onlyapassenger: (ca :: brothers in arms)
[personal profile] onlyapassenger
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!]

Date: 2013-06-24 02:27 pm (UTC)
learnfromthem: ([ks] subdued over the shoulder)
From: [personal profile] learnfromthem
He's probably the most famous alcoholic on the planet, but that's in my universe. For all I know he's just Mr. Casual Drinker over where he's from. Doesn't make it any less--

"--weird," I say under my breath and around my straw. I have some tact. I know better than to ask, even if the question is right at the tip of my tongue. Pausing a second, I fish around for a change in subject.

"Did you see the sharktopus?"

Date: 2013-06-26 09:18 am (UTC)
notawastedlife: (Well... good.)
From: [personal profile] notawastedlife
Tony momentarily assumed a thousand-yard stare. It was not entirely a put-on, although partially it certainly was.

"Did I see- yes," he said. "I saw the sharktopus. I saw... a lot of the sharktopus. I am still cleaning sharktopus out of crevices."

He paused. "...of the suit."

And again. "Mostly of the suit."

Date: 2013-06-26 06:38 pm (UTC)
learnfromthem: ([ya] scoffing disbelief)
From: [personal profile] learnfromthem
I wish I was wearing my sunglasses instead of having them perched on my head. As it is, I just peer up at him from over my glass, my face all screwed up.

"...ew."

Date: 2013-06-30 04:39 am (UTC)
notawastedlife: (Not being taken seriously)
From: [personal profile] notawastedlife
"That sums up my sharktopus experience, yeah," Tony agreed, nodding, looking wryly resigned to the memory. "Ew. Did you see it?"

Date: 2013-06-30 05:02 am (UTC)
learnfromthem: ([ya] listening)
From: [personal profile] learnfromthem
"From a distance," I say on a nod, stirring my drink a little. "I figured punching it wouldn't have done anything, so I just found a good tree to shoot from. It was totally worth losing a couple of arrows if it meant not wading around in tentacles."

Date: 2013-07-05 02:04 am (UTC)
notawastedlife: (Sideways)
From: [personal profile] notawastedlife
"Well, good bet, wish I'd made it," Tony said, making another face. "No, someone had to blow it up. When called, I... blow things up, it's kind of my deal."

Date: 2013-07-05 02:42 am (UTC)
learnfromthem: ([ks] subdued over the shoulder)
From: [personal profile] learnfromthem
I scrunch up my nose again as I imagine the visual. Yuck.

"Sounds messy."

Date: 2013-07-11 05:37 pm (UTC)
notawastedlife: (Kung fu grip)
From: [personal profile] notawastedlife
"Well, life is... no, not that messy, next time Thor can be the one getting swallowed, he seems like he'd think that was fun," Tony said, craning his head around to spot the guy.

Date: 2013-07-12 02:25 am (UTC)
learnfromthem: ([ks] okay seriously?)
From: [personal profile] learnfromthem
"Oh, wow, it was a full-on Avengering?" I ask, pressing up on my toes to see around the crowd. "Talk about overkill. Poor Sharktopus didn't stand a chance."

about

James Buchanan Barnes, also known as, Bucky, Winter Soldier, and most recently, Captain America, is among Marvel Comics' first characters. Created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby in 1941, Bucky first debuted in Captain America Comics #1 under Marvel's 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics.

October 2020

S M T W T F S
    123
45 678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031