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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?
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I'll play nice if you will. Why are you always so hostile, anyway? You started the stalking.
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.
[ 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.
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.
I guess you'll have to see for yourself sometime, won't you? I'll make sure to get you a costume.
[ They can keep outstubborning each other on this topic, sure, but she knows he can't turn down a challenge. Maybe she can wrangle him into a snowman costume! ]
You better not leave your arm lying around the base, then. I won't be held liable if Alexei finds it and decides to toss it in along with his dirty dishes.
[ They can keep outstubborning each other on this topic, sure, but she knows he can't turn down a challenge. Maybe she can wrangle him into a snowman costume! ]
You better not leave your arm lying around the base, then. I won't be held liable if Alexei finds it and decides to toss it in along with his dirty dishes.
You brought me in to be interrogated first. Your time with us was payback for that.
Look, I just want to talk. I was always going to give your arm back.
Look, I just want to talk. I was always going to give your arm back.
A...costume? I gotta wear a costume? Why can't I just wear what I normally wear?
[ The closest thing he has to a costume is when he wears what he does out in the field and even that he wouldn't consider a costume. When he thinks of a costume he thinks of Steve wearing what he had to back when he first became Captain America, being a glorified chorus girl. The idea of wearing one himself makes him feel a little ridiculous. ]
I don't think he'd do that because he heard it from you, that just seems like the kind of thing he'd do anyway. If Walker pulls that kind of shit, I know it's you.
[ The closest thing he has to a costume is when he wears what he does out in the field and even that he wouldn't consider a costume. When he thinks of a costume he thinks of Steve wearing what he had to back when he first became Captain America, being a glorified chorus girl. The idea of wearing one himself makes him feel a little ridiculous. ]
I don't think he'd do that because he heard it from you, that just seems like the kind of thing he'd do anyway. If Walker pulls that kind of shit, I know it's you.
We didn't drug you. We brought you in, interrogated you and sent you on your way. Why'd I get special treatment?
We're talking now, so what's stopping you from getting me my arm back?
We're talking now, so what's stopping you from getting me my arm back?
Because kids these days do costume parties, Barnes. It's fine, it doesn't have to be fancy. You can be a snowman and they'll love you.
[ He'll actually make the most gorgeous prince but she's not about to tell him that for Reasons. ]
You seriously think I'll pick John over you?
[ Yes, she's baiting him with the first name basis thing. ]
[ He'll actually make the most gorgeous prince but she's not about to tell him that for Reasons. ]
You seriously think I'll pick John over you?
[ Yes, she's baiting him with the first name basis thing. ]
Snowman? You're talking about the one from that one movie, Frozen aren't you?
[ He did actually go and look that movie up and watch it after they talked about it, so the fact he knows what she's talking about, because she mentions him dressing up in a snowman costume ( and he was a brainwashed assassin when Frosty the Snowman came out ) and that's the only think he can think of that he can associate with kids right now. ]
He's got people out there who like him. [ He's got a family, after all. But he's messing with her in response to her baiting. ] Nah, if you chose him I'd be wondering if you got hit on the head and didn't tell anyone.
[ He did actually go and look that movie up and watch it after they talked about it, so the fact he knows what she's talking about, because she mentions him dressing up in a snowman costume ( and he was a brainwashed assassin when Frosty the Snowman came out ) and that's the only think he can think of that he can associate with kids right now. ]
He's got people out there who like him. [ He's got a family, after all. But he's messing with her in response to her baiting. ] Nah, if you chose him I'd be wondering if you got hit on the head and didn't tell anyone.
Ah, you've done your homework! You can be the reindeer if you'd rather, let's see if that old back of yours can handle giving rides to all those children.
[ Hey, he called himself an old man first. ]
Or if I got kidnapped and replaced by an evil clone.
[ Hey, he called himself an old man first. ]
Or if I got kidnapped and replaced by an evil clone.
Because you're special.
[ And he has no idea just how much. ]
I prefer having conversations the old-fashioned way. Texting is so impersonal. How are you even sure you're really talking to me right now? I could be a computer.
[ And he has no idea just how much. ]
I prefer having conversations the old-fashioned way. Texting is so impersonal. How are you even sure you're really talking to me right now? I could be a computer.
I put it on the list after you mentioned it. I've had some time to get through parts of it. My old back can handle more than you think it can. Jumping out of a plane without a 'chute's worse than a bunch of kids climbing all over me.
