Archive of Our Own ^beta

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Red Guardian😈 added Yelena😛, bob , J. Walker , Ava 🌟👻, Bucky

Red Guardian😈: hello team!!1!

Yelena😛: dad what is this
Yelena😛: and why do you have a purple devil in your name

Red Guardian😈: the red devil looked too evil
Red Guardian😈: it did not fit my superhero image
Red Guardian😈: but this one is smiling, ergo it is good

Yelena😛: ????

bob: hiiii 🙂

J. Walker: What the fuck?

Ava 🌟👻: Alexei yelena is right the emoji doesn’t fit
Ava 🌟👻: And is a groupchat really necessary

Yelena😛: HA you guys have autocaps on?

Red Guardian😈: ava you do not think it fits?
Red Guardian😈: yes it is necessary. all teams need communication

J. Walker: We literally live together. In the same tower. On the same floor.

bob: it would help for me to figure out who’s coming to dinner tho
bob: so i know how much to cook
bob: someone needs to eat the salad in the fridge btw the colour isnt looking good

J. Walker: …
J. Walker: I guess a groupchat could be convenient.

Yelena😛: lol.

Ava 🌟👻: Did you add bucky?

Red Guardian😈: of course i did

Yelena😛: where is he rn

Ava 🌟👻: Wait brb let me check
Ava 🌟👻: Ok hes in his room
Ava 🌟👻: I’ll make him talk

J. Walker: That sounded so much like a threat, Ava

bob: is she in the walls again

Bucky: jesus fucking christ
Bucky: yes she was in the walls
Bucky: again
Bucky: nearly gave me a heart attack
Bucky: ru happy now?? @Ava 🌟👻

Ava 🌟👻: YES for fucks sake
Ava 🌟👻: Stop acting like me being in the walls is the worst place I could be
Ava 🌟👻: We could all be back in that death furnace room right now!

Yelena😛: too soon.

Bucky: too soon

bob: too soon

J. Walker: Too soon.

Red Guardian😈: too soon

Ava 🌟👻: Geez
Ava 🌟👻: Everyones a hater nowadays huh

J. Walker: I’m muting this chat

Bucky: wait how do u do that

Red Guardian😈: why would you mute our TEAM group chat
Red Guardian😈: we are a TEAM

bob: bucky ur always on ur phone how do you not know how to mute a gc

Yelena😛: it’s cause the only person he texts is sam and sam’s family
Yelena😛: aka his in laws
Yelena😛: and he would never want to mute them

Red Guardian😈: that is true
Red Guardian😈: his phone was chiming the whole time when valentina did that surprise launch with the press

Bucky: ok lets not

Red Guardian😈: i thought it was a bomb about to go off

J. Walker: What.

Ava 🌟👻: 😂

Yelena😛: ok this is a bit funny

bob: also bucky you know how to use abbreviations and text slang n stuff

J. Walker: That’s because Congressman Barnes spends most of his time texting his teenage nephews

bob: at least he doesn’t insist on using proper capitalisation all the time…

Yelena😛: WOW

Ava 🌟👻: Hahaha nice one bob

Red Guardian😈: HEY no infighting

Bucky: im taking a nap
Bucky: goodbye
Bucky: nvm i lied
Bucky: val is calling me 😭
Bucky: meet in living room asap to listen in

Red Guardian😈: a new mission calls, team thunderbolts*!!!

bob: fuck

J. Walker: Fuck.

Yelena😛: fuuuuck

Ava 🌟👻: FUCK

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J. Walker: Has anyone seen Ava recently?

bob: no
bob: she’s not out td right ?

Yelena😛: obviously not
Yelena😛: none of us go out

J. Walker: So where is she

Red Guardian😈: i will go look

Yelena😛: DAD
Yelena😛: stop yelling ur gonna wake everyone up

Red Guardian😈: I SAID I WOULD LOOK FOR HER

Bucky: i was trying to take a nap
Bucky: what is going on
Bucky: why is alexei yelling avas name

bob: we cant find her :(((

J. Walker: @Ava 🌟👻 Where are you?

bob: oh wait
bob: she might be stuck in the walls again

J. Walker: What?

Yelena😛: ohhhh right
Yelena😛: well shit

J. Walker: What do you mean ‘stuck in the walls’?

Bucky: oh
Bucky: sometimes she gets stuck phasing

Red Guardian😈: so this is bad thing

Yelena😛: yea

J. Walker: Well how do we get her unstuck

Yelena😛: you kinda just gotta
Yelena😛: wait.

