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[achilles]

I’d love to have you.
No kneeling?

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that's not just my decision to make
would you want that?

[achilles]

You know my preference. I’m asking what would be good for you, what your expectations are.

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i want to spend some time with you
get to know you better
i don't mind whether that's sat beside you or kneeling at your feet though
i'd give you either

[achilles]

( oh … 🥰🥰🥰 )

I’d really like that.
My preference stands, but I won’t make you do anything.
There’s a thing called domestic BDSM. Have you ever heard of it?

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no
i don't exactly talk about this stuff with anyone other than you

you ain't asking me to cook for you or something right?

[achilles]

What, like a little house husband? ( 🥰🥰🥰 )
It’s mostly exactly what we’re talking about. Domming without the sex. I think you’ll like it, and I know I will.

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i haven't cooked for other people since the 40s
you wouldn't like anything i'd make
probably wouldn't survive it either

[Boiled food for everyone!]

if it doesn't work we can still change things, right?

[achilles]

Saying that makes me want to try your cooking, you know.
I’m sure it’s not that bad.

Absolutely. As long as you give it a try.

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i learned to cook during the great depression
food's better off staying back there
trust me

i'll try
you know i will

[achilles]

I might point out that there’s no time like the present to modernize your cooking skills.

( says the health but who regularly eats bland chicken and vegetables. )

I know. That’s all I ask from you.

1/2

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you planning to teach me that too?

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[And, a few moments later-]

i'll pack some clothes
might leave them at your place
if that's ok?

[achilles]

If you haven’t cooked anything since the 40s, I feel like it’s a moral obligation that I do.

( he does feel the need to tell bucky — you don’t have to ask. but he supposes it must cost him something, to be so open, and that it’s probably good to go through the motions of togetherness with at least a little trepidation, until they figure out where they’re comfortable.

so — he teases. )

I’ll clean out a drawer.

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i’ve cooked
just not for other people
but i guess we could try

no wardrobe space?
i know you like me messy
but my clothes are gonna get all wrinkled
not sure if that counts
🤔

[achilles]

Then we will.

Are you usually this bossy and I just haven't noticed?
You can come earn your wardrobe.

[restored]

[He could keep this serious. Could ask for clarification. But instead-]

if you think this is bossy you've got a whole lot to learn about me, sweetheart

[achilles]

Really?
I like bossy.

[restored]

i can do bossy
what else do you like?
besides the obvious

[achilles]

In general?
Books, and poetry. I like dancing, though I'm rotten at it. Nature, going for hikes, that sort of thing.
Sometimes I think I sound like an old man.

[restored]

[Well. Guess who's going to spend a good chunk of his paycheck at the bookstore on his way over later.]

might be biased here
but that sounds like a pretty good way to spend a weekend

i can teach you to dance if you'd like
used to be pretty good at it

[achilles]

( remembering bucky is also an old soul … very peaceful, actually. )

You dance?

( oddly, he thinks it fits. of course — ash has been taught to dance. once, by a prince, in a bar in prague. but he doesn’t especially want to think about that absence now, instead leaning into the feeling bucky gives him — hot and fluttering under the collar. )

Okay, teacher. I want to learn.
Is it something you like doing? Dancing, I mean.

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used to be the only thing you could do for fun

[Well, the only family-friendly activity, at least.]

only been dancing once since i got free
wasn't ever about me liking it though
just my partner
that's what i enjoy

[achilles]

I’ve heard something about wooden hoops and sticks.

Oh, so you like me.
Hopefully how bad I am at dancing doesn’t change your mind on that front.

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ain't the kind of stick i'm in to these days

gonna take a lot more than that to make me change how i feel about you