Bad Habit 22 - The End [Billy Russo x Reader]
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Characters: Billy Russo x Reader, Frank Castle x Karen Page, Matt Murdock
Summary: Then, happiness follows.
Warning: Explicit language, cussing, mentions of violence.
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You turned in bed and opened your eyes as soon as you noticed the empty spot beside yours. You rubbed your eyes, heaved a sigh and sat up, trying to snap out of the haze of deep sleep before you grabbed the nearest shirt and put it on. You ran a hand through your hair and walked out of the room towards the source of soft cooing and babbling.
“Which one, do you like this one?” You heard Billy’s whisper and Zoe’s cheerful babbling which made you smile warmly before you leaned against the doorframe to take a look into the living room. Billy had sat Zoe down to his knee and he was pointing at something on the laptop screen while she giggled, slamming her small chubby hand on the screen.
“You do realize she can’t speak yet?” You asked him, making both of them turn to you and Billy immediately clicked on the screen before you could even see what it was. Zoe let out a gleeful squeal, holding out her arms for you to pick her up.
Dear God, Karen wasn’t joking when she had said Zoe was Billy’s carbon copy.
Zoe looked up at you through those thick lashes of hers, her dark eyes shining as she gave you a toothless smile and Billy fixed her small bow sitting on top of her black hair.
“She can speak. We just haven’t figured out the words yet.”
“Oh, we haven’t figured them out?”
“Yeah. For example, this babbling right here means pick me up.”
You let out a small laugh and walked to them to pick Zoe up, then she leaned her head to your chest, heaving a deep sigh and you looked down at her, rocking her slightly.
“Besides, I’m pretty sure she’ll speak anytime now,” Billy said as he approached you to peck you on the lips, “Zo? Can you say daddy? Hm?”
“No way, she’ll say mom first. Anyways, what were you doing?”
“We’re getting new gear for the Anvil, so I was getting her opinion.”
“You- you were getting the opinion of a toddler, who can’t speak yet by the way, on…weapons.”
“Jesus Christ…” You mumbled, “I thought we agreed you’d snitch on daddy when he gets this ridiculous, hm sweetheart?” You rocked Zoe who giggled, and motioned for the pacifier which you held over her lips before she took it as Billy grabbed his jacket.
“You wanna come to work with daddy, Zo?”
“Heck no, and you’re the one who cusses like a fucking-“
“Freaking sailor, don’t give me that attitude, dude.”
Zoe muttered something to your chest, her dark eyes closing slightly and Billy ran a knuckle over her soft cheek.
“I wouldn’t let her out of my sight.”
“There are weapons there, Billy!”
“Not at my office there aren’t.”
“Just last month I almost got shot in your office because I touched the wrong button on your desk.”
“In my defense, no one told you to touch my desk.”
“We were having sex, asshole!”
Billy covered Zoe’s ears, “You didn’t hear that.” He muttered, “Y/N, she wouldn’t be able to reach them, she’s miniature, like a bunny.”
“Nope.” You pressed your nose into her soft hair, then looked up at Billy mischievously, “This is all a part of my plan, you know. I’m gonna make her love me more.”
“Totally,” you giggled when Billy leaned in to kiss you, but stopped when Zoe reached out and patted his lips.
“Is that her way of telling me to shut up?” he wondered out loud, “Jesus, not even one year old and already taking after you.”
You shook your head, “No, that’s the kiss motion.”
“She wants you to kiss her.”
Billy grinned, then kissed her hand, making her babble something excitedly that neither of you could understand.
“Hey, what’re you doing today?”
“I, um… well, Karen will come by but after that I figured I could drop by my place, it’s been what, days?”
“Or you could, you know-“
“I’m not having that discussion with you, I just woke up.”
“Move in.” Billy said as if you hadn’t cut him off and you raised your brows.
“Oh wow, you managed to control yourself for…” You checked the time on your phone, “For 6 hours. That’s something.”
“I’m just saying, it would make perfect sense.”
“I could buy a bigger house, Zoe would like a garden -“
“You’re late for work, Russo.”
“You’ll come by tonight, right?” he insisted and you smirked, then shrugged, making him let out an impatient groan.
“Say bye bye, sweetie.” You rocked Zoe and she waved at him, then you turned around and walked to the kitchen.
“Oh God, I’m gonna die from adorable overload.” Karen waved the small toy in front of Zoe who giggled and tried to reach for it, but immediately got distracted by her shiny hair so she reached for it instead, but spilled her juice all over her shirt.
“No problem, just give her here.” You took Zoe from her arms to walk to bedroom to change her shirt.
“Maybe you could actually consider it, Y/N?” Karen called out from the living room and you scoffed,
“You basically live at each other’s place, and you have a baby already-“
“That’s completely irrelevant!” You said as you sat Zoe to the bed, then looked around to get her a clean shirt and walked to the small bag on the corner of the room. You crouched down to unzip it, got the shirt but as soon as you stood up, you gasped, looking at the room as Zoe clapped her hands.
