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[hyperverbose]

Question that I'm already sure I'm going to regret asking:

Is someone actually expecting us to wear these uniforms?  They're not exactly GQ, and the fact that one seems to keep magically appearing in my closet when I try to toss it out is starting to scream cult dynamic.  I'm not gonna wake up sewn into one next week, am I?

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[cryostasis]

[BEST FRIENDS FOREVER LOOK OUT STEVE jk he would never]

A straight jacket. You want to put me in a straight jacket.

[hyperverbose]

Did I say that? I'll have you know that description fits some of the latest new trends in France right now.

[ get. bent. :) ]

[cryostasis]

I doubt that was what you had in mind.

[hyperverbose]

Rogers can't watch you all the time.

You and I both know it.

[expatriates]

Tony.

[hyperverbose]

When he snaps while Cap's not on watch, then what's the plan, exactly? Because I haven't heard a good one yet.

[expatriates]

You mean you haven't heard one you liked yet.

[ Because he doesn't want a plan—he wants an execution. This, Nat can't help but take a little personal. She's been where Bucky is—well, more or less—and every vote against Bucky might as well be a mark against her too. She's carried that judgment for long enough to bear it, but she still hasn't developed a taste for it. ]

It's an ongoing conversation.

[hyperverbose]

And this is me keeping it going. I could have sworn some people were just ready to sweep it under the rug.

[expatriates]

[ Oh man he's gonna make her spell it out isn't he ]

One that you're not a part of.

[hyperverbose]

That's how it's gonna be, is it?

[expatriates]

You're too close to this, Tony.

[cryostasis]

Is that what you were expecting him to do?

[hyperverbose]

That's the least he can do.

And I mean bottom of the barrel least.

[cryostasis]

I'm not saying that I wouldn't be better off for it, but I can do fine without him.

[hyperverbose]

Because there's no way that something could get switched on in that scrambled head of yours.

I'm sure they wanted you here for your glowing personality.

[cryostasis]

It should be safer here.

[hyperverbose]

Maybe 'should' is good enough for some people.

Not for me.

[cryostasis]

It's going to be hard to work as a team if you're doubting me every step of the way.

[flagwaver]

[Two can play this reading other people's messages thing, Tony!!!]

I don't like your tone.

[hyperverbose]

And I don't like your murderous pal.

Consider us even.

[flagwaver]

He's not a murderer, Tony. Look... I know you're hurting, but that wasn't him. He wasn't the one calling the shots. He didn't have control of his own mind.

[hyperverbose]

And he still doesn't. The Winter Soldier? He's still in there.

He always will be.

[flagwaver]

It's not that simple.

[Steve knows that Tony knows what this is like. He knows that if it was Rhodey in Bucky's place, Tony would move heaven and earth to keep his friend alive. But...he can't exactly say that. Not after everything that happened.]

He needs help, Tony

[hyperverbose]

I don't CARE what he needs.

[flagwaver]

He's not a dog to be put down. He's a person. He's my fiend. And I need to know that you won't do anything stupid.