So I watched BND (as so many had) and consider: John and Frank friendship era.
(Me: it would be healthy for John to have friends outside the Thunderbolts
Also me: John should be friends with Frank)
omg i hadn't thought about that dynamic that would be so interesting... they're both so hot-headed that i feel like they would absolutely clash when they first met. unless someone is there that john respects more than himself (like yelena), you KNOW they're going to be fighting for dominance the entire time because they want to do things "their way." and they're definitely going to get into arguments of marines vs army where frank will remind john his training was more rigorous and john will remind frank that he was awarded every medal under the sun (and frank will remind john that he was also stripped of all those medals, lmao).
but there is one place they will bond. a place where they initially clash. guns. at first, they're calling each other's guns shitty and arguing about how theirs are better. then, at some point, they'll start looking more closely at each other's weapons and start thinking, huh. that guy really knows his guns. nice choices. high quality modifications. next thing you know they're sitting in some gross alley showing off their weapons and bragging and giving tips about combat and building and cleaning and they're telling stories to make themselves seem cooler. it is not the healthiest friendship. it barely counts as a "friendship." but every now and then they run into each other and despite being pretty equally explosive, they actually get along well for short amounts of time.
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