“Fuck…” you whispered as your heartbeat sped up and you stared at Zoe, who looked way too happy and gulped, “Kar-Karen? Can you come here please?”
“Sure, do you need help?” Karen asked but as soon as she reached the bedroom door, she held her breath and covered her mouth.
“You see it too, right?” You asked weakly and Karen stepped into the room, looking around.
All the drawers were pulled open and everything in them were floating in the air.
“Zoe?” Karen whispered and you took a step, raising your hand to touch one of your shirts in the air, but as soon as you did, Zoe giggled and all of them dropped to the floor.
“Oh God…” You mumbled and Karen sat beside her on the bed, biting on her lip.
“No.” You shook your head, “I almost- I almost forgot-“
“Do you think that’s her power?”
You turned to look at Zoe, who held her arms up and grabbed at the air while she cooed, motioning for you to lift her up, and her bottom lip trembled when she saw you staring at her without moving an inch. You approached her almost automatically and scooped her up, running your fingertips over her soft hair, barely aware that you were hugging her to your chest as her sobs subsided, and she heaved a deep sigh against your chest. You swallowed thickly and turned to Karen, who looked in complete shock.
Well, you could hardly blame her. You were sure the same expression was clear as day on your face as well, as Zoe reached out to play with your hair, babbling something.
How were you supposed to protect her from this?
Suddenly, you felt like you were about to burst into tears but you cleared your throat and pulled yourself together, rocking her slightly as she gave you a bright, toothless smile which triggered your own smile, despite everything.
She was going to be alright.
Of course she was going to be alright, both you and Billy would make sure of it.
“Let’s take some fresh air.” Karen said and stood up, “Come on. We both need it.”
You nodded and heaved a deep sigh,
An hour later, both you and Karen were sitting at a café while Karen eyed the men who were sitting two tables away from you. Ever since Zoe was born, Billy’s insistence about having people to keep an eye on you had gone up to a different level. He seemed very convinced that anyone in New York could pose a threat to Zoe and you had to put your foot down when one of the bodyguards had threatened an elderly lady for getting “too close”.
Billy had said you would never know.
You had told him to fuck off.
Which ended up with a compromise on each side, and in the end you had agreed there’d be only two bodyguards, and they would be approved by you.
“Unbelievable…” You muttered as you heard Billy’s phone go into another voicemail and turned the phone in your head, “Please tell me I’m being paranoid because I’m considering going to Anvil right now.”
“You can’t go, Matt is coming.”
“Yeah. He’s the pro on gifted people, seeing he is one, so I figured we could…ask him.”
You turned to look at Zoe who looked peacefully asleep in her carrier, sucking on her pacifier and you bit on your fingernails.
“Y/N, you need to calm down.”
“No you’re not.” You sat up straight when you heard Matt’s voice and turned around, “What’s going on?”
You stood up and hugged Matt tight, “Hey. Thanks for coming.”
“No problem,” Matt said gently as Zoe moved a little in the carrier, than opened her eyes, happiness flashing through them as soon as she saw Matt and she gasped, getting restless in the carrier. She moved her arms as if trying to fly to him, then your phone started ringing.
“Look Zoe, Uncle Matt is here!” Karen said cheerfully as Matt got Zoe from the carrier.
“You guys mind if I take this?” You held up your phone, but both of them looked way too engrossed with her, so you stood up and answered the phone.
“Hey,” Billy sounded out of breath, “Sorry, didn’t hear- I was- uh…I was busy.”
You frowned as you heard some shuffling on the other line and somebody took a deep breath in the background and a repressed hiss reached your ear.
“Who’re you having sex with?”
You could basically hear him rolling his eyes, “Seriously?”
“Nothing for you to worry about-“
“Frank is asking if Karen is-“
“Yeah. What’re you two up to?”
“Russo.” Your eyes widened as you heard someone throwing a punch, “Are- are you killing someone right now?!”
“Put Frank on the phone.”
“He’s busy because he’s killing someone!” You whispered, “Karen is gonna flip if she-“
“No one is killing anyone!” You heard him close a door behind him, “What is it?”
You ran a hand over your face, “We need to talk.”
“That’s not a good sign.” Billy said and you took a deep breath,
“No, outside. Why? Are the guys with you?”
“Yeah, it’s not- it’s not about that.” You bit on your lip, “It’s about Zoe.”
“Y/N, what’s going on?” his voice was stern now and you cleared your throat.
“So as it turns out… she really is gifted,” you let out a nervous laugh, “She can move stuff without touching them, Billy.”
There was a silence on the other line and you checked your phone, “Hello?”
