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@barnes.

[restored]

hey

[No, he has no idea what to say to her. But he owes it to both her and Ash to at least try.]

i'm not gonna offer any platitudes cause i know how useless they are
but if you need anything, any time of the day or night, just let me know
you ain't alone

[guinegreer]

[ to a point, she's surprised, but a much greater instinct quickly subsumes that feeling — especially when she knows she's not the only one who deeply cares for him. ]

That goes both ways, you know.
If there's anything you need.
We don't have to talk, necessarily. Sometimes it's just nice to have the company.

[restored]

this ain't about me
this is about you
and embry

[Not that he's ever really said more than a few words to the guy before. But its been literal years since he and Ash were together now. Jealousy has stopped being a factor for longer than he cares to remember anymore.]

if you need a distraction, we can do that too

[guinegreer]

What do you mean?

[ it's shameful, but the first thing she thinks when she reads the word distraction is that he's offering her something other than conversation — to fill a different kind of emptiness. and then she feels sick for even thinking along those lines. ]

[restored]

we can go for a run
have a drink
you can pet a pain in the ass goat if that'd help
or hell if you need to you can go ahead and take some of that anger out on me
i know how to take a hit

[guinegreer]

Well, if we're talking about the possibility of petting a goat...

[ she is angry, but she doesn't know what she can do with that anger — and hurting bucky doesn't feel like the answer. ]

What about a drink after that?

[restored]

whatever you need
the rest of the day is yours

[Because some things are more important than babysitting your teammates.]

[guinegreer]

I'd like that.

[ not because he's offering to distract her, but because it's bucky she's getting to spend the time with — something long overdue, in her mind, even if she didn't want it to be under these circumstances. ]

Where can I find you?