Relationship help

[meme_maid]

the RELATIONSHIP ADVICE meme RULES ○ In the subject line, pithily summarize any issues your character may have in their relationship/with their canon love interest/ship partner/love life. Surely there's some trouble in paradise? ○ Others will give advice on how to be luckier in love, whether to pursue someone or not...or maybe, just maybe, if it's time to call it quits with someone (DTMFA).

Comments

[ohios]

You know, it is very difficult to win an election without the impression of a strong family.

[counterstep]

Helped that I had a legacy leftover from World War 2, actually. Since Steve and I were from Brooklyn. People were always proud of that. I just tapped into that same nostalgia to get the votes I needed.

That and having Sam's endorsement helped.

( but, uh, the aftermath has definitely not been kind on that front. )

thunderbolts spoilers ->

[ohios]

You will not have that next time.

[ she arches her eyebrow. ]

Captain America is not on our side.

[counterstep]

There won't be a next time.

( pursing his lips, ) ...and yeah, I know. Everything I knew as my reality from a a month back is pretty much fucked right now.

[ohios]

So are you going to get a girlfriend before midterms?

[counterstep]

Why would I get a girlfriend before midterms.........

[ohios]

So that you will win. Makes you seem human. And not like a brainwashed assassin who can throw cars with his metal arm.

[counterstep]

I am human. That's why I can't do both. I have to choose this or staying in Congress.

And I think we all know I'm better suited for this.

[ohios]

[ well, yeah. she knows the feeling. of being suited to only one thing, carefully crafted into the perfect weapon. but-- ]

Fuck being suited. Which do you want?

[counterstep]

( he takes a breath, closing his eyes. )

I want to protect people.

( and as much as there are important things that congress can do, bucky still feels like he can save more outside of it.

opening his eyes, )

Why are you trying to convince me to go back?

[ohios]

Is that what I'm convincing you to do?

[ there's something trained about the neutrality of her expression. it's careful. ]

I thought we were just talking.

[counterstep]

Very targeted for "just talking" is all I'm saying.

If it's that you don't want me here, you can just say so. I'd understand.

[ohios]

[ dryly: ] Yes, of all the people here, you are the one I do not want around. Not the Captain America we had at home with his smug face and his penis measuring. You.