Billy Batson (originalmarvel) wrote in valarlogs, @ 2013-08-08 15:34:00 |
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Entry tags: | !complete, barbara gordon (batgirl), billy batson (captain marvel) |
Do you want me to come see you?
Who: Billy and Barbara
Where: His place
What: Billy introduces Barbara to his temporary self.
When: after this
Warnings/Rating: PG-13 for talk of body weirdness
Status complete
Billy dialed Barbara, wobbling against a wall inside the theater as he waited for Lorna to come back with her scooter. This was so weird.
But he wanted to talk to her and let her know what had happened. So he dialed,and tried to keep from staring down at Lorna’s and now his, boobs.
Barbara had been away for a couple of days on business and had yet to turn on her computer so she was completely unaware of the latest events happening in the OC.
When her phone rang she smiled as she saw Billy’s name appear, “Hello, Billy? How are you?”
“UH, don’t panic, but the OC is being weird again. I’m stuck, at least for the moment, in Lorna Dane’s body.” The voice was that of a bouncy young but not teenaged woman. And Billy was really hoping Barbara would just understand.
“What are...” Barbara frowned as she listened to the woman on the end of the phone, “You’re in somebody else’s body? Oh my god, what happened? Are you okay?” As confusing as it was she could very well believe it, nothing was surprising around here anymore.
“Yes. At the movies with a friend and switch, suddenly, no idea why or how.” Just hearing Barbara’s voice made him smile and feel more calm. “I am okay, I think other than feeling weird and ah... well, you know, being in a woman’s body. It’s a little wild.” He sighed.
“I just wanted, really, to hear your voice.”
“I imagine it is a little...odd” Barbara said, “Of course. You know you can always call me. Do you want me to come see you? Would that help at all?”
“Later? I’m going to get some clothing from Lorna, and then head to my place. I’ll call you when I get there? Then maybe we can hang out?” He’d like that a lot, really.
“Absolutely” Barbara agreed, “I’ll clear my schedule for the rest of the day so I can be around as long as you want” she promised.
“Thank you. I’ll call when I can.” He hung up and went with Lorna, and eventually, coming down off the high,and rested, he got a ride home, and called Barbara back, inviting her over.
Barbara arrived at Billy’s not long after he called her, she had to admit she was worried about him. She hoped he was okay, it must have been very traumatising. Especially as it was a woman’s body he was now stuck in.
Walking to the door, she knocked and waited for him to answer.
Billy opened the door swiftly and Barbara was drawn in, the door closed, and hugged. Billy was not freaking out so much as completely just lost and shivering. He was not utterly losing his mind, but he felt very disconnected.
He wore a big t-shirt, and a skirt, and a robe over all of it. And he was well aware that this body was more sensitive, as the nipples kept getting hard for no reason at all.
Barbara was shocked but didn’t show it as he let her inside. She hugged him close and rubbed his back, “Billy” she said softly, “This must be so overwhelming I’m so sorry”
Billy hugged her tight, and then slowly pulled back. “I’ll be okay. Thank you for coming here.” He led the way to the couch and settled down, inviting her to sit next to him.
“You don’t need to thank me” she told him as they sat down, “I just want to make sure you’re okay. We’ll get you through this” she assured him.
Having breasts and hugging Barbara with them felt odd.But she was still her, and he loved that she was still willing to be there for him. His heart felt hot and right and he smiled with tears in his eyes. “You are an amazing person, Barbara.”
It did feel strange but Barbara knew it was Billy in there so ignored that to focus on helping him. That was the important thing right now. “Hey now, I think you’re the amazing one. Honestly you’re handling this really well, so many people would be a complete mess” she told him, taking one hand in hers. It may not be his body but the comfort she could offer through tactile reassurance was still the same.
Billy shook his head, and smiled at her, squeezing her hand. “Well, there is a complication. I have to stay calm. The body I’m in has powers... the power to control magnetism at a fundamental level. If I lose it... the whole block could end up as a tinfoil ball.” His swallow was loud in the apartment.
“Oh my goodness” Barbara said, her thumb rubbing across the back of his hand, “Then you’re doing very well. Are you okay? Is...‘Lorna’ was it? Is she supporting you to help you control it?”
Billy swallowed. That felt good, really good. He nodded to her questions. “Yeah, we talked about it for some time, and she is available by speed dial. She’s a nice person and hopefully between her and me I can keep it under control.”
It wasn’t a conscious thing Barbara was doing, she was just focused on making sure he felt supported and not alone. “Oh well that’s good. I suppose you are lucky in a way that you have had some experience with control thanks to your own powers”
Both of his hands gripped hers now and he nodded, and smiled a little, “It helps, I think? And you help. Any time, you’re around, you make me more calm and more grounded.” He got a goofy, very Billy kind of look. “And yet make me feel high as a kite, too.”
She turned her hands in his to link them all together, "Well I'm glad my company helps, I can be around as much as you like" she promised. She laughed with a blush, happy to see the Billy expression making an appearance, "That's an interesting mix of feelings I inspire" she joked.
Billy grinned. “Yes. Yes it is.” He nodded, and sat back, just enjoying holding her hands, and relaxing. She made it better and maybe he could just relax around her now.
