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?
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. ]
I'm better with a plan we're actually gonna go through, not one that's gonna end up picked over and changed a bunch of times.
[ That's the frustrating thing, listening to the various changes that come through with bills and other legislation because it makes him wonder how they get anything done as it is. Trying to get de Fontaine impeached wasn't coming up with anything until her assistant Mel started to turn and if he hadn't been the one to approach her when he did, it might never have happened.
She's right. He prefers getting something done over nothing. ]
Depends on what happens when I find them. I might have to make the drive back with them and drop 'em off to testify against de Fontaine when the next impeachment hearing comes up.
[ It'll mean driving all night after he gets some transport to take them all in, but he'll do what he normally would in that type of situation - pretend he doesn't get tired. ]
Yeah, you've been making me look better than I do in all those sketches we've got locked up.
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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?
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[ 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. ]
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[ That's the frustrating thing, listening to the various changes that come through with bills and other legislation because it makes him wonder how they get anything done as it is. Trying to get de Fontaine impeached wasn't coming up with anything until her assistant Mel started to turn and if he hadn't been the one to approach her when he did, it might never have happened.
She's right. He prefers getting something done over nothing. ]
Depends on what happens when I find them. I might have to make the drive back with them and drop 'em off to testify against de Fontaine when the next impeachment hearing comes up.
[ It'll mean driving all night after he gets some transport to take them all in, but he'll do what he normally would in that type of situation - pretend he doesn't get tired. ]
Yeah, you've been making me look better than I do in all those sketches we've got locked up.