“Yeah.” You nodded, “Yeah, exactly my reaction.”
“Beats me. But Billy, she’s not even one year old and does-“
“Hey,” his voice was gentle, “Y/N, hey, listen. Calm down, okay?”
You took a shaky breath and nodded silently, “Yeah.”
“I’ll be home in an hour or two, okay? We’ll figure it out, we always do.”
“Stop.” He cut you off, “Don’t go there. It’s scary I know, but trust me, she’ll be fine.”
You knew you were being ridiculous but you couldn’t help to ask,
“Of course. Hey, she’s our baby, right? She’s the most badass baby out there, powers or no powers.”
That made you let out a chuckle and you wiped at your eyes, “An hour or two you said?”
“Yeah,” he paused, “Don’t worry babe. We’ve got this.”
You closed your eyes for a second, somehow, that made you feel so, so much better.
“Yeah.” You muttered, “See you at home.”
You hung up, then took a deep breath, pulled yourself together and walked to your table.
As it turned out, Billy’s understanding of “an hour or two” was actually five hours, and you were growing restless by the minute. Zoe was asleep since it was midnight, and you had been checking your phone for the last two hours while you tried to distract yourself with TV, but it didn’t seem to work.
“Jesus…” You muttered to yourself as you flipped the phone in your hand and you head shot up when you heard someone knocking on the door. You rushed to the door and swung it open, then gasped and covered your mouth.
Billy and Frank were both covered in blood, and they looked like they were about to drop dead from exhaustion, or blood loss, or both.
“What the fuck happened?!” You managed to say and Billy stumbled into the apartment with Frank’s help, who wiped at his brow and rolled his shoulder.
“Yeah Y/N, it’s nothing.” Frank said and you gawked at them as Billy sat down to the couch, wincing slightly while Frank looked around, then grabbed a glass and filled himself a glass of water.
“Okay, we’re going to the hospital-“
“Yeah we stitched each other up, we’re fine.”
“Yeah? Will you be able to stitch each other when I kill you both then?”
“I’d better get going,” Frank rasped out, and cleared his throat, “Kiss Zoe for me, hm?”
“Thank you brother.” Billy told him and he shrugged,
“Frank, Karen’s gonna kill you.”
“Oh I know.” Frank nodded, and pressed a kiss to your cheek, “I’ll see you tomorrow, Y/N.”
With that, he walked out of the apartment and rubbed at your eyes, then approached Billy.
“Get undressed?” Billy offered with a small smile and you slapped his arm,
“You’re about to be seriously dead.” You shot back as you walked to the bathroom, then came back with a bottle of antiseptic and pieces of cotton. You spilled some on the cotton, then approached him but he pulled you to his lap, making you straddle him. You glared at him, then pressed the cotton to the gash on his forehead.
“Jesus Christ, Billy…” You muttered as he made a face, and you blew on the wound to at least soothe the pain, making him smile at you softly.
“I’m pissed at you.” You mumbled as he squeezed your leg.
“Sleeping. Are you gonna tell me what happened?”
And just like that, you froze and pulled back, staring at him.
“Relax, he’s not in New York. But I’ve been… trying to find him.”
“It’s better to attack him before he attacks you or Zoe.”
You closed your eyes for a second, “Billy-“
“No, listen to me. Tonight, me and Frank got his second in command.”
“You two are looking for trouble-“
“I told you, Y/N. He’s not hurting you again. Him or anyone else, ever.”
You bit on your lip and shook your head slightly, “When you get to him, I’ll be there.”
“I’m not letting you face that fucking psycho alone.” You said through your teeth, “He’s not hurting me, fine. He’s not hurting you either, deal?”
Billy looked into your eyes like he was mesmerized.
“I love you, you know that right?”
You smiled softly, the warmth filling your system. “Yeah. I love you too.”
He looked deep in thought before he took a breath, “You know what, fuck it,” he mumbled, making you frown.
“I was supposed to write this speech and pick a place and everything, but-“ he cleared his throat and reached into his pocket, “And I’d… kneel down, but I’m pretty sure the fucker broke my ankle, so this position seems as good as any.”
“Billy, what-?” You started, but as soon as you looked down, you held your breath.
Oh God, there was no way this was actually happening.
“How did you ask me earlier?” Billy wondered out loud as he opened the ring box to reveal the gorgeous diamond ring, then cleared his throat, “Right. Y/N, sex is good, wanna do it until you’re dry and I have erectile dysfunction problems in old age?”
You let out a teary laugh, “Fuck off.”
“I’m taking that as a yes then.” He grinned at you as you leaned in to press your lips to his, careful with the wounds and pulled back, smiling wide, then held out your pinky finger.
He chuckled, then entwined his finger with yours.
“Good,” you giggled and stood up to hold out your hand,
“Come on then. We’re gonna celebrate.”