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Aug. 16th, 2022 08:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
semi_stableWhen Loki suggests that they grab dinner, Bucky doesn't think much of it, really. It wouldn't be the first meal they've gotten together, not even the first at this particular restaurant. Honestly, once he thought about getting another one of those steaks, he stopped asking questions.
After spending the afternoon lounging around with Bopp and reading a book, he takes her for an evening walk and then showers. Since he has time, he trims the scruff on his face and cleans up the edges, and then pulls out the one black suit that he has in his closet. He bought it early on, first to blend in while he was spying on people, and then to do the same at the few parties he's been to.
It's too hot for a button down so he just puts on a dark blue v-neck tee underneath and finishes it off with his one black belt, and his one pair of dress shoes. As he pulls his watch off of the dresser, his eyes linger on the black leather gloves sitting in the top drawer. Normally, he'd wear then to cover his hand if he was dressing up and he pauses for a moment, looking down at his prosthetic and flexing his black and gold fingers. He swallows hard and then shuts the drawer, turning to look at himself in the mirror and smoothing his hair back with his hand.
"Ah, ah. Don't touch me. You'll get fur everywhere," he says as he hops out of Bopp's reach, turning to rub her behind the ears. "I'll be back."
It isn't too far to the steakhouse and the heat of the day is starting to burn away, so Bucky walks. He even whistles to himself a little on the way until someone looks at him and he realizes what he's doing. It makes him chuckle and he shakes his head, pulling his phone out of his pocket to compose a text.
I'm outside.
After spending the afternoon lounging around with Bopp and reading a book, he takes her for an evening walk and then showers. Since he has time, he trims the scruff on his face and cleans up the edges, and then pulls out the one black suit that he has in his closet. He bought it early on, first to blend in while he was spying on people, and then to do the same at the few parties he's been to.
It's too hot for a button down so he just puts on a dark blue v-neck tee underneath and finishes it off with his one black belt, and his one pair of dress shoes. As he pulls his watch off of the dresser, his eyes linger on the black leather gloves sitting in the top drawer. Normally, he'd wear then to cover his hand if he was dressing up and he pauses for a moment, looking down at his prosthetic and flexing his black and gold fingers. He swallows hard and then shuts the drawer, turning to look at himself in the mirror and smoothing his hair back with his hand.
"Ah, ah. Don't touch me. You'll get fur everywhere," he says as he hops out of Bopp's reach, turning to rub her behind the ears. "I'll be back."
It isn't too far to the steakhouse and the heat of the day is starting to burn away, so Bucky walks. He even whistles to himself a little on the way until someone looks at him and he realizes what he's doing. It makes him chuckle and he shakes his head, pulling his phone out of his pocket to compose a text.
I'm outside.
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Date: 2022-09-02 02:32 am (UTC)He does know that he doesn't feel like he should ask Loki to stay. Maybe it even would be good to be alone and think about things, get his head on straight. Get back to normal. Maybe that's it. The past twenty-four hours have felt a little unreal, almost too good to be true, and he doesn't want to break the spell. But he has to. After all, it can't be like this all the time.
"Okay." Bucky nods and heads towards the closet to get Loki's jacket, even though he easily could have just magicked it out of there himself. Bopp looks between the two of them and then comes to lean heavily against Bucky's legs, panting as she stares up at him with perked ears.
"I had a really good time," Bucky says as he holds out the jacket, smirking almost bashfully. "Thank you."
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Date: 2022-09-02 02:39 am (UTC)"As did I," Loki said, turning to face him, and on a whim, slipping his arms around Bucky's shoulders and pulling him into an embrace.
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Date: 2022-09-02 02:43 am (UTC)The hug surprises him a little, though he isn't sure why. They've done much more than hug, repeatedly, but this is nice. It's innocent in its affection, and Bucky wraps his arms around Loki's waist and holds onto him for a long moment, turning to press his face into the warm curve of Loki's neck.
He's going to miss Loki, and that's stupid. They'll see each other again soon.
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Date: 2022-09-02 02:49 am (UTC)"Enjoy your day without me," he teased, "I'm sure Bopp will appreciate having you to herself."
Giving him one last kiss to the curve of his jaw, Loki stepped back, retrieving his keys, wallet, and phone from his discarded trousers with a surge of magic.
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Date: 2022-09-02 03:05 am (UTC)He walks Loki to the door and reaches up to scrub his hand through his hair, nose wrinkling at his own awkwardness before he gives into the urge to lean in and press a kiss to Loki's mouth.