[ maybe it’s silly to think on, when he’s in the presence of legit avenger, but he likes how bucky says things outright. it’s — heroic, not to let shit slide, the way bob always has. ]
you would do that?
[ 🥺🥺🥺 ]
yeah she picked me up for the tender/master thing which is good because everyone else i met was an asshole but she’s got natasha and kate too so it’s a lot
[ overstimulating for her, probably, to have to look out for them all. and for bob, being around this many people. he’s just trying not to be a burden. ]
is the bond the other ritual did you do it with anybody?
[Just...going to take a moment to process one of those namedrops. Sure, there's a high possibility that it isn't the same Natasha he remembers, but- Yeah, he needs a minute.]
we're a team, aren't we?
[Priorities. He can do this.]
i've not bonded with anyone but i know others who have the job they've given me here isn't one you should have to deal with though so if you do end up needing a bond you're marking me not the other way round
you can’t go me and yelena are here thunderbolts stick together
[ 😤
as for his role, exactor is — tough. literally punishing, the same way as executioner is for yelena. (nevermind that it also makes him think of embry fucking moore, ugh.) ]
let me help i’ve been useless to yelena since i got here least i can do is help you
you’re not gonna boss me around and i’m not gonna do anything i don’t wanna do which i would have to, you know, if somebody else asks me to first cause i already got ordered to pair up by another guy so
[ clock’s ticking. bucky seems like a way better deal than anyone else because he actually cares. ]
pair up? who was it and what exactly were they trying to get you to do?
[Because if someone's tried to force Bob into something less than consensual, Bucky's going to be having Words with them. And he makes no promises that they'll both be coming out of that conversation in one piece.]
i think he was trying to help or getting way too into his cult job because i’m like double forsaken without a master or partner to these people who can’t even eat solo
another guy told me not to do this alone definitely trying to help but now that’s in my head
[ a request from someone above him, unfulfilled. a need, unmet. it makes his stomach twist. ]
[Sure, he might not be Bob's keeper, but the concern is still there regardless. So while the explanation may make sense, that doesn't mean he's going to stop worrying.]
if i told you not to listen to anyone else and to only do what you wanted to do do you think it'd work?
[A question, not a demand. Because he isn't going to make any kind of demands if it isn't one that Bob agrees with first.]
[Be like Yelena, that is. Take on the role of being Bob's master. That's a line he doesn't want to cross. Something far too close to being a handler for another human being.]
we need to find a way to be equals or this can't work i'd take being kicked out of here over hurting either of you
if we do this i need you to promise me one thing first if anyone tries making you do something you don't want, you tell me or yelena even if we're the ones doing it
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[ he wonders if that’s a coincidence or if that strange, dimension-warping power within him can ripple outward.
whatever the reason bucky remembers, it’s a relief. ]
oh you know
trying to
tenders aren’t supposed to talk back
[ but bob just! says things! sometimes! before his brain catches up with his mouth. ]
and this is all kind of fucked up
but i’m okay at the errands and house stuff 👍
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some more than others
[It's not like Bob and the other new arrivals were given a choice, afterall. Servitude, or rejection. Neither are likely to end well.]
i'm sure yelena's already offered
but if you need us to bond or something we can
ain't your job to serve others no matter what this place thinks
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you would do that?
[ 🥺🥺🥺 ]
yeah she picked me up for the tender/master thing
which is good because everyone else i met was an asshole
but she’s got natasha and kate too
so it’s a lot
[ overstimulating for her, probably, to have to look out for them all. and for bob, being around this many people. he’s just trying not to be a burden. ]
is the bond the other ritual
did you do it with anybody?
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we're a team, aren't we?
[Priorities. He can do this.]
i've not bonded with anyone but i know others who have
the job they've given me here isn't one you should have to deal with though
so if you do end up needing a bond you're marking me
not the other way round
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don’t you have to
i got punished for not pairing off day two
and i’m still halfway in the doghouse with everyone for it
[ but then, bob is the kind of guy who gets hit. bucky isn’t. different roles, even beyond this place. ]
yeah, we are
so i guess we’re doing team bonding now
[ ha. ]
what’d you get? executioner like yelena? exactor?
they don’t know anything about you guys
[ not the people who came into his worst nightmares and hauled him back into the daylight, even if he only remembers pieces of it. ]
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with any luck maybe they'll boot me out soon
[Not that he really expects it to be that easy.]
exactor
i'd say they got it pretty right if they were aiming for irony
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me and yelena are here
thunderbolts stick together
[ 😤
as for his role, exactor is — tough. literally punishing, the same way as executioner is for yelena. (nevermind that it also makes him think of embry fucking moore, ugh.) ]
let me help
i’ve been useless to yelena since i got here
least i can do is help you
[ like you all helped me. ]
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you say that name too many times and you're going to summon alexei
[Though he supposes that'd be a better choice than Walker. But still!!]
i don't want to order you around
or force you to do anything you shouldn't
you deserve better than that
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you’re not gonna boss me around
and i’m not gonna do anything i don’t wanna do
which i would have to, you know, if somebody else asks me to first
cause i already got ordered to pair up by another guy
so
[ clock’s ticking. bucky seems like a way better deal than anyone else because he actually cares. ]
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pair up?
who was it and what exactly were they trying to get you to do?
[Because if someone's tried to force Bob into something less than consensual, Bucky's going to be having Words with them. And he makes no promises that they'll both be coming out of that conversation in one piece.]
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i think he was trying to help
or getting way too into his cult job
because i’m like double forsaken without a master or partner to these people who can’t even eat solo
another guy told me not to do this alone
definitely trying to help
but now that’s in my head
[ a request from someone above him, unfulfilled. a need, unmet. it makes his stomach twist. ]
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if i told you not to listen to anyone else and to only do what you wanted to do
do you think it'd work?
[A question, not a demand. Because he isn't going to make any kind of demands if it isn't one that Bob agrees with first.]
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if you were like yelena
[ one of his masters, orders ranking higher than the others. ]
you could definitely contradict something i get told by somebody else
but you don’t have to
i don’t want to be a burden on you to
i just really don’t want you to go
[ as one of the only familiar faces here. as someone undeniably good. trusted and safe. ]
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i can't do that
[Be like Yelena, that is. Take on the role of being Bob's master. That's a line he doesn't want to cross. Something far too close to being a handler for another human being.]
we need to find a way to be equals or this can't work
i'd take being kicked out of here over hurting either of you
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i’m not asking you to
[ but they can’t lose bucky to the woods, not with all this talk of something coming. ]
i can mark you
maybe my tender thing will cancel out what it does to you
none of us can do this alone, right?
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if we do this i need you to promise me one thing first
if anyone tries making you do something you don't want, you tell me or yelena
even if we're the ones doing it
if you can agree to that, you can mark me
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but i will
promise