Bucky peeked over her shoulder, and a faint smile tugged at his face. "Oh, this is going to absolute chaos." He said as he read the message. "So much chaos." He shook his head a little bit, running his hands through his hair for a moment. "But I hope the tea helps, for the sleeping thing." He added, looking over at her.
(Marvel you cowards give us some Shuri and Peter friendship content we need the chaotic science bros to be on the same screen)
(Also: TFATWS TONIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGHTTTTT)
Some of the tension eased out of Shea's shoulders as she allowed herself to laugh a little bit at Bucky's comment. "From what Fury told me, Shuri and Peter almost caused a second Civil War between the Avengers after they slaughtered Tony and T'Challa in Taboo." She laughed a little more. "Apparently they only spoke in memes throughout the whole game night."
(bruhhh yesss)
(Oadvhdbdbdbdb I watched it and holy shit, Bucky pulled at my heartstrings the whole timmmmmme, holy shit. The way he was dealing with PTSD and all that shit, just…woah. made me so sad for him :( )
Bucky laughed softly. "Yeah, they did. Game night is…game night is exciting. We'll probably play the more…teenager friendly games first. The later the night gets and the more tipsy most people are, the more likely it is that the games will start being a little more…adult." he shook his head a little bit. "It's all fun, though."
(I know right akdhkahskakka I love Bucky so much. With the flashbacks and the therapy and just alfhakha poor baby just needs a break :( )
"Do you send them up to their rooms or something?" Shea dismissed the message, marking it as unread for someone to read later. Her expression hardened into an impression of any somewhat rational adult. "Hush toddlers. Go to your rooms the adults are playing."
(he does, so badly D: like he's gonna get a call from somebody like "we need your help" and he's just going to be like "okay" but internally he'll be suffering because goddamnit he just wanted peace :'( )
Bucky laughed. "Yeah, pretty much. They weren't exactly happy about it. Especially Jason." He shook his head faintly. "That kid has been treated like an adult agent by SHIELD for so long that I think he forgets he's not." He sighed faintly, running a hand through his hair and shrugging a shoulder. "But we just sent them to go watch a movie or play games among themselves."
(I know :( I wonder if they're gonna mention Riley, Sam's wingman. Because if Winter Soldier, Rileys death seemed to have quite the effect on Sam.)
"I mean, I'm technically an adult so if you try to send me to my room, I'll riot," Shea snorted and took a seat at the island, once again taking a few sips from her mug.
(yeah. I just feel so bad for himmmm. Ooh! That would be really interesting)
"Well you're what, twenty something?" Bucky asked, looking at her. "That's different. Jason is 17. I'm not sure when he'll be 18." He shrugged one shoulder, heading over to start the hot water to make some more tea. "So, that's different than you, since you're an actual adult."
(what if Bucky falls off something very very very high and he's panicking because Steve couldn't catch him and Sam is panicking because he couldn't catch Riley and just a;kdj;afksdjf;ajkd trauma time)
(Also: I have decided to tweak Shea's backstory and by that I mean change 70% of it because I wasn't happy with it before. So it's gonna be on her character page in the beginning so if you wanna check that out :D)
"I'm 21," Shea answered peacefully, her gaze drifting to the fridge where she could see her warped reflection in the stainless steel. She still looked like shit, but at least her glowing eyes had faded away to the deep purple. Her fingers clutched the cup in her hands tighter. The mug felt warm in her hands, the heat seeping through her hands and warming her whole body. It was nice to finally get a break from the freezing terror that always seemed to consume her late in the night.
(oh my god. And then after Sam catches him and they land they're both kind of in their own private hell and like. Sam is just kinda standing there wide eyed and Bucky is shaking and looking ready to punch something but they're both pretending to be fine and hamdbdbdb)
(Oh alright! Will do :)
Bucky nodded a little. "Ah, I see." He said, pouring out his own mug of tea and taking a small sip. "Well, there you go. You won't be kicked out when the adults play." He smirked very faintly, shaking his head for a moment. "Unless you want to be."
