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[deadthenred]

WHO: Spider-man and Bucky
WHERE: Some place with pizza, probably.
WHEN: An ordinary night.
WARNINGS: N/A
SUMMARY: Bucky has never had pizza, and this is horrifying.
FORMAT: Whatever!

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SO SORRY

[incywincyhero]

[ Spidey's been having a boring patrol, which is the only reason he's bothered to stop on the rooftop opposite and watch the kid who's just left the gym. But now that he's looking, he realizes the guy looks familiar. It takes a moment to place Bucky because Peter's only ever seen him years older or in black and white with a mask on, but place him he does.

He watches him walking down the street for a few moments before he shrugs to himself and bounds across the street, landing on the lamppost right above Bucky's head. ]

Hey! It's Bucky, right?

[ He plays out a webline until he's hanging upside-down, just above eye level. ]

Bit late for cardio, isn't it?

NP

[deadthenred]

[It takes a bit of effort for Bucky to maintain a neutral look. He doesn't like people surprising him. It's real hard to do, or it would be, if he remembered that in this place you had to remember to look up. Anyway, he tries to play it cool. "Oh, Spider-man, upside down, in my face? No big deal, happens all the time."]

Maybe I'm just not much of a morning person?

[This is a lie. He is definitely a morning person, who is up at five every morning annoying the bejeezus out of those with more sensible sleep schedules. But Bucky will work out any time he can't think of anything else better to do.]

[incywincyhero]

What right-thinking person would be?

[ Oops. ]

So...

[ And, awkward pause. Spidey, next time you pester someone, think of what you're going to say, first! ]

I was just thinking that I really should have a conversational topic in mind before I start bugging people -- no pun intended.

[ Something besides that. ]

[deadthenred]

[He laughed a bit, at that. Bucky was easing into the conversation a bit more genuinely.]

I don't mind puns, you know. [He is after all a sidekick character from the 1940s.]

[incywincyhero]

What, they didn't make that up for the newsreels? Really?

[ Breezing on. ] Anyway, we can't both make the puns. One of us has to be the straight man, and I started talking first so I get to pick.

[deadthenred]

I like good puns. They didn't have any of those in the newsreels. I'm refraining from comment on the one that you didn't just make, 'cause I'm just the soul of politeness.

[incywincyhero]

Plus you're the [ -- pause for emphasis -- ] comic foil, so you're not supposed to comment on it anyway.

[deadthenred]

[He's just going to let that one speak for itself, then move on to another topic of conversation.]

So what're you doing dangling from a lamppost, anyway? You charging people a toll?

[incywincyhero]

[ He shrugs elaborately, then flips himself onto the side of the lamppost so he's looking at Bucky right side up. ]

As useful as petty larceny would be towards improving the sorry state of my finances, I was more contemplating the merits of a late night pizza versus a late night burger.

[ The barest pause, then with just the merest bit less brashness: ]

What about you, you hungry? It'd be my treat.

[deadthenred]

[Show-off.]

I dunno. What's pizza like? Any good?

[He'd seen it advertised all over, but there was so much else, too. The other day he'd bought three boxes of superglue and made a little sculpture out of bottle caps. But he wasn't gonna mention that.]

[incywincyhero]

[ He actually freezes in place for a second, he's so horrified. ]

You've never -- oh, of course. But ... you've been here how long? And no one's taken you out for pizza?

[ The horror, the horror! ]

We have to remedy this situation, stat! Or maybe it'd be better to say pronto. No, wait, that's Spanish. But still!

[deadthenred]

[It was hard for Bucky to tell if this pizza thing was really a big deal, or if Spider-man was just the sort to get excited about things. He decided he was gonna take it as the latter, because, Bucky didn't like feeling left out, like the world had passed him by and he was missing all the important things. Pizza couldn't be that important. It was just tough with some cheese on it, right? If it was that terrific, they would've invented it hundreds and hundreds of years ago, right?

He was still keen to try it.]

Presto. I think the word's presto.

[He wasn't sure, really, his Italian was crummy.]

And no fussing, I could've had some, if I wanted it. Maybe the signs just don't do such a great job of selling the thing.

[incywincyhero]

[ It's true, Spider-Man DOES get really excited about things. But sorry Bucky, it's also pretty unusual for a guy his age in 21st century almost-New-York never to have tried a pizza, of all things. ]

That makes me think about rabbits coming out of hats ... but you're probably right.

Anyway, you're in luck, because you're with the foremost pizza aficionado in the cape biz! And as it happens, there's a pretty good joint two blocks 'round the corner ... if you want to give it a shot.

[ Come on, Bucky, you know you want to! ]

[deadthenred]

[He did want to. He liked trying new things. But he made a big show of waffling, anyway. Weighing the possibility with his hand, arching an eyebrow, the whole bit.]

Alright, but I'm skeptical.

You gonna wear that?

[incywincyhero]

[ He fakes affront, hand to his chest. ]

What's wrong with what I'm wearing?

[deadthenred]

People're gonna think you're more famous than me.