I've talked to her, told her what I think it means... but we could have in confirmed. DNA tests are pretty accurate and all. Only if you want to, though.
[He doesn't want her to feel pressed into it, but she deserves to know the options. To have a choice. Choices are particularly important to him.]
[And her mom hasn't said a word to her about it. Susan Mayfield is probably tiptoeing around Neil and whatever he might think of the whole situation. Or maybe she's still too deep in her grief over Billy's death. Either way, it's not like she and her mom talk about much of anything these days. Max tries to just avoid the house whenever she can. It's harder these days because she really has nowhere else to go considering she's avoiding The Party, too. She rubs her hands over her face, trying to will her brain to process what this means.]
[That's probably true. Her mom doesn't take too well to surprises. And this is a pretty big one, for sure. Plus her mom's definitely been drowning her sorrows more often than usual these days. Neil, too.]
[There is always a moment of hesitation, in these moments when people draw the lines to connect the dots— the younger the person in question is, the more likely he is to be held up as a hero, certain generations see him as a criminal instead, and still others he’s a POW, and a man long-lived past when he should have been buried.
Bucky agrees with the last group a lot more some days than others.]
Oh, that’s… a lot closer than I thought it’d be.
[Or he wanted a decent excuse for why it might take him a few days to get there. He hasn’t been home in decades… Brooklyn was barely the same, how different would it be there than what he remembers?]
Is it weird if I ask if you want to come with me? You don’t have to. I don’t want to make it weird.
[He knows he has a habit of making things unintentionally awkward at times.]
[It's not like he's winning any prizes with her or her mom in the relative category, that's for sure. Still. He might really be her uncle. It's a lot to process. And it takes her a minute to realize he's texted her again.
And invited her to go to Shelbyville with him. Is it weird? Kind of. But considering her entire life is weird, she supposes it's not that weird, either. And it would get her out of Hawkins for awhile. Away from her mom and Neil, away from the Party, away from the ghost of Billy's memory. (Can you actually escape a ghost?)]
[His parents are gone. Rebecca is gone. Their brothers, too. These are some of the only living relatives he even has left. It seems important to get whatever kind of relationship he can garner with them.]
I guess whenever you’re ready? We could go tomorrow, unless that’s too short notice.
[She would, right? He was young when he lost his mother, and barely a teenager when his dad died. Sarah Rogers was the only parent he really knew, and he was mostly grown by the time he met her and Steve.
The Rogers were probably the best thing that happened to him.
Could he be that person for her? Does she even want something like that to happen? He doesn’t know how to talk about any of this.]
[She...might elaborate that on the car ride to Shelbyville. Maybe. But truthfully unless she points out to her mom that she's not going to be home, Susan Mayfield is pretty unlikely to notice. Between work and the fighting with Neil, Max is just one more thing she has no choice but to deal with when Max is visible. So she keeps herself out of sight when she can. It's not like she wants to be there anyway.]
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Date: 2023-02-25 11:20 pm (UTC)From:DNA tests are pretty accurate and all.
Only if you want to, though.
[He doesn't want her to feel pressed into it, but she deserves to know the options. To have a choice. Choices are particularly important to him.]
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Date: 2023-02-25 11:27 pm (UTC)From:Did she not want to?
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Date: 2023-02-25 11:39 pm (UTC)From:It's a pretty weird thing to try to wrap your mind around, right?
You don't happen to know how far Hawkins is from Shelbyville, do you?
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Date: 2023-02-25 11:42 pm (UTC)From:Yeah, kind of.
Like...thirty miles I think?
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Date: 2023-02-26 12:40 am (UTC)From:[There is always a moment of hesitation, in these moments when people draw the lines to connect the dots— the younger the person in question is, the more likely he is to be held up as a hero, certain generations see him as a criminal instead, and still others he’s a POW, and a man long-lived past when he should have been buried.
Bucky agrees with the last group a lot more some days than others.]
Oh, that’s… a lot closer than I thought it’d be.
[Or he wanted a decent excuse for why it might take him a few days to get there. He hasn’t been home in decades… Brooklyn was barely the same, how different would it be there than what he remembers?]
Is it weird if I ask if you want to come with me?
You don’t have to. I don’t want to make it weird.
[He knows he has a habit of making things unintentionally awkward at times.]
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Date: 2023-02-26 12:48 am (UTC)From:[It's not like he's winning any prizes with her or her mom in the relative category, that's for sure. Still. He might really be her uncle. It's a lot to process. And it takes her a minute to realize he's texted her again.
And invited her to go to Shelbyville with him. Is it weird? Kind of. But considering her entire life is weird, she supposes it's not that weird, either. And it would get her out of Hawkins for awhile. Away from her mom and Neil, away from the Party, away from the ghost of Billy's memory. (Can you actually escape a ghost?)]
Yeah. Sure. When are you going?
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Date: 2023-02-26 01:00 am (UTC)From:[His parents are gone. Rebecca is gone. Their brothers, too. These are some of the only living relatives he even has left. It seems important to get whatever kind of relationship he can garner with them.]
I guess whenever you’re ready?
We could go tomorrow, unless that’s too short notice.
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Date: 2023-02-26 01:23 am (UTC)From:Tomorrow's fine.
[She's got homework but she's not exactly motivated to do that these days. There doesn't seem to be a point.]
Maybe don't mention it to my mom, though.
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Date: 2023-02-26 06:33 pm (UTC)From:Won’t she worry about you?
[She would, right? He was young when he lost his mother, and barely a teenager when his dad died. Sarah Rogers was the only parent he really knew, and he was mostly grown by the time he met her and Steve.
The Rogers were probably the best thing that happened to him.
Could he be that person for her? Does she even want something like that to happen? He doesn’t know how to talk about any of this.]
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Date: 2023-02-26 06:41 pm (UTC)From:No. I'm not at home that much anyway.
[She...might elaborate that on the car ride to Shelbyville. Maybe. But truthfully unless she points out to her mom that she's not going to be home, Susan Mayfield is pretty unlikely to notice. Between work and the fighting with Neil, Max is just one more thing she has no choice but to deal with when Max is visible. So she keeps herself out of sight when she can. It's not like she wants to be there anyway.]
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Date: 2023-02-26 06:43 pm (UTC)From:What time do you want to leave?
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Date: 2023-02-26 06:50 pm (UTC)From:You tell me.
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Date: 2023-02-26 07:02 pm (UTC)From:Early mornings aren’t exactly my favorite but do you want to do breakfast first?
There’s gotta be a 24hr diner right?
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Date: 2023-02-26 07:09 pm (UTC)From:There isn't in Hawkins, though.
[The joys of small town life, Bucky.]
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Date: 2023-02-26 07:13 pm (UTC)From:So how about we do breakfast around 9, and leave at 10.
Sound good to you?
[He could leave at 5am just the same— he was trying to let her have some agency in the situation.]
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Date: 2023-02-26 07:21 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2023-02-26 07:52 pm (UTC)From:[It feels strange not telling her mother, but Bucky won’t let anything happen to her. They’ll be fine, right?]