Trigger

by MidoHomieBro

Julie can't stand being in France, everything reminds her of her dark secrets. Deciding she's had enough she heads to America for a fresh start. She meets old and new friends, but as they start stepping back into her life so do her secrets. This is a story with the FL being my OC, there's going to be others but this is a fanfic of MCU, so those characters will also be involved.

OK so I know I said I was going to get my writing flow back with my Naruto Rewrite story but the time that I got locked out I decided to open up a doc and write a new one.

I just had to.

It has some Marvel characters in it. I just kinda pulled some characters and organizations so obviously they aren't mine but my OC's and plot are.

They're my pride and joy UwU- oH

I almost forgot, so uh my story is extremely intense, it is definitely not for a younger audience.

So some warnings before we start,

My story contains abuse, mental abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, child abuse, pedophilia, mentions of certain triggers, panic attacks, experimentation, kidnapping, PTSD, DID, heavy topics, suicide, Stockholm syndrome, murder, death, abortion, miscarriage, depression, withdrawal behavior.

I don't want to add this part as a warning but if you are uncomfortable with LGBTQ+ content then this story is not for you.

Please don't waste your time reading something you don't want to just so your can rant stupid shit in the comments.

I don't care about your opinion if your just going to talk smack. I accept constructive criticism, theory's, or request/ideas and everything in-between.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADU, I INTRODUCE TO YOU TRIGGER

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"Hey guys"

I say as I walk up to my close knit group of friends.

Lily was on her phone, texting her boyfriend a string of "I love you"

Trey was next to her,

She gave me a quick kiss, not glancing up from her phone

She was completely focused on her game, trying to beat the level.

Then Veron was on the far left,

Positioned at an angle where no one could see her phone without alerting her first.

Most likely playing with 707,

I knew she was replaying his route again.

I sigh, and at that everyone looks up.

Concern evident in their faces.

My semi tired face immediately morphed to one of panic and anguish.

"Guys no, I'm fine"

My voice cracked at that last part, great.

They all surrounded me, and gently hugged me

But they all avoided the nape of my neck, knowing that I'd go into a panic attack when touched there.

Trey put her gloves on and held my hand, knowing that I was more prone to panic attacks when I'm holding hands.

Her wearing the gloves made me smile.

I close my eyes, loving the thought of trey and her respect for my "triggers".

I heard Lily silently groan,

It might've gone unnoticed if we all weren't so close to each other.

"Todays the day isn't it . . ."

I look down and back up a little,

I nod.

Trey's face quickly changes to disappointment.

"I can't believe it, I forgot! I'm sorry Julie, I should've called in sick today-"

"No, no. You know I wouldn't have let you do that, plus this internship is important to you, what kind of girlfriend would I be if I let you risk your future."

Trey got an semi 'paid' internship for a clinic a couple of weeks ago.

Her face scrunched up,

"And what kind of girlfriend would I be if I let you spend today alone, with just you and your self-deprecating thoughts . . . I don't think so!"

Ohh how much i love her.

But the lovely feeling in my heart left when I heard a familiar sense of doom.

"Isn't today the day!"

Lily, Veron and Trey scrunch their faces in a way where it looked like they just walked into a garbage dump.

I almost want to laugh, but I don't

Instead my face is jerked towards the opposite direction.

I can feel the nails dig into my skin,

"Look at me when I'm talking to you!"

Trey rolls up her sleeve and tries to rush over to me, but she's held back by Veron and Lily.

Verons tough but Lily looks like she wants to cry from the shame.

I can feel Blakes nails dig deeper,

I finally turn my head,

My eyes watering due to the pain and the glaring sun that's shining right at me, what an unfortunate angle.

Blake Ivory Brooke's.

My very own personal tormentor.

He's the son of Lilies and Trey's boss.

Lily just got an unpaid internship and it was then when she found out about Blake's "problem" with me.

He threatens their jobs if they intervene.

And I don't want them to risk this internship so I had them promise not to intervene.

Obviously Trey doesn't listen, but that's just what's so charming about her.

God, why is she so hot when she's stubborn

My attention finally goes back to reality and I try not making direct eye contact with him.

Blakes just a couple inches taller that me, (*cough* steroids *cough*)

"Ohh look, daddy's girl finally graces me with her gaze"

I intake a sharp breath, I can feel my breathing hitch.

Now my eyes are definitely watering, only this time it's not because of the sun.

"Hmm How's your dad again?! I hear today's the day you left your daddy, don't you know it's rude for little girls to

leave their daddy's . . . come on bitch!""

He releases my face, and my hands immediately start to gingerly touch the now very prominent nail marks.

I'm about to turn around and check on Trey when I get shoved to the floor.

I fall quite harshly on my bosom as I look back up to Blake.

He looks down like he's disgusted by me,

I mean he's not wrong, I'm disgusted by myself all the time but I don't get why he's got such a problem with me.

"Come on bitch"

He kicks me and he places his overly expensive shoes over my torso.

I clench my eyes.

He pushes down and the tears start streaming out,

'no-No not now, pleaSE!'

My breathing gets a lot harder, but it's not due to Blakes fat ass stepping on me.

It's a panic attack.

My vision is already blurred due to the tears but with my breathing now I'm starting to see black purplish blemish swirl

around my vision.

"Oh don't pass out on me now, you fucking bitch! Come on! Tell me!

I feel really dizzy even though I'm on the floor, perfectly grounded- ha ha see what I did there . . .

Wow I'm delirious now, that's new-, JuSt KIDDING! IT'S NOt nEW!

I'm try to keep my eyes open, and I look up and with all the courage i could muster-

HA I don't even like musterrr

"When are you going to go back to daddy! HMm! We all know you're a disgusting little whore! We all know you want

to go back to daddy!"

"He's not my dadd . . . He was never my d-dad. He is frankkk andd my stepp dad is my dad, his name is Patoo''

I giggle.

I ignore how my words are starting to slur.

I remember how my mum brought this really buff looking guy home, and how he carried such a small puppy in his huge

hands.

It was such a weird experience, seeing this really buff guy carry this cute baby puppy in his hands, then be called 'duck'

in Spanish by none other than my mother!

Miss Stoic!

But my thoughts are interrupted when I feel Blakes shoes pressing harder.

"This is funny now! Well we'll see about that after you say your a disgusting whore for you dad!"

I giggle some more.

"A-and why would I do (hiccup) do that"

Blakes scowl grows furious and he takes his foot off me and grabs my cardigan and firmly plants me on my feet.

I get a painful rush of blood coming back up to my brain and I frown.

"You're gonna get on your knees and say it! Or else your disgusting bitch over there, loses her job"

My eyes widen.

