bb!Steve does not approve of being called 'bb!Steve'

[thelivinglegend]

Not the size of the dog in the fight, I know. I know.

I guess I just don't understand what use you've got for me like this when we both know how things work out. Or why you're so interested in what I was like 'before'. I didn't think I'd changed that much. I mean sure, going through a war changes you some, but I didn't make it out as bad as most. Hell, I made it out.

Just...if you can help it, don't put me in a position where I can't help the people that need me. That's all I ask.

Oh. And trying to set me up on all these dates? You're getting as bad as Bucky. I told you before, it's not as important as you think it is. I'd be happy just having another friend.

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[kneecaptain]

… as bad as Bucky?

[Comic book Bucky didn't meet Steve until after the serum, so he doesn't recognize Steve immediately. Awkward!]

[thelivinglegend]

[ Well hi there, Brubaker!Bucky. Steve has the oddest feeling he knows you from somewhere. ]

Yeah, he's...a friend of mine.

[ Is it...? It couldn't be, right? If it were, he'd know him. But it sure as Hell looks like him. ]

[kneecaptain]

Nah, it's just— that's my name.

[thelivinglegend]

Your name.

[ Steve's brow pinches. ]

...James Buchanan Barnes, right?

[ Because Bucky could be a common enough nickname, but now he's getting the feeling it's not just coincidence. ]

[kneecaptain]

Yeah, that's my— how did ?—

[Give him a second to squint.]

Steve?

[thelivinglegend]

[ And that'd be relief in the drop of his shoulders. ]

Hey, Buck.

[kneecaptain]

I thought you were bigger.

[wealldosillythings]

[D'awww, even if you look twelve, Molly still likes bb!Steve!]

Muns loooove to play matchmaker. Trust me, I've been there.

[thelivinglegend]

[ Oh, irony. You are not lost. ]

So you don't remember me ever being...this size? Ever?

[ So...this is Bucky, yeah, but not his Bucky. He's starting to get how this whole Alternate Universe thing works, mind you. ]

[thelivinglegend]

[ Hi there, Molly. Steve still likes you, too, for the record. ]

Well I figure you would. Probably got all kinds of guys knocking down your door.

[kneecaptain]

No. I mean, I'd heard stories, but… they were just stories.

[wealldosillythings]

[What a sweetheart! She'll try not to fangirl...much.]

[Molly gives so nervous of a laugh that it can practically be called a titter.] Me? O-Oh goodness, no. I mean, my mun thinks I did all right for myself in the past, but uh...oh what's it called? In canon I haven't done so hot. The last two blokes I liked....sort of horror stories.

[thelivinglegend]

Oh.

[ Yep. Hello, awkward. ]

That's...different, I guess.

[ Hopefully: ]

We're still friends though, right?

[thelivinglegend]

I'm sorry to hear it. You deserve better than that.

[wealldosillythings]

It's all right. I learned from it. And I'm...almost friends with one of them now, so I think it'll all work out in the end.

You're really sweet, you know that? Girls should be going crazy for you.

shine the buck signal a little harder why don't you

[wwii]

[ hey now, as bad as him? ] She should be so lucky.

[thelivinglegend]

Almost friends, huh?

[ That amused look flees for something almost resigned. ]

Maybe. I'd settle for just one.

[kneecaptain]

No, where I'm from, you started rooting for the Yankees and I never could forgive you.

[...]

Sorry. That was a bad joke. [The awkwardness drives him to bad jokes.]

oh HEY you're here, what a crazy random happenstance!

[thelivinglegend]

Don't encourage her.

[thelivinglegend]

[ No, it's fine. That got a smile cracking. ]

Well it'd be weird if you started telling anything else.

yeah well you summon with the subtlety of a spork in the leg.

[wwii]

Like she needs it. Looks like she's sold on you already -- almost hurts my feelings I had nothing to do with it.

maybe you just missed me.

[thelivinglegend]

Don't get too excited. I don't know for sure that anything'll come of it.

Especially like this.

i think for that to be possible i would have to not talk to you every minute of the day.

[wwii]

[ long-suffering sigh. can't you just hear how long he suffers? ]

Not this again.

shhh. you'll spoil the moment.

[thelivinglegend]

[ He's being realistic here! Although... ]

There might be someone.

[ He's not getting his hopes up yet, mind. ]

[kneecaptain]

Hey. [He doesn't think all his jokes are bad.]