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"So Steve called a secret meeting and neither of us has any idea why." Because that wasn't ominous at all. She resisted the urge to sigh. She was sure that Steve had a good reason for all of the ridiculous subterfuge, but at the same time it was frustrating to be left in the dark. "As far as I know, Steve already sent out his olive branch, Tony is just being too stubborn to take it. Because that's how he is." Stark and Rogers being idiots was no reason to take her frustrations out on Barnes. “So other than the fact that you don’t know why we’re here either, how’s Wakanda?” 

“Your options are, let me have my drinks, or I can go back to jumping out of planes again.”

          Leaving Bucky behind felt like a betrayal, thought he wasn’t sure why.  It simply felt like the right thing to do.  People kept coming after him which, by default, meant people were coming after the person who claimed to be his friend.  There was a small box he managed to steal.  Nothing much.  When he’d finally made it to an abandoned Romanian safe house in Bucharest Steve allowed himself to go through the several items he’d managed to salvaged from his past.  He was sitting at the tattered island table with a few plums when wood from the door splintered inward.  On instinct, Steve reached for a knife and held it defensively in front of him.   //   @wintervclk liked the s.c.

           Dressed simply in jeans, a t-shirt, and black combat boots, Maria weaved her way through a number of goats with a box of pizza held between both of her hands.  Not her usual greeting but, then, who didn’t like pizza?   //   @wintervclk liked the s.c.

Rain pelted against her umbrella as she made her way down the street. She kept to the side, walking briskly against the stone while she kept her eyes on the target that was only a few yards away. She had their scent though, but the downpour wasn’t helping a damn thing. Sarah clutched the handle and let out a breath of annoyance. She didn’t want to spook him, but she needed to convince the fellow to come and assist the other members of the pack.  The scientist’s work was worth their weight in vibranium, and this was one of her first missions alone. A small radio was nestled into her pocket in case things turned to trouble, but as she moved through the darkened streets she noted another scent that cut through the drops of rain; familiar. Which, was impossible to her mind.  She tucked more of her face beneath the scarf as she waited on the flow of foot traffic to change. Curiosity caught the better of her. She still wasn’t going to lose Abraham’s former coworker, but with several swift strides she made her away across the street. Her heart thudded in her chest as she caught another whiff of the familiar sense on the breeze. She tucked herself underneath the awing of the local jewelry store. Her voice died in her throat as she caught sight of the figure; she’d recognize that face anywhere. James? But how? He had been declared dead.

Settling on the edge of the tub as carefully as possible still has him biting the inside of his cheek to fight down a groan of pain. Dammit. “...’ey were bothering Ruth. She’s too timid to speak up for herself, y’know? So I told ‘em to pack it up ‘n hit the road.” Needless to say, it went about as well as expected for Steve.

Though Howard was playing it VERY cool, he found himself quite eager for Bucky’s opinion on the matter. He seemed to know his stuff and be genuinely interested in what Howard was doing, both of which came as a pleasant surprise. He grimaced a little at the mention of working for Tesla - not that there was anything remotely wrong with that idea, but he always fancied himself the head of his own company. He’d much rather run Tesla into the ground. ❛ Yeah, that was more or less my thought, ❜ he said. ❛ Highway capable... like how some electric cars run on gas too, it’d be multifunctional. The tires would retract up into these hubs here, ❜ he pointed to the spots on the design. ❛ And the mini turbines would come down from there and rotate out. ❜