Did he just-

He just-

My eyes burn from the tears and I can feel the pin prickles start.

But I don't care.

I set my foot back and I punch him.

God that felt nice,

He falls to the floor and holds his nose, blood seeping through his finger.

Nice, I broke his nose.

"If you ever- EVER! Call my beautiful girlfriend a 'Disgusting BITch!' I'll leave you dead, maimed and dismembered!"

Blake, obviously not caring, picked himself up and got in my face, grabbing my cardigan again he lifted me up by a couple inches.

"Like you could do anything to me bitch! I'll ruin your whores career! AND I'll have you arrested for assault! Watch! you bitch! You'll pay for this!

This bitch just doesn't learn.

Since my feet aren't on the floor, I head butt him and he drops me but as soon as my converse touches the floor I send

him falling backwards again.

This time I aim for his eye, but I don't let up there.

No

I walk towards him, grab his shirt, lift him off the floor and glare

"Bitch don't you have ears! Are you not wearing your glasses! Can't you SEE That beautiful lesbian over there is GORGEOUS! ANd I'LL SEND YOU TO THE MOTHER FUCKING HOSPITAL IF YOU CALL HER A WHORE AGAIN!"

He looks shocked, but he headbutts me back. But I don't let him go.

"LIKE ANYONE WOULD LOVE YOU!

My eyes widen in rage.

"YOU DISGUSTING WHORE! I BET THAT'S WHY YOU LEFT DADDY! HMM! I BET THAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU'RE A DISGUSTING WHORE! YOU PROBABLY COULDN'T HANDLE DADDYS COCK! HUH! YOU KNOW WHAT! I BET YOU LEFT BECAUSE YOUR DAD FINALLY SAW HE WAS FUCKING A PEICE OF SHIT!"

"HE'S NOT MY FUCKING DAD! GET IT THROUGH THAT PEA BRAIN SIZED HEAD! I DON'T KNOW THAT BITCH AND HE IS NOTHING BUT A PIECE OF SHIT! AND YOU KNOW WHAT! YOUR A FUCKING BLOODY PEICE OF SHIT TOO! I DON'T GET WHAT YOUR PROBLEM IS WITH ME! ARE YOU JEALOUS BECAUSE I'M DATING A GORGEOUS LESBIAN! IF THAT'S THE CASE THEN GO CHECK HER INSTA! SO YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH I LOVE HER AND SO YOU CAN SEE HOW SHE'D NEVER GO OUT WITH YOU, YOU PIECE OF DISGUSTING SHIT! YOU DON'T THINK I DIDN'T SEE YOU HARASSING HER AT WORK! YOU DON'T THINK SHE DIDN'T TALK TO ME ABOUT IT!"

I punch him in the stomach and then I drop him but before his feet hit the ground I kick him in the groin.

Causing him to hurl backwards,

'Now it's my turn'

I place all my weight on his torso.

And I enjoy seeing his bloody bruised face in pain.

"If you ever approach me or anyone one else again for that matter. I'll call my mother from France and have her lackeys pay you a little visit. Do. I. Make. Myself. Clear."

"The fuck your whore of a mother gonna do to me bitch-"

I step harder onto his torso and he starts coughing up blood.

The fuck I care about that, but the blood got on the jeans trey gave me last Christmas.

Fucking bitch got blood on my favourite pair of jeans!

I'm about to kick him again when I feel a firm hand get placed on my shoulder.

Panicking, I grab the arm and I'm half way about to rag doll the person when I realized it's Trey.

I quickly jerk my movements to get her gently into my arms.

" . . . wow, you were- you were just about to yeet me onto the floor"

I grin sheepishly and cradle her softly in my arms.

I nuzzle my face onto her cheek and make a stupid purr sound.

She snorts and says,

"Oh shut up, you simp. But I swear if you ever rag doll me onto the floor, I'll have your nonexistent balls."

I kiss her cheek and with one arm, I make a salute to her.

"Yes ma'am!"

She gently hits my shoulder and scoffs.

I step on Blake again and enjoy hearing his groan of pain as I walk back to Lily and Veron.

Veron, of course is holding out her phone out, recording everything.

She grins.

"I'm going to post this under, 'How I met your mother."

Trey grabs the phone and quickly sends it to herself then deletes it.

"Sure you are."

Veron looks at her befuddled.

"How dare you."

Trey rolls her eyes and tries to hop out of my arms, only to find she can't.

She looks at me with a stern gaze and I avert mines toward Lily.

"So Lily, you alright?"

I ask,

"Julie . . . you are insane! you just beat the living daylights out of Blake and you ask ME IF I'M ALRIGHT!"

I take a second to respond,

" . . . yep sounds about right, so you're ok right?"

Lily shakes her head, muttering about how insane I am.

I laugh,

"Soo what now?"

Veron looks down at her phone and goes to her trash file, trying to get the video back,

"Lily called the cops . . ."

I jerk my head towards Lily's direction to see her trying to sneak away.

"Lily!"

She turns around and looks like she might cry,

"I'm sorry but you were suffocating and-trey-was-yelling-for-us-to-do-something- And-I-panicked-and-called-the-cops!"

I sigh,

"Don't worry we just have to call back and say it was a prank-"

Lily winced.

"I'm sorry Lily but you know who my family is- I can't go attracting the attention of the police."

Trey scoffs, clearly upset.

"Oh Trey! My gorgeous girlfriend, what's wrong?"

"So I see you didn't go meet my parents yesterday."

I averted my eyes.

"You're the exception, by the way your dad does not look like the type of guy to be in the police force! Your mum

though- damn, she looks like she was born to be a lawyer, so scary."

Trey smiled,

"I know right! He's such a simp too!"

"Do you think your dad will like me since we're both head over heels in love."

Trey rolled her eyes.

"He's the soft one, he'll give in a day or so, it's mom you have to work on."

I nod, I of course already knew that but hearing Trey say it just adds the cherry on top.

"I see, I see . . . well who's gonna call the cops."

Lily grimaced,

"Do we have too?"

"Well unless we switch clothes, face and blood I don't think there's anything we can do other than calling them again."

Veron sighed.

"Hand over the phone goody two-shoes."

Lily handed her pink glitter covered phone to Veron.

"Hello, yes, the call you received . . . 4 minutes anddd 56 seconds ago- yea that one, I'm sorry false alarm prank call. Yes . . . mhm we'll do that sir. . thank you, mK- . . . . . . . ."

Lily looked at me worried.

". . . . oh! I- uhm that- mhm yea that works . . . ok, see you then"

Veron handed the phone back to Lily, dazed.

"What's wrong! Are we going to jail!"

