[ 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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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