Chapters: 3/? Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Captain America (Movies) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James “Bucky” Barnes/Clint Barton Characters: Clint Barton, James “Bucky” Barnes, Steve Rogers, Original Characters Additional Tags: Time Travel, Oblivious Clint Barton, Clint Barton Feels, Pining, Bucky Barnes has no chill, Flirty Bucky Barnes, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Unresolved Romantic Tension, Entertainer Clint Barton Summary:
Clint is sent back in time, via an alien device, to 1938. While he tries to figure out how to get back home, he takes up singing and entertaining to make ends meet and does his best to not disrupt the timeline.
Then he meets a 21 year old Bucky Barnes.
— A torch song is a sentimental love song, typically one in which the singer laments an unrequited or lost love, either where one party is oblivious to the existence of the other, where one party has moved on, or where a romantic affair has affected the relationship.
A shorter chapter but there is some serious flirting that makes up for that. Hopefully?
Time Traveler from 1919: You have a day where you honor our struggles in the Great War, the War to End All Wars?
Me: You mean World War I?
TT: Oh shit
Ok, I know this is a joke post, a tongue-in-cheek bit of a jest if you will, and I know i need to go to work in a few so my reply will not do this justices, but.
I am a member of a religious faith which predates the founding of my country. My meeting house (it’s like a church, roll with it here) is from around, let’s say like…. 1818, or so.
This is relevant because at the centennial mark when it turned 100 years, my meeting wrote a letter. In 1918.
This letter contained a lot of reflection on the role of my religious faith (pacifists) on recent world events (aHEM), and the hopes they had for the future going forward. They wrote how they were sure peace could be achieved in the future.
Because that letter was addressed to the meeting itself, but in another hundred years. We were the time travelers now.
This year was our bicentennial, and that moment when hearing the surety of the past members of the meeting that we’d put a stop to such horrific events as global warfare?
Everyone should aspire to a cat’s understanding of healthy relationships
-they are vocal about their emotional as well as physical needs (alerting you when they need affection or entertainment in addition to when they need food), demonstrating an excellent example of self care and open communication
- they can enjoy being in a space with you while you’re each doing your own thing, demonstrating the healthy boundaries and separate interests
- they also like learning about what you’re doing and being involved in your hobbies (e.g. sitting on your laptop, cuddling while you read a book or knit a scarf or play a game)
-they consistently enforce their boundaries. first with nonverbal communication, then verbal (hissing/growling), then violence (scratching/biting) when needed, demonstrating that it’s 100% appropriate to defend your bodily autonomy by any means necessary, even against those you love and depend on.
-they demonstrate the importance of ongoing consent by respecting their ability to change their mind during physical affection and stop at any point
