"Harrington!" Billy bellowed on his way up the Beyer's driveway. "I know you're in there! I need Max, NOW!" Billy rapped aggressively on the front door. The front Billy was purring up wasn't sustainable. He could feel his legs shaking, even after a few hours away from his dad. Stupid sub, he thought harshly. It wasn't the best mindset to go into a fight, but he'd dealt with worse.
What Billy didn't expect was dropping so hard for Harrington. Sure everyone knew he was a dom, but Billy could feel something solid about Harrington. He hadn't ever felt that coming off a dom before. Really, Billy shouldn't have fought at all that night, especially not such a level headed dom, but when had he ever made good decisions. So Billy didn't expect to drop, but it wasn't surprising given the circumstances. What was surprising was Steve stopping and actually giving him aftercare. No one had ever done that before. Billy doesn't remember much after that except for a vague sense of awe.
Billy avoids Steve for a few days, not that Steve minds much. Steve hadn't realized Billy was a switch; he'd always registered as a dom and showed no signs of typical switch behavior. It makes sense that Billy wouldn't seek out a person who knew his secret. But Steve was getting board. Nancy and Jonathan had left to follow a lead, and he didn't have anything else to focus his energy toward. It wasn't that Steve was looking to dom Billy, but after having spent some time with Jonathan, he was a bit more familiar with the signs of an upcoming drop. Well, switches aren't subs, but Billy was showing a few signs that he was going to crash and burn, soon.
During PE, Billy was more physically aggressive than usual. He didn't really bother anyone but Steve during the monitored basketball game. The teacher seemed to brush it off as doms butting heads, but Steve had an inkling for what was about to happen. He only hoped they would be somewhere private when Billy inevitably dropped.
Steve's glad that it's the last period. Billy and Steve are the last ones left in the locker room, and Billy is getting quieter and quieter. He's still throwing insults at Steve, but his eyes are downcast while he does it, hesitating at times, as if expecting a punishment. Steve just about finishes dressing when Billy crashes to his knees next to him. Steve looks over at the vacant expression covering Billy's face.
"Hi, Billy," Steve starts. "Are you done being an ass?" Billy flinches, and Steve frowns. "Don't worry, I'm not upset… Do you want someone to help you home? You're pretty far gone."
Billy looked up at Steve now, more focused, more fearful. "No, please. . . not home." Steve was surprised at that, but put it aside in favor of figuring out a place for Billy to ride out his drop.
"Would you like to come to my place? I have a comfy cushion you could kneel on in a corner," Steve hopes this is what Billy needs. It's hard to figure it out when a sub or switch is too far gone.
Billy nods, not to quickly, which helps ease Steve's mind. At least Billy took a moment to think it through.
Steve sets Billy up in his room. One of Jonathan's kneeling pillows is put in a vacant corner, and Steve tells Billy to get on the pillow, leaving how Billy sits up to him. After that, Billy seems pretty settled, or at least as settled as a switch can be for an unexpected drop in a strange place. Steve opts to sit on his bed and get some work done.
Billy stands up a couple of hours later, no longer exuding desperation. "Thanks," Billy mumbles to Steve on his way out, and that's all Steve gets from him.
Steve waited until shit settled down before talking with Nancy and Jonathan. "Something's off. The way he came int to get Max was like he had been wound up and let loose," Steve described, "Who does that? Just let a switch out of the house on the verge of a drop?"
Nancy spoke up, "Mike mentioned something about Billy being scary, and Billy getting it from his dad. I hadn't really thought about it, but it would make sense if Billy and his dad fought before Billy came looking for Max."
"I don't want to invite him into our thing, but he really seems like he needs a place to be safe," Jonathan spoke up for the first time since Billy became the subject.
"Let me talk to him, feel him out," Nancy offered. "There are plenty of doms here at the school, but he basically looked for you that second time, Steve. You have something he needs, so let's see if he'll play nice."
Nancy waited for sometime for a good opportunity to talk with Billy. They didn't have the same classes or lunches, so it was a bit difficult, but one afternoon, when classes were let out, she caught him in the parking lot without his usual posse.
Billy frowned as she approached, "So, Harrington can't fight his own battles. He must be a pretty shitty dom if he's sending you to do his dirty work." Nancy didn't respond, from the info Steve gave her, and what she was seeing now, she could guess Billy was posturing. "I'm surprised two doms could even be together. Let me guess, Harrington is the sub, and you're the dom. No, even better, he's not even really a dom."
At this point Nancy could tell Billy was feeling cornered and spouting nonsense. "Look, Billy, I'm here because Steve, Jonathan and I talked. I don't like it, but Steve seems to have it in his head you need a safe space to drop. If you want, tomorrow we're at Steve's til 10. Show up, or don't." Nancy left. She said her piece, and she wasn't sure if Billy had absorbed any of it.
Billy convinces himself that the only reason he's going to Harrington's is to beat some sense into two pigheaded doms. He's convinced himself pretty thoroughly until he opens the door to Steve's room. The lights are dim. Nancy, Steve, and Jonathan are all piled up on Steve's bed. Nancy and Steve seem to be talking about some book Nancy has to write a paper for. But Billy's eyes focus in on Jonathan. He's sitting in Steve's lap, reading some book that Billy can't quite make out. Steve's hands are absentmindedly running up and down Jonathan's sides, and occasionally Nancy pets Jonathan's hair. For a moment, everything is peaceful, and Billy wishes he could sink into subspace like that, but then Jonathan realizes he's at the door and tenses. This brings Nancy and Steve's attention to the thing that broke their sub's relaxed state.
Steve's eyes brighten, realizing Billy actually came, and Nancy seems surprised by his presence.
"Good of you to come, Billy," Nancy smiled at him. Billy's chest swelled; he wasn't used to getting praise so casually. "We cleared a space at the desk for you," and with that, everyone went back to what they were doing, leaving Billy the space to make a choice, stay and join, or leave.
Honestly, Billy was even surprised they let him into their super quiet moment. He felt like he as intruding, interrupting what seemed like a nice evening.
"We wouldn't have invited you if we didn't want you here," Steve's words broke though Billy's spiral before it could gain any further traction. Billy looked over at the desk. It was close enough to the bed that he would still get attention from Nancy and Steve, but far enough away that he wouldn't be the focus like Jonathan.
Before even consciously making a decision, Billy had sat down at the desk. Nancy and Steve smiled at him, and went back to their conversation.
A/N: I'm thinking something like 4 chapters, let me know what you think!