TEST DRIVE #6

[fairyfoes]

TEST DRIVE MEME

Considering apping to EACHDRAIDH? Why not give the setting a test run here! OPTIONAL SCENARIOS 01. ARRIVING IN THE DRABWURLD. The Seelie and Unseelie courts welcome you with mirthful revelry and hearty food. After you have been briefed on your purpose here, you will find an endless feast and a night filled with entertainment to placate your concerns. Mingle with new arrivals, sneak down the castle halls and make sure your eyes are always on your glass; fairies and imps have no bias when it comes to tricks! 02. THE STATION. Looking for a little slice of home? The Station gives you all that and more. Take advantage of the wifi, have a cup of fairy-brewed coffee (the one they didn't spit in) or sit back and relax on the patio. You can even move your things into one of the available rooms! 03. WILDCARD. Your own scenario! Explore the Drabwurld or simply take advantage of your Locket!

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gently touches

[starspangled]

[That feeling is more than mutual. Steve's had friends come and go, made new ones, but there's not another like Sam Wilson. His timing couldn't be better either. Steve feels like a little bit of foundation is firmly underfoot again.

Steve takes that hand with a smile, grips it, and then willingly goes into that hug. Bros before fairy woes.]

What war is that, the war of the bulge?

[Steve nods to that plate again. Sorry, he's just gotta give you a little more shit for that, oh Master of the Biggest Breakfast. But then his smile softens.]

It's really good to see you too. Good friends make all the difference here.

swoons

[falconkick]

[ sam snorts, rolling his eyes over to the food he hasn't actually touched yet. god help him, but he's gonna work his way into those kitchens at some point, 'cause this stuff really does look awesome. there's no shame in being a foodie!! ]

Good friends make all the difference a lot of places, but here?

[ he makes a low whistle, shakes his head. ]

How long have you been roughin' it without me?

[starspangled]

[Steve takes a deep breath at that question.]

It's complicated. When I first arrived, it was right after New York, the whole Chitauri attack. Was here for a few months before I got sent home again, and it's been a few months since I've been back.

[He hesitates. He knows it's a lot to take in, but there's something else that he needs to tell him.]

I found Bucky. He's here.

[falconkick]

[ first impression: what the fuck.

second impression: also what the fuck.

if this place is magic and fairies and apocalyptic wars, playing with time shouldn't really come as that much of a surprise, but it's still a lot to take in at one time. sam's brows raise for a second before he lets out a long exhale. ]

Damn. You really don't waste any time, do you?

[ he sighs theatrically, leering at steve a little. ]

Here I was, all ready to pack it all in for the long haul, and you found him in a matter of days. Should'a figured it would take some magic interference and a damn war to bring us all together again.

[ joking maybe??? either way, sam levels him with a glance and gives it a second before chancing: ]

How's he doing? How're you doing?

[starspangled]

[Wow, ask him all the hard questions why don't you. Steve wants to say that it's fine, that Bucky's fine, he's fine. But Sam...he knows war, and he knows the effects it has on people even better. And Steve owes him too much to not shoot straight with him.]

It's going to take time. I think he trusts me a little, and I'm grateful for that. But he still looks at me like he's waiting for orders, which is the last thing I want to do because look where that got him last time.

[That guilt. Steve's never been able to let it go, and he never will.]

All I want is for him is to be okay, except I have no idea how to really help him get there. Maybe I'm not even the guy for the job, which makes me wonder what's wrong with me if I can't even figure out the best way to take care of my best friend. And then there's this war that makes me feel like I've just traded in SHIELD and Hydra for Seelie and Unseelie, because neither side is giving us all the answers. And I think about them getting their hands on Buck while he's still vulnerable, using him like a weapon all over again, making targets out of everyone on the other side-

[At some point he'd gripped the edge of the table. And now it's starting to crack. He takes a breath.]

It's a little hard to stay focused sometimes.

[But other than that he's great.]

[falconkick]

[ sam plants both hands firmly on steve's shoulders, giving them a rough squeeze he hopes steve can feel beneath all that ridiculous bulk. ]

One of these days, we're gonna teach you that you don't actually gotta carry the weight of the world on your shoulders.

[ he gives another squeeze, looking steve directly in the eyes as if to say see? see where my hands are? plenty of empty space for someone else to reach him, like a friend or an entire gaggle of children. the world sees steve rogers as that brick wall between them and all the bad stuff out there, but sam wants him to remember the man beneath the suit. the one that ain't alone anymore. ]

'til then, though, let some of us help hold a little of it with you. Got a pair of capable hands right here, see? Perfectly hand shaped, good for holding things.

[ he lets steve go with a smile and a playful wag of his fingers, then tucks them back at his sides. ]

One thing at a time. And first on the list: you should tell me what I can eat on this damn table that won't kill me, 'cause I'm starving.

[ eating first, normal every day human things that a man's gotta tackle before trying to win a war and rescue his long lost best fried all at the same time. ]