[Because while he may not know how Armand does it, he knows having the vampire keep watch over Bob makes the man feel more comfortable when they train. So pulling him back from the edge now? Yeah, a thank you might not actually cut it.]
Yelena's picking the location, so that's anybody's guess. [Though he doubts she's going for anything less than the best for Bob.]
And you know, I've got pictures of Ithemba using you for a pillow that say otherwise.
[Sure, it's mostly once Bob's fallen asleep. But they absolutely count.]
[ asset to the us government and bucky’s fucking goat. that’s his life now. ]
Okay, I’ll see what she says. [ a beat. ] Don’t, uh, let this get between you and Ash. Or Greer. I want you to be happy, man. You’ve been really happy.
[He has to bite back a comment on using that particular word to describe himself. There's still a lot Bob doesn't know about him, and he knows he's end up blaming himself if he mentioned it now.
So instead-]
What I have with them is only temporary. You and Yelena? That's permanent. So I guess it's a good thing you make me happy too.
[ softly, ] It’s not either/or, for me. That’s all I’m saying.
[ bucky shouldn’t miss out on anything. ]
But. [ audibly touched, smiling into the phone. ] Yeah. I mean, yeah, I feel the same way. [ whatever that feeling is. ] The other day was — the best. With you.
[...well, it was only ever a matter of time before that came up.]
It shouldn't have happened like that. [Though he'd sound a lot more apologetic about it if he regretted what they'd actually done.] It shouldn't have taken a plant to make it happen. You deserve better.
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[Because while he may not know how Armand does it, he knows having the vampire keep watch over Bob makes the man feel more comfortable when they train. So pulling him back from the edge now? Yeah, a thank you might not actually cut it.]
Yelena's picking the location, so that's anybody's guess. [Though he doubts she's going for anything less than the best for Bob.]
And you know, I've got pictures of Ithemba using you for a pillow that say otherwise.
[Sure, it's mostly once Bob's fallen asleep. But they absolutely count.]
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[ asset to the us government and bucky’s fucking goat. that’s his life now. ]
Okay, I’ll see what she says. [ a beat. ] Don’t, uh, let this get between you and Ash. Or Greer. I want you to be happy, man. You’ve been really happy.
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So instead-]
What I have with them is only temporary. You and Yelena? That's permanent. So I guess it's a good thing you make me happy too.
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[ softly, ] It’s not either/or, for me. That’s all I’m saying.
[ bucky shouldn’t miss out on anything. ]
But. [ audibly touched, smiling into the phone. ] Yeah. I mean, yeah, I feel the same way. [ whatever that feeling is. ] The other day was — the best. With you.
[ things that sound so stupid out loud help. ]
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It shouldn't have happened like that. [Though he'd sound a lot more apologetic about it if he regretted what they'd actually done.] It shouldn't have taken a plant to make it happen. You deserve better.
[A beat-]
Next time, it will be.
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[ whywouldyousaythat. this is why he doesn’t talk on the phone. ]
Definitely, uh, won’t say no to next time. Better, though, I just don’t know.
[ better than dreamboat bucky barnes putting the moves on you for the first time, unlikely to impossible. ]