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BUCKY BARNES BEING A SNACK™ IN THAT T-SHIRT THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER (2021)

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he’s been in madripoor for little over seventy-two hours now, having spent the majority doing low-level recon. boredom-inducing, to the point he’s starting to miss being in his shared apartment and with the blond idiot he shares said apartment with [ thought of only with the utmost affection, of course ]. this is only their fifth goddamn phone call in the last twenty four hours. they’re renovating the kitchen. it’s a whole thing. only, bucky’s just finally gained traction with his current mission on the hierarchy within madripoor’s underbelly, sharon’s pressing him for details in his left ear and clint’s talking to him about tile selections for the splashback in his right.

❛ white-- off-white. nuance. just pick, ❜ he sighs into the receiver, finger hovering over the end call button as he watches his lead slink into a brothel with two thugs in tow. 

@accipitrinae​ said: ❛ we aren’t having a lot of S-E-X right now. ❜

whoever clint’s talking to on the other end of the line, it’s not him, but it’s about him. them. whatever. bucky steps back down from the ledge he had been crouched on for little over a half hour now. he recognizes the muffled voice in the background, the snort that follows clint’s little quip. at least nat’s keeping clint company in the meantime.

❛ i can spell-- and i can hear you, ❜  there’s an eye roll to be heard in his tone of voice.  ❛ let nat pick the tiles, she’s got better taste than the both of us. ❜

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bucky breaking down after being freed from his ws programming and then being so overwhelmed he starts happy crying has ruined my life goodbye

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finding clint is easy enough-- tracking was like second nature to someone of his calibre; the couch is always his first go-to and then the kitchen. given they  [ pretty much ]  live together it’s like shooting fish in a barrel. lo and behold, he finds barton in front of the tv, probably watching some modern comedy he couldn’t guess the name of. without hesitation or consideration, bucky grabs the remote and the picture disappears in a flash. from somewhere beneath the pile of decorative cushions shoved to the other end of the sofa, alpine mewls in protest. 

❛ i need your help. ❜

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James, you will have to become someone you claim is gone. The Falcon and The Winter Soldier (2021) | Power Broker

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“i can handle it,” he says, a few hundred feet out. bucky slows to a stop, eyeing the base in the distance before he turns to look at clint. 

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𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒 ! ( part one )

❛  specificity is good, but that’s over the top.  ❜ ❛  small price to pay for the bone structure of my face.  ❜ ❛  we aren’t having a lot of S-E-X  right now.  ❜ ❛  oh my god, can you please just listen to me for one damn minute ?!  ❜ ❛  what happened to us ?  ❜ ❛  are you out of your mind ?  ❜ ❛  move it, you little weenie !  ❜ ❛  because it’s hella shady, i told you this was a bad idea !  ❜ ❛  i mostly blame him. he should know better  —   you’re obviously stupid.  ❜ ❛  i handled it   —   because you couldn’t.  ❜ ❛  what ?   i’m gonna shoot you myself !  ❜ ❛  all this right here ?   is all the security you need, baby.  ❜ ❛  my, what a helpful contribution   —    let me just grab my time machine !  ❜ ❛  and you don’t always have to fact check me, okay ?  ❜ ❛  i smell like booze and crime.  ❜ ❛  oh, do i look upset ?   why would i be upset ?  ❜ ❛  because every man in the world thinks he can do whatever he wants whenever he wants.  ❜ ❛  you think you’re so much better than everyone.  well now, you’re finished. it’s over !  ❜ ❛  what am i looking at right now ?   WHAT AM I EVEN LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW ?  ❜ ❛  how is hog-tying a man, climbing him 12 feet above the earth, and hiding him in a tree house self-defense ?  ❜ ❛  life or death ? i choose death.  GIVE ME DEATH !  ❜ ❛  thank you for making me completely humiliate myself for no reason.  ❜ ❛  you make these big messes and then you just expect everyone else to clean it up.  ❜ ❛  well, they always do the drop at a park in law & order.  ❜ ❛  you are an incredible liar.  ❜ ❛  this is who we are now ?  ❜ ❛  okay, yeah. we’ll just talk about tomorrow   —   when we’re all DEAD !  ❜ ❛  when bad things happen to good people, everyone else goes crazy. it’s all over the news and there are all these hashtags and movements.  ❜ ❛  because if it could happen to us, it could happen to anyone.  ❜ ❛  boy, this is hard to watch.  ❜ ❛  i keep thinking about what you said   ––   about being a basic bitch and whatnot.  ❜ ❛  yeah. because we all know “girls aren’t funny.”  ❜ ❛  there’s always a choice.  ❜ ❛  tell me to turn around. please say it.  ❜ ❛  ugh. canadians.  ❜ ❛  you think we’re some low-hanging fruit, a little payday, a side hustle for ya ?  ❜ ❛  alright, well. nice isn’t gonna cut it.  ❜ ❛  relax. i’m just gonna scare him a little.  ❜ ❛  no, i’m gonna need to hear you say it.  ❜ ❛  yay, no drugs in our butts !  ❜ ❛  so here’s to going back to normal life.  ❜ ❛  in the middle of rush hour traffic, you wanna blow up a car ?  ❜ ❛  there is literally nothing in my entire life that is more important to me than you.  ❜ ❛  i would just like to say something that i should have said before, which is thank you.  ❜ ❛  you know the tradition is jordans over a phone line, right ?  ❜

