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Tweak says, "No bones about it"

james buchanan barnes (whatthebucky) wrote in thedisplaced,
@ 2018-09-23 13:35:00

Entry tags:

bucky barnes / winter soldier (ph), james rogers, natasha romanoff / black widow (mcu), steve rogers (au), steve rogers / captain america (mcu), tina cohen-chang

[ FILTERED TO TINA COHEN-CHANG & JAMES ROGERS ]
Hi. Howard showed up. I'm not dealing with that very well. Wrote you two letters, but they got rambly and too honest, so I burned them. I love you two, but I gotta take off for a little bit. I won't be gone for too long though, but take care of Han and Kap while I'm away, yeah? I'll be in touch. - Disregard. Staying.

[ FILTERED TO STEVE ROGERS SQUARED ]
~~Not dealing with Howard being here very well so I'm taking some time away. I know it'll be hard, but don't do anything stupid while I'm gone.~~ Disregard. Staying.

[ FILTERED TO NATASHA ROMANOFF ]
How is he?

[ooc; Talk of murder, assassin triggers, and death in comments.]

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	second filter. tinysteve 2018-09-24 12:48 am UTC (link)
	To be fair, these days you only have to take a step. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: second filter. whatthebucky 2018-09-24 01:39 am UTC (link)
	To be fair, I always only had to take a step. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	second filter. tinysteve 2018-09-24 01:44 am UTC (link)
	Ha. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: second filter. whatthebucky 2018-09-24 01:46 am UTC (link)
	When I get back, how do you feel about me training you? To fight? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	second filter. tinysteve 2018-09-24 04:03 am UTC (link)
	That sounds great, Buck. ~~Between you, Natasha and Cable maybe~~ I'll let you know when I'm ready to take something larger than a sewer rat. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: second filter. whatthebucky 2018-09-24 10:36 am UTC (link)
	Change of plans, not going anywhere. Let me know when you're not tiny anymore and we'll work on it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	second filter. tinysteve 2018-09-24 03:49 pm UTC (link)
	Will do. Everything okay? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: second filter. whatthebucky 2018-09-24 04:30 pm UTC (link)
	No, but it will be, buddy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	second filter. tinysteve 2018-09-24 08:43 pm UTC (link)
	I know. [Bucky] ~~So about Howard~~ ~~When you're ready to talk~~ ~~I should warn you~~ ~~This is probably only temporary~~ I've been talking to Howard. I get if you need space and that's the one thing you don't want to think about. I'm here to listen if you want to, or talk if you want my take. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	STEVE/BUCKY. whatthebucky 2018-09-25 02:47 pm UTC (link)
	I think I'm all talked out about it on my side of things. Not being able to omit certain things like the kill switch I have in me makes all of you frown really hard and I don't want to do that with you too. But I'll take your take. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: STEVE/BUCKY.

tinysteve
2018-09-25 10:58 pm UTC (link)

Howard doesn't think things through the same way most people do. At least, the Howard I know doesn't. I don't think this Howard is too different.

He's the kind of guy who's going to read about his death in the future and invent time travel as a solution, or try to and end up running into 12 other new discoveries that may or may not work.

And he's worried about you. He's worried about what happens to you in the future. But he's also very easily distracted, particularly if you're asking him to be honest about his feelings and would rather just flirt with a pretty girl than have to think about anything too heavy.

Also? I think he's more scared of facing his son than he is of you.

You got some cover if you don't to talk to him or think about him for a while. He has plenty to distract himself with. You want me to tell him to give you some space, I can do that, too.

He cares, but he's Howard.

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	Re: STEVE/BUCKY. whatthebucky 2018-09-26 01:18 am UTC (link)
	You dont need to tell him to give me space. We're both doing a great job avoiding each other so far. I think you're right about Tony, but honestly, I just really rather get drunk than think about this any longer. But this helped. Thanks, Steve. It's good to have an outside perspective. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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