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Yelena Belova ([personal profile] waytodie) wrote2023-05-10 08:30 am
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nomorefear: (s4-7)

[personal profile] nomorefear 2023-05-16 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
She's lucky there's food involved. Well, he would have come anyways, but still. He parks his bike nearby and heads to her location, and he can already smell the food, his stomach growling. It's been a long few nights.

"Guess this means I'll have to forgive you for being such a jerk, huh?" He's already gunning for the nachos, wanting to pick at them. "This your second serving?"
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[personal profile] nomorefear 2023-05-17 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
He has to smirk at that, sitting down across from her and pulls the nachos closer to himself, but still reachable for her.

"This the place you come to when you're bored?" It's not bad.
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[personal profile] nomorefear 2023-05-17 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"Knew there was a reason I liked you." Cause he does the same exact thing. Right now he's chowing down on some nachos though, and an empanada is next. "Could use some brews though, for fucking sure."

Jason raises an eyebrow, snorting at her comment. "Hey man, fuck you." But yeah, okay. "I mean, you're right but still. Only Gothamers can talk shit about Gotham."
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[personal profile] nomorefear 2023-05-17 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"Maybe two," he says with a cheeky grin right back. He's relieved that she's not elegant. Nothing about elegant is meant for him.

"Oh, right. We all fucking suck to you, huh." Hey, she makes sense to him. Maybe that's why they work. "Mostly just crazy bat people and manic, masked weirdos, but people love to come check it out. I'm thinkin' about trying to start a Red Hood day."
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[personal profile] nomorefear 2023-05-18 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, two is like a fucking miracle around here." And she puts up with him too, so there's that.

"Doesn't everyone hate the Russians?" He says with a smirk, snagging a taco to take a big bite of it. "I'll run through the streets in chaos and chili dogs will be free."
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[personal profile] nomorefear 2023-05-24 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, you seem like the type who would be." Of course she'd take it as a compliment.

"Eh." Jason shrugs, eating another taco. They're gonna end up finishing this feast pretty quick the way they're going. "I mean, that's all we really need right? Free food for all. Peace on earth, man."
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[personal profile] nomorefear 2023-05-24 11:25 am (UTC)(link)
"I guess so, sure. Nothing wrong with that." Not always by choice either, but this is the way things are. He's gotten better at accepting shit about himself lately.

"If only. Then I wouldn't have to be out here every fucking night." he probably would be anyway though, because this is his life. Always has been in some shape or form. He can't relate to golden ideals either. Everything is so far from it that all he can do is joke. He's assuming she's smart enough to know that.
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[personal profile] nomorefear 2023-05-25 11:33 am (UTC)(link)
He snorts softly at that, grabbing some napkins to wipe at his fingers. This food is good, but so greasy.

"I busted three drug rings tonight, and that was only before you messaged me." All in a night's work. "Why were you so bored?"
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[personal profile] nomorefear 2023-05-26 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"Never said it was, but I'm sure you can still find shit to do." Idle hands and all that. Yelena doesn't seem like the layabout type as far as Jason knows. People like them are always finding things to do.

It's kind of a relief when she does bring something up. Not that he was about to judge her or anything. It's easy for him to shift back into work mode. "Haven't seen her, but it depends on who she's working for." He takes her phone to get a better look. "I've seen this sign before, though. Couple clubs downtown."
just_one_shot: (inkonic hawkeye kate (68))

[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-07 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
It's true, subtlety has never been in Kate's bag of tricks. She wouldn't even really waste her time trying to claim otherwise, which was really saying something, because sometimes making claims with little to no evidence counted as one of her hobbies.

She would, for instance, claim to be generally a cool person, even though she definitely provided evidence to the opposite on the walk over, if anyone had been paying attention. This is a whole new level of 'holy shit is this really my life' and, even though Kate's a little more than reasonably sure of herself, probably, that's still a lot of holy shit to contend with.

Thank goodness for New York, talking to yourself a little on the sidewalk doesn't even register to most people. She manages to knock off the combination pep-talk-excited-ramble-no-way-is-this-a-trap-right-no-mantra in the hotel lobby, at least. Getting kicked out in the LOBBY would be the most mortifying, she would be forced to lay down and die somewhere, probably. The rambling is absolutely what's going to give her away in the hallway, though. There's no way that's not going to be audible for at least a minute before Kate manages to shut herself up again and knock.
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-07 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, right. That grin. Why would she care at all if it were indeed a trap when that face is pointing that grin at her?

"Hi." If there had been anything particularly memorable about this hotel room, aside from the occupant, it would not have registered to Kate anyways. She looks around just enough to follow Yelena in without walking in to anything or trip. She doesn't think she's going to end up regretting her priorities on where to keep her gaze - the alcohol might end up a different story, but oh well. "Uh, yeah, sure. Thank you. Should I have actually offered to bring something? I'm sorry."
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-07 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
No, this was about a million times better than any of those fancy parties, already. There was that sense of sort of tight rope walking that she always had around Yelena, that sensation of not being able to see the ground but just... not being worried about it.

"Are we friends?" It's probably not an incorrect word, but it doesn't feel like the exact right fit either. There's no negative reaction to it, though - it matters, sure, but for now she's happy to call whatever this is whatever Yelena wants to. "Drinks and a movie sounds fantastic."

Thank goodness Kate had resisted the urge to get fancy herself. She's not dressed quite as comfy as Yelena is, but at least she's also casual in jeans, t-shirt, and a hoodie. That had almost not been the case at all.

"Yeah, you look very sad and alone right now." That gets a little laugh, and a little bit of staring, before Kate actually follows directions, kicking off her sneakers and climbing onto the bed. Had to try and burn that image into her mind first. "I think cloud is probably more fitting. Less... sticky."
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-07 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Shit. Right. It takes a second before Kate manages to put her best effort into not looking terribly sad at that statement. "I don't think that's going to be the case for you for very long. Anyways, it looks pretty much like this, yeah. There's not always a game of gay chicken involved."

God - already back at that sensation of whiplash that still keeps featuring in every conversation she has with Yelena. That look - goodbye, previous train of thought, it was nice knowing you, sorry not sorry you ended up just vanishing in a poof of smoke there. Does that mean Kate gets to look at her like that now, does that count as permission? Dear god, that might kill her anyways. Right, they're talking.

"I - okay, but I'm gonna need more info. What kind of movies do you like? And how much of that have you had to drink already?"
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-07 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Did she forgot how to speak? No, Kate would probably have to change her name and at least half of her identity if that happened. Did she use up about the absolute last of her verbal self control on not blurting out 'oh my god, she just checked me out. we're in a BED in a hotel room and she just checked me out,' yes, yes she did.

"Might be a little bit broken, yeah. You have a very brain-breaking effect." She does the hand gesture for a little, and then tosses the remote somewhere off the side of the bed. Or the cloud. "Not picking a movie. I think I would literally have to be insane to spend any time looking at the tv when you're right here -" another gesture "- seriously, have you seen you? And you're doing the looking and the touching and the whispering which is definitely not legal, by the way, forget the movie. Come here. Can I kiss you?"
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-08 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
That's just not going to cut it - and replies to any of those questions or statements will have to wait. Teasing would not be the right word to describe the kiss Kate tugs her back in for, shifting to cup Yelena's face in her hands, although she does still try her best not to push.

Well. Maybe not exactly her best. Hopefully it doesn't come across as pushy to take her time and be thorough, or to linger and really make sure it's committed to memory.

