somniloquence

As usual, I cut it down to the wire for my Into a Bar fic, but hey, at the 11th hour, I got 'er done.

Don’t Touch Me I’m a Real Live Wire (2460 words) by gwyneth rhys
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Captain America (Movies), The Bear (TV 2022)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Neil Fak, Natalie "Sugar" Berzatto
Additional Tags: Community: intoabar, Bucky Barnes Recovering, Developing Friendships
Summary:

What was he going to do—admit that he was heading west, to Los Angeles or San Francisco or Seattle, to avoid dealing with the mess with Steve because he wasn’t man enough to handle any kind of emotions right now? To a total stranger? And yet he found himself saying, “I’ve been traveling, trying to get my head back on straight.” The kind eyes, Bucky supposed. That was a weakness even Hydra hadn’t totally obliterated in him, and oh, he’d been punished for that mercilessly when it had reared its head.

It is hot as balls here in the PNW, and with the way so many of the drugs I'm taking dysregulate my temperature, it's even more fun than the usual PNW heat waves. I'm lucky in that I have a window A/C unit, unlike so many people here, but the only place I could put it was in the kitchen, which means that most of the rest of the house doesn't cool down much. I've tried using a box fan to blow the cooler air out to the rest of the house but...it's not super successful. It's especially bad on weekends, because I not only have treatment, which makes me feel crappy, on Fridays usually, but I also take a big-ass dose of steroids on Saturday so I sweat like a pig regardless of weather.

Anyways, lots of stuff going on lately, it seems. I was beyond thrilled that I managed to feel good enough to make it to Barbie with minim_calibre and her fam, the first movie I'd been to since the pain in my neck/shoulders started way last fall. I can totally understand the complaints or issues that people have with it, and yet I do not care at all and I absolutely loved it.

( Some good changes )

( Some not so great changes )

Has anyone else watched The Bear? I am just bananas about it and yet I've only been able to prod a few people to watch it. I thought at first I would hate it, because it was so much stuff I can't stand in the first couple episodes, but then somewhere along the line I just started to really get into it, and when season 2 dropped recently, I actually binged it in one day, something I never do because I hate binge-watching. Especially episodes 4 and 7, I was just so moved by them and their quiet, emotional beats and character studies...it's just the best show. I want Carmy to have nice things.