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[tviedli]

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Oh, please. That's nothing to being a climbing post for ten screaming toddlers while wearing a princess dress.

[ Being Rapunzel had been the worst since she'd needed extensions and the kids were just about ready to rip them off her head. Though Elsa's a close second because she can't reach the high notes of Let It Go even if her life depended on it. ]

Is that a challenge, Barnes?

[bionicstaringmachine]

Don't they tire out easy when they're that age? AJ and Cass have friends, they like to call 'em in as reinforcements.

[ He doesn't remember what it's like when his siblings were younger, the age of kids Lena is talking about but he has a feeling that when they're closer to AJ and Cass' ages, it has to be worse. ]

It's a promise you're not gonna like it if I hear anyone else talking about it.

[fourthgirl]

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I'll play nice if you will. Why are you always so hostile, anyway? You started the stalking.

[bionicstaringmachine]

You've stolen my arm and before that, you've drugged me. I've got a reason to be hostile. And it wasn't stalking, it was a job. You caught our attention.

[bionicstaringmachine]

[ from here ]

Do you really want me to answer that?

[ He'd rib her and say it's just the universe getting back at her for being such a pain in the ass, but the truth is he knows he'd miss it if she suddenly stopped being so goddamn difficult all the time. And it's easier to joke about it than to admit that despite all that, he's attracted to her. Always has been, even when she was sickly and skinny, ready to fall over from a strong wind. It's also easier because his name isn't one he's thought of when it comes to who she's talking about. Maybe she's been dating. ]

[dysmorphics]

You know what, why not?

[ It's probably nothing she hasn't already heard from him before. ]

i'll switch journals once i load icons lmfao

[bionicstaringmachine]

[ from here ]

Yeah, that's what it means. They think we got married in secret.

You've always had loud opinions about me, that's not anything new. But you'd get a better say in my hair.

oh no worries lmao

[starredandstriped]

Where, on the moon?

We should probably just say we got married in the 40s. Who's gonna dispute that anyway, Becca? We might be able to get a tax refund on our backpay or something.

You home? I can be there in half an hour and clean that up.

[bionicstaringmachine]

[ from here ]

I'm alright, Rogers. Nothing's broken.

Are you alright? I know it was... a lot.

[ Even without the broken wall, he knows it was a little intense ( they broke a goddamn wall after all ) and while it's hit or miss on if they actually talk about things at times, he knows they can't avoid it when the wall is a reminder that it happened. ]

[dysmorphics]

Not the worst you've put me through.

I don't regret it, if that's what you're really asking.

[ But she won't push him for a conversation if he doesn't want to talk about it. It's fine. Friends can have some fun occasionally, right? They're two consenting adults and everything. ]

[bionicstaringmachine]

[ from here ]

It means he's an idiot and he shoulda thought about what he was doin' before he picked up the phone and put his bullshit on you.

Or that's what it sounds like to me. You deserve better.

[ And that's the truth. Sober. He's always thought that Stephanie Rogers deserves the world, that no one is or ever will be good enough for her and a lot of the time that's included himself. It's just worse now, even knowing she's not perfect and she wasn't even back then. ]

[dysmorphics]

You got that backwards, actually.

I just... I don't think I'll ever be good enough for him, you know?

[ And that's her truth. ]

[bionicstaringmachine]

[ from here ]

I didn't do anything. I saw something I can't unsee and I'd rather be knocked out for awhile than see it when I close my eyes.

[ He went on the internet. He found some... Japanese media inspired "fanart" that he isn't sure can be considered work made by a fan. ]

[dysmorphics]

You went on the Internet, didn't you?

[bionicstaringmachine]

[ from here ]

How do I know you didn't change anything about it? My eye sight was decent back then, but it's even better now. I'd be able to work out if you were trying to get one over on me.

