tampered | -- they'll be happy to know that as I saw you go

When: Friday 8th of June, evening time.
Rating: PG-13, but he'll probably have a potty mouth, so fair warning.
Characters: Bucky Barnes (

yourbestguysgun) and open to anyone who'd be at the Blue Light. Feel free to have been there with him for a long time.
Summary: Somebody's a super friendly drunk given the right opportunity for it.
Log:

The last time Bucky was happy like this, he was surrounded by his team, his friends, leaning against the bartop in uniform and teasing the ever loving hell out of his best friend. He tries not to think about it too often, mostly because it feels a little bit like it's way above his own understanding. He can deal with a lot of things, but dimension hopping is a stretch. Of course he misses it, the Howling Commandos, the camaraderie, the sense of belonging, but the City isn't so bad when it's not jerking his chain, and he likes the people he's gotten to know.

Most of them, anyway.

He's been drinking - quite a bit, actually, - but more as a sign of how good he feels today, laughing at Steve and the rest of his friends, and heckling the band to play something he recognises. It's an easy feeling, and it seeps into his posture, shirt sleeves rolled up, animated as he talks. His beer is clutched in one hand, half-empty as he waves it.

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[ Shrugging. ] Seen enough to know it's true. But he's got SHIELD backing him now, and the team.

Yeah. [ Oh look, that's the end of that conversation. ]

[ Clint can take a hint, and he's not one to pry on personal issues, even if they're hanging there for everyone to see. Steve being at one end and Bucky the other really can't be an easy thing to have at the back of their minds, but he likes to think it means something knowing Steve'll be okay in the future when he can't be there to see it himself.

He drapes an arm over Bucky's shoulders. ] How's your dancing skills?

[ Rolling his eyes. ]

I'm not dancing with you, Barton. [ Then to soften it. ] If I can't dance with him in public, sure as hell means I ain't doing it with you. It's kinda reserved.

The difference between me and Steve is that I'm not gonna blush and swoon over your ass. [ But he finds it odd that he puts it like that. ] What's stopping you doing the dirty with him on the dance floor?

[ Glancing at him. ]

Barton, we're from the 1940s. I don't know much about the future, all I know is where m'from, that kinda deal gets you taken out back and beaten down.

You're not in Kansas any more, sweetheart. Live a little.

Ain't me you need to convince, Barton.

[ Scratching his neck. ]

Steve's holding back on you? [ Ignore the surprise of this knowledge. ]

No, but he's scared. We're not supposed to be together.

Says who? [ He even cares enough to turn on his stool to look at him more pointedly. ] What the two of you do is none of my business, man, but it's no one else's either. If you wanna do what you do? Do it. No one here's gonna blink. And if they do? [ Shrug. ] Fuck 'em.

Ain't that easy, Clint. You can take the boy out of the 1940s, but -.

Someone should give that guy a lesson in modern ways.

Hey, it ain't his fault.

Never said it was.

It's just something that's never gonna happen with us. I'm okay with that.

[ He's not. ]

[ He catches onto that.

Eyebrow raising. ] That line help you sleep at night?

No, but then again, neither do the nightmares so it's not like I'm trying.

Nightmares?

[ Waving a hand. ] S'just a thing.

[ He's not sure where Bucky's from in the timeline, or how much he knows, so he doesn't probe too far.

Shrugging. ] Guess it comes with the territory.

Yeah, pretty much.

[ So. ] How you finding the place?

[ Shrug. ] It's not as bad as I thought, gets kinda boring. I'm used to a bit more action.

Yeah? [ A smile. ] The future still crazy?

Before I got here? We had Thor's very adopted brother send an army of aliens into the streets of New York. It's not the worst I've experienced, but it might give you an idea.

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