I smirk, already know whats up,

Having enhanced hearing comes in handy.

"Nono, but it looks like Veron just got someone who'll bail us out if we ever do get in jail."

Trey looked at me confused, then it hit her.

She snorts and erupts into cackles.

"NO wAY! Single miss Pringles has a date! Oh this is hilarious!"

Veron snaps out of it.

"Oh shut up! Miss I'm totally straight but Im totally lesbian now because I found the simp of my life"

Treys eyes narrowed, she stopped laughing.

"That was a low blow, fish face."

"All is fair in love and war."

Trey hopped out of my embrace,

"OH yeA! Square up!"

Trey pretended to go into a fighting stance as she shuffled her feet into a boxer steps.

Veron put her phone away, doing the same they circled one another like birds dancing.

"OH YEA! WELL CIRCLE UP!"

Trey wanted to smile but remained composed.

"NONO TRIANGLE UP!"

This continued until they ran out of shapes to yell at each other.

Lily was leaning on my shoulder, as we both scrolled through our phones.

Trey came walking towards where we were sitting.

"Ya know, if I didn't know how loyal and nice you were to everyone I'd think you were cheating on me 7 days out of

the week."

Lily jerked her head towards a grinning Trey.

She gave a sheepish laugh.

"Whoopsies."

I laughed.

"Come here my gorgeous baby, does my pretty girlfriend want a hug."

I reach my arms out.

Trey rolls her eyes but falls into my arms.

" . . . You're a really nice person."

I frown, knowing where this is going.

"I don't think a "nice" person would beat up another "nice" person."

Trey scoffed.

"Well duh, . . . but you hate violence and your family's practically surrounded by it and you're always there for your friends . . ."

I don't say anything, letting her vent.

"I don't deserve you."

She whispers.

I grabbed her shoulders and rub soothing circles on them, I know she won't cry, it'll take a lot for her to cry so I just try my best to reassure her that,

"I'm not going anywhere, ok I love you, and you're the best girlfriend I could ever dream of so don't put yourself down, you deserve so much better ok, your my gorgeous newly turned lesbian!"

She smiled.

"OKOK, when are we going to stop that!"

Veron piped in.

"nEVER!"

Trey groaned.

"Don't worry it'll be a funny story to tell our grandkids."

It doesn't hit her what I'm insinuating but she smiles, leaning into my shoulder.

Veron sit next to me and leans on my other shoulder, lily uses my legs as a backrest and she sits on the floor

I give laugh.

"Ya know if anyone walked by they'd think we were in a lesbian poly relationship."

Trey laughed, she snaked her arm around mine, hugging it as she leaned further into my shoulder

With everyone leaning on me for support I almost lose balance, but i guess you have to thank super strength in times like these.

"Whose fault is that though."

I roll my eyes.

"Look, it's not my fault I was born looking like a teddy bear baymax rip off."

"Oh! Before Blake decided to come in and be an ass, Lily was waiting to ask you for a band aid, she got a splinter."

Lily gave out a exasperated sigh.

"OH MY GOD! YOU SAID-."

"I lied."

"WELL NO DUR."

I laughed and tried using my free arm to carefully reach into this mysterious bag that always popped up at the most

convenient times.

Maybe it was because of the,- no it was with me since before that, welp it helps so no complaints

Veron had gotten comfortable on my shoulder and whined when I tried moving, she snaked her arm around mine like Trey.

I sigh, oh how difficult the life is of a rip off version of bay max.

"Lily, can you grab the band aid. It's in the bag attached to my left thigh."

Lily nodded and was about to reach for it when Trey interrupted.

"Wait wait! Why can't you grab it- VERON!"

Veron covered her ears with her free hand and stuck out her tongue to Trey.

"I'm the only one allowed to hug Julie's arm like that!"

"She's not your property is she though so you can't claim shit!"

Trey was about to throw hands so I intervened.

"Actually, I did give her mum the papers to claim me, she's reviewing them for me right now."

"Wait- SINCE WHEN!"

I grinned sheepishly.

"Yesterday . . . I noticed you're mums really possessive and you take after her so I thought maybe I'd kill two birds with

one stone, since you guys share the same type I thought if I showed your mum that I'm like the lesbian reincarnate of her

husband maybe she'll like me more"

Everyone looking at me like

(A/N I totally forgot you can't put pictures in, shit, that sucks but oh well I'll find the emoticon equivalent)

( ಠل͟ಠ)

"anD You faileD to mention thiS last night because."

"wAIT WAIT! 'LAST NIGHT' *coUGH* EXCUSE ME!"

"Ohhh fuuuuuuu."

"JULIE!"

"Yes, oh great guardian mother, tis I Julie."

"Don't play cute you motherfuc- You know how your mum is! She'll have my head for this!"

Lily's confused,

"Why?"

"Because I'm basically Julie's bodyguard! Haven't really been much of a bodyguard because Julie's been bribing me

with hourglass money but if her mum finds out Julies been sneaking out of the apartment she's renting us she'll kill me!"

"Welpp that's if she finds out."

Veron stares at me,

(◉ω◉) *I dare you to repeat that again*

"Look look, I'm the sole heir, I'm going to have to pick up some tricks on how to go.-"

I crack my neck and pretend I'm dead.

"Literally, the only thing notifying my mum that I'm alive is that apartment so chill, I got this."

"Kk whatever, honestly couldn't care but UHM LET'S GET BACK TO THE PAPERS YOU GAVE MY MOM."

I averted my gaze to Lily,

Veron and Trey had gotten off my shoulders so I took my chance to help lily,

I reached into my bag and grabbed a disinfect wipe and tweezers.

"How bout nooooo."

Trey narrowed her eyes,

"Say that again."

I finished helping Lily, she was observing the rainbow print on the bandaid.

"No ma'am."

Trey looked at me with a sickly sweet expression.

"So tell me. What are you going to do from now on."

"Inform you of big decisions and not hide things."

Veron laughs.

"Pussy-!"

I glare at her.

Trey smiles and leans on my shoulder again.

"Good, also you're getting those papers back before my mom actually decides it sounds perfect for her and my dad."

"Oki dokie!"

everyone leans back on me.

We sit in silence until Lily looks up at me.

"So are we gonna ignore Blake on the floor? Looks like the blood might clog his airway."

Trey and Lily both work at the same clinic,

Trey looks up and inspects him for a second before rolling her eyes.

"He's just passed out, fucking bitch."

I smile.

"It felt nice, finally getting to punch that disgusting face . . . also speaking of that, let's go to my house, I wanna change my jeans. He got blood on them."

"Ew seriously, I gave you those jeans."

Trey backs away.

"I know. ;n;"

Trey sighs and we all get up.

