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Who: Bucky & You!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Heron
When: 11/2

[ Hello, fleet! Today you get a message from someone who's been more than a little absent the past month. Some people may be more aware of it than others, but he's finally crawling out of the woodwork.

Waking up has been more than a little disorienting, because he didn't recall falling asleep, or when. It makes him uneasy, a solid weight sitting in his gut. The last time he couldn't remember things, it wasn't so great for the fleet. ]

What year is it?

Not sure how long I was out..Is everyone okay?

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..Yeah. [ The silence permeates the room, and he sets down his mug so he can run his fingers over Jellybean's fur. ] I hate waking up.

[ Winter lets Wrath talk, and he shakes his head, bumping his cheek against her head at his shoulder. ]

I'm sorry I didn't handle things better. There were complications here and I didn't tell you my reasons. I didn't think.

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[All she can really do for that is slide an arm around his waist and give him a little squeeze of a hug.]

You don't have to tell me jack shit. You're the captain.

[She sighs, still leaning against him.]

I think that's why shit got kind of sideways. That's the first time there's ever been some kind of... Personnel issue. So I tried to treat you like I know I'm supposed to treat other officers, but it didn't feel right. I mean. I was getting emotional about stuff I shouldn't have been, I guess.

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[ It's enough from Wrath, that small show of affection. It speaks more loudly than words to him. It says what she doesn't need to speak aloud. ]

We're friends, which is why I should tell you shit. Not because you're not part of my crew. You're one of my best friends, Wrath, you don't need to treat me like a captain. Call me out if I'm being a fucking asshole..

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[She considers this.] Were you being an asshole?

[She hadn't thought so.]

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I never know where the line is, so you'll have to tell me if I'm being unfair or being a jackass.

[ Maybe he's over-analyzing, but thinking back, he may have been a little harsh. ]

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Okay, I'll try. I mean. I do anyway? But I don't think you were being unfair or anything. I was just being... Dumb.

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You weren't, I don't think. Just remember for next time and I'll try to do better, too..

[ The last thing he wants to do is let down his best friend. ]

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I guess neither of us were wrong. [So then why did it get weird? Probably just because she's bad at this.]

But all we can really do is keep going forward then. [She smiles up at him.] All that's okay as long as we're together.

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..That's right, yeah. Together or not at all.

[ Not quite 'til the end of the line', but something he still holds close. It was something he made in the fleet, so it's solely his own. ]

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Together or not at all. [Sometimes things don't get wrapped up neatly. It also doesn't matter, Wrath decides. They just have to keep trying.

She snuggles in closer to Winter's side.]

You didn't miss much. These waystations suck. Not really anything to do but drink and punch assholes.