Star Anisa

pairing: Armando Aretas x Reader word count: 1,045 notes: I apologize for any typos. There are mentions of weapons (guns, knife). This kind of takes place in Bad Boys, it's a specific scene, but then it veers from that. Enjoy the read!

“Zwwaaayy- Looooo,” you sauntered up to him with an arm wrapping around his shoulder. His body tensed at the sudden contact. “I heard that Taglin is about to come into a lot of money, and I want in,” you whispered softly in his ear. 

Zway-Lo nods his head slowly, before slowly looking at you. You pat his shoulders before you take a few steps, without looking back you take your knife from its holster around your thigh and throw it precisely in between his legs. “You know how to contact me” was all you said as you walked out of the building. 

Zway-Lo: time:00:00  location: Miami Harbor 

You made it to Miami Harbor, an hour before the scheduled meeting time, scouting the place out, learning the entrances, exits, and any security. As you were scouting the loading dock, the click of a gun grabs your attention, you slowly turn your head and there he is Lee Taglin himself. “y/n hands where I can see them, I’ve heard all about you”

Your hands slowly make their way up “Good things I hope” you say with a cheeky smile. One that he didn’t take lightly to, he grabbed both your wrists placing them behind your back and zip tied them together, his gun never leaving you, as he looked away to his men giving them silent orders. 

You turned your head counting the men, clearly outnumbered you knew you’d have to wait for your opportunity to escape. Taglin turned back to you, a hand grabbing a fistful of your hair “You y/n are just what I needed to sweeten the deal, come on” he says before letting your hair go and pushing you forward. 

His gun stayed hovering behind your back, as you all walked onto the loading zone of the harbor “on your knees” he says, “and don’t do anything stupid.” Taglin left, and another man replaced him with a gun hovering behind your head. You knelt there for 20 minutes before everyone had come, you watched as people piled in, you saw Zway-Lo look at you and the men behind him, 

But one man had you enticed, he walked in carrying himself with a predator-like demeanor, intimidating to most but intriguing to you. As you analyzed him your head slowly tilted to the side, he was around 5 '10 maybe taller, his skin a deep bronze, and when you realized his physique was strong, muscular, and intense, your eyebrows raised ever so slightly. You could tell just from his haircut and the way he dressed he kept things efficient and he himself was just intimidating. 

You watched the clattering of the metal falling, and the money falling to the ground, the exchange from him and Taglin.

“This is what you get to keep” tagline said pointing at the man

“What did you say, we had a deal”

“Renegotiating, oops” Tagline said as he shrugged his shoulders and pulled out a gun pointing it at the man. Taglin’s men shifted all their guns to that one man.

“I’ll even throw in the girl,” Taglin said, as one of the men pulled you up off the ground and shoved you into the man. Your shoulder pressed against the man’s chest, his hand instinctively wrapping around your waist lightly helping you as you regained your balance. Your eyes glancing at him and then to the men behind him. Just as quickly as you high kicked one of Taglin’s men in the head, he pulled his karambit knife and finished the rest of them. “Oops” was all he said.

As Taglin was choking on his blood, the man grabbed his head “come here, look at me” the man pressed the gun to Taglin’s head and boom “ I don’t renegotiate” he said before he dropped the body and stood up. He looked at you, his eyes scanning you. He whistled to one of his men, he whispered something into his ear. His henchmen then lightly guided you to the empty space outside of the loading zone. 

You stood there with his henchmen, overhearing the mumbles from the others, you stared up at the stars awaiting his return. You heard his boots as they clunked against the pavement “leave us” he said to the henchmen. You looked at the man, a gulp falling down your throat, up close he was even more handsome, his facial features are sharp, symmetrical, and his strong jawline framed with his groomed goatee, and his freshly cut hair.

He watches you analyze him and says nothing, he walks behind you, and you feel the heat of his body radiating against yours, his height overbearing you. “Relax” was all he said “What’s your name?” you ask ,as he cut the zip ties that bound your wrists together. “Armando Aretas” he says, placing his knife back into his holster.

You turn around facing him, eyebrows furrowed. “Aretas? Isabel never told me she had a son” You look up at him, his eyes returning the confusion, neither of you says anything just looking at each other, gauging the other.

“How do you know my mother?” He breaks the silence. The wind from the sea breezes against your skin, goosebumps forming on your arms. 

“She does business with my father, I’m Y/N Ramirez" you say shivering, using your hands you run your arms, hoping the friction warms you up. He notices, and starts guiding you back into the harbor building. “Stay here,” he says. He leaves you instructing each of his henchmen. You watched as a few more of his men appeared and disappeared as they carried the bodies out. 

The clunking of Armando’s boots catches your attention as he approaches you. “Come with me” was all he said to you before walking past you expecting you to follow him. 

And you did, you stayed a few steps behind him, the gravel crunching against each step you both took. He stopped in front of a motorcycle, and he grabbed his jacket, holding it open for you. You slid your arms through. “Where are we going? You asked. “Somewhere we can talk in private,” he says as he zips you up, he places his helmet on you, before grabbing a spare and placing that one on himself.

to be continued...

Hi everyone, just wanted to give you a quick update, I will be focusing on finishing Recon is what we're calling it! It will be 10 parts exactly and hopefully around 1-3K word count! I appreciate all patience that has come with this series. While I focus on writing the last few parts, please send in any requests!

pairing: Armando Aretas x Reader word count: 3.2 K notes: This follows the events of Bad Boys Ride or Die, a few things I changed but generally that's the idea of this. Can be considered the part 2 of this. can be read separately. I apologize for any typos! Enjoy!

“Waaiiittt!” You yelled as you lightly jogged onto the helicopter. You bent over, hands on your knees as you tried to catch your breath. Mike was standing in front of Armando’s miniature cell, and Marcus was seated. They all looked over at you, as you made your way to them.

“Y/N to what do we owe the pleasure, coming to see your husband get to Miami safely” Marcus says to you chuckling to himself as he gets up and gives you a slight hug.

“Very funny, but Lockwood said I needed to be here, I cleared it with Rita, she has me making sure no funny business happens” you say as you move to give Mike a slight hug. 

“Hi Armando, It’s nice to officially meet you. I'm Y/N I’m sorry I never introduced myself to you properly.”

He didn’t say anything, just looked you up and down and gave you a slight smile and a little wave of his hand. He watched you as you took a seat next to Marcus and clicked your belt together. After what seemed to be 20 minutes Marcus had gotten out of his seat.

“What’s up” Mike said, and when Marcus didn’t respond Mike looked at you. You just shrugged your shoulders and started to follow Marcus towards the cockpit.

“Everything alright?” you asked. Just as you were about to tap on his shoulder, the door flung open, knocking you and Marcus to the side. As you got up you heard gunshots and crouched down, arms over your head as you made your way behind the door.

As the plane started going down Mike and Marcus were busy fighting off the people shooting, and you looked back at Armando walking towards him. The helicopter jolted, knocking you off your feet.

“Argh fuck, Mando are you okay?”

Just as you were about to get up your body jolted again and you were being thrown around the helicopter somehow your body made its way into the cockpit.

Everything happened so fast suddenly Armando's prison transport was released and Mike and Marcus were holding on to the rope trying to prevent him from falling out of the helicopter. 

You stayed in the cockpit looking back at them. “Fuck I don’t know how to fly a helicopter”

The pilot was dead so you moved his body to the back, and tried to gain control. Just as you were looking around, pressing buttons and flipping switches, Armando appeared in the seat next to you, Mike and Marcus standing behind you two.

“Grab the stick!” Armando tells you.

Marcus looks at him and says “Where the hell you learn how to fly” 

“I’m a drug dealer, man. To the Right!” Armando says.

You do as he says and grab the stick going to the right. You both “land” the helicopter into a swamp. By the time you made it to the surface, you saw the lingering ripples of where they ended up.

You weren’t the best swimmer and by the time you made it to them it was very tense. Armando saw you in his peripherals as you made it out of the water and as you slowly approached them he said

“Lose your phones, you keep up with me, or I leave you in the dirt. You’re in my world now.”

Armando walks away from the two men and moves towards you offering you a hand as helps you up the mounds of dirt. 

“Toss your phone,” he says to you. You immediately grabbed your phone out of your pocket and threw it into the water. He looked down at you with a faint smile, impressed with how quickly you listened to him, just as he looked over you he quickly looked back up into your eyes, eyebrows slightly raised. 

You squint your eyes at him “What?” you say confused. He says nothing, before he grabs the zipper of your jacket, attaching it to the other side and zipping it up just above your chest. “I can tell you’re cold” he smirked

“It’s nothing you haven’t seen before” You say tilting your head, keeping eye contact with him as you squint your eyes.

He chuckles softly and says “and It won’t be the last time either mami” 

Meanwhile with Mike and Marcus, the two men looking over at this exchange with you and Armando.

“Did you just see that Mike?” Marcus says, hitting him in the arm.

“Yea I saw that Marcus I’m standing right next to you”

“You see that, you see that look on his face”

“He’s smilin, got that first crush look in his eyes”

“Your boy used to stab people in the neck, shoot them in the face and now look at him zipping up her jacket it like he some kinda gentleman”

“We gotta stop them Mike, before he goes and breaks y/n heart”

“Nah, y/n got him wrapped around her finger, look at her. They both exactly where they want to be”

Armando’s hand brushes against yours, his fingers hooking gently around yours “come on,” he says softly, already moving forward “we gotta go.” Armando looks over his shoulder, at Mike and Marcus, a sharp tilt of his chin, and the two men start jogging their way to you two.

Armando had taken the lead, making sure you were always by his side or right behind him. The speed walking turned into jogging and before you knew it the sun started to go down. Armando was quick to get a fire started while there was some daylight.

With the sun completely set, you, Mike and Marcus sat around the fire as Armando had walked away to collect more logs. Your gaze lingered on him as he walked away.

Marcus was grinning before he even said a word “ I can’t believe it, you can’t even keep your eyes off him, can you?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about” You say, rolling your eyes, looking back at the fire.

Marcus mockingly gasps and says “Oh really? You look at him like he the only man left on earth."

“Marcus, leave her alone…” Mike mutters to Marcus nudging him with his elbow.

“But uh what is going on between you and my son? Mike asks. 

“You two really want to have that conversation right now? When were fugitives on the run?” you looked between the two men in disbelief. 

Just before either Mike or Marcus could respond to you, Armando drops a few logs by the fire.

“Conversation about what” he asks. 

You, Mike and Marcus all freeze for a second, looking at each other.

“Oh, you know, we was talking about the stars, they look very starry tonight.” Marcus says as everyone looks up at the the stars

“Yea. The stars, very starry” Mike says as he narrows his eyes at Marcus.

Armando looks at the stars briefly “ Right. The stars” and his gaze lowers straight down to you, as he moves to sit beside you. The crickets and the crackling of the fire, dozed you into a short slumber. 

You heard the murmurs of the three men talking, and then you heard their bodies move. By the time you were fully conscious Armando said “ Ya’ll are some terrible fucking fugitives” and you finally opened your eyes, squinting up at all three men, Marcus was grinning and Mike was staring at him in disbelief.

Armando looked down at you nudging your foot with his gently, directing your attention to him. “You coming mami, we gotta get moving” he says as he holds out his hand. You placed your hand in his as he tugged lightly, helping you off the ground and back on your feet. 

The four of you continued on your way during the night, and as the sun rose you stumbled upon

a small trailer park. All of you knelt down to hide behind the metal sheet fence. Armando’s hand found yours, and without a word he guided you behind him through the trailer park. His steps were careful and deliberate as you two crouched behind a truck. He scanned the area before grabbing a change of clothes for the two of you, as he kept watch, you changed. Now wearing jean shorts, and a haltered flannel. 

You two watched as Mike and Marcus were confronted by two other men, Marcus claiming those clothes are his. 

You and Armando quietly got into the truck and crouched down as much as possible, on the seat there was a cowboy hat that you placed on your head. He glanced up from the wires smirking at you.

“What you don’t like,” you say as you glance from him back to where Mike and Marcus are.

“That’s cute mami…you care what I think” he says as he continues to work on lighting the ignition. You take the hat off your head and place it onto his, your eyes locked on him as you watch him tap the two wires together.

“You look good as a cowboy” you say tilting your head to the side getting a better look at him. His eyes meet yours and he says.

“Oh yea? I can teach you how to ride”

“You think I don’t know how?”

“Always full of surprises, aren’t you mamita” he gives the wires one last tap, and the engine roared. He looked at you before tapping the seat next to him "But if I remember correctly, I was the one doing all the work last time, no?"and before you could respond he slammed on the gas barreling straight toward Mike and Marcus.

With their perfect timing, they jumped into the back of the truck, and before the two other men could react, Armando was already pulling out of the trailer park.

There wasn’t a lot of space inside the truck, all four of you squeezing together shoulder to shoulder. Armando had one hand on the steering wheel and the other was resting behind you along the seat. mid-drive he had hoisted your legs to rest on top of his thighs.

