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[ettersberg]

Perhaps you ought to start at the beginning.

[ clearly there's something going on here. ]

[lednikovyy]

sympathy BJ's off the table, then. got it.

the serum that made me stronger and more durable is gone, but I still have a metal arm. it's a little sore.

[ understatement of the century, but he's managing. ]

[ettersberg]

[ he almost types i didn't say that but that's still a step too far, too bold for him at this point. ]

Did you give it up? [ they'd all had to give up something. ]

I don't know of any spells that could help with that.

[ dare he offer - ]

Perhaps a massage would do.

[lednikovyy]

yeah. I'm not always great at thinking things through.

[ but that last message? oh, that makes him smile. ]

I think a massage from the right person would help a lot.

[ettersberg]

I assume the arm is quite heavy, then?

[ thomas is no doctor by any stretch of the imagination. he's got some basic field first aid, but that knowledge is from wwii still. ]

I see.

[ it isn't too forward to assume that bucky means him by 'the right person', is it? he thinks about typing more, about asking if bucky wants to come over, if he should visit.

it feels - too intentional, for now. ]

[lednikovyy]

you're making a cute, flustered face right now, aren't you?

[ he can't help himself, but he does wish he could see the face that he's pretty sure Thomas is making. ]

it's not as heavy as it looks, but it's heavier than my other arm.

[ettersberg]

I'm doing no such thing.

[ hes absolutely doing precisely that. ]

[lednikovyy]

I definitely believe you.

[ettersberg]

Why do I feel like that may not be quite true?

[lednikovyy]

because you're familiar with the concept of sarcasm, mostly.

[ettersberg]

I am British.

[ surely they invented sarcasm? surely. ]

What prompted you to give up the serum?

[lednikovyy]

that's a loaded question and I don't know how to answer it.

[ He means that, too. He doesn't know where to start or even how to. ]

I'll be alright, though. just have to readjust.

I can get drunk now!

[ettersberg]

In that case, a good scotch seems to be in order. It'll be medicinal.

[ and perhaps it'll help with answering the question. or readjusting. the latter is more important. ]

[lednikovyy]

I knew I liked you.

[ettersberg]

Would you like me to come by?