It's all coming back to me now (Spot and Bucky)

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When the Hydra facility had been raided, the last thing anybody expected to find was a 16 year old kid on ice, and yet there he'd been. Steve had been the one to stop the Hydra scientist from shutting down the life support, but they hadn't got there in time to prevent the destruction of a good half the facility's records - including the ones about who the kid was or why he was there.

So what choice did they have but to wake him up and find out?

He was uncooperative at first, refused to give them any details other than the name 'Spot' and kept threatening to fight anybody that came close, though they managed to work out pretty easily that he was from Brooklyn and he'd been on the ice almost as long as Steve had. It's when he overhears a comment about Bucky that he seems to change his tune.

"Bucky Barnes?" he asks, and while he still seems wary, for the first time since he woke up he says something actually helpful "I'll talk to him. Tell him the name's Sean Conlon."

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"No family is normal." He points out tossing the last couple things in the cart, they check out and it takes more time than normal for Bucky to load up the jeep. "Might have to help me get it upstairs, so things go a little faster." He closes the back of the jeep and they head home.

"So when's your next date with Peter, heard something about a halloween dance in a couple of weeks." He's not even hiding the fact he's trying to find out if Spot is going to go with Peter.

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"Yea I'll help." Spot agrees, not wanting to make things more difficult for Bucky.

"Uh.. well we made plans to hang out tomorrow," he admits, and damn is he glad he hasn't been grounded for cutting school "but yea, that dance is... coming up... I want to ask him... but I also wanted to do it in kind of a cool way, you know? I heard that's a thing now..."

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Bucky smiles a little, "Yeah I've seen the Instagram videos. It's a thing for some people, not for everyone though." He shrugs, "My advice, think about how Peter would want you to ask him." He advises honestly.

They get home and get the groceries to the kitchen, Steve won't let Bucky put them away, which makes Bucky roll his eyes, "I have one I can still help." He shakes his head kissing Steve.

"You've only been back a few days." Steve shrugs, "Relax, you're cooking tonight anyway." He smirks.

"Gonna have to add Spot to the rotation." Buck smiles.

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Spot's happy to help get the groceries put away, but at the suggestion that he gets added to the rotation for cooking he looks up. For a second he looks like he's going to protest, then he stops to consider it and says instead.

"Hey if you wanna come home after a long day to nothin' but burnt toast and eggs 'cos I can't cook anything else, be my guest."

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Steve laughs a little, picking up the remote, "Oh look a whole channel about cooking." As Bucky picks up his phone, "And about a billion videos on youtube, and so many websites with recipes..." He snorts "I'm pretty sure you can figure it out."

Bucky tears open the bag of pizza dough to let it rise, and tosses the can of breadstick dough, "read the instructions, and pop that open, tells you how to add garlic and cheese to make the cheesy bread." He smirks, "tells you what temp to put the oven at and everything."

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"You two are some sarcastic assholes, you know that right?" Spot rolls his eyes, catching the can of dough. He's pretty sure they're still going to regret it, but he gets their point. He's just never actually tried to follow a recipe before, he doesn't know how difficult they are.

He leans against the counter to read it, it actually seems fairly straightforward, he can probably manage it.. he hopes. At least if he doesn't, it'll prove his point.

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Bucky starts getting the pizza together rolling out the dough and adding and starts piling on the toppings on both pizzas. "Just put them on the lower rack, in like 15 minutes once you get them together." He smiles a little, sliding the pizza into the oven and setting the timer for 40 minutes. "They'll cook faster than the pizza." He says ruffling Spot's hair.

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Spot nods absently, concentrating on following the instructions. As fun as it would be to prove them wrong, he also doesn't actually want to fuck this up, so he's being kind of methodical about it, going step by step until they're ready.

Then he waits and puts them in the oven at the time Bucky said and hopes for the best.

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Bucky changes into sweats and a t-shirt but keeps an eye on the oven while the food is cooking. When the timer goes off he pulls it all out of the oven, "Hey looks like you did a pretty good job," Bucky smiles as he checks to see if the dough cooked all the way through. Before starting to cut the pizzas.

"What movie did Steve pick?" He calls to the living room.

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Spot slumps on the couch texting Peter while he waits for dinner to be ready, though he puts his phone away and wanders through into the kitchen when it's done, in case there's anything else he can do to help.

"Yea?" he asks, looking over at the food "That...that actually doesn't look that bad." he says, surprised.

"Something called Ghostbusters, apparently." he answers

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"Carrying things one-armed is a pain, but I can still handle a knife..." He says flipping it in his hand. "You can plate it up though." He smiles as Steve comes in and grabs sodas to put on the coffee table and maybe a beer or two for him and Buck. "Pretty Ghostbusters is from the list Clint gave us," Bucky says heading to the living room.

"It is," Steve nodding, "Which means it should be pretty fun."

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"Sure." Spot nods, grabbing the plates from the cupboard and dishing out the food. Once it's all set out he carries it through to the coffee table and grabs a slice of the pizza before dropping onto the sofa.

"Hey can I have a beer?" he asks innocently. He knows what the answer's going to be, but hey, it's worth a try.

