reality is in trouble

—Was this his life now, wandering around aimlessly hoping, wondering if he’ll ever go back home? He swallowed down tears that threatened to slip down his cheeks. Biting down on his lips, he cleared his throat and swallowed once again. Something drew his attention, a soft sound. Sprouting his wings, he pushed himself up to the level where the sound was coming from. Spotting someone in the corner. “Hey… Are you ok?” The figure seemed familiar, but he made that mistake before and needed to make sure it was the person he assumed it was before deciding to call them out by name.

That voice. It was angelic, reassuring. It was the voice of reason in his head that Billy would hear when he debated internally if something was morally correct. His head shot up from its hiding place to see if Teddy was really there or if it was the voice of reasoning in his head. Through the tears and the sadness, a smile pressed onto his face and he pushed himself off the ground. He ran into him, wrapping his arms around Teddy tightly and pressing his head into his chest. Tears ran down his cheeks and caught onto the fabric of his shirt. He sniffled then looked up to make sure this wasn’t a dream. “I’m better now that you’re here.” 

erik had discovered quite quickly that any time he would attempt to speak that the sentence ‘back in my day’  would come out of his mouth initially. he recognized his grandson - sort of, the issue and history with them was a little different and odd, but he wasn’t going to… push it. when billy asked what he owed him, erik splayed out his hands and gave a coy shrug. “back in my day, we could just visit one another for fun - no reason behind it.” that worked a little better than he had hoped - but he knew the irritation would set in sooner than later.

Billy pressed his lips into a forced smile. There wasn’t really any tension between him and his grandfather, but it’s not like they casually hung out as a family. They all had their own things going on and if it took being trapped in an unknown dimension for them to find the time to bond didn’t sound healthy. “Oh so you wanted to play catch? Go fishing? Maybe watch a basketball game together?” He bit his lips and sighed. He rubbed his shoulder nervously and leaned forward in his seat. “That came out sarcastic. I’m sorry.” He paused. “How are you?” 

Billy found a place in one of the ruined apartment buildings. It wasn’t home nor was it a luxury but it felt nice to have somewhere to put himself together or break down in private. He went with the latter, curling up in the corner of the room and putting his head in his hands. He let out a soft sob muffled with his hands, trying to keep it down to not attract any attention. The feeling of constant emptiness, hunger, and thirst despite conjuring up something to eat. He wanted to go home- he wanted Teddy. 

All these ruined buildings, there must be someone here that could explain to him what this tragedy was. If he couldn’t find someone, he was hoping to find something to eat to attempt satisfying his lingering hunger he couldn’t seem to fill. He held his hand up and used blue energy surrounding it to brighten up the room. Turning the corner in one of the buildings, he caught sight of a green glow. He snuffed his own light out of instinct and pulled his back to the corner. He felt like he was living in a video game. He took a deep breath as he prepared himself to face the source of the green glow then slowly emerged from the corner he hid in. “Hey.” He called out as he slowly made his way over, eyes quirking up at the sight of metal in the air. “Neat trick. I knew someone who could do something like that.” 

His eyes show up from the ground as someone cast a shadow over the spot he had been staring at for who knows how long. “Magneto.” The last person Billy expected to see in this cursed place was Erik Lehnsherr though he wasn’t that surprised when he thought about the past the other had. He would never wish anyone this fate despite how many wrong deeds they might have done. “To what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?” The words came out as awkward as it sounded, enough to show how nervous and confused he felt about this situation. 

Wherever this place was, it strangely felt right for Billy. He felt like this was the punishment he justly deserved. He believed he didn’t deserve the life he had back on earth. A life of potential solitude surrounded by torn down buildings of the past. He gave up on flying, thinking it was best to conserve his magic in case he came across something bad. He held his hand up, emitting blue energy as a light source so someone could easily spot him. In the blink of an eye, he caught someone run past him but not run past him regularly, it was fast enough to be-- “Tommy? Pietro?” He called out to him. 

This lingering feeling of emptiness was a new level of pain Billy hadn’t felt before. He was convinced this place was cosmic karma getting back at him for using his magic at no cost. He flew around looking for a familiar face-- for Teddy. His hands were snuggled in the pocket of the hoodie, the faint scent of his boyfriend grounding him. He spotted a green figure in the distance and joy filled his chest when he assumed it was his one and only. “Teddy?” He called out in the distance, flying over as fast as he could. As he got closer, he could tell the features weren’t the one he knew and he slowed down his speed, landing softly beside Amaedeus. “Sorry. I thought you were someone else.” His hand rubbed his own elbow nervously, eyes darting to the ground.

[ broken by anson seabra, badass gay, faint scent of strawberry, peppermint, and burnt wood ] your world has gone black, time has shifted and halted still. wake up, William “Billy” Kaplan, you’re in a new world now. you used to be known as Wiccan back on earth, and were twenty-one at the time of your disappearance. now you must adapt at life within the soul stone or accept your fate. survive or disappear. it’s on you now.