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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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Shouldn't be a problem this time, then.

[ s m i l i n g ]

That mean you're finally gonna dance with her proper?

[ You know what this is about. ]

Hey - we danced a bit.

[ and look, he has to add ]

Natasha taught me, didn't even step on her toes.

So you are teachable, after all.

I don't know if I'd say that.

[ he thought it was more swaying than dancing, personally. ]

But Nat says I'm not completely terrible.

Well, she would know, wouldn't she?

[ Do you really want to doubt her, Steve? ]

She's a really good dancer so I think she must know.

[ he might be more than a bit impressed. ]

She said to imagine it as a form of sparring.

Well, she's not wrong. You have to be quick on your feet.

It's not the same -

[ not you too, bucky. he makes a face. ]

I mean, I should be proof enough that some people can fight but can't dance.

It's not the same, but they share similar-enough concepts.

[ Raising an eyebrow at you, bud. ]

Can't teach an old dog new tricks after all?

some things don't seem to change.

[ and that's the worst metaphor. ]

you're a hundred years old and you're still a jerk, after all.

And you're still a punk, so it looks like we're even.

[ there's a chuckle and a shake of his head. there are many burdens he can just brush off of him, here. it's no surprise. who knows steve rogers better than bucky? there was never a need for the whole captain america act in his company. ]

well, I'm the punk who got you pie.

[ Sometimes, they can have moments like this where there doesn't feel like any sort of expectations. He doesn't have to be Bucky Barnes or the Winter Soldier. Steve doesn't need to put on a front. It's just the two of them calling each other names, bonding over pie. ]

Yeah, you sure did.

I'm glad you're back.

[ awake and there, just a few inches to his left. he reaches for the box, takes a piece of the pie. ]

No new memories?

I'm glad, too.

[ He lets out a sigh, resting his head back against the wall. ]

No new memories, thank fuck.

[ usually with anyone else, he'd have to fight an urge to frown at the language. today, here, his relief is so evident that he can't help but simply say - ]

Yeah.

[ they all had too much of those, lately. ]

Things seem to settle on that front lately.

[ Oh, Steve. You assume he cares about the language. ]

Let's hope it stays that way. Nothing new from you, right?

No, nothing.

[ and it does frustrate him. there is so much he wants to understand and can't, about everything that had occurred between him and tony, between the avengers. ]

I still have the same memories I had when I came here.

[ He can't say he's surprised that nothing new has come about on Steve's side. He doesn't know if he even wants that for him. It's.. not a good time for anyone involved.

He's the reason that things went so pear-shaped for Steve in the first place. ]

That's fine.

Is it?

[ so far, everyone who has gotten new memories were left scarred by them. whatever the fine details were, the memories left them upset, changed and distanced. it's a distance he can't seem to cross, he can't reach them when he's like this. ]

I can't understand. I know it isn't helping.

[ you. ]

[ Steve doesn't need to cross that bridge right now. There are enough of them now that remember, adding one more volatile piece will only stoke the fire. Steve stands more to lose than he does. ]

You don't need to understand. There's no helping what you haven't been through, right?

No, there isn't.

[ and that's equally as frustrating. even if they could come to understandings here, it wouldn't matter. what's about to happen will happen. while steve always believed one can shape the future, this is a painful exception to the rule. ]

Everybody else remembers. I can't help but feeling the Atroma are going somewhere with leaving me out of the loop.

[ He huffs, and it sounds a little bitter to his own ear. ]

Now you know how I felt. Before-- when you were here. You'd just gone up against Ultron. I still didn't know how DC ended. The last thing I remembered was seeing you on the bridge, then nothing.

[ So really, he understands the frustration.. but Steve had told him how things turn out, which had eased his mind a bit. This is a little different, though. ]

I'm sorry about that.

[ in his - what? relief? enthusiasm? at seeing him again, he may have not have understood it, not like this - what bucky had felt. ]

All I could focus about was that I finally found you.

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