A Very Merry Marvel Thanksgiving

[wasafreak]

Thanksgiving hadn't been something Teddy anticipated celebrating, and even now that he's here, it feels odd. Not just the fact that his jaw is wired shut and he's got a brace on his leg, but the fact that he was invited to Captain America's house and arrived to find the original Cap and Bucky and alternate universe Peggy Carter setting up a pretty impressive Thanksgiving buffet is just so surreal. Steve greets them at the door with a genuine smile and pats Billy on the shoulder and ushers them in to get drinks, and Teddy tells himself he's paranoid and Bucky isn't shooting him and Billy a sideways look warning them off of getting caught making out in any more closets, and then reminds himself that this is real life.

Kind of.

Instead of agonizing over what an appropriate tropical island equivalent of 'nice Holiday sweater' was, he let Billy dress him (also literally, see again: brace) and thinks they made the right call- the house is all warm wood craftsman, and the three heroes already there are dressed casually but nicely, and there are old photos and some pretty incredible drawings hanging up, which distract Teddy and Billy to the point of rudeness, except Steve seems all too glad to tell them stories and answer questions. Bucky chimes in to remind him of details and it's... it's maybe the coolest thing that has ever happened, other than discovering his connection to the Avengers.

It relaxes him, and Teddy types up short phrases and sentences on his iPad when he feels really compelled to contribute, keeps "Happy Thanksgiving" on his clipboard to copy and paste it when new people arrive. It doesn't take more than an hour for a pretty respectable number of people to show up, the chatter growing in volume, and even though it's been a pretty crappy couple of months, and a pretty rough couple of years, Teddy finds himself feeling pretty good.

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[onlyapassenger]

"Going pretty smoothly so far, don't you think?" says Bucky about halfway through the meal. Between the lack of fights breaking and the fact that there was still food to spare, things could be going worse.

[ihadfaith]

"It's going swimmingly," Peggy responded. She was glad to see familiar faces enjoying themselves, and not a fight so far. Even James seemed to be less down than usual, and Peggy would count that a victory. "Are you enjoying yourself?"

[onlyapassenger]

"It's an interesting mix of people," Bucky allows in lieu of a real answer, giving another glance around the room. He's got his eye on a few of them -- Stark in particular, though his knee-jerk hatred for the man's faded somewhat since they didn't kill each other a few months ago -- but for the most part, it's been a relaxed enough atmosphere.

"What about you? You did most of the work, I think, I'd hope you're at least getting some kicks from the party."