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[ Unlike a certain Falcon turned Captain America they know, Bucky knows how to have his phone on silent when he’s in the middle of something that has the possibility of going south if the wrong thing is said or done. The last people he spoke to were her and Congressman Gary before he’d rounded up the team of misfits whose team he’s now a part of.

He won’t call himself the leader, he’ll settle for the position of co-leader with Belova even if he’s the one who talked them all into actually taking the fight to Val, to help Bob and not go scattering in different directions to hide.

And he sure as hell doesn’t know how he feels about being called Avenger. It doesn’t feel like something he deserves, even if he’s married to the former Captain America. Being married to one doesn’t mean he’s ever gonna be considered an Avenger to the rest of the world.

ASAP turns out to be closer to about two hours after her last text message - the trip to the others and taking them back to New York, the fight with Sentry, then the void and the press conference and the commotion after is tiring despite his claims he doesn’t get tired - but it does come eventually. ]

Dinner’s gonna be a little late unless we get it from one of the places around the Tower.

[ It’s confirmation of where he’s at, without outright asking if she’s already en route here and they’ll be able to talk about all this shit in person instead. ]

[dysmorphics]

I know a spot.

[ She used to live in the Tower, after all. ]

But I'm still en route. Stuck for another hour or so on the I-95. [ Where's a damn jet when you need one? ] I can just meet you at the apartment?

[ They kept her apartment in Brooklyn for when he doesn't have to be in DC. ]

[bionicstaringmachine]

The kind of spot we're gonna have to give a different name to pick it up or they the kind of people that'll keep it quiet?

[ It's worth an ask because while her name doesn't get a lot of grumbling, after everything, there are still people with opinions and now those opinions could come to a head because his name isn't just tied to hers or the name the Avengers but also to de Fontaine now. ]

Le'me know what you want and I'll get us something, it'll be ready when you get here. You think you got any of that Asgardian hooch left laying around the place? We might need it with this talk.

[dysmorphics]

The latter. The former will depend on how bad the situation is.

[ She hadn't had the chance yet to look around social media for the public's opinion. So far, she's only had to field phone calls from their friends. Sam, in particular, had been concerned.

As for the food, well, she'd rather Bucky choose since he needs it more than she does, but she also recognizes that he's stressed enough to likely have some kind of decision paralysis right now. So she makes the call: ] Chinese. Get one of everything in the house special, and two extra orders of prawn toast. Please and thank you. [ He knows which place. ] The booze should be in the studio.