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Bucky Barnes ([personal profile] onlyapassenger) wrote2013-07-04 03:40 pm

[for Various] Steve Rogers' Birthday

Memorial Day had passed by with little more than a couple of a beers and a five minute conversation, but Bucky'll be damned if he lets Steve's birthday go the same way. Even during the darkest days of the War, birthdays were always given the special treatment; hell, Toro once blew their cover making sure Bucky had a good one. The gruelling grind of the past couple of months is still fresh in body and mind, but in the simple preparation for the day's get-together, Bucky's found some semblance of peace.

He's not much of a party animal -- he's not even much of a planner -- but things fall into place easily enough. They set up in and around Steve's place, that nice bar of his getting some use for once. There are a couple of goats spinning on a spit outside, courtesy of Thor, and a more traditional grill manned by Bucky himself. Platters of cheeses and fruits and vegetables line a table covered in a red, white and blue tablecloth, and there's more than enough flag-themed birthday cake to go around (strawberries, blueberries, and whipped cream make up the familiar stars and stripes, doubling as both food and decoration). Music from Steve's youth plays in the background out of borrowed speakers, and in lieu of streamers, there's a banner that stretches over the front door of his house that reads HAPPY BIRTHDAY, OLD MAN.

It's not a lot, but it's something.

[Open to Marvels, significant others/close friends of Marvels, and any assorted friends of Steve. This post will be linked to the main community on July 4th. Slated post here. ST/LT welcome!]
notawastedlife: (Palm of his hand)

[personal profile] notawastedlife 2013-07-05 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
"Internship?" Tony said. "No, suggests you were working for someone. What do artists call it before they start making bank?"
daretodo: ([smm] Or how about I say this?)

[personal profile] daretodo 2013-07-05 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
"Freelancing? Busking?" I suggest. "Have spandex, will save lives?"

I shake my head a little and look around us. "You see yourself leading a team of these guys back home yet? Or does that still seem like crazy talk?"
notawastedlife: (yes absolutely I am that cool)

[personal profile] notawastedlife 2013-07-11 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Lead?" Tony said, looking around skeptically. "No. Advise, sure. Be smartest part of, okay. Do I- I mean, isn't that why we have the Captain? Captain implies... Captaincy."
daretodo: ([smm] That's no good.)

[personal profile] daretodo 2013-07-12 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
I think about it for a second, eying Cap before turning back towards Tony with a thoughtful look.

"You're kinda like mom and dad, back home. Different approaches, but you're both in charge, more or less. Him you, not you you, obviously."