[ maybe nervous isn't the right word. lorna's only known him for like a day, but there's something twitchy and distracted about his text messaging. ]
well i don't have any fancy military training but i like to think i make up for it in other ways so yeah. i've got your six, and all that.
[ oorah. whatever john used to say. which is her way of saying: same. she feels better knowing where someone is by the metal on them at all times too. ]
if there's anything you actually want to learn, feel free to ask me, but otherwise I think as long as we're all careful and quiet and we watch each other's backs that we'll be fine.
[ Or they'll all die painfully, but he's not in the business of panicking people. It's not the safest mission he's ever gone on, but someone has to do it. ]
ouch! maybe next week I should skip leg day and work on my flirting
[ Bucky smiles at his device. He doubts she really means anything by any of it, but the banter is about the most relaxed he's felt in a long time. Things with Steve are weird. Half of his social interaction is with Tony Stark of all people and half of their exchanges end in at least one of them wanting to get violent.
This is easy. ]
make sure you let Stark know if you need any supplies. he seems to be well-stocked I'll see you soon
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[ maybe nervous isn't the right word. lorna's only known him for like a day, but there's something twitchy and distracted about his text messaging. ]
well i don't have any fancy military training but
i like to think i make up for it in other ways so yeah.
i've got your six, and all that.
[ oorah. whatever john used to say. which is her way of saying: same. she feels better knowing where someone is by the metal on them at all times too. ]
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[ Or they'll all die painfully, but he's not in the business of panicking people. It's not the safest mission he's ever gone on, but someone has to do it. ]
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[ haha. ]
on the bright side if we all die it'll be a lot less walking back
[ maybe she shouldn't tease him, but she feels like she knows him better than a few days' worth of time. ]
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[ So he's just going to leave that there. Yup. ]
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you must have been very lonely in the army if those are your lines.
[ this is not flirting. she has a world to save, and it's not even this one! which means any cracks about meeting him in paris are out. ]
we can reconvene and celebrate if everyone's still got eyes in their head at the end of this.
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[ It's only been over half a century. Really no big deal at all. ]
I'll try to work on it. I swear I used to be charming.
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[ considering the state of what she's seen of france so far, anyway. ]
guess you'd better hop to it then, soldier
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maybe next week I should skip leg day and work on my flirting
[ Bucky smiles at his device. He doubts she really means anything by any of it, but the banter is about the most relaxed he's felt in a long time. Things with Steve are weird. Half of his social interaction is with Tony Stark of all people and half of their exchanges end in at least one of them wanting to get violent.
This is easy. ]
make sure you let Stark know if you need any supplies. he seems to be well-stocked
I'll see you soon