Barbara sat back too relaxing herself and hoping it would help Billy to do the same. He said she calmed him so was content to do just that.
“You make things better, Barbara. Thank you for being here.” He felt calmer, more at peace, just looking at her and he tucked a stray piece of Lorna’s green hair behind his ears. “This is so weird, you know? I had a girlfriend once, and it went bad, and then I wandered a lot, and never got into any relationships, and now here I am, caring about you, and stuck in a woman’s body. I think my life will never not be weird.”
“I think all of us are resigned to having unconventional lives” Barbara told him, “Especially living here. The last person I was in a relationship with was a bookstore owner who began breaking into places because he was a burglar in his dream” she admitted, “And the suit I wore as Batgirl is hanging in my wardrobe. Our lives are never going to be dull that’s for sure”
Billy raised an eyebrow, then grinned. “You’re right.” Then he paused and blushed. “I remember from the dreams, that outfit. I don’t suppose you’ve tried it on?”
Well, it had been hot! On her anyway!
It was Barbara’s turn to blush at that, “I have” she admitted, “It fits surprisingly well” Although it had taken her a while to actually do it, it felt strange to put on an outfit that had come from her dreams.
Billy’s grin widened and he blushed more, nibbling one lip. “Is it very naughty that I want to see you in it, even with me like this?” His cheeks were scarlet now, clashing with the vivid green of his hair.
And maybe a little emphasis in his tone on the word naughty.. He was a seventeen year old boy who had the hots for, and was in love with, her, and right now, he might have been imagining certain things involving costumes, spankings, and other such ideas.
Ironically it didn’t feel as naughty with him in a different body, maybe because it was even easier to forget that he was only seventeen.
She smiled at him, her own cheeks full of color too, “Let’s shelve that idea for now, we don’t want to turn anything to tinfoil with too much excitement do we?” she teased gently.
Billy smirked, then nodded. “I guess so. A shame. I was wondering if you might spank me if that was too naughty.” Then he blushed more and chuckled.
“Ah, so. How has work been?” More blushing, definitely.
Barbara gasped lightly before laughing as her own blush deepened, she was glad Billy changed the subject as her own mind was not allowed to wander down those paths. Not right now anyway.
“Busy” she replied coughing a little as her voice came out a little husky, “I’ve been away for the last couple of days in LA attending meetings and such”
Billy grinned brightly, and nodded, listening. Her husky voice was awesome and he reminded himself he was supposed to be being good, darn it. Their weekly meetings were nice and he would hate to ruin them.
”I hope everything is going well?”
Their weekly meetings were nice and Barbara wouldn’t be giving them up, even though she knew they were probably encouraging him a little too much.
“Oh everything is fine” she told him, “Just overly self important managing directors who refuse to leave LA for anything, so everybody has to come to them every now and then” she grinned.
Billy smiled at her, and he nodded, watching her, and the way she spoke and moved. She was amazing. “Seems kind of selfish of them to do that. Wish there was a way to show them how bad they were being, without being mean or anything.” He hmmed, then smiled at her. “Could I offer you something to drink? Water? Milk? Chocolate milk?”
“It is but they’re set in their ways now. And honestly, I don’t mind the odd trip to LA every now and then” she smiled, “Chocolate milk sounds great”
Billy smiled. “Maybe I can come with you some time.” He nodded, then hopped up to get her some milk and some for himself, too. He loved chocolate milk. He went and fetched them both small cartons of it, and brought her back one as he opened his own. “I love this stuff, always have.”
It was the enriched stuff, with extra vitamins and less sugar, and he liked it a lot.
“I feel weird, for sure, in this body, but so far, other than the initial freakout, I have felt mostly okay, if weirded out.” His face blushed. “I almost feel bad, ahh, showering, you know? “
“You could, that’d be good. I could show you all the sights you need to see” she told him happily.
She thanked him for the drink and opened it. She knew he loved it and now always had it at her place too.
“That’s good” Barbara said before laughing lightly, “I’m sure Lorna understands, you’re a good person Billy anybody can see that. You aren’t the sort to take advantage”
“I’d like that.” He grinned at her. Sipping the milk, he bounced, and nodded. “I try to be. I’m no saint, but I try to be good, even when I want to be bad, you know?’ He chuckled. “You inspire the best in me, even as being around you inspires naughty ideas.”
“I think it says a lot about you that you’re able to be good despite temptation” Barbara told him blushing once more, “I’m not sure it says much about me that I continue to be around you despite knowing I’m inspiring naughty ideas though”
“That sometimes, being in love, or caring for someone means you risk the bad, to have the good.” Billy spoke softly, and his voice held that note Cap’s sometimes did, when he spoke from the heart. “Can’t have the good without the bad. And without you, life would be a lot less good.” He nodded.
Barbara smiled at him, a true happy smile, “Pretty wise words” she told him, her voice not unaffected, “I think I can live by those” she nodded, “Life would be a lot less good for me too without you”
Billy basked in that smile, storing it away against future dark days and nodded. “Then that seems the best way to look at it. “ He sipped his milk and nodded. He needed her and she needed him, and that was good.
~fin~