You didn’t say anything, just looked up at him, and he didn’t say anything either, just kept driving. This small interaction didn’t go unnoticed by Mike and Marcus of course, as Marcus kept nudging Mike as his eyes widened. 

“You see that shit Mike” Marcus whispered to him. “ Stop talking Marcus,” Mike said with a strained voice.

The long drive lulled you to sleep and your head naturally fell onto Armando’s shoulder. 

You felt the vibration of his voice when he started talking. Asking Mike questions about his mother. Instead of interjecting you decided that sleeping or pretending to be asleep was the best decision during this situation so that’s what you did. 

The eventual halt of the truck woke you up as you opened your eyes and saw the steam come from under the hood. You picked your head off of his shoulder and looked around.

“The Pony’s about two miles from here.” Mike said, and off you all went walking to The Pony.

The Pony was lively, the strippers were dancing, money was being thrown, and the music was beating throughout the building. As you all made it through to the back of the club, Tabitha was there with her girls giving them a rundown.

A few of the girls left as Mike and Marcus sat next to her. You leaned against the back of the chair that Armando sat on, watching the exchange between Mike, Marcus and Tabitha. 

To your right you noticed a stripper taking interest in Armando, as she waved at him. As you were about to move to the other side, his hand slid around your waist, guiding you down onto his lap. He tilted his head toward the seat, and you settled against him. You felt the warmth of his body and how he draped his arm loosely around your waist. 

The exchange between them didn’t go well as Mike and Marcus stood up to leave, Tabitha pulled her gun out pointing it at Mike.

“There’s a $5 million bounty on your head. I need that money. I was just stalling” she said

Just then three men entered the room, guns in their hands “Get the fuck up, the bounty is dead or alive don’t be stupid” one of them said.

As you and Armando stood up, he kept an arm around your waist, putting you in front of him as you both walked through. You four followed behind the men, and made your way to a van.

A car suddenly pulled up, windows down and people started shooting. You all were quick and took cover on the side of the van. Armando opening the door as you all kept low and got into the back.

Mike and Marcus made their way into the front seats of the van as you and Armando laid down in the back leaning against the empty cardboard boxes. As Marcus drove away, The van caught fire from the outside and made its way in, Armando caught fire first, and you were quick to pat the flames off of him, as the heat rose you both quickly realized that the boxes had caught fire as well.

“Mando the door!” You yell, he slams his boots against the back doors of the van, forcing them open, and kicks the flaming boxes out. The van swayed as it took a sharp turn, slamming the doors shut, but the fire continued to consume the van and that’s when Marcus yelled “Everybody out!”

As the van continued to roll, Armando slid the side door open, and everyone jumped out landing on the sidewalk. As the van exploded, you all ran as fast as you could away from the scene. 

Finally making it to Dorn’s houseboat. Mike pulled Armando aside telling him to “Just wait out here for a second, let me talk to them first.”

Marcus laughed as he added in “Don’t worry your little girlfriend here can keep you company" and so Mike and Marcus made their way to the front door banging on it like they owned the place.

"I can’t wait to go inside, finally take a shower" you say as you stretch your body. You turn to look over at Armando as he looked out to the water.

"Hey are you okay? Your forehead.” You say as you reach up pushing his hat up slightly grazing over the cut on his head.

“I’m fine,” he says, moving his head away from you. You grabbed his chin, turning his face back towards you.

“Let me see it Arman, it’s bleeding”

“You like calling me everything but my actual name” he says as he chuckles under his breath standing there as you check out the cut.

“I'm sorry, are the nicknames okay with you? Your hand dropped from his forehead grazing his face down to his jaw.

He leans in slightly, hands grazing near your waist and says “call me anything you like mi reina. It sounds better coming from you anyways.”

“Is that so? Then how about stubborn because you won't stop moving your head” you say as your hands made their way behind his neck, his hands now firm around your waist. You both stare into each other's eyes, trying to read the other. You take one hand and graze over the cut on his forehead again.

“I’ll get it cleaned up when we get inside. Let me see what's taking them so long” you said softly almost like you were talking to yourself.

“Always taking care of me mami, thank you” he leans in and gives you a soft kiss on the cheek, he grabs your hand leading you both to the door. He grabs the handle for you and you entered the house boat.

You noticed that Dorn was shirtless and right next to him was Kelly, in a silk robe. Two and two clicked together suddenly you were shouting

"Ha! I knew you two were together!"

"Wait you knew?" Dorn asked, hands on his hips in disbelief.

"Of course I knew, I’ve worked with you both for way too long. To not notice" you say

Just then Armando barges inside. Kelly immediately pulls out her gun pointing it at him.  You and Mike quickly place yourselves in front of Armando.

“Hey Kelly, he’s with us, this is my son Armando ” Mike Says 

"I know who he is, that's why he can't be here." Kelly states.

“Put the gun down Kelly, I trust him.” You say placing your hand on top of her gun slowly pressing it down.

“Hey, how about- can I have a second with her please” Dorn says before pulling kelly to the other side of the house boat.

You turn towards Armando, pulling him inside the kitchen area, you place a hand on Mikes shoulder “Let me talk to him”

Mike put his hand up in defense and said “alright, you go handle your man”

Mike and Marcus sat on the couch watching as Dorn and Kelly, and you and Armando talk to each other.

“What’s her problem, pulling a gun on me” Armando said pointing at Kelly, his eyes sharp.

“I was going back outside to get you, if you just waited for me” you said, opening the fridge, grabbing a beer and twisting it open.

“Sorry mami, waiting isn’t my style” he says as leans against the counter.

“Not even for me” you teased, holding the beer out to him. He took it, hands lingering on yours for a moment longer than it needed to be. 

“For you…I might just make an exception.” he says, his gaze locking on you as you crouched down to grab the first aid kit from under the sink.

“Might? Then I might as well see if Rafe is around, he’s a guarantee" you say arching an eyebrow at him.

“I’m not the jealous type mi amor you’re gonna have to do better than that” he said, somehow his voice got deeper, confident. 

“Maybe not jealous Mando, but you are possessive…Now sit down so I can clean up the cut on your head” and he sat down with no hesitation, never breaking eye contact.

One of your hands held the back of his head, while the other cleaned the cut. His gaze drifted from your concentrated face slowly down to your chest, and you raised a finger under his chin, forcing him to look back up at you.

“Don’t move.” you said, and he sat there a smirk plastered on his face as he looked up at you.

Meanwhile with Mike and Marcus…

Mike’s jaw dropped slightly, as he nudged Marcus with his elbow “iI told you Marcus, she got him wrapped around her finger, look at them”

Marcus leaned back against the couch shaking his head with a smirk. “Uh huh I see it, now that’s definitely not just first aid.”

“Well that explains why she was so quick to defend him” Kelly said, arms crossed, raising an eyebrow.

“Since when did they become a thing?” Dorn asked, tilting his head as he watched you two.

“They’ve been doing this the whole time, like it’s completely normal” Marcus said.

pairing: Armando Aretas x Reader word count: 1.2 K notes: I watched Bad Boys Ride or Die recently and Armando Aretas now has me in a chokehold. Jacob Scipio is so fine, I want to see him in more movies.

“Gunshot wound upper chest!”

“We need medical!”

Mike’s voice was heard, and you came rushing in taking control of the situation. You took his shirt off, applied pressure to his wound with one hand as the other grabbed the materials necessary. Once he was stable you quickly tended to Marcus and Mike.

You were a part of AMMO’s very own special medical team. You were generally close to Mike and Marcus, you’ve tended to their wounds before and you’ve heard stories about them through Rita. 

You were picked mainly because you had extensive undercover work and especially because of your efficiency during stressful situations, always making the best call and saving everyone because of it. You’d seen Armando once when you were undercover in passing, never spoke to him, never got the chance to before they pulled you out.

You were closest to Kelly, and by extension Dorn. You knew they were going to be together before they did. You were trained as any ammo officer needed to be and although you rarely used it you always trained with Kelly whenever she needed someone to spar with.

You went to the hospital to check on everyone, bring in flowers, and get well soon balloons. You even got Armando a small stuffed bear to keep him company.

When you entered his hospital room, he was handcuffed to the bed, asleep. 

“Hey Armando, it’s me again Y/N just checking in on you.”

You whispered, you took a seat in the chair that was left near his bed.

“I got you this little stuffed bear, I’ve named him Mr. Grumpy, kind of fitting I think, you’ll see when you wake up”

You just sat there talking to him about your day, eventually you pulled out a small book and began reading to him softly. Once visiting hours ended you made sure Armando had his blanket tucked in and rearranged the gifts you brought in.

“Goodbye Arman I’ll see you again tomorrow”

You never got to see Armando after that day. You were called onto a mission with Rafe, it went south and you were the one in the hospital. You were there for a few weeks possibly months, you jumped in front of Rafe and got sliced right in the back, and an explosion from who knows where knocked you both unconscious.

Everyone from AMMO visited you, and Mike was the last to leave you.

“In case you were wondering, he’s in prison now.”

You just smiled before closing your eyes and dosing off to sleep.

By the time you made a full recovery you had a gnarly scar down the side of your back, and were cleared to go back to AMMO. Which also happened to be the exact time that Captain Howard was being framed.

You’ve heard lingering opinions on the situation at hand but you would back up Mike and Marcus no matter what. When you found out that Armando had been attacked you decided that it would be best to use your undercover work to the best of your abilities.

You disguised yourself in a wig, sunglasses and trench coat. Soft heels clicking against the cement. You pulled your glasses down the nose of your bridge.

“I have a conjugal visit with Aretas”

You said to the guards. They looked at each other and back at you.

“Aretas isn’t authorized for that”

“I have clearance”

And suddenly they buzzed you in. To your surprise they didn’t check you, they just placed you in a room with a singular bed against a wall. You sat down at the edge of the bed, legs crossed waiting. You noticed they had a small chair and a clock above it and at just the right angle you can see the red dot shine from it. They had a camera to make sure you were going to do your job. When they brought Armando in, you immediately got up, throwing your arms around his neck.

“Arman I’ve missed you”

You brought yourself as close to his ear as possible and said very faintly

“I’m with Mike, play along, camera in clock that doesn’t tick.”

Just like that his arms were wrapped tightly around your lower back, and he placed his head into your neck. You glanced up over his shoulder to the two security guards, who gave you a hand signal towards the bed, before they closed the door. 

As soon as that door shut you slid your hands from around his neck, down to his chest before giving him a small peck on his cheek. You grabbed his hand and walked him to the edge of the bed, you playfully pushed him onto the bed and he sat there looking up at you. 

“It’s been too long Mando, I need you now” you say aloud

“Mi reina, you know better than to test me”

He placed his hands on the back of your thighs, and you leaned down to his ear.

“Mike sent me, we’re transferring you to Miami, they think I’m here to kill you, take my coat off”

He slid his hands from the back of your thighs to your stomach and untied the knot to your trench coat, and to your surprise when he slid it off your body he kept eye contact with you. You wore a deep red lace lingerie corset, with a matching garter and socks. 

“All of this for me mami”

He says before he shuffles his way up the head of the bed, leaning against the pillow. And you slowly crawled your way on top of him. You straddled his hips as you bent down to his ear once more.

“Trust no one, only Mike and Marcus. We've got 10 minutes, make it look real.”

And that’s what he did. He flipped you two over and arranged the blanket on top of the both of you. From the camera's perspective it just looked like you two were having an aggressively great time. Your hands were up against the wall as the motion from the blanket on top of you two was moving with each “thrust”

If they were watching the security footage, and listening in, all they would hear is your moans, and his groans.

“Just like that Mando!”

“Right there Arman! Right there!”

The banging of the door meant that you had a few minutes left. You sat at the edge of the bed as he picked your coat off the ground and draped it over you. You felt under the pillow and grabbed the shiv that the security guards had placed for you, putting it in your pocket.

You fixed your hair and coat. And the security guards swung the door open.

“ Sorry boys, we got carried away”

You gave Armando a kiss on the lips before giving him one last embrace and whispering in his ear 

“I’ll see you in Miami”

You gave him a wink, before one of the security guards went to pat him down. As you were escorted out, you looked at that security guard

“I got caught up in the moment, I’ll be back tomorrow to finish the job”

You grabbed the security guard's hand and placed the shiv in his palm before he wrapped his fingers around it and hid it.

pairing: BuckyBarnes x Avengers!Reader word count: 1.6 K | part.1 | part.2 | part.3 | part.4 | part.5 |

WEDNESDAY - DAY 3

Bucky let himself watch you sleep, it was peaceful. He lingered there for a few minutes before he turned his head looking for the time. 7:00 AM, as he looked back at you, he slowly made his way out of the bed, arranging the blankets gently, and made his way into the bathroom.

As soon as you heard the click of the door you opened your eyes, blinking a few times you were in slight disbelief, you had just slept in bed with Bucky Barnes. You placed your hand where his previously was and felt a weight in your chest wishing it could be like this every night.

