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    After Yelena turns her recurring alarm off and accepts the usual towel from him to dry off—but before she can grab her bag and leave—he blurts out, “Where are you going?”

    His heart is pounding in his chest as she halts in her movements and stares up at him with surprise. She hesitates, then says, “Catching up with a friend.”

    No mouth twitch. But— The red flush on her cheeks. The one that built up from the last hour she spent flawlessly pivoting and stabbing a dagger at an imaginary force. It deepens.

    She starts blushing.

    He’s losing his mind.

     

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    Yelena has a secret.

    Bob gets to the bottom of it (and maybe learns a few extra things as well).

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    10 Aug 2025

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    “It sticks!” she says, absolutely gleeful. Bucky blinks down at the tiny, crooked-eyed dolphin stuck above his elbow joint. Yelena pats his arm right over the magnet and grins. “And now you are accessorized. You’re welcome.”

    In which the Thunderbolts decide Bucky’s arm needs some personalized flair.

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    18 Jul 2025

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    A shadow moves through his blurry vision. It stops at the foot of his bed.

    “Hi, Bob.” Yelena plops down on his comforter by his feet, afflicted. “So, quick question. How would you feel about sneaking out in the middle of the night to do things I cannot disclose but will go and do anyway, and also would you still like me if I was a worm?”

    The stream of words slip in one ear and exit out the other, barely registering as he flutters his eyes, trying to keep up. He does, however, retain enough that his sleep-addled brain manages to provide one simple thought.

    Oh. This is what having a best friend is like.

    And then, out of nowhere, two other, more worrying simultaneous thoughts:

    ‘Why a worm of all things?’ and ‘I’m ruining this friendship immediately.’

    Or: RIP Bob Reynolds, Studio Killers sang it better.

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    12 Jul 2025

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    Tony cuddles babies.

    Tony Stark cuddles babies.

    Iron Man is good with babies.

    No matter which way Peter tries to spin this newfound knowledge in his mind, it still doesn’t make sense.

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    08 Jul 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 53

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    “Sam,” murmured Bucky.
    “Yeah?”
    “You can fly.”
    “I can.”
    Bucky opened his eyes again, and they were soft and sincere and a little awe-filled. “You catch me when I fall.”
    “Always,” Sam promised.

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    Torres wakes Sam up in the middle of the night to hand over a drugged-up Bucky. Who is soft, and sleepy, and saying things that he probably wouldn't say if he were sober.

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    02 Jul 2025