[ He doesn't wake up and feel like he's been hit by a truck all the time, only when it's been a particularly hard mission, one that puts him through it more than others. But it happens, even if he won't admit it to her. ]
We're not Avengers, that's a helluva lot more likely to happen to one of them than one of us.
[ He doesn't wake up and feel like he's been hit by a truck all the time, only when it's been a particularly hard mission, one that puts him through it more than others. But it happens, even if he won't admit it to her. ]
We're not Avengers, that's a helluva lot more likely to happen to one of them than one of us.
No I'm not.
[ He truly believes this is the truth, doesn't just say it with the intent of trying to sound like he's being humble, showing humility in the moment. He truly thinks he isn't special and while he's got a serum running through his veins making it so he is capable of doing certain things ( not that's he's the only one, further proving how he isn't special - just another one in a line of science experiments ) and is using his extended life and those abilities to help out when he can, but he's nothing special. Not a hero. ]
A computer couldn't be half as annoying as you are and I could do without dealing with the things a lot of the time.
[ He truly believes this is the truth, doesn't just say it with the intent of trying to sound like he's being humble, showing humility in the moment. He truly thinks he isn't special and while he's got a serum running through his veins making it so he is capable of doing certain things ( not that's he's the only one, further proving how he isn't special - just another one in a line of science experiments ) and is using his extended life and those abilities to help out when he can, but he's nothing special. Not a hero. ]
A computer couldn't be half as annoying as you are and I could do without dealing with the things a lot of the time.
So is living on the edge part of your personality or do you just like getting yourself in trouble?
[ First washing his arm in the dishwasher, now he apparently jumps off planes without a chute? Not that she's entirely opposed, she has a reckless streak herself. ]
I don't know, haven't we all been lab rats at some point? [ Though she doesn't know for sure who other than Val knows about her past, or at least why she'd been given the serum. ]
[ First washing his arm in the dishwasher, now he apparently jumps off planes without a chute? Not that she's entirely opposed, she has a reckless streak herself. ]
I don't know, haven't we all been lab rats at some point? [ Though she doesn't know for sure who other than Val knows about her past, or at least why she'd been given the serum. ]
Neither. Trouble finds me. I was always keeping Steve out of trouble and ended up in it because of him. It just didn't end with him.
[ He might find himself in trouble because of who he is now, the things he knows and what he can do, but he firmly believes that he doesn't seek it out unless it's absolutely necessary and he'd probably avoid it if he could. ]
Bein' a lab rat is the same as getting replaced with an evil clone? They'd have more to gain in doing that to someone else. Can't say most of the world would care much if some of us disappeared.
[ He might find himself in trouble because of who he is now, the things he knows and what he can do, but he firmly believes that he doesn't seek it out unless it's absolutely necessary and he'd probably avoid it if he could. ]
Bein' a lab rat is the same as getting replaced with an evil clone? They'd have more to gain in doing that to someone else. Can't say most of the world would care much if some of us disappeared.
And now you have us. Still not regretting taking this job?
Hey, I'd care. [ Then she quickly adds, so that doesn't sound too serious or meaning more than it probably means: ] I'd rather not have Walker in charge. Or Alexei. Besides, if you disappear that means I'll have to rescue you.
[ Okay, so much for not making it obvious that she, uh, feels a certain way about him. ]
Hey, I'd care. [ Then she quickly adds, so that doesn't sound too serious or meaning more than it probably means: ] I'd rather not have Walker in charge. Or Alexei. Besides, if you disappear that means I'll have to rescue you.
[ Okay, so much for not making it obvious that she, uh, feels a certain way about him. ]
Just annoying? Huh, I thought I made a better impression than that.
[ She's not getting him anywhere near an in-person meeting though, despite using his arm as leverage. So she switches tactics. ]
Sure you don't want to meet? I also have that intel you want, but unlike your arm, I'm not willing to leave it on your doorstep in a paper bag.
[ She's not getting him anywhere near an in-person meeting though, despite using his arm as leverage. So she switches tactics. ]
Sure you don't want to meet? I also have that intel you want, but unlike your arm, I'm not willing to leave it on your doorstep in a paper bag.
Nah. Guess you're all keeping my life interesting. I'd be sitting alone in my apartment if I wasn't chasing after everyone.
Yelena would take it before either of them would have a chance. I don't think Alexei being her dad would make her take it easy on him or anything either. She'd shock Walker in a second and even with a metal arm those things hurt.