But as you heard him shuffling in the bathroom you reality hits that you must remain professional. You breathe in a heavy breath and exhale slowly. You sat up from the bed and stretched your arms up to the ceiling. You began to make the bed, the sound of the bathroom door creaking slowly opened and Bucky was there ruffling a towel through his hair as he looked up.

When he saw that you were awake he stopped what he was doing, placing the small towel over his shoulder and making his way to his side of the bed and helping you finish placing the comfort evenly.

“Morning”

You said softly as to not startle him

Bucky gave you his signature awkward smile 

“Morning”

No other words were exchanged, he just went into the kitchen as you went into the bathroom. 

Bucky already had your breakfast on the table, along with a steaming hot mug of coffee. He waited for you to start eating. And the sounds of the cutlery clinking against the plates filled the silent morning air. Bucky had finished before you, so he sat there slowly sipping away at his coffee.

Once you had finished you cleared the table before Bucky could say a word. As you washed the dishes, Bucky stood next to you drying them and putting them away.

“I can finish up, get dressed”

Is all he said to you. And so that’s what you did, you rummaged through your bag and changed in the bathroom. By the time you had finished Bucky was by the front door holding your purse waiting for you.

“And where exactly are we going?” You questioned. As you put on your shoes.

“There’s a small store a few miles down.”

Nothing else was said before Bucky opened the door for you. When you walked out the bright sun reflected off the snow, it was almost magical how stagnant everything seemed at the moment.

“Car’s already warmed up”

Bucky says as he starts locking up the cabin. You watched him before a gust of cold wind pushed you inside the warm car.

By the time you had settled in Bucky had finished securing the cabin and you both were on your way.

“Radio said that now’s the best time to stock up on anything, blizzard’s gonna hit in the evening”

“Always on top of things aren’t ya Barnes”

Bucky didn’t respond, just glanced at you with one of his awkward smiles, and that was enough of a response for you.

As soon as Bucky parked, and turned off the car he was quick to open the door for you. The small store was cute and convenient. It was generally barren and you were surprised it was even open. Bucky grabbed a small basket when you both had entered, the store owner greeting you both kindly. It was a nice elderly lady sitting on a chair near the cash register.

You walked aimlessly behind Bucky, everything you were about to grab he had gotten before you and placed it into the basket, no questions asked. You just hummed along to the soft music playing throughout the store. Bucky had placed the basket on the counter.

“Firewood?” Bucky asked

“In the back”

As Bucky walked towards the back of the store you started to unload the basket as the elderly lady started scanning all the items.

“Your husband is very tentative, you’re very lucky not many men like him around”

You were taken aback by the sudden comment, so you just smiled and nodded your head with a slight laugh.

“ Yes he is, he knows all my favorites”

“How long have you two been together”

“Almost 8 years, our anniversary is this weekend”

“Well congratulations, hopefully you can make the best out of this snow storm, you two should hurry back. The snow is unpredictable around this time of the year.”

Bucky had placed the stacks of firewood on the counter. His hand gently placed at the small of your back guiding you towards the other side of the counter as he paid.

You both thanked the store owner once more before leaving the store. You tried to grab the plastic bags off of the counter but Bucky had grabbed them all. He had the plastic bags in one hand and the stacks of wood in the other. He still opened your door first, before placing everything into the trunk.

On the drive back you noticed that Bucky never asked you to drive, albeit you never offered either.

“I can drive you know”

You say breaking the silence.

“I know, but you don’t like to drive”

“How do you know that?”

“You told Joaquin that the only time you should drive is when you don’t have to abide by the laws…and we’re not chasing anyone, so I’m driving”

Bucky says as he taps his fingers against the steering wheel. A few minutes later Bucky turns on the hazard lights and pulls up to the shoulder of the road.

“Would you like to drive?”

He asks you. You turn to him as you smile brightly before saying yes. He steps out the car, opening your door like always and watches as you sit yourself into the driver's seat. The height difference between you and Bucky is significant enough for you to adjust the seat forward, and change the mirrors so you can get a better view.

Once you’re satisfied you start driving. You were about 15 minutes away from the cabin, Bucky watched you as you enjoyed the windy roads, the side of his lips moving ever so slightly upward as he watched the excitement light up in your eyes. You were so caught up in the driving you didn’t even notice his stare.

By the time you made it back to the cabin the snow and wind had gotten heavier, you both settled back into the cabin with a small silent routine, but this time you cooked. Bucky had set up the fireplace and made sure you had everything you needed before settling on the couch finishing his book.

The crackling of the fire was soothing but you tried to see if any of the radio stations had any music playing, creating the perfect ambience for the meal you’re about to prepare. 

The sound of you chopping, the pan sizzling, and the light hum of the vent fan is what accompanied the music. You two enjoyed each other’s presence without saying a word to each other. You set the table, plated each dish and tapped him on the shoulder when you were finished.

“So what do you think” you say before taking another bite.

“It’s great, thank you”

“Oh come on Barnes, give it a real critique”

“I’m being honest, it’s great we’ve been married 8 years what’s not to love” he says slightly chuckling

“You heard that?”

“Every word.”

“Well being married to me ain’t so bad”

“I’ve never complained Doll” 

You squint your eyes at him, not sure what he’s trying to play here but he nonchalantly just eats his food and watches the fire burn. 

He cleaned everything up, telling you to relax since you cooked. You two just spent the next few hours on the couch reading books in front of the fireplace. Occasionally either one of you would get up and prepare a snack, or grab a drink settling right back into your respected place on the couch.

Eventually you decided to stretch and walk around the cabin, looking for anything else to do.

“You wanna update me on the mission now”

“Only thing we need to do regarding the mission is to wait for the storm to pass”

“You’re not gonna tell me what it is I’m doing here?”

“Right now you’re standing in a cabin that’s snowed in, on a Tuesday not much you can do at the moment doll”

Bucky closes his book, before placing it on the table, and walks up towards you. He looks down into your eyes.

“Let’s finish that puzzle from yesterday”

That’s all he says before kneeling down to open one of the cupboards and grabs the puzzle box. As you two finished that, you decided to workout, doing calisthenics while Bucky decided to clean his gear, accounting for everything he had and preparing it. 

As you finish a set of push-ups you look over at him. He was handling one of the many knives he owned.

“You should teach me that knife thing”

You say hands on your hips, head gesturing to the knife in his hand.

“The knife thing?”

“The flippy thing you do with the knife…I’ve seen you do it all the time”

“Flippy thing…never heard that before.”

“Knife flip thing whatever you call it, will you teach me?”

“I’ll teach you tomorrow”

“Promise?”

“Yes, I promise.”

You went back to working out, finishing with some stretches, you told him you were going to shower first, and he just hummed an okay back to you. 

To be continued…

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pairing: AU? Brandon Carver x reader word count: 550 notes: suggestive? pg-13 i think? innuendos? I don't really know but stop reading if it makes you uncomfortable. a/n: I am an Alex Meraz fan, and I didn't finish TWD. Tbh I am a Daryl Dixon girl through and through, but when I found out that Alex Meraz was in TWD I had to write something for him.

Your hair bounced as you took each powerful step, your full length leather jacket flowed as you kept a steady space, and your heels echoed throughout the hotel lobby. Glasses kept their place on the bridge of your nose, and a briefcase in your hand. 

Your mission was simple, Brandon Carver. Also known as Carve, a member of the Reapers, and most importantly Leah Shaw’s right hand man. Now it wasn’t the easiest mission, he never talked about the Reapers, just used any pent up aggression on you, in the best way possible.

You weren’t complaining the man was well endowed, and you liked it rough. He used rope, handcuffs, and just pure stamina and strength. By the time he finished with you, you were exhausted, you were just lucky enough that you became his regular, and slowly but surely he was breaking.

The last time you visited him he let you stay the night. Now that you broke the first wall with him, you just needed to keep chipping at him until he decided to let you in.

You made it up to the 50th floor, and his security guards cleared you, but before they opened the door for you one of them said.

“He’s instructed for you to join him in the master bath”

“Thank you-” you paused slowly, pulled down your glasses and read James on his name tag. 

“Thank you James” 

You grabbed a folded up $20 from the inside of your jacket and placed it in his suit pocket, giving it a few taps before he opened the door for you.

When you entered the room, the lights were dimmed, you took your heels off placing them next to his loafers, you removed your jacket placing it on the backside of a chair, and then you finally placed the briefcase on one of the bedside tables.

You made your way to the bathroom, the sound of the shower running got louder as you got closer. The door wasn’t fully closed, so you slowly pushed it open.

“Mr. Carver, you requested I join you in the shower tonight?”

When the door was fully opened you saw him through the glass shower door, his back towards you as he was washing his hair. When he heard your voice he turned around.

“Perfect your just in time to finish me up”

He opened the shower door for you, and watched you as you took each article of clothing off slowly, one by one.

“If I had known Mr. Carver, I would have dressed for the occasion” 

“Nonsense you’ll be wearing your sexist outfit”

He held out a hand for you, before pulling you in against him. He grabbed your chin forcing you to look up at him.

“I’ve had a very hard day today, the last thing I need is for you to be a brat, do you understand”

“Yes Mr. Carver I understand”

“Good, now finish what I started”

He let go of your chin before grabbing your waist and pulling you taut to his body. He slowly bent down to his knees, and you threaded your fingers through his hair, massaging his scalp. He leaned his head against your stomach, as you washed his hair. 

He groaned in relaxation and pleasure. 

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pairing: tfatws!Bucky Barnes x reader word count: 5.7K notes: This takes place during episodes 4-5 of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, uses she/her, Nova is just a nickname like a hero name. I apologize for any typos!

Ayo had taken you to their Wakandan aircraft. Shuri was inside, surrounded by various forms of technology, working her magic as she pressed her fingers against the holograms. Wakanda has always amazed you, always going above and beyond. You were lucky that you got to spend some years with them. 

“You have been traveling a lot” Shuri said as she continued working

“How do you always find me?”

“Wherever Bucky is, that’s where you’ll be, come on everyone knows that”

“Alright, alright so what was so important that you had Ayo come get me”

Shuri had put away whatever she was working on and took you to a different room. The hologram she showed you was a scan of your body, and as she moved her fingers, it zoomed in and you saw what seemed to be cells.

“As you know, the serum was made to permanently enhance the body and the mind it works on a cellular and a genetic level to optimize human performance, but you see this…”

Shuri zooms in further

“This is where the serum lies dormant inside you, it’s those teeny tiny particles, very small but extremely powerful. Considering the amount they injected to save you, while you were cryogenically frozen, let’s say that the serum is about 90% genetic now and about 50% cellular. It never fully enhances your body completely it only enters your bloodstream when it’s needed.”

“Okay so the numbers aren’t that bad. What's the problem?” you questioned

“Well because you’ve stayed out of the field, stopped being as active…the serum has been slowly modifying your genetics, and not so much your cells, so whenever you get injured these particles rapidly rush to heal your body the damaged cells, basically enhancing it to catch up with the DNA portion”

“So when I twisted my ankle, it healed faster because of that”

“Yes, but you didn’t twist your ankle, you actually broke it. My concern is if you stay in the field, fight alongside Bucky, if you get hurt, incur any life threatening injuries those teeny tiny particles will rush to save you, and your body can’t physically handle that amount of serum in one sitting.”

“And that would mean?”

“Basically you’d die healing yourself” Shuri said as she shrugged her shoulders 

“Well that’s not scary at all, can you fix it?” you clasp your hands together

“Can I fix it? My dearest supernova I have created a new piece of technology just for you”

Shuri said enthusiastically, as she turned around and spread her arms out presenting the machine 

“Ta-daa!” 

Shuri shakes her hands with a smile on her face.

“ I am going to help your body finish altering your cells and DNA, you’ll almost be just like Bucky”

“What do you mean by almost?”

“Well what this does is it stimulates an injury to your body, so those particles flow to your blood stream to heal you, while it flows I will extract any extract that would do more harm than good.”

“Okay so I lose some in the process no big deal” you say shrugging your shoulders

“Yes, but this is a bit of a timing matter, if this is not done precisely, if I extract too many or too little it could trigger an avalanche of the serum particles and-”

“And I’ll end up dead from that”

“Always smart with you” Shuri says as she snaps her fingers

“How long is this going to take?”

“Considering the numbers it’s about 8 hours”

“Well let’s get started, it’s not going to hurt is it?”

“No? It shouldn’t?”

Shuri had directed you to the machine, and began doing her work. It didn’t hurt you, more or less felt some tingling, maybe even some weird pressure in certain areas. Let’s just say it was uncomfortable for you. By the time Shuri had finished you felt good as new, essentially. Your body felt weirdly sore for the first 20 mins but after a few stretches, hydrating, and some food, your levels were good. Shuri only kept you to monitor make sure everything was stable before sending you off with Ayo.

