bottledblond: (skinny - ponder)
Captain Steve Rogers ([personal profile] bottledblond) wrote in [community profile] fossilised 2018-09-15 12:48 pm (UTC)

“What?” The first thing out of Bucky’s mouth is exactly what he expects it to be and yet it still takes Steve aback. He straightens, though his back is aching, and his hands leave his knees so that they can feel along the pockets of his skinny jeans. Phone, check. Wallet, check again. Inhaler? “Shit. No. I left it at home.”

It’s not much of a home. He gets some money from the government and his art classes are paid for thanks to New York being kind to the arts and still setting aside funding for it. He works two jobs to afford his third of the rent in a tiny two bedroom apartment where he’s got the closet. It works. He can afford it. A mattress, a filing cabinet where he keeps his underwear and art supplies, and hanging shelves are all he really needs anyway. He’s gotten pretty good at creatively carving space for himself and it’s not like he needs that much of it. He doesn’t even need a window either. The view would just be another building two feet away and a dirty alley anyway.

“But I’m good!” he continues, thankfully no wheeze in his voice to highlight a potential lie. And he is good. Really good. He can’t stop grinning, like he’s been trying out to be the Joker and his face has just gotten stuck that way.

Steve isn’t going to ask when Bucky got home. He’s not going to ask how he is either. There no need to because it doesn’t matter. Bucky is right in front of him now. He’s standing here. He’s here.. Steve could cry but he won’t do that either. He doesn’t want his friend to make fun of him for being soft like he had when Bucky called him the day before he was being deployed overseas.

“What are you doing right now? If you say you’re busy, I’m going to have to hit you. Fair warning.”

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