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accipitrinae:

he knows this argument won’t go anywhere, it’s been had a thousand times and clint takes it seriously. he does. but this round, he just won’t win. bucky’s not wrong, but it still doesn’t feel right. his mouth turns downward into a frown and he looks away. ❛ yeah, but i would’ve been fine. ❜ it ignores bucky’s point as much bucky had ignored his.

❛ this is serious, ❜ he warns, though his tone is far from genuinely stern. it’s not the sort of thing clint wants for bucky, or anyone else, for that matter. 

what glimmer of playfulness there had been quickly withers and a frown pinches at his features instead. whether clint is actually annoyed at him or mad or disappointed -- perhaps all of the above -- doesn’t matter to him in the present moment. he’ll certainly dwell on it later but for now, he’s just thankful he had been here, whether clint needed him to be or not. the act hadn’t been to discredit clint’s abilities.

❛ i know, ❜ hence the bullet. ❛ what, you think he would’ve spared you? ❜ bucky throws a thumb over his shoulder at the man in question. the question is rhetorical, because he knows for a fact that men like him don’t give two shits about anyone but themselves and the lining of their pockets. they’re not looking to seriously injure the guy who never misses. 

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❛ hey--! ❜ it’s reflexive, the way his arm darts out to snatch at her wrist; caught red-handed. rarely is he the target of a thief, his guard always up. she’s good-- his arm whirrs silently, gloved silver fingers slowly release the wrist in hand one by one, when he realizes the she in question is a young girl likely no older than ten. pickpockets came in all shapes and sizes, if not for the initial shock of the situation, he might have felt a pang of sympathy. that'll come later, no doubt. ❛ s’ nothin' in there but lint, kid, ❜ thank god.   

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borskovlegacy‌:

“Come now, Bucky. You know we rarely have to choose.” He lets the truth of that statement hang in the air a moment or two before finally following up. “Thankfully, however, this time it’s just a kind gesture from one friend to another. No horrid revelations to follow, for once.”

there’s a ‘touché’ on the tip of his tongue before he’s given the good news-- that there is no bad news. thank god for that. ❛ cheers, then, ❜ he smirks, raising his coffee mug before sipping from it. an appreciative sigh follows, ❛ that hits the spot. you got any plans for the day? ❜

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accipitrinae‌:

he stares at bucky for a long minute. he doesn’t know if they’re dead, but bucky’s aim is far from questionable and clint doesn’t really want to look. there’s the same conflicting emotions there always are when the violence gets serious and clint frowns, itches to fold his arms over his chest in judgement or maybe — he doesn’t know. god, he’s turning into steve. this is a nightmare. bucky’s reasoning is unfortunately fair, even if it’s also a crock of shit. he can handle himself and even if bucky was feeling protective (a can of worms he’s so unwilling to open right now, even if it settles heavy in his chest) he can hit— clint lets out a slow, measured breath and settles for his ego, the easiest of the emotions to handle. ❛ i can handle myself. ❜

he can practically sense clint’s discomfort on the matter, if his body language was anything to go by, at least. bucky braces himself for some form of lecturing. steve’s had a tendency to dig deep, like being scolded by a disappointed parent. he could usually brush clint’s off, but it always made him want to do better. or be better. 

❛ i know, ❜ there’s a subtle lift to his shoulders, like he’s shrugging. ❛ but they were behind you, ❜ it’s more an ‘i got your back, don’t worry about it’ kind of explanation without saying the actual words. some people -- like himself, like natasha -- do the bad things so other people -- like clint, like steve -- don’t have to. it doesn’t need to be a big deal.   

❛ guess i forgot to pack my nerf bullets. ❜ 

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borskovlegacy:

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He approaches with a small smile and two cups of coffee, one of which he silently holds towards Bucky when close enough.

the proffered cup of coffee is accepted with a smile and a nod in thanks, although he can’t help but habitually assume there’s something more to the kind gesture than simply being kind. ❛ this a ‘good morning’ coffee or something to cushion some bad news? ❜

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❛ they shot at you, ❜  is his reasoning for shooting back, if he even needed to provide one. self-defence and all, only for someone else -- it makes total sense. he’s just a better shot than they are... or, were. bucky’s deadpan stare doesn’t waver, the barrel of his gun still hot as he holds it away from them. he doesn’t check for a pulse, if they’re dead, they’re dead. if not, well. he’s quick on the draw.  @accipitrinae​.

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