( there's something observant in his gaze — ash doesn't pry, but he does note, like any other student in a lecture. it's mostly his suave sidestep of the actual question ash was asking, which he has plenty of time to think about while sam flirts. ash is more or less the type one would describe as tall, dark, and handsome — he isn't loud or vocal, and thus is happy to let sam gab, watching him while he does it. he figures the answer can only be no, he doesn't have one. or maybe — yes, and he isn't pleased about it. either way he seems disinclined to share with what is essentially a stranger sitting before him, and ash can't exactly fault him for that.
he orders a coffee, black, because he's a health nut and he and caffeine are old comrades. his expression is kept carefully neutral, even if the conversation now feels more akin to a game of chess, where ash has no intention of winning or losing. he has nothing to hide, really, except what he imagines bucky would be hesitant to reveal in the intricacies of their relationship. beyond that? )
It's definitely a change of pace. ( he nods in agreement. ) The lack of press conferences and CIA agents and meetings. I probably would've enjoyed the quiet if it didn't involve all the violations of human rights. ( he pointedly keeps the pity out of his voice in talking with sam — it's obvious he got the shorter end of the duplicity stick, and they both know it. ) But before I was President or a soldier in the army, I had a very normal life in middle class, rural Missouri. I don't mind revisiting that simpler time, not that this ( a general gesture around. ) reminds me of Missouri. At all. Where are you from?
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he orders a coffee, black, because he's a health nut and he and caffeine are old comrades. his expression is kept carefully neutral, even if the conversation now feels more akin to a game of chess, where ash has no intention of winning or losing. he has nothing to hide, really, except what he imagines bucky would be hesitant to reveal in the intricacies of their relationship. beyond that? )
It's definitely a change of pace. ( he nods in agreement. ) The lack of press conferences and CIA agents and meetings. I probably would've enjoyed the quiet if it didn't involve all the violations of human rights. ( he pointedly keeps the pity out of his voice in talking with sam — it's obvious he got the shorter end of the duplicity stick, and they both know it. ) But before I was President or a soldier in the army, I had a very normal life in middle class, rural Missouri. I don't mind revisiting that simpler time, not that this ( a general gesture around. ) reminds me of Missouri. At all. Where are you from?