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touchmyflagpole in posthumanslogs

carry on my wayward son

Jul 05, 2011 00:25

WHO: touchmyflagpole and oneeyedeagle
WHAT: Nick crashing Steve's birthday
WHERE: A community center in Brooklyn
WHEN: The afternoon of July 4th
WARNINGS: None yet!

( there'll be peace when you are done )

nick fury | ou, steve rogers | au

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oneeyedeagle July 5 2011, 04:59:48 UTC

It would've been a half-lie to say that Nick had been delaying the inevitable uncomfortable talk with Cap. In the flash forward event, he'd gotten used to dealing with the feeling of there being a massive, burning black hole in his gut whenever he thought of Steve by staying the hell away from whatever stretch of dilapidated brickwork the former Captain had plunked himself along that week. So, when the time illusion had been cut off, Nick still had the seven-year mental habit of not approaching or speaking to his colleague ( ... )

touchmyflagpole July 5 2011, 05:14:47 UTC

Steve answers the door with a pair of small children trailing behind him. When he recognizes Nick, he blinks, looking decidedly shocked because he hadn't been prepared for someone to show up at his door this fast.

"Mandy, Peter, go back to the classroom and tell Ms. Honey that I'm going to be a little while, okay? Thank you."

With that, he steps forward, just enough that he can shut the door behind him, before truly addressing Nick.

"Sorry, but if the kids saw the cupcakes, they'd all want some, and I'm pretty sure you didn't bring enough to share."

His smile is genuine looking, but there's a brittle edge to his cheer. He remembers the time skip just as much as Nick does, only what he remembers about it is that Nick never came to talk, not even once.

oneeyedeagle July 5 2011, 05:31:14 UTC

Somewhere in the back of Nick's mind was an absent remark about slicing up the cupcakes to ration them out to the kids, but he didn't see much point in saying it. As a sidebar to deliberately rile Cap up, it might've been amusing. But it was trivial.

He opted for giving the Captain a long, hard stare. Birthday boy or not, Nick was through explaining himself and it was this guy's goddamn turn for giving up.

touchmyflagpole July 5 2011, 05:35:20 UTC

Steve, of course, is not giving an inch. He's friendly, sure, but he's got a core of steel underneath the fluff and squishiness.

"You know, I still haven't developed any mind-reading powers, Nick. If you want to communicate, you're going to have to speak up."

Granted, his stern expression is softened by the strangeness of his outfit. With his hands on his hips and the art smock tied around his waist, he looks very much like a twisted version of June Cleaver, and the paint on his face is not helping in the least.

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