swearing, blood, and guns
waiting for your twin brother steve to come home all battered up with cuts and bruises late at night wasn't a surprise.
when he wasn't home for dinner that was when you'd sit by the fire and wait for him.
you were always the one to fix him up after getting beat up.
today you thought was no different, after dinner, you sat down in front of the fire, knitting a scarf for steve since he had a knack for getting himself sick when you heard the familiar sound of footsteps on the front balcony, you had simply gotten up and went to grab the medical kit.
walking into the salon and seeing your brother with his best friend half-conscious, may I add, was a little bit of a shocker to you.
"oh finally" steve heaved, james had a hand across his back and was, like I said only half-conscious, but he looked up at you and flashed a smile, blood pooling in his mouth.
"what happened?" you had said rushing over to the two boys, grabbing james by the arms and forcing him into the bathroom.
"steve bring a chair here will you?" you said pushing james onto the counter, he's much too tall for you to reach his face, even while sitting down.
a moment later steve appeared in the doorway with a dining room chair in his arms, his face almost turning purple, with the heavy chair.
"now steve will you tell me what happened?" you asked once again while examining james's face before pushing him into the chair.
"he got into a fight, three against one may I add, held his weight for a while but eventually started getting a bit sloppy" steve stated standing in the doorway, leaning on the doorframe.
you had started cleaning the blood of his face, lips pursed.
he wouldn't take his eyes off of your face while you were cleaning his face.
"this might sting," you said lightly putting a pad with some special cleaner made so cuts won't get infected. he hissed when it came in contact with the cuts on his face, flinching away.
you had just placed your hands on your hips.
"do you want help?" you asked with a sharp tone.
"fine, fine doll, just get it over with," james said coming back to his original spot, behind him, steve had raised his eyebrows, looking at his best friend and sister, james made eye contact with him.
he had just rolled his eyes.
"shut up steve" james called at steve. you had furrowed your eyebrows and had grabbed james's jaw.
"don't move" you had ordered, putting bandages on the cuts, once again james's eyes were locked on your face.
"hey y/n is there any leftovers?" steve asked.
"yeah, there should be enough for the both of you, today we had potatoes, peas and chicken by the way" you answered staring attentively at a cut on james's lip.
around 25 minutes later you were finished. you washed your hands and James just sat there staring at you.
"will you be staying the night james?" you asked.
"I told you doll, call me bucky," he said standing up, coming over to the sink. "and yes, if that's ok with you"
you had just rolled your eyes, drying your hands at his nickname.
"it's fine with me but you should ask steve, and where did 'bucky' come from james?" you questioned walking out of the bathroom, he trailed after you like a lost puppy slouching.
"James 'buch'anan barnes, y/n/n, buch goes to bucky," he said with a slight smirk, he knew you hated that nickname.
he had followed you to the kitchen, where steve was eating some dinner at the counter, turning in his chair as you entered the kitchen, james went to sit beside steve while you finished doing the dishes.
a couple of minutes later you have finished the dishes and the two boys were finished their dinner.
"now if you'll excuse me, im going to bed, you should too, we have school tomorrow." you stated drying your hands with a washcloth.
james's eyes followed you out of the room after you left, steve had started chuckling.
james's eyes looked steve up and down, "what's up with you?"
"doll? really?" steve said still laughing, "you are so smitten with my sister" he said with a smile etched across his face.
"w-what! never!" james defended
"mate, chill, i know for a fact she likes you," steve said standing up collecting their plates and putting them beside the washer.
"she does?!" james asked eagerly.
"well... im pretty sure she does" steve added.
"come on mate, dont get me winded up like that" james grumbled.
i don't know how school was back then, so i am going with highschool
today you felt like dressing up so you put on your favourite dress, it was a nice dusty rose with flowers on it, you had adored it.
walking in the halls was a fun experience, people stared, as per usual, james was kinda a social icon while you and steve were not.
james had waved several times to other people, you had turned to go to your locker, where your friend, susan banks was waiting for you.
you hadn't even noticed james and steve following you.
susan's eyes widened at james walking with you, she knew he was friends with your brother but didn't know that the two fo you were friends.
james also still had cuts on his face.
"heyyyy doll?" james groaned making his way over to your locker, "what's your first class?"
"biology" you simply stated.
steve piped up before james could answer "I have math"
susan responded "oh same! we should walk together!" at the offering steve blushed, while walking towards the math room.
"you're stuck with me doll, I have biology too" james said slinging his arm over your shoulder
people stared more than ever, you tried to keep your head down but james held his head high, smiling like a maniac.
in-class james sat right beside you at the double desk you have for biology
"may I say y/n/n you look absolutely ravishing today" james stated resting his head on his hand staring at you, your cheek flushed a light pink at his remark, still staring at the board you answered.
