[His expression hardens for the briefest of moments, images of Bob being the recipient of those unwanted advances crossing through his mind. The idea of someone taking advantage of him, knowing the problems Bob used to have, sparking that same protectiveness he feels every time his past is mentioned. But between one breath and the next, he forces himself to let it go. To let his focus shift back to the present instead.
Something made a whole lot simpler with the feel of Bob's hand slipping beneath his shirt.]
There's a lot of strange people out there. But I think it takes a special kind of different to think dating the Winter Soldier would be a good idea. [He's infamous for a reason. And while a lot of reputations can be worked around, people have a valid reason to avoid him once they know who he is. Was. Could be again.
It'd taken waking up in an entirely different world for him to ever consider the idea of dating someone again. Had needed the connections he'd built with people like Ash and Natasha, back in Duplicity, to make it clear that he could find a way to be himself without scaring off any potential partners. And then here, that reconnection. And perhaps more importantly, finding something new. Building something from scratch with a person so willing to take him at both his best and his worst. Who gives him a reason to want to do better.]
Guess it's just as well that special kind of different found me though, huh? [Sure, they might not have actually given a label to what they have. But the relationship they've been building, as friends, as family, and as whatever moments like this could be considered, feels more important to him than anything traditional dating could give him. More rewarding. Just, more. And Bob is at the heart of it all.]
[ bob watches bucky’s expression tighten, wanting to reach up and smooth out the crease between his brows. keep it from ever returning, by holding his fingers there. it goes before he can act, and so bob stretches his fingers up, over bucky’s ribs instead. ]
[ quieter, ] Well, I do think it’s a good idea.
[ he thinks to tack on if you were wondering or if you do too but for once, he stops himself from hedging. it’s true, whether or not bucky accepts it — whether or not he even wants something like that with bob, of all people, a not-so-reformed fuck-up. a walking apocalypse. it’s true that being with bucky is, inherently, a good idea. ‘cause bucky is a good person. he’d be good for anyone, and he’s been very good for bob, whatever form that takes. ]
If you knew Bucky Barnes, you’d think so too. [ not the winter soldier alone any more than bob is just the sentry or the void. an amalgamation of the man he was and is and could be. the type of guy to lay him out on the prep kitchen counter and stay here with him for hours.
a special kind of different. is that what he is? bob turns a little into bucky’s hand in his hair, a flower opening in the sun. ]
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Something made a whole lot simpler with the feel of Bob's hand slipping beneath his shirt.]
There's a lot of strange people out there. But I think it takes a special kind of different to think dating the Winter Soldier would be a good idea. [He's infamous for a reason. And while a lot of reputations can be worked around, people have a valid reason to avoid him once they know who he is. Was. Could be again.
It'd taken waking up in an entirely different world for him to ever consider the idea of dating someone again. Had needed the connections he'd built with people like Ash and Natasha, back in Duplicity, to make it clear that he could find a way to be himself without scaring off any potential partners. And then here, that reconnection. And perhaps more importantly, finding something new. Building something from scratch with a person so willing to take him at both his best and his worst. Who gives him a reason to want to do better.]
Guess it's just as well that special kind of different found me though, huh? [Sure, they might not have actually given a label to what they have. But the relationship they've been building, as friends, as family, and as whatever moments like this could be considered, feels more important to him than anything traditional dating could give him. More rewarding. Just, more. And Bob is at the heart of it all.]
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[ quieter, ] Well, I do think it’s a good idea.
[ he thinks to tack on if you were wondering or if you do too but for once, he stops himself from hedging. it’s true, whether or not bucky accepts it — whether or not he even wants something like that with bob, of all people, a not-so-reformed fuck-up. a walking apocalypse. it’s true that being with bucky is, inherently, a good idea. ‘cause bucky is a good person. he’d be good for anyone, and he’s been very good for bob, whatever form that takes. ]
If you knew Bucky Barnes, you’d think so too. [ not the winter soldier alone any more than bob is just the sentry or the void. an amalgamation of the man he was and is and could be. the type of guy to lay him out on the prep kitchen counter and stay here with him for hours.
a special kind of different. is that what he is? bob turns a little into bucky’s hand in his hair, a flower opening in the sun. ]
Plus he’s really easy on the eyes.