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[morethan084]

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[pursuitofcappiness]

Uh, chicken soup?

[ He might have tried salting it with soy sauce so it is a bit um, dark looking for chicken soup, but he presents it anyway. ]

Promise it tastes good.

[morethan084]

[It's better than she would've made, probably, but the smell alone makes her queasy.]

Uh maybe later. Thanks though, I appreciate it.

[Even if she's barely been able to keep down water.]

How'd you know I was sick? Did Bucky tell you?

[And what exactly did he say?]

[pursuitofcappiness]

Yeah, we talk. He's kind of my best friend.

[ And next-door neighbor? Yeah, hopefully that explains everything. ]

I don't mean to intrude or anything, just. Thought it might be nice for someone else to cook for you right now.

[morethan084]

Right.

[Well, that kind of answers that. He hasn't actually brought it up though, which is a relief.]

You didn't, I'm just not a great host right now.

[Or a great patient, as Bruce can probably attest to. She should probably go back to the couch, but it feels rude to be laying down while Steve is here.]

How've you been?

[pursuitofcappiness]

I wasn't expecting you to be.

Guess I can't complain, though. I should've come to see you recently, I guess.

It's been too long.

[ He'll just try to quickly set up. ]

[morethan084]

No, I'm sorry. Just been in my own head a lot recently.

[And that's her first time actually admitting that to anyone, although it was probably fairly obvious to anyone who knew her. Especially Bucky.]

Plus, you know, the whole dying thing doesn't make it easy to hang out.

[She may or may not be making jokes in the hopes that he doesn't try to seriously talk about it.]

[pursuitofcappiness]

Oh.

I mean... I can leave, if that makes you feel better. Come back when you're up for company.

[ He tries. He just wants Skye to be all right. He thought this might help. ]

[morethan084]

Hey, no. You can stay. I want you to stay. I'm just saying, don't expect dinner and a show.

[pursuitofcappiness]

[ Is that what people usually expect when they come and visit...?? ]

No, no, as long as it's okay with you, I can do all the... dinner and a show.

[morethan084]

...Should I break out the dollar bills?

[Just because she died doesn't mean her awful sense of humor did as well.]

[pursuitofcappiness]

You know, Skye, all the things I'd thought we wouldn't phase out cash for, I don't think stripping ever crossed my mind.

[morethan084]

You are way too innocent.

[Well, mostly.]

[pursuitofcappiness]

[ He's just trying to change the subject. ]

You know that's not true.

[morethan084]

More than I probably should.

[Anyways.]

I was just mindlessly watching TV and trying not to puke if you wanted to, you know...

[Skye gestures weakly in the direction of the couch.]

[pursuitofcappiness]

Sure.

[ He makes his way over. ]

What're we watching?

[morethan084]

[Taking a seat, Skye curls up into herself to give him space on the couch too.]

Nothing good. But is that really surprising in this place?

[Reaching for her half empty glass of water, Skye takes a careful sip before setting it back down and wrapping the blanket more tightly around herself.]

Who knew coming back from the dead would feel just as bad as dying?

[Making awful jokes is how she copes, okay? Except around Bucky.]

[pursuitofcappiness]

Pretty much everyone. You come back from the dead, you gotta heal from the thing that killed you.

[ Listen, he'd been "dead" for seventy years, he can say this. ]

CW: Mention of gunshot wound

[morethan084]

Yeah, I guess. I don't know too many people who can 'heal' from a bullet to the head though.

[Did Steve know the details of her death? If he didn't, well, now he knew.]

[pursuitofcappiness]

No, not always. But you wouldn't be the first, Skye.

You wanna talk about it, or?

[morethan084]

[Any sense of humor, as dry as it might have been, has left her by the time she looks to Steve again.]

They were going to kill Bucky.

[pursuitofcappiness]

What?

--Who were?

[ Because he's going to go kill whoever it is. ]

[morethan084]

He didn't tell you?

[He hadn't told her either, to be fair, that he was a werewolf. It still bothers her, even if she won't admit it. Especially with how many things she's kept close to her chest, it would be hypocritical to call him out on that.]

[pursuitofcappiness]

Didn't really get around to it, just the part where he needed a blanket and some soup.

[ Yeah, uh, he didn't actually get told about the werewolf thing, it was just a thing that was evident. ]

[morethan084]

Oh.

[Skye still doesn't know how long Bucky has been dealing with this, but at least he went to Steve. She's not sure how much she should say since he didn't outright say 'werewolf'.]

The Hunters were going after him.

[pursuitofcappiness]

Right, makes sense. He showed up at my door.

Sorry, I should've called. I didn't think he'd want anyone finding out...