Just as you were about to step off the Wakanda aircraft, Shuri rushed to you 

“Wait, one more thing!”

Shuri grabbed your wrist, and placed a bracelet in your hand.

“If anything happens, use this to contact me”

“Thanks Shuri, I owe you” 

You say to her as you gave her one last hug before you left the aircraft.

You walked with Ayo, Nomble and Yama ( the two other dora milajie members) as they made their entrance into Zemo’s apartment, you waited before walking in behind them. 

Bucky was leaning against the kitchen island, he looked at Ayo with a concerned look on his face knowing that his time was up and when you finally entered a bit of relief softened in his eyes.

“Even if he is a means to your end time’s up” Ayo says in wakandan

You noticed that John and Lemar were there, standing next to Sam. Zemo was looking worried as he looked at the Dora Milaje.

“Release him to us now.” Ayo states with a strong voice.

“Hi John Walker. Captain America.” John says introducing himself to Ayo

“They have no interest in you Walker” you say as you walk towards Sam.

“What are you with Dora Milaje now?” John questions

“I’ve had the great honor to train with them” you say putting your hands up in defense

“Well, let’s uh put down the pointy sticks and we can talk this through, Huh?” John says

“Take it easy Walker” you say looking at Sam

“You might wanna fight Bucky before you tangle with the Dora Milaje” Sam says as he gives you a small smirk before looking at John

“The Dora Milaje don’t have jurisdiction here” John says growing impatient

“The Dora Milaje have jurisdiction wherever the Dora Milaje find themselves to be.” Ayo says sternly

“Okay, Look I think we got off on the wrong foot” John says as he tries to descalate the conversation

You watched John as he put his hand on Ayo’s shoulder, and you knew he was done for, you turned around to Bucky as he pulled out the stool next to him, giving it a few taps, and you made your way next to him.

As John and Lemar fought with the Dora Milaje, you sat down next to Bucky.

“Where have you been?” he asked, as he poured you a glass of whatever he was drinking, sliding it to you.

“Shuri was fixing me up, something wrong with my cells and stuff” 

“I haven’t noticed anything wrong with you?” he leaned his elbow on the counter, as his fist held his chin up.

“Well maybe if you paid more attention you’d see the difference” you say before taking a sip of the drink.

“I pay attention, trust me. I’d notice a difference” he says as he narrows his eyes scanning your face.

“It was all an internal fix, but…if you want I can show you what it looks like” you say clasping both your hands around the cup,tilting your head to look at him.

“Show me then, I want to see” he says before grabbing the glass out of your hand and finishing your drink.

You glanced down at the glass before looking into his eyes, a smile slowly making its way to your lips. Bucky just smirked as he looked down at your lips. You forgot how much of a natural flirt he could be sometimes. You both slowly inched closer together as the grunts and impact of their fighting continued in the background, Sam walked up to you and Bucky.

“Okay lovebirds, we should do something.” 

Bucky held eye contact as he turned his body around, and stood up next to Sam before finally turning his head away from you and watching everything unfold, he crossed his arms as he watched John and Ayo fight.

“Looking strong, John.” he says

Sam gave you a look, and so you got off the stool and as you passed behind Bucky you placed your hand on his left shoulder and your fingers traced a path across his back, resting on his right shoulder, you leaned in and said 

“Come on Buck, the faster you finish this, the faster I show you the difference” 

You lingered there for a few seconds before walking next to Sam, as you moved away Bucky looked back at you before he walked up and grabbed Ayo’s spear before she can impale John with it

“Ayo, let’s talk about this.” As Bucky fought with Ayo

You gave Sam a pat on the shoulder before nodding your head towards Nomble, and you walked towards Yama. The two other Dora Milajie that attacked Lemar. You blocked Yama from hitting Lamar , successfully getting her attention

“Just like old times right?” 

Yama said nothing as she lunged towards you, it was a blur of strikes, blocks, and spins as you two fueled each other just off of pure skill and determination. Nomble fought with Sam, and just as you and Yama were at a stand still.

“He is gone, leave it” Ayo says before gesturing her head to the side, directing Nomble and Yama to leave. Before Yama left she grabbed her spear, smiled at you and walked out.

As you looked around the apartment, John was on the ground, Lemar went to check on him, Sam was standing next to Bucky who looked dazed and confused as his arm was just detached. As you approached them Bucky had just reattached his arm and did his iconic arm swing.

You said nothing just raised your eyebrows as he did the arm swing, it was always something you enjoyed seeing him do. Bucky looked at you.

“They never told me about that” you said.

He didn’t say anything, so you didn’t either, you just slowly reached up to his left shoulder and rolled down the sleeve of his shirt that was bunched up. You smoothed it out, as Sam walked away from you two and towards John and Lemar.

You walked into the kitchen, Bucky following behind you as you handed him his jacket, and you, Bucky and Sam walked into the bathroom where Zemo had escaped. The three of you looking at the whole in the floor in somewhat disbelief.

“Come on” Bucky says as he walks out of the apartment, you and Sam both taking an extra second before following him.

As the three of you were walking Sam got a call, from what you could understand from it all was that Karli had threatened his sister Sarah.

“Look I love you,I’ll never let anything happen to you and the boys you know that. Okay, bye”

When Sam hung up the phone, you knew you couldn’t let him worry any further, brining family into this situation was something you weren’t going to tolerate.

“Sam I got it, you two go. I’ll be back as soon as I can”

You say. There were no other words exchanged, just eyes of acknowledgement between everyone. As Bucky and Sam met up with Karli, you decided to figure out how to use the bracelet Shuri gave you, you started pressing on the different pendants and charms, fidgeting with it until something finally happened.

“H-hello? Can you hear me?”

“I can hear you, can you hear me?”

“Loud and clear, I’m glad you called me I just added a feature to your bracelet if you look at the heart shaped pendant you can see Bucky’s live coordinates”

“Ah how cute, you couldn’t have picked a different charm?”

“No that one seemed fitting, anyways you called?”

You updated Shuri about the situation, and she sent a Wakanda aircraft to your coordinates. You arrived in Louisiana in no time, the Wakandans dropped you off near the Wilson Family residence, and as soon as your feet touched the ground you ran. Sam had given you the exact location so that’s where you went. Just as you got there Sarah was packing the last few backpacks into the trunk of her car and her sons AJ and Cass were in the backseat. 

As you lightly jogged to her, she closed the trunk shut, turning her head to look at you, she was on edge, not sure if you were friend or foe. So you put both your hands up in defense

“Hi Sarah, my name is Nova, I work with Sam.”

She didn’t say a word so you slowly reached into your pocket and pulled out a folded picture of you, Sam and Bucky. It was a photo that Steve took. It was simple and sweet, you three were geared up, you stood in the center holding each of their arms smiling up at Bucky, Sam was to your right he bent down slightly giving a cheeky smile and Bucky was on your left, he was looking at you with a small smile and his signature stoic grumpy eyes. You gave it to her, as she scanned the picture, you said.

“ I’m just here to make sure that you and your boys are safe”

“Alright” is all she said.

You decided to drive, as she sat in the passenger seat next to you, you were hoping that she could get some rest, maybe give her sometime to process everything. AJ and Cass were sound asleep in the back. The drive wasn’t too bad, far, but you went exactly where Sam told you to take them.

As you drove the sound of the car humming, the low radio music, and the occasional zipping from cars passing you by kept you awake before the sound of Sarah stretching awake from her nap.

“Thank you again for helping us”

“It’s not a problem, Sam has saved me more times then I could count, it’s the least I could do. Plus I’m sure you’ve got your hands tied with those two, this is the last thing you should have to worry about”

You looked in the rearview mirror adjusting it slightly to see AJ and Cass, checking on them. Just as you did that Sarah had turned around in her seat to make sure they were sleeping okay 

“They are a handful but I’d do anything for my boys” she said as she smiled and gave a soft laugh before looking out the window. 20 minutes passed before you felt her looking at you, you just kept your eyes on the road and your hands at 10 and 2.

“You know I never get tired of seeing Sam all geared up like that, The Falcon”

She broke the silence as she pulled out the picture you gave her.

“And who’s Mr. grumpy”

You laugh, mentally noting that Sam and Sarah are very much siblings.

“That’s Bucky, he’s my- really good friend.”

“Uh huh really good friends look at each other like that?” she says holding up the picture pointing at you two.

“We’ve been friends since the 20’s, 30’s give or take.” 

“The 20’s as in 1920? Wait, how old are you?”

“104”

You saw her reaction from your perisherial vision and you just laughed.

“We’ve been friends since we were like 12, and I’ve been in love with him ever since”

“You hold a commitment to a completely different standard. He better be in love with you”

“I’d do anything to be with him, even if it means just being his best friend”

“Have you ever told him?”

“I don’t think I actually have ever said those words to him, no.”

“Those words? You mean I love you”

“Yea, it doesn’t ring a bell, we’ve always just shown each other I guess that we care for each other on a deeper level. Anyways that’s enough about little ol’ me, I wanna know more about you”

You and Sarah got to know each other more the last hour of the drive. She told you stories about Sam when he was younger, and you had told her all of the funny moments during missions. As you pulled into your destination the boys slowly woke up. 

You helped them settle in, checked around the perimeter one last time. You went inside to say your goodbyes and assure her that she was safe. The kids had turned the TV on and that’s when you saw it, John Walker had gone awol. Sarah had looked at you as you stood frozen staring at the TV, before you finally finsihsed processing everything.

“This has been great Sarah, it was truly lovely to meet you, I’m afraid that I gotta take my leave now. Oh! And Same wanted me to give you this.”

You pulled out an envelope full of cash from your jacket pocket, and placed it in her hand. She had pulled you into a hug, before thanking you again. You had given her your contact information, and just in case Joaquins.

The Wakandans were tracking you from above, making sure everyone was safe before taking you back to Lativa. Once you landed there you thanked them again for their help, and after you were off the aircraft you, using the bracelet to track down Sam and Bucky.

You charged into the warehouse, when you got there John had ripped off Sam’s wings, and Bucky was on the floor. Something was clearly different about him. You sprinted as you launched yourself into John, tackling him to the ground. When you both got up you saw the rage in his eyes.

“This isn’t your fight Nova”

“I still got that 50 with your name on it ”

John had lunged towards you, the shield raised like a hammer. You swiftly step to the side, and redirect the shield as you counter his move, you try to turn his weight against him. You slam your elbow into his throat, and he stumbles back. You were quick to punch him in the nose. 

John was even more enraged now, blood dripping down his nose, coming at you faster, the shield slicing through the air as he tried to attack you. You dodge and deflect his attacks as best you could, before you dropped a knee low to the ground, and punching up hard into his ribs. You spun behind him, grabbed his arm and attempted to disocate his shoulder with a hard twist.

John yells out in pain, as he swings the shield blindly behind him, he managed to hit your thigh and you winced in pain as you try to beat him in a strength battle but he got the better of you. He pulled you from behind him and threw you hard into one of the machines across the abandoned warehouse.

Just as your body crashed into a machine, Bucky was up and punched John across the face. You listened to them as they fought, each man throwing their hardest punch, the sound of the shield slicing through the air and the sound of Bucky deflecting each hit. Sam had joined in at some point too.

The impact from your crash echoed throughout the building. You groaned as you, as you clench onto parts of the machine, slowly getting yourself up.

“Can’t believe I’m about to lose 50 bucks over this”

You made your way out of the machine, as your feet touched the floor you were on your knees, still hurt from the throw, and the gash in your thigh. But you slowly but surely were making your way back to the fight.

“Seriously Walker I literally just got here”

You mumbled to yourself as you lightly jogged and limped across the entire warehouse back to where they were, as you were making your way there you watched as Bucky and John fought, John hit Bucky right in the nose with the shield, causing Bucky to fall to the ground. John got on top of him and started to force the shield against Bucky’s neck.

Bucky blocked him, using his forearms, the sheer strength from both men was intense. Sam had gotten up and grabbed the shield from John’s arm forcing it one direction and Bucky kept John in place against a concrete pillar.

All the men used their strength, their voices yelling as they all fought against each other. 

As you finally made your way back you were running up behind Bucky you launched yourself in a twisting, snapping motion, your heel slams right into John’s bicep, breaking his arm. As you fell onto the ground.

John yelled out in pain as Sam held the shield tight in his arm as he tumbled down. Bucky had gotten off the ground spitting blood out of his mouth. As he helped you off the ground, John had gotten up.

“It’s mine” he says as he grabs you by the shoulder, you grabbed his wrist, as you twisted it moving under his arm and kicking him in the chest, pushing him towards Bucky, who punched him square in the face.

As John threw another punch. Bucky successfully blocks it, hitting John with a mean left punch. John is dazed as Bucky tackles him and carries him up on his shoulder, Sam uses his jet holding the shield with his forearm as Bucky slams John into the shield. All three men fall to the floor from the strong impact.

