IC Inbox

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This is the IC inbox for Bucky Barnes at Snowblind.

Network name: @bucky; formerly @j, @username, and @robertsmith

This is the place to contact Bucky over the Network. Contact by voice, text, or video is all perfectly acceptable, and there is no need to plot with me prior to posting in this inbox.

Any contact for @j following day 125, @username following day 190, or @robertsmith following day 224 will be met with the following message: USER NOT FOUND.

Comments

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Good to know.

[And, because did you really think she was going to drop this, Bucky?]

Why did you sound so upset before? Did something happen?

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[There's a pause as Bucky considers what, if anything, to tell her. His trust has taken a huge hit today, but he doesn't want to regress. He checks the privacy filter twice before replying, though.]

I told Watson about HYDRA and the Soldier, he was my friend. He lied to me, he used the knowledge he already had to manipulate me into telling him.

[redrooms]

[Oh, Bucky. Natasha lets out a quiet, sympathetic sound. That just knocked Watson down about a million points in her mind.]

I'm sorry, Bucky. How much did you tell him?

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Enough.

[More than enough. His voice is rough. It's embarrassing that it hurts this much, but Watson was pretty much the first person he trusted with this in seventy years.]

[redrooms]

[Her heart aches for him. She knows how difficult it is to trust people, especially with secrets like that, and having them manipulated out of you... Natasha has never taken to it well.]

Do you think he'll use any of it against you?

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[He already has in Bucky's mind. And he doesn't want to talk about this any more.]

I don't know. I'll handle it.

[It has a ring of finality about it. He's trusted her thus far, but she needs to drop it now.]

[redrooms]

[She won't push much, but she can't just let it drop completely.]

We're here for you if you need us.

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[He's reached the end of his limit for the day, and he just hangs up.

What happened with Watson was his mistake, he'll deal with it alone, and he'll be damn sure to be warier about who to trust in the future.]