Shuri or some of the other Wakandans might have teased Bucky for those names but unsurprisingly Steve sees no problem with them at all. They're familiar, names that you used to hear all the time. His smile softens so much hearing Bucky talk about them so fondly.
"I'd be happy to meet them. They sound like a right bunch of fine ladies."
Steve thinks back to that small apartment in Romania with the mattress on the floor and the journals littering the space. There's no way of knowing how long Bucky had lived in that place before Steve arrived, but he has some idea of how long Bucky's been living in Wakanda recovering. He'd resisted constant updates while he'd been avoiding the law. He wouldn't have been able to resist heading right back to Wakanda if he'd known. Bucky needed time to himself to settle into his skin again.
It doesn't make Steve any less overcome with emotion to hear the invitation now though. He finally cracks with a sharp exhale, a few tears slipping down his face.
"Just like the good old days. ....I'm supposed to say I can get by just fine on my own, but. I--I don't want to anymore."
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Date: 2018-05-19 08:45 am (UTC)"I'd be happy to meet them. They sound like a right bunch of fine ladies."
Steve thinks back to that small apartment in Romania with the mattress on the floor and the journals littering the space. There's no way of knowing how long Bucky had lived in that place before Steve arrived, but he has some idea of how long Bucky's been living in Wakanda recovering. He'd resisted constant updates while he'd been avoiding the law. He wouldn't have been able to resist heading right back to Wakanda if he'd known. Bucky needed time to himself to settle into his skin again.
It doesn't make Steve any less overcome with emotion to hear the invitation now though. He finally cracks with a sharp exhale, a few tears slipping down his face.
"Just like the good old days. ....I'm supposed to say I can get by just fine on my own, but. I--I don't want to anymore."