"I know those were your favourite but we're burning them, who knows what kind of diseases that bitch has. . . . I'll buy you some new ones for your birthday coming up."

"OH yea! It's like 5 months away.-"

Lily laughs.

"Veron! It's Trey's first time celebrating Julies birthday since they got together."

Veron rolled her eyes.

I smile,

"Aw babe! Already getting ready for my birthday!"

I go in, trying to hug her but she pushes me away.

"Shut up! I know you've been planning my birthday since October."

I laugh,

"Come on, I made vegan lasagna last night, there's still leftovers in the fridge.-"

"JULIE!"

I stop,

"What.-"

"That was for us! Unvreiubuiebu I hate you, AND I hate your need to feed the poor."

I laugh.

Lily and trey were well off, but she knew I started volunteering to feed the homeless 2 weeks ago.

"What can I say, I have a big heart."

"I know what you can say, "Trey . . . Lily back off, that lasagna is Verons."

I snort.

"Nahhh."

Veron whined.

"Don't worry I'll make *whisper* Vegan buffalo hot wings."

Veron covered her mouth, she let a tear escape.

"You'd make that for me. ;u;"

"Sure."

I smirked, everyone moved aside, avoiding Blakes body on the floor.

I on the other hand didn't do that and kept on walking.

When he was less than an inch away from my shoe I lifted it and shoved it hard into his stomach and walked on.

Everyone laughed when we heard Blakes muffled cries of pain.

We took our shoes off as we walked into my apartment,

Lily immediately jumped onto the sofa, sighing.

Veron went for the fridge, warming up the lasagna.

I was going to head for my room when Trey dragged me to the bathroom.

"Get in the shower you dork."

"Yes ma'am."

I saluted her as she walked off into the direction of my room.

5 mins later.

I wrap a robe around my body and see a stack of clothes on the sink counter.

I smile, but my eyes dart to the scars all over my body.

I flinch when I hand grazes one of the scars, memories of how i got it start to flood in.

I close my eye, I push the memories away and get dressed.

I see Trey and Veron fighting for the second to last piece of lasagna, I snatch up the last one and take a bite.

Humming i go to sit next to lily.

"One free meal that Trey wins" I say.

Lily smiles,

"one limited edition Naruto figure that Veron wins."

I look at her, shocked.

"BABE I'LL GIVE YOU MY SLICE IF YOU WIN."

Lily grins.

"DON'T LISTEN TO HER!"

Veron laughed, but she left an opening for Trey, who stole the plate from her and gobbled the lasagna up.

"AHAHAHA COUGH UP JULIE."

I smile and handed her the plate, I kiss the tomato sauce off her cheek.

She hums in approval as she ate the piece.

Veron looked bummed,

I roll my eyes.

"Come here you big baby, help me get the ingredients for your wing.-"

Veron covers my mouth.

"ShHHHH they can't know, those hot wings are minE."

I snort,

"Whatever, come on."

Lily looks at her watch,

"We better get going Trey, we're gonna be late for our shift."

Trey came to kiss me goodbye and stuck her tongue out at veron who did the same.

"Bye guys! I'll see you at 85 degrees later right?!"

I nod,

"Yea! See you then, have a nice day at work guys"

"Thanks!"

I was taking the hot wings out the oven when Veron came in, holding my phone

She looked worried

"What's wrong . . ."

She stayed silent,

"you got a text from trey, their 15 minutes from the cafe and . . . "

I take off my oven gloves and apron,

I grab my phone and look at the other text

*address*

meet me there at 8pm

J.

My breathe hitches

'James!'

"What time is it!"

Veron doesn't say anything,

I look at the oven clock,

7:13 pm

I sigh,

I head towards my room and Veron follows behind me

I take my shirt off, and Veron looks away, not wanting to see the scars

'I don't want to see them either'

I thought bitterly

I grab a box from the vent and put on my bullet proof vest, tossing one to Veron

She looks at it, her eyes filled with regret

"My lady . . . please- don't go"

(A/N words in Italic mean that their speaking another language)

Veron changes from english to french,

"I'm sorry Veron, but- I have too"

She sighs, putting on the vest she grabs another box from underneath one of the floorboards,

she puts on one of the thigh holsters as she tossed one to me.

Mine was black, trey bought it for me when I told her about my family,

She found out a couple days after that I stopped wearing my holster because I didn't want to make her uncomfortable

She got mad of course, saying how stupid an excuse that was, and made sure I wore my holster 24/7

Veron finished putting hers on, it was hidden under her pencil skirt

After a while, we were draped in weapons,

It was 7:20,

"Come on Veron, we're gonna be late"

"Yes my lady. . ."

Ten minutes later we arrived,

The plan was that 5 minutes before 8, Veron would make an excuse for me and I'd sneak off

We opened the doors and saw Trey ordering drinks,

I saw her smile and a pang of guilt hit me,

'I'll tell her one day . . ."

I hugged her from behind, she looked up at me, confused

She felt the vest,

I mouthed to her,

"I had a gut feeling so I'm wearing my vest"

She nodded, she knew the drill

If I had a gut feeling, I'd sneak her a vest and holster and she'd immediately go change

"I'll handle the rest of the drinks"

I gave her a small smile, worried but she gave me one back and led Lily to the bathroom with her

I smiled at the cashier as I took the drinks to our table

Veron glanced at the bathroom

"Do you want me to. . ."

"No, it's 7:31 he won't be there yet, . . ."

Veron nodded,

A minute or so later she saw Lily and Trey coming back, she scooted over

Trey sat next to me, she held my hand, and gently tried to soothe my nerves

I kissed her forehead

"Thank you"

"sure"

I loved how she was so accepting, but it made the guilt in my heart spread

'I'll tell you one day . . . I promise'

"So! What gossip do you have today"

Lily smiled

"Well! Since you asked so nicely!"

Lily was the gossip of our group,

She rambled on and on about how Blake didn't show up at all and how their boss kept giving them glares whenever he could

Eventually I joined in and my worries washed away,

Then my chest hurt,

Having an internal clock was convenient but sometimes it hurt when it flooded you with anxiety

I nudged veron, alerting her it was time

"Oh crap- I forgot to put the wings in the fridge once they cooled, I'll be right back"

I kissed Trey goodbye and got up,

Verons job was to back up my credibility

I could hear her whines, and the faint sentence of

"You promised you'd keep it a secret!"

