bakerstreet | We shouldn't...

We shouldn't...

the "should never be together" meme.

When two people come together in a relationship, it's a beautiful thing. What can be wrong with love, right? Right? Except when the union is completely and totally wrong, for whatever reason. Then things can get a little messy.

How To Play
1. Comment with your character, listing their name, canon, etc, along with any preferences.
2. Comment around to others, using the RNG to determine the scenario. It doesn't have to be a lovey-dovey relationship, obviously. There can be hate, sorrow, lust, whatever.
3. Thread! Have fun! Do things!

Scenarios
1. Warring Factions: You belong to rival organizations, armies, clubs, etc. Whatever it is, you're not on the same team.

2. Soldiers on the Battlefield: Or maybe you are on the same side, but this is the wrong time and the wrong place. Plus, attachments cause distractions.

3. Bodyguard and the Guarded: Just like the movie with Kevin Costner! One of you has been hired to protect the other for some reason, and feelings are starting to grow. Are you a professional and cut things off, or do you give in?

4. Prince/ss and Knight: Similar to the above, but with a whole 'nother level of wrong...one of you is royal. Courtly love is okay; still, don't forget your place.

5. Enemies: This vendetta is personal, and you totally hate this person! Don't you? Perhaps you're maybe just rivals, or something as serious as superhero and villain.

6. Family: The ultimate taboo. This person is related to you, so there's no way you should indulge this desire, even if it's the most pure love there ever was.

7. Age Difference: The years between you should keep you both at bay, but it's easier said than done.

10. Teacher/Student: Teachers and students have a unique bond, and to corrupt it is a dangerous thing. Will you dare to act on emotions that could put you both in a destructive place?

11. Already Spoken For: One or both of you are already involved with someone else, but the heart wants what the heart wants. Just know that you can't have your cake and eat it, too.

12. Not Compatible: Your personalities or jobs make it so it's hard for you to be together.

13. Not Compatible...in Another Way: You're both different species, which means you're either afraid to take your relationship to a physical level or you can't because of differences in biologies.

14. Not Ready for Love: You took a vow (or celbacy, of chastity, of dedication), you're married to your work, or you just don't want to be involved with anyone. Too bad!

15. Rich and Poor: One of you has the money while the other is from more modest means. Can the 1% and the 99% ever be bedfellows, literally?

16. Hurt Before: Your heart has been broken, and maybe there's been no time to heal. But here you are.

17. WILDCARD

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[ Well since Clara has the pleasure of traveling through time and space any cross canon would work for her. I love cross-canon, cross medium and for this meme assumed cr is a-okay with me. Don't worry if you're not familiar with the doctor who fandom I'll explain anything that needs explaining. Also open to both F/M and F/F.

I'm also a-okay with starting any scenario off, just let me know and I'll write something up ]

[No 2, 6 or 16 please - OTA to all else]

[13 will be a given. Everything else also welcome.]

[ when the ship has crash landed on their planet, he had been wary. why shouldn't he be? the last outsiders who had arrived here had scraped the earth dry. technically still was; most of his kind stayed above in tall huts, floating above the ground, and the only reason he'd seen the ship crash at all was because he'd been in galra custody.

thankfully, the landing had been a good enough diversion for riku to flit away. and in traditional fashion, thanks had to be returned: keith would've found he gained an unlikely ally in the thick, marshy jungle when riku helped dispatch those same soldiers. ]

Are you hurt?

[ he keeps his distance--riku may be powerful in his own right, but he's still a teenager. he doesn't know what the other is capable of. even if there's a flutter of--something. he'll think on that later. ]

[ Keith didn't want to make it a habit of making terrible, unplanned landings on planets he didn't know. It was one of those things that just came with the job description, but he had the ability to make better, more graceful landings when he wasn't being chased and shot at. This landing wasn't one of the better ones. No one was hurt by his sudden landing on the surface, so no harm no foul.

