* ℌ𝔢𝔞𝔳𝔢𝔫 / 𝔖𝔦𝔫

➫ CLINT was very used to this, dealing with broken people, as he himself was a very broken boy. He had to recruit and train so many agents who had come from nothing or tortured pasts, having Bucky around might not have been so different. They didn’t have a lot in common, besides the whole brainwashing thing, and although the ex-soldier definitely had it worse, the archer could understand him. In some part, he too, had been forced to hurt and kill people, either for villains or SHIELD. He wasn’t their biggest fan these days. He owed so much more to Natasha, a debt he could never repay, while Fury and his team had been no better than private military fanatics, and he would never let them forget that. Before he heads into the kitchen, he presses fingers under his eye, feeling the bandage there, and shrugs it off.

Bucky hadn't know how to approach Natasha, after the blip he hadn't had chance to talk to her and before he knew it she was gone. He knew exactly where to find her, he couldn't believe she still had this trailer after all this time. No doubt she had heard him on his bike coming up the path, knowing she was going to be on guard, knocking softly on the door, feeling his heart pounding beneath his chest. God he was nervous.

"Hi Natalia..." He said in a soft tone, surely she would know just from that name that he knew who she was. He loved calling her Natalia. "I maybe should have called but this was -- this felt like something I had to do face to face to tell you I --"

"well isn't that sweet... in both tenses. if you got an outstanding, by the way, just tell them i tutored you and you'll be fine." a flicker of her gaze finds his, pinning him into place. that slighter crease of a frown, now, as if sorting through the fears that held themselves hostage within his head, circling round. nothing to do, it seemed, with the help, but rather... ah. she bends and simply hands him a sheet, marked up and down with colours and swirling, scrawling notes. "i'll tell her THANK YOU. and you. bribery or not." there's a wave, the parchment crinkling. "but no more distraction. we'll start here. the thrilling years of andor the grotesque."

( this is basically just a very self indulgent list of various fluff, angst, and suggestive themed dialogue sentence starters. )

❛ i could keep you safe. they’re all afraid of me. ❜

❛ i’m trying to fix your hair, so hold still. ❜

❛ your heart is beating so fast right now. ❜

❛ promise me you’ll still be here when i wake up. ❜

❛ you’re not as bad as everyone says you are. ❜

❛ i thought you’d like some company. ❜ 

❛ clean yourself up. you're getting blood all over the place. ❜

❛ here, give this a try and tell me what you think. ❜

❛ you can kiss me, you know. ❜

❛ come back to bed. ❜

❛ you look good like this. ❜

❛ working together again, it’s just like old times. ❜

❛ how is it you always know what i need, huh? ❜

❛ you’re lucky you got away with only a scratch. ❜ 

❛ i can’t imagine losing someone like that. i’m sorry. ❜

❛ you know you can always talk to me. ❜

❛ the only one who gets to kill you, is me. ❜

❛ so, what do i owe this pleasure? ❜

❛ ah, so you aren’t heartless after all. ❜

❛ may i have this dance? ❜ 

❛ it’s okay, you can touch me. i won't break. ❜

❛ enemies make the best lovers, you know. ❜

❛ hold still. this might sting a little. ❜

❛ we can't keep doing this. ❜ 

❛ you look like you've got something to say. ❜

❛ just relax and let me take care of you. ❜

❛ thought you’d be lighter without all that blood. ❜

❛ i had it under control. you didn’t need to do that. ❜

❛ everything looks so beautiful from up here. ❜

❛ you treat all your ladies like this? ❜

❛ well? how do i look? ❜

❛ can’t sleep? ❜

❛ do you mind if i smoke? ❜

❛ i’m scared of ending up alone. ❜

❛ i don’t think i’ve ever seen you smile. ❜

❛ how long has it been since you've slept? ❜

❛ you are losing my interest, and that’s very dangerous. ❜

❛ i’d suffer hell if you’d tell me what you’d do to me tonight. ❜

❛ you look really pretty right now. ❜

❛ i’ve never cared for anyone the way i care for you. ❜

❛ i’m not wearing any underwear. thought you’d like to know. ❜

❛ just a few more stitches and you’ll be as good as new. ❜

❛ i’d say we make a pretty good team. ❜

❛ i want you to forget this ever happened. ❜

❛ i'm here for business — not pleasure. ❜

❛ if i didn't know any better, i'd say you were jealous. ❜

❛ you'd look better down on your knees. ❜

❛ fine, keep acting like you hate me. ❜

❛ kiss me again. ❜

❛ are you asking me out on a date? ❜

❛ just sit there and look pretty and let me handle this. ❜

❛ you okay? caught you staring off into space again. ❜

❛ well, i do feel better now that you're here. ❜

❛ i'm not drunk enough for this. ❜ 

❛ why is it whenever we see each other, you’re covered in blood? ❜

❛ i was wrong about you. ❜ 

❛ the first time i met you, i had no idea you'd mean this much. ❜

❛ you gonna be a good girl / boy for me? ❜

❛ i’m not afraid of you. ❜

❛ books mean more to me than people anyway. ❜

❛ i just wanted to say thank you for protecting me. ❜

❛ how about a kiss goodnight? ❜

❛ i don’t have time for distractions right now. ❜

❛ you shouldn’t be out here by yourself. ❜ 

"you got what?" there's that pause and a laugh, marlene reaching out to EXAMINE his little stock pile of treats and goodies. her nose crinkles, letting that be something new about remus she could tuck away within her chest, that good boy gone sweet seeming to perennially define him. "figures that's where the two of you went. i'd say you missed a riveting class for our final charms class, but then that'd make a liar out of the both of us, wouldn't it?" she wasn't like lily, accounting for the comings, goings - she just noticed. the two of them generating a sizable amount of noise, regardless, so it'd be almost impossible not to recognize their absence. ( right? )

in front of her, he pours out what she had to admit was something she didn't expect him to remember. these were more of a lily evans special, the sort of thing that she'd bring back for her from over the holidays, the sort of exchanges made over the departure platform at the train station. "wow, i really am getting the full extend of your BRIBERY SCHEME right now, aren't i? i already said i'd help, but now i'm feeling like i owe you. is this your way of telling me you're aiming for an outstanding?" now she's just teasing him, imagining even he would find it pure torture to grind it out with her. ah well~ "who told you i loved these. emmeline? lils? rotten little eggs, those two."