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[stepinandfixit]

rule 63: steven grant "steve" rogers
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[kalashnikov]

i know you know what a g-d parachute looks like.

:D

[stepinandfixit]

Is that the one with the white feathers or the green ones? Or am I thinking of something else?

[kalashnikov]

( Jesus Christ, how could he ever forget the fucking sass? )

well, it sure as hell ain't wilson.
he almost didn't make it to you this time.

[stepinandfixit]

Sure he did, I had miles to go, had to have been at least 500 feet.

How would you know anyway? Didn't see you out there.

[kalashnikov]

twitter.

( Shut up, he's an entire globe away right now ... He definitely isn't back stateside. )

[stepinandfixit]

Are we trending? Is that how you use that?

[kalashnikov]

sure.
just check #YvonneCarmenRogershasadeathwish.

( He used to be so much better at keeping things left well alone. )

you're okay though, right?

( Because that was a nasty slash on the side. )

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[kalashnikov]

( A week and a bit later, and Bucky's holed up in a safe house with a stubbornly healing leg wound. )

did you punch me when i won you a stuffed animal that one time?

[stepinandfixit]

[Keeping busy sometimes involves punching bad guys. The bad guys have been thin on the ground this week, so it's been learning to bake instead, with mixed results. Why she's bothering to learn, when there's a deli on every corner...

There's flour on her fingers when she picks up the phone.]

yeah and you deserved it

I wanted to win it myself or fail gracefully but you just had to sweep in with your good aim and your hands that weren't shaking

[kalashnikov]

you still kept it though.

( He remembers it sitting on her dresser. )

[stepinandfixit]

Well sure

I did still want it. I just didn't want you to save me again.

[The batter is abandoned on the counter, Eve herself sitting on the kitchen floor, staring at the phone, another unknown number her only connection.]

You remember?

[kalashnikov]

i remember wanting to give you something.
relying on sheer dumb luck was the only time you'd ever accept a thing from me.

( She never let him give her anything. )

[stepinandfixit]

I never needed you to give me anything. We barely had anything as it was and we shared as much as we could, you didn't need to waste your money on extra.

I probably never thanked you for it, did I?

[kalashnikov]

you were pissed people'd think you were my sweetheart. so no, you never thanked me. you made me grovel for days. i'm pretty sure you only forgave me because your ma gave you a scolding.

( Without realising it he's losing himself in the same way of writing, of talking. Maybe he can blame the pain, but he's tired, and he's lonely, and he misses those days so badly it hurts. )

[modelsixtythree]

Does the new armor make my ass look big?

[It's roughly 4am, Eastern Time. Someone's feeling punchy, clearly.]

[stepinandfixit]

[Of course her phone is never on silent. What if something happens? So of course the cheerful bird chirp goes off at 4 am, and of course she checks it, and of course it isn't an emergency. No, this doesn't count as an emergency.]

Super soldier eyesight isn't X-ray vision, I can't see you when we're not in the same room.

[modelsixtythree]

Wait, are you back? I thought you were in Europe somewhere.

[So god only knows what time she thought it was for Eve.]

[stepinandfixit]

I'm back. Two whole hours.

Should I even ask if you know what time it is?

[Probably she should not.]

[modelsixtythree]

Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so.

Should've come and said hi.

[stepinandfixit]

How do you know I didn't?

[It's happened before that Eve has swung by the lab and even had a conversation with Natasha, only to realize later that Natasha's half of the conversation hadn't really been happening. ...not this time though, that's mean to imply that.]

No, I didn't. I was so tired I didn't think anyone would still be up.

[modelsixtythree]

Touche. You should know I'm always up.

Wait, why are you still up if you're that tired?

[As if she hasn't started this.]

text; 01.27am

[forgediniron]

Hey. You awake?

[stepinandfixit]

Yeah, I'm awake. Something up?

[forgediniron]

No, nothing.

I mean, I’m up if that counts?

[ Stupid joke. That’s how sleep deprived she is. ]

I’m ordering some take out. You want anything?

[stepinandfixit]

Well, you're definitely something.

[She should be sleeping, but she's been working on it for a while. Maybe this is a sign.]

Sure. You know what I like.

For takeout. You know what I

Never mind, just get me something spicy, I'll be up in 20.

[How long has it been, and she still walks herself into those openings.]