[This might be one time where he won't actually fight Steve on this. If only because being forewarned is forearmed.]
happened back in october we got split into 5 teams and some people were given roles in secret it was sold to us as a game but we woke up the next morning and 6 people had been killed and 1 attacked then we all had to guess who did it and send 2 to jail there were 3 rounds in total and 11 people got killed we caught 6 out of 7 werewolves they didn't choose to do it though. this place forced them to then made them forget it till the games were over everyone who was killed came back to life but this place screws with you when you do
and before you ask no i wasn't one of the 11 or the 7
[ steve isn't given to cursing because invectives were not welcome under sarah rogers' roof, never mind the kind of trouble steve and bucky got to outside of it, and the war besides. he thinks he might try it now, though. ]
Someone mentioned there wasn't a clear reason for the games being held in the first place. Do you agree with that? This whole place is giving a bad feeling.
portia considered it entertainment don't think she expected it to go the way it did though but she either didn't want to call it off or couldn't none of the balfours give a damn what happens to us we're unwanted houseguests but they don't seem to be able to send us away
[Just going to...casually sidestep talking about the times he has actually died, both here and in the last prison he was trapped in.]
I said about the same to someone, but I didn't expect to be so on the nose regarding the ongoing theory. We find our way in, but no one's getting out. Over time, things will reach its limit.
You think that's why the deaths had been allowed? Limit the numbers somehow, only it didn't work?
nah i think there's someone or something that gets off on watching us suffer or turn against each other they let us stay dead and they start running out of toys same reason we can't leave this place
this ain't the only place out there that does this
another place like this called duplicity they got off on drugs and forced sex though and making it so half of us had to belong to the other half fun times all round
there's a couple of us here that've been there fair warning? one of them looks kinda like you
[ he can skip over the sex and drugs and forced complacency, shrug it all off as more magic weirdness. life as a twenty-first century hero's a lot more work than anyone ever prepared him for, what's an alternate dimension that forces people to act against their nature? humans do it all the time; seems like aliens do, too.
it's the other thing that catches him up. ]
How much like me are we talking about? You're friends with the guy?
close enough that people who don't know you could confuse you with him brown hair green eyes little shorter than you he holds himself differently too but he's a potus so he doesn't exactly have a choice
[There's a few attempts made at answering Steve's other question. Words written out and deleted multiple times as he tries to figure out how much he wants to share.]
we were close as in declaration level close i trusted him with everything things have changed now we're here but i'd still have his back no matter what
yeah he was good to me for me as well he's been a soldier so he knew what i needed before i did
[Just going to casually bypass the...less family friendly aspects of how that worked.]
he cares a lot probably gives you a run for your money on the whole being selfless gig the kind to jump on a grenade to protect the people he cares about
[ right. alright. give him maybe five minutes to cycle through a million emotions as he figures out how to center his feelings about this.
it's not that sleeping with other men is a shock. it's a mild surprise, but they'd grown up in brooklyn before it got conservative in its politics, and then steve hunkered down in washington dc neighborhood that was proud enough to have the little rainbow flags stuck to front doors. that's not the problem. it's not even a problem, just —
i was sleeping with a guy who looked a whole lot like you.
what do you do when the best man who's always had your back and who you destroyed the united states government for twice drops a bomb of an admission right into your hands like this? ]
If he's anything like me, then I'm glad he's wholly in your corner.
[i trust you. i don't know if i can trust anyone else the same way, but i trust you.]
[Nope, not opening that can of worms. So moving right along...]
if he has he's never mentioned it he ain't from a world with people like us though so there'd be no getting back up for him not that it ever stopped a certain dumbass i know either
[ what does a person even say in this instance? i'm glad you're broken up with him so i don't have to play nice just yet? he would've done, if bucky asked, and even if he didn't. ]
I'll jump on ten more grenades if I can get away with it, too.
Do you... I don't know how to navigate this, Buck. Do you want me to talk to him? Not talk to him?
you start jumping on grenades here and we're gonna have a problem, pal
[Sure, he wouldn't be surprised by it. But given how hard he's trying not to hold Steve's future against him, moments like that will make keeping his temper in check a whole lot harder.]
i've got no problem with you talking to him he knows who you are already but it's your call ain't like it's gonna change anything between us
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[ trust steve to just get right to the heart of things. ]
I'm not looking for trouble yet, I promise.
