some slightly uncomfortable headcanons I have about the Thunderbolts at the beginning of them living together (because we all know the first few months of these people in one place are far from being all fun and games)
Bucky is haunted by the fact that Sentry can so easily remove his metal arm just like that. Has nightmares about it, too.
He has late-night conversations with Yelena (and sometimes John) about what they should do in case The Void comes out again. The talks eventually go nowhere since they're all deeply aware of the fact that they really can't do ANYTHING against him. Best thing they can do? Prevent it from happening. (they also don't know how to do that, though, outside of making Bob feel comfortable AT ALL TIMES).
Yelena resents these convos because she feels like Bucky's treating Bob more like a threat than a person. BUT a part of her understands WHY they need to talk about it, though.
Mel can't look Bob in the eye because she's very much aware that she actually used a kill switch on him. And that the reason she got a raise from Val was basically for *killing* Bob. She has no intentions of sharing this info with the team, though.
Ava has no problem stealing items from anyone, even in public. It's an issue with boundaries, not necessarily that she's a klepto. It got so bad that anytime one of them loses something, they automatically assume Ava took it (and yeah, sometimes she did).
Alexei lives like a fucking slob, even at the Watchtower. His room stinks like fuck and no one gets within 10 meters of it (fortunately he lives at the very top of the tower so they don't have to).
John gets NO respect from the team on the field until their very first official mission had them blindsided, and it was only his tactical leadership that got them through it alive. Only then did they go "Shit, maybe there IS a reason he was Cap, even if it only lasted 2 seconds"
Yelena is a VERY mean drunk. Fortunately, she has a VERY high tolerance and is actively trying to work through her drinking problem. But when she relapses, the others (except Alexei) know better than to deal with her.
Bucky, John, and Yelena have learned that they NEED to verbally assign which of them gets to lead the others in missions, because they all tend to issue orders (that Ava and Alexei follow, sometimes without question).
When she's at her wits' end with the team, Ava comforts herself by thinking about how easy it would be to reach into their body and yank an organ out. OBVIOUSLY SHE'S NEVER GOING TO DO THIS.
Bob is aware that the team sometimes walk eggshells around him. When he asks Yelena about it, he gets annoyed with her because she has a tendency to downplay it (in an effort not to offend him).
They're all afraid of touching Bob's skin because it might cause them to revisit a shame room.
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