You just stood there catching your breath as you watched all three of them on the ground. Bucky had kneeled in front of the shield before he picked it up, placing it next to Sam.

He looked at you, before he placed his arms around your back supporting you as your arms rested on his shoulders. You both walked out of the warehouse. 

“You good Buck?”

You ask looking up at him. He doesn’t say anything just keeps looking forward. As you two made your way into the abandoned GRC building. He leaned against a railing, as you stood in front of him. Your hands hovered over the cut on his noise, and his cheeks that started bruising. He placed his arms around your waist, his head resting on yours, exhausted from the fight.

As Sam came into the room, you left Bucky’s embrace. Bucky focused on the shield that Sam had placed on the table, as you walked towards Sam making sure that he was okay. 

 “The GRC is conducting raids to try and find Karli, but so far they’ve only found her followers. They’ve searched this camp, and just like the last camp, nothing. She’s gone. We’ll never find her.

Sam says. Just as your walking back to Bucky, you noticed that his eyes shifted towards the door, and when you turned to follow his gaze Joaquin Torres was walking in.

“Hey you got your sleeve back” Joaquin points out to Bucky

Bucky said nothing, as you stood in front of him again he placed a hand on the back of your head, placed a kiss on the top of your head before walking away. You kept your eyes on him as he walked away.

“Are you off to take care of Zemo” Sam says

Bucky continues walking, looks back at you and walks out the door.

“All right, good to know you survived,” Joaquin says as he watches Bucky walk out the door.

You turned towards Joaquin as he gave you a slight hug.

“Don’t worry about him, he’ll warm up to you, maybe”

“Yea and how long did it take for him to warm up to you”

You shrugged your shoulders, before waving a goodbye to Sam, and you were out the doors. To your surprise Bucky was leaning against the wall waiting for you. He looked at you as he held out his arm for you. You wrapped your hands around his bicep and. The two of you making your way out of the building. 

“You wanna tell me what’s going on in your mind Buck?”

You gave his arm a squeeze before you two stopped walking. You moved your hands down his arm and held onto his hand.

“Not yet, I need more time to figure some things out.”

You could tell this was something you didn’t need to push, so you reached up and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Bucky didn’t say anything, just held on tighter to your hand.

“Go take care of Zemo, I’m going to check on Sarah and the kids.”

You let go of his hand and walked off into the distance. 

You met up with Sarah, embracing her in a big hug.You brought her flowers, and a few toys for the kids. Who you properly introduced yourself to. Sarah was more than welcoming to you. She let you stay the night in a guest room, and apparently Sam had showed up later that night too. You were already in bed by the time he came, you heard the footsteps and the doors closing.

When you woke up the sun had just started to rise. You sat up in the bed, and looked at the gorgeous view you had from the window. It felt unreal, like a beautiful painting of a sunrise. You stretched, you changed, you went to the bathroom, and brushed your teeth.

As you made your way down stairs, the boys had just closed the front door, and Sam and Sarah were talking. They both stopped their conversation as you entered the room. 

“Good Morning, how’d you sleep”

Sarah greeted you. Sam had to take a double look at you before he realized you were actually here.

“Nova what are you doing here?”

“I slept good thank you Sarah, and well Samuel, I am about to go take AJ and Cass to school”

You said nothing else before you closed the door. You took the boys to school, picked up some goodies from one of the local bakeries in town, and got Sam and Sarah Coffee. Everyone was so welcoming in this town it was almost like a dream.

When you got back to the Wilson Residence, Sam was on the phone, and Sarah was tidying up the kitchen. You placed the box of baked good on a kitchen counter, and held out a coffee cup to Sarah.

“I got you coffee, and these are just a few things I picked out that I thought you and the boys would like”

“You’re too kind Nova, you didn’t have to do all of that”

“You welcome me into your home, it’s the least I could do truly.”

You grabbed the other coffee cup, and a donut from the box, and walked outside. Sam hand just hung up the phone and placed it on the table. 

“Thank you but seriously, what are you doing here?”

“I just wanted to make sure that Sarah and the boys were alright that’s all, plus this town is really great, everyone is so kind here”

“You know you don’t have to hang around here right?”

“I know but Sarah reminds me of someone from the 40’s, makes me feel the warmth of family again. If there’s anything I can do to help Sam let me know”

You pat Sam on the back before you went back inside. After much convincing you helped Sarah around the house, doing whatever she let you do. You noticed she had some unfinished projects lying around so with her permission you helped her finish those projects up.

You made lunch for Sam and Sarah as they were busy tending to other things for the boat. When Sarah had left to pick up the boys from school, you went out to the boat with Sam. 

He just showed you around and you both just stood out on the dock looking out to the water.

“Let me help with the boat,” you said.

“No, come on now you’re already doing so much around the house, with the boys.”

Sam shook his head as he was already grateful for the amount of effort you put into his family, but you insisted. He showed you the small engine room, with the water pump, he showed you what he wanted to sand down, replace, and repaint. He showed you where the supplies were and told you once more you didn’t need to help out.

The next day, you woke up even earlier and decided to help fix some things in the engine room. You peaked outside when everyone in town came to help Sam and Sarah with the boat, you greeted each and everyone of them. As you went back down in the engine room, working hard, your attire from the chilly morning had changed, you removed your jacket, pulled your hair up and out of your face, and you got deeply focused.

You heard steam rising from up above and Sarah shouting “Sam!”

You quickly made your way up the small ladder, and as you got back to the top of the boat. That’s when you saw Bucky. It was almost cinematic when Bucky saw you again, you walked with confidence towards him, the rays of sun were hitting you in the best way possible, and when you moved Sam aside grabbing the wrench you said.

“You gotta go up”

The steam from the pipe had dissipated and Bucky and Steve just stared at you.

“Who taught you that?" Sam asked

“Bucky did” 

You said as you gave them a small wink. You placed the wrench into Bucky's hand before turning towards Sarah, you waved at her as she waved back.

“Sarah this is Bucky, Bucky this is Sarah”

“Hi” they both said to each other.

You got off the boat and onto the dock, Sarah pulled you aside. 

“That’s your Bucky, from the picture?”

“He’s not mine, but he is my Bucky from the picture”

“ I see why you’ve been in love with him so long”

You nudge her with your elbow, as she just started laughing. You decided that Sam and Bucky needed more bonding time so you helped Sarah with whatever she needed, you talked more with the people from town, and even helped them out too. Short to say but everyone loved you there.

As you would pass by the boat, you stole glances at Bucky, you loved seeing him work on the boat there was something about it that just reminded you why you fell in love with him in the first place. He caught you staring a few times, and just waved at you, and you waved back.

When the sun went down, you helped make dinner, and set the table. Sarah was a great cook, absolutely amazing food, the dinner table was lively as the 6 of you ate together. You and Bucky offered to wash dishes, and so there you two were. Bucky washed as you dried them. It was very domestic of you two.

“You still remember what I taught you”

Bucky broke the silence.

“I paid attention when you’d fix stuff around my house, thank you for that by the way”

You smiled as you nudged Bucky’s arm.

“You always were there helping me and Steve out with our problems.”

“Yea and somehow you two were the most troublesome together”

You both laughed as you started to reminisce about your time together from way back when. You two had finished the dishes and sat back down at the table together. Time had flown by, and when you noticed the time, you said one last thing to him

“Steve would be proud of you Buck, you’ve come so far”

As you walked behind him, you placed your hands on his shoulders and leaned in to give him a soft kiss to the cheek.

“I’ll see you in the morning, Goodnight Mr. Barnes”

In the morning, when you went downstairs, Bucky was asleep on the couch. You saw Sam outside, so you went out there to keep him company. At some point, AJ and Cass were running outside, giggling. 

“And what have you two been up to”

They said nothing to you, just laughed, and then ran away towards Sam. You walked back inside the house, and Bucky was awake, lying on the couch. You noticed his dog tags were out and lying on top of them, the locket. You leaned against the wall as Bucky stared at the shield on the wall.

“Rise and Shine Barnes, Sam’s already on the boat”

Bucky’s eyes made it’s way to you, as he watched you walk towards him.

“Good Morning to you too”

Bucky had moved his body slightly deeper into the couch as you sat next to his waist. Your hands picked the locket off of his chest. Your thumb grazed over the engravings on it. Bucky just smiled as his hand moved a stray piece of hair behind your ear. 

“Can’t believe you still have this with you”

You said as you tilt your head into his hand, that was now caressing the side of your head.

“Always gotta keep you with me”

You both smiled, looking into each others eyes. As you let the locket go and pat his chest.

“Come on Buck, I made you breakfast”

Bucky watched as you got up and walked away into the kitchen. You placed his breakfast, and coffee on the table, and sat down waiting for him. You sipped on your own hot beverage just keeping him company as he ate. 

“I got a flight in a few hours, Torres said he needed my help with something Sam has him doing”

“I’ll go with you”

“Nah, finish the boat with Sam you two need to bond more, I’ll text you if anything comes up”

After breakfast Bucky helped bring your bag down, and into your car. You wrote Sarah and Sam a letter before you left, thanking them for their hospitality, and you left it on the kitchen counter. When you walked outside Bucky had just closed the trunk, and moved to open the drivers-side door for you.

“Always a gentleman Buck”

You gave him a kiss on the cheek and got into the car he closed the door and gave it a few pats. You rolled down your window and waved him goodbye as you drove off. 

prologue part.1 -> To be with Him

pairing: Bucky Barnes x reader a few notes: uses she/her, takes place throughout the Marvel movies that have Bucky in them. Nickname/hero name is Nova, a bit of a long read. SPOILERS?: Avengers: Civil War, Avengers Infinity War, Avengers End Endgame,

You were flattered. Tony Stark had wanted you on his team. You were talented, skilled, and he liked your wit. On the rare occasion that you hung out with the entire team, you meshed well with everyone, surprisingly. You were always biased toward Steve.

You had eyes on Bucky in Bucharest, you were watching him from afar, you watched him as he was at a market, looking at plums. They were his favorite, and you found it adorable that he liked them after everything that had just happened. You knew that Bucky was in there somewhere, you just had to help him get back there if that was even possible. 

Bucky had noticed his surroundings, how he felt the stares of everyone suddenly, and he bought a newspaper, and before he knew it, he was storming off. 

“He knows,” you said in your earpiece

And you hurried off to Bucky’s apartment to meet Steve. You two were quiet as you appeared inside the building. His apartment had all the windows covered with newspaper, as you both looked around and made your way into the small kitchen, and Steve noticed a notebook on top of the fridge. While you looked around at the counters, Sam came onto the comms, “Heads up, German Special Forces, approaching from the south.

“Understood,” you and Steve said in unison. 

You noticed his presence first, as you turned slowly to your left to look at him. You couldn’t keep your eyes off him. You hadn’t been this close to him since you were clinging to him for dear life, and now, that he was right in front of you, you were stunned.

“Do you know me?” Steve said, breaking the silence as Bucky looked between you and Steve 

“You’re Steve. I read about you in a museum.”

“Do you know her?” Steve said, gesturing towards you

“She’s y/n. I saw her in a photo next to you,” Bucky said. Hearing him say your name after so many years gave you butterflies, and it felt like your heart was physically in awe. 

Sam notified you and Steve that the German Special Forces had set a perimeter, and you and Steve looked at each other before looking back at Bucky. 

“ I know you’re nervous, and you have plenty of reason to be,” you said gently as you walked slowly towards him

“But you’re lying,” Steve said, completing your sentence

“I wasn’t in Vienna. I don’t do that anymore.” Bucky said his voice pleading that he wasn’t the man in his nightmares. 

“Well, the people who think you did are coming here now,” Steve said

“They’re not planning on taking you alive, Buck," You say softly,

“That’s smart, good strategy,” Bucky says as he moves to take his gloves off.

Sam had been compromised, and you all could hear their footsteps surrounding the building

“This doesn’t have to end in a fight, Buck,” Steve says

“It always ends in a fight.” Your eyes softened as you looked at Bucky as he said those words.

As Bucky and Steve looked at each other. Sam notifies you both that you only have 5 seconds.

“You saved me, Buck, pulled Steve from the river.” You say as you take small steps around the small kitchen island and right in between Steve and Bucky

“Why?” Steve questions

“I don’t know.”

“Yes, you do,” you and Steve say in unison. And then suddenly all you hear is 

“BREACH BREACH BREACH”

A stun grenade is thrown through the kitchen window, Steve hits it with his shield, and pushes you into Bucky. A stun grenade is thrown in from the living room window, lands on the floor, and you kick it towards Steve, who covers it with his shield.

As the special forces ram into the front door, another stun grenade is thrown through the living room window. Bucky grabs you with one arm around your waist and holds you close to his chest as he lifts the mattress up with his metal arm.

He keeps a hold of you as he notices them trying to enter from the back door, so he throws the dining table to block it. As two men from the special forces crash through the windows, Bucky quickly covers you and pushes you towards Steve's as he turns and punches the man in the face. Steve strategically pulls the tarp from underneath his guy, and by the time the third man enters, Steve grabs his gun, forcing it up as you kick the man in the chest and out the door.