Red Guardian😈: is she okay when stuck?

Yelena😛: idk
Yelena😛: shouldnt talk abt it if shes not here

Bucky: lets just wait it out guys
Bucky: and be here when she comes back

bob: @Ava 🌟👻

J. Walker: @Ava 🌟👻
J. Walker: Oh fuck
J. Walker: She just came through my ceiling

Yelena😛: i heard a crash
Yelena😛: WHAT is happening

bob: ??? is she ok

Red Guardian😈: do you need assistance

Bucky: @J. Walker @Ava 🌟👻
Bucky: wtf is going on guys

Red Guardian😈: @J. Walker @Ava 🌟👻
Red Guardian😈: we need COMMUNICATION

J. Walker: WAIT.

Ava 🌟👻: Oh hi
Ava 🌟👻: Yeah sorry guys
Ava 🌟👻: This happens sometimes
Ava 🌟👻: Its nothing

Red Guardian😈: are you certain???

Ava 🌟👻: 👍

Yelena😛: anything that causes you to end up in johns room out of all ppl probably doesnt count as ok

Bucky: ha
Bucky: thats true

bob: are you still in johns room

Red Guardian😈: team should we go after them

Yelena😛: already here
Yelena😛: @J. Walker let me in you himbo

J. Walker: JUST WAIT
J. Walker: She’s still pjaisng
J. Walker: **Phasing
J. Walker: Jesusfuc

Red Guardian😈: I AM ON THE WAY

bob: oh shit should i go too
bob: ummmm
bob: ok im also on the way

Bucky: ok fuck personal space then
Bucky: is that what we’re going for??
Bucky: hello
Bucky: @everyone
Bucky: care to explain why i just heard ANOTHER crash?

bob: alexei broke down the door
bob: ava’s ok now
bob: sort of
bob: she’s worn out
bob: yelena says to bring blankets and water

Bucky: fuck
Bucky: ok im omw

bob: oh and ava wants gummy worms

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Ava 🌟👻: Why are sam and bucky staring at each other in front of the elevator??
Ava 🌟👻: Im spying on them through the walls

bob: i saw them too 😭
bob: i was going to get a cup of water but it seemed tense so i backed out

Red Guardian😈: marriage problems, maybe

J. Walker: Woah
J. Walker: ‘Marriage problems’?

Ava 🌟👻: Walker its the 21st century two men can be married
Ava 🌟👻: Dont be so american

Yelena😛: haha

bob: walker ur not homophobic are you

Yelena😛: oh he definitely isnt.

J. Walker: What.
J. Walker: I’m not homophobic

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Yelena😛 reacted 😉 to a message
Ava 🌟👻 reacted 🤣 to a message

J. Walker: WHAT
J. Walker: I am not homophobic, come on.
J. Walker: Guys???

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Yelena😛 and bob

bob: yelena
bob: john for sure isnt homophobic right

Yelena😛: what
Yelena😛: bob no of course he isnt
Yelena😛: if he was he wouldnt have made it out of that death furnace
Yelena😛: (dont say too soon)

bob: okay
bob: thanks

Yelena😛: whats going on

bob: ummm
bob: lena this isn't fair you know i can't lie to you :(

Yelena😛: out with it
Yelena😛: are you worried because you have a crush on him
Yelena😛: in which case we all know already

bob: WHAT
bob: YELENA??

Yelena😛: yes

bob: are you serious
bob: everyone knows?

Yelena😛: yea
Yelena😛: well everyone except walker himself

bob: oh my god
bob: ohhh myyyy godddd

Yelena😛: hey
Yelena😛: relax

bob: this is the worst thing in the world

Yelena😛: STOP
Yelena😛: im imagining your sad face and its not nice

bob: ☹️
bob: whatever i know there’s no way he would like me back

Yelena😛: woah what
Yelena😛: what makes you say that

bob: ??? lena really
bob: he is so straight
bob: and besides, he has/had a wife and kid

Yelena😛: hey.
Yelena😛: all im gonna say is dont talk down on yourself
Yelena😛: you might be surprised

bob: what does that mean
bob: ???
bob: yelena ??
bob: ok fine.
bob: … :(
bob: im coming to ur room

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J. Walker: Who is Bucky yelling at on the phone?

