[ the thing about yelena is, she doesn't look for an opportunity to lorde her insight or wisdom about something over anyone else. she won't pass it by, if it lands in her lap, but she doesn't seek it out.
so she doesn't gloat, here, only gently pries (with a little ribbing thrown in for good measure). ]
i knew it you spoke to him what did he say to you? did you tell him you were him, for like five seconds?
[ oh, he's 100% assuming she's here to gloat. he walked straight into this. and he is here to accept his fate. ]
Yeah. He asked me why I was dressed up like him which is not totally true. The suit is different, they made the material out of- whatever, doesn't matter.
No. I did not tell him I was Captain America. But something tells me he already knew. It was probably Bucky.
[ which they both know means that the whole image was really flattering. just so flattering. ]
[ oh, no, she doesn't. but she will. as soon as some sort of timeline situation on text responses have been decided.
anyway. lets just assume that conversation hasn't happened yet. ]
I mean I introduced myself. And he was after the killer, and assumed I was too, so we ended up investigating that a bit.
[ also he may or may not have already disappointed steve by shooting a guy in an alley, but john doesn't really want to get into that even if he knows yelena would back him. ]
[ she'll always provide moral support for shooting someone who deserves it, john, u know this.
and while she doesn't offer up that she's met him too, at one of the crime scenes, and had a little conversation with steve - she'll tell him about it without hesitation if asked. for right now she focuses on john's interaction with him, and the fallout from that. ]
is it going to be weird for you, having him here in this place with whatever bucky told him, about you?
[ THANK YOU!!!! god it's good to have yelena here to agree with him.
and john would probably ask, if he knew to. but right now he's busy spiraling. ]
I don't know. It depends on what all Bucky told him, if anything. [ which is wishful thinking - bucky isn't someone who would intentionally keep those secrets. but john's got a kind of irrational hope going where maybe it just hasn't. come up. ] Rogers didn't say anything about it, but that could mean a lot of things.
[ Wrapped in clear, scrunchy paper tied together with a bright pink bit of ribbon, is a happy looking stuffed pig. Kimiko knows where John leaves the spare key to his motel room, so she’s able to set it on the table and vacate without needing to cause a fuss; this is the pig’s home now, and she trusts Yelena to keep him safe and happy and well-cared for.
No card, but there is a post-it stuck to his belly.
[ After learning of Yelena's address from Bucky, Steve has taken it upon himself to drop off this strange-looking plush toy wrapped in festive paper before Yelena's door. With it is a note that says - ]
Merry Christmas, Yelena. Bucky thought you'd enjoy this gift.
she's wondered when this topic might come up, given kimiko's proximity to john and maybe contact with bucky, and it's apparent by now to yelena that bucky barnes can't always control what comes out of his mouth with anything approaching tact. an artifact of being born in a more honest time, maybe.
she sighs as she regards the text, pausing before answering. ]
she's john's wife. ex-wife. they're separated, maybe divorced, i'm not sure, but he's still referred to her as his wife before.
[ another pause, until - ]
does this have to do with what's going on between the two of you?
[ In the short term, she isn't going to violate John's privacy by discussing what happened on the train. And, in the broad strokes, it's... true. It's true, and it's nothing. She gets that now. ]
Have you mer her? *Met Is she nice?
[ That's important. John should share his life with someone nice. ]
[ press 'x' for doubt, in yelena's mind, at that first response - but it's a secondary thing to what kimiko's asking next. besides, if neither she nor john are willing to cop to whatever it is they're doing together, it's their business and ultimately not hers. ]
i haven't met her, so i have no idea but if she put up with walker on a daily basis at some point, she deserves respect he drives me up the wall on a regular basis so she's probably pretty patient more than me, at least.
[ Immediately, her desire is to defend John — among a mixture of genuine surprise that he's such a source of frustration to the people in his life. It's never been reflective of her own experience with him; thinking about their late night dinners, the dedication he's shown learning to sign. How he smiles when he sees her.
He's not_ Backspace, backspace, backspace. ]
You busy? I have a cookie. We can split it.
[ It's absolutely a THC cookie. She's had a day, okay. ]
[ luckily for kimiko, she just barely falls short of falling for the reverse psychology employed here - sure, john can be a pain in the ass at times, but he's team before anything else. she expects kimiko to rush to defend him in text, but when she doesn't, yelena shrugs and sighs disappointedly. ]
thanks, but i'm currently in the middle of something so it might have to wait you can go ahead and have the cookie without me, if you want i'm more of a spicy food gal, anyway
who told you about olivia? walker, or someone else?
