On the morning of the 19th, Bucky will receive a MID message informing him of a delivery in the Cargo Bay. Inside a box, he will find a very familiar mask with a note attached that says To be delivered to Steven G. Rogers.
[ your super soviet ears may have picked up a distant, very quiet tapping following you around in the last day or so. that's because andyr's taken to stalking you through the ventilation system, while half doing his job. to his benefit, he is very good at being sneaky. to his dismay, not really sneaky enough. eventually, after bucky's been sitting in his room a while (and the tapping has quieted (because andyr stopped moving), he gets a text on his MID. ]
[ oh, the super soviet ears have definitely picked that one up -- he would've known even if andyr was sneakier about it; see, that's what an over-sharpened paranoia will do to you. he chalks andyr's stalking to something similar.
he also knows exactly where it is, and just responds: ]
are you going to stay in the vents all evening again?
[ this is becoming a bit of a habit, isn't it? at least he's actually out in the open, right now, rather than hiding in a vent somewhere overhead. mainly because the observation deck doesn't have overhead vents - all just space out there.
of the things andyr is good at, acting is so far from one of them it's painful. he's hanging out on the floor, gazing out at the stars, which isn't terribly unusual for him (he loves this place as much as anyone else), but the shifting eyes, straying towards bucky on the other end of the hall, is far from inconspicuous.
[ So Bucky has gotten himself a stalker who bears an uncanny resemblance to him, and he's already getting used to it. Andyr is a welcome presence, more or less, and as he nurses his bottle of vodka he decides to speak up. ]
Do you drink?
[ Because having the other man just watch him while he imbibes is getting a touch unsettling. Come over here, fishie. ]
[ here's your daily fish fact, because apparently andyr thinks you're okay or something. ]
The Betta fish lay eggs and go for an amazing courtship which looks more or less like a battle between the male and the female. This happens because, before the actual courtship takes place, the female and the male will fight for the same territory.
[ snake said he needs to learn how to fight with control, without being lethal, and andyr said he needs someone who can survive taking a punch from him to do it. bucky counts as that. and could probably understand the goal here as well. ]
[ Bucky stares at that message, and realizes that Andyr is pretty much egging him on. All right. Because he can be a little shit when the mood strikes him, he responds seconds later: ]
[ because he's bored, because you're tolerant of him badgering you, because a lot of things, here's a text at ass o'clock at night, at some point when he can't sleep. ]
[ he's as awake as you are, andyr. howls is asleep at the foot of his bed but it doesn't matter. he looks over the message and feels something in his chest tighten. andyr doesn't mean harm, he knows.
and it's why he answers almost immediately. simple, matter-of fact. ]
[[ --and assuming alva's smacked the crazy out of andyr idk ]]
[ another ass o'clock at space-night text, probably coming from the fish room. ]
how was the honeymoon? does mrs. barnes have a bun in the oven yet?
[ which, of course, is the andyr way of saying "are you still alive, are you coming back, do you hate me, are you never going to talk to me again, it's okay if you hate me bc i'm a shitty person, but also i'm sad and please love me, xoxo goresip girl"
[ ass o'clock, but bucky's still awake, lurking far enough away from people, keeping them safe from him. he looks at his text, realises it's from andyr. they hadn't ended their last conversation on a good note, but he's instinctively aware of what that text means even if it's coded so deeply that you need just about half a dozen decoder rings to read properly into it.
it translates, generally.
bucky's not mad at him, not really -- there's a whole host of complicated emotions that go into this, especially the fact that bucky's a hypocrite and generally the only person who's tried to kill him on purpose. so. ]
does he know you call him mrs. barnes
[ because that's objectively sort of funny. but more importantly, Bucky cuts right to the chase because he's 98 years old and he ain't getting any younger. ]
Sea cucumbers are fairly simple animals that can grow up to six-and-a-half feet. They do have one amazing defense mechanism, however. When threatened, a sea cucumber can eject internal organs out of its anus and regenerate them later.
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Thursday?
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Is there anything you still wanna do before the ship leaves?
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They have a killer drink bar. I almost felt something with one of the drinks.
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got something in the mail that's essential to your 20th century edification
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you planning a rescue?
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what's in the backpack?
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he also knows exactly where it is, and just responds: ]
are you going to stay in the vents all evening again?
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library. I'll see you there.
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of the things andyr is good at, acting is so far from one of them it's painful. he's hanging out on the floor, gazing out at the stars, which isn't terribly unusual for him (he loves this place as much as anyone else), but the shifting eyes, straying towards bucky on the other end of the hall, is far from inconspicuous.
what a loser, that andyr prince. ]
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Do you drink?
[ Because having the other man just watch him while he imbibes is getting a touch unsettling. Come over here, fishie. ]
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The Betta fish lay eggs and go for an amazing courtship which looks more or less like a battle between the male and the female. This happens because, before the actual courtship takes place, the female and the male will fight for the same territory.
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What happens when one of them loses?
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[ snake said he needs to learn how to fight with control, without being lethal, and andyr said he needs someone who can survive taking a punch from him to do it. bucky counts as that. and could probably understand the goal here as well. ]
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I don't get out of bed for just french fries.
[ Sweeten the pot, fishie. ]
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8/30
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younger you talked a lot more.
[ not a complaint, just an observation ]
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and it's why he answers almost immediately. simple, matter-of fact. ]
we all grow up.
are you thinking of me at this hour?
[ he wonders if andyr's looking at his fish. ]
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sneaks in here with a backdated present.
[ It took him 15 minutes to type that okay. He's not sure if it sounds stupid or not, but it's as good as it's going to get for now. ]
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yes. you?
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10/22
[because she is having problems]
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Still trying to work out how that happened.
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[ Because after everything that's happened, he's worried. Very worried. ]
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[ like hell that'll work on someone as stubborn as steve so he offers some form of explanation in the hopes that he'll take it -- ]
I'm not safe to be around right now.
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i'm not sorry, also pretend this is some handful of days after the whole crau buck thing
[ another ass o'clock at space-night text, probably coming from the fish room. ]
how was the honeymoon? does mrs. barnes have a bun in the oven yet?
[ which, of course, is the andyr way of saying "are you still alive, are you coming back, do you hate me, are you never going to talk to me again, it's okay if you hate me bc i'm a shitty person, but also i'm sad and please love me, xoxo goresip girl"
because that definitely translates ]
ashdkjhf this is so cute i love it
it translates, generally.
bucky's not mad at him, not really -- there's a whole host of complicated emotions that go into this, especially the fact that bucky's a hypocrite and generally the only person who's tried to kill him on purpose. so. ]
does he know you call him mrs. barnes
[ because that's objectively sort of funny. but more importantly, Bucky cuts right to the chase because he's 98 years old and he ain't getting any younger. ]
Where are you? Are you all right?
:>>>>
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hey man, figured this one's for you. don't knock it, it's free. oh, and anyone who says real men don't wear pink is full of shit.
i am disappointed that yours doesn't have glitter on it.
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Who the hell is Edward and why is there a team?
Are you wearing a matching shirt?
[ ARE THEY BOYFRIENDS????? RIVALS???? ]
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[ there's a set of coordinates just underneath that. ]
sorry.
[ that's all. he's done here. ]
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What happens to the ejected internal organs
more importantly
how is that a defense mechanism?
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