Trail after me, along with laughter

I checked my phone one last time before I powered it off,

I quickly sprinted to the meet up spot, happy it was semi-near the cafe-

I stopped

I sensed 2 people in the alley,

I inhaled,

One was definitely James . . . the other smelled nervous

If this was a trap, and Hydra was trying to use James as a lure, the other person wouldn't be nervous . . . and there'd be more people

Looking around one last time, I tipped my cap lower, just in case I needed to hid my face

I took one deep breathe and I went in, hand in pocket gripping onto a Glock G42

Deciding to take a risk, I whispered in Russian

"James"

And as soon as the last letter escaped my lips, the two figures came out

One was blonde, fiddling his hands

And the other was-

"JAMES!"

"ANGEL"

We were a good 5 meters away but we both ran at full speed, closing the distance within seconds

I jumped and he caught me in his arms, we hugged for what seemed like a century

"How'd you- I thought you died!"

"I escaped 3 weeks later, an old friend found my location and rescued me! But- how! They told me you died escaping!-"

I let go of the hug and stepped back,

"Hold on hold on! Let me look at you! Are you hurt-"

"malen'kiy angel . . . I'm fine I'm fine but look at you!"

He lifted me again,

"Your hair!"

"I know I know, blonde isn't my best colour"

He smiled

"You look gorgeous"

"Thanks"

And it wasn't until then that I noticed the blonde

He noticed me staring, and lifted me onto his broad shoulders

"Steve this is malen'kiy angel, she was my cell mate and hero while at hydra"

I snorted, hearing James thick accent in english was hilarious

"I see you haven't had time to work on your accent Mister "I work alone"

He rolled his eyes

"I see you haven't lost your spark"

I nodded solemnly

Hopping down I walked towards the blonde and sized him up, he was way taller than me,

around James height and James was already taller than me

'They have the same build . . . maybe-"

I turned towards James, about to ask

"Yes he's the brother I mentioned"

I nodded

In english I said

"My names not malen'kiy angel . . . but you can call me Angel"

This steve character seemed to catch on that neither name was my real name but he didn't say anything,

Instead he reached his hand forward,

I backed up and my hand went for the gun in my boot

James placed a hand on my shoulder and assured this 'Steve' person meant no harm

"Sorry steve"

Steve smiled

"It's fine . . . quick question, all the Russian you guys were talking in-"

"Oh"

I smiled, he didn't know Russian

"We're just exchanging greetings"

James smiled, he picked me up again

I was about to protest

"You can call her malen'kiy angel or baby angel"

I hissed at James, pulling his hair.

"He may not!"

James didn't seem fazed.

"You're already pushing it with calling me that."

"Why does he call you that."

I gave an exasperated gasp.

"Ask him!"

James just grinned.

"She was kidnapped by hydra because of her psycho ex-"

"He wasn't even, it was an arranged marriage."

James nodded and continued.

"Remember how you guys rescued me but Hydra caught me again, well during that time Hydra made sure to have an extra just in case they couldn't get me, and well . . . baby angel was my replacement. She was my cell mate, the angel came from that because she had that weird bag thing with medical supplies and when Hydra tortured me because I left she'd fix me up afterwards . . . She was my guardian angel"

I scoffed.

"Had you actually stayed low you wouldn't have needed my help James."

He laughed.

'Fucking asshole.'

Rolling my eyes, he continued.

"I started calling her angel, then we got closer and she told me about her past and the experiments they were running on her . . ."

He looked at me.

James found it hard talking about his past,

I didn't except for when the person I was going to tell it too didn't have the mental strength not to withstand the graphic images

I had to tell my mother everything that happened and from there we went to more people that could help.

It didn't make anything worse when I brought the subject up . . .

Instead it was me,

If I remembered anything on my own, my thoughts would- I'd go haywire and get my panic attacks. . .

if this Stevie person was his 'brother' then he should be fine

I glanced at him, giving him the ok

"Her fake fiancé wanted hydra to . . . experiment on her so that only he could impregnate her with mutant children and in exchange hydra would use her as the new and improved Winter soldier"

I grinned

"And let's face it, I am the better version of the winter soldier"

James rolled his eyes

"It was one time!"

"But it happened "twinkle toes"!"

"God I hate you"

"Okok yea sure but continue! I've got places to be and people to drag home with me"

James glared at me

"Soo as I was saying before someone interrupted, they were training her to be a winter soldier, and eventually we got close enough to joke around with our past, turns out she had alcohol in that weird bag and maybe . . . I had one too many drinks because the next day all I remembered was 'twinkle toes' and 'baby angel'

I was ready to fall backwards from laughter

"I remembered everything, I took full advantage of the situation James so proudly gave to me"

"Wait wait! You didn't tell me this"

I grinned like a madman, staring down at him from his shoulders

"Yea! Because I've been waiting for the perfect moment to embarrass you! Who better than with your childhood brother!"

James pulled his hair

'Guess he remembers now, too late tho!"

"James has baby toes!"

I cackled

"He got so drunk he told me his deepest secret, according to him he'd "take it to the grave" He showed me his baby toes!"

James groaned

"I named them with you! Remember that twinkle toes!"

"I remember, you called the smallest one twinkles because the nail-"

"Because the nail was so small it twinkled in the little light we had!"

"God I hate you"

We were in our own little world

And I didn't notice the sad smile Steve gave us

Once we calmed though we turned to steve

"So, tell me about yourself Stevie"

Stevie nervously started talking about Brooklyn and by the end we'd gotten comfortable with each other

"And that's the last I saw Bucky until we rescued him"

I nodded-

'Wait-'

"Bucky?"

"That's the nickname we gave him, he was never comfortable with his first name"

I turned to James- well Bucky

He shrugged, as if saying I was the exception

I smiled and grabbed his arm, locking him in a noogie

"Aww Jamie! I didn't know I was so special!"

"I regret ever meeting you"

We laughed,

I looked at the time,

I winced, it was almost 9:30

James noticed,

"What's wrong"

"Well . . . I got people waiting for me, Oh I forgot to tell you, I have a girlfriend!"

James shot up

He looked like a puppy who gotten his first treat

Mockingly I said

"Down boy down"

That didn't faze him, he picked me up and twirled me around

"Since when!"

"Ohh since December 3rd last year, at exactly 23:46! I gave her my sweater earlier that day, we attended most of the same classes at the university and I kissed her! 5 minutes later it's official!"

I swooned, remembering it like it just happened

"It's true love! And James! She's so amazing and sweet! I told her about my family and I didn't want to make her uncomfortable with the vest and holsters-"

I gestured to my attire, I was fully loaded to take down a room full of people

"-But she was so cool about it!"

I laughed

"She actually got mad at me when she found out I stopped wearing them because of her, she makes sure I wear them 24/7! OH And then she said that she wanted me to teach her self-defense and how to shoot a gun! She's so badass James!"

"She sounds wonderful! . . ."