[ It was more the discomfort from his arm going offline and needing to reboot along with the effects of the shock through his system that made him want to avoid coming in contact with the younger Widow's own Widow's bite after coming in contact with them years before. ]
It's been a little while since anyone's had to rescue me or want to.
Yelena would take it before either of them would have a chance. I don't think Alexei being her dad would make her take it easy on him or anything either. She'd shock Walker in a second and even with a metal arm those things hurt.
[ It was more the discomfort from his arm going offline and needing to reboot along with the effects of the shock through his system that made him want to avoid coming in contact with the younger Widow's own Widow's bite after coming in contact with them years before. ]
It's been a little while since anyone's had to rescue me or want to.
I hope you're not serious about my arm. You know how many people out there would wanna take that thing if they could?
[ Even talking raccoons, but he wasn't about to mention that because that was still strange, even for him.
He's sighing as he realizes he has to play ball here, has to give a little to get a little even if he doesn't want to. It sounds like she'll give him his arm even if he continues to drag his heels on giving her what she wants, but he knows he's coming up empty handed everywhere he turns. ]
I'm not going on a date with you for information. Name a different price.
[ Even talking raccoons, but he wasn't about to mention that because that was still strange, even for him.
He's sighing as he realizes he has to play ball here, has to give a little to get a little even if he doesn't want to. It sounds like she'll give him his arm even if he continues to drag his heels on giving her what she wants, but he knows he's coming up empty handed everywhere he turns. ]
I'm not going on a date with you for information. Name a different price.
"Chasing after everyone"? Now you sound like an old man. How are those knees feeling, grandpa?
[ She just can't resist teasing him sometimes. ]
I hope we wouldn't have to, but I'd do it, and I'd make sure they're coming with me whether they liked it or not. You'd do the same for us. [ If she's to be completely honest, her reasons are more personal than that, but she doesn't want to make things weird between them. They're talking about the team, not just themselves. Besides, it's not like there's anything between them in the first place. ]
[ She just can't resist teasing him sometimes. ]
I hope we wouldn't have to, but I'd do it, and I'd make sure they're coming with me whether they liked it or not. You'd do the same for us. [ If she's to be completely honest, her reasons are more personal than that, but she doesn't want to make things weird between them. They're talking about the team, not just themselves. Besides, it's not like there's anything between them in the first place. ]
They're doing just fine, I only heard 'em pop once or twice today.
[ He might be an old man because of the era he was born in making him one in comparison to the other people in his life, but the actual time lived he's had, his body is probably mid to late thirties or so, if he has to take a guess. His life has just been harder than people of that age, so those aches and pains he hears people about having around that age as it is are a little worse than the average, even if he doesn't really feel those pains the same way.
He walked into the teasing. ]
I'll move a little quicker for some of you than I would for others.
[ Namely, her. Yelena's in there too, with Walker being about the bottom of the list without question even on days that Shostakov makes him want to put the other man's head through a wall. ]
[ He might be an old man because of the era he was born in making him one in comparison to the other people in his life, but the actual time lived he's had, his body is probably mid to late thirties or so, if he has to take a guess. His life has just been harder than people of that age, so those aches and pains he hears people about having around that age as it is are a little worse than the average, even if he doesn't really feel those pains the same way.
He walked into the teasing. ]
I'll move a little quicker for some of you than I would for others.
[ Namely, her. Yelena's in there too, with Walker being about the bottom of the list without question even on days that Shostakov makes him want to put the other man's head through a wall. ]
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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. ]
You know what, why not?
[ It's probably nothing she hasn't already heard from him before. ]
[ It's probably nothing she hasn't already heard from him before. ]
It's the universe's way of giving you a taste of your own medicine for being a pain in the ass all the time. When you were gonna fall over 'cause someone so much as breathed near you wrong and wouldn't back down when you should, it probably decided it needed you to be as frustrated as you make some of the other people in your life.
The ones that know you, not the symbol anyway.
[ Even with all that said, there's a fondness in it - of course there is, he's been in love with her for as long as he can remember, even when there were other women in the mix there - and a lot of his grousing when it comes to her is an exaggeration at best most of the time. ]
The ones that know you, not the symbol anyway.
[ Even with all that said, there's a fondness in it - of course there is, he's been in love with her for as long as he can remember, even when there were other women in the mix there - and a lot of his grousing when it comes to her is an exaggeration at best most of the time. ]
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