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[imfollowinghim]

So, I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess Steve ratted me out.

[Says Bucky, now wearing a standard issue US Army combat uniform circa 1943, looking completely nonplussed (this time meaning totally not bothered by what's going on around him, English, you're a weird language) as he broadcasts from- hey, is that Steve's room?

It totally is. He might have claimed it for his own and kicked Steve out, because this place is a lot nicer than the underground bunker or whatever the other Bucky's apparently been living in. He's sitting on the couch with his feet propped on a coffee table, not that you can see it from the angle of the camera, and he definitely looks like he's made himself at home.]

Which means it goes without saying that boot camp's off. I couldn't really give less of a shit if any of you know how to dig a trench or get through an hour of combat. Anyone who's still interested is on their own until your fearless leader comes back.

If he comes back.

[Because who knows? Time's ticking on, and things still haven't righted themselves. This is either a really long fuck up, or they're stranded. Either way, it's not really looking so good, is it?

The sort of lazy, bored smirk he's been sporting up until this point fades for a moment, before stretching a little wider, almost like he's disbelievingly amused.]

So, out of curiosity, what's he like? Your "Bucky Barnes."

[There's a little more teeth in his expression now, and it's not exactly in a good way. His eyes look pretty dead.]

Don't tell me you're not curious about what you'd be like if things were totally different.

Comments

[robinwishes]

Nice guy. Would totally write Buck and Steve slash fic. Steve's way hotter though.

[ Someone is giving her warden a hard time by proxy ]

[shieldcatchesyou]

What the hell is slash fic?

[He sounds a lot like Bucky in how he asks it, like he's fully expecting to not like the answer but is totally amused by the prospect of it anyway.]

[robinwishes]

Fiction done by fans about characters in another book or tv show or whatever. Main requirement is that you make two guys gay and write about their deeply emotional buttsex.

[ You did ask, Buck. ]

I don't have a good enough laughing icon so pretend

[shieldcatchesyou]

[Bucky bursts out laughing, and actually does sound and look a lot like who he's supposed to be as he does it. Like maybe that person's in there, somewhere. (He's not, not really.)]

You kids have way too much time on your hands.

oh well laugh!!!

[robinwishes]

[ He shrugs a little ]

Yeah, probably. It's what happens when we don't have to boil out our food and we're not all employed by the age of twelve.

[shieldcatchesyou]

Too bad. It builds character.

[robinwishes]

I had work. A calling and all that. But the less said about that to you mirror fucks the better.

[shieldcatchesyou]

You made your point pretty clearly.

[robinwishes]

Good. If you need anymore clarification you can fuck right off.

PS: if other-Bucky ends up remembering this because of barge breach shenanigans: I am very sorry but Steve is hotter than you. But you're still cool.

[shieldcatchesyou]

I'll write him a note.

[robinwishes]

You do that. I'm going to go see if the library can actually provide slashfic.

[ No she isn't, but it's fun to yank his chain. ]

[shieldcatchesyou]

Have fun.

[youwillgotohell]

He has more honor than you.

[ps guess who has a tiny inter-universe grudge.]

[shieldcatchesyou]

[IS IT YOU??? DO I WIN A PRIZE???]

Honor's for chumps.

[youwillgotohell]

[yes!! the prize is LOTS OF ANGER!!]

I used to think so, but the world is so much easier to navigate when at least a few people don't treat you like a dog that might bite at the drop of a hat.

[shieldcatchesyou]

[Wow just what I always wanted!!]

Maybe your world.

[youwillgotohell]

And yours rewards bitter solitude, I'm sure.

[shieldcatchesyou]

Who says we're alone?

[youwillgotohell]

Your attitude says it clear enough.

[shieldcatchesyou]

Oh yeah? What else do you think you know about me?

[youwillgotohell]

More than I care to.

Why are you in Steve's room?

[shieldcatchesyou]

He said I could have it.

[... More or less.]

[youwillgotohell]

Did he.

[This is the face of absolute disbelief. :|]

[shieldcatchesyou]

You can ask him yourself.

[youwillgotohell]

And what's wrong with your cabin?

[shieldcatchesyou]

Have you seen it?

[youwillgotohell]

I can't say that I have.

[shieldcatchesyou]

It's a supply closet with a bunk bed and a shower stall.

[So, beneath him, basically.]

[youwillgotohell]

So you take over someone else's. Fitting, really. I don't know why I would expect more from you.

[velocette]

Are you liking your answers about what he's like?

[shieldcatchesyou]

They're not really giving me anything I don't already know.

[He says neutrally enough. They're not bad answers, but they're not necessarily interesting, either.]

[velocette]

Yeah. I don't know him that well, but I think you're not so different from him if you were able to fool so many people who do know him.

[But he's curious, too, so he turns to other tricks he has to figure people out when he can't interact with them:]

What kind of people does he draw to him, that you can see?

[shieldcatchesyou]

Idiots.

[Good people, he means. People who act like they genuinely care about him, or how things are progressing.]

[bodilesswarrior]

[Barbara studies him for a long moment, affecting a distantly pensive expression.]

Happier.

[Not completely, of course - their Bucky clearly has his own demons to contend with. He's a soldier, still, pragmatic to the bone. He died, for goodness' sake.

But he can still laugh. He can find joy in what he does and who he knows. He can be playful, and affectionate.

This Bucky, well. She's not seeing it.]

[shieldcatchesyou]

You sure about that?

[bodilesswarrior]

Yes.

Happy and content aren't the same thing.

[shieldcatchesyou]

Never said they were.

[bodilesswarrior]

Are you happy?

[shieldcatchesyou]

I'm over the moon. Who doesn't want to wind up stuck on some shitty prison boat that looks like it's about two days from rusting in half?

[bodilesswarrior]

You preferred yours, then.

[shieldcatchesyou]

Obviously.