(a;dslkfja; yes kevin fiege give us that you coward)
(and her backstory is all updated!! :D)
"Nice. Fury may call me a child on an hourly basis, but that doesn't mean I am one," Shea laughed again, her tense aura morphing into her usual confident and chaotic one. The oven timer clicked over to the next minute, catching Shea's eye. It was 2:43 AM. "Jesus, I didn't know I was down here this long."
(yesss. Also the episode just made me angrier at the ending they gave Steve in endgame hnnnnng)
(:D looks good!)
Bucky laughed a little as well. "Yeah. If you're feeling better and ready to go back to sleep, feel free to. I'll be sticking around up here for a bit longer, but don't feel obligated to stay because of me." He took a sip of his tea, his grey-blue eyes calm and collected.
(Steve deserved better >:( but also, Steve said that he would be with Bucky til the end of the line and right after he finally got Bucky back, Steve ditched him for Peggy. Very angry.)
(And thanks! :D)
"I won't be sleeping anyways." Shea drained the last bit of tea in the mug and padded over to the sink to dispose of the dirty dish. "I sleep until my brain decides to torture me and then I'm up for the day." She sighed through her nose, mind drifting to a few years prior. "Don't you miss the days when you were just a normal human?" The comment slipped before Shea could process what she was going to say.
(god same!! Like, Steve is the only one who knew anything about how hard it was gonna be for Bucky to adjust, and he basically went "lol bye" before he could help Bucky and it makes me so fucking angry)
(Np!)
Bucky looked at her for a moment, considering the question. "I…yes and no." He said slowly. "On the one hand, I miss not having all this HYDRA shit in my head. I mean…Shuri got the trigger words out, so that's fine, but…memories are a bitch, and that's the worst part. So I do miss that part. But…I don't know, really. It's not an easy question."
(Marvel is just gettin rid of the OG 6 Avengers, huh? Killed Tony and Nat, Hulk and Bruce are now the same person, Cap is old, Hawkeye is retiring, and Thor is just chilling with the Guardians now.)
Shea nodded, curling and uncurling her hands into fists, a calming habit she had gotten into when things got emotional. "Makes sense. I wish… I wish things went back to how they were when I was little. Before the gangs and foster system, SHIELD and HYDRA. I didn't ask for any of this, but I've never been one to complain so I've just sucked it up and dealt with the cards life has given me."
(hhhhhh yeah)
"Yeah. I mean…if Steve and I had just stuck around in the past, no HYDRA, no…no supersoldier shit…we woulda been happy, you know? But…I think I can still be… content with this future." Bucky frowned very faintly. "I don't know. We'll see, I guess."
"Yeah…" Shea responded. "I'm glad to see HYDRA gone. They went too long without somebody stopping them. We were stupid to bring in Arnim Zola after World War II. I mean, what were we thinking? Oh yeah, let's bring in an enemy scientist to help us form a US branch of the government and give him way too much control and practically no punishment for his thousands of war crimes. Brilliant." She smacked the counter and stood up slightly straighter.
"Yeah." Bucky shrugged faintly. "You know he siphoned funding over to…deal with me?" He looked down at his metal hand. "Used US money to pay for a KGB assassin." He shook his head, taking a sip of his tea and sighing. "Bastard." His eyes narrowed for a moment as memories flickered through his mind, and then he shook the memories away again.
Shea nodded, silently agreeing with Bucky without anything to really add. "Well, it's late. I'd love to bother you more but I have a telenovela to catch up on." That wasn't a lie. Shea had to know if Ernesto was truly live or if it was his evil cousin Roberto.
Bucky laughed a little. "Ah, good night then. I'm gonna head back to bed in a minute anyways." He waved, finishing up his tea and putting his mug in the sink, before heading back to his own level and getting in bed.
Jason was already asleep again, curled up on his side on the bed, the blankets tangled around his body.