[ Or, he's giving her as much of a hard time as she gives him. It's about making her feel special and slightly offended like she said, right? ]

that moment when i can flesh all this out with the actual canon events now lmfao

[bionicstaringmachine]

[ from here ]

No, not unless I count Shostakov and I don't wanna count him. He's had some experience playing dad but he's got a big personality. Walker's family life doesn't suggest to me he's any good with 'em either.

The others might not know what to do with a kid.

[ They were all either recipients of subjugation or at the very least experimented on in a way that they didn't have a lot of social skills - something they're all figuring out as they're around each other more, hidden away in their Tower in between missions or when they're sent out to be part of their dog and pony show securing them more and more brand deals as the days go on.

And Bob's a member of the team, but he's not active. It means that it ends up solely on him and his shoulders when it comes to this. ]

I had sisters, I helped take care of them and my Ma after my old man passed. I've entertained some kids since then. I can read a few books to 'em if that's what you mean.

[missrichterscale]

[ from here ]

Something tells me that you have a couch or at decent chair around you could turn into a place to sleep if you really wanted to. House rules are meant to be broken.

[ She might mostly play by the rules these days - there's a grey area in there, the wiggle room that allows her to bend said rules or at the very least ignore them - but it doesn't mean she can't encourage a little anarchy in others. ]

Damage Control used to be a part of SHIELD until the old SHIELD fell and we built it back up, but they don't like to share information with us anymore. After everything with the Avengers, between Stark selling the Tower off and the Compound being destroyed with the Thanos thing, a lot of things went missing. Some of the alien tech is Chitauri, energy weapons and some cuffs and whatever the aliens that Thanos brought with him were, left a few things behind too but I don't have a lot of details about those.

[bionicstaringmachine]

[ from here ]

Yeah, before I'd agree with you that she deserves better and not on account of me being a mortal.

If it's not to do with her, why am I not allowed to have anything, ever?

[ It's possible this was a mistext, with all the people around who look like them - the difference between him and some of Hodrs being obvious - other than the rooms getting mixed up, so did their messages meant to go to other people. ]

tying this into the other response you got for this prompt lmfao

[bionicstaringmachine]

[ from here ]

You don't have any booby traps, Rogers. Your security would've been better by 25% if they'd been there in the first place.

My place is safer than yours and last I checked, Fury ain't gonna break in here either.

[bionicstaringmachine]

[ from here ]

Sam ain't the only one texting you about this?

[ He might have...left some messages go unanswered, along with letting a phone call or two go straight to voicemail. He's trying to get all this figured out and work out the team's next move, but it's not going so well. ]

We didn't know that was gonna happen, we thought we were chasing her down to take her in. Did any of that look like we knew what she was gonna say?

[bionicstaringmachine]

[ from here ]

Why's it always arguing when I do it but when you do it, it's a spirited discussion?

[ Yeah, he knows. And somehow no one's figured out yet that's one of the many things he loves about her. ]

[dysmorphics]

Because you stand there glowering as if we can't sense your annoyance in the Force.

Don't worry, I think you're loads better than Skywalker. He's an ace pilot but you're a crack shot, regardless of Master Kenobi's opinions on the matter.

[bionicstaringmachine]

[ from here ]

Yeah, what you're saying is, I wasn't cut out for all the bureaucracy. I never had to deal with it much, until they were yanking the leash around with that pardon and having me jump through their hoops.

[ It's been a few years since then, he likes to think he's not as bitter about it - it was clear he'd been brainwashed and used as a tool through his time as the Winter Soldier, but the public wasn't always so forgiving - but there are times since then, especially while he sat in Congress, he would wonder if this wasn't just another way for the government to have their say in what he does. ]

If I'm not back for dinner, don't wait up. I'll tell you all about it when I get back.

[ A beat, as he shakes his head remembering one of the rants she had about a section of those Lady Liberty/Sergeant Barnes..."books" that got popular, the ones that were a lot more explicit than the rest of them. ]

That why you decided to review bomb those? They made me sound better looking than I am?

