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[morethan084]

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[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...

[morethan084]

No, there was a reason he didn't want me to know.

[She just didn't know what that reason was.]

It's not like we know everything about each others lives.

[She wasn't exactly an open book when it came to everything about her past.]

[pursuitofcappiness]

I get that Skye, I do, but I feel like this was probably one of those things you had to have found out eventually.

[ These two need couple's therapy or something. ]

You know I wouldn't have let it happen, right?

[morethan084]

I mean, I did find out, just not at the greatest time.

[For either of them. She appreciates the sentiment, but she doubts it would've stopped the hunters from trying. Even Bucky couldn't stop them. Didn't help that he was naked, but...]

I appreciate it, but you can't be everywhere at once.

[She doesn't say it, but does it really need to be said that he can't save everyone? It happened. She's so not over it, but she doesn't feel like openly sobbing about it either. It's easier to just repress her emotions until she's alone.]

[pursuitofcappiness]

Yeah, I know. And it's not about me.

[ But he still feels bad, his arms crossed over his chest.

He tries so hard to relax. ]

What should we do now?

[morethan084]

[She's so exhausted mentally and physically that she couldn't come up with any kind of plan right now if she tried. Other than mindlessly staring at the TV or falling asleep. The latter being very tempting right now.

In desperate need of physical contact, and feeling comfortable enough with Steve, she at least attempts to lean against him. It's not like he can get sick from her anyway.]

Is this not entertaining enough for you?

[pursuitofcappiness]

[ He lets her lean, and does one further, goes to give her a hug, holds her pretty tight. And he's warm and solid and strong and smells like aftershave, so. It should be a pretty decent one. ]

You know that's not what I mean, Skye.

[ But he doesn't ask again, goes quiet so she can take her time. ]