The noise buffer thing is a good idea, oops, but Kate is far from interested in letting go to retrieve the remote again right this minute, so she's just going to skip that. "'Be detailed.' You know exactly what you're doing, and you know it's working, too."
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-08 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
"You'll be good - god. What would you do if I don't tell you, then?" She doesn't go all silent and staring again, but her imagination does run off with that sentence a little bit. It's really very easy to picture Yelena in a halo, and Kate thinks she could probably make an argument for that mental image alone to count as a miracle.

And if that's not how miracles work, it should be.

"Okay. Okay, sure, whatever you want. I'll tell you anything you want. Remind me what you had asked, though?" It's just a shame she can't keep kissing Yelena as much, while she's talking, but Kate can make it work - she'll use kisses as punctuation, or thoughtful pauses, or whatever else she can come up with.
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-08 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, there's no way it's just on me. I mean, you've looked in a mirror, right? I know you've got all those spy skills so you're obviously totally capable of not being looked at when you don't want to be even though it doesn't make any logical sense to me that everyone in a room isn't constantly looking at you if you're there too. There's no way that anyone who does get to catch a glimpse of you doesn't find themselves unable to think for a minute, is the main point. And if you talk? No one stands a chance. No way. I do not understand how you make my name sound like that. That whisper earlier? Seriously, there's no way that's legal. Fighting dirty, that move. Which, y'know. Not complaining. So not complaining. If I had any ability to think straight already, poof, gone, instantly." Not quite all the details, yet, but it's a start - complete with a little fake explosion noise from Kate at the end, in case it wasn't properly illustrated what it seemed like in her head.

And then a very big soft smile in response to that. "Hey, any time. You can see me from whatever angle you want whenever you want."
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-08 10:19 am (UTC)(link)
"It's - well, I have no idea what it is. The accent's part of it, yeah, but it's not... there's something else you're doing that I can't figure out cause the tracksuit guys did the full name thing sometimes too and it was just weird." Thankfully weird, the idea of that is enough to prompt a full body grimace.

Oh, look at that. Maybe that head tilt wasn't meant as an invitation, but it certainly looks like one. Kate dips her head and nuzzles into Yelena's neck, pressing a few - okay, more than a few - slow kisses there.

"Yeah, don't care." Hopefully this is audible, cause she isn't really lifting her head to speak. "You want it in writing? Engraved? I can do that."
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-08 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
That's a valid point, but it's just not quite important enough to keep talking about. She does want to ask what that word was - if that was a pet name, holy shit, AGAIN - but it's going on the maybe-revisit-later list.

Really, anything before that surprised gasp is immediately unimportant, and there is simply no convincing Kate that her priorities are in any way wrong here. "You can have more of whatever you want."

Okay, maybe she would have no argument against it if Yelena happens to know the word simp and decided to toss it out right now, but whatever. Hardly actually an insult, and Kate didn't want to budge anyways. Right here she can trail kisses right over that work of art jawline, down to Yelena's pulse, and back again. And she's well placed to do a little whispering of her own. It's not quite as exciting or interesting sounding - "I have no idea what you just said. What's that mean?"
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-08 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh - okay, so that wasn't just flirting in another language to mix it up, clearly. Okay. Kate can keep up, probably.

Maybe. Well, she'll try, at least.

Her turn to put her hand over Yelena's on her face, squeezing her fingers both in an attempt to be comforting and to keep her from pulling away as Kate shifts back, frowning and concerned herself now, just enough to see the rest of Yelena's face. "Hey, it's okay. I'm not going anywhere, I don't care if you tell me, I didn't think it was anything bad. You don't have to tell me anything you don't want to. And I mean, if you want to roast me in Russian while we're doing this, that's fine. Not going to run me off, I'm not going anywhere. It's okay."
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-08 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
It takes literally biting at the inside of her cheek for Kate to stay quiet and patient when Yelena trails off. It's clear that isn't actually the end of her thought, and Kate doesn't want to interrupt or influence whatever clearly heavy thoughts Yelena's having right now or any decision she's making about sharing them.

Likewise, she does her best not to move again until Yelena does, but that's pretty immediate once she indicates she's still okay with being touched. Maybe Kate should still ask, but she can't help it, almost immediately wrapping her arms around Yelena's shoulders in turn and tugging her in tight. Thinking of what to say takes another minute, this is more than a bit more serious then any comfort Kate has practice giving, and her go to was always distraction. "Okay. Okay. I don't really know how to make you feel better about that or less worried immediately, but I won't go anywhere till you want me to, okay. I mean I'll have to go feed and walk Lucky tomorrow, but you can come with me, obviously. And whatever happened before, whatever got ruined? There's no way that was because of you. It wasn't your fault. No way."
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-08 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nothing. Nothing is wrong with you, and you don't need to apologize for this." That, thankfully, was very easy to answer. Kate even breaks out her best firm-completely-sure voice, which might need a little work, but she is completely sure about this. Then she gives Yelena a squeeze and kisses the top of her head, both because it feels right and just in case that tone tipped things away from being comforting.

"Things get heavy, it's totally normal. You can go ahead and have a good cry, too, you don't have to stop yourself. It's okay. Better out than in might mostly be used about upset stomachs, but as a saying it definitely applies here too."
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-09 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
"That's totally fair, too! It's up to you. Just consider it a standing offer for a shoulder to cry on, whenever." That tiny hint of a laugh feels like a win.

Even more of a win is that Yelena doesn't go anywhere, either, that they just end up laying there all snug - and that Kate managed not to say anything that made things worse while she was trying to be comforting.

Although she guesses there is still time for that. Best not to jinx it.
It's not boredom that gets her rambling again, truthfully, the cuddling is enough to have her very much content, but the slightly pathological need to fill any medium to long silence persists. "I cried a couple weeks ago cause I dropped a pizza. That probably does imply there's something wrong with me, huh? I'm pretty sure Lucky shed a tear too. You can picture that, if you need to feel better about this. We were in the middle of the sidewalk and the pizza was just completely upside down on the ground and I was still holding the box and all."
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-09 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
That's okay, they can count it. Any not-sad sound feels like a good sign. "Yeah. Yeah, I am."

Please pardon the shiver that Kate can't actually manage to suppress at all once Yelena starts teasing her again. The sensation of that little touch deserves a cooler reaction but alas, all her body comes up with is that shiver and a dumb expression on her face. "Me, putting up with you? You know you have that completely backwards, right? There's no putting up with from my end, I am fully aware I'm lucky you want to spend any time with me at all." Let alone this kind of time.
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-10 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. That might take the cake on surprising things that happened tonight - who would've thought the emotional upset a few minutes ago would be so quickly beaten?

Actually, that probably should have been expected. Kate had been shaking her head and, admittedly, already thinking about how to argue - in particular with that comment about not deserving this - and then, bam, L bomb, dropped. "You shouldn't - that's -"

Good god, finish a sentence. "Are you sure?"

Hell. Finish a better sentence. "You shouldn't think you don't deserve this. You deserve the world. Everything. Anything you want."
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-10 10:10 am (UTC)(link)
"You know, I think you're probably one of the smartest people I have ever met. I mean, you're just regularly taking in so much more info from everything around you than most of the population and then sifting through it for anything useful or anything that might become useful. I can't even imagine how busy it gets up there." Kate cups the back of Yelena's head, tugging her in to press a kiss to her forehead.

"Which just makes it absolutely bonkers to me that this is what your brain has picked to be just plain wrong about. Scared of you? When I was literally just a pain in your ass, you were protecting me, and you think I should be scared of you? That just doesn't make any sense, sweetheart, I'm sorry. And as for these hands... no, I can't agree with that either. Look how gentle they are." She reaches out and cradles Yelena's free hand in between hers, tracing her fingertips over it. "Every beyond shitty thing you've been through and now here we are and they're gentle. Seems like a way more important description to me."
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-10 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
It's really a shame for that smile to be small. Kate shifts forward just enough to kiss it, in the hopes that might make it grow a little. And also just because she can't resist, too, to be fair.

