from_a_distance | Happy birthday, Phil

Bucky smirks a little at Clint then at Steve leaning back on his elbows on the bed.

"You think he's gonna have a heart attack?" He asks Steve smiling spreading a little.

"I hope not," he responds with small chuckle from where he's sitting on the edge of the bed by Bucky. "That'd kind of ruin the mood."

Phil was more suspicious by Clint's coming outside to greet him than he would have been if he'd just been let in, but he didn't say as much, figuring Clint had that part figured out already.

He just arched both brows a little, patented Coulson curious look #143 as he asked: "Something going on that I should know about, Barton? Didn't set the kitchen on fire, did you?"

"When have I ever set the kitchen on fire, boss?" he retorted with a slightly nervous smile. He was pretty sure this was going to go well, but there was that very small chance that it was going to blow up in his face.

Really, that was how he liked to go about things usually, but the stakes were a little higher here than jumping off a building.

"I...uh...got you something for your birthday..."

Bucky can hear them talking and smirks a little, he moves propping his chin on Steve's shoulder a little.

"Yeah when ever EMT's have to be called, it really does kill the mood." He whispers and gives a soft laugh kissing Steve's neck.

He snorts quietly, then turns his head to kiss Bucky gently. He does hope that Phil is excited for this idea. Clint certainly seems to be and he'd hate to have it go the wrong way for him. Steve leaned back into Bucky, "Can't say I know from experience but I'll take your word for it."

"Once, but it was on purpose, that grease fire in Bruges." He shook his head then, because the detail was unimportant in the face of what had been a rhetorical question.

He nodded at the statement, "I figured that's what this was about. Should I be concerned?" Because this sort of almost-nervousness was something new from Clint, and he wasn't sure he liked it.

"Sure, if you wanna get picky." He was really trying to hide those nerves, but they did leak out a little, certainly enough for Phil to see.

"I hope not?" His eyebrows raised and he reached behind himself for the doorknob. "Just...close your eyes, okay?"

"Yeah I wouldn't know either, I'm just assuming." He laughs softly rolling his eyes a little. He returns the kiss and is getting a little handsy with Steve, but he can't really help himself.

He can hear Clint bringing Phil toward the door and pulls back from the kiss, keeping his head on Steve's shoulder smirking a little at the door.

"I doubt we're too far off," he says in amusement. He gives Bucky a 'behave' look over his shoulder that probably will just make the opposite happen but that's okay, they're technically here for that anyway. Steve shifts his attention toward the door when he hears footsteps. This is going to be interesting.

Phil's brow was still furrowed, just a little, not sure where this was going, but deciding he might as well just go with it instead of trying to figure it out before Clint was ready to tell him.

He did as requested, and closed his eyes, letting Clint lead him. He could tell almost immediately where they were going, since he knew the layout of the apartment and he couldn't say he was surprised that their destination seemed to be the bedroom.

Clint led him carefully, and once they got to the bedroom, he stood behind Phil, hands on his hips, making sure Steve and Bucky were ready before saying, "Okay. Open your eyes."

And then, after a moment's hesitation, "Happy birthday?"

Buck smiles arms still wrapped around Steve chin still on the blonds shoulder. He lets go of Steve a little and gives a slight wave. "Happy birthday Phil."

He tries to stay relaxed when the door finally opens and he smiles when he sees the men in the door, waiting for Phil to open his eyes to see them sitting there.

"Happy Birthday," he echos.

Phil blinked at the voices, because he recognized them, and once he realized that they were, in fact, coming from the people they were supposed to becoming from, it didn't take him long to figure out what was going on here.

The confusion on his face shifted to genuine surprise that then shifted briefly to suspicion and then to his usual sort of wry amusement. Mostly he was surprised by the fact that Clint was willing to share.

What he said, however was: "I can't say as anyone's tried to give me a heart attack for my birthday before. I appreciate it." And that was definitely an appreciative look he ran over both Steve and what he could see of Bucky, adding: "Though... I'm not quite sure how you expect this to go, I'm not quite as young as the rest of you. Relatively speaking, of course."

Clint watched his face with no little trepidation, looking for signs that this was not going the way he hoped. When everything seemed okay, he relaxed a little.

"Well, I kind of figured it could go however you wanted it to, so long as everybody's on board. It's your birthday, you call the shots."

Bucky nods a long with Clint and snorts a little at Phil's age comment. "Yeah birthday boy calls the shots... swear not trying to give you a heart attack.... scouts honor." He says holding up three fingers.

He can't help but lick his lips a little at the way Phil looks at both of them.

"He wa a never a Boy Scout," Steve warned, though whether that's true or just a joke might not be entirely clear given his grin. He could see Phil eyeing them and he was obviously mostly on board which helped him relax a little more. He just didn't want things to be awkward. "We figured we'd wait to iron out some details until we knew what you wanted."

"Duly noted." He replied to Steve's comment with a nod and a twitch of a smile, one that smoothed out into the same level, mostly-wry amusement again as he met each of their eyes in turn, brow arching again when he got to Clint.

"So I'm calling it." A nod to indicate that he understood that much, that they'd at least thought this partway through without him, "And you'll all follow orders here as well as you do in the field?" It was directed at all three of them, even though he was still looking at Clint.

Clint's eyes were wide as he met Phil's gaze. This was basically going as well as he could have hoped it would. He was still a little worried that, after being with Steve (and Bucky), Phil might realize that he was settling for Clint when he could have something much better, but he also really wanted to do this for Phil.

He nodded once, "Yes, sir," and smirked just a little. That part, at least, he had no hesitation on. Phil giving orders was invariably hot.

Bucky laughs a little at Steve saying he was never a Boy Scout and gives the blond a playful bite to the shoulder.

When Phil puts it like that his pupils get a little bigger and more blood starts flowing to the south.

"He's horrible at following orders in the field..." Bucky smirks a little nodding to Steve. "But I'm up for following some orders." He gives Clint and Phil a wicked grin.

If he's honest he's worried about losing Steve to one of these men, men with less scars and two human arms, and as far as he's concerned a whole lot less issues to deal with.

Bucky didn't need to worry anymore now than he did about Howard. Phil and Clint wer a safe bet because they were both already taken and Steve loved Bucky. There was no question about it.

He scoffed and shook his head at Bucky, then grins a little at Coulson, "That's because I'm usually giving them but I think I'll make do just following this time around."

Phil, for his part, wasn't worried about losing anyone and was only mostly-jokingly worried about the heart attack. Mostly he was worried about getting in the way of whatever Bucky and Steve had managed to put back together, but considering that they were both here and apparently okay with this, he wasn't going to let himself worry about that too much.

He slid an arm around Clint's waist, tugging him close even as he turned back to the pair on the bed, "If anyone has a problem at any time, even if you just need to take a breather, say so, we'll work something out. Is that clear?" He waited for agreement on all sides before the smile returned, brow arching, "Now which one of you did he ask about this first?"

Clint relaxed a little when Phil pulled him closer, leaning into the familiar warmth of him. His arm slid around Phil's shoulders as he murmured his agreement to the first question, leaving the other for Bucky or Steve to answer since it was directed toward them.

Buck gives a mock salute to Phil about the break thing and a slight nod, before his arms move back around Steve for a moment.

Bucky smirks and raises his hand, "That would be me." He says easily, "Technically he asked if he could borrow Steve... but we're a two for one kind of deal." He says easy and warm, falling more at ease with things.

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