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[annarr]

[the apartment itself is a comfort. being curled here, overwhelmed by the sensation of proximity to the soldier, is somehow even more of one.

loki nods slightly, careful not to dislodge either of them from being pressed into place.]

Will you be patient with me? While I learn it properly?

[counterstep]

( his thoughts struggle to make sense of what is meant between devouring and now the request of patience. for devouring? that wouldn't make sense. unless loki means love? what does that even mean, though? loving properly? does bucky even know how to do that either? )

I'm not even sure if I know how to. But I'd never be impatient with you. Every moment with you is a gift. One that I cherish dearly, no matter what we are going through.

[annarr]

[his shoulders relax a little further, although his arms stay tight in their embrace. a shift allows him to press a fervent little kiss against the nearest skin he can reach, throat or jaw.]

You do it beautifully, you know.

@white_widow

[annarr]

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How long have you got?

I'll be honest: only about 30% of it is flattering.

@counterstep

[annarr]

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[a bit of a pause, before a voice message pops up in the chain. loki's voice is soft, a touch thoughtful and a gallon earnest:]

James Buchanan Barnes, you matter to me. You are enough for me. More than enough, even. As you are, and as you will be.

[there's the soft 'pop' of a blown kiss before the message ends.]

Anyway, does magic count as being sneaky?

@timeanalyst

[annarr]

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Well, and a movie. To be clear.

I suppose we should both live in hope, then x

always always always ❤️

[counterstep]

( ah. god, that sends shivers through him. and still he listens: again, again, again. the clip is saved, memorized, and venerated.

he sends back, nowhere near as elegantly put and with a wisp of laughter hanging in the air, )

How dare you try and skip over that with how thoroughly beautiful that was. You'll pay for it later.

( and that's a promise. )

magic is definitely sneaky
did you have something in mind?

am i allowed more...

[counterstep]

Do which, love?

( his right hand soothes along the track of loki's spine, trying to draw away the lingering anxiety that seems to entrench the other man's thoughts. )

[white_widow]

30% of it being flattering is pretty generous.

[annarr]

[it's a small accomplishment, perhaps, but the hope that the words will be there, ready to play, in the next moment of uncertainty feels wonderfully warm in his chest.]

Just that it might be an interesting test on my capacity to concentrate.

always?? ♥

[annarr]

Show me what you feel.

[even this embrace--gentle, protective, full of clear deliberation--makes it clear. even the sense of the man's pulse under his lips seems to affirm it.]

How well you love me. How certain you are.

[it's what bucky deserves to receive in return.]

[annarr]

It's only a handful of you bringing up the average. I suppose it's also a bit of avoiding spending too much time in Midgard to avoid catching all the mucky details.

[counterstep]

oh
like an illusion?

while we're necking? 🙂

❤️❤️❤️

[counterstep]

I don't know about beautifully, ( he chuckles, not really knowing how it might look to loki while also doubting he could possibly match loki's natural elegance in any way. ) But I do try to convey my earnestness.

There aren't many things I'm so sure of either, but I do believe in who we are, what we're meant to become.

[annarr]

As long as I can manage, at any rate. You've been known to be a bit distracting x

[annarr]

[the sensation of the chuckle caught between them makes it clear as well. it's reassuring enough to risk unfolding just a little, enough to rest forehead properly against forehead.]

What we're meant to become?

[bucking against the sensation of fate would be natural enough. considering the prospect of continuing to grow with bucky feels less objectionable. desirable, even.]

[counterstep]

well I think the fact that I'm really turned on right now basically means we have to do this now

[counterstep]

Yeah. I. I can't think of a word for it, but I just. I just know, that we'll be somewhere good. Because we conquered everything else that would hold us back.

( eyelids flutter, their noses knock gently with the rock of his head. )

You make me someone better. And I can only get better, from here.

[annarr]

[honestly, this hadn't been on the bingo card, but no one's out here saying it isn't an incredibly pleasant surprise.]

Hypothetical "now" or literal "now," darling?

[annarr]

[oh...

at this close range, there's no hiding the brief flood of hope, want, devotion that rushes through loki's features. even the impulse to shift for a soft, glancing kiss, one hand fluttering up to rest against the man's cheek, doesn't come quickly enough to mask the naked affection.

and that's a good thing, here, with bucky.]

We will. Bit by bit. Piece by piece.

[it isn't an "I love you," but it's circling closer. it will come, somewhere along the arc they've set themselves on.]

[counterstep]

good question

really, I could go either way, right now x

[counterstep]

( lips brush again with the lean of his head, hand still against loki's upper back to form an embrace. bucky doesn't need 'i love you' to feel everything stirring in his ribs. )

If we ever struggle—and we definitely will because nothing is ever so simple—remember how far we've come. Everything we've found. Everywhere we'll go.

[annarr]

Go on, then. Name the park.

[annarr]

I will if you will.

[they'd made it through all manner of self-sabotage and protective obtuseness already. they could make it through whatever was left--and, frankly, it might even make the rest of the twists and turns life threw at them feel easy.]

You're quite clever, you know.

[counterstep]

it'll have to be Central then, won't it?