Bucky followed right behind you as he grabbed your shoulders and moved you to the side, gently away from the front door. Steve grabbed onto Bucky’s jacket. 

“Buck stop!. You’re gonna kill someone.” Steve says as Bucky maneuvers under Steve’s arm and slams him into the ground 

“I’m not gonna kill anyone,” he says as he punches into the wooden floor right next to Steve’s head, he grabs a backpack, and throws it out the front door. You watched as Bucky had just thrown the backpack out the door and peeked outside to see where it landed, before bullets came shooting right next to your head.

Two more men enter, one through the living room window and the other through the kitchen window. Bucky quickly grabs you and puts you between him and Steve. As he uses his metal arm to deflect the bullets first, Steve then puts his shield in front of all of you. After deflecting the bullets from the man in the living room, Bucky pushes you and Steve into the man at the window. Launching you and Steve onto the balcony.

You groan from the impact as Steve grabs the guy's gun and quickly knocks the man out. As he does that, you’re already running through the apartment following after Bucky. You and Steve saw where to go, Steve moved ahead of you, and honestly, your strategy was to have him and Bucky do all the fighting as you made your way down the flight of stairs without a worry.

You just watched as your two favorite soldiers cleared the path for you. You were amazed and a little scared at how skillful they were. Bucky had launched himself off the balcony and onto another building just as you and Steve caught up to him, and you both just watched as another man went in to attack Bucky.

You watched as Steve launched himself off the balcony and onto the other building, chasing after Bucky, and how Sam took care of the helicopter. 

“Hey Sam, just like we practiced,” You said as you launched yourself off the balcony. Sam grabbed you just in time. As he flew to where Steve and Bucky ran off to, he dropped you on top of one of the moving cars, you held on tight as you made your way to the passenger seat door, you pulled it open and sat inside, you looked at the person driving and told them to pullover, and when they resisted you gripped the wheel with one had and used your other to reach over and pulled open the driver side door and kicked them out.

You sped through until you saw Steve, you honked at him, as you pulled up next to him, and he hopped inside. You drove as fast as you could chasing after Bucky, when a loud thud on top of the car caught your attention. It was the other man after Bucky. You tried to shake him off, but it was no use. So Sam had taken care of it, or at least you thought, but now all of you were being arrested. 

You said nothing on the drive back, you just looked out the window, and in your mind, the only thing you thought about was how Bucky had said your name. You had wished for the day for him to say your name again, but not like this. 

When everyone exited the van, you saw him. They had him in a secure containment room that had neutralized his arm and super-soldier strength. The Avengers did more talking, stuff you didn’t care to listen to, you just either stood there or sat there looking everywhere else in the room. 

Your eyes focused on the screen, where they showed the live surveillance footage of Bucky. You already knew he was framed. No way a man who goes to a museum to learn more about everything is going to blow people up. That’s when the alarms started going off and the lights started flashing. 

You stayed with Sharon, meeting up with Natasha, and you three were in position, watching as Bucky, now the Winter Soldier again, was fighting his way through. Sharon kicked him first, before Nat came running in, kneeing him in the chest. And then you came in, you ran towards him, got an arm around his neck, and your legs wrapped around his waist, trying to put him to sleep, while Nat and Sharon continued to attack him, 

Bucky had thrown you off, the sheer force of his strength was undeniable, he flipped Sharon on a table and he threw Natasha through some chairs, you ran up to him again you jumped twisting mid-air, and your legs snapped around his neck, thighs locking tight right below his jawline, you used your core strength to twist your body trying to get him off balance but when that didn't work you used your elbows to hit him pounding against his head.

He kept you steady, holding onto your waist before he slammed you against a table, and his hand was clenching your neck. You held onto his metal arm, trying to alleviate the pressure.

“Come on, Buck, it’s me,” you said with a strained voice. As Bucky let go, he was attacked by another person. You just lay on the table as you were gasping for air. Once you got your breathing under control, you slid your body off the table, you looked around the building and saw Sam outside the window, and you ran to him. 

“Where’s Steve?” You asked him amongst all the chaos. As you both watched everyone run out of the building.

You, Sam, and Steve were in an abandoned warehouse, while Bucky was unconscious. Steve had placed his metal arm in some sort of machine that held his arm in place. 

“Steve,” Bucky said as he finally gained consciousness

“Which Bucky am I talking to?” Steve asked

“Your mom's name was Sarah,” Bucky said as you finally walked inside. You took a few steps, and as Bucky looked at you. And he chuckled softly before saying

“Doll, the locket you gave me the night we went dancing has our initials engraved on it.”

 You and Steve both looked at each other and smiled 

“Can’t read that in a museum,” You say 

“Just like that, and we're supposed to be cool?” Sam questioned

“What did I do?” Bucky asks

“Enough,” Steve says

“Oh, God, I knew this would happen. Everything HYDRA put inside me is still there. All he had to do was say the words”

You couldn’t bear to see Bucky like this, so you stepped out, and you composed yourself. It was hard for you to see him in such a state. At some point, you looked back inside and asked Steve to remove his arm from the machine. You just looked at Bucky sitting there face down, his elbows leaning against his knees as the three men spoke.

You weren’t sure when you’d see him again, so you wanted to take it all in. As Sam and Steve talked to the side, you walked up to Bucky. You looked down at him before slowly grabbing his face, holding it in between your two hands. You pushed his head very gently to look at you, and when he looked up at you, he saw the marks on your neck 

“Did I do that to you?” He said before he slowly reached a hand out to touch your neck.

“Didn’t know that’s what you were into, Buck.” You say trying to ease the tension with a joke, you grabbed his hand that was touching your neck, gave it a small kiss right into the palm, then you held it against your cheek. “I’ve missed you, Buck.” 

Sam and Steve have left you two alone, letting you have your moment with him, before Steve came back, telling you both it’s time to go. Sharon had shown up with her trunk full of gear, Steve had his shield, Sam had his wings, and there was stuff for you and Bucky too.

The getaway car was as cute as a getaway car could be. You and Bucky were in the back seat, while Sam was in the front. As you were adjusting yourself into the cramped space, Bucky just looked at you before he placed his arm on top of the seat, giving you a more comfortable amount of room. 

And as you finally looked up, you saw Steve and Sharon kissing, as Steve looked back at you guys, Sam and Bucky were nodding their heads with approval, while you nodded your head no with disgust written all over your face.

While Team Cap and Team Ironman fought, you again had no interest, so you stayed back, you didn’t have the energy to fight with people you had just fought alongside. It wasn’t hot in the car. Bucky had rolled down the windows for you, and so you just sat there with now all the space in the world.

That was until a red glow started to move the rest of the cars around you, freaked you out, and you immediately jumped out of the car right before it was pulled out of the parking garage. You walked around in the terminal until you saw Bucky and Sam on the ground, attached to the ground, you could say. You hovered over them as you laughed. 

“Oh, what have you two gotten into?” You say kneeling beside Bucky

“Are you gonna help us or what?” they both say to you, exhausted and slightly annoyed. You laughed once more before helping them remove the webs. You dusted off your hands and said 

“Alright, alright, go back and play, and play nice. I want you both back before sundown.” You say as Bucky looks at you

“Get to the jet, Doll, I'll be there,” he says before running off with Sam

You stand there, hands on your hips, as you watch them run out. It was quite the sight to see, you watched from the terminal, explosions here and there, watching Bucky fight, you learned it was a turn on. And then you ran, ran the longest path all the way to the jet.

When you got there, Nat was standing there, right in front of the jet.

“We’re not gonna fight, are we?” You say as you catch your breath, you stared at her as you slowly balled your hands into fists, protecting your face. She just looks at you before throwing up her leg in a high kick. You slide under and counter with a backfist that grazes her cheeks.

“You’ve improved,” Nat says

“I had a good teacher,” you say

You two went at it, every move was calculated punches, jabs, kicks, sweeps, everything you both had learned you were using against each other.

You grabbed Nat’s wrist and slipped around her back, and you, in one fluid motion, managed to get her into an armbar. Nat tried to roll out of it, but it was no use. 

“They’re not gonna stop,” You say just as Bucky and Steve run under the falling building. They look at you and Nat on the ground. You used your head to gesture them onto the jet, and just as they started running past you

“I’m gonna regret this, duck,” Nat says as you release her arm and move your head completely to the ground, and Nat stuns the Black Panther from advancing.

You were arrested with the rest of Cap’s team. Thrown into the raft prison, you were lying down, relaxing on your new metal bed, your pillow was propped up as you leaned against it, one arm supporting the back of your head, and you watched as Tony walked around each cell/containment room.

“What do you need, Tony?” you say, giving him a small smile, as he stops in front of your cell

“Nova, how are you doing? You need anything?”

“Nope, I’m good. What do you want from me, Stark?” You say as you get out of bed and stand in front of him.

“I need to know where Steve went.”

“And I’m supposed to know? Ask Sam, they don’t tell me anything, I just go where I’m told.”

“You see, that’s exactly why I wanted you on my team, we could have been great allies, you and I,” He says before slowly walking away 

“I’m sure we would have Tony,” you say before lying back into bed. You knew eventually they had to let you go, or that Steve was going to get you out, so you just waited and got some much-needed rest. 

And he did, Steve had appeared right in front of your cell. As he helped you escape, you were back on a jet flying towards Wakanda. 

“Where’s Bucky?” You ask him. Steve didn’t say anything

“What happened? What did he do?”

Again, Steve was silent. He opened his jacket and grabbed something from the inside

“Now, before you get mad, he wanted me to give you this,” Steve said, holding out a sealed envelope. You took it out of his hands, ripped it open, and read it

“ Dear y/n, Don’t be mad a Steve, this was my decision. Doll, I can’t trust my own mind, so until they figure out how to get this stuff out of my head, I think going back under is the best thing for everybody. Especially you. I promised you something that night, and I intend to keep the promise. I just need time. - Bucky

You blinked a few times before putting the letter back into the ripped envelope, and you placed it in your pocket. You were upset, angry, and sad, all of the emotions. Plenty of thoughts filled your mind, and when you looked up at Steve, you exploded.

“What the hell Steve” You yell as you push him as hard as you can. But Steve didn’t move.

“What did you let him do?” you say angrily. He stood there just watching you as you tried pushing him, and when nothing was working, you started punching him.

“We just got him back, I just got him back,” you said, your voice cracked, and you repeatedly punched his chest, and when that didn’t work, Steve held your wrists and pulled you into a hug, and you cried.

“ I know” is all Steve said as he held you tight in his arms and soothed you by patting your head.

When you calmed down, Steve explained to you that Bucky was in cryosleep in Wakanda, and he already knew you were going to want to see him. You just kept reading the letter over and over again. And before you knew it, you were in Wakanda.

T’Challa had greeted you when you landed, and he showed you Bucky. You thanked him before he left you to be alone, and so you stood there for hours, just looking at the state Bucky was in. He looked peaceful.

“ Your loyalty to this man is honorable,” T’Challa said to you

“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens,” you say.

“And where’s that from?” he asks

“The Lord of the Rings,” you say with a small laugh. You turned to look at him, and you both talked for a while, getting to know each other. You had asked him if you could stay in Wakanda, which he gladly accepted under the conditions that you allowed Bucky time and space to heal, alone. You spent the next 2 years in Wakanda, and you became close with Shuri and Okoye. 

Shuri updated you about Bucky’s condition while you trained with the Dora Milaje. You weren’t there when they unfroze Bucky, but you were able to watch him from afar. You were happy that Bucky was healing, living a peaceful and tranquil life in Wakanda. You've got to see him tend to the land, and his new nickname, “White Wolf,” was very fitting for him.

Steve had contacted you and T’Challa, asking for help in a fight, and whenever they asked for your help, you always said yes. Shuri had told you that she made Bucky a new vibranium arm, and when T’Challa had asked you to come with him to deliver it, you were outside as fast as you could be. When Bucky saw the arm, he immediately asked ‘Where’s the fight?”

And that’s when you walked down the hill. “It’s on its way,” you say from afar. You walked down to Bucky

“How’s it going, Buck?”

“Not bad for the end of the world, doll.”

A genuine smile lit up both of your faces as your eyes locked. The space between you two disappeared in a strong embrace. Your arms wrapped around his neck as you buried your face into his chest. His arm wrapped tightly around your waist. And you felt at peace, you clung to him tight, reconfirming that this was real.

T’Challa and Okoye had left you two alone

“I’ve missed you, Buck.” 

You say as you look up at him, he presses his forehead against yours.

“I’ve missed you too, doll.”

You and Bucky had geared up and met up with Steve as their jet had come into Wakanda. Steve had greeted Bucky first, as you greeted Natasha and Sam. 

“So this is where you’ve been hiding,” Natasha said

“The Dora Milje kept me in shape,” you say.

