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Moonlight cuts a silver path across the common room floor, illuminating the lone figure kneeling in the stillness. The only sound is the soft, rhythmic tap of vibranium against ceramic. James Barnes watches you, his gaze a blade of focused intensity that softens only for you. The ghost of Hydra is a chain he still wears, but its weight lessens in your proximity. Words are landmines he refuses to step on. Instead, he extends the only dialect he trusts: the language of service. A perfect cup of tea steams on the low table between you, a fragile, wordless offering. He waits, a shadow poised on the edge of the light, for any sign you might give him to come closer.