READY OR NOT | SUNHAVEN, BAST NEEDED

[buckingham barnes]

Buckingham didn't believe that the questioning had to involve Bastilleprisoner searching through his head, unless Bastilleprisoner wasn't satisfied with Bucky's answers. Anyways, Bucky still gave the Astral Seraph a hard no back at Sunhaven's border, and if Bastilleprisoner tried to do it now- it wouldn't end well. He still doesn't have Bucky's consent until he asks the Goldenblood again, and if he were to do it without consent- who knows if Buckingham would be present anymore. "If I weren't fine with him questioning me, I wouldn't have bothered to show up." He said to Alexander, who seemed pretty neutral about the whole situation. The Ascendants member almost seemed concerned on Bucky's behalf. He kept his gaze locked on Bastilleprisoner, awaiting for questions, when he felt a little paw touch his cold, metal leg.

Breaking his gaze from Bastilleprisoner, Buckingham looked down, to see Harland mesmerized by his metal leg. "Pretty." He heard the child say, which almost made Buckingham's frown curve into a light smile. Buckingham didn't know Harland, and he was sure Harland wasn't aware of who the Ascendants are accusing Buckingham of. Harland was young, he was still an innocent child who isn't aware of how cruel the world truly is. Harland wasn't afraid to approach Buckingham, unlike his tense, older clanmates. Fuck, don't smile. Don't smile, He thought to himself as he tried to keep his face neutral, having an unbelievable soft spot for kids. And then, little Harland began to climb onto the maine coon, which Bucky made no attempts to stop him. In the tense situation, Harland was actually helping Bucky cool down- who would have thought that. Bucky stayed still as Harland climbed onto his back, and then onto his neck and head.

He felt Harland resting his forelegs and upper body on his head, right between his ears. Buckingham looked up at Harland for a moment, his lip slightly twitching as he fights the urge to lightly smile. "No." He heard Harland's sharp tone, which was certainly directed towards Alexander mentioning harm coming to Bucky. The child is worried about him, as if he's guarding Bucky from the hostile Ascendants members. "Don't worry, no harm will come to me," He said to Harland, before his gaze locked on Bastilleprisoner again, waiting for questions with Harland resting on his head.