Ava 🌟👻: Dude we’re in the same room

bob: we’re sitting right next to each other?
bob: your feet are literally on my lap

J. Waker: Well, my bad if I didn’t want to interrupt his conversation

Ava 🌟👻: Guys i find it so funny how alexei’s phone is pinging so loudly but hes still looking though channels on the tv

J. Walker: Can someone just answer my question?

Ava 🌟👻: No

J. Walker: …

bob: he’s yelling at sam

J. Walker: Why?

Ava 🌟👻: Oh my god
Ava 🌟👻: Can you shut up

J. Walker: I’m texting, it’s not like I'm making any noise.
J. Walker: Why are you nudging Yelena
J. Walker: Stop rolling your eyes at me

bob: 😭

Yelena😛: WHAT do you want
Yelena😛: why are we texting

bob: john started it

Ava 🌟👻: Oh hey alexei finally noticed

Red Guardian😈: what is happening??
Red Guardian😈: is this secret meeting

Ava 🌟👻: Alexei can you tell john who buckys on the phone with right now

Red Guardian😈: sam wilson of course
Red Guardian😈: they have marriage problems

Ava 🌟👻: SEE
Ava 🌟👻: Even he knows

Red Guardian😈: ?? what is that supposed to mean

J. Walker: It would have been so simple to just say Sam

Yelena😛: shut up walker

bob: guys i can't tell what they’re saying though :/

J. Walker: Nosy, much?

bob: again, you started it 😑
bob: alexei can you use your super soldier hearing to eavesdrop

Yelena😛: he found a russian soap opera on tv
Yelena😛: oh no
Yelena😛: we will not be changing channels any time soon

Ava 🌟👻: John pls nudge him with your foot

J. Walker: No
J. Walker: Just call his name like a normal person

Ava 🌟👻: Never mind yelena kicked him for me

J. Walker: Yeah, I saw, thanks.

Red Guardian😈: what do you want now
Red Guardian😈: i am trying to watch my russian show

bob: alexei can you tell us what bucky and sam are talking about
bob: please?

Red Guardian😈: fine
Red Guardian😈: if walker stops staring at us judgementally

Yelena😛: john stop or im gonna kick you

J. Walker: I WASN’T DOING ANYTHING?

Red Guardian😈: ok i hear something about work
Red Guardian😈: “birthday party”
Red Guardian😈: and someone called AJ

J. Walker: That’s one of Sam’s nephews

Yelena😛: oh my god theyre arguing about a childs birthday party
Yelena😛: is this real

Ava 🌟👻: Wow
Ava 🌟👻: Wowwww
Ava 🌟👻: Hahaha this is really funny

bob: shhh guys bucky’s hanging up
bob: he’s typing something
bob: do u think he’s texting sam

Bucky: why the fuck were you guys eavesdropping on my conversation

bob: oh shit

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Yelena😛: is there an intruder??
Yelena😛: i heard a crash

bob: it’s 2am why are you awake

Yelena😛: why are YOU awake
Yelena😛: and can someone please answer my question because if theres an intruder i can kill them quick and we can all go back to bed
Yelena😛: oh and i can hide the body before bucky sees and tries to report a security risk to val

J. Walker: Why are we spamming the groupchat at 2am.

bob: john i thought you said you muted this chat 🤨

J. Walker: …

Bucky: what’s going on

Yelena😛: did you hear that crash?

Bucky: yes i heard it
Bucky: let me pull up the security cameras

Yelena😛: or we could just stab whoever it is like rn?

Bucky: relax it’s alexei
Bucky: hes in the kitchen

Yelena😛: what
Yelena😛: why is my father in the kitchen in the middle of the night

Bucky: oh he probably just wanted a midnight snack 😁

bob: ??? really?

Bucky: that was sarcasm

bob: oh

Yelena😛: is my dad okay?