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Bucky laughs out loud at the request, "Good for you for trying." He smiles shaking his head, "But no." He says sliding Spot a soda.

The movie is fun, silly, and scary at parts, he really likes it, it's all weirdly domestic and he enjoys it. He ends up on the floor leaning against Steve's legs, the blonds fingers carding through his hair.

"What are you and Peter doing tomorrow?" He asks voice easy and relaxed.

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Spot accepts the soda (and related defeat) and settles back to watch the movie.

It's actually a lot of fun and he really enjoys it, it's a nice ending to what ended up being a pretty nice day, except for the horrible guilt trip part of it.

"We didn't really plan anything, he was just gonna come over and hang out in my room." and maybe make out a bit, but he's not going to mention that part in front of his parents.

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"Sounds good, supposed to rain tomorrow anyway," Bucky says as he and Steve start to clean up once the movie is over. "Better go get your homework and the classwork done." He says arching a brow at Spot. "Or is Peter gonna help you with that tomorrow?' He asks exchanging and amused look with Steve.

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"Nah, I was gonna try and get it done before," Spot admits with a sigh - he really can't be bothered with schoolwork right now, but he doesn't want it hanging over his time with Peter. As helpful as Peter could be with some of the subjects he struggled with, he'd rather spend the time with his maybe-almost-boyfriend doing.. not schoolwork.

Of course that meant he actually had to go and get it done.

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"If you want I can help you get through some of it unless you want to go hole up in your room, like a moody teenager." He teases smiling a little, hip checking Steve as he moves through the kitchen to put the dishes away, metal fingers clinking against the ceramic.

"My money's onmoody teenager, he won't graduate if you help him, you left your brains in Germany," Steve says giving Steve a shit-eating grin.

"Says the man who doesn't know what a god damn parachute is." Bucky arches an eyebrow at the blond.

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"...would you two rather I went and did my homework upstairs?" Spot asked with a raised eyebrow, since their playful banter lead to things he did not want to hear from his parents nine times out of ten, and if he's going to get a chance to heed that warning this time he's going to take it.

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"Awww does having parents that love each other make you uncomfortable," Bucky smirks laughing softly shaking his head. "No I can help you if you want," Bucky says stretching a little.

"I have some drawings I want to finish anyway, working on something for Clint's birthday." Steve smiles.

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"Only when you's get all sappy in fronta me." Spot retorts with a smirk "Which is always, by the way, you two are the worst."

(He actually thinks it's kind of sweet, but he's never going to admit to that out loud)

"I'll stay down here and work, so I can ask you if I need anything?" he suggests, standing up from the couch and stretching, intending to go and grab his schoolbag.

"How come you only do stuff as gifts, pop?" he asks curiously "You should sell your stuff, or have a gallery or something."

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Bucky smiles at Spot and shakes his head a little when Spot asks Steve about his drawing.

"It's for me." He shrugs, "People would only buy it because Captain America did it." He points out, "and I don't want that. Gallery, that was a hope before the war," He says honestly, "But people would only go see it because it's Captain America." He shrugs and he's right. "What I draw isn't, I get to be Steve when I draw, and I don't want that to change, kid." He smiles settling at the drawing table in the living room and turning on the lamp over it.

Bucky goes over and kisses the top of Steve's head and ruffles his hair a little making Steve laugh. "You're a sap you know that, a very talented sap, Steve Rogers." He says before flopping across the couch and flicking the TV to food network.

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Spot grabs his bag and sits down at the table, digging out his work while he thinks about Steve's words. He gets it, it's a shame but he gets it - Steve's work is more than good enough for people to want to see it for its own merit, but it would attract people because of who he was rather than what he did.

"Why not do it anonymously or something? There's gotta be some way of sharing your art just as itself and not 'art that Captain America did', and then you'll know people are enjoying it for what it is."

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"Therapist made me get an Instagram to make new memories, we can probably figure something out, but when you're ready." He smiles at Steve and settles into the Great British Bake Off.

It's nice, domestic, he's starting to get used to it, his eyes track over to Spot, and it's weird that he and Steve suddenly have a family. It feels good, it feels like they were meant to spend the time they did in the ice because now, well now they have everything they ever really wanted.

Sure there had been a cost but he's pretty sure it was all worth it.

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Personally, Spot thinks his idea should have been met with far more enthusiasm because it was an excellent idea, but he doesn't push it; it's enough that it's out there and that Steve might even think about it. More people deserved to see his art, it really was very good.

He turns back to his homework and kind of zones out, oblivious to his father's gaze once he gets working.

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The rest of the evening passes peacefully Bucky or Steve helping slot when he needs it. They all wander off to bed eventually.

Bucky sleeps in for once, a rare occurrence, but his trouble sleeping is starting to ease as more and more time passes. Still the occasional nightmare, but even Steve still has that issue from time to time. Just part of the job he figures.

Bucky comes downstairs to Steve pouring himself a bowl of Lucky Charms making Bucky laugh a little. "The most adult of breakfasts." He smiles.

"You're the one that bought it." Steve counters sitting down on the couch as Bucky pours himself a bowl. The weather report was right the sky is already dark and heavy with rain clouds. Though Bucky never minded a rainy Saturday at home.