Teddy arrived before the others, his magic getting him there before he could even blink.
He kneeled next to Teddy in the crater that had been made by the fall and leant over him. He smoke cleared enough for Billy to see that Teddy had mostly changed back to human; his right arm was still green and was mangled from the fall.
"Oh God, Teddy, Teddy, Teddy, please be okay, please be okay."
He put fingers to Teddy's neck, and nearly fainted with relief when he felt a pulse.
"Billy?" came a weak voice. Billy saw Teddy's eyes flutter open and his stomach stopped tying itself in ever tighter knots.
Billy positioned his face above Teddy's and swooped down to lay a hungry kiss on his boyfriends lips. He tried to convey everything he was thinking into that kiss.
"Don't ever do that again Theodore Altman or I swear to God I'll kill you myself."
Teddy chuckled and played with a forelock of Billy's hair.
"I love you, William Kaplan," he said weakly.
"Oh God, I was so worried," Billy choked, a tell-tale tear leaking from the corner of his eye.
"Shh," Teddy soothed, wiping away the tear with calloused fingers. Billy pressed his face into the palm and kissed it reverently.
Billy moved to sit behind Teddy so that he could prop him up.
"Aren't I supposed to be comforting you?"
"You are," Teddy replied, leaning back into Billy and burying his face into his boyfriends chest. Billy smoothed down his blond hair and started to try and tend to Teddy's right arm that looked like it had been through a blender, much to Teddy's protests.
Suddenly, shadows appeared above them, and Teddy changed position so that he could see better. Billy felt empty where they were touching just a second before.
"Is he... alright?" Cap asked, obviously shocked that Teddy had survived.
"Is he... human?" added Jessica Jones.
"He's a shape-shifter," said Billy, somewhat protectively.
"And not a very good one at the moment," added Teddy weakly.
"Are you sure you're okay? How do you feel?" Billy asked, just to reassure himself again, even though Teddy had more than proved he was fine to him.
"I'll be fine. At some point. What about Iron Lad?"
"Don't worry," said Patriot, crouching down to check if Teddy was okay for himself. "Iron Lad can take care of himself."
Billy helped Teddy up and kept one arm around his waist to support him.
There was a loud noise above them and they looked up to see Iron Man falling from the sky – shot down by Iron Lad. However, before Iron Man could hit the ground, Nathaniel caught him and came down to earth, claiming that he was just unconscious before placing him gently on the ground.
"You've come back," Kang said, stepping towards Nathaniel.
"The fall might've killed him. And I'm not a murderer."
"No," Kang replied. "You're a warrior. Just like me."
"No!"
Billy couldn't believe what he saw coming. Kang had gestured one glowing glove towards Iron Lad and Nathaniel blasted Cassie, Teddy and himself.
The last thing he heard was Nathaniel saying, "Oh my God... What did I do?"
The last thing he thought was Teddy, oh God. What if he can't take another hit?