Bucky: you can look at the cameras yourself yk

Yelena😛: …i totally know how to do that
Yelena😛: but you already have them up, soooo

Bucky: 🙄
Bucky: hes fine physically
Bucky: he broke the door of the fridge
Bucky: he is trying to put it back on

Yelena😛: shit

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J. Walker: @Bucky Do you still have eyes on them?
J. Walker: It’s been a while

Bucky: yeah theyre together in the kitchen
Bucky: is ava asleep

bob: probably

J. Walker: We should all try to do the same
J. Walker: Besides, it’s creepy to be spying on them.

Red Guardian😈: who is spying on who
Red Guardian😈: we can see you are looking you know
Red Guardian😈: the camera has a light when someone is using it

J. Walker: Real high security shit right here

bob: why were you in the kitchen this late? @Red Guardian😈
bob: is everything ok

Red Guardian😈: even i cant sleep some nights
Red Guardian😈: we are going to eat all the food in the fridge before it goes bad
Red Guardian😈: since i broke the door
Red Guardian😈: sorry team!

bob: do u need help eating
bob: should we wake up ava

Ava 🌟👻: Already up
Ava 🌟👻: Ive been lurking the whole time

J. Walker: Are we serious
J. Walker: We have a press conference tomorrow, in case you all forgot

Ava 🌟👻: Yeah no shit walker
Ava 🌟👻: The press con is probably why we’re all still awake in the first place

bob: soo should i go to the kitchen

Ava 🌟👻: Im gonna go
Ava 🌟👻: Im starving

bob: okkk :)
bob: @Bucky @J. Walker what about u guys ??

Red Guardian😈: lena says to come
Red Guardian😈: because your fancy yoghurt bowls are already half gone
Red Guardian😈: she is eating them very fast

Bucky: motherfucker
Bucky: fine

bob: i can make hot chocolate???

J. Walker: Alright, whatever
J. Walker: I guess I’ll go too

bob: ☺️
bob: i can put marshmallows on yours too
bob: i bought some the other day because i know you like them

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Bucky: i just witnessed walker blush so hard i could see it even through the security cameras
Bucky: he paused in the hallway to do breathing exercises
Bucky: unbelievable shit

Ava 🌟👻: What the fuck was that a gunshot
Ava 🌟👻: Made me drop my apple juice

Bucky: john just shot the camera

Red Guardian😈: we should NOT be carrying firearms around the tower

J. Walker: MY BAD!
J. Walker: I thought we had an intruder at first, so it was already in my pocket

bob: 😭😭😭
bob: yelena says she’s not cleaning up anything she didn't spill/break

Ava 🌟👻: What did shooting it even accomplish for you

J. Walker: The security cameras are useless
J. Walker: We don’t need them

bob: ok :/ but who’s gonna clean it up

J. Walker: Fucking fine
J. Walker: I’ll do it
J. Walker: Later

Ava 🌟👻: Come quick or Im gonna drink ur hot chocolate

J. Walker: DO NOT.

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bob: hey so
bob: what do i do with this

bob sent an image
[IMAGE ID: a dishwasher rack with Bucky’s metal arm inside]

J. Walker: …
J. Walker: Is that Bucky’s arm

Bob: yes unless you know someone else with a vibranium prosthetic

J. Walker: @Bucky Why is your goddamn arm in the dishwasher?
J. Walker: Is it even dishwasher safe?

Ava 🌟👻: Out of all the things to ask 😭

bob: hi ava :)

Ava 🌟👻: Hi bob 😚

Bucky: what
Bucky: oh
Bucky: if ur gonna use the dishwasher just put my arm on the counter

bob: okk

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bob and J. Walker

bob: john i need your help

J. Walker: What
J. Walker: Is everything okay?

bob: bucky’s arm is stuck in the dishwasher and i can’t get it out

J. Walker: How

bob: i dont know how it just is 😭

J. Walker: Why didn’t you tell Bucky that?

bob: because this thing was probably like a million dollars
bob: if someone got MY million dollar arm stuck in a dishwasher i would be pissed

J. Walker: He got it for free actually
J. Walker: Because he’s buddies with the Wakandans and all

bob: he’s what

J. Walker: He and Queen Shuri are friends I think

bob: wait uh just to double check, wakanda is that high tech country right

J. Walker: Yes??? Obviously??
J. Walker: Do you not know what Wakanda is

bob: i was a meth addict for like 5 years, remember?

