The Gravesen Group Chat chapter was so popular (and fun to write) that I decided to bring it back for this story. Also, for clarification, anything in [brackets like this] is an image description. Enjoy!
Chapter 17: The Avengers Group Chat
Saturday, February 26th 7:53 AM
Bucky: Guess who caught a cold and has to go live with his college roommate for two weeks
Parker: Aw man, that sucks
Bucky: It's all Walker's fault
Bucky: He sneezed on me
Steve: I told you that you didn't have to leave. You can stay in the upstairs bedroom.
Bucky: I'd still have to come down for food and bathroom breaks and stuff. It's too risky
Natasha: Better safe than sorry
Steve: You're right
Steve: I'm still gonna miss you, Bucky
Natasha: Have you two been apart at all since you got married?"
Steve: No
Bucky: Only at work
Parker: I'm so sorry. That sounds hard
Bucky: I'll survive
Steve: Speak for yourself
Steve: This house is big and lonely with just me here
Parker: I would offer to come keep you company, but Ned and I have a lot of work to do on this project
Steve: Thanks Parker, but I'll manage
Bruce: Good luck on your project. And Steve and Bucky, good luck with your forced separation. So sorry it has to happen
Bucky: Thanks Bruce.
Saturday, February 26th 10:32 AM
Tony: Why the fuck were you all up at 8 on a Saturday?
Nick: Because they weren't up until 3 am like you probably were
Tony: It was Friday night and I had work to do
Monica: That's a paradoxical statement
Nick: Unless this so called work was sweet-talking a lovely lady
Tony: Not my area
Nick: Or gentleman
Nick: Or person
Tony: Still not my area
Tony: The only heart I'm wooing is this fake one
Tony: Steve I can come hang out with you tomorrow if you want germ-free company
Steve: I'll be okay. I won't ask you to come all this way
Tony: You're not asking. I'm offering
Steve: I might go visit my parents
Nick: Ouch
Nick: He must really not like you Tony
Steve: That's not true!
Steve: I just don't want him to go to any trouble for me
Tony: What if I want to see you
Monica: Oh my god just agree to hang out tomorrow
Monica: You're friends. I don't see why this is an argument.
Tony: Steve's a stubborn SOB
Steve: Don't disrespect my mother
Tony: Apologies. See you around 1pm tomorrow?
Steve: Do you want to stay for dinner?
Tony: That depends, what are you having?
Steve: Black bean and quinoa tacos
Saturday, February 26th 11:03 AM
Steve: I'll take that as a no
Steve: For the record that's one of Bucky's favorites
Saturday, February 26th 9:51 PM
Bucky: Guys I think I'm rooming with a psychopath
Bucky: I opened the closet to put my suitcase inside and it's full of LEGS
Bucky: [a pile of prosthetic legs of various sizes and designs on the floor of a closet]
Natasha: epic
Natasha: You should steal one
Parker: How many legs does one person need?
Bucky: He doesn't use any of them
Bucky: These are just the ones he had as a kid that he grew out of
Parker: Why does he keep them in the closet of his guest room?
Bucky: No room anywhere else
Bucky: I think I'm gonna put them all over the place while he's asleep
Natasha: Good idea
Sunday, February 27th 2:28 PM
Steve: [two piles of firewood, one significantly larger than the other, in Steve and Bucky's backyard]
Steve: Guess whose pile is whose
Tony: Oh shut up Superman
Natasha: Tony's is small one?
Bucky: Tony why did you let him talk you into this
Bucky: Steve is one flannel shy of being a professional lumberjack
Bucky: At least when I lose to him I have an excuse
Tony: He framed it like I was doing him a favor
Natasha: And you fell for it
Tony: …yeah
Steve: How's your cold, Bucky?
Bucky: Ugh you don't want to know
Bucky: Last night my right nostril kept stuffing up so I had to sleep on my left side just to breathe
Bucky: Now my stump nerves are all hot and bothered and it's giving me awful phantom pain
Tony: I'm so sorry, that sounds rough
Parker: Yeah I hope you feel better soon
Steve: Want me to bring you anything?