"If you like it, I will absolutely call you that more, sweetheart." Is it too much to use it again immediately? Oh, well. "I'm not trying to make you cry. If you're going to talk badly about yourself, though, I gotta tell you the truth."
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-10 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm, that's more than a success - Kate's plan succeeded and then she got a second, deeper kiss or of it, too.

And then she gets Yelena all tucked into her again, which simultaneously is so relaxing and also gives her goosebumps and makes her heart race. The idea that she's not the lucky one here is just absurd. "We don't need to think about that. Far as I'm concerned you can stay right there for like forever."
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-10 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"God, you really love really love the teasing, don't you?" She would have permission - truthfully, Yelena's for about full permission to at least try whatever she wants, anything less than pleasant could be addressed right after, but it simply hasn't occurred to Kate to state that out loud as a fact.

"Um -" Actual ASMR, probably not. Yelena whispering in her ear, and using her teeth just a little, and all those light kisses? Yeah, that's causing some tingling. "Well - maybe not forever, cause I wouldn't actually really get to LOOK at you then, but..."
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-10 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"I like it, I like it." That reply comes so quickly, and Kate curls her fingers carefully against the back of Yelena's head, just in case saying it isn't convincing enough. "You don't need to stop."

"I can't help it. God, Yelena." That's almost a whine, but there's nothing unhappy about it.
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-10 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"You were hoping, huh? God, that makes it better." Yelena's making sounds like that, and then talking about how Kate would be getting them kicked out of somewhere.

"We're not in public, though." Talking at any louder than a whisper just seems wrong now. "We're in your hotel room. In your bed."

"Wait, are you saying you'd do this in public?"
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-10 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that's a hilarious statement. She's still too 're-act-ive' to manage more than a quick chuckle at it before she's distracted from that and just trying to pull Yelena even closer still.

"I think that might mean you're the possessive one. I'd let you get away with a lot."
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-11 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
It's on the tip of Kate's tongue to say something along the lines of 'see? such a softie' but then Yelena's next statement makes her rethink it. Speaking of challenges... "Absolutely possessive, huh? Prove it."

And then speaking of that (surprisingly unintentional) challenge, Kate shifts just enough so Yelena can see the grin on her face and the glint in her eye, careful to not put any more distance between them than absolutely necessary. "Oh, I'm very sure. Bring it on."
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-11 01:53 pm (UTC)(link)
No, Kate's really very certain that she isn't going to end up with any regrets here. Maybe it's strange or a little asking for trouble to be that certain but, well, that's just how she rolls. Watching Yelena move already reliably prompted a "Oh damn" reaction, and now she's watching Yelena move specifically to get on top of her. That's a dream come true, regret doesn't exist and she can't imagine it springing back into existence right now.

Kate can't even find any embarrassment in her that she forgets how to speak again when Yelena moves her hips like that and whines. What was she going to say? Unimportant. She slides her hands up Yelena's thighs, curls her fingers around her hips, not guiding but wanting to. "God, do that again. Feel good?"

"What am I supposed to mind people knowing? That the sexiest woman in the world is kissing me, touching me, teasing me, almost sinking her teeth into me? Nah. That I'm super freaking easy for you? Nah, I'm super good with that."
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-11 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
She's really not even trying to be flattering, but they're going to have to circle back around to that later. There's entirely too much other sensory information happening right now for Kate to be any type of coherent about that.

"Yeah, that," not the most effective reply to the question, but her fingers flex against Yelena's hips and she's pretty sure she stopped breathing for a second, so it was probably pretty clear. "You're making nothing but pretty sounds, sweetheart."

She's been slacking in putting in any of the effort to get those sounds, though, hasn't she? Damn. Kate turns her head, stealing a deep kiss and stretching it out as long as she can manage right now.

Okay, point. "Fine, it might be a problem there, but it wouldn't be a BAD problem. Well, it might, but it'd be good first. Maybe I could, too - who knows?" Her reaction to that touch might imply she can't, yeah, with the wanting sound it prompts and the way it - briefly, it's gonna be very briefly - pauses her plan to turn the tables.
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-11 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"Good, that's the goal." Kate thinks she's about way overdue, actually, for some spoiling, by compliment or otherwise. This is only a start.

Oh, there's going to be more of that. There's going to be a lot more of that, if Kate has her way. Part of her thinks she should stay just like this, milk getting such a glorious, constant soundtrack of the little whispers, gasps, moans in her ear. A bigger part has reached desperate to have a more active hand in causing those sounds, and that was before Yelena had started slipping her fingers under Kate's shirt.

"Not even five minutes, huh? What do I get if I last six, then?" Five minutes would be a generous estimate, even in Kate's own head. She's not going to say that, though. She wraps an arm snugly around Yelena's waist to keep her close and prevent any awkward bumping, and then props herself up to a sitting position with the other. (It's the most concentration Kate has managed since they started kissing again, and she's going to stand by those priorities - keeping Yelena straddling her was very important.) "Holy shit, I didn't think the name thing could get hotter. Keep saying it like that and I'll play anything you want."

"Wait, how denied exactly?"
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-12 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"Good. You let me know if it ever drops below excelling. Can't have that."

That - is one hell of a question. There are way too many options that immediately flood her mind, and Kate isn't sure she could focus on choosing one if they were a mile apart, covered head to toe, and hadn't touched at all today - well, that's not entirely true. 'Something you would like me to see me in' has an answer with a very clear lead, but she isn't sure she's allowed to say that specific thing yet. "I... God. I need to think about it." How's she going to think about anything else?

Oh, right. Later, she isn't going to be able to think about anything else. What's actually happening right now is even more impossible not to focus on. "Just enough to do all of that, okay - so that should take like, five minutes for you. Yeah, that'll be very easy."

"I'm convinced. I promise. Drag it out as long as you want. Whatever you want. I mean I'm gonna be useless in between, but god, if this is what uselessness is like, I suddenly see the appeal. Pretty sure you've already melted my brain. You know you can touch me way more, right? Just in case. Can I touch you more?"
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-13 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
How on earth did the words 'immediate corrective action' just sound hot? There's no way that should be possible. And yet. Not that Kate is in any way complaining about it - exactly the opposite.

That next sentence, on the other hand - pleasure, and again with saying her name like that - her reaction to that is entirely predictable, sucking in a deep breath and nearly thunking her head back against the headboard. "To hear - god, Yelena. I wanna give you whatever you want." It'd be cool if Kate could claim the way she just said Yelena's name was also some intentional seductive move, but the want in her tone and the breathlessness are outside of her control.

"You haven't - what's the real challenge?" Oh, the places her imagination just went.

She might have gotten lost there again a little bit, but 'manhandle me a little, I might like it' very cleanly cuts through any other mental noise - and creates some of its' own. How does everything Yelena says have at least a handful of delicious mental images attached to it? It's almost a shame that right now she very eagerly just wants to keep Yelena on top of her like this. Save that invitation for later. For now, Kate takes the opportunity to nuzzle back into the curve of her neck, the kisses and little nips she trails over that warm skin more firm now that her self control and nerves have both ebbed, and slips her hands up the sides of Yelena's shirt, just high enough that it's nothing but bare skin under her palms and fingertips, tracing little shapes. "You're so soft."
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-15 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yup, it is. Got a list? I'll make my way down it." Kate's half just talking now, even less thinking about what she blurts out beforehand than usual, but that would also become really true really fast. She shifts to trailing kisses along the collar line of Yelena's shirt, "You look absurdly good in comfy clothes, by the way."

