Clint really doesn’t care about Bucky’s past. Steve trusts him so Clint trusts him. After all Bucky’s not the only one who’s killed people whilst brain washed. Still Bucky doesn’t understand why Clint’s not afraid of him.
Coffee buddy’s. Ex assassins need coffee at all hours of the day. Bucky can’t believe how good coffee is these days. They have actual machines and coffee shops. It’s so much better than the brown sludge they had to drink around the camp fires. Clint shows Bucky all the best shops around town. Coffee dates are an absolute staple of their relationship
Bucky dog sits Lucky when Clint goes on a mission with Nat. He hated the dog at first. He was too soft and Bucky didn’t think he was capable of looking after anything but Clint insists Bucky is the man for the job. By the end of the day Bucky and Lucky fall asleep on the sofa together. Steve takes a million photos and emails them to the whole team
On bigger group missions Clint and Bucky are the snipers. The are often positioned opposite each other so they are constantly throwing insults back and forth and keeping a tally of kill counts. Loser buys coffee for the next month and the Winner gets to chose the next netflix series to binge watch. Clint is always determined to win because Bucky choses the weirdest shows that only Steve can tolerate. It must be an old man thing.
Bucky always helps patch Clint up after a mission when Natasha is away. At first Bucky thought it was ridiculous how many injuries the archer managed to sustain. Until he realised the man was not enhanced in any way. Still he always finds the most childish plasters he can find. Partly because he thinks it’s hilarious that a grown man is covered in my little pony plasters and secondly cos it actually cheers Clint up a lot. Not to mention Natasha always threatens to shoot him when she sees the newest set of patches.
I have found a way for “we need to fake a relationship over the holidays” to work for Winterhawk.
See, Bucky’s been slowly trying to reconnect with the youngest of his sisters, Rebecca, who is now in her late 80′s and still sharp as a tack, healthy, and spry. He’s been talking to her in phone calls, and letters, and the occasional visits and Skype once he’d worked up the courage for it. Eventually she manages to talk him into visiting her and part of the extended family she has over Christmas/Hanukkah/both and he ropes Clint along ‘cause Clint is his best friend after Steve (and Steve is off with Sam) and he helps make Bucky more comfortable (plus – might as well bring Clint with since he doesn’t have a family – it’s the right thing to do).
Now Bucky had talked a lot about the other Avengers – especially Clint. And Rebecca is Very Excited to open the door and greet her long lost brother – and “his lovely boyfriend that she’s heard so much about, honestly Jimmy why did it take so long for you to bring him over to meet me. It’s not like I’m going to embarrass you on purpose or anything.” Her smile spells trouble in a way that Bucky forgot he knew and in the middle of the shock of the statement itself and how chocked up her teasing makes him Clint steps in and smooths things over and mentions that it was his fault but he’d love to see any incriminating photos of young Jimmy and hear all the best stories.
Because obviously she’s an older lady and they shouldn’t crush her happy excitement just because she got a few things wrong in her assumptions so obviously they can pretend to be a couple for a week or so it’s all good.
And, you know, if the two of them already harbored secret feelings for the other that’s just going to make it easier to pretend (tho both dread the day it ends and they won’t have the excuse to snuggle and cuddle and kiss).
As it so happens, I do have a collection of English resources bookmarked on Polish mythology and paganism because of an old Polish colleague of mine.
If you have specific questions, I would defer you to @slavicafire as not only is she Polish herself but she is quite well-versed and well-educated on the topic. You could also search her blog as she has quite a few posts on the Old Gods within the context of Poland.
Bear in mind that many of these resources speak about different regions and compare them in their analysis and quest for greater understanding of Slavic mythology and its diversity. However, some specifically address Poland.
My dear readers – feel free to add any sources that you use within the comments.
Resources
Tales by Polish Authors by Henryk Sienkiewicz, Stefan Żeromski, Adam Szymański and Wacław Sieroszewski
Wikipedia, which is highly inaccurate and encourages a black-and-white worldview.
Dmitriy Kushnir. His work is mixture of New Age, unverified information and non-Slavic beliefs that mirror his personal worldview. His works are also incredibly racist and sexist.
The Book of Veles, which is highly controversial in terms of authenticity. It is considered to be a nationalist forgery by many folks.
I hope that this gives you a good place to begin your research.
“You’re such a complete disaster.” groans the villain, scooping the unconscious hero off the sidewalk “Like, holy hell, how does anyone let you out of their sight. Stop picking fights with people you aren’t ready for.”
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