J. Walker: Right..

bob: ru gonna come help me or not

J. Walker: I’m on my way

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Red Guardian😈 sent a link
Red Guardian😈: Doomscrolling Definition
Red Guardian😈: @Yelena😛

Yelena😛: ???
Yelena😛: dad wtf 😭

Bucky: i support this message

Yelena😛: excuse me

Bucky: raise your hand if you think yelena doomscrolls too much to be healthy @Everyone

Ava 🌟👻: 🙋🏽‍♀️

J. Walker: 🙋

bob: 🙋

Red Guardian😈: i cannot find emoji but i agree

Yelena😛: i feel targeted
Yelena😛: i am going to replace all of you with guinea pigs
Yelena😛: no in fact
Yelena😛: i will turn all of you into guinea pigs so you have to deal with your human consciousness being trapped in such a small vessel

Bucky: aw
Bucky: id be the first one armed guinea pig i guess

Ava 🌟👻: Seriously though dont you think youre a little addicted to those apps

bob: ive seen her screentimes n they r scary

Ava 🌟👻: Unhealthy too I bet

Yelena😛: i am,,, staying close to my phone in case val calls with a mission

J. Walker: Hahaha
J. Walker: How believable

Yelena😛: walker ur officially gonna be my first victim in the guinea pig revolution
Yelena😛: watch out

J. Walker: I am terrified. Will sleep with one eye open tonight.

Red Guardian😈: do you sleep at all most nights, john?
Red Guardian😈 sent a link
Red Guardian😈: Sleep Deprivation Definition
Red Guardian😈 sent a link
Red Guardian😈: PTSD Definition

J. Walker: I am choosing to ignore that

bob: oh my god

Bucky: thats crazy

Yelena😛: dad urban dictionary is not the certified dictionary u should be using

Red Guardian😈: someone mentioned it on reddit
Red Guardian😈: it is actually very useful for keeping up with the times
Red Guardian😈: i found definitions matching all of you actually

Ava 🌟👻: Help

Red Guardian😈 sent a link
Red Guardian😈: Twink Definition
Red Guardian😈: @bob

bob: i dont think im a twink 😭

J. Walker: What’s a twink

Ava 🌟👻: HAHAHAHA

Yelena😛: can we stop saying twink

Red Guardian😈 sent a link
Red Guardian😈: Lurker Definition
Red Guardian😈: @Ava 🌟👻

Ava 🌟👻: Thats not too bad

Red Guardian😈 sent a link
Red Guardian😈: Divorced Dad Definition
Red Guardian😈: @Bucky

Bucky: wtf

Red Guardian😈 sent a link
Red Guardian😈: DILF Definition
Red Guardian😈: someone online called me a D.I.L.F

Yelena😛: EW

Yelena😛: no fucking way

J. Walker: Hey Bob’s right he’s not a twink
J. Walker: He’s not even gay
J. Walker: Hello
J. Walker: Why did everyone go silent

Yelena😛: waiting for bob to decide how to respond to that

bob: john
bob: there is literally no other way to tell you this
bob: i am gay
bob: hello ??
bob: why did everyone go silent this time

Yelena😛: waiting for john to decide how to respond

J. Walker: Oh okay
J. Walker: That’s great, Bob

bob: yeah?

J. Walker: Yes I’m totally fine with it 😁👍

Bucky: im gonna leave this fucking groupchat

Red Guardian😈 sent a link
Red Guardian😈: Pining Definition

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Red Guardian😈 sent a link
// Link ID: News article by BB Urich. TITLE: US Agent/John Walker… And Bob?. Image of John Walker and Bob Reynolds at the PR launch of the New Avengers. CAPTION: The New Avengers, since their first public appearance 3 months ago, have overcome the initial backlash against them and gained a new fanbase. From recent photos of the team, fans have picked up on John Walker (superhero name US Agent, and the ex-Captain America) is noticeably closer with Bob Reynolds than any of his other teammates. Fans have gone as far as to ‘ship’ the two. //

Red Guardian😈: this article is trending and yelena told me to send this here

Yelena😛: DAD you werent supposed to tell them i told you
Yelena😛: now i look like im trying to cause drama

