Open RP / PSL Post

[vintagecaptain]

OPEN RP POST
Director Rogers AU | Civil War AU

Looking to RP something with Steve Rogers?

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[vintagecaptain]

No, there's no tracking like that. You're actually free. I wouldn't settle for anything else.

[ Unstoppable force and unmovable object, that's Steve Rogers. ]

You get to make a life, pal.

[bracchium]

[Bucky bites his lip and looks over at Steve.]

I don't know where to start.

[vintagecaptain]

You had a pretty good idea a few minutes ago about finding a place.

[ They can start simple. Murdock warned him that Bucky might need time to adjust to being free again. ]

[bracchium]

[Bucky is already exhausted just by all the billboards, the lights, all the color and sound, but he does his best to simply try and absorb it.]

You buying a place?

[vintagecaptain]

Once we find something that works for both of us. And before you say you don't care, I'm not going to decide by myself.

[ Bucky has to make a choice in this. Steve knows what he wants and likes in a home but Bucky gets a say in that too. ]

We make this choice together, pal, since we're both living there.

[bracchium]

Steve, the last place I lived only let me outside one hour a day. Anything is a step up from that.

[He's likely to agree to the first place they see.]

[vintagecaptain]

Alright, so big yard or no yard? Or close to a park?

[ This is another one of those things Steve's going to be stubborn about. He figures it'll drive Bucky crazy. ]

[bracchium]

Any yard not surrounded by a barbed-wire fence.

[Bucky replies with a raised brow.]

[vintagecaptain]

Okay, open backyard.

[ He smiles because he's sure that's not what Bucky meant but they can work with it. ]

That's a good start.

[bracchium]

[That is definitely not want he meant, but he doesn’t want to argue.]

That good enough?

[vintagecaptain]

It's a start. You've got time to think about what else you want.

[ It'll take time but they have that for once. ]

[bracchium]

I don’t know what I want.

[Bucky looks over at Steve in the car.]

I don’t even know what I want for breakfast.

[vintagecaptain]

Give it some time. You'll figure it out.

[ Steve has faith he'll figure it out. ]

[bracchium]

[Bucky sighs and leans on the door of the car again.]

And if I don't?

[vintagecaptain]

I lived with your ghost a long time, Buck. I don't want to do it again.

[ That's the truth. If Bucky's not going to try to get better, try to live his life, Steve will find somewhere else to live. ]

I can't make you want to. And I don't expect to be the reason you try. That's something you have to figure out for yourself, want for yourself.

[bracchium]

[Bucky bites his lip. Steve's right. He shouldn't inflict this on him. It's just been a while since Bucky could make his own decisions.]

Sorry. [He can come up with all the excuses in the world, but he lands on,] I honestly wasn't expecting to be set free.

[Which is sorely underestimating Steve and their friendship.]

Seemed impossible.

[vintagecaptain]

Well, it's not. You're actually free.

[ On some conditions, of course. It's not as clear cut as that but Bucky is free. ]

I'll give you a little time to let that sink in and feel real to you. I don't think we'll be figuring anything out too quickly.

[bracchium]

Yeah. Think I'm still expecting someone to piss in my cereal or beat me for looking at them wrong.

[And obviously Steve is doing none of those things, but captivity has certainly had a lasting change on Bucky.]

[vintagecaptain]

Well, that ain't gonna happen. And if you want to sue the prison just let Murdock know. He's fun to work with.

[ Bucky's not the revenge type. Steve can be. Sometimes protection swings the other way into revenge. ]

For now, we've got the Tower and you can adjust. We'll figure it out one day at a time.

[bracchium]

No. No more courts. [Bucky groans and shakes his head.] No more courts.

[vintagecaptain]

Hey, I'm just saying!

[ Steve chuckles softly. ]

Alright, don't worry about it. In a few more hours we'll be in New York again. Close to home.

[bracchium]

[Bucky watches the stars go by through the mask of the trees. He really is free, isn't he.]

How's the press been? Still hawking around the tower?

[vintagecaptain]

They always are but not like before.

[ They were pretty ruthless for awhile on both sides of things. Some said Bucky got what he deserved. Some said it was cowardice. So many voices and so many different opinions. Steve almost let it get to him many times. ]

They've moved on to other things. It's like they get bored.

[bracchium]

Hopefully that means they won't be there when we get back.

[They will of course be there. Having the Winter Soldier back out of prison is a hot button topic.]

How's everyone been doing since I moved to Kentucky?

[vintagecaptain]

We've been alright.

[ Steve's been working himself to death trying to manage bringing back SHIELD, free Bucky, and the press. It's been difficult but Steve would never admit to that. ]

Sam's doing pretty good as Captain America. He's got some doubts sometimes but he's great at it. And I think SHIELD is making a difference to.