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Rosaries, part 7

Ok, so Bucky and Matt are in plot absolutely traumatized and on the run, and Steve and Foggy are on the blondie support squad. Bucky and Matt are on the run, and Steve and Foggy are adjusting to life. For reference, CA:TWS was a few months ago. Stick is in this one, and I tried to make him as awful as possible.

Steve was doing patrols, trying to cover Hell's kitchen, now that he knew Daredevil would not be there anytime soon. He got a new, darker suit made by Tony and everything.

He had just stopped a mugging and was walking along rooftops across the street from Matt's apartment when he saw the guy. Old man, by the looks of it. Used the roof access and everything.

Heckin suspicious.

He crossed the street, trying to be as subtle as possible.

By the time he got there, and entered, all that was left was some cigarette smoke, and an ice cream cone wrapper.

Steve: So something weird just happened at your apartment. An old man broke in and he left an ice cream wrapper behind.

Matt: do me a favor

Matt: if you ever see him again, ignore him

Matt: dont talk to him

Matt: if he asks, you dont know me

Steve decided he was finally going to do it. He was going to talk to Fr. Lantom. One on one. He hadn't talked with Fr. Lantom since Matt started...fading. Fading from life was a good way of putting it. He called the priest, and made an appointment.

"Ah! It's good to see you, Steve. How are you doing?" Fr. Lantom asked.

"Father, I have, I guess, some concerns about one of my friends..."

"Such as?"

"I think he might be in trouble."

"Have you tried talking to him about it?"

"Not... really? He tried to kill me, than ran off to who knows where. I'm just hoping he's ok."

"Ah. Do you pray for him?" Steve nodded.

"Then that is all you can do."

"So, how are things going for you, Father?"

"Parish life is parish life. It's going well."

"Good to hear, father."

They chatted for the next hour or so, talking about Mass, differences from when Steve was a child, the things he missed.

Remembering was good.

Mike look irritated.

"Hey Jim, we got someone following us." Ah yes. That would be the source of the irritation.

"Where?"

"6 o'clock."

"Fun." Bucky casually turned around. "Doesn't look like Hydra. He's some old guy."

"Shit."

"Why?"

"Do you have a phone on you?"

"Yeah?"

"Splitting up and reconvening might be a good idea. I know this guy, he's stepping by for an unexpected visit."

"Sure."

"I'll call you by tomorrow."

"Sounds good." Bucky did plan on rejoining Mike. They had been on the road for a week or so, travelling together.

It was fantastic, not having to watch his back 24/7. Hydra would have him run solo missions, then freeze him. The last time he had a team, was...World War II. Then he had Steve, and the rest of the Howling Commandos. Pinky, Junior, Izzy.

It hadn't really hit him before, them being dead. But here he was, alive, and they were dead. Gone.

Shit.

In one-two-three out one-two-three. He could do this.

Bucky took a hard left while Mike went right. Bucky found a bench to sit on. Mike talked to the old guy.

Huh. He had a stick like Mike's. Also blind. Interesting. Jim decided that until he got a name for the old guy, he'd be Mike's grandpa. He definitely looked old enough for it.

A bus drove across the road, breaking Bucky's line of sight with Mike and his grandpa. When the bus moved, they were gone.

Bucky got a phone call a few hours later.

"Meet me behind Roy's."

"Will do." Bucky googled Roy's, and started walking.

He found Mike in the dumpster behind Roy's.

"Shit, what happened to you?" Bucky asked.

"Got into a bit of a fight. Took a few hits."

"Fuck. Let's get you out of there." Bucky grabbed Mike's arms and dragged him out. Mike winced.

Bucky gently laid him down on the pavement. "Jim-its cracked-" Mike gritted his teeth- "ribs. They just gotta-" Mike sharply inhaled- "heal."

"Well, let's at least take care of those cuts. It cant be good that you were in a dumpster and bleeding."

"Wouldn't be the first." Matt grunted.

"And I thought I couldn't make good decisions to save my life." Bucky started rummaging around in Mike's bag. "Ah. Got it."

Bucky took out cotton balls and hydrogen peroxide, and began cleaning Mike's scrapes. He then fished put some bandages, and dressed the cuts. "All better."

"Thanks."

"Ya know, we should probably get a mode of transit that isn't public."

"Like a car?"

"I was thinking motorcycle."

Mike snorted. "Mike on a bike. Sounds like something out of Dr. Seuss."

"I guess. Hey, can I ask you something?"

Mike sat up, wincing. He nodded.

"What was with the grandpa guy?"

"Just an old...friend."

"Mmmmhmmmm. Ah yes. Friend. I can tell you're full of shit."

"I'm not the only one here who is."

Bucky stared at him. Then he started laughing.

"Fair point, Mike, fair point."

"Now, are you going to help me up, or just stand there laughing until I get ran over?"

Bucky extended his (fleshy) hand to Mike, and helped him onto his feet.

"Let's find somewhere to spend the night."