[dysmorphics]

I'm saying you're better at doing something rather than just sitting around and talking about it.

[ Honestly? She wouldn't be surprised. She hasn't trusted the government in a long while — not since SHIELD had turned out to be HYDRA all along. She'd just been lying extra low during Ross' presidency for Bucky's sake. ]

Text me if we're having company though. You know that it looks like I cook a lot but that's just enough for both of us. You got Walker and Shostakov in your list, right? That's two more with appetites like ours. Might just have something delivered.

[ His teasing makes her laugh out loud. ]

Oh yeah. I mean, come on, you're not that hot.

[ Says the woman with a whole secret room's worth of, ah, not safe for work art. ]

[ladyofbuffdom]

[ from here ]

Magic. One of my best friends is a majorly powerful witch and the gang did a spell to bring me back.

They thought they were pulling me from a hell dimension and it was kinda more of a heavenly one.

[chocolatehouse]

[ from here ]

Maybe I can handle the talking next time? It might not end up loaded on the internet later if I'm the one doing the talking.

[ It wasn't as viral as a video of Spider-Man is - those tend to end up on the internet within minutes of capture - but it still got people talking. ]

lmfao you're dealing with my one icon for now sry

[icedcappuccino]

[ from here ]

I wanted to go searching for you after, they told me you were a lost cause and I wouldn't find anything.

All I had to do hold on, Buck.

[missrichterscale]

[ from here ]

I think he's afraid you're gonna come around the corner and he'll become a sacrifice for real.
You guys do a lot of that where you're from?

ADDING THAT PROMPT FROM LAST WEEK'S TFLN TO THIS

[bionicstaringmachine]

[ from here ]

What I've got planned doesn't involve a bunch of people and a party, but I know they're gonna want to get you a cake and have you open some presents.
My plan's gonna work a lot better if you wear the red, but we're gonna have to leave your party early for it.

you know what, this is zayverse now, months after the musical/christmas

[dysmorphics]

Okay, but how about if we disappear during the party before we actually make an exit? They'll know what we're up to and they have to suffer for it now. Consider it payback.

[bionicstaringmachine]

[ from here ]

Captain America. If you're gonna call her something, call her that.

[ Lady Liberty reminds him of those pin up photos of her he's taken off some of the men and the way it wasn't just him being protective that made him react like that. He'll claim it all day long, but it'll be further away from the truth than he'll admit. ]

What'd you do this time?
You know we don't want her attracting attention when we're headed to Hydra bases.

[missrichterscale]

[ from here ]

Yeah, unless you lied on an enlistment form and the government has your birthdate wrong.
We can stay in and we'll pick a movie that won't make you cry this time. Or I'm open to suggestions if there's something you really want to do.

[dysmorphics]

I wish I did, but it turns out I'm a total chosen one. Blonde, blue-eyed orphan with a tragic backstory and transformation and all that. [ Yeah, she hates how perfect for PR it is. ]

Well, maybe you could let me draw you like one of them French girls.

[missrichterscale]

[ from here ]

Wait, did I really hit you last night? Are you messing with me? Barnes, if you're messing with me I'm shredding your latest mission reports.

[ In her defense, she'd had just the right amount to drink last night that it's unclear if it was an actual event or if it happened to be a dream. ]

[missrichterscale]

[ from here ]

Honestly? I'm not sure. I haven't had a chance to really dance a lot.

You think you could show me some moves?

[ Somehow she doubts the kind of dancing that's his speed is the kind of dancing she managed during those years pre-SHIELD. Even in going undercover on occasion, she hasn't been sent to dance her way to information. ]

[missrichterscale]

[ from here ]

Yeah, I am. [ A beat. ] Unless you're not.

[ Sure, she can be cocky about things too - a lot of the time it's fake, to keep from appearing too vulnerable - but then something like this happens. ]