After trying the comms and failing, he checked the planets atmosphere and all other preliminaries, if not only do he could throw his helmet at a tree when he finally got out of Red Lion. If their mental bond was anything to go on, it wasn't impressed with his landing either. The galra soldiers roaming around weren't an issue in his current smoldering irritation. It helped clear his mind so he could focus again.

Still, the voice calling out to him made him stop and whirl on it, looking at the owner. A slow sigh escaped upon seeing Riku. It wasn't another Galra and that's what mattered.]

I'm fine. I was tossed around a little, but nothing major. I hope I didn't make a scene or anything.

[ It would make it harder to hide Red, or take off. He wasn't planning on leaving until he had some sense of where he should be going, and with the comms dead, that could take any number of days to weeks. ]

To them, you did.

[ he jerks his chin towards the galra soldiers, since his hands were cuffed together. he keeps his distance, the way keith so quickly picked up on him confirming that maybe this wasn't the safest stranger. he holds his hands up in peace nonetheless. ]

As soon as they saw your... [ ... sideglances at the red lion, but doesn't name it-- ] crash, I was able to break free, so I owe you. You made the right kind of scene.

[ but, he frowns. the men that were with him were with him for a reason... ]

I'm Riku. If the way they reacted to your ship means anything, you're higher on their priority list than I am. Is your ship damaged?

[ He expected that. If his instincts were telling him anything, they didn't have a lot of time to get out of there and avoid a bigger search team that would want to retrieve the red lion. He needed to go somewhere more secure, something that would be easier to defend.

Looking at Riku and his handcuffs, an idea came together. It wasn't the safest, plans under duress never were, but he had to go with it for now. His bayard was at his side, and even if he wasn't sure he could trust Riku, he wanted to give the Galra back a prisoner even less. ]

No, I can move, but the interstellar flight system is down for now. Are you familiar with this area? We need to get to a more secure location.

[ The wat he looked Riku up and down meant he was counting the other teen in that 'we' statement. They both needed to get out of there before someone came and Keith was also in handcuffs. He could free Riku from his, but he was choosing to wait for safety reasons. ]

[ he blinks for a moment before nodding firmly. ]

This is my home, and it's my duty to know every inch of it.

[ he closes his eyes, a brief flash of violet and silver at his back before two wings appear--he winces, but riku takes in a breath. ugh, he'd been away from home so long that it actually pained him to call on his abilities... ]

If you can move your ship, I can move with you.

[ and then, he tilts his head to the side. ]

You look like you've already got an idea.

Not really. Getting out of sight is the first step, though.

[ He looked at the wings curiously, leaning over to pick his helmet back up and slide it on. Those had to be handy, but also not as useful as they could be. Either way, the other had a way to move around and Keith wasn't going to think much about it, turning back to his lion. He stopped short a moment, turning to look at Riku. ]

I'll cover you in case anything tries anything funny. You may be mobile, but I doubt you can do much fighting handcuffed.

[ Or flying, but whatever. Keith was reaching back for the rope that let him down and taking it back up. ]

[ riku gives him a sharp nod, and just glances over the trees towards the violet-blue sky, at the dark clouds that were spreading away. he pauses with some hesitation, waiting for keith to be in position and piloting before he flits off. it's less like flying and more like flash-stepping, moving forward in controlled bursts. (thankfully, it doesn't seem like anything galra can really follow--nothing comes after them. yet.)

he pauses every now and then, making sure that keith is following him, leading them to a clearing in the jungle--it's hard to see at first. the canopy cover only works as an illusion, though; riku kicks his foot into what would be the cover of the trees, and it flickers before disappearing over a large grassy clearing.

with a quick glance at keith, he gestures with his bound hands before going in for a landing. once on ground, the wings at his back flicker and fade away--riku momentarily sways before he peers up at the lion, hoping he makes a descent quickly. ]

A defense attorney should never become personally involved with her clients. Jennifer knew this. But James Buchanan Barnes not just any client. His case, as it related to the Accords, was very important to her. Its outcome would affect her, and her family, on a very personal level. She couldn't help but to feel very passionately about it.