[ it had to have been bucky, she thinks, because if john had mentioned olivia to kimiko he undoubtedly would've given her a little more information than just a name. ]
[He stopped by looking for the both of them shortly after the blackout, but predictably, neither of them are in. He still has to go look for Steve so he can't stick around. He just slips a poorly handwritten note under their door.]
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text; late night/very early morning.
He's here.
I'm not convinced he isn't from some other universe or something but-
It's him. He's not lying.
[ yes, yes, okay, feel free to gloat. he's (kind of) prepared for it. ]
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so she doesn't gloat, here, only gently pries (with a little ribbing thrown in for good measure). ]
i knew it
you spoke to him
what did he say to you? did you tell him you were him, for like five seconds?
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Yeah.
He asked me why I was dressed up like him which is not totally true.
The suit is different, they made the material out of-
whatever, doesn't matter.
No.
I did not tell him I was Captain America.
But something tells me he already knew.
It was probably Bucky.
[ which they both know means that the whole image was really flattering. just so flattering. ]
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he's been doing a lot of that lately
[ she doesn't even know the half of it... ]
so if you didn't tell him you were him,
what did you guys talk about?
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[ oh, no, she doesn't. but she will. as soon as some sort of timeline situation on text responses have been decided.
anyway. lets just assume that conversation hasn't happened yet. ]
I mean I introduced myself.
And he was after the killer, and assumed I was too, so we ended up investigating that a bit.
[ also he may or may not have already disappointed steve by shooting a guy in an alley, but john doesn't really want to get into that even if he knows yelena would back him. ]
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and while she doesn't offer up that she's met him too, at one of the crime scenes, and had a little conversation with steve - she'll tell him about it without hesitation if asked. for right now she focuses on john's interaction with him, and the fallout from that. ]
is it going to be weird for you, having him here in this place
with whatever bucky told him, about you?
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and john would probably ask, if he knew to. but right now he's busy spiraling. ]
I don't know.
It depends on what all Bucky told him, if anything. [ which is wishful thinking - bucky isn't someone who would intentionally keep those secrets. but john's got a kind of irrational hope going where maybe it just hasn't. come up. ]
Rogers didn't say anything about it, but that could mean a lot of things.
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No card, but there is a post-it stuck to his belly.
Meet Bob Jr.
He’s excited to hang out with you!
Merry Christmas
From Kimiko ]
✩ christmas delivery
Merry Christmas, Yelena. Bucky thought you'd enjoy this gift.
- S. G. Rogers & J. B. Barnes
text.
Why are men so insane?
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i wish i could tell you why
but i have trouble understanding them, myself
are you handling things ok?
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I'm fine
Things aren't good, but I'm not the problem
Do you know who Olivia is?
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she's wondered when this topic might come up, given kimiko's proximity to john and maybe contact with bucky, and it's apparent by now to yelena that bucky barnes can't always control what comes out of his mouth with anything approaching tact. an artifact of being born in a more honest time, maybe.
she sighs as she regards the text, pausing before answering. ]
she's john's wife. ex-wife.
they're separated, maybe divorced, i'm not sure, but he's still referred to her as his wife before.
[ another pause, until - ]
does this have to do with what's going on between the two of you?
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[ In the short term, she isn't going to violate John's privacy by discussing what happened on the train. And, in the broad strokes, it's... true. It's true, and it's nothing. She gets that now. ]
Have you mer her?
*Met
Is she nice?
[ That's important. John should share his life with someone nice. ]
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i haven't met her, so i have no idea
but if she put up with walker on a daily basis at some point, she deserves respect
he drives me up the wall on a regular basis so she's probably pretty patient
more than me, at least.
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He's not_
Backspace, backspace, backspace. ]
You busy?
I have a cookie. We can split it.
[ It's absolutely a THC cookie. She's had a day, okay. ]
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thanks, but i'm currently in the middle of something so it might have to wait
you can go ahead and have the cookie without me, if you want
i'm more of a spicy food gal, anyway
who told you about olivia?
walker, or someone else?
[ it had to have been bucky, she thinks, because if john had mentioned olivia to kimiko he undoubtedly would've given her a little more information than just a name. ]
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Her response comes nearly forty minutes (and a quarter of a cookie) later. ]
Bucky.
And then he hit him.
[ With the right arm, thankfully — although Kimiko doesn't know that's a relevant distinction. ]
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[ is the only thing she types for a few long moments, before she follows it up with - ]
is walker alright? did it escalate or did they stop?
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