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~ STANDING APPOINTMENTS ~
Daily:
Early morning run
CH5 Avengers Breakfast
Training Session at the Battle Dome

Other:
Friday: 8AM Coffee Date with Pepper

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[She lets him, a hint of a laugh escaping her as she ends up on top of him, half-sprawled on the sofa. She reaches for a pillow, playfully swatting him with it as she laughs again.]

There's no denial! It's just my face! [She scoffs at him, teasing, but some of the shadows are faded from her gaze now, replaced by genuine humor.]

[The swat earns her another chuckle.] Then I guess you've just got a cute face.

Edited 2013-04-10 18:19 (UTC)

[She rolls her eyes at that, resting on top of him, her arms crossed on his chest as she peers down at him, still looking bemused.] You're impossible.

Sorry. [He brushes a loose curl away from her face and tucks it gently behind her ear.] Can't help it.

Have you tried? [It's said teasingly, but her gaze has softened at his move, watching him with a thoughtful look as she props her chin atop her hands on his chest.]

Nope. [One of his hands settles just above the curve of her hip.] Comfortable?

Didn't think so. [She gives him a faint smile at that, because he doesn't seem tense or uncomfortable at this. If he had, she would have moved already.] Yes. You make a good cushion.

Happy to be of service, ma'am. [He does his best Good Soldier impression, though there's some obvious wry humor beneath the words. His expression sobers a little after that.]

So... You really okay with this?

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[She's still resting atop him, her smile softening at his question, at the way he watches her so seriously.]

I feel like I should be asking you this. Yes, Bucky, I am really okay with this. I knew what I was getting into from the start. Are you okay with this? I realize there are still... complications here. Malnosso-induced romance aside.

[Bucky considers her answer a moment before he nods seriously. He still feels like he might be a reminder of one of the worst times in her life, but Natasha is the one decide if there's any truth in that beyond his own guilty conscience.]

I knew what I was getting into. [He pauses, makes a face.]

...Except for everything I didn't know. No more lies, alright? At least, not about us. And not to protect me. Anything else... [He shrugs a shoulder.] I trust you.

[She gives a small laugh at that, her gaze darting to the side for a moment as her lips quirk, and there are old shadows in her gaze.] Even after all that, hmm?

[Her gaze comes back to his then and she taps him lightly on the nose with the tip of one finger, her expression surprisingly solemn.] I'll do my best. No more lies to protect you. And if there are things you want to know... About you. About me. About us. I'll answer those too. But only if you want to know.

You think I never lied to protect anyone? Unless I disappear one day, and come back as the man you knew, Steve never hears about this.

[He gives her an unimpressed look when she taps his nose, but he's listening. He thinks about it this time. There's no question that it's easier to live with even part of the truth, and the person he's supposed to become isn't the person he is... But he can't bring himself to close that door completely. It's part curiosity, part concern, and, admittedly, part desperation to find a little bit of something he can still change.]

I want to know all of it.

He won't hear of it from me. [It's a promise she can easily give. She knows how much guilt Steve already carries from those days. The grief. The loss. She doesn't want to add to that. And she can guess what the knowledge that his best friend had been left alive and lost after that grim mission would do to him. He'd never forgive himself. Her lips quirk faintly.] I'm good at secrets, at least. I struggled long enough in deciding whether I should tell you. Now it is your secret to tell, or not.

[She waits while he thinks that over, patient. Willing to accept whatever he decides. She's not very surprised by his answer, but she gives him a crooked smile in reply.]

I'll tell you all of it that I know.

Good.

[If Bucky has his way, Steve will never have to hear about it, but he knows this place too well. It's a matter of time.

He nods, and shifts a little, settles in to listen. Natasha tells him everything that she knows.]

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