She just wasn't quite sure when that passion had begun to extend beyond the case, to Buck himself. But she knew that if she couldn't keep those feelings in check--at least until the proceedings were over--she could jeopardize the entire thing,

The Accords. Put into place, partially, because of him. He knows that. It doesn't help that then he was chased halfway across Bucharest by people trying to capture him. He knows he's responsible for a few injuries... or maybe a not so few.

But, he's willing to accept the punishment. Brainwashed by HYDRA, Bucky knows that he's still their weapon in some ways.

He just wants to be heard, fairly and honestly, and without being railroaded into something that will be detrimental, not only to him, but to other enhanced humans.

But his lawyer.... Back during the war there hadn't been lawyers like her. And while he knows, intellectually, that times have changed, he can't quite get past the part where his lawyer is a pretty woman. He's found himself looking at her legs more than once.

He knows better. He's a weapon, a tool to be used. He doesn't dare get involved with someone. Especially right now.

Jennifer wants to give him that chance, not only because it's what she believes is right, but because it's what she'd want someone to do for her, and for her cousin. So she fights for Bucky, in the best way that she knows how. The courtroom.

She invites him to have coffee with her when they meet to discuss the case. It isn't fancy--just a couple of mugs in relative comfort and privacy of her office--but it's a taste of normalcy. A little sympathy between humans. And maybe it's blurring the lines a little bit, but she doesn't see harm in extending a little friendship outside of the courtroom as well. God knows they all need friends right now.

"I know you're probably tired of my asking, but how are you holding up?"

Bucky wonders what she'd think if she knew his body count. She asks her question and she gets a snort in return. He's not only tired of her asking, he's not sure how to answer. What does he say? He's got only one arm, his best friend is also a fugitive from the law, and he doesn't even know if he's allowed to do anything.

He sighs and shakes his head. "I'll be fine." He sips his coffee. "What about Steve's status?" He deserves what the world gives him. Steve doesn't.

As far as Jennifer is concerned, Hydra are the ones responsible for the body count. But she knew she wouldn't be able to convince Bucky of that any more than she could convince her cousin that he wasn't responsible for what happened when the Hulk took over.

The Q&A is old hat by now, but she asks anyway, because who else cares enough to ask how Bucky is? Except Steve. "Steve always asks me the same thing. 'What about Bucky?' She smiled a little. "Aside from being worried about you, he's about as well as can be expected."

She hadn't known either one of them very long, but enough to know Steve wouldn't rest until they could put all of this begins them--which was probably a bit more optimistic than Bucky's perspective. "Are you sure I can't get you anything besides coffee?"

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No. Bucky is responsible. He gave up. He stopped fighting. Everytime they put his mind into a blender, he refused to fight them. That put the body count firmly on his shoulders, and not HYDRA's.

Steve would ask about him. But the world needs Captain America. It doesn't need the Winter Soldier.

"No, the coffee is fine." Bucky says. "What's our next step?"

It was frustrating sometimes, but as an attorney, Jennifer had learned to see boh sides of an argument. For better or worse, though, she would continue to argue in his defense, because it was her job.

But that didn't mean she had to argue with him. She could save that for the courtroom.

"Once we've compiled the facts, we'll need witnesses to back up those facts in court," she said, "I know Steve will testify on your behalf, and I'd like to see if I can get Natasha Romanov to take the stand as well. We'll also need to have contingencies in place, and be prepared for any counter argumet the prosecution tries to throw at us. At the very least, we should be able to work out some kind of plea bargain, to reduce your sentence."

She knew Bucky was resigned to his fate. But Steve was stubborn. And so was she.

Bucky is resigned to his fate. He knows that the world deserves to take it's revenge on someone. He's just the latest one to deserve it.

He blinks when she suggests that Natasha would take the stand to defend him. "Black Widow?" She has no reason to defend him and every reason not to.

"She won't take the stand." He knows this. "She has no reason to." He shrugs his one flesh shoulder. "What type of deal might they be willing to work out?"