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Steve just grinned, completely unrepentant. "Gave you time to make coffee," he said, clearly teasing.
Alissa snorted at that and shook her head. "Well, long as it was a decent distraction." She did grin at Taylor though. |
"I'm not the one who made coffee," Bucky said, grinning a bit. "It was here when we got here, we're just taking advantage."
"I'd say it was," Taylor said, still a bit pink. |
Steve snorted. "Get two more down, then," he said, stealing Bucky's mug with a grin.
Alissa chuckled. "Well, there's coffee, and so far no staring, always a plus." |
"Punk," Bucky said, though he grabbed down two more mugs. He handed the second over to Steve. Let Steve worry about his own girl.
"I'll give it another half an hour before we're really noticed," Taylor replied, glancing around. It was a bit nerve-wracking to be around superheroes, and even moreso for those superheroes to not seem to notice them at all. |
"I dunno, they all said hi, I'm not sure there's going to be a lot of staring," Alissa said speculatively. "At least, unless you get in between Clint and the TV, I can tell that would get you stared at already."
Steve grinned and made Taylor's coffee how she liked it, taking it over to her. |
"Yeah, you might be right about that," Taylor said, nodding. She smiled at Steve when he brought the coffee over to her. "Thanks."
Bucky brought over a mug for Alissa as well. "May as well relax," he said to her. "You'll be a lot more comfortable once you do." |
"No problem." Steve smiled a bit. "Go ahead and get comfy, you might as well."
"Yeah, I figured. Thanks." Alissa took her mug and settled on a chair in the living room, just kind of watching for now. |
Taylor nodded, but didn't move away from him just yet. Instead, she tucked herself close to his side, just trusting him to be a solid presence for the moment while she got used to everything else.
Bucky went over and, once he had made sure she was alright for now, sat on the couch next to Clint. "Move over," he said, grabbing a second controller and plugging it in. |
Steve didn't go anywhere, instead keeping an eye on everyone and just watching. Watching was good.
Clint grumbled but moved over enough to give him some room, starting a new game. "You ready, old man?" he asked, grinning. |
Taylor stayed right there with him, comfortable there for the moment.
"Call me an old man again, I dare you," Bucky replied. He smirked as the new round started and his fingers started flying across the controller. |
Clint grinned and kept up with him, working on his button mashing. Alissa just snorted as she watched them.
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"HA!" Bucky crowed as he won the round by the slimmest margin. "I just handed you your ass, Barton."
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"That was not handing me my ass! You just won by a sliver!" Clint protested immediately. "I demand a rematch!"
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"You're on," Bucky replied, grinning. "I'll win again, watch."
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"Not this time you won't," Clint growled, settling in to go again. It was an old argument, since they played often.
But Natasha trumped them both. |
"Watch me," Bucky said. He kept smirking, right up until Player 3 joined the screen and Natasha settled down on his other side. "Now we're both screwed."
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"Aw, Nat," Clint whined.
Natasha just smirked. "You were being too noisy," she said mildly. |
"You can be a cruel woman sometimes, Nat," Bucky said, shaking his head some. Clint snorted.
"He's just saying that because he wants to show off for his girl," he said, smirking. |
"He'll have plenty of time to show off for her later," Natasha said with a smirk. "Besides, dealing with a crushing defeat is just as important." She didn't quite look gleeful when Bucky's character sailed off screen, but she was clearly pleased.
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Bucky quickly executed a move that brought him back on-screen, just barely.
"You were saying, Nat?" he asked as he helped Clint gang up on her. |
"Well played," Natasha said with a faint smile. "We'll see how long it lasts." She held her own against the two.
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"You won't win this time," Bucky said, grinning. Of course, he said that every time, and he was only right about fifteen percent of the time.
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"We shall see." Natasha returned to fighting viciously, enjoying the downtime. And she happened to know that Alissa was watching them all and being highly amused by this, so extra points for her.
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Soon, all Bucky could do was watch as Natasha beat him and Clint into the ground again.
"One of these days, I will figure out how you do that," he said. |
"Shove over," Alissa said, getting up and pushing Bucky over so that Clint squawked and moved out of the way. "I'll show you."
Natasha grinned at the new challenger, settling in easily. Oh, that had been easy. |
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