By the time the doctor is peering skeptically down at them, Bucky's swiveled away from Daisy. Although his right arm is still pinned beneath her and she's caught in the crook of his arm, using him as a human pillow by now, the two of them half-cuddling just out of sheer proximity in order to fit on the bed. They're both a little rumpled, and there's popcorn debris scattered on both of them. ]
Yeah, uh, just watching a movie.
[ Even though his attention's completely gone away from it. And as he glances back up at the monitor, he catches the black-and-white screen and a heap of newspapermen milling around an office. The embarrassment of someone looking in on them is mortifying, and yet also— refreshingly banal and normal, like he's rewound time, and they're just two teenagers being caught together. It's a nice low-stakes thing to worry about, compared to his usual life. Compared to dodging HYDRA's dregs earlier. ]
Promise I'm not straining the bandages, [ he says, with a flash of a radiant smile at Jemma, which is Bucky Barnes trying to be his Most Charming™ with a medical authority. ]
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By the time the doctor is peering skeptically down at them, Bucky's swiveled away from Daisy. Although his right arm is still pinned beneath her and she's caught in the crook of his arm, using him as a human pillow by now, the two of them half-cuddling just out of sheer proximity in order to fit on the bed. They're both a little rumpled, and there's popcorn debris scattered on both of them. ]
Yeah, uh, just watching a movie.
[ Even though his attention's completely gone away from it. And as he glances back up at the monitor, he catches the black-and-white screen and a heap of newspapermen milling around an office. The embarrassment of someone looking in on them is mortifying, and yet also— refreshingly banal and normal, like he's rewound time, and they're just two teenagers being caught together. It's a nice low-stakes thing to worry about, compared to his usual life. Compared to dodging HYDRA's dregs earlier. ]
Promise I'm not straining the bandages, [ he says, with a flash of a radiant smile at Jemma, which is Bucky Barnes trying to be his Most Charming™ with a medical authority. ]