Text From Last Night aka Tales From Folkmore

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TEXTS FROM LAST NIGHT

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TEXTS FROM LAST NIGHT GENERATOR

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[regulated]

the fact that there's pizza at all is impressive enough for me.

[pursuitofcappiness]

Fair point. There's sushi, too.

[regulated]

this place is so weird.

[pursuitofcappiness]

Tell me about it, the sushi guy has a fish head and human hands.

[regulated]

isn't that cannibalism?

[pursuitofcappiness]

He doesn't eat the sushi.

[regulated]

Yeah, but he's a fish encouraging other people to eat fish, it has to be at least cannibalism-adjacent.

[pursuitofcappiness]

Yeah, we're not gonna think about that anymore. Five minutes out, do you have soda or am I stopping by the convenience store?

[regulated]

i have a six-pack of beer and i made wilson family approved sweet tea, so if you want soda, you may want to stop.

[pursuitofcappiness]

No no, sweet tea sounds great. Pour me a glass, I'll be right up.

if you wanna action it--

[regulated]

[ he only sends back a thumbs up emoji, but the door's unlocked and already cracked open when steve arrives. inside, bucky's just setting out the tea, dressed in a t-shirt and jeans and looking.. good, actually? better than he probably has in decades, anyway.

he glances up at the other man, smile a little crooked and almost fragile for a moment. it still doesn't quite feel real that he's able to see steve like this again. he'd almost, not quite, gotten used to the idea that he was gone.

he clears his throat, straightening. ] Uh, hey.

[pursuitofcappiness]

[ Steve walks in with three pies and a big bag on top with all the other various accoutrements, and he smells like a pizza parlor. It's great.

He hasn't seen a picture or video of Bucky yet and, uh. What? ]

Nice haircut, pal.

[ He deposits the stuff on a table and then goes to give Bucky a little one-armed hug. ]

It's... really good to see you.

[regulated]

[ oh, goddamnit. he feels.. wobbly, suddenly, at the hug, and before he can stop himself or even think about it, he's wrapping both of his own around steve in a brief, hard return hug. how the hell is he going to go back home without him now? ]

Yeah, [ he agrees a little shakily, and pulls back with an unsteady breath, reaching up to squeeze steve's arm. ] Guess I was still looking pretty rough the last time you saw me, huh?

[ he glances away so steve doesn't see how emotional he's feeling about all of this, shifting to unstack the boxes and open them up. it gives him something to do with his hands and a reason not to look into steve's face. ]

It's, uh, been a couple of years since then. The U.S. even made me go to therapy. [ a beat. ] It sucked.

[pursuitofcappiness]

[ He's missed Bucky. Every day, since the last time he'd seen him. He knew it was for a good reason - The Wakandans would sort out what was the last bit of HYDRA in him, and that's what he needed. Steve's just happy someone was able to provide it for him, that someone was willing. ]

Hey, don't knock the therapy. It looks like it worked pretty well.

[ Steve starts by grabbing a slice and taking his tea glass. ]

Bet we must do this all the time now, back home. Glad you made up with Sam. He's great, isn't he?

[regulated]

[ he's not really sure the therapy did as much for him as sam and his family and that whole process of becoming his partner, but they have time enough to talk about it. he shoos steve to a seat, joining him a few moments later, once he's feeling steadier, less likely to break. it's just.. been a lot to adjust to, hasn't it? going from what he'd been turned into to having his memory and the most important person in his life returned to him, only to lose him again--

he has his freedom now, and he has a purpose, and sam and his family and delacroix, but nothing is ever going to replace steve rogers. having him back here like this is both the best thing bucky could have imagined and the worst.

he fiddles with his glass as he settles, mouth crooking up at the corner. ] Yeah, Sam's great. Still has a way of pissing me off, but not-- He's usually just trying to help. Or get me out of my head. [ he's done bucky more good than any federally-assigned therapist was ever going to. bucky can only hope he's returning the favor. ] It's, uh-- It's been a while since I've seen you, though, actually.

[pursuitofcappiness]

[ Fine, fine, Steve will eat at a proper table instead of just on the couch in front of the coffee table. Being on the run does all sorts of things to your manners. ]

Oh. Did I... die?

[ He asks that last part softly, but then quickly follows up with -- ]

Wait, don't answer that. I don't think I want to know what happens.

Which, by the way, neither does Tony. He said he wasn't ready to hear about what happened with the Accords.

[ So, he is definitely not ready to hear about how his parents didn't actually die in a car crash. And since Steve's already made the mistake of telling him that Bucky's a formerly brainwashed HYDRA agent under the influence of inhibition-lowering body paint, he might hound Bucky for questions he doesn't want answered. ]

I know we have to figure it out sometime, but Buck, we can't have a repeat of Siberia.

[ It's complicated, this is always going to be complicated. He takes a long breather, and then puts down his pizza to get a garlic knot. ]

I do wanna know what you've been up to, since I saw you last. Or, since you saw me last.

[ Which, how is Bucky going to explain that Sam is Captain America without explaining to Steve that he is or isn't dead? This is going to go really well, Bucky. ]

[regulated]

[ his jaw works, fingers tightening around the glass. it's only when he hears it creak that he realizes he's about to shatter it, and pushes it aside a moment later. ] I can't talk to him, then. I can't be around him. I'm not-- I'm not going to lie to him. [ he inhales once, shaky. ] So. You know. Make whatever excuse to him you have to.

[ he lifts his good hand, rubbing it over his face wearily. ]

Honestly, I-- Maybe it's best if we just.. [ he trails off uncertainly, then tries again. ] You already know I live in Delacroix now, and I work with Sam. Maybe it's best to just leave the catching up there.

[ it's probably for the best that bucky keeps everything else to himself. he could change the timeline, right? and while, arguably, there are a lot of things he'd like to change, he could make it worse. what if steve didn't get his happy ending? what if stark didn't snap thanos out of existence? ]

[pursuitofcappiness]

[ Complicated? Check? A pain in Steve's ass? Double-check. This whole situation is the worst. Honestly, he probably should tell Tony. At this rate, Zemo's going to show up next. But he gets it, he knows Bucky doesn't want to lie, and Steve doesn't expect him to.

Also, that reaction? Yeah, well, he definitely thinks he's dead, now. He puts a hand on Bucky's shoulder, but thinks the better of it, and leans over him into a hug at a slightly awkward angle. He's trying. ]

Whatever happened, Buck, you gotta know I didn't want to leave you. I didn't want us not to talk.

[ He backs up again. ]

You know, this place isn't so bad, except that the fox is really vague letting us know what our potential is. And there's another Steve here. In his world, Peggy took the serum. And he pilots a suit called the HYDRA Stomper.