J. Walker: Well…

Yelena😛: shut up walker

Bucky: there are hundreds of articles about us
Bucky: we shouldnt pay attention to any of them

Yelena😛: well yeah but this is a unique one
Yelena😛: i thought i should share my discovery
Yelena😛: anyway @bob @J. Walker people are shipping you guys

bob: oh

J. Walker: Shipping us? To where?

Ava 🌟👻: John 😭😭😭

Yelena😛: oh my god are you serious
Yelena😛: even my dad knows what it means

Red Guardian😈: why am i always the benchmark for things like this??
Red Guardian😈: did you forget how modern i am now

Bucky: even i know what it means and im over 100 years old

Ava 🌟👻: John just read the damn article

bob: guys is that the best idea

Yelena😛: i thought it was funny

Ava 🌟👻: It is dont worry 😂

Bucky: there have been rumours for a while now
Bucky: he was gonna be asked abt it eventually

Red Guardian😈: this is part of superhero life
Red Guardian😈: trust me, people thought i had many secret relationships

Bucky: im sure they did 😁

J. Walker: I read the article

Red Guardian😈: and how do you feel?
Red Guardian😈: you know, i see this as GOOD publicity

J. Walker: People think Bob and I are dating?

Yelena😛: yes !
Yelena😛: well. they want u to be

J. Walker: Oh

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bob and Yelena😛

bob: LENA WHAT TJE FCK 😭
bob: this is so awkward
bob: i’m actually gonna die

Yelena😛: huh

bob: i think the article made him uncomfortable
bob: fuck do u think he knows i like him

Yelena😛: ok stop right there
Yelena😛: i dont like that negative energy

bob: 😔
bob: what do u think tho

Yelena😛: i think the same thing ive been thinking since forever
Yelena😛: he wants to suck ur face so bad

bob: and since when did YOU become an expert in human behaviour
bob: ur basically a hermit

Yelena😛: um hello i am also a child assassin whose survival largely depended on how well i could read ppl’s emotions
Yelena😛: dont fuck with me bob reynolds

bob: gulp ok srry

Yelena😛: im being serious about john though
Yelena😛: you dont have to be afraid
Yelena😛: he likes you too

bob: :(

Yelena😛: get your miserable ass over here

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J. Walker and Ava 🌟👻

J. Walker: Hey

Ava 🌟👻: Hey…?

J. Walker: So
J. Walker: Do you think Bob is upset about the article?

Ava 🌟👻: LMFAOOOO

J. Walker: Why are you ‘laughing your fucking ass off’
J. Walker: I’m being serious

Ava 🌟👻: John youre so oblivious sometimes
Ava 🌟👻: Both of you like each other and you should put us all out of our misery and kiss already

J. Walker: Wait how did you know I liked Bob?

Ava 🌟👻: You cant be fucking serious

J. Walker: When am I not serious

Ava 🌟👻: To me, youre always a joke 😄
Ava 🌟👻: John its fucking obvious you and bob like each other
Ava 🌟👻: But if you dont believe me…..

J. Walker: I don’t

Ava 🌟👻: Ask him yourself then

J. Walker: Why would I do that

Ava 🌟👻: Dont worry
Ava 🌟👻: Its normal to be too scared to talk to your crush

J. Walker: Fucking hell

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Ava 🌟👻 and Yelena😛

Ava 🌟👻: My idiot should be texting your idiot soon, if im correct

Yelena😛: wow that was fast
Yelena😛: howd u do it?

Ava 🌟👻 sent a screenshot
Ava 🌟👻: He is so easily goaded 😂

Yelena😛: ahahahahaha
Yelena😛: oh i think he texted
Yelena😛: my idiot just threw his phone halfway across the room

Ava 🌟👻: Tell me how it goes 😉

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bob and J. Walker

J. Walker: Hey, Bob

bob: hdereufr
bob: sorry
bob: hi
bob: ummm whats up

J. Walker: Nothing much
J. Walker: Well
J. Walker: About the article Alexei sent

bob: oh haha yeah lolll
bob: you know the press! always making up new rumours 😅

J. Walker: Haha right.

bob: um ok yelena is telling me to stop being stupid
bob: (she isn’t reading the conversation or anything btw)

J. Walker: No worries

bob: just to double check, the article didn’t make you uncomfortable or anything like that right?