"gee thanks james, wish I could say the same for you" you said with a hint of sarcasm.
he puta hand to his heart.
"ouch, y/n, and please, call me bucky" he offered as class was starting.
throughout the class, james would keep his eyes off of you, people noticed that the one and only, bucky barnes was staring at y/n rogers, his best friends sister.
when the bell rang you slipped past james and made a beeline for English class, which you shared with steve.
you had almost crashed right into steve while he was turning a corner looking for you so you two could walk to class together.
"oh my goodness steve! i am so sorry!" you said steadying his shoulders.
"I'm good, I'm good!" he piped up,
you both started walking towards English class.
"soooo how was biology with bucky?" steve asked with a suggestive tone.
"it was fine, bit of a starer but other than that, it was fine"
steve raised his eyebrows
steve suppressed a smile.
"not surprised. he has the biggest crush on you" steve said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"what!" you said stopping from walking, cheek a furious red, "he does not!"
once again steve just raised his eyebrows and kept on walking.
lunch was a fun time, you sat with susan and steve, who passed flirty remarks back and forth, so your eyes just wandered over the lunchroom and they landed on Annabelle Rusnak, a pretty, rich blonde girl flirting with james.
it looked as though he was flirting back, your heart sank, you should've never gotten your hopes up.
you stared at the scene, you were pretty good at reading lips so you could see james calling her doll.
to be honest you kinda liked the nickname, it was sweet, but now it had lost its meaning.
you had adverted your eyes when he looked your way, staring right in front of you, pretending to zone out.
"hellloooo?? earth to y/n?" susan said waving her hand over your face.
"yes?" you answered slowly reconnecting back into the world.
"are you ok? you were zoning out?" susan asked with a concerned look on her face.
"oh yeah I'm fine" she didn't look convinced, but kept on eating.
when the bell rang for everyone to get ready to go back to class, once again you had stood straight up and made a beeline for your locker.
"hey doll" a firmilar voice rang in your ear.
"will you stop calling me that?" you asked with a sharp tone, not missing a beat.
"o-oh okay" he stuttered.
he stood beside your locker before saying, "I should go"
you were sitting on your bed doing homework when you heard two familiar voices in the room beside yours, you knew eavesdropping was impolite and rude, but you didn't care, you put your ear to the wall and listened.
"I think I really like her" you thought was james
"who?" steve asked, "you have girls left and right waiting for you, which one?" he asked with a chuckle
your heart fell again, tears started to well up in your eyes. you needed some air.
you left your room, grabbing your coat and decided to go for a walk to the library.
"mom! dad! I'm going to the library!" you yelled closing the front door.
at the library you someone you didn't expect to see, Zachary Fluterson.
you had always thought he was cute, he was pretty popular, but also very sweet, he loved to read which you admired.
upon your entry he looked up, his cheeks flushed a red colour then he immediately looked back at his book.
you walked towards the human anatomy section, you had always liked to read about the human body, and its mysteries, you wanted to be a doctor.
you had settled down on a couch near where Zachary sat at a table, a couple of minutes later he came over to you.
"um h-hi," he said with his hand behind his back standing in front of you.
"I know, we go to school together, you're in my math class"
"oh yeah, uh, I was wondering if, um, maybe you wanted to maybe, go to a film together?" he said head down, fidgeting with his fingers.
you slightly raised your eyebrows, when he saw that you did that he started talking again.
"oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to, I just always thought you were pretty! I'm so sorry" he said walking away.
"no wait!" you said standing up and grabbing his arm. "i would love to go to a film with you"
"yeah! you're pretty too" you added with a smile.
"um, its pretty late and dark, mind if i walk you home?" he asked
on the walk home you talked about anything and everything, it was nice, when you and him made it to the doorstep, you both stopped.
"thanks for walking me home"
"can we talk about the details for the movie tomorrow?"
you smiled and walked inside, closing the door, then leaning on it, sighing.
"where were you?" steve questioned sitting on the couch with james
"who was that?" james asked
"pretty sure that was somebody" steve chimed
"fine, it was Zachary Fluterson"
steve started laughing, you scowled and started walking towards your bedroom, taking off your coat, steve got up and jogged over to you, james following him.
"what were you doing with Zachary?" james asked quietly
"well he asked me to a film, then walked me home" you said walking into your room then closing the door
steve looked to james who had his eyebrows furrowed, they then walked back into the salon.
"james, are you staying for dinner?" Mrs.Rogers asked James.
"oh no mrs.rogers I should get going now"
"bye bucky" steve said walking him out.
on james's walk home he realized something.
bucky woke up in a cold sweat recounting the events that occurred 80 years ago, little did he know y/n rogers was alive.
when steve woke up he did a search to see if his twin sister was alive, he found out that a couple of years after he went into the ice she went missing and her body was found a couple of months later.
nobody knew that she was in training to be a new winter solider.
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