CAN YOU KEEP ME CLOSE,
Places were just places, and Bucky knew — he knew — that wherever Liam was would be home. He might have missed their small cabin, or the warmer climate of Irialin, but he would have traded it all a thousand times over to be here with Liam like this. Too much had happened in their lives for him to fret over something like where they ended up settling down. Not that he really had any idea of where exactly this was. Bucky had been far too busy simply locating Liam, that he’d neglected really finding out much of anything about this place they were in now.
Nor did he know what Liam was up to these days.
“I missed you too,” he whispered back, smiling softly as he savoured everything about their reunion. Being able to touch Liam again, to breathe him in — it felt like a dream come true. He wondered how he had been able to stay away for as long as he had. Everything in him craved Liam with a ferocity that he should have found startling. Instead he only found that it fit. Their lives had always been filled with such extremes, that finally having something like this for themselves felt right.
He was reminded again though about his interest in where exactly this was. Thankfully Liam seemed to have some idea of where they were, or what to expect of all of this. A soft noise of complaint escaped Bucky at the tug to his hair, but the smile on his lips never faltered. As they pulled away Bucky had a look of amusement crossing his expression at the question. “M’not good at those little pictures that you used to draw — gotta stare if I wanna commit something to memory,” he teased, “Anyone ever tell ya how stunning you are?”
Bucky thought he used to tell Liam what a catch he was. Some distant part of him could remember grinning about it, trying his hardest to convince Liam that one day someone would come sweep him off his feet. Bucky wouldn’t have admitted that he had wanted to be that someone back then, but he hadn’t been wrong. Even when Liam had been all tiny and frail, there had always been something so breathtakingly beautiful about him. Bucky was thankful he could remember that much at least.
“Where exactly is this place, Liam?” He finally questioned, his voice dropping low with a thoughtful furrow to his brow. It was a long way off from Aklos and Agnosia, that much he knew for certain. He remained close to Liam but his attention drifted around them, eyeing the fields. Bucky knew it wasn’t like him not to get a good feel for a place first before throwing himself headfirst into it — but the thought of being reunited with the other stallion had been enough to drive him from habit. “M’safe to assume you know it all well enough by now? They got you workin’ their military?”
Again, he nearly said. The life of a soldier seemed all they were destined for, and Bucky couldn’t hide the soft bitterness to his voice at the idea of it.
@Liam
Nor did he know what Liam was up to these days.
“I missed you too,” he whispered back, smiling softly as he savoured everything about their reunion. Being able to touch Liam again, to breathe him in — it felt like a dream come true. He wondered how he had been able to stay away for as long as he had. Everything in him craved Liam with a ferocity that he should have found startling. Instead he only found that it fit. Their lives had always been filled with such extremes, that finally having something like this for themselves felt right.
He was reminded again though about his interest in where exactly this was. Thankfully Liam seemed to have some idea of where they were, or what to expect of all of this. A soft noise of complaint escaped Bucky at the tug to his hair, but the smile on his lips never faltered. As they pulled away Bucky had a look of amusement crossing his expression at the question. “M’not good at those little pictures that you used to draw — gotta stare if I wanna commit something to memory,” he teased, “Anyone ever tell ya how stunning you are?”
Bucky thought he used to tell Liam what a catch he was. Some distant part of him could remember grinning about it, trying his hardest to convince Liam that one day someone would come sweep him off his feet. Bucky wouldn’t have admitted that he had wanted to be that someone back then, but he hadn’t been wrong. Even when Liam had been all tiny and frail, there had always been something so breathtakingly beautiful about him. Bucky was thankful he could remember that much at least.
“Where exactly is this place, Liam?” He finally questioned, his voice dropping low with a thoughtful furrow to his brow. It was a long way off from Aklos and Agnosia, that much he knew for certain. He remained close to Liam but his attention drifted around them, eyeing the fields. Bucky knew it wasn’t like him not to get a good feel for a place first before throwing himself headfirst into it — but the thought of being reunited with the other stallion had been enough to drive him from habit. “M’safe to assume you know it all well enough by now? They got you workin’ their military?”
Again, he nearly said. The life of a soldier seemed all they were destined for, and Bucky couldn’t hide the soft bitterness to his voice at the idea of it.
@Liam
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