rage was evidence enough to how bad shit had been for him.   Which drew her thoughts to Marcus and Danny- the Whalers that went on a job alone with Julian...and died on the job. Never to be seen again.      “Julian, I got to ask you something-”

⤜Ellie⟶

It had been so long since she’d seen her brother- and okay- maybe he was acting totally weird, but that wasn’t exactly weird for Julian. Back when they were kids, she remembered sometimes he was too distracted by something else and he’d zone out. So this wasn’t entirely unusual.

“Sick vampire...coffin...like coughing...? Get it?”

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“Oh, kiddo,” 

She sighed and went over closer to him. As much as she wanted to hug her son- she knew he would just push her away. Which she didn’t think she could handle that.

“It’s okay, I forgive you.” 

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“That’s okay. Jules, I think you’ve had a lot going on...why don’t we get you something to eat...clean that blood off you. And you can try and  get some rest. Where you’re safe.”

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“So focus, and tell me about the first time you fought in the gym. Remember, when we signed you up for classes? And dad and I watched you fight?”

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She knew who he meant- she’d heard from some of the others who left his community that he called HER that. It fucking killed her.  But she had no choice but the be the strong one right now.  She had to be - for him.

“Crystal isn’t here, Jules. You remember, I liked muay thai too, right?”