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[jasper_sitwell]

Always in the shadow of another.

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[sonofcoul]

I don't think that's as much the case as you think it is.

[jasper_sitwell]

....And now you just have to be humble, don't you, leaving me feeling like some selfish kid throwing a tantrum.

[sonofcoul]

You're not that either.

[jasper_sitwell]

Yeah, well thanks.

And alright, it's not really throwing a tantrum, but you leave footprints to follow, Phil.

[sonofcoul]

Wow, I hope not. That would make tracking me way too easy.

[jasper_sitwell]

....Dammit, Phil.

[sonofcoul]

You wouldn't be where you are if you didn't deserve to be there, Jasper.

[jasper_sitwell]

[huffs a quiet sigh] Thanks, Phil.

Heh, at least you can't pull rank on me anymore with levels, right?

[sonofcoul]

See? You found a bright side.

[jasper_sitwell]

Heh, what do you know.

................Unless you're Level 8 now........

[sonofcoul]

Wouldn't that be funny?

[jasper_sitwell]

Phil.

Phil, don't do this to me know, you just got me feeling all good about myself and now you have that ... Look on your face.

[sonofcoul]

Sorry. I'll try and can it with the Looks.

[jasper_sitwell]

I think it's impossible for you NOT to have that look. You know far too much not to have it.

[sonofcoul]

Maybe it's just my natural face.

Assuming they both survive in April...

[trainwrecked]

Some shadows're not that bad.

........why'd you have to go there oh no

[jasper_sitwell]

Depends on who's shadow you're in, and how much they've done.

When they're the #1 agent at almost everything, it gets a little hard to bear.

... just lining up the premises.

[trainwrecked]

That's a lot of resentment I'm hearing, there, Agent.

[Because Bucky being in the shadow of Steve... is not a problem. (Other than with the ladies. But Bucky can make do.)]

Re: ... just lining up the premises.

[jasper_sitwell]

Not resentful.

Just wishing things were different.

And looks who's talking, you were practically Captain America Jr. [That was possibly a bad thing to say just now, but James struck a nerve.]

[trainwrecked]

[He does that.]

[But the assassin-until-way-too-recently raises in eyebrow.]

One, if that were the case, I wouldn't've minded. Two... that may've been truth decades ago. Not in a long time.

[He shrugs the left shoulder, making his sleeve rise just enough for the metal glint slightly at the wrist.]

[jasper_sitwell]

[eyes the sleeve where the glint came from] Yeah, you went through some stuff since then.

So have I since Coulson's ... departure. Still not easy being compared to someone people consider my better.

[trainwrecked]

I'd have thought getting the job done required more focus than to think of that all of the time.

[Bucky: not a nice person anymore]

[jasper_sitwell]

Hey, I get my work done and I do a damned good job of it. [light huff]

And it's not like I walk around wondering what Coulson would do all the time.

Just ... some of the time. [looks away] With the really hard stuff.

[trainwrecked]

Hey. There's nothing wrong with admiring somebody else's work. Forget what other people say about comparing you - some people are just good at their job, even when it's your job, too.

It's all right to take example from them. And even more all right to use that knowledge and do things your way, anyway.

Right?

[jasper_sitwell]

[silence, obviously mulling this all over]

...Yes. Yeah, exactly. Build from what they taught you.