"The fuck is that!" Butcher shouted as Athena closed the door behind them, locking it. She turned to see Prince sat in his usual spot waiting, but he had a very disgruntled look on his face as he looked up at Billy. " 'That' you dickhead, is Prince" Prince purred as his owner scooped him into her arms, petting him lovingly. Athena walking further into the house, Billy lingering behind, looking at all the decor and furniture, there was a lot of ornaments scattered around and displayed, the same with plants, she had some of the things hanging from the damn ceiling. The colour theme of the house was a lot of browns and whites, it looked, homely. "I'll have to sort out the guest bedroom for you, but it shouldn't take me long." She called from the kitchen.
Billy followed the sound of her voice, and when he saw the kitchen his eyes widened even more, it looked like every chefs dream. "Jesus, this whole place must've cost you a pretty penny." He commented, pulling a chair out and sitting at the kitchen island, watching as Athena carried that ginger demon in her arms around the kitchen, fetching his food. "Well you forget, I'm a retired professional singer, one of the highest demanded Romantic comedy actresses in the world, and the head of the public relations department at Vought." Once the food was dished up she placed Prince down gently for him to eat, she noted Billy looking at the cat with disgust. "Let me guess, not a cat person?" he nodded in response "More of a dog person." Athen couldn't help but ask if the dog was a bulldog, and when he said yes, she couldn't contain her laughter "You're just a massive stereotype aren't you handsome?" Athena wiped a fake tear from her eye as the man looked unimpressed at her antics. "Well at least I don't own a ginger cunt."
"You take that back." Athena warned, pointing a threatening finger at Billy who was unfazed "So does Vought know about you and Starlight being related or will I be seeing that in the papers tomorrow?" He changed the subject, refusing to apologise to the cat. With a groan Athena leaned against the counter, running her hands over her face "It's definitely going to be front page news, but I need to be closer to her to keep her safe, and if we reveal such a thing, they have no choice." Annie was the only thing that mattered right now, she was in the Seven with that rapist Homelander and not only that she had broken out prisoners from Vought tower and A-train had seen Annie doing it. When that speedster woke up shit was most likely going to hit the fan. "I have a sibling as well... Lenny, I would've done anything for that little bastard." This man really was being an open book today, wasn't he? "So you understand why I'm doing it?" he nodded.
Athena started making her way to the stairs. "I'm going to sort your room and change. Please make yourself at home. There's some beer in the fridge." Billy couldn't help but watch, he had to admit, he hated to see her leave, but loved to watch her walk away.
The beer in the fridge called his name after what had to be one of the most fucked up days he had had. Billy chuckled slightly seeing the 'Quantum Power' protein shakes in the fridge, Athena was doing some dumb power pose at the front of the bottle, all glammed up in her uniform, it was one of the few conservative female costumes he had seen, but it worked for her. "Meow" Prince called from Butchers feet, startling him, "Fuck you want?" he questioned the animal, who of course gave no response, just followed him into the living room where he watched this strange man sit in his spot on the couch, earning a very angry sounding 'meow' Butcher looked at the cat, then at where he was sat, and connected the dots, he couldn't believe he had to move for a cat "Happy now?" he asked as Prince settled into his spot, purring in response. The cold liquid went down Butchers throat quickly as he practically devoured the can, but who could blame him?
Footsteps started coming down the stairs and Billy looked over to see Athena in long satin pyjamas descending towards him. "Guest bedroom is all ready, I put the shower on for you already so you don't get confused with the nozzles, I'll wash your clothes while you're showering." Athena loved taking care of others, call it maternal instincts or just being a nice person, its just what she loved to do. "Why didn't I come here sooner" Billy asked sarcastically, getting up to put his now empty beer can in the trash. "Maybe because you were too busy with a knife to my throat." she muttered, but he heard.
"Yeah, sorry about that Love. But you weren't complaining at the time." that comment made her face heat up, she was trying to push all attraction towards him deep into her being now that she had found out about his wife, and his mission to rescue her, it seemed like something out of a fairytale. "Go shower Butcher." she ordered, grabbing an already open bottle of wine from her wine fridge, and beginning to finish it off. There was no backchat from Butcher as he made his way upstairs to a hot shower that awaited him. Athena went upstairs shortly after she finished her half bottle of wine, the shower was still running, sneaking into the guest room she made sure the ensuite door was shut as she picked Butchers dirty clothes off the bed and took them downstairs to out in the washing machine, she made sure to put it on an overnight cycle, god knows where those clothes had been. Now the poor man needed some clothes to sleep in, Athena enjoyed having a selection of oversized mens clothes, the main reason being that they were so much comfier to sleep in, so she grabbed a shirt and some shorts and crept back into the guest room.
The bathroom door clicked open, and Athena froze, turning to see Butcher stood in the door way, the steam from the bathroom making her feel like she was watching one of those edits online of hot actors. His hair was dripping wet, his whole body was, he clung onto the front of the towel that was wrapped around his waist making his biceps pop slightly and the veins on his arms going all the way to his hands, her eyes trailed up and down him as she clung to the clothes in her hand. He wasn't jacked, but he had some muscle tone to him, he had scars aswell, just a few small ones littering his body. The body that she couldn't keep her eyes off of "Those for me?" He asked, completely unfazed by her frozen state, all Athena could do was nod and pass them over to him, pausing again before leaving the room flustered, muttering a 'You're welcome' as she crossed the hall and into her room.
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QUANTUM~Billy Butcher
Fanfiction"Well, don't you look absolutely breathtaking, love." "I know you're not planning to take me out, so what are you doing stalking me down a dark alley, Mr Butcher?"
