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the truth serum meme.

The Truth Serum Meme
The cliche and tired trope used to create conflict or acts of realization.

And congrats, now your character is inflicted by such a trope! Be it magic, drugs, or other means. Regardless of how, your character has lost the ability to lie or be dishonest.

Are you going to tell your childhood crush how you really feel? Or maybe tell your best friend about the double life you live? Perhaps this is a good time to admit to murder... hm.

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Characters ask you a question, you must reply truthfully.
Have fun, no lying.

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[ internally screaming ]

Did I see your children?

[ SIGHS....... ]

Yeah, yeah you did.

And your wife?

Her name's Laura. Why, you lookin' to join the family?

[ TRIES TO JOKE HIS WAY OUT OF AWKWARDLY NOT WANTING TO ANSWER......FAILS..... ]

Sorry.

[ for asking?? for having seen in the first place??? ]

You'll miss them? Being here?

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How cranky are you gonna be when you wake up and I have to tell you I realized how tangled together our minds have gotten?

[ SAM NO NOT U TOO ]

Not as much as I would've been before.

[..dammit, stop making him feel a feel, sam. ]

[ no way if he has to feel things it's only fair that clint does too. ]

Me too. I'm sorry, man. Maybe we should have noticed before it got this far, but it’s emptier without you.

[ UGH LAME ]

You say that like we would've done anything different. [ dont u lie to him sammy boy. still--] Didn't mean to leave you behind, man.

[ FEELINGS ARE FRIENDS ]

Can't even pretend like I would've done different if I'd known, so I guess that's something. I'd still decide to let you in. [ There's a little chuckle, a flash of a smile. ] Nah. I'm used to it.

[ Sam'd meant that to sound light and joking, maybe segue into teasing him about beauty sleep, but it comes out soft and pensive. It's truer than he'd like. Sam makes a face at himself, shaking it off. ] I got you until you're back.

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What brought you to the airport? [Because he doesn't really know Clint or trust him too much, but there's no denying Clint's sacrifice.

[ oh boy. there's a heaved sigh. ]

Years ago, Steve gave me a chance when nobody else would've. He didn't know me, sure as hell didn't trust me, but he didn't even hesitate. I didn't want to be part of the Avengers Initiative, y'know? Fury'd scrapped it years before, and hell, I was always better solo, but --

[ A pause, a wordless impression there at the edge of Bucky's mind. Words can't quite encompass the edge of fond respect that wells up in his chest. ]

Nat might've brought me back, but Steve put me back in the field. I owe him a debt I can never repay. So him coming to me for help? No way I'd turn him down.

[The sentiment brushing against Bucky's mind is familiar and the words much the same. Every one he's talked to that knows Steve seems to have a similar story. Steve gave them a chance when no one else would.

And, for whatever reason, Steve put all his resources into backing a broken soldier.]

What happened after the airport? [Because more guilt is totally necessary.]

[ Hell, Clint should've known this was coming. ]

We made the choice, don't blame yourself for it. [ He warns, shoving aside the need to respond that wells up. It's mostly for Sam's sake, because he'd wanted to keep it quiet. But -- still. ]

After the airport, they cuffed us and handed us over to Ross' men. We'd figured they'd hold us, or something -- but none of us expected to be drop off in a fuckin' underwater gitmo.

[ a pause, a breath. ]

Could've been a lot worse, probably would've gotten worse. Far as Ross and his guys were concerned, we weren't going anywhere. Wanda was our heavy hitter, and they kept her in a straight jacket, drugged her out of her mind. Given time, I probably could've gotten us out of our cells, but we didn't have a way off the Raft.

What if you miss?

I'm just a fraud then, aren't I? Just another guy with a bow?

[ dammit. ]

If I miss, if i'm not fast enough, then maybe somebody gets hurt. Hell, maybe somebody dies. [ Pietro. ] My team relies on my precision. They rely on me to watch their backs, and if I can't do that then I don't deserve to be on the team.

Have you ever been told that you're not just "another guy with a bow", Clint?

Let me amend that - you're more than this skill alone.

[ shadowbro.......... ]

... are you married to Sam Wilson?

[YOU SAID YOU WERE MARRIED BRUH BUT UH.]

[ Hold please, because Clint tries very hard to say yes. He can't, but he can say: ]

He's my partner.

[ NOT A LIE....just, not actually an answer. Clint you little shit. ]

[Oh my god.]

I'm --

I didn't actually know when he --

I'm sorry.

[ LAUGHING SO. HARD. ]

What for? [ head tilt, thoughtful. ] He's not that bad, and I mean, easy on the eyes too.

[ clint pls stop ]

[TMW U WISH YOU WERE BACK IN SPACE PRISON.]

For. Him... kissing me.

If I'd known, I wouldn't have let him.

[YOU'RE SO MEAN WHY ARE YOU GIVING THIS SAD MAN MORE GREY HAIR.]