Oh, no - that is another bad sign for the chances of Kate's success, having gotten so distracted now to forgot what they had just been talking about. She's going to have to figure out some way not to forget that she isn't supposed to react in the actual moment.

God, that hunger is enough to leave a girl weak in the knees. Kate's grip tightens involuntarily, instinctively trying to somehow get Yelena even closer. She can't keep the kiss soft then, she just can't, sighing against Yelena's mouth before she deepens it.
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-15 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Kate groans, imagination off again, "God, sweetheart, you're mean. You're already frying my brain here, have a little mercy."

"I'm not serious. Please don't have mercy. Of course you look good in anything, and out of anything. Unbearably good. Unreasonably good."

Oh, that's an invitation she can't do anything but take, immediately and enthusiastically, letting out an involuntary very pleased sound as soon as she gets that deeper taste of Yelena. Her hands slide further up Yelena's sides, thumbs brushing over her ribcage - maybe she's being a little bit teasing now too, it's only fair.
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-16 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
"We gotta get you in front of a mirror, then, sweetheart," Kate replies, just as soft and smiling, struck with the strange but lovely simultaneous sensation of her heart rate staying so quick from the wanting and slowing from the sweetness of that statement.

"Like here, and here?" She slides one hand around her back and runs her nails very lightly up the line of Yelena's spine, the other down her stomach to trace across her waistband, "Obviously perfect, and I haven't even laid eyes on it."

Oh, what a fantastic way to have the tables turned on her. It's such a difficult choice, but she pulls the hand on Yelena's back out from under her shirt to slip her fingers into her hair instead, just in case this kiss ends before Kate's had her fill and she needs to tug her back in.
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-21 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's true," Kate agrees, smiling that soft, silly smile at Yelena again, helpless against that sweet comment even though she does still have a little bit of the 'is that a challenge' glint in her eye too. "But I can list those while you look, so no worries."

God, the gasps. She's never going to get over the gasps. It pulls a responding wanting noise from her own throat, and no doubt the same want is written all over her face - at least until Yelena is kissing her again and taking it up another notch, too. Then it's her turn to gasp, and lose track entirely of what her expression might be doing. Kate'll sneak replying into the next break for air, because there's no way she's rushing that.

"Not assuming. Informed guess. But feel free to try and prove me wrong."
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-22 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
Oh - there's a definitive change in the atmosphere that Kate can't quite put her finger on fully. It doesn't feel exactly sad, but certainly it's serious, and that's visible on Yelena's face, as well.

It distracts her a little, if she's honest, so she isn't entirely certain if she's following about what specifically Yelena is saying she doesn't want to do. Kate tilts her head to lightly press their foreheads together again, aiming for soothing more than excited now with the stroke of her hand on Yelena's back. "Okay, you don't have to do anything you don't want to. Are you okay? Did I say something that upset you?"
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-22 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
"I just wanted to check, it seemed like your thoughts had gotten more serious and maybe heavy. Which is absolutely okay - I just wanted to check if I had said something that prompted it, which you don't need to explain if I did, but I don't want to make you sad especially when I'm just running my mouth."

Kate slid both hands to Yelena's lower back, lacing her fingers together there. "What were you saying you don't think you want to do? I'm sorry. I was way too distracted by kissing you, I can't even remember half of what I've said in the last ten minutes."
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-22 01:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, yeah. Yeah, I definitely tend towards extra. And you're... I'll save finishing that sentence for some later time, huh?" The smile Kate returns is also genuine, and also tinged with oops-almost-did-it-again. "I can cool it a little - probably. I can try. Practice makes perfect, right?"

"It's not stupid, and you don't have anything to be sorry for. Totally the opposite, thank you for telling me. Please keep telling me if I'm being overwhelming, especially so I can keep it from becoming not in a good way."
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-22 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"Okay, okay. You can like something and not want it all the time, though, that's all I'm saying. You don't need to explain, I won't stop unless you tell me to. Just know I won't be hurt or anything if you DO." For a second there, it feels almost like competing explanations, and somehow it's a very sweet feeling.

"You're incredible. Magnetic. Hella interesting. Made to be worshipped, probably."

Kate smiles, metaphorically melting even more at those words. How is it that she has that effect on Yelena? That doesn't sound like it should even be possible. "Yeah, I know that feeling. You make me feel like that all the time, too."

"Or, you know. Like I'm being tossed off a roof or something." Is that a bad joke? Hopefully that's not a bad joke.
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-22 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Kate rolls her eyes, affectionately, at that expression, but it's still agreement.

She's not fucking up at all, so far. If Kate knew Yelena were even considering that as an option, she'd have gone on for at least another five minutes coming up with words.

Success. "What?" Kate asks, making the most innocent face she's capable of, "It's a very similar type of feeling, I found out. Or at least it was the first time. I haven't checked to see if it stays that way."
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-25 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Yelena is right - it's pretty spectacular to Kate that she even gets to bear witness to those steps.

"No, you don't think I should? Damn." Kate shakes her head, a very exaggerated serious expression on her face, "I already put up a ad on craigslist for someone to help me find out. You wouldn't believe how many hits 'seeking: throw me off a roof' has gotten."
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-26 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, you can find people that'll do anything on the internet. And that is definitely not even in the top hundred thousand weirdest requests on craigslist, believe me." It's too amusing, that matter-of-fact tone and repetition of 'refuse' that implies Yelena thinks Kate isn't full of shit right now. It's very generous of her, if she's pretending to believe this.
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-27 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, Kate usually only has herself to blame when conversations take a turn like this. She doesn't even really feel bad, too entertained by the questions and Yelena's confused expression. It was just too good. "I don't know, people are weird. It does make a really interesting story to tell people afterwards."

"I feel like I should make sure you knew I was completely trolling when I claimed I'd actually put up an online ad for that."
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-28 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
"Aw, baby," Kate grins at her, pretty amused by that bluster, although she manages to hold back any actual chuckles. Yelena's still going to be able to read it all over her face, but she doesn't think she needs to tempt fate by being too obvious about it - although it's not like she thinks Yelena would be anything other than play-irritated. "I promise I fully intend to try and keep it that you're the only one who's ever thrown me off a roof."

"If it were real, yeah, I think I'd pay them something."
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-06-28 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, the groan breaks her, a little chuckle escapes. The dramatic pout didn't help either, both contributing to the chuckle and making it impossible for Kate not to lean in and steal a kiss. "You're just super adorable, that's all."

It is insane, Yelena's right. This is probably in the running for one of the most bonkers things Kate has ever said, and yet she's gonna stick with it. "I mean, it'd be rude to ask them to do it for nothing, wouldn't it?"
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-07-02 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
"I do," Kate nods, very serious, "Since I have working eyes and all, it'd be a lie if I said anything else."

"Maybe they don't feel that strongly about the throwing someone off a roof part of the ad though, maybe they just need any job they can get. What if that's the only way they can buy dinner for their kids that day, if they take the throw-a-rich-girl-off-a-roof gig?"
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-07-13 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Okay," Kate is absolutely furthering the useless and/or easy stereotypes right now, but she really doesn't want to do anything other than lean into it. Who could ever not eagerly want to keep making Yelena laugh as long as they possibly could? It feels like winning something, each time.

"What do you want to talk about?"
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[personal profile] just_one_shot 2023-07-20 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
From anybody else, that would be the type of line that would just make Kate burst into laughter. It's ridiculous how effectively it'd work from Yelena - knowing that Yelena isn't trying to use a line, she's just talking, only makes it better. Probably for the best Kate doesn't have the time to reply before Yelena is kissing her. She would have only said something else stupid that Yelena would basically be obligated to tease her about again.