Bucky: No Steve, I want you to stay as far away from me as possible until I'm no longer contagious
Tony: Don't worry, I'll keep him here
Steve: I don't need to be KEPT anywhere
Bucky: Somebody's got to function as your self preservation instinct
Bucky: If you would just take up the job none of us would have to do anything
Steve: Fine
Steve: Feel better
Bucky: Thanks
Monday, Feb 28th 8:30 AM
Bucky: Lamberg is having the guys practice shooting from a distance today so nobody has to get close to me lol
Bucky: Which is stupid because Walker gave me this cold in the first place
Tony: It's probably for the best
Steve: Has it gotten any better?
Bucky: No. Maybe worse
Steve: Shit
Bucky: Luckily that's not a symptom I'm exhibiting
Bucky: This appears to be an exclusively respiratory virus
Steve: None of us needed to hear that
Tuesday, February 29th 4:09 AM
Steve: I can't believe it's been 8 years
Thor: That's a long time to miss someone
Wanda: 8 years since what?
Steve: Our friend Carol, the one who devised the gauntlet at Gravesen, died on Feb 29
Wanda: Oh I didn't know the anniversary was today
Wanda: I'm so sorry
Steve: It's okay. Not sure we ever told you
Wanda: Are you doing anything special today to remember her?
Steve: Yeah, her brother invited me to visit her grave and then to dinner
Tuesday, February 29th 8:12 AM
Bucky: Oh Steve, you were up with the later time zone folks
Bucky: I wish I could come tonight, but I'm still a danger to you and Monica
Monica: It's okay
Tuesday, February 29th 5:57 PM
Steve: [red, blue, and yellow flowers laid atop Carol's grave]
Wednesday, March 1st 5:29 PM
Steve: One of my patients finally got her heart transplant today
Steve: She's been waiting for almost a year
Parker: Those we love and lost have a way of letting us know they're still here
Steve: Yeah they do
Wednesday, March 1st 7:40 PM
Bucky: Wow, that's amazing
Tony: Unbelievable
Tony: Have you guys seen signs like this before?
Bruce: Thor found an arrow lodged in a tree at his family cabin after Clint died
Bruce: He'd never seen one before
Natasha: That's beautiful
Parker: My dad does these word puzzles every morning before work, and one time on the anniversary of my parents' death his daily puzzle had both Mary and Richard as answers
Bucky: That's crazy
Steve: On the four-year anniversary, the first one to take place on the actual day, I was still waiting on a transplant and I told Carol that if it didn't work out I'd see her soon
Steve: A moment later, my mom turned on the radio and the song on was Come as You Are
Monica: That was one of her favorites
Steve: Yeah, that and the fact it was basically a summons
Natasha: On Clint's last birthday, I got to use my asl for the first time in forever when a deaf person asked for directions
Tony: It's amazing how these things happen
Steve: Makes it a lot easier to believe in something like heaven
Bucky: Agreed
Thursday, March 2nd 6:32 PM
Bucky: GUYS
Bucky: There's this trend going around where people photoshop cats in place of the ball in famous pictures of goalies
Bucky: AND THEY DID ONE FOR ME
Bucky: [Bucky on his right side in front of a soccer goal, arm outstretched. Instead of an approaching soccer ball, there's a black cat fleeing]
Natasha: That is beautiful cat
Parker: That's so cool!
Parker: Ned was showing me some of the other ones, but I hadn't seen yours
Thor: I love this
Bucky: THERES ANOTHER
Bucky: [Bucky on his side, clutching a kitten to his chest]
Tony: That's adorable
Friday, March 3rd 6:46 AM
Bucky: Good news
Bucky: My nose has finally stopped running
Friday, March 3rd 7:54 AM
Steve: That's awesome!
Steve: This means you can come home for your birthday, right?
Bucky: It's a week away, so it'll probably be safe as long as I don't develop any new symptoms
Bucky: It's crazy, even after all these years I'm still amazed that I have an immune system that works
Natasha: Mood
Nick: Mood
Steve: Couldn't be me
Monica: Socially distant chronic illness high five?
Steve: Socially distant chronic illness high five
Monica: [high five emoji]
Steve: Wait I thought that was a person praying
Monica: It's a high five
Tony: What?
