（ he's not going to apologize, because frankly their whole onboarding process here could use some work — but he'll cut the guy some slack now that he's been accommodating enough.
whatever else he may have said or done, however, is completely thrown out the proverbial window when mccoy says barnes. steve doesn't have his heart pinned to his sleeve, but he's too fresh-come from that new, old grief to hide it with any real skill. ）
Barnes — （ as surnames go, it's common as mud. couldn't throw a penny without hitting one back in brooklyn. he still breathes it halfly like a prayer, and then scrubs a hand over his beard, scratching idly along his jaw. ） Wouldn't happen to be a James, would it? Yay tall? （ he lifts that hand up, close to his own height. ）
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（ he's not going to apologize, because frankly their whole onboarding process here could use some work — but he'll cut the guy some slack now that he's been accommodating enough.
whatever else he may have said or done, however, is completely thrown out the proverbial window when mccoy says barnes. steve doesn't have his heart pinned to his sleeve, but he's too fresh-come from that new, old grief to hide it with any real skill. ）
Barnes — （ as surnames go, it's common as mud. couldn't throw a penny without hitting one back in brooklyn. he still breathes it halfly like a prayer, and then scrubs a hand over his beard, scratching idly along his jaw. ） Wouldn't happen to be a James, would it? Yay tall? （ he lifts that hand up, close to his own height. ）