(ahshsbs my Stucky ass totally isn't planning on having Steve and Bucky get together eventually lmao)
(lol have fun with thatttt XD)
(more TFATWS TONIIIIIIIIIGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHTTTTTT)
(Also sorry my replies have been really off schedule, I've been on vacation)
By the time Bucky had disposed of his mug, Shea was already up the first few flights of stairs. She hummed "Eye of the Tiger" to herself as she climbed. Every now and then, she would go up a section of stairs differently to keep herself entertained. Shea was strange like that.
After singing Eye of the Tiger nine times, Shea reached her floor and was only extraordinarily out of breath. "Shoulda taken the elevator," She muttered through heavy breaths. She flopped down on her bed with an oof and grabbed her phone from the white nightstand. The screen was blinding, causing Shea to fumble with the device attempting to turn the brightness down. When the white spots had finally faded from her vision, Shea went into HULU and found her telenovela.
"Alright Ernesto, let's see if you're alive for your child's birth with your fourth wife, Juana."
(I swear, Shea is just a chaotic mood)
(XD)
(Hshdb YES haven't seen it yet tho)
(It's fine!)
(Also uh, timeskip?)
(Lmao yeah)
(yeah a timeskip's cool with me! and yes the new episode is a;dskfja;lksdjf)
(alright! To game night? I haven't seen it aksndbd please don't spoil it)
(don't worry I won't XD and yeah! To the game night sounds great!)
(XD alright! I gtg now so I'll probably post it tomorrow. Or you can start, if you want. Idc)
(let's wait for tomorrow, I'm tired and got some homework to do)
(alright, sounds good!)
(here's the starter!)
Jason had door duty of welcoming people into the tower, and he was doing it as best he could. He was wearing a simple t shirt and jeans, with his hair combed. Slightly. It was mostly a mess, but he had made an effort to tame it, and that had to count for something, right? So he stood by and made small talk and guided people to where everyone else was gathering, waiting for the last arrivals to come in so that they could start game night in earnest.
Paisley talked animatedly with Doctor Strange about her new science project she had. The Doctor nodded along, occasionally adding a comment about what he used to do before the crash. Paisley was dressed in a simple white long sleeve and dark blue jeans tucked into tall black boots with a black blazer. Her hair was pulled up into its flawless ponytail and she wore some simple eyeshadow, mascara, and eyeliner to finish her look. Strange looked just as casually sharp, with a nice blue button up that brought out his eyes and some black pants. However, the Eye of Agamotto was tucked under the collar of his expensive shirt and Cloak flew overhead, occasionally catching the attention of a passerby.
They made their way down the street, the sun already beginning to dip below the skyline and the shadows became darker and more prominent with the lack of light. The two sorcerer's conversation was halted when none other than Princess Shuri of Wakanda and Peter Parker, aka the Spiderman, darted in front of them, racing each other to the Tower just a block away. Paisley shook her head and laughed, shoving her hands into the pockets of her blazer and continuing to make her way down the sidewalk.
"Good evening, Jason," Strange greeted the teen when they arrived at the door.
"Hey!" Paisley quickly followed suit with the greeting. "You ready for tonight?"
~ meanwhile ~
Shea walked out of the elevator, wearing her signature black hoodie, ripped jeans, and ratty purple high tops. Her hair was tied up into a messy bun, the pieces too short to make it into the hairtie falling messily into her face. She greeted the Avengers she knew, side-eyeing the ones she didn't. There was a man talking with Steve, hearts in his eyes and an annoyed woman on his arm.
"Scott, why are you still surprised whenever you see Steve?" The woman asked, affection lacing her voice.
"Hope. This is THE Captain America! Of course I'm impressed!" He responded with wild gestures.
Steve just looked uncomfortable.
Jason smiled at them. "Yeah. It'll be fun." He replied, stepping to the side and letting them in. "Everyone else is waiting in the main living area. I'll be joining you guys there after Shuri and T'Challa arrive, and also Peter Parker. He's running a little late." He took a deep breath, sighing faintly and shrugging his shoulders for a moment. "Peter should be here soon, and then Shuri and T'Challa soon afterward."