Starstruck Mingle | October 2017

[theroadwarrior]

Who: Visitors and crewmates!
Broadcast: N/A
Action: SS Starstruck
When: October 1st to October 31st

The scariest Halloween trivia is that there's a 2010 original Disney movie called Starstruck.

Have at it, everyone.

Comments

[uprightness]

I'm not even a hundred.

[ 'old' is pushing it a bit too much. even if steve jokingly does it himself every now and then. as for things he missed well.

steve watches him eat for a second in silence. ]

A while back, Pegs found the engagement ring I got her.

[ c r i n g e. ]

[reconstitution]

..I bet that went over well.

[ Knowing Peggy, not so much. He had assumed that maybe eventually, Steve and Peggy would settle down a little more now that the opportunity was there. ]

I didn't know you were going to pop the question. 'm happy for you.

[uprightness]

I wasn't. Not yet, anyway. I got it last Valentine's Day and kept it hidden until - you know.

[ he shifts about, awkward as ever. ]

until the right moment comes and then she just found it.

[ and no, it didn't go well at all. goodness. ]

[reconstitution]

Sounds about right. Your first mistake was hiding it on her ship, but I understand the secrecy.

[ This is why you enlist buddies to help with your secret-keeping, Steve. ]

[uprightness]

I know. Natasha already said that. apparently, they talked.

[ and surely if peggy told someone then steve is allowed to tell someone to and his first choice is always bucky. ]

it needed to be the right moment and it wasn't meant to be a surprise.

[ well, he got that part down. ]

[reconstitution]

That's dangerous. [ Not the 'women talking' thing, but, Natasha and Peggy talking. He knows that particular conversation, or at least one of them, didn't go so well. It's good if they're getting to be on better terms again. ]

Wait for your moment, but don't wait too long. We've both missed opportunities that way.

[uprightness]

Don't I know it. More of that and I'll be in a pile of trouble.

[ he wanted them to be friends, yes; but this is really unsafe for everyone involved. steve doesn't really want to know how those conversations go. ]

I just. I don't want her to think it has anything to do with the timing.

[ with the planet exploding, another narrow escape. it's not about carpe diem, not anymore. ]

[reconstitution]

Might be hard to think of it any other way. Sometimes you have to go for it.

[ Actions speak louder than words, and words aren't necessary for everything. ]

[uprightness]

She thinks there's no point to it. I just gotta convince her otherwise.

[ which means, it was discussed but he never asked. he'd like to think he can get a few rejections out of the way before he asks her. ]

[reconstitution]

So...Did you ask her?

[ Because that doesn't sound like an 'I asked and she said no'. There was a conversation involved after she found the ring. ]

[uprightness]

Not officially.

[ how does he even explain it, is there even a way to make it all sound sensible? probably not. ]

we talked about it, though.

[reconstitution]

...Steve. Just ask her. Will she really say no?

[ He really doesn't think so. ]

[uprightness]

Of course she'll say no.

[ honestly, bro. ]

I got two theoretical 'no's already. I can't go ahead and assume that third's time the charm. it's gotta be the right moment.

[ he doesn't even seem troubled by all of this which is perhaps the most interesting part. ]

[reconstitution]

Those were theoretical because you didn't actually ask.

[ Steve, come on. ]

[uprightness]

they're not -

[ theoretical. goodness. he actually laughs. ]

Maybe you're right. I should just do it. Find a time, try my luck.

[reconstitution]

I'm right about a lot of things. Thought you'd know that by now.

[ Hopefully he's right about this, too. ]

[uprightness]

I do know it.

[ he finally takes a seat, grabs a bowl of soup for himself and attacks it with a soup. ]

I don't know, Buck. Never thought I'll have to do this in space. It's not really the setting for a nice dinner and dancing.

[ it'll take effort to find a right moment. ]

[reconstitution]

You're overthinking it. She's already crazy about you. Less about the moment and more about the gesture, right?

[ Bucky eats his soup, creating a silence so that Steve can at least think about it. ]

[uprightness]

Dunno. It's my first rodeo and the circumstances are a bit different than they would have been.

[ had he not went into the ice. had he stayed. ]

I can't really promise her anything.