They wind up taking shelter under a bridge, feasting on more granola bars and jerky Jim had on him.

Matt was pleasantly surprised. He often struggled to eat jerky, the meat being over seasoned, the plastic packaging leaving a faint residue. And that's not even getting into how long the meat is in the package.

It was still difficult to eat, but not impossible. It didn't make him gag, anyways. Which might as well be a ringing endorsement.

"You want to take first or second watch?" Jim asked.

"Second." Matt tucked into the sleeping bag, while Jim sat and stared into the night.

Later that night, they switched spots. Jim took off his prosthetic, and tucked in.

Matt was up, but tired. He had taken out some rope, thin and red, and started tying a rosary. It helped calm him, having something to focus on.

Stick showed up again. Maybe its because he got caught up in the rosary making, maybe he was slipping, maybe it's because Stick was just good at what he did.

Damn.

"Come on, Matty. They still aren't down yet."

"No. I'm busy." Matt glared, standing up, muscles tense.

"With what? Protecting that pansy ass cripple? You really are dumber than I thought."

"Fuck off."

"Nah. You're coming with me." Jim's heartbeat changed. Shit. He's waking up. Matt can't have him meet Stick.

So Matt charges him, roundhouse, back kick, right hook, but the bastard dodges those with ease, smirk on his face, and oh no Jim is up, oh no-

"Come on, Matty, the sooner you can return to your soft life with pretty boy over there, no?" Stick laughed. "Or are you going to run from him too, run from him like you're doing to those other people, like, him, what's that fatass's name...Foggy? Or that brick blondie, what was it?" Matt managed to land a hit, square in Stick's jaw.

Stick kicked Matt. And that began a trading of blows, with Matt trying to keep Stick away from Jim. And...Jim got his prosthetic arm on. And walked right up to Stick. With a walk that screamed power. A walk that would strike fear into the hearts of men.

And he caught Stick's fist.

"Mike said no, leave him alone." Jim said, voice deepening, eyes boring holes in Stick's skull.

Stick laughed. "Have fun with your guard dog then," and he jumped, hoisting himself onto the bridge above.

Matt and Jim watched him go.

"What was that Matty bit about?"

"Childhood nickname. I'd rather not talk about it."

"Oookkkkaaaayyyy." Jim continued to stare where Stick had disappeared off to.

"We really should get a motorcycle," Jim said, breaking the silence.

"We really should."

Brrriiinnngg. Brrrriiiinnng

"Hey, if you are hearing this, I, the wonderful Foggy Nelson, can't come to the phone right now. Please leave a message."

"Hey Fogs, its Matt. I haven't heard from you for a while. Please call me and let me know how you're doing. Love you."

Matt hung up his phone, and joined up with Jim. Time to buy a motorcycle.

Thanks for reading!

#rosaries #original content #matt Murdock #foggy nelson #steve rogers #bucky barnes

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willyoushareyoursoulwithme · 6 years

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things i noticed whilst watching newsies live again today

- during seize the day when Jeremy Jordan and Ben Fankhauser run offstage bc they can’t dance

- how during king of new york ben f. is shoved to the back where you cant see him and when you do see him he is very visibly counting along to the music

- SPECS DOES THE WORM ON THE TABLE IN THE BACK NEAR THE END OF KING OF NEW YORK’

- at the end of Watch What Happens (Reprise) when Les says ‘and I gotta date!’ and Davey steals his hat, Jack hits Les with his own hat, Les steals back his hat and promptly hits Jack on the chest with it

- I want to applaud the costume department for giving Katherine’s dress a little hook so she could hook the skirt to her belt for the dance solo

- how Ethan (Les) is also shoved to the back during king of new york

- when Tommy Boy is doing the pirouettes at the end of the song he does the focusing thing where you keep your eyes on one spot as long as you can and then spin your head real quick and get sight of the spot again to avoid getting dizzy and its really cool to watch because you wouldn’t notice unless you knew the trick and the above shot shows that his head is turning much slower than his body

- when jack says ‘keep your shirt on!’ to the kid in front of him just before the world will know and the kid starts pulling at his shirt as if saying something like ‘oh you want me to keep my shirt on, eh? what if I just take it off?’

- the same kid leaping clear to the other side of the stage when Les yells “LET THE MAN WORK IT OUT!”

- at the end of the world will know when they get thrown out of Pulitzer’s office and Davey is lying on the ground holding his hip like an old man

- on a similar note; Les yelling at that guard dude? inspirational? i love one (1) boy??