Better her mouth is kept busy - just about best case scenario that her mouth is kept busy like this. She doesn't even have any embarassment left about the sound she makes against Yelena's mouth, overwhelmed for the first few seconds of this kiss. The want from before their conversational break kicks back in quickly, though, and that kicks her into gear to match Yelena's energy, give as good as she's getting. She settles her hands on Yelena's thighs, running her thumbs back and forth lightly, and sits up a little straighter to try and deepen the kiss even more, to better chase the taste of Yelena.
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[personal profile] so_no_plan 2023-07-07 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Bucky thinks that maybe Yelena had forgotten about their tentative plans when he doesn't hear from her for two weeks. It's fine though, since they hadn't made solid plans, and Steve got back from his mission the night before. Bucky was definitely otherwise occupied so it's a good thing she hadn't messaged. He's back home now though, not needing to be part of Steve's debriefing at headquarters.

He definitely remembers locking his door, so finding it unlocked is a little strange. He doesn't often get visitors, aside from Barton coming over to harass him and bring him pizza. He knows that Barton is also at the debriefing though, so he steps into his apartment with caution. Looking around, he spots her. Yelena is fast asleep on his couch. That explains the door.

Bucky drops his bag on the counter, making sure to not be too quiet. He's positive that she's clocked him being home already, and just written him off as a non-threat. He knows what it's like, sleeping lightly, just in case. But she knows that she's safe here, and if she doesn't want to wake up just yet, then who is he to force it on her.

She's been away for two weeks now doing who knows what, so if Yelena wants to sleep in a safe place, Bucky isn't about to stop her.

Instead, he puts his groceries away and settles into the chair to finish his book.
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[personal profile] so_no_plan 2023-07-17 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
Bucky looks up over the rim of his book when he hears Yelena start to wake. He knows better than to wake up an assassin without warning, so he just lets her come to consciousness on her own. Finally, she speaks and he can't help but quirk his mouth up, amused. "I got the comfiest one on the market. You have no idea what they were like, back in the twenties and thirties, like sitting on a goddamn board."

He slips a bookmark between the pages of his book and sets it down on the table next to him. "Kinda surprised to find you here. You can't warn a guy? What if I had someone here with me," he teases. She probably knows that he wouldn't, since Steve is busy with the Avengers. Their relationship isn't a well kept secret, even though they don't openly share it either.

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[personal profile] so_no_plan 2023-07-18 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"We didn't have tv," Bucky corrects. "Just movie theatres. We had a phone at my place though, and people from all over the neighbourhood would come and use it when they needed to." It's so weird to think about now, since Bucky currently has a phone sitting on the table next to him, with no cords attaching it to anything, and the capability to connect to the internet. He can keep in touch with anyone he chooses to, and avoid those he doesn't. The future is wild.

"If you think that all me and Steve do in here is kiss chastely, then you are very misinformed about our relationship." Neither he nor Steve are loose lipped about their relationship, choosing to keep things pretty private, but he's never once let anyone believe that they're not fucking like rabbits the moment they head back home together. "If word got out that we're not innocent old grandfathers, it might actually be a scandal."
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[personal profile] so_no_plan 2023-07-20 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
"I was born in nineteen eighteen, Yelena," Bucky states dryly. "TVs weren't invented for in home use until almost the thirties, and I was way too poor to have one." His parents had been better off than Steve was, but that's not to say that he was rich at all. Far from it.

He agrees with her on her second point, though, since that article would be hilarious to read. "I feel like no one would believe it, even with photographic proof. Steve is so good at playing the boy scout that no one even suspects that he lives in a den of sin."
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[personal profile] so_no_plan 2023-07-22 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
"It is a pretty good invention, even though people use it for evil," he's not going to clarify that without her asking. He just takes a sip of his coffee and shrugs. "I do like watching movies though. I always liked fantasy and science, and there's a lot of that stuff now."

"We're not talking about the musical. I can't believe they used our vows in it. And not only that, they made 'Steve' say them to Peggy instead." Bucky shakes his head. It's really upsetting to him, because history has rewritten him into some sort of side kick instead of Steve's partner. They're married now, but they would have back then too, if it was legal.
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[personal profile] so_no_plan 2023-08-05 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
"Have you never accidentally watched the news?" Bucky responds. "I hate to be that guy, but back in my day, the news was all real. Now it's just sensationalism and outright lies. We used to have to have sources for our news, and they needed to be reliable. And yeah, there was war propaganda, and they didn't tell the whole truth but..." Apparently he feels pretty passionate about the state of the news now.

"Is it worth it? They're just gonna tell the story that they want to anyway," Bucky shrugs. "So. What brings you over?"
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[personal profile] heartstumbles 2023-07-09 12:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Peter makes sure to grab the bottle of hot sauce he promised Yelena before he leaves, taking a quick moment to make sure he leaves his window unlocked so he doesn't lock himself out again. (And avoid that super awkward conversation with his landlord while trying not to reveal himself as Spider-Man, good times.)

Once satisfied that he has everything and is ready to go, Peter closes the window behind him, pulls down his mask, and swings into the night, repeating the address Yelena gave him in his head so he doesn't forget it.

For the time it takes him to arrive, Peter lets himself enjoy being alone, just him, swinging into the open air. There really isn't any feeling in the world like it.

He arrives in fairly good time, landing on a fire escape before knocking at the window he thinks is Yelena's, holding up the bottle of hot sauce, as promised. Otherwise, this will be awkward for Yelena's neighbors, oops.]
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[personal profile] heartstumbles 2023-07-13 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Peter almost starts when Yelena suddenly appears, but he manages to keep his cool, surprisingly. He grins and waves with the hand holding the hot sauce.] Hello! A present from your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, as promised.

[He sighs and his shoulders sink when she says that she heard him a mile away.] Yeah, that's definitely a work in progress. I think I have too much fun swinging and I let it get the better of me.

[He climbs in through the window, beaming under his mask.] You might have, once or twice. I still love hearing it though.
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[personal profile] heartstumbles 2023-07-21 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
It's super fun and I will definitely take you swinging whenever you want! [Peter perks up at that. He loves swinging and he's always happy to show someone just how great swinging is. He thinks Yelena will have a good time with it. He hopes, anyway.] Just name the time and place and I will be there!

[Peter follows Yelena into the kitchen, removing his mask as he does.] Soda and a snack would be great, thanks! I guess we're making it up as we go?
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[personal profile] heartstumbles 2023-08-01 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Peter grins, and he brightens when he sees the fruit she grabs in addition to the sodas for a snack. He loves any and all food, especially when he's hungry like he is now, ready to replenish his energy.] Can't go wrong with the tried and true classics, am I right?

[Peter watches as she grabs a whiskey from the kitchen. He's fine with just his soda, though part of him is curious. He's never had an alcoholic drink before.

He shakes his head when she offers, though he appreciates the offer all the same.]
Thanks but I'm good. Maybe next time.

[He'd love to try a drink, but right now he's happy with just soda.]
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[personal profile] re_cycled 2023-07-21 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
It's hard, it's like a knife in the gut, a literal pain she knows, to see the woman she considers her daughter in pain. And she can't make that pain go away, not like a kiss to a scraped knee or killing a Red Room agent who attacked her. This is beyond her ability to fix in any way, she isn't equipped for it.

She misses Natasha too, and she's proud of her, and she hates herself for not stepping in when she could have. And she's angry that Nat never called her for help. And she's furious that Red Room took everything from her girls and gave them a future that was destined to be filled with complexity and pain. She is so ill prepared to help with that.

