#shapingminds

♪♪  -  @shapingminds ♪♪  -  “hey, jump in. There’s something I want to show you.” ♪♪  -  harrow sentences ; accepting

             On break from the entire musician process, Delaney had his guitar strapped to his back.  A messenger bag hung across his chest with his laptop inside it.  He’d been tucked away inside a coffee shop with his hair up in a bun.  Dark strands framed his face.  The guitarist had a crick in his neck from how long he’d been bent over papers and keys.

            Now he was walking back to his car.  Or, he had been when Josiah pulled up on the side of the road.  “ Here to teach me a lesson? “  A wink as he leans through the open window.  When the items on his shoulder and back start to shift Delaney has to stand back up.  “ Or show me what a naughty boy I’ve been? “

          Jason Crane had been a high priority target long enough that Natasha was starting to get a little antsy about shutting him down.  The weapons he was selling were dangerous.  Working with Steve Rogers long enough meant that made her worry about the safety of innocent lives.  So, she wanted this guy off the streets as fast as possible.  Then she could move on to the next pain in her ass.

          Desperation had SHIELD bringing in the target’s younger brother, Josiah.  Given the profile  Natasha thought he’d be an easy nut to crack.  What she saw surprised her.  Well, not the part about giving up his brother.  She’d been expecting that much.  It was the fact that Josiah continued to protect his brother even though the body language pointed to fear.

                       Fear was interesting.

          Eventually, Natasha wasn’t allowed to be a passive watcher anymore.  She was asked to go inside and interrogate the man herself.  Maybe her tactics could shed light where others could not.  But she countered with another offer.  One that put Josiah back into the world with Natasha closely on his tail.  That way she could integrate herself into his life.  Lower his walls.  Get information in ways she was trained to do.

                Taking care of five kids at once wasn’t easy , especially when his only means of transportation was a car so easy to break down it might as well be in a graveyard. As luck would have it , the engine sputtered to a stop in the middle of the road. The whole ordeal took nearly twenty minutes, and he was late to pick Ingrid up from school. Luckily, a call to the classroom had dictated that she would be able to stay with the teacher until he got there. 

                Breathless when he arrived, Ingrid was clinging to Ashley’s leg almost as soon as he entered the classroom. Chase, who clung to his back, tightened his grip when Ingrid clung to him. A sigh escaped his lips and he crouched down, eventually getting Chase on his feet and pulling Ingrid into a hug. “ Sorry I’m late ; can we all thank Mr. Crane for taking such good care of Ingrid while I was fixing the car ?? ”

                 Gaze finally lifted to the teacher and his eyes widened a bit. That was Josiah !! From book club !! How had he not known ?? The kids chimed in with a polite ‘ thank you ’ and Ingrid added ‘ merci ’ at the end, looking up at Ashley for approval. He ruffled her hair, giving her a polite smile. 

Why the hell aliens always chose New York to invade, Bucky would never know. He had moved from rooftop shooting down to the streets, going in hand-to-hand with his knives and metal arm. The aliens had some sort of armor that was hard to get through with bullets, but wasn’t very resistant to a hefty punch. Being covered in alien blood wasn’t the highlight of his day, but it was effective, and it was something he was good at. 

An additional bonus of being down on street level was being able to help civilians, whether it was calling for air support to carry them to safety or dragging them out of the rubble himself. Bucky did a double take as he saw a man run back into a semi-destroyed building, one which was currently surrounded by armored aliens. Wordlessly shouting in confusion, Bucky ran after hip, catching the civilian around the arm in a strong grip.

       The past eight months had been a whirlwind, to be utterly cliche about the experience.  A chance encounter brought someone special into Delaney’s life just like all those romance novels one of his sisters loved to read.  Josiah had been a teacher in a school he was visiting.  Pretty ordinary run in but memorable for the lack of reaction.  A lot of people fawned when they found out who he was.

         Fate threw them together yet again days later.  Delaney had tucked himself into the corner of a coffee shop so he could work on some art for his personal website.  Little did he realize that he’d that his small notebook full of lyric inspiration had slipped out of his messenger bag.  Again, Josiah approached him with a calm he didn’t come across much anymore.  It was refreshing.  It also allowed Delaney to fall into a comfortable conversation with the other.  Then a date, followed by another date, and another.  Bringing him to this very moment in time.

           Delaney’s nerves had the fingers of one hand tapping against a thigh.  Held tightly in his other hand was a keychain decorated with a metal book, a heart shaped key and, of course, a genuine key to his front door.  Now that he was thinking about it he had no idea why he invited Josiah to dinner to give him the damn thing.  It wasn’t like he was proposing marriage.  Just giving a key.  No big deal.  The tour would keep him on the road for over six months domestically.  Overseas was another matter entirely.

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