poker night

[deadthenred]

WHO: Bucky + OPEN
WHERE: Bucky's actually surprisingly nice apartment.
WHEN: Wednesday evening.
WARNINGS: The promise of manpanties.
SUMMARY: Bucky decided to have a poker game and invite… whoever wanted to show up. THIS MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN VERY SMART.
FORMAT: Tagger's choice.

Bucky wound up solving his food problem by ordering three bags of something or other stacked high with white take-out boxes from the Chinese place his neighbors were always going on about. He also made sure his apartment was spic and span. It was a remarkably tidy space: nothing interesting on the walls, no television, and now a couple orders of cashew chicken placed on a big card table in the center.

He'd bought a few decks of cards from the corner store and unwrapped one of them, flipping the cardstock between his fingers. Yeah, he was ready to play poker.

Comments

[gevurah]

I could never get into it either. Professionals like Tiger Woods are amazing but I'll look at the highlights at most. Not an avid sports fan in general.

[bests]

I'm mostly a football fan. Occasionally I'll watch basketball, but most of the time I'm too busy to sit and watch the games. Thank god for TiVo.

[gevurah]

I prefer soccer, since I used to play as a kid.

[bests]

I never could get into soccer... My family were big baseball fans, though. Red Sox.

[gevurah]

Used to play before dinner all the time. That and doing gymnastics.

[bests]

Sounds like fun.

[gevurah]

Not as much as dancing will be.

[bests]

I'm definitely looking forward to that.

[gevurah]

I haven't worn any good heels in a long time. I'm making an exception Saturday night.

[bests]

Even more to look forward to, then.

[ CAROL, STOP ALMOST-FLIRTING WITH KATE, YOUR NOTBOYFRIEND IS PROBABLY SOMEWHERE IN THE ROOM. ]

[gevurah]

[ LAJFLESJFSELK AND SHE'S MET HIM BEFORE TOO... ]

The date auction back in September? Turns out she just wanted to go shoe shopping.

[bests]

Oh, ouch.

[ ... wait. hang on. THE GEARS IN CAROL'S BRAIN ARE TURNING. ]

[gevurah]

It's alright. I would have felt weird given how young she is. A harmless date at the auction was fun.

[ Pause. ]

She also had a boyfriend for a while here.

[bests]

Well, I'm glad you had fun, even if it wasn't exactly the most preferred situation.

[gevurah]

I never found out who signed me up either.

[ IT WAS SHULKIE... ]

[bests]

You could probably do process of elimination to figure it out.

[gevurah]

Probably a friend. I can't imagine someone would have done it as a joke. [ Given she had... a good time. ]

[bests]

Oh, you never know. I know a few people who would find signing someone up for something like that funny.

[gevurah]

Did anyone you know get signed up?

[bests]

Yeah, one of my teammates was.

[gevurah]

Ah, I remember now. The husband wasn't happy?

[bests]

Not at all.

[gevurah]

Did the night end well, at least?

[bests]

It did. I got to talk and dance with a good friend which made the night infinitely better.

[gevurah]

A friend from home?