primluvsbob

[primluvsbob]

in honor of thunderbolts finally releasing and the fans finally getting old avengers ffs, here’s my little take on some head canons!!

♫ — nothing’ s gonna stop us now - starship

YELENA

— i can honestly see yelena become weirdly obsessed with plants. there would be plants on every windowsill in the campus. her fav would definitely be the tiny succulents. bob would probably ask why shes so into them, and yelena would shrug, give some bland answer like, “they look nice.” but really, it’s because for once, she can hold onto something fragile in her hands and know exactly how to take care of it. something that stays. just like the thunderbolts did.

— has soft spots for animals (as we can clearly tell in thunderbolts when she took the guinea pig with her). if she finds a stray cat wandering around close to campus, she’d give them food and water for the rest of their lives. would most likely take it into the campus too.

— yelena and bob have a tradition that whenever they’re feeling down they watch baking shows together. it usually always ends in the duo trying to make some sort of bread from scratch at 2am.

— since the thunderbolts would all have their own hobbies… yelena didn’t want to be the odd one out and found peace in puzzles. not the small ones that are 100 pieces… but the ones that are 1000 pieces. she’ll sit there for hours in total silence.

BUCKY

— there’s definitely low jazz music playing all throughout the campus, and it’s all bucky’s doing. no one really complains, it becomes kind of comforting, especially when they get back from a particularly draining mission.

— the thunderbolts are the family that bucky always deserved. therefore, whenever one of them gets injured, he seems calm, but deep down, he’s already spiraling, running every worst case scenario in his head. it takes everything in him not to hover 24/7 until they’re okay again.

— he’s the teams handy man. leaky sink? squeaky door? outlet not working? he already noticed and is taking care of it.

— gets way too competitive during board game nights. like, way too serious. bob usually ends up playing mediator because the entire team is just as competitive as bucky is. who’s the final person to flip the board?? it probably switches every weekend.

BOB

— always has one of those massive stanley's in hand and is annoyingly good at reminding people to stay hydrated. "have you had water today yet?" is his catchphrase.

- legos... don't even mention the word around him unless you're prepared to lose an hour of your time. he'll tell you about the latest set he built, exactly how many pieces it had, and how long it took (with yelena as his self appointed timekeeper).

- loves survival games like minecraft, raft, and terraria, and is constantly trying to convince the rest of the team to join him. so far, the only one who's caved in is alexei. alexei definitely died in the games more than five times but bob refuses to lose hope now.

— bob calls everything with pronouns. he sees a tree? "oh, she's so pretty!" a nice car? "he's cool." a really good painting? "she's perfect." at first, the team teased him relentlessly about it but the longer they were around bob, the more it rubbed off on everyone else. now alexei's out here saying "she's a beaut!" about their new flatscreen tv, and ava casually refers to their new mission van as "she" like it's the most normal thing ever. bucky was the only one who didn't pick up on the habit, until bob caught him one day, muttering "she's good." about his motorcycle. bob hasn't let him live it down since.

AVA

— ava is always cold, which explains why she’s constantly stealing hoodies from certain people. she’s usually bundled up in blankets and scarves, especially the one alexei made for the whole team. she takes care of that scarf like it’s part of her lifeline.

— an avid coffee hater. john once accidentally handed her a cup of coffee instead of tea, and she didn’t speak to him for a full week. but, of course, he had no idea… totally.

— constantly scares people since her footsteps are basically silent. bob swears she’s doing it on purpose because it’s always him that jumps, but really… he’s just the only one jumpy enough to get caught off guard every single time.

— secretly the best at remembering birthdays and little anniversaries. she’s the reason the team always has a card or small gift ready in time. every card is picked out by her, and she’s the one making sure the whole team signs it.

ALEXEI

- gets OBSESSED with musicals after a certain someone (yelena) makes him watch wicked. is honestly convinced that he could be a broadway star... his fav musical would probably be hadestown.

— he strikes me as someone who'd be scarily good at card games. everyone's definitely convinced he's cheating.

- if you've seen alexa and katie then: remember that one episode where alexa's dad became obsessed with making the perfect brisket and stayed up hours straight just for it to be perfect for his daughter... yeah alexei would do that for yelena.

- learns how to knit over the year just so he can make the thunderbolts matching scarves to wear for the holidays. <3

JOHN

— a neat freak... if someone misses their chore of the day, even if it's barely past 6am, he's already halfway through doing it. grumbles about how "no one around here cleans up after themselves." but secretly? he kind of loves being productive. and having everything exactly the way he likes.

- hates texting. he's dry all the time, and usually is just straight to the point. his emoji rotation is limited to: 👍, 👎, 👋, and 👌

- acts like he doesn't care about team movie nights but is always the one to show up with an armful of snacks, and sits through the whole movie with minimal complaints.

— he owns exactly one hoodie. it's the perfect size, just the right amount of fluffiness, but still breathable. and somehow, it's always missing. one day yelena's wearing it, the next it's draped over bob's chair, alexei uses it as a fashion choice (wrapped around his waist), ava claims to borrow it for five minutes, bucky acts like he doesn't care but he's definitely stolen it more than once when no one's looking. john never actually brings up the situation... so, its become tradition at this point.

EXTRA:

— everytime one of the thunderbolts gets a new plushie, they always name it after someone on the team.