He gave me a sad smile

"Do you think I could-"

"What kind of question is that! Of course you can!"

I reached into my pocket and turned my phone back on, immediately I panicked,

There was 27- . . . 28 missing calls and 46 unread messages

"Im dead-"

James was still holding me, my body went limp

"James, sweetie, please plan my funeral"

He grabbed my phone and winced

"Ohhh yea, you my friend are most definitely dead"

I explained to him what happened earlier

"I told her I was going back to put something in the fridge and that at most bought me 30 minutes-"

I really wanted to cry

"-but it's been an hour and 40 minutes, she's probably freaking out, AND I told her I had a gut feeling- hold on let me explain"

James was giving me weird looks

"Okok so when I got your text I thought it was hydra trying to lure me out, but I had to double check so veron and I both loaded ourselves up and- remember how I told you she wanted to learn self defense, well we practiced drills where if I had a "gut feeling" or aka something was wrong I'd give her a holster and vest for her to change into"

"That's . . . actually pretty smart"

"I know, it was her idea"

I swooned

James looked at me concerned,

"You'll understand when you meet your soulmate, so anyway, she and my other friend Lily got changed and 5 minutes before 8 I gave the excuse of having to go back home, to her it's been an hour and 45 minutes since I've been gone and she knows somethings up because I signaled for her to wear the vest, she's gonna kill me!"

James laughed

"Well come on, lets not keep this mystery girlfriend waiting"

He set me back down onto the floor, and we got into Steves car

"Cool car"

"Thanks, it's a friends"

I looked confused

"Don't worry, you'll meet him soon"

I shrugged,

It was now 10 pm, we quietly entered my house, the lights were off and I had a terrible gut feeling, motioning to James to stay on guard we entered further

Steve tripped over the rug, his eyes weren't accustomed to the dark like ours

But the lights turned on

And there was Trey sitting on her favourite chair, obviously mad

"Care to explain why it took you 2 hours to get back to me and why there's two guys behind you"

James took a step forward

"I'm Bucky-"

"I don't care, and I wasn't talking to you meathead"

I snorted, wanting to laugh but stopped when treys eyes narrowed

She got up and walked towards me, embracing me

"You idiot! Do you know how much stress you gave me in the last 2 hours!"

I hugged back

"I know I know, I'm sorry . . . I can explain now though"

She cupped my cheeks, and kissed my forehead

"Please"

Her eyes watered,

I grabbed her hands and kissed her tears away, but of course James had to ruin the moment

"That's adorable-"

"Shut up!"

"Yes ma'am"

I laughed

Trey walked back to her spot and I made huge gestures at her to James

'She's gorgeous right!'

He smiled,

Once we were all situated veron came in, cookies stuffed in her mouth

"oH, hey your back, w'asshup"

I glared at her, obviously she'd been sold out, those weren't my cookies

"Are those chips ahoy cookies"

She averted her gaze

"no"

She said through another mouthful

"Once we're done here, your dead"

Veron scurried out of the living room, with the fuking container

I sighed,

"Ok, trey this is James, James this is my gorgeous girlfriend Trey"

"Hello"

Trey gave a curt nod, obviously not liking James

I gulped, this was a terrible start

"Remember how I told you about my family but I had to go somewhere for a while and just recently got out"

"Yea"

"Well this is James, he helped me out while I was there"

"I see, but who's the boy scout"

James and I looked at each other, we bursted out into laughter

Steve huffed

"I'm Steve"

I wiped the non-existent tear off my face

"I just met him today"

Trey nodded,

"So let me get this straight, "James" is an old friend and 'Steve' is someone you just met, correct"

I nodded

"Yup"

"Ok well ok! that doesn't answer where you've been!"

"Well . . . James and I aren't exactly safe, so to speak, we're undercover so before we met up at the cafe I received a text with an address"

"Yea that was me, Steve helped me track malen'kiy angel down and we met 2 hours ago"

I winced, trey was fluent in Russian

Her eyes narrowed but she didn't say anything

" . . . yea, the gut feeling I had was a precaution just in case 'they' were using James name to lure me out, but everything's fine now, we caught up and yeaa"

Trey nodded,

"Ok. . . one last question"

"Hit me"

"Do you have any leverage on 'James"

I smirked

"Of course I do, but why-"

All of a sudden I saw treys fist shoot through the air in slow motion

It was aimed at James

James managed to move so it wouldn't hit his eye but she hit him square on the jaw

She huffed,

"That's for calling my girlfriend 'Baby angel'!"

James grinned, rubbing his jaw

It shouldn't have hurt him but he pretended it did out of courtesy

I wanted to laugh but one wrong step and I'd be sleeping on the sofa

"Sorry about that, didn't know you knew Russian but I can't stop calling her that-"

Trey raised her fist again

"Its not a name of affection though! It's my way of making fun of her"

"How's that going to make me feel more okay with you calling my girlfriend 'Baby angel', I'm the only one allowed to get away with that!'

I couldn't take it anymore

I fell on the floor laughing,

I clenched my stomach

"Trey! I'm so sorry! But- omFG that's hilarious!"

Trey was mad

" I'm glad you found it amusing!"

She stormed off to my room

"Sorry about that"

I waved him off

"It's fine, she'll calm down in a little bit, she's just upset because all my friends are really close with me, she gets

jealous easy, she's tough skinned but I think you coming in and calling me 'baby angel' was the last straw she had for today"

James nodded

"Well, We should go Bucky-"

"What!"

James and I jerked our head to Steve

"Steve! I just got malen'kiy angel back and you want to leave!"

"Forget about you! Steve I just got him back! And you want to take him away!"

"Thats the same fucking reason, stupid!"

James switched to to Russian mid sentence

"I don't give a fuck! I have a spare room! And baggy clothes that might fit you! Tell your boyfriend to go suck a dick, you're staying!"

"He's not my boyfriend!"

"Yet! You don't think I'm that dense! You kept getting goggly eyes every-time you mentioned him to me while we were in that cell!"

"I-"

"Yea that's right bitch!"

"SHut up!"

I flipped him off and went to go get the room ready

"When I come back and see you guys are gone, you're dead to me!"

I got the room set up, and walked to my room, James was still talking to Steve

"Can I come in . . ."

I heard Trey sniffle

"It's your room"

She retorted

I scooted above the covers, getting comfortable right next her

"I'm sorry"

She was crying,

She sprang to her side, facing me, her gorgeous eyes red and wet from the tears

"Nono, I'm sorry for being . . . overbearing. I could tell you were really close to James and when he called you malen'kiy angel- I'm sorry"

I hugged her

"What are you apologizing for! You were so bad ass!"