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happened back in october
we got split into 5 teams and some people were given roles in secret
it was sold to us as a game but we woke up the next morning and 6 people had been killed and 1 attacked
then we all had to guess who did it and send 2 to jail
there were 3 rounds in total and 11 people got killed
we caught 6 out of 7 werewolves
they didn't choose to do it though. this place forced them to then made them forget it till the games were over
everyone who was killed came back to life but this place screws with you when you do
and before you ask no i wasn't one of the 11
or the 7
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[ steve isn't given to cursing because invectives were not welcome under sarah rogers' roof, never mind the kind of trouble steve and bucky got to outside of it, and the war besides. he thinks he might try it now, though. ]
Someone mentioned there wasn't a clear reason for the games being held in the first place. Do you agree with that? This whole place is giving a bad feeling.
Buck, I don't know what I'd do if you were.
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portia considered it entertainment
don't think she expected it to go the way it did though
but she either didn't want to call it off or couldn't
none of the balfours give a damn what happens to us
we're unwanted houseguests but they don't seem to be able to send us away
[Just going to...casually sidestep talking about the times he has actually died, both here and in the last prison he was trapped in.]
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I said about the same to someone, but I didn't expect to be so on the nose regarding the ongoing theory. We find our way in, but no one's getting out. Over time, things will reach its limit.
You think that's why the deaths had been allowed? Limit the numbers somehow, only it didn't work?
[ BUCKY ]
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i think there's someone or something that gets off on watching us suffer or turn against each other
they let us stay dead and they start running out of toys
same reason we can't leave this place
this ain't the only place out there that does this
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[ wait ]
What do you mean this isn't the
Buck, where were you before you got here?
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they got off on drugs and forced sex though
and making it so half of us had to belong to the other half
fun times all round
there's a couple of us here that've been there
fair warning?
one of them looks kinda like you
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it's the other thing that catches him up. ]
How much like me are we talking about? You're friends with the guy?
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brown hair
green eyes
little shorter than you
he holds himself differently too
but he's a potus so he doesn't exactly have a choice
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we were close
as in declaration level close
i trusted him with everything
things have changed now we're here but i'd still have his back no matter what
[Oh, and-]
don't be weird about it
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[ confused and maybe a little hurt, but that's not your problem to deal with— ]
happy you have someone you could trust while I wasn't around.
He's good to you? He doesn't get on your nerves like I do? What's the guy like?
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because i was sleeping with a guy who looked a whole lot like you
[Fell in love with him and everything. But the less he has to think on that, the better.]
don't think there's anyone out there who could annoy me even half as much as you do, pal
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yeah he was good to me
for me as well
he's been a soldier so he knew what i needed before i did
[Just going to casually bypass the...less family friendly aspects of how that worked.]
he cares a lot
probably gives you a run for your money on the whole being selfless gig
the kind to jump on a grenade to protect the people he cares about
[Sound familiar, huh?]
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it's not that sleeping with other men is a shock. it's a mild surprise, but they'd grown up in brooklyn before it got conservative in its politics, and then steve hunkered down in washington dc neighborhood that was proud enough to have the little rainbow flags stuck to front doors. that's not the problem. it's not even a problem, just —
i was sleeping with a guy who looked a whole lot like you.
what do you do when the best man who's always had your back and who you destroyed the united states government for twice drops a bomb of an admission right into your hands like this? ]
If he's anything like me, then I'm glad he's wholly in your corner.
[ i trust you. i don't know if i can trust anyone else the same way, but i trust you. ]
Has he actually jumped on a grenade?
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we're not together anymore
[Nope, not opening that can of worms. So moving right along...]
if he has he's never mentioned it
he ain't from a world with people like us though so there'd be no getting back up for him
not that it ever stopped a certain dumbass i know either
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I'll jump on ten more grenades if I can get away with it, too.
Do you... I don't know how to navigate this, Buck. Do you want me to talk to him? Not talk to him?
[ i don't know so much about you, all over again. ]
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[Sure, he wouldn't be surprised by it. But given how hard he's trying not to hold Steve's future against him, moments like that will make keeping his temper in check a whole lot harder.]
i've got no problem with you talking to him
he knows who you are already
but it's your call
ain't like it's gonna change anything between us