[ bucky groans, mortified all over again, scrubbing at his face with his hands. and yet it's all, weirdly— refreshingly? normal? and kind of nice? because there's an undercurrent of humour beneath it all, and a playfulness that keeps him on his toes. he moves slightly away from her again, because the sight of yelena belova in his boxers and with his shirt hanging off her body, the loose neck and sleeve slipping down one shoulder, is life-ruining. this is life-ruining.
and he's realising there's something they never actually clarified. there was, maybe, the chance that she was just going to clean up in the shower and then pull her pants back on and head back out into the night, but now.... ]
Are you staying? [ a beat ] Because I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to climb balconies while hopped up on painkillers and bleeding everywhere.
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[ bucky groans, mortified all over again, scrubbing at his face with his hands. and yet it's all, weirdly— refreshingly? normal? and kind of nice? because there's an undercurrent of humour beneath it all, and a playfulness that keeps him on his toes. he moves slightly away from her again, because the sight of yelena belova in his boxers and with his shirt hanging off her body, the loose neck and sleeve slipping down one shoulder, is life-ruining. this is life-ruining.
and he's realising there's something they never actually clarified. there was, maybe, the chance that she was just going to clean up in the shower and then pull her pants back on and head back out into the night, but now.... ]
Are you staying? [ a beat ] Because I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to climb balconies while hopped up on painkillers and bleeding everywhere.