You stood outside keeping watch with everyone else when giant metal shards attacked the dome. 

“You gotta love Wakanda,” you say, staring up at the sky

Everyone made their way close to the outskirts of the dome, away from the city. You were walking behind everyone until they finally stood in place. You walked up behind Steve and Bucky, you placed one arm around Steve's arm, and one arm around Bucky's, pulling them close to you. “My two favorite soldiers have returned to me,” you say

“Just like old times,” Steve says. As Bucky just smiles down at you. You let their arms go as someone gave you a weapon.

And then it started, everyone ran towards the barrier as it opened up, and all the Outriders had barged through. You had stood back to back with Bucky as you both shoot at them and when an outrider had knocked your gun out of your hands Bucky had grabbed you, your back to his chest as you used all your force to kick an outrider in the face, it came back more aggressive and had you and bucky on the grown, you had picked up Bucky's gun using it to shield you from the outriders claws and teeth and Bucky right behind you was using his strength to keep you both upright as the outrider attacked you both. 

Just as the outrider opened its mouth wide, lightning came through and knocked it off of you both. You both just stayed there for a second before getting up and grabbing your gun,

Now with new help, you and Bucky managed to catch your ground. As you started to get surrounded, Bucky gave you and Rocket a look, and you knew what to do. You jumped onto Buck, your legs wrapping around his waist, and you held your weapon over his shoulder, focused on the outriders coming from behind. Bucky picked up Rocket and slowly turned in a circle as all three of you shot down the outriders.

Just as you all finished off the surrounding ones, Rocket jumps out of Bucky’s grasp, satisfied with the work all three of you had done.

“How much for the gun” Rocket said

“Not for sale,” Bucky says

“Okay, How about her? Can I work with her?” Rocket says as he gestures to you, still wrapped around Bucky’s waist. 

Bucky just looked down at him and said, “Not her, never her,” and walked off. As he walked away, you waved at Rocket and blew him a silly little kiss.

“Oh, I’ll get her” he said before going back into the fight.

You were running behind Bucky as he stormed in to shoot Thanos, but just as he got blasted, you got hit by the impact, and Bucky flipped into you, both of you ending up on the ground

Bucky had helped you up, one gun in hand, and his other arm trying to support you as you both made your way to Steve. As soon as you were close to him, you and Bucky started to turn into dust. You looked at each other’s bodies, then back at Steve.

“Steve,” you both say in unison as you both fell and disappeared. 

5 years later, you and Bucky were resurrected. You both looked at each other and embraced each other in a hug. After that, you both went back into battle. The portals emerged from Wakanda into the final battle against Thanos. Everyone had emerged from various portals, and you looked around at the mass amounts of people all shouting to battle. 

When Cap yelled “Avengers Assemble” and everyone ran, ready to fight, as you all collided 

It was you, Bucky, and Rocket again covering each other's backs as you shot your guns. You guys were doing great until a huge beam from Thanos’s ships blasted you and Bucky off your feet. And then suddenly the blasts stopped, and everyone watched as Thano’s ship was demolished. Okoye had helped you up as all the women went side by side to help Captain Marvel through Thanos’s army. 

And as you kept fighting, suddenly all the enemies had turned into dust, and it was finally all over. You watched as Tony sat down, Peter and Pepper had gathered around him, and it broke your heart. Tony Stark, the man you are to sacrifice your life for everyone here. 

You shed a tear as you watched him pass. Bucky came up to you as he moved you into his chest. And you let the tears fall. The world had been restored, but normalcy didn’t come back right away. You were gone for 5 years, and everyone who was part of the blip came back. 

Tony Stark’s funeral was peaceful. He left a beautiful message for his daughter, Morgan, and everyone was there to watch him go. You stood in the back with Bucky and Sam watching the memorial.

Before Steve had gone back in time to return the stones, he pulled you aside, telling you his plan that he was going to stay in the 1940s. You were happy for him, and you were happy for Peggy. 

“Bucky is going to need you, and you’re going to need him. He needs to heal, needs to figure out what to do. I trust you to take care of him.”

Steve said that right before he gave you a small kiss on the head, and then he walked away.

You were there when Steve traveled through time and came back as an old man. Sam had approached him first, and you watched as he gave Sam the shield. Sam looked back, looking at Bucky for approval, and Bucky nodded his head with a smile.

When Sam had left, you sat next to the elderly Steve on the bench.

“How was it?”

“It was beautiful,” he said

“We’re gonna miss you.”

“I know”

“Promise you’ll take care of Buck for me.”

“I promise.” And so you and the elderly Steve sat there, you leaned your head against his shoulder, and you both just looked out at the view. Bucky had joined you two on the bench, and all three of you sat there in silence. Enjoying each other's presence one last time.

prologue part.1 -> To be with Him

pairing: Bucky Barnes x reader a few notes: uses she/her, takes place throughout the Marvel movies that have Bucky in them. Nickname/hero name is Nova, a bit of a long read. SPOILERS?: Avengers: Civil War, Avengers Infinity War, Avengers End Endgame,

You were flattered. Tony Stark had wanted you on his team. You were talented, skilled, and he liked your wit. On the rare occasion that you hung out with the entire team, you meshed well with everyone, surprisingly. You were always biased toward Steve.

You had eyes on Bucky in Bucharest, you were watching him from afar, you watched him as he was at a market, looking at plums. They were his favorite, and you found it adorable that he liked them after everything that had just happened. You knew that Bucky was in there somewhere, you just had to help him get back there if that was even possible. 

Bucky had noticed his surroundings, how he felt the stares of everyone suddenly, and he bought a newspaper, and before he knew it, he was storming off. 

“He knows,” you said in your earpiece

And you hurried off to Bucky’s apartment to meet Steve. You two were quiet as you appeared inside the building. His apartment had all the windows covered with newspaper, as you both looked around and made your way into the small kitchen, and Steve noticed a notebook on top of the fridge. While you looked around at the counters, Sam came onto the comms, “Heads up, German Special Forces, approaching from the south.

“Understood,” you and Steve said in unison. 

You noticed his presence first, as you turned slowly to your left to look at him. You couldn’t keep your eyes off him. You hadn’t been this close to him since you were clinging to him for dear life, and now, that he was right in front of you, you were stunned.

“Do you know me?” Steve said, breaking the silence as Bucky looked between you and Steve 

“You’re Steve. I read about you in a museum.”

“Do you know her?” Steve said, gesturing towards you

“She’s y/n. I saw her in a photo next to you,” Bucky said. Hearing him say your name after so many years gave you butterflies, and it felt like your heart was physically in awe. 

Sam notified you and Steve that the German Special Forces had set a perimeter, and you and Steve looked at each other before looking back at Bucky. 

“ I know you’re nervous, and you have plenty of reason to be,” you said gently as you walked slowly towards him

“But you’re lying,” Steve said, completing your sentence

“I wasn’t in Vienna. I don’t do that anymore.” Bucky said his voice pleading that he wasn’t the man in his nightmares. 

“Well, the people who think you did are coming here now,” Steve said

“They’re not planning on taking you alive, Buck," You say softly,

“That’s smart, good strategy,” Bucky says as he moves to take his gloves off.

Sam had been compromised, and you all could hear their footsteps surrounding the building

“This doesn’t have to end in a fight, Buck,” Steve says

“It always ends in a fight.” Your eyes softened as you looked at Bucky as he said those words.

As Bucky and Steve looked at each other. Sam notifies you both that you only have 5 seconds.

“You saved me, Buck, pulled Steve from the river.” You say as you take small steps around the small kitchen island and right in between Steve and Bucky

“Why?” Steve questions

“I don’t know.”

“Yes, you do,” you and Steve say in unison. And then suddenly all you hear is 

“BREACH BREACH BREACH”

A stun grenade is thrown through the kitchen window, Steve hits it with his shield, and pushes you into Bucky. A stun grenade is thrown in from the living room window, lands on the floor, and you kick it towards Steve, who covers it with his shield.

As the special forces ram into the front door, another stun grenade is thrown through the living room window. Bucky grabs you with one arm around your waist and holds you close to his chest as he lifts the mattress up with his metal arm.

He keeps a hold of you as he notices them trying to enter from the back door, so he throws the dining table to block it. As two men from the special forces crash through the windows, Bucky quickly covers you and pushes you towards Steve's as he turns and punches the man in the face. Steve strategically pulls the tarp from underneath his guy, and by the time the third man enters, Steve grabs his gun, forcing it up as you kick the man in the chest and out the door.

Bucky followed right behind you as he grabbed your shoulders and moved you to the side, gently away from the front door. Steve grabbed onto Bucky’s jacket. 

“Buck stop!. You’re gonna kill someone.” Steve says as Bucky maneuvers under Steve’s arm and slams him into the ground 

“I’m not gonna kill anyone,” he says as he punches into the wooden floor right next to Steve’s head, he grabs a backpack, and throws it out the front door. You watched as Bucky had just thrown the backpack out the door and peeked outside to see where it landed, before bullets came shooting right next to your head.

Two more men enter, one through the living room window and the other through the kitchen window. Bucky quickly grabs you and puts you between him and Steve. As he uses his metal arm to deflect the bullets first, Steve then puts his shield in front of all of you. After deflecting the bullets from the man in the living room, Bucky pushes you and Steve into the man at the window. Launching you and Steve onto the balcony.

You groan from the impact as Steve grabs the guy's gun and quickly knocks the man out. As he does that, you’re already running through the apartment following after Bucky. You and Steve saw where to go, Steve moved ahead of you, and honestly, your strategy was to have him and Bucky do all the fighting as you made your way down the flight of stairs without a worry.

You just watched as your two favorite soldiers cleared the path for you. You were amazed and a little scared at how skillful they were. Bucky had launched himself off the balcony and onto another building just as you and Steve caught up to him, and you both just watched as another man went in to attack Bucky.

You watched as Steve launched himself off the balcony and onto the other building, chasing after Bucky, and how Sam took care of the helicopter. 

“Hey Sam, just like we practiced,” You said as you launched yourself off the balcony. Sam grabbed you just in time. As he flew to where Steve and Bucky ran off to, he dropped you on top of one of the moving cars, you held on tight as you made your way to the passenger seat door, you pulled it open and sat inside, you looked at the person driving and told them to pullover, and when they resisted you gripped the wheel with one had and used your other to reach over and pulled open the driver side door and kicked them out.

You sped through until you saw Steve, you honked at him, as you pulled up next to him, and he hopped inside. You drove as fast as you could chasing after Bucky, when a loud thud on top of the car caught your attention. It was the other man after Bucky. You tried to shake him off, but it was no use. So Sam had taken care of it, or at least you thought, but now all of you were being arrested. 

You said nothing on the drive back, you just looked out the window, and in your mind, the only thing you thought about was how Bucky had said your name. You had wished for the day for him to say your name again, but not like this. 

When everyone exited the van, you saw him. They had him in a secure containment room that had neutralized his arm and super-soldier strength. The Avengers did more talking, stuff you didn’t care to listen to, you just either stood there or sat there looking everywhere else in the room. 

Your eyes focused on the screen, where they showed the live surveillance footage of Bucky. You already knew he was framed. No way a man who goes to a museum to learn more about everything is going to blow people up. That’s when the alarms started going off and the lights started flashing. 

You stayed with Sharon, meeting up with Natasha, and you three were in position, watching as Bucky, now the Winter Soldier again, was fighting his way through. Sharon kicked him first, before Nat came running in, kneeing him in the chest. And then you came in, you ran towards him, got an arm around his neck, and your legs wrapped around his waist, trying to put him to sleep, while Nat and Sharon continued to attack him, 

Bucky had thrown you off, the sheer force of his strength was undeniable, he flipped Sharon on a table and he threw Natasha through some chairs, you ran up to him again you jumped twisting mid-air, and your legs snapped around his neck, thighs locking tight right below his jawline, you used your core strength to twist your body trying to get him off balance but when that didn't work you used your elbows to hit him pounding against his head.

He kept you steady, holding onto your waist before he slammed you against a table, and his hand was clenching your neck. You held onto his metal arm, trying to alleviate the pressure.

“Come on, Buck, it’s me,” you said with a strained voice. As Bucky let go, he was attacked by another person. You just lay on the table as you were gasping for air. Once you got your breathing under control, you slid your body off the table, you looked around the building and saw Sam outside the window, and you ran to him. 

“Where’s Steve?” You asked him amongst all the chaos. As you both watched everyone run out of the building.

You, Sam, and Steve were in an abandoned warehouse, while Bucky was unconscious. Steve had placed his metal arm in some sort of machine that held his arm in place. 

“Steve,” Bucky said as he finally gained consciousness

“Which Bucky am I talking to?” Steve asked

“Your mom's name was Sarah,” Bucky said as you finally walked inside. You took a few steps, and as Bucky looked at you. And he chuckled softly before saying

“Doll, the locket you gave me the night we went dancing has our initials engraved on it.”

