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"It's just that it feels like everyone's already against me. I guess I just don't want you to join them," Billy admits in a small voice.
Billy's running thin, stretching himself so far apart to hold onto his shitty life, and he's starting to question why he's fighting so viciously for a life he doesn't want. But then there's Steve: stupid, dumb, beautiful, loving Steve. And then he remembers the thread that's holding him all together, why he keeps going when it'd be easier to give in and die; it's what everyone else seems to want.
"I'd never go against you. Never again," Steve asserts firmly, and after a hesitant moment, he pulls Billy in for a hug. His arms wrap around Billy completely, and Billy holds on as best as he can.
Holding him now, Billy struggles to not think of them as before and after images, before being a picture of when they hated one another's guts and after which is a snapshot of now, how much they depend on one another as they held onto each other. What a fucking weird story.
Or in which Billy is self-destructing in plain sight and Steve just happens to be one of the few people who notice.