but i didn't count on this package deal

[musesfool]

I was thinking about seeing Bourne Legacy (THE RENNER) this afternoon since I get out at 2:30, but I will probably just go home and take a nap. I have been getting good sleep but somehow it is not enough - my period has exhausted me this month. I can see it tomorrow since it's supposed to rain all day. Or maybe Sunday. *hands

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[red_boromir]

Impact Winter:

Through the mist, Steve can make out a huddled figure sitting on the ledge. He can feel Natasha behind him, so tense she's practically vibrating, and he motions her to stay hidden while he moves out onto the roof

[musesfool]

Through the mist, Steve can make out a huddled figure sitting on the ledge. He can feel Natasha behind him, so tense she's practically vibrating, and he motions her to stay hidden while he moves out onto the roof.

This is Steve seizing the opportunity to take the lead, since he believes he knows what's going on better than Natasha does (and also because he wants to get to Bucky as soon as he can. I think it also shows how thrown Natasha is by how clearly she's broadcasting, because in this story, Steve doesn't really know her all that well, despite having worked together for a while.

"Hey," he says, softly, the way he'd talk to anyone sitting on the ledge of a roof. "Hey, Bucky."

I think Steve would be awesome at talking jumpers down. Or just hanging out until they were ready to talk. You know that page from Superman, where he just hangs out all day with the girl on the ledge? Like that.

The figure half-turns, and Steve gets the impression of a tangle of long wet hair and skin that hasn't seen in the sun in a long time. This is my

[cass404]

I would say it's my normal tendency to revert to banter to defuse highly emotional situations, but since they DO IT IN CANON ("I thought you were dead" / "I thought you were smaller") I feel completely justified here.

I always really like this in your stories.

[musesfool]

Thanks! It's something I'm fond of in other people's fiction, so I do it a lot myself.

[cass404]

It's how you get me into new fandoms! You have some snip of banter featured in a story that is Not (Let's Be Honest: Yet) My Fandom and I am compelled to give it a shot.

You've done this for long enough that I can differentiate between Nightwings (hint: hair) and yesterday got into a ten-minute conversation with our waiter after lunch about all of the upcoming Marvel movies.

Ten years ago I probably knew that Bruce Wayne was Batman for DC and ... that I didn't care about Spiderman in Marvel? I really was knowledge-lite in Marvel. I still don't much care for Spidey. But I have a lot of Bucky feels now. A lot of Bucky feels. I talked to a stranger about Bucky. That many feels.

Thank you.

[musesfool]

Hee! Go me, then. *G*

But I have a lot of Bucky feels now. A lot of Bucky feels. I talked to a stranger about Bucky. That many feels.

\o/

I hate to tell you, but going by Steve Rogers, who has the worst case of Bucky feels in existence, it seems to be an incurable condition.