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JAMES (BUCKY) BARNES

Hey, this is James. Text me if you need me. Or leave me a message if you want, but I'm probably not going to listen to it because, seriously, this is 2017 and no one uses voicemail any more.

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like i said

[ because he did say this actually, it's right there! ]

i don't think there's anything we CAN do about it without retrospec's help
but they would've said something by now if they were going to help, and the last time we tried talking to zee his inbox was closed, so that's probably out
i'm pretty sure none of us who actually know this is happening have an idea of what to do about it
how could we
it's not like retrospec has been very informative in how this all this stuff they're putting us through works
but it won't hurt just to know where everyone's coming from, you know?
so we may not all be on the same page like we used to be but we'll know who is or isn't

[ ...you know what, he doesn't have a very good rebuttal to that. And he feels like he's running out of excuses before he has to really directly confront Leo's question. So he decides to just. Short circuit the whole conversation entirely. ]

wait
new phone who dis

[ it’s going to take a few minutes to reply because leo, bless his heart, was actually being serious for once in his life and this is the thanks he gets? but you know what?? fine. ]

jake from state farm

well i don't know any jake from state farm so
sorry but i can't help you

[ for fuck's sake, james ]

ha ha, very funny
but it's a little late for the new phone joke

so do you mind telling me why you keep avoiding the question

because i don't know who this is
seriously

[ he attaches a screenshot of their text conversation. Sure enough, there is no name at the top, just a phone number. Did he remove Leo as a contact just for this screenshot? Or was it always like that? We just don't know! ]

you deleted me just to post that didn't you

[ to his credit, this would be hilarious if leo wasn't actually trying to be serious, but come on ]

why would i do that

because that's the kind of friends we are i guess
i don't know
so are you done screwing around because i'm being serious here

sure
i wasn't screwing around to begin with

you're not seriously telling me you don't remember me at all
you still know dante right?

[ because if you know dante in this new life everyone but leo remembers, then you should probably know leo too, even if they don't know each other from school here. there's no excuse! ]

[ who the hell is dante ]

yeah of course i know dante
and i'm not saying i don't remember you
i just don't have you in my contacts

i fixed your arm for you and you don't even have me in your contacts
some friend you are

[ but okay admitting he knows dante is a step in the right direction! ]

whatever
it's leo
now answer the question

[ wow he's getting so much info out of him now!! he should've played the "new phone who dis" card way sooner. ]

which leo
i know a whole bunch

[ he's the alpha leo ]

that depends on what you remember
which you still haven't answered

but fine since you're playing dumb here
i'm the one who fixed your arm
helped you fight a bear
etc etc
now what do you remember about how we met

[ this text comes....let's say, 15 minutes later. It definitely took him a longer time to reply this time than in any of the other texts. ]

oh so leo rantanen
got it
i'll update my contacts
but idk what you want here leo
we're cousins
we've ALWAYS known each other

[ leo's first thought is that dante's behind this, but.

fuck. ]

that's all i needed to know
why'd you have to be so weird about it

and don't call me that

[ he's gonna just treat that question as rhetorical because he doesn't want to answer it. C8 ]

wait so what DO you want to be called then

[ he sees that dodge you jackass ]

my name is leo valdez
not rantanen

this is exactly what i've been talking about
everyone's remembering different stuff about their lives in the city than what i do
and i know i'm not the only one
i just don't know how many of us remember what i do

and what's that

not being related to you or dante for one

so
to you we're all just unrelated friends?

define "friends"
dante’s my client
me and you are classmates but you’ve had me work on your arm before too
but... idk, i guess

[ time to file THAT away for reference

literally, he's keeping track of all this stuff in a notebook. ]

sounds close enough then
cousins are just friends you see at thanksgiving anyway, right

[ so is leo tbh ]

i wouldn’t know
the only family i have in the city is my mom
or… was my mom, i guess
it'd be kind of weird to spend thanksgiving with one of your clients though

[ this life is so fucking weird ]

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frostythehitman - 2018-08-08 04:15 (UTC) - Expand

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