She laughed

"You think so? I was really nervous, one day you're waiting for your girlfriend and she comes home with 2 huge guys

and then all of sudden your punching one-"

I laughed

"I wasn't expecting the blonde to be so tall though, James said he used to be so scrawny then when they met again they were around the same build"

She snuggled with me

"Are they still here?"

"Yea I haven't seen James since I 'left' and I really want to catch up with him but blondie wants to leave, they're talking

right now- James won!"

Trey hums, I loved how she never pried and always waited patiently for me to come to her

"You should go, it's rude to leave your guests alone"

"I know . . . but it's against rule 372 to leave my pretty girlfriend alone when she's still smad"

"Smad?"

I smiled,

"Sad and mad"

She snorts,

"I'm fine,"

She pushes me off the bed

"Go! I know you've been dying to go back"

"Ight ight I'm going, I'm going,"

I kiss her goodnight

And walk out the door, once i close the door i sprint to James

And tackle him!

"SLEEP OVER!"

He falls over with a thud

Steve looks mortified, wondering how my 'small' body took down James, who's two times bigger than me with

enhanced powers

James turns over and pins me to the floor

"SPAR!"

I grin, and slip my way out of his grip, attempting to lock his legs to flip him

"SPAR!-"

I look up,

"Steve could you move the furniture out of our way please-aHH"

James took advantage of my diverted attention

Laughing he wraps his arms around my neck, lifting his knee up to keep me from exiting as he plans his next move

James is the only person I can fully relax around, he knows everything from my past, all my secrets, so I don't feel a panic attack coming on when we wrestle

Smiling, i slip my leg around the back of his left knee and jerk it forward

He loses balance and I get out of his arm lock

And in one swift motion I've turned the tables

He's bent over, his neck in my arm lock, he knows that if his doesn't strategically plan his next move I'll flip him onto his back and the match ends

Me as it's victor!

He takes to long thinking, tightening my hold on him I say

"Tap out! Stevie chant with me! Tap out! Tap out! Tap out! Tap out! Tap out!"

He finally taps out, he's rubbing his neck, his face slightly flushed

"That was a fluke"

I scoff

"Sure, so! Stevie, you and me!"

Steve averts his gaze

"Uhmm whose stevie"

We laugh,

"Thats cool too, Oh! I need a pair of new test subjects!"

I run to the kitchen

They look at each other concerned and confused, and partially a little worried

I bring over an array of new dishes

"Veron couldn't finish taste testing, but I'm sure two guys with metabolisms higher than the Eiffel tower can finish this!"

James smiled,

I talked to him about my love for cooking, we promised each other that we'd bake and taste tests together when we got out.

He grabs a cookie, I snatch it away, Crushing it with my hand

"Not this one, Trey bribed Veron with cheap store bought cookies, we only eat healthy homemade meals in this house"

James smiled and grabs a pastry

"Whats this"

"Its uhh, how do you say ponchik in english, it's uhmm ugh what's it called-"

"A donut?"

"Yea!"

Steve grabs an apple fruit tart

"That one's apple"

he takes a bite and his face brightens up like it's the 4th of July

"This is so good!"

I smile, I set the plates on the coffee table and bring out a notebook, writing down who commented and rated what pastries

Its 11:36 pm and we managed to finish

Steve is spiraled out on the sofa

"I'm stuffed"

James falls on his lap

"Me too"

"Oh come on! Y'all are weak"

James glares at me

"Well not all of us can get an upgrade"

"Snooze you lose,"

I finished the last fruit tart

Steve gets up and stretches

"We should head to sleep,"

James nods

Too tired to move, steve picks him up and they head to their room

I stay behind, already missing James

It's 5:02 am

Usually I'd be out the door by 5 but I get the feeling like I should wait

"-why are you up so early"

I realized what I was waiting for

I gesture to my attire

"I'm going running"

James gestures at Treys coffee machine, asking to use it

I grimace

"I forgot you're a coffee person, but sure"

He's making a pot for 2, guess Steve is too

"Mind waiting 30 minutes so I can join you"

"Sure why not, we can race"

30 minutes later we're about to head out the door when steve stops us

"Bucky!"

James winces

"Yes"

"You know the rules"

James groans

"What rules?"

"In order to find you the people I'm staying with made the condition that I stay with steve 24/7 and I keep the tracking device on me"

"YOU HAVE A TRACKING DEVICE, JAMES!"

I grab his head, inspecting for any signs of entry

I see it

I pull his ear and drag him to the bathroom

I ignore his protests

I get into one of the cabinets there's everything i need to take out

Steve stops me

"No! It'll explode if it's taken out!"

I scoff

"You think Hydra was so nice not to give me a exploding tracker too, I was able to take mine out all by myself. James

will be fine"

Steve flinches at my tone but I don't care

"Still I can't let you take it out, it's too risky and it'll notify them if you do"

I narrow my eyes at, I want to scream at him but decide to get the device out first

"James- I trusted you, you let yourself enter my home with a tracker! You know hydra can hack into wherever you're

staying at and they'll not only find you but they'll track me down, you know they won't stop there! My families- Treys at

risk!"

"malen'kiy angel . . . I'm sorry but- . . . no you're right, I had no right to enter your home while keeping this hidden from you but! . . I was so sure you were dead- You don't know how many nightmares I had, waking up seeing your pale dead eyes, I-"

"You think I didn't have the same nightmares! You don't know how many times I had to force myself not to go back and take your body- So I could at least give you a proper burial- I understand where you're coming from James, trust me I do but you could've at least told me"

James looks down, he's on his knees, his head rest at angle while I make the incision

He doesn't flinch when I take pair of tweezers and extract the device out

I put it on the metal tray thats resting on his head, it can't get a foot out of his necks range

He doesn't move, I grab a needle and carefully stick it into the device,

We hear a beep,

There's a one more and the red light dims

Steve sighs

But I'm not done

I use my nail to crush the red light.

There's a mini motherboard underneath.

I prop it out with the needle . . . . there's a certain box I'm looking for

Normally I'd destroy it and the problem will be solved but I need to buy James time so I grab an even smaller needle and I twist it,

I do the same to other boxes that look just like it

It'll malfunction but it wont show up to the server, instead it'll look like James is walking around the building for 1 or 2 days

Tops it'll be 4 days

'I'll switch them back at night so it looks like he's sleeping'

I place the tray on the counter and stitch up James

He pokes at it as he gets up

I motion for him to knock steve out

Surprisingly he does

Guess he can read minds

"I know he won't go down without a fight . . . plus it's the least I can do"

James holds Steve's body up while I repeat the process,

"He'll wake up in an hour or two . . . you think we'll be back by then"

I give James a smile, letting him know he's forgiven

"He hasn't slept in a while so we can go run a marathon"

Grinning we walk out the door

"OH Crap- hold on!"

