Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Feet Below Fandom back to the surface! Saturday

[designateddadfriend]

This was it! The moment had finally come. The Trash King and his minions had finished the big catapult under Steve McGarrett's watchful eye, and it was finally ready to bring everyone back to the surface.

"Okay," the Trash King said. "So you nerds can probably bring, like. A building up at a time on this thing. Or people. Take it in shifts. I'm not fixing it if you break it."

He would be bullied into fixing it if they broke it.

Grab your stuff, hole dwellers! And get ready to finally see the sun again.

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Re: Life on laaaaaaaand!

[shapethecentury]

Well, here he was, post catapult ride. Squinting, briefly, at being exposed to sunlight again, though the serum in Bucky's body meant adjusting wouldn't take long.

He shrugged the backpack further up his shoulder as he scanned his surroundings for a particular, familiar form --

Re: Life on laaaaaaaand!

[weirderthanthou]

"James?"

Of course Jesse had made it here as fast as she could, once the news was out. She hadn't slept much last night - blame the adrenaline - but she could nap away the 'fought a quadcopter' hangover some other time. "Are you here?"

Re: Life on laaaaaaaand!

[shapethecentury]

-- and there she was.

This wasn't relief, was it? In his chest.

"Yeah," Bucky called back, already making his way over. "I'm here."

Re: Life on laaaaaaaand!

[weirderthanthou]

That was definitely relief on her face. "Thank god," Jesse said, meeting him in the middle. "Are you okay?"

Re: Life on laaaaaaaand!

[shapethecentury]

Yeah. Yeah, it was, now that Bucky was looking at her face.

And he didn't know what to do with it. How to process it.

He gestured vaguely at himself with the gloved hand that wasn't gripping the backpack strap. "Not injured."

Re: Life on laaaaaaaand!

[weirderthanthou]

Jesse nodded. (Still glanced down quickly, just to see for herself.)

How long was he in there? Scavenging around in the dark?

... He must be hungry. I'd be hungry.

"Do you want to grab a sandwich at my place?"

... it made sense in my head.

Re: Life on laaaaaaaand!

[shapethecentury]

A familiar place where he likely wouldn't feel like he needed to be on guard every moment? And fuel for his body.

And --

It made enough sense in Bucky's head, too. He glanced aside, at the others, at -- someone in particular (but not right at him). Then he looked at her again, and nodded. "Yeah."

Re: Life on laaaaaaaand!

[weirderthanthou]

"Cool," Jesse said, nodding. She glanced around. "I'm leaving all of this paperwork for tomorrow," she decided. "Maybe Monday. Come on."

She nodded in the direction of their apartment building.

Re: Life on laaaaaaaand!

[shapethecentury]

Bucky cast one laast covert look around.

And then he moved. Not like he was in a hurry, but... Look, he didn't want to be right here, right now.

Re: Life on laaaaaaaand!

[weirderthanthou]

That was fine and completely understandable. Jesse employed her best power walk as they left, too.

She could use a sandwich. And then maybe a nap.