 You and Steve both looked at each other and smiled 

“Can’t read that in a museum,” You say 

“Just like that, and we're supposed to be cool?” Sam questioned

“What did I do?” Bucky asks

“Enough,” Steve says

“Oh, God, I knew this would happen. Everything HYDRA put inside me is still there. All he had to do was say the words”

You couldn’t bear to see Bucky like this, so you stepped out, and you composed yourself. It was hard for you to see him in such a state. At some point, you looked back inside and asked Steve to remove his arm from the machine. You just looked at Bucky sitting there face down, his elbows leaning against his knees as the three men spoke.

You weren’t sure when you’d see him again, so you wanted to take it all in. As Sam and Steve talked to the side, you walked up to Bucky. You looked down at him before slowly grabbing his face, holding it in between your two hands. You pushed his head very gently to look at you, and when he looked up at you, he saw the marks on your neck 

“Did I do that to you?” He said before he slowly reached a hand out to touch your neck.

“Didn’t know that’s what you were into, Buck.” You say trying to ease the tension with a joke, you grabbed his hand that was touching your neck, gave it a small kiss right into the palm, then you held it against your cheek. “I’ve missed you, Buck.” 

Sam and Steve have left you two alone, letting you have your moment with him, before Steve came back, telling you both it’s time to go. Sharon had shown up with her trunk full of gear, Steve had his shield, Sam had his wings, and there was stuff for you and Bucky too.

The getaway car was as cute as a getaway car could be. You and Bucky were in the back seat, while Sam was in the front. As you were adjusting yourself into the cramped space, Bucky just looked at you before he placed his arm on top of the seat, giving you a more comfortable amount of room. 

And as you finally looked up, you saw Steve and Sharon kissing, as Steve looked back at you guys, Sam and Bucky were nodding their heads with approval, while you nodded your head no with disgust written all over your face.

While Team Cap and Team Ironman fought, you again had no interest, so you stayed back, you didn’t have the energy to fight with people you had just fought alongside. It wasn’t hot in the car. Bucky had rolled down the windows for you, and so you just sat there with now all the space in the world.

That was until a red glow started to move the rest of the cars around you, freaked you out, and you immediately jumped out of the car right before it was pulled out of the parking garage. You walked around in the terminal until you saw Bucky and Sam on the ground, attached to the ground, you could say. You hovered over them as you laughed. 

“Oh, what have you two gotten into?” You say kneeling beside Bucky

“Are you gonna help us or what?” they both say to you, exhausted and slightly annoyed. You laughed once more before helping them remove the webs. You dusted off your hands and said 

“Alright, alright, go back and play, and play nice. I want you both back before sundown.” You say as Bucky looks at you

“Get to the jet, Doll, I'll be there,” he says before running off with Sam

You stand there, hands on your hips, as you watch them run out. It was quite the sight to see, you watched from the terminal, explosions here and there, watching Bucky fight, you learned it was a turn on. And then you ran, ran the longest path all the way to the jet.

When you got there, Nat was standing there, right in front of the jet.

“We’re not gonna fight, are we?” You say as you catch your breath, you stared at her as you slowly balled your hands into fists, protecting your face. She just looks at you before throwing up her leg in a high kick. You slide under and counter with a backfist that grazes her cheeks.

“You’ve improved,” Nat says

“I had a good teacher,” you say

You two went at it, every move was calculated punches, jabs, kicks, sweeps, everything you both had learned you were using against each other.

You grabbed Nat’s wrist and slipped around her back, and you, in one fluid motion, managed to get her into an armbar. Nat tried to roll out of it, but it was no use. 

“They’re not gonna stop,” You say just as Bucky and Steve run under the falling building. They look at you and Nat on the ground. You used your head to gesture them onto the jet, and just as they started running past you

“I’m gonna regret this, duck,” Nat says as you release her arm and move your head completely to the ground, and Nat stuns the Black Panther from advancing.

You were arrested with the rest of Cap’s team. Thrown into the raft prison, you were lying down, relaxing on your new metal bed, your pillow was propped up as you leaned against it, one arm supporting the back of your head, and you watched as Tony walked around each cell/containment room.

“What do you need, Tony?” you say, giving him a small smile, as he stops in front of your cell

“Nova, how are you doing? You need anything?”

“Nope, I’m good. What do you want from me, Stark?” You say as you get out of bed and stand in front of him.

“I need to know where Steve went.”

“And I’m supposed to know? Ask Sam, they don’t tell me anything, I just go where I’m told.”

“You see, that’s exactly why I wanted you on my team, we could have been great allies, you and I,” He says before slowly walking away 

“I’m sure we would have Tony,” you say before lying back into bed. You knew eventually they had to let you go, or that Steve was going to get you out, so you just waited and got some much-needed rest. 

And he did, Steve had appeared right in front of your cell. As he helped you escape, you were back on a jet flying towards Wakanda. 

“Where’s Bucky?” You ask him. Steve didn’t say anything

“What happened? What did he do?”

Again, Steve was silent. He opened his jacket and grabbed something from the inside

“Now, before you get mad, he wanted me to give you this,” Steve said, holding out a sealed envelope. You took it out of his hands, ripped it open, and read it

“ Dear y/n, Don’t be mad a Steve, this was my decision. Doll, I can’t trust my own mind, so until they figure out how to get this stuff out of my head, I think going back under is the best thing for everybody. Especially you. I promised you something that night, and I intend to keep the promise. I just need time. - Bucky

You blinked a few times before putting the letter back into the ripped envelope, and you placed it in your pocket. You were upset, angry, and sad, all of the emotions. Plenty of thoughts filled your mind, and when you looked up at Steve, you exploded.

“What the hell Steve” You yell as you push him as hard as you can. But Steve didn’t move.

“What did you let him do?” you say angrily. He stood there just watching you as you tried pushing him, and when nothing was working, you started punching him.

“We just got him back, I just got him back,” you said, your voice cracked, and you repeatedly punched his chest, and when that didn’t work, Steve held your wrists and pulled you into a hug, and you cried.

“ I know” is all Steve said as he held you tight in his arms and soothed you by patting your head.

When you calmed down, Steve explained to you that Bucky was in cryosleep in Wakanda, and he already knew you were going to want to see him. You just kept reading the letter over and over again. And before you knew it, you were in Wakanda.

T’Challa had greeted you when you landed, and he showed you Bucky. You thanked him before he left you to be alone, and so you stood there for hours, just looking at the state Bucky was in. He looked peaceful.

“ Your loyalty to this man is honorable,” T’Challa said to you

“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens,” you say.

“And where’s that from?” he asks

“The Lord of the Rings,” you say with a small laugh. You turned to look at him, and you both talked for a while, getting to know each other. You had asked him if you could stay in Wakanda, which he gladly accepted under the conditions that you allowed Bucky time and space to heal, alone. You spent the next 2 years in Wakanda, and you became close with Shuri and Okoye. 

Shuri updated you about Bucky’s condition while you trained with the Dora Milaje. You weren’t there when they unfroze Bucky, but you were able to watch him from afar. You were happy that Bucky was healing, living a peaceful and tranquil life in Wakanda. You've got to see him tend to the land, and his new nickname, “White Wolf,” was very fitting for him.

Steve had contacted you and T’Challa, asking for help in a fight, and whenever they asked for your help, you always said yes. Shuri had told you that she made Bucky a new vibranium arm, and when T’Challa had asked you to come with him to deliver it, you were outside as fast as you could be. When Bucky saw the arm, he immediately asked ‘Where’s the fight?”

And that’s when you walked down the hill. “It’s on its way,” you say from afar. You walked down to Bucky

“How’s it going, Buck?”

“Not bad for the end of the world, doll.”

A genuine smile lit up both of your faces as your eyes locked. The space between you two disappeared in a strong embrace. Your arms wrapped around his neck as you buried your face into his chest. His arm wrapped tightly around your waist. And you felt at peace, you clung to him tight, reconfirming that this was real.

T’Challa and Okoye had left you two alone

“I’ve missed you, Buck.” 

You say as you look up at him, he presses his forehead against yours.

“I’ve missed you too, doll.”

You and Bucky had geared up and met up with Steve as their jet had come into Wakanda. Steve had greeted Bucky first, as you greeted Natasha and Sam. 

“So this is where you’ve been hiding,” Natasha said

“The Dora Milje kept me in shape,” you say.

You stood outside keeping watch with everyone else when giant metal shards attacked the dome. 

“You gotta love Wakanda,” you say, staring up at the sky

Everyone made their way close to the outskirts of the dome, away from the city. You were walking behind everyone until they finally stood in place. You walked up behind Steve and Bucky, you placed one arm around Steve's arm, and one arm around Bucky's, pulling them close to you. “My two favorite soldiers have returned to me,” you say

“Just like old times,” Steve says. As Bucky just smiles down at you. You let their arms go as someone gave you a weapon.

And then it started, everyone ran towards the barrier as it opened up, and all the Outriders had barged through. You had stood back to back with Bucky as you both shoot at them and when an outrider had knocked your gun out of your hands Bucky had grabbed you, your back to his chest as you used all your force to kick an outrider in the face, it came back more aggressive and had you and bucky on the grown, you had picked up Bucky's gun using it to shield you from the outriders claws and teeth and Bucky right behind you was using his strength to keep you both upright as the outrider attacked you both. 

Just as the outrider opened its mouth wide, lightning came through and knocked it off of you both. You both just stayed there for a second before getting up and grabbing your gun,

Now with new help, you and Bucky managed to catch your ground. As you started to get surrounded, Bucky gave you and Rocket a look, and you knew what to do. You jumped onto Buck, your legs wrapping around his waist, and you held your weapon over his shoulder, focused on the outriders coming from behind. Bucky picked up Rocket and slowly turned in a circle as all three of you shot down the outriders.

Just as you all finished off the surrounding ones, Rocket jumps out of Bucky’s grasp, satisfied with the work all three of you had done.

“How much for the gun” Rocket said

“Not for sale,” Bucky says

“Okay, How about her? Can I work with her?” Rocket says as he gestures to you, still wrapped around Bucky’s waist. 

Bucky just looked down at him and said, “Not her, never her,” and walked off. As he walked away, you waved at Rocket and blew him a silly little kiss.

“Oh, I’ll get her” he said before going back into the fight.

You were running behind Bucky as he stormed in to shoot Thanos, but just as he got blasted, you got hit by the impact, and Bucky flipped into you, both of you ending up on the ground

Bucky had helped you up, one gun in hand, and his other arm trying to support you as you both made your way to Steve. As soon as you were close to him, you and Bucky started to turn into dust. You looked at each other’s bodies, then back at Steve.

“Steve,” you both say in unison as you both fell and disappeared. 

5 years later, you and Bucky were resurrected. You both looked at each other and embraced each other in a hug. After that, you both went back into battle. The portals emerged from Wakanda into the final battle against Thanos. Everyone had emerged from various portals, and you looked around at the mass amounts of people all shouting to battle. 

When Cap yelled “Avengers Assemble” and everyone ran, ready to fight, as you all collided 

It was you, Bucky, and Rocket again covering each other's backs as you shot your guns. You guys were doing great until a huge beam from Thanos’s ships blasted you and Bucky off your feet. And then suddenly the blasts stopped, and everyone watched as Thano’s ship was demolished. Okoye had helped you up as all the women went side by side to help Captain Marvel through Thanos’s army. 

And as you kept fighting, suddenly all the enemies had turned into dust, and it was finally all over. You watched as Tony sat down, Peter and Pepper had gathered around him, and it broke your heart. Tony Stark, the man you are to sacrifice your life for everyone here. 

You shed a tear as you watched him pass. Bucky came up to you as he moved you into his chest. And you let the tears fall. The world had been restored, but normalcy didn’t come back right away. You were gone for 5 years, and everyone who was part of the blip came back. 

Tony Stark’s funeral was peaceful. He left a beautiful message for his daughter, Morgan, and everyone was there to watch him go. You stood in the back with Bucky and Sam watching the memorial.

Before Steve had gone back in time to return the stones, he pulled you aside, telling you his plan that he was going to stay in the 1940s. You were happy for him, and you were happy for Peggy. 

“Bucky is going to need you, and you’re going to need him. He needs to heal, needs to figure out what to do. I trust you to take care of him.”

Steve said that right before he gave you a small kiss on the head, and then he walked away.

You were there when Steve traveled through time and came back as an old man. Sam had approached him first, and you watched as he gave Sam the shield. Sam looked back, looking at Bucky for approval, and Bucky nodded his head with a smile.

When Sam had left, you sat next to the elderly Steve on the bench.

“How was it?”

“It was beautiful,” he said

“We’re gonna miss you.”

“I know”

“Promise you’ll take care of Buck for me.”

“I promise.” And so you and the elderly Steve sat there, you leaned your head against his shoulder, and you both just looked out at the view. Bucky had joined you two on the bench, and all three of you sat there in silence. Enjoying each other's presence one last time.