He held him close when Billy started crying, slowly rubbing his back and soothing the best that he could. He kissed the top of his head, shifting a bit more so he could kick off his shoes and then work his shirt off. He winced, knowing he looked like a mess, bruised all to hell but he wanted to feel Billy's skin against his own.
The man pulled a blanket over the both of them, sighing happily once he had them both in the cocoon that was their blanket and he could inhale the omega's familiar scent. He'd missed this so, so much.
It's Jim's bed but it smells like Billy, the alpha's scent long since washed out of the sheets much to the omega's dismay. He'd sobbed for hours when he realised he couldn't smell him anymore. It's why most of Jim's clothes had remained untouched in the closet, Billy only pulling out one thing at a time and wearing it until the scent was all him and not them.
He lets the alpha manhandle him into place, holding tight until the sobbing finally dies down into soft sniffles. He traces gently over a bruise on his chest. "Who did this?"
He carefully covered Billy's hand with his own, squeezing his fingers gently and lifting his hand to press his lips against his fingertips. "Asshole Russians, thats who. They wanted me to help find you. Or tell them where you were and I wouldn't do it. So...I got beat on the regular." He shrugged, giving a small smile.
"Small price to pay making sure you were safe. Thats all that mattered to me. Nothing they could have done would have made me talk."
"Russians? What do the Russians have to do with anything?" What? Steve had mentioned Russians but no one had ever actually explained to him the relevance. Or maybe they had and it had followed the news of "Hopper's dead". He knew people had tried telling him stuff, but as soon as he'd heard those words nothing else in the world had mattered until his doctor assured him that their baby was going to be okay.
"Apparently the Russians are the ones that started all this? With the Upside Down and that...that thing that had its hold on you." He said softly, stroking his fingers through Billy's hair and looking down at him. "They've been trying to open the damn doorway to that place for years. They found out some scientists here in Hawkins had done just that...so they came. They opened the door again."
He sighed, fingers still curling into Billy's hair slowly. "They knew you were possessed and they figured out we were connected. They figured out...what we were to one another. What we are. I'm not sure what they would have done to you, but I wasn't about to find out. They wanted El too. I had to keep you both safe."
"Fuckin' Russians." Because of them, that thing had gotten a hold of him, embedded itself into his brain and turned him into a murderer. He'd lead countless innocent people to their deaths. He'd tried to kill El. The girl who he had, at some point, started thinking of as something like a daughter. "What if... What if I'd succeeded? What if I'd killed El?"
The tears come again and Billy doesn't even want to blame the hormones. It was one of the hardest things to come to terms with; second only to having to accept that his alpha was dead.
"Billy, don't think about it, okay? You beat it. You beat it and took care
of her. You got rid of that thing...you fought it." He whispered to him.
His arms wrapped tighter around Billy, stroking up and down his back before
brushing through his hair. He was just trying to do anything he could to
sooth his omega. "Glad to be home with you and Jane, baby."
Billy presses his nose into the side of Jim's neck and sobs into the soft skin. His pulse is strong beneath the omega's touch and it's soothing, a strong reminder that this is real and that Hopper is here and alive. But the ache is still too real, the loss still fresh even if it's not true.
He held Billy close, slipping his hands up under his shirt and slowly
stroked over his skin. "I'm home now and I'm not going anywhere. I'm here,
with you. With Jane. I'm not going anywhere I swear." He whispered into his
hair, kissing the top of his head.
"I love you. I love you so much. I'm going to take care of you. Of you and
Jane...our family..."
Blunt nails skim across Jim's ribs where Billy tries his best to hold on tight to the alpha, desperate to keep him close after so many months without him.
"I love you too." He finds Jim's hand and presses it low on his belly, curved around the small bump that's forming in the base of his abdomen. "I didn't want to do this without you."
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The man pulled a blanket over the both of them, sighing happily once he had them both in the cocoon that was their blanket and he could inhale the omega's familiar scent. He'd missed this so, so much.
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He lets the alpha manhandle him into place, holding tight until the sobbing finally dies down into soft sniffles. He traces gently over a bruise on his chest. "Who did this?"
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"Small price to pay making sure you were safe. Thats all that mattered to me. Nothing they could have done would have made me talk."
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"Why did they want me?"
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He sighed, fingers still curling into Billy's hair slowly. "They knew you were possessed and they figured out we were connected. They figured out...what we were to one another. What we are. I'm not sure what they would have done to you, but I wasn't about to find out. They wanted El too. I had to keep you both safe."
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The tears come again and Billy doesn't even want to blame the hormones. It was one of the hardest things to come to terms with; second only to having to accept that his alpha was dead.
"I'm just so glad you're home."
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"Billy, don't think about it, okay? You beat it. You beat it and took care of her. You got rid of that thing...you fought it." He whispered to him.
His arms wrapped tighter around Billy, stroking up and down his back before brushing through his hair. He was just trying to do anything he could to sooth his omega. "Glad to be home with you and Jane, baby."
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"You're not allowed to leave."
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He held Billy close, slipping his hands up under his shirt and slowly stroked over his skin. "I'm home now and I'm not going anywhere. I'm here, with you. With Jane. I'm not going anywhere I swear." He whispered into his hair, kissing the top of his head.
"I love you. I love you so much. I'm going to take care of you. Of you and Jane...our family..."
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"I love you too." He finds Jim's hand and presses it low on his belly, curved around the small bump that's forming in the base of his abdomen. "I didn't want to do this without you."