Melina hadn't been prepared for hearing 'mom' or 'mommy.' How could she know the surge she would feel in her chest for her girls being hurt or being excited. They were so eager and smart and open to the world that she'd almost forgotten that the whole thing was a charade sometimes. She'd failed her mission because she'd loved her family.

"I know. I miss her too. So much it feels like part of me is gone and what's left just hurts."
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[personal profile] re_cycled 2023-08-02 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
Melina wound an arm around her and drew her close enough to rest her chin on the soft blond of her hair.

Oh, there was a question. When did fairness ever enter into things? Had their choosing been fair? It was just random ugliness.

"She ran from the wolf and ran into the bear." It was an old proverb, older than her by far, but just as true. Natasha had tried to leave her past behind her and wound up running into something even more deadly. She became a hero and sacrificed herself to save everyone. Oddly the thought made her smile even in her sadness, she smiled in pride.

"Our Natasha, she couldn't come to holiday dinners or barbecues, but she could travel across the universe and give her life to save so many. It is unfair how badly she makes the rest of us look."
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[personal profile] re_cycled 2023-08-03 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
No, but the program had made them nothing if not capable improvisers. The benefit of their training allowed them to appear as a family and by doing that enough she'd been able to fool even herself. Or had she? What she felt for her girls and even for Alexi was true. When she lost her family she felt that loss.

And to see Yelena laugh even a little lifted her heart. Melina wiped away the tear trail off Yelena's cheek with the back of her knuckle.

"She has given us a chance to make her proud, we will do this, yes?" She lifted Yelena's chin and gave her a solid look expecting an answer.
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[personal profile] re_cycled 2023-08-03 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
What family remained they had now, and none of them seemed inclined to let it slip away again.

"No, no crying. It gives wrinkles."

She took her shoulders and gripped them firmly. "I am with you, and we will help our sisters. No one need suffer what the program has put them through ever again."

And she could help with the chemical and mental programming aspects of what had been done, she was in a unique position to undo the damage she'd caused. Not something she'd ever thought she could do but the world was a different place now than it had been years ago.
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thank you!

[personal profile] brushpass 2024-01-03 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh.
You know, I think at the end of the day, it has to be vampire. Only being able to go out at night wouldn't change my ability to do my job much.
And I don't think I'd like being at the whims of a werewolf transformation.
What about you?
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[personal profile] brushpass 2024-01-04 01:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe a little bit because I said so.
And the furball thing.
Do you know what makes me laugh though? When the vampires have super speed but nobody's hair gets messed up in transit.
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[personal profile] brushpass 2024-01-04 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but you're still my little sister.
You know, I might be prepared to sign a blood contract for magic hair. That's not a bad perk.
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[personal profile] 107s 2024-01-03 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
no, i'm serious, how's his arthitis? the gas? he does a great big belch too.

[ alexei's fine, but he could stand to get a little ribbing from time to time. ]

what brought the fight on anyway?
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[personal profile] 107s 2024-01-06 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
yeah, what's his phone number then. let me ring up an old pal, why not.

[ kidding aside, though: ]

i'm trying to stay retired, but the world can't seem to stop fucking up long enough to let me have my peace. it's fine. what about you? family doing well with the side gigs?

any side gigs?
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[personal profile] signmybow 2024-01-03 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, you're not wrong about that.
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[personal profile] signmybow 2024-01-05 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
Nothing all that interesting. You?
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[personal profile] moregood 2024-01-05 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
Pretty sure there's no one more fucked up than us.
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[personal profile] captainavenger 2024-01-29 12:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Opening up his home to a friend, or the sister of a friend who needed it came natural to Steve. In the world he came from it was only considered simple hospitality. There was no need to question why she was there, or what she needed. He didn't have any reason not to let her use his couch, or come over to spend a little time. Steve was more than happy to oblige.

Most evenings he spent texting Bucky, or diving into the internet for more information on the wealth of things that had changed between when he hit the ice and now. It wasn't easy to catch up. He was doing his best, but he often felt like a stranger, a man out of time. That's one of the reasons why he got along with Natasha so well-- she had her own solid demons, but played it off. She let him in, even when he made mistakes. She accepted him.

When Yelena shows up and makes herself comfortable, Steve grabs a couple of beers and brings them to the couch with a bags of chips and dip. Food is always good with company. "A movie sounds good. Anything you're interested in? Horror, Comedy, Fluffy?"
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[personal profile] captainavenger 2024-02-11 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
It would be odd to push someone to talk, especially someone like Yelena. She's from a very different life and Steve knows that her way here hasn't been easy. It wasn't like his friendship with Natasha happened overnight. It took a long time for her to tell him much of anything, and trust came after that.

Steve's from another generation, and he's still out of time and place. It's easier to sit in silence and enjoy a beer and some food with a movie than force out a strange conversation about a nothing topic.

Taking a sip of his own beer, Steve smiles and laughs. "Movies were exactly new, but they were mostly still in black and white. I have been watching mostly newer things, but I do have one of my very favorites from the forties.

Picking up the remote, Steve goes to his movie collection through his computer on the TV, something Clint set up for him and pulls up Casablanca. "A classic so i'm told, and also one of my favorites." He leans back, takes another sip and smiles as the title screen comes up.
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[personal profile] captainavenger 2024-02-17 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"Cary Grant was amazing. I love a lot of actors and actresses from my time. I spent enough time watching movies. I was a small man back then, and in Art School. I mean, I went out to bars, but usually got my ass beat up, and tossed out for starting trouble." Steve laughed. He was a patriot all the way back then and always stood up for anything American. He would also drink what he could.

He was too sick to do that much drinking though. Maybe that's why he enjoyed it so much now. Not to mention the guys always had beers after going out on assignment. He sighed and nodded. "I have both popcorn and yes, I do like it enough. It's a habit, and a remembrance to those I lost. I think." He lifts his beer and thinks of the guys, but then takes a sip with a smile and gets up.

Going to the kitchen, he sets to make popcorn. Tapping on the kitchen counter, Steve waits the three minutes then comes back with a bowl full of the stuff. "I can't believe how easy it is to make popcorn now. It really amazes me."
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[personal profile] kentuckian 2024-03-10 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
hey, everyone is allowed to have some dumb fun every once in a while
i actually think i caught berto watching the fiance one once or twice
it did seem to be pretty crazy even by my standards
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[personal profile] 107s 2024-04-26 11:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ see, these are all smart questions. it's just that bucky is in a very fucking stupid situation right now. ]

i'm undercover. cover's still intact. i'm also not supposed to be here.

[ he's breaking - broken - a bunch of rules included in his conditional pardon, okay. ]
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Saying Sorry

[personal profile] stretchy_girl 2024-06-19 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
The sun is already dipping in the western sky, the cafes of Saint-Denis coming alive with evening customers, as a cool elegantly dressed blonde makes her way along the sidewalk, paper bag of groceries in the crook of her arm, stopping outside one of the distinctive Parisian doors to get out her keys.

To her neighbours Anne Darceneaux was just a typical businesswoman, one whose work frequently took her away for long periods of time. Indeed, none of them had seen her for several years, until one day she had turned up again out of the blue, much to the delight of Pierre Thompion in the apartment across from hers who'd lingered on the landing this evening so as to try and flirt with his beautiful neighbour.

Brushing him off gently in fluent French, Anne unlocked her apartment door, hefting the bag of groceries as she closes it behind her, her gaze briefly catching on the mirror by the entrance, a sigh escaping her as she studied the reflection of Anastasia Petrova, a twinge of remorse making her break eye contact with the reflection after only a moment.