J. Walker: What? Of course not
J. Walker: Why do you ask
J. Walker: Did you feel uncomfortable?

bob: nono nothing like that
bob: good to know
bob: uhhh ok i gtg yelena asked me to feed her guinea pig bye !!

J. Walker: Alright
J. Walker: Say hi to Dolores for me.

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bob and Bucky

bob: hi

Bucky: hello.

bob: i have a question

Bucky: ok
Bucky: ask

bob: did you or sam confess first?

Bucky: wow
Bucky: did not expect that

bob: sorry

Bucky: no ur good
Bucky: is this abt you and walker?

bob: ?? is it actually that obvious

Bucky: dont worry about it
Bucky: anyway, i think i kind of confessed first
Bucky: but we also both knew we liked each other

bob: :ooo
bob: thats cool
bob: i wish it was like that between me and john :(

Bucky: ..
Bucky: is it not clear he likes you back

bob: no
bob: i dont think he does
bob: hes still hung up on olivia, isnt he?

Bucky: bob.
Bucky: are you fucking joking

Bob: 😭 you and yelena are both terrifying even thru text

Bucky: if ur not sure whether he likes you back, the best thing to do is ask
Bucky: but he definitely does and we all know it
Bucky: esp if the press picked up on it
Bucky: ok i gtg

bob: oh ok
bob: bye

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J. Walker and Ava 🌟👻

Ava 🌟👻: You didnt confess???

J. Walker: No
J. Walker: None of your business anyway

Ava 🌟👻: Aw hey
Ava 🌟👻: No need to be rude just cause youre yearning
Ava 🌟👻: Pathetically, I might add

Ava 🌟👻 deleted a message

J. Walker: I saw that

Ava 🌟👻: Thought itd be too mean given the situation
Ava 🌟👻: My bad for trying to be nice 😞

J. Walker: How’d you know I hadn’t told him, anyway?

Ava 🌟👻: Was phasing through the building
Ava 🌟👻: Saw you looking sad in the kitchen
Ava 🌟👻: And bob looking sad in his bedroom

J. Walker: You know, a normal friend would have come comfort me in person
J. Walker: Rather than call me pathetic

Ava 🌟👻: Hahaha except we’re not normal
Ava 🌟👻: Which means Im allowed to threaten you as much as I want
Ava 🌟👻: Tell him, or else I will be spontaneously appearing in your room when you least expect it

J. Walker: Jesus

Ava 🌟👻: You know you want to 😉

J. Walker: Okay I’ll do it
J. Walker: But for the record, fuck you

Ava 🌟👻: Dont you think you wanna save that for bob

J. Walker blocked Ava 🌟👻

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bob and J. Walker

J. Walker: Hey
J. Walker: Can I ask you something

bob: hah i was gonna say the same thing
bob: you first

J. Walker: I don’t know about you, but the article has gotten me a lot of teasing from Ava
J. Walker: She keeps saying I should ask you out

bob: thats funny
bob: yelena says the same thing
bob: but uh i wasnt going to

J. Walker: Oh
J. Walker: Why not

bob: cause… i didnt think youd want to
bob: am i wrong ??
bob: if im not wrong you need to tell me right now lol before i make this weird

J. Walker: No
J. Walker: I mean you are wrong
J. Walker: I would want to
J. Walker: I mean I would want you to ask me out, because I was going to do the same thing to you

bob: oh
bob: wow
bob: in the good way

J. Walker: Haha yeah
J. Walker: You know we haven’t left the tower in a while
J. Walker: The park is a short walk away and usually pretty quiet
J. Walker: So we can avoid any more articles about us

bob: haha
bob: id love to go with you :)
bob: if thats what ur asking

J. Walker: It is

bob: ok :)))
bob: meet you at the elevator in 10 mins??

J. Walker: Yep

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Ava 🌟👻 and Yelena😛

Ava 🌟👻: SUCCESS

Yelena😛: indeed 🥳
Yelena😛: well done comrade

Ava 🌟👻: 👏

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TEAM THUNDERBOLTS* !

