Text messages between Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes
Yesterday 10:23 PM
Bucky: I kind of meant to say something while I was there but then I didn't
Sam: you were going to say more after all that talking? that's not like you at all
Sam: keep going like this and soon I won't be able to get a word in
Bucky: I don't think there's any danger of that
Sam: if you say so, bionic man
10:41 PM
Sam: did you want to say something?
Bucky: kind of
Sam: spit it out, I'm tired and I want to go to bed soon
Sam: you can also just call if talking is easier, people do still occasionally use their phones to call people
Sam: everything doesn't have to be texting
Bucky: I probably should but it's easier if I don't have to hear your voice
Sam: okay, then spit it out
Bucky: sorry I tore your wing off and kicked you off the roof
11:04 PM
Sam: bucky, are you fucking kidding me
Sam: that was years ago even without the blip
Sam: and why the build up, did you think I'd forgotten?
Bucky: I don't know
Sam: yeah, I didn't forget
Sam: and even if I had, the subtext of "here are some vibranium wings, by the way they're indestructible" would have reminded me
Bucky: oh
Bucky: well, it just seemed like you could probably use wings that super soldiers didn't rip off, since you do the whole flying thing
Bucky: and I just asked, Shuri made them
Sam: I'm aware that you didn't actually make them, that's why I sent her thanks
Sam: but you did think of it and ask
Bucky: oh. well. yeah.
Bucky: but yeah. I'm sorry.
Sam: honestly, if you're going to be sorry about something, be sorry about the fucking steering wheel, not the wings
Bucky: what steering wheel?
Sam: you ripped the steering wheel off the car while we were on a highway
Sam: at least with the wing I had a fucking parachute
Sam: with the steering wheel we were fucked
Bucky: I don't actually remember that
Sam: it was a great time
Sam: you punched through the roof and tore the steering wheel out of my hands
Bucky: oh
Bucky: right, I think I remember that now
Bucky: I'm sorry about that one, too
Sam: yes, bucky, I figured that
Sam: if I thought that you weren't, there's a lot of stuff in my life that I would've done real differently
Sam: the apology is appreciated, but you can let this one go
Bucky: okay
Sam: that's kind of a blanket statement about shit you've done in the past. there was one apology that I really did need, and I've already gotten it.
Sam: let the other shit go, seriously.
Bucky: okay.
Bucky: well, then, I am no longer the winter soldier, I'm bucky barnes and you're part of my efforts to make amends.
Sam: there it is
Bucky: thanks. for, you know. I guess a lot of things.
Sam: you're welcome
Sam: I understand that you've exhausted your ability to communicate, you can leave it there.
Bucky: okay.
Sam: good talk
11:39 PM
Bucky: why are you so tired? it's not that late
Sam: training
Sam: not all of us are supersoldiers with vibranium arms
Bucky: right
Today 12:02 AM
Sam: if it makes you feel any better, that's how I got back in. I don't know if you ever heard how Steve and I actually met - I barely knew them when he and Nat showed up on my doorstep after, but we'd talked enough that he had a good feeling about me, and - I mean, Captain America needs my help, I'm there
Bucky: I think it might get hard to avoid that
Bucky: logistically speaking
Sam: there it is
Sam: look, it's not where I thought my life was going, but I'm not sad about where it ended up
Bucky: okay