Six weeks now, six weeks of living another's life, of waiting in hope that the widow that she'd nearly killed years before might show up. She'd give it another couple of months, maybe tip off some more underworld contacts if that didn't work, but failing that she would be at a dead end.
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[personal profile] stretchy_girl 2024-06-20 08:10 am (UTC)(link)
With the door closed Anastasia tosses the keys into a bowl and makes her way across the apartment, paper bag crinkling in the night air, about to take off her shoes before something catches her ear.

Thump, thump, thump...

A heartbeat. One that Anastasia Petrova's ears could not pick up, but which is easily apparent to her own superior hearing. Anticipation instantly replaces boredom, the knowledge of who it must be causing a rising thrill mixed with worry about how this encounter will go down. Will she be forgiven? Was wearing this face a mistake? Questions she'd been asking herself for weeks bubbling up in her mind in a tsunami of anxiety. But there's absolutely no indication in Anastasia's body language that she's noticed anything, and she continues through the apartment into the kitchen, depositing the bag on the kitchen counter, still for a moment before she speaks.

"I know you are there, I do not wish to fight." She says, Anastasia's voice, her true Russian accent readily apparent, is entirely calm, as if discussing the weather over a coffee. Turning her head she looks right at where Yelena has concealed herself, not seeing her yet, but sure of her hiding spot.

"I have pain au chocolat, they are I think very good."
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[personal profile] stretchy_girl 2024-06-20 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Anastasia Petrova would almost certainly have a gun in the paper bag. She also might have an idea about why Yelena Belova was on the trail of other widows. Gemini de Mille had no need for the first, and little about the second, the knowledge of Yelena's activities more important than the 'why' when she'd started looking for her.

"I'm sorry but Anna is dead, she has been for six years." She held up her hands to show she meant no harm, her expression sorrowful and apologetic. Perhaos it wasn't the best thing to lead with but she wanted to be honest, even at the cost of potentially getting attacked. It's not hard to miss the whipchord readiness in Yelena's posture, and keeps her own entirely relaxed and unthreatening,

"Please, I'm just here to talk."
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[personal profile] stretchy_girl 2024-06-21 08:03 am (UTC)(link)
The gun is not unexpected, but it barely gets a glance. Anastasia's attention is fixed entirely on Yelena and if the gun gives her a feeling of security then she's more than happy to ignore it being pointed at her.

At her question the likeness of the widow melts away, blonde hair turning black, skin and clothing twisting like putty and in the blink of an eye someone entirely different stands in front of Yelena, a dark haired young woman in casual jeans and a green sweater, the only thing that hasn't changed is her apologetic expression.

"My name's Gemini. I was tasked with killing a widow and after you escaped me in Bangkok I tracked down Anastasia." She sighs regretfully, both for the widow's fate and for the horror of what she put Yelena through. "Please do not run, I'm not here to hurt you." She repeats, hands still up, trying to convey in her tone that she's not lying.
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[personal profile] stretchy_girl 2024-06-28 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ow." She deadpans, smiling weakly at her joke, a feeble attempt to break the ice that falls entirely flat given the circumstances. She'd been expecting Yelena's reaction, but it doesn't make it any easier in trying to get through to her. So she stands by the kitchen counter, trying to look as non-threatening as possible, and trying not to fall into the great chasm of guilt that opens up every time she looks at someone impacted by her past actions.

"My name is Gemini." She says soothingly, holding up her hands to try and pacify Yelena. "I used to work for HYDRA. They knew about the Red Room and ordered me to infiltrate his operation. That's why I attacked you." She spoke quickly, trying to get over what she needed to and prevent the fight or flight instinct from kicking in.

"I know it's not ok, I remember what I did to you and I want you to know how sorry I am." Her memories of the fight with Yelena were crystal clear, of ambushing her in the shape of something truly nightmarish, of deliberately drawing out the chase for her own sick enjoyment, drinking in Yelena's fear and desperation, as she failed to harm the creature hunting her, relishing every injury she inflicted and then taking Yelena's shape to .mock her before the final kill. The memory was so strong it made her physically flinch in disgust, the only relief being that she hadn't managed to add the widow to the long list of her victims.
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[personal profile] endof_theline 2024-11-27 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not really a nightlife idea kinda person. As you well know. My idea of a good time is finding a place with the least amount of people possible.

But I know that's not really your thing.
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[personal profile] endof_theline 2024-11-28 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
...

I did, yeah.

But dancing was a lot different back then.
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[personal profile] endof_theline 2024-11-28 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
Don't you like weird club dancing, though?
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[personal profile] endof_theline 2024-11-28 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I wanna do what you like too.
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[personal profile] endof_theline 2024-11-28 07:21 am (UTC)(link)
Can I admit to you that the decision making process is still very overwhelming to me, so if you can figure out somewhere for us to go, that doesn't involve me standing up in front of a crowd, but also having fun with you, I'd be very grateful?
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[personal profile] endof_theline 2024-11-28 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
Mixed into a crowd could be ok. As long as it's not massive.
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[personal profile] endof_theline 2024-11-28 07:31 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. That sounds good.
And I'll be with you.
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[personal profile] endof_theline 2024-11-28 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
It is.
I'm just. You know. Me.
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[personal profile] endof_theline 2024-11-28 07:47 am (UTC)(link)
Just as I am?
I don't know.

Sometimes I feel like I hold you back.
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[personal profile] endof_theline 2024-11-28 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Well- I'm not good with people, I never wanna go anywhere. I know you wanna be out there living your life.
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[personal profile] endof_theline 2024-11-28 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Would you really tell me if it was any different?
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[personal profile] endof_theline 2024-11-30 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
You have been, yeah.
But I also know you don't wanna hurt me, and maybe you think that will.
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[personal profile] endof_theline 2024-11-30 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks.
You're right.

I just worry, I guess. It gets stuck inside my head.
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[personal profile] endof_theline 2024-12-05 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
A lot of real good ones.

I feel like you handle it so much better than I do. And I know it's not because you have a different experience, but you're just bright and alive despite it all.
And here I am, being such a downer, getting stuck up here for reasons I should be able to move past.

And it's hard for me to talk about because it sounds so terrible.
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[personal profile] endof_theline 2024-12-07 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
I love you too.

I know you're right- and I'm lucky to have you.

I'm sorry you have to talk me off a ledge like this. But I promise I'll try to stop discouraging myself.
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[personal profile] endof_theline 2024-12-08 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
You're wonderful.

That's definitely true for me too.

I would. I'd do anything for you.
I really will try my best. Thanks for helping me.
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[personal profile] endof_theline 2024-12-12 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
You're the only person I feel like I can ever really talk to, so- I know.

Let's go out and do something. I'm feeling better about it now.
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[personal profile] endof_theline 2024-12-12 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Same goes for you.

All I know about rollerskating is that in 1937 there was a bus carrying a roller derby team that caught on fire and 20 people died.

...but I've been ice skating before.
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[personal profile] endof_theline 2024-12-22 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it was big news.

It could be fun. You've gotta bundle me up though, cause you know how much I hate the cold.
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[personal profile] endof_theline 2024-11-28 07:03 am (UTC)(link)
It's not strange.
It's all I remember too.
There was nothing before you.
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[personal profile] endof_theline 2024-11-28 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
Starting with this cold night?
...

With you coming back to bed?
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yes sure, if you want to!

[personal profile] endof_theline 2024-11-28 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
I'll be here.
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Re: ❤️

[personal profile] endof_theline 2024-11-28 08:17 am (UTC)(link)
It's so different from anything he's used to. So new, even if they've had stolen moments like this before.

Not completely though, because there was always trepidation and fear, and the Soldier doesn't always know how to act- but when she climbs into bed, pressing close to him, he can't imagine this could be wrong.