Bucky: hello
Bucky: i just came back from a meeting with val

bob: shit was there a meeting scheduled for today??

Bucky: no she just ambushed me at a cafe

Yelena😛: lol

J. Walker: What’s up?

Bucky: she says we have a pr problem
Bucky: ok personally i dont think it’s a problem cause it’s like one instagram post, but she wants us to do something about it anyway, and told me to relay the message to you guys because we’re gonna need to have another press conference

bob: that is probably the longest sentence you’ve ever said to us ever
bob: through text and irl

Ava 🌟👻: Whats happening
Ava 🌟👻: Is it something serious

J. Walker: If it was serious, Val would have told all of us
J. Walker: Or at least me

Yelena😛: oh fuck off

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Bucky: it’s not serious

Ava 🌟👻: Well youre acting like its serious

Red Guardian😈: good morning team 😆
Red Guardian😈: what are we talking about

Yelena😛: some serious mission val has for us

Bucky: it’s not a mission
Bucky: and it’s not that serious

Yelena😛: then maybe stop acting like we’re about to be sent on a suicide mission again

bob: can you just tell us what it is :/

J. Walker: Yeah, so we can deal with it already

Red Guardian😈: as a TEAM

J. Walker: Sure.

Bucky: ok so basically
Bucky: theres an instagram post about us that kind of blew up
Bucky: accusing us of being not so nice people

bob: well theyre not… wrong…?

Yelena😛: did u forget that half of us are trained assassins

Bucky: no thats not what i mean

Red Guardian😈: bucky, just tell us what is happening

Bucky: people think we’re homophobic

J. Walker: What

Ava 🌟👻: They what now?
Ava 🌟👻: How does that even happen

bob: im literally gay

J. Walker: And Bob and I are together.

bob: :))))

Bucky: yeah but they don’t know that

Red Guardian😈: ahhh i have seen that post
Red Guardian😈: that one only directly accuses me, yelena, bucky, and walker. bob and ava, you are in the clear 😁

J. Walker: Bucky??? You mean Congressman Barnes who was caught gazing longingly at a picture of Sam Wilson the other day??

Red Guardian😈: they say a 1940s man must not ‘roll with the gays’

Yelena😛: i cant tell which is worse
Yelena😛: being accused of being homophobic or watching my dad become chronically online
Yelena😛: wait why am i being accused again ??

Red Guardian😈: because russia is not rainbow friendly, as you know

Yelena😛: ah
Yelena😛: for the record i am also queer

Ava 🌟👻: 👀 You a girlkisser too?

Yelena😛: well no
Yelena😛: i don’t kiss anyone
Yelena😛: aromantic asexual

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Red Guardian😈: wonderful news !!

bob: aw thats cool :)

Ava 🌟👻: Nice, thanks for telling us lena

J. Walker: Wait why do people think I’m homophobic?
J. Walker: I was Captain America

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J. Walker: Mean

Ava 🌟👻: Well youre very macho, John

Red Guardian😈: you are classic alpha male

bob: 😭

Bucky: lets not call him that
Bucky: it’s a thing with the youth
Bucky: aj and cass always laugh at that phrase

Red Guardian😈: i know it is an internet thing
Red Guardian😈: and i mean what i said

bob: i feel very strongly that we should begin imposing screen time limits
bob: specifically for alexei and yelena

Yelena😛: HEY
Yelena😛: traitor

bob: should i start running

J. Walker: Yes

Ava 🌟👻: Yes

Bucky: no
Bucky: we still have to plan the press conference
Bucky: to combat the allegations

Yelena😛: the very worrying allegations

Ava 🌟👻: Which present a concerning situation

bob: a situation that is also very worrying

Bucky: can we forget about that
Bucky: the reporters basically ambushed me and i didnt have a thesaurus

Red Guardian😈: how did you become a congressman in the first place

J. Walker: Listen guys, I think it’ll be very easy to get the public back on our side
J. Walker: We’re respectable enough

Ava 🌟👻: 😂😂😂

bob: john i admire your sunny outlook on life

Bucky: i feel like we cant get anything done through text
Bucky: living room in 10 minutes

Red Guardian😈: see you then, my thunderbolts!!

Yelena😛: i cant wait to get to the bottom of this worrying situation!

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