Tony: You're telling me that's not a prayer emoji?
Monica: No, it's a high five
Steve: This is news to me
Steve: Bucky did you know this?
Bucky: I don't pay attention to emojis with two hands
Bucky: I just assume they don't apply to me
Bucky: But if that really is a high five then I guess I can use it
Bucky: [ten high five emojis]
Friday, March 3rd 11:17 AM
Parker: I knew you guys were older than me
Parker: But not that much older
Steve: As I've said
Steve: 23 is about 60 in CF years
Parker: Ok boomer
Saturday, March 4th 12:58 PM
Wanda: [selfie of Wanda and Victor in front of the Tower of London]
Natasha: Adorable
Parker: You guys are the cutest
Sunday, March 5th 9:05 PM
Steve: My parents sent me home with a Scrabble board
Bucky: When I get home we are so playing
Bucky: And I'm gonna win
Steve: I think they're worried about me getting bored without Bucky around
Tony: How is Scrabble going to help that? It's a multiplayer game
Steve: I have no idea
Monday, March 6th 10:34 AM
Steve: A new hire just started at the hospital today
Steve: She asked me if I was a widower
Steve: Because she saw my ring on my right hand
Parker: I'm so sorry that happened
Steve: I suppose it was inevitable
Steve: That is traditionally what wearing it on your right hand means
Steve: It just really rattled me, especially since I haven't seen Bucky in over a week
Parker: That's a completely valid reaction
Parker: What did you tell her?
Steve: That my husband doesn't have a left hand so we both wear them on our right
Steve: She was very apologetic
Steve: It was an unconventional first interaction, to say the least
Nick: I'll say
Monday, March 6th 7:59 PM
Bucky: I warned you people might assume that
Bucky: For me there's an obvious explanation just by looking at me
Bucky: But I never thought someone would say that their first time meeting you
Natasha: Yeah that seems rude
Steve: I doubt she meant any harm by it
Steve: Plus it gave me an excuse to show her a picture of us
Natasha: And what was her reaction to that?
Steve: She recognized him from the one time she accidentally ended up in the adaptive section while online shopping for leggings at Under Armour
Bucky: Haha
Tuesday, March 7th 8:46 PM
Steve: [Scrabble board on the kitchen table, and propped up behind a rack of letters sits the shadowbox with Bucky's Sports Illustrated magazine]
Steve: The worst part is, he's winning
Nick: Now that's just sad
Tony: I'm sorry Steve, but…how exactly is the magazine winning?
Steve: I'm playing for both of us
Steve: But every time I play as the magazine I draw way better letters
Bucky: Told you I'd beat you
Wednesday, March 8th 6:22 PM
Parker: How's your cold Bucky?
Bucky: I've felt fine since Friday
Steve: Good
Steve: So can you come home early?
Bucky: Not taking any chances
Bucky: I've been sick with no immune system before. I'm not running the risk of putting you through that
Steve: Fine
Parker: Just a few more days
Steve: Sounds shorter than it actually is
Bucky: You'll make it
Tony: You guys aren't normally this active in the chat
Parker: Normally they can talk to each other in person
Tony: Good point
Tony: You guys got this!
Steve: Thanks Tony
Thursday, March 9th 5:00 PM
Thor: I'll be off the grid all day tomorrow, so I will wish Bucky happy birthday today!
Tony: Oooh, what are you doing?
Thor: Leading a cross county ski group
Thor: We're doing a trail that takes from sunrise to sundown to finish
Steve: Wow. Can Valkyrie keep up with that?
Thor: Oh yeah she's great
Thor: I'm convinced she's got malamute in her
Parker: Fun fact, no form of animal transport will get you farther faster than a dog sled
Steve: No way, that's so cool
Thor: Makes sense
Friday, March 10th 4:15 PM
Steve: [selfie of him and Bucky reunited]
Parker: Awww
Parker: You guys are adorable
Parker: And happy birthday Bucky!
Monica: Happy birthday!
Tony: Are you doing anything special tonight?
Tony: Or are the big birthday bashes reserved for Steve only because he was born on a national holiday?
Bucky: We have plans
Nick: He's not going to say any more than that, is he
Tony: No I don't think so