- at the end, during the Finale, Ben Fankhauser is visibly counting again so that he gets all the moves right

- Les sitting on Katherine’s lap during King of New York and she grabs his hands and shakes them around like you do when teaching a little kid how to do the pattycake rhyme

- when Katherine first walks into Jacobi’s to ask for an interview watch Ben Cook’s eyes bc they are all over her butt and whenever she turns to face his direction his eyes snap up to her’s but when she turns away he almost immediately goes back to staring at her butt

- during Brooklyn’ Here when Spot takes his hat off Romeo looks at him out of the corner of his eye for a second before snapping back forward like he suddenly remembers he’s not supposed to be looking

- at the beginning when Jack asks to be selling partners and Les goes ‘50/50 are you trying to pull something on a little kid” or smthn like that if you see Specs over Jack’s shoulder he’s making the ‘ooooooooooo’ face

- right after Race says ‘can’t you smell smoke?’JoJo ?? takes off his hat and hits Race with it but it isn’t onscreen so all you see is JoJo take off the hat and if you listen carefully there’s a smack and when it pans back out Race rubs his arm and JoJo puts his hat back on

- harmonies? more like I’m dead from the absolute beauty of it

- right after the kid says ‘why do old people talk?’ Elmer looks at Race, realizes he’s not supposed to know Race speaks next, looks at the floor, and looks back at Race when he says ‘to prove they’s still alive’

- Race is a never-ending optimist

- I have a rant later about King of New York don’t let me forget it

- right before Santa Fe when Jack is rolling on the ground you can vaguely see a black bowler hat and he kicks it offstage

- ELMER DANCING ON THE TABLE AT THE END OF KING OF NEW YORK

- ADORABLE

- I LOVE HIM

- anyways

- when Davey says ‘there’s no escaping us pal, we’re inevitable’ he smacks Jack on the butt with the newspaper and Jeremy’s head snapped up so fast

- what self-respecting theatre technician let him take a bucket of water onstage?

- even when sick and having literally thrown up thirty minutes before I can’t not sing/scream “POoR GuY’S hEaD iS sPiNNiNg!”

- poor Jeremy Jordan can’t dance either

- remind me to also post a rant about the color schemes

- when Snyder shows up if you look in the top right corner Race is selling/reading the pape and when he sees Snyder he swiftly walks away (he does not run, running calls attention and that is one thing he doesn’t want at that time)

- Right before watch what happens reprise all the newsies run over the set looking for Jack

- right before once and for all when everyone has candles to show that they’re walking in the dark to get to Pulitzer’s house

- during that’s rich jack sees Katherine and starts waving to her across the theatre but she either doesn’t see him or ignores him (he stands up halfway through the song to grab her attention)

- why in the world is there some Disney smoking commercial that starts this thing?

- sometimes the light shines just right and I usually don’t like blue eyes but then I see Ben Cook’s and DANG

- before Watch What Happens Reprise when Les is talking about a girl and Katherine just stares at Davey the whole time and he looks up and asks “what?’ with his eyes and she replies ‘I don’t know’ with her eyes

- Katherine’s little ‘yeeeah, okee’ after Jack says ‘can’t you see it, in my eyes?’

- how long was Jack’s ‘old man’ in his life? how recent was his death? was he a good dad? I have so many questions

- ‘do you wanna bust up your other leg?!?’ ‘no, I wanna go down.’

- the overacting in that scene kills me every time

- I pulled up newsies in a different tab bc I forgot some stuff I was gonna say abt King of New York and it started playing and it confused the heck out of me bc I could’ve sworn my Spotify wasn’t on

- #LetCrutchieSayFuck2k18

- why is Elmer the only one who puts on more clothes for Act 2

- Davey, babe, who taught you the word ‘hoedown’ (I actually have a hc I’m working on abt this) I’m literally from south and the only time I have ever said hoedown was when I was mocking my fellow southerners or when singing along to an old Hannah Montanna song

- Elmer, Romeo, why do you have a roll of cotton on your hairline like you just got a perm? That thing will not stop the blood, ok, it just makes it look like you left the hair salon early

- Albert, what is with the stick

- ‘Jack don’t run from no fight!’ ‘take it down shortstop, I’m just reportin’ the news’

- the way BTC spreads his legs just before his opening solo

- Davey looks more than confused at ‘erster.’ Les is used to hearing words he doesn’t understand, Davey is his older brother

- Romeo’s sarcastic clap when Race finishes his little solo

- why do everyone’s socks match?

- hey @ Albert and Tommy Boy, what it the purpose of your sticks with rubber stops at the bottom? they’re too short to be walking sticks and also you are a teenager why would you need a walking stick

- SPOON FIGHT!

- how many of them played spoons before they joined the cast?

- why does Jacobi have so many spoons in a box in the dining room

- Davey, why do you yell “katHERINE” during the spoon fight? was she in imminent danger? was she about to get spooned? was a boy trying to spoon out her eyeball?

- ?? Henry’s ?? face during the entire thing

- all the boy’s grabbing their crotches after Katherine picks up her leg as if they didn’t just do something harder than that a few minutes earlier

- the Katherine/Les dance battle

- when all the newsies start in on the dance battle thing? amazing? I love?

- Ben F. breathing v hard after Seize the Day while the kids next to him look barely winded

okay I think that’s all for now I’m sure I’ll come up with more later tho

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