"I did". he answers plainly, pressing back against her. 'i always miss you when you're not around
.
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[personal profile] endof_theline 2024-11-28 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Missing her was one of the first emotions he learned. It was intense feeling that felt overwhelming. It's not as bad now that they've escaped together, but he still feels it when she's not around.

The next thing he learned was relief, which is what he's feeling now as she settles in against him. He can let go of the outside world for a moment when she's curled around him.

"You're chilly." He nuzzles her, tightening his arms around her to warm her up.
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mistletoe things...that might have to do with the stray start i'm sending your way later

[personal profile] missrichterscale 2024-12-24 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
The holidays are a weird time for Daisy. With her former team - her family - kind of breaking off and doing their own thing between being busy as the Director of SHIELD, an agent out in the field, teaching at the Academy, going on a bit of soul searching, retiring or... going into space in her case, it means not everyone is aware of the holidays or in touch with each other and it's...lonely. There are familiar faces she recognizes out on missions or in debriefs, but they're not the same as the people she spent many years with saving the world. Or Yelena, even if they haven't known each other all that long.

Daisy likes Yelena and seeing she isn't at the holiday party, it makes her decision an easy one as she puts in a little face time, grabs some goodies, steals a sprig of mistletoe and some vodka before deciding to head to Yelena's instead. It's all without a text to let her know she's on her way so she kind of feels a rise of anxiousness for a moment, thinking that maybe dropping by is a stupid idea and Yelena won't hesitate to tell her so.

But. Maybe it isn't.

"Open up, I have presents!" It comes after a quick three knock pattern, to try and entice Yelena in opening up the door. "And it's cold!"
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[personal profile] missrichterscale 2025-01-07 08:11 am (UTC)(link)
"Saving you, from the looks of things." There's a note of teasing, of mirth between her tone and the glint in her eyes as she looks at Yelena, noting that her place seems quiet - aside from the shuffle of the dog on the couch because she is curious, as is her right - and Daisy decides that is probably about as bad as it would've been had she gone back to her place with her tiny pre-decorated tree and festive wear on her hula girl to keep her company.

It would've been worse, because at least Yelena has her dog.

"I saw you didn't get dragged to the party, so I brought the party to you," she's holding up the arm full of items she stuffed in a decorative bag she'd taken on her way out so she had a way of holding everything and tries to move it enticingly for Yelena. "It's not a bad time, right?"
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[personal profile] dysmorphics 2025-01-13 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a list best enjoyed in person, I think.
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/cracks open the headcanon can

[personal profile] dadguardian 2025-01-13 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
If there's one constant truth, it's that Alexei Shostakov is not doing alright. Not one bit. Adjusting to society after twenty years in prison had already been tough enough. Hunting down other Widows to free from the Red Room's control had also been tough, in a completely different way. Trying to navigate what was going on between him and Melina- if anything- had been a third tough thing. Then came that fourth thing in the form of turning to dust, losing more than five years as the world proceeded without him, then coming back to existence to absolute chaos. That was the final straw, really. That, and losing Natasha.

He found a home in America and spends most of his days watching TV, absorbing that very same culture he'd feigned to be part of in the 90s. His job just barely pays enough to cover the bills. When one has fallen so far, even getting out of bed in the morning is a chore, but he's no quitter. He keeps going, because there's still one person left of their little family who pays visits every so often. He can't let Yelena down.

Those visits are hard to predict, though. Right now, he's wrapped up deeply in a Seinfeld marathon (good, harmless, American fun), while trying to clumsily eat some leftover noodles straight from the take-out box. Red Guardian, ladies and gentlemen!
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[personal profile] dadguardian 2025-01-15 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Alexei's so absorbed in what's happening on TV (ha ha, he does not want to wear the puffy shirt but he has already agreed to do it), he doesn't hear the picking of the lock, nor does he hear the opening and closing of the door. He thinks he hears the creak of a floorboard right as some noodles slip from his fork, back into the takeout box. Before he can turn around, though, Yelena has already spoken up and he starts in his seat. His head turns so fast it leaves him in danger of spraining a muscle or two.

"Yelena! You did not tell me you were coming...!" he says, his voice louder than usual from surprise and just a sprinkling of embarrassment. His house is pretty messy right now and the noodles... Well, he'll set them down on the table with one swift motion, hoping they won't be questioned.
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[personal profile] dadguardian 2025-01-16 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Alexei recognizes the gesture. Even so many years later, he can still vividly picture a young girl doing the same thing when she was upset. She was so much smaller back then, so much frailer. Still, some things never change, and that includes Alexei's desire to cheer her back up. He sits back on the couch again, leaving the box of noodles where it is on the table. He won't ask what's bothering her; that's not really his style. If she wants to talk, she'll talk, and until then, he'll distract her with other things.

"Jerry Seinfeld. Famous American comedian. We would watch this sometimes, in Ohio. Do you remember?"

Not that Alexei watched it in quite the same light back then. 'Ridiculous Western propaganda', that was what he'd thought. Nowadays, sentiments like that have lost their meaning.
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[personal profile] dadguardian 2025-01-18 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes! Kramer," he says, hoping that will jog her memory further. "He is the funniest one. Always sliding into apartment unexpected, taking food from Jerry's fridge... And he does not work. He never works. Only gets up to shady moneymaking schemes. They say Seinfeld is a show about nothing, but there is a lot happening. Very good commentary on petty American society."

Truly, he is sophisticated for watching this series. There are layers there to peel away. But more importantly, it makes him smile, and there are days where he needs that smile. Maybe it'll make Yelena smile too. He hopes so.
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[personal profile] dadguardian 2025-03-31 11:36 am (UTC)(link)
Back when they were all in Ohio together, Alexei had always been feeling restless. He would insist, over and over, that Dreykov had chosen the wrong person for the job. That he should've been out in the field. What good is a super soldier when he just sits around a house all day, pretending to be American? What he hadn't realized back then, but knows all too well now, is that his priorities had been wrong. The only good that had come from being associated with the Red Room had been the Ohio mission, and those are years he can never get back. Neither of them can. Sitting here now with Yelena is the closest thing to it, even if it is just a pale imitation. A faint echo of a makeshift family.

When she presses up against him, it takes him by surprise, but he does understand the request just fine. It's because he understands the request that he's surprised in the first place. His arm settles around her shoulders to pull her against his chest and he assumes that to be the end of it, but... now his shirt is getting wet.

It takes him a long moment of debating (is this bear poking?) before he decides to throw the question out there: "Did something happen?"
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[personal profile] endof_theline 2025-02-14 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I do, yeah.
So take your time, I'll let myself in.
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[personal profile] freights 2025-02-17 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
So, what did she do?
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[personal profile] mimikriya 2025-05-18 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Valentina wants to fuck your father.
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[personal profile] hasworkfriends 2025-05-22 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Dylan has no idea how any of this happened. One minute he was living it up in his last summer before college, badly hitting on the big man around camp and enjoying the time he had left as a free man. But there was no level of fun that could make up for the bullshit that ended up happening - especially how he's left being some kind of otherworldly creature whenever the full moon comes around every month.

So, a lot of people are dead or fucked up. He doesn't particularly feel like either, he thinks. But he can't start college now and he definitely can't go home, so when some rich lady figures him out and starts asking him to do things for her, he might aa well. A few years pass and hey, is he technically a spy now?

Who knows. All he really gets is the lines are starting to blur between the two shapes he can take because of working for Valentina, but he's okay with that, as long as he's useful and having an interesting time.

He's definitely going to have an interesting time today. The mission is dull as ever, but he's paired with a cute blonde with a great accent. He doesn't know much about girls or have non platonic feelings about them, but he knows this - everyone back home is going to be jealous.
]

So forget the mission, tell me about you. What incredible creature pushed you out and made you the painting you are?