I run back inside and write a note for trey

\\\ I'm going running with James, won't be back for an hour or so, there's breakfast in the fridge,

Can you show Veron this

"I had to knock out Steve, James and him had trackers, I removed them but do me two things, 1 see if

there's any activity around us within a 10 mile radius and make sure Steve doesn't go psycho when he

wakes up, I'm going for a run."

I love you~

J. /

I run back outside

"Lets go!"

- Treys POV

My eyes flutter open, yawning I stretch my hand over to the other side of the bed

Its cold

I groan, turning I see Julie's not there

But I see a bouquet of flowers with a note on the nightstand

"Omfg this dork"

I get up and grab the note

\\\ I'm going running with James, won't be back for an hour or so, there's breakfast in the fridge,

Can you show Veron this

"I had to knock out Steve, James and him had trackers, I removed them but do me two things, 1 see if

there's any activity around us within a 10 mile radius and make sure Steve doesn't go psycho when he

wakes up, I'm going for a run."

I love you~

J. /

'When she'd even get the flowers, it's like 6 am . . . if she thinks flowers are gonna solve anything she's in for a world of pain'

I pout to myself, a goofy smile twitches at my lips

Giving in, I squeal

"Why is she so perfect!"

I fall backwards on the bed and set the note down, replacing it with her pillow

Inhaling the scent of pastries and the stinging scent of medical herbs

Sighing I get up and bring my pillow with me, the note too as I head to Verons room,

I see her phone on the nightstand . . . it's still on

'I can't believe she stayed up all night!'

rolling my eyes as she continues to pretend she's a normal person sleeping

I raise my pillow and bash her head until she's yelling at me

"OKOK I'M AWAKE"

"YOU LIAR, YOUR SCREENS STILL ON, YOU PULLED ANOTHER ALL NIGHTER YOU CRAZY BITC- AHGH"

She hits me square in the face

"Asshole!"

"fishFACE"

I fall back on her bed

Trying to inhale properly, i wave her away

"Okok you win, fucking psycho"

"I heard that"

"Heard what?"

I give her an evil grin

She rolls her eyes

"As much as I'd like to believe that you came into my room unannounced because you "wuv" me- what do you want"

"Julie wanted you to read this, she went running"

"Omfg she's so cheesy . . . "

She continues reading and whatever it is Julie left her in whatever language it is, it doesn't look good

"What's wrong"

She glances up at me

"She knocked steve out so she wants me to deal with him- I'm not gonna kill him don't worry"

I scoff

"I'm not worried about that, I honestly don't care if he lives or dies, he's . . . suspicious but anyway what concerns me-"

I jab my finger onto the note

"Is that Julie knocked him out, did she say why?"

"She did but it has to do with something else and that's for her to tell you . . . but then again she did write it on a note addressed to you, you could search up what it says . . . guess she's either dumb or she wanted me to tell you"

"Ok so what's it say"

"Did it not cross your mind that she pulled a dumb bitch move-"

"Yes, yes it did, but I wanna know what it says so cough up"

Veron rolls her eyes

"I'm sure she's told you that she's not exactly the "safest" person to hang out with but that goes for James too, She found out that James and Steve had trackers on them so she knocked Steve out because he was being a pussy about it, I'm guessing, but it's clear he didn't like the idea of her taking something out of his neck"

"The people who put the trackers in them . . . are they bad people or?"

"Well. . . we don't know who they are but James has no choice but to trust them . . . But the "bad" people could easily hack their security and find James and Julie through the trackers, that's probably why she took it out immediately. Knowing her she probably got really mad at James"

"Good"

Veron looked at me

"What . .?"

"You jealous fuck!"

Veron cackled

"Oh shut up! Come on I'm hungry"

"Whatever"

- Back to Julies POV

"Soo . ."

"Hm?"

"What's the plan"

James chuckled

"malen'kiy angel I have many plans, you have to be more specific"

I groan,

"You're such a stickler! I'm talking about your plan to seduce Steve!"

James stops and almost trips, coughing he says

"I'm sorry what-! seduCe HM ExcuSE mE"

"Omfg you're such a baby, yes "seduce"! I wanna double date! And you as my best friend who doesn't work for my family has to be my first!"

"Hmm yea no, I'll pass"

James gets back up and starts running, I catch up and remain persistent

"Oh come on! James please! I can help! I got the most experience dating out of the two of us, I can totally set you guys up! It's a match made in heaven by yours truly"

"Assuming I actually let you help me, there's one big flaw to your plans"

"What?"

"He's not gay, you gotta remember he's a goody two-shoes from the 40's, "gay" isn't even in his vocabulary"

I scoff

"Oh come on, I'm sure he's seen a couple gay couples participating in PDA, he's been out of ice since before you sooo"

"Like that makes me feel so much better, how do you know he's not a total Karen about it"

I snort

"What, I'm not allowed to know what new terms are out there?"

"No, it was just so unexpected, plus you know him best, right? i'm sure he's given you a couple signs on his orientation"

"Your right! 😀orientation he's given me, straight, extra straight, not gay, anything but gay signs- shall I go on"

"Your not looking at the bigger picture, I can't believe you like guys and still have a narrow mind"

He gives me a weird snort

"Sorry I'm not as enlightened as my other fellow gays, give me second I'll go get my third eye from my room"

I smack his arm

"Smart ass, but seriously look for actual signs"

"In case you forgot, I'm from the 40's too, I don't know what 'signs' you're talking about"

I groan,

'this dense fucker-'

"Well does he cuff his jeans- no wait that's for lesbians . . . stop for a second, I'm gonna search this shit up . . . I forgot my phone"

James rolls his eyes and hands me his phone

"How am I friends with you"

I roll my eyes back at him

What are some signs someone is gay for guys?

I click a site and scroll, skimming and scanning

"okokokok high-pitch voice . . . excessive hand gestures . . . uhh . . . fingerprints shape? the fuck . . . ok so I guess this sums up all the relative signs, Does Steve have a high pitch voice?"

"Uh . . . oh! He does when he talks about things he like- but doesn't high-pitch voice mean your lying?-"

"Hushhh the internet doesn't lie"

"No I'm pretty sure-"

"Shhh, Does he have excessive hand gestures"

"umm yea when he's really into describing something or when he's telling a dramatic story"

"okokok and I guess we gotta look at his fingerprint? idk how's that gonna out him though?"

"You tell me, you were born in this century"

"Whatever, come one let's go home, I usually go back after an hour or two"

"Sure"