thecapitol | my friends are so distressed

Who| Sam Wilson, Bucky Barnes, and Clint Barton
What| Attempt one at a brainwashed assassins support group
Where| Capitol blind spot
When| Some time after the crowning
Warnings/Notes| Discussions of mind control, PTSD, violence, murder, etc.

Honestly, Sam had thought of doing something like this pretty much from the second Clint told him about what happened with Loki, and they both made a comparison to what Bucky’d been through. It’s what Sam does - what he’d done even before he started working for the VA, and even now that he’s stuck here - try to get people to realize that they’re not alone.

But he’d hesitated. He doubts Clint would have even said anything to him about it if he hadn’t been drunk, and Sam’s really not sure he’s in a place where he’d appreciate Sam trying to let someone else in on it. The same goes for Bucky, at least on the second bit, and it’s hard to ask either of them if they’d be okay with it with the Capitol listening in on them.

In the end, Sam goes for it. If they don’t like the idea, they don’t have to go along with it, but if Sam doesn’t at least try, he knows it’s just going to keep being on his mind.

He asks Clint to meet him at the same bar they’d gone to last time, then asks Bucky to go for a walk with him. It’s probably not a surprise to either of them that he’s angling for a blind spot meeting, he’s just… hoping the ‘why’ doesn’t end up with his ass in trouble.

As soon as all three of them are safely out of the Capitol’s sight, Sam leans back against the alley wall. “I got a proposition for you two. It’s not something you have to tell me yes or no right now, I just didn’t want anyone else listening in on any of this, you know?”

Threaded | Flat

Bucky doesn't question Sam when he asks him to come to the blind spot with him. By now these meetings have started become almost routine and as soon as he recognises that they're heading in the direction of the bar he knows for certain. He wonders what Sam wants to talk about this time. Maybe there's been an update on District 13 and the possibility of escape for him and Steve.

What he doesn't expect is to find Clint Barton there. For all that they're on the same team and that Bucky stepped in to try and stop the archer from getting himself into trouble at Tony's Crowning they're not exactly friends. They still don't know each other well enough to bestow that title upon the other. Bucky doesn't trust people easily and given how Clint had reacted to finding out that he was the Winter Soldier he thinks it may be a long time coming on the other side as well.

So whatever Sam has brought both of them here for at the same time must be important.

Bucky stands on the opposite side of Sam, a flicker of uncertainty passing over his face before he suppresses it. "What kind of proposition?"

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