nerves_of_ice: (bucky: bruised but not broken)
James Buchanan 'Bucky' Barnes ([personal profile] nerves_of_ice) wrote2022-05-19 10:31 pm
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[WWII AU] a brand new day

Bucky wakes in the predawn darkness, long before reveille would normally be called. He spends a few minutes reviewing the mission in his head before he rolls from his cot; there's no room to think about anything else. He meets Steve and the rest of the Howling Commandos at five-fifteen. As planned, they're on the move before the hour has passed.

It's a long day, a hard day, but in the end a successful day, for the most part. The hidden facility carved into the hillside is no more when they leave, HYDRA's agents defeated, their stockpiles destroyed. But there's still no sign of Schmidt, nor of Zola, and that remains incredibly frustrating.

Still, there's reason to celebrate today's win, and the squad's more or less exuberant on their return, some fourteen or so hours later. Steve disappears into the command tent to debrief with Colonel Phillips; Bucky'll catch up with him afterward, as usual. He spends a few minutes trading quips with the others before disappearing to weapons storage to see to his own rifle - also as usual. Something about taking care of it helps him feel like he's cleaning the blood off his own hands.

After that, he finds he's too restless to settle yet, and figures it's not the best idea for him to be around others until he sorts himself out. Bucky wanders along the edge of camp in the dark, then veers from the path and off into the field where he'd spent some time watching the stars only a couple of days ago.

It should be peaceful there, more or less.
from_the_outside: (the sweetest thing)

[personal profile] from_the_outside 2022-05-20 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
She feels like a kid, happy and carefree and light as a feather. "One more," she requests, looking up into his face.

One more, before she needs to put her feet back on the ground again.
from_the_outside: (looking down and laughing)

[personal profile] from_the_outside 2022-05-20 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
She laughs when she realizes what he's doing, and as he sets her lightly back down on the path, she hums the first few bars of 'Moonlight Serenade', her mouth quirking into a smile.

"If you wanted another dance," she points out, "you could have just asked."
from_the_outside: (heart in her eyes)

[personal profile] from_the_outside 2022-05-20 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"Okay."

Her hands are still at his shoulders, where they dropped when he lifted her again. "Whenever you want."
from_the_outside: (windblown)

[personal profile] from_the_outside 2022-05-20 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
He means it, she can tell, and her smile grows, brilliant. "Okay," she murmurs again, and lifts her hands finally from his shoulders, stepping back.

It's too bad she'd left her phone, powered down, in her quarters. He'd probably love hearing music come out of its tiny speakers. "Let's go."
from_the_outside: by infidel (warming up)

[personal profile] from_the_outside 2022-05-20 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
She slips her hand into the crook of his arm and tips her head at the path. "Good," she says, and smiles a little.

If this is a dream, she doesn't want to wake up yet.
from_the_outside: (windblown)

[personal profile] from_the_outside 2022-05-20 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
She sets her hand lightly in his and looks up at the sky, amazed all over again by the scattering of stars across its dark face.

After a second, she looks back at him, smiling. "What kind of dance were you thinking?"
from_the_outside: by infidel (warming up)

[personal profile] from_the_outside 2022-05-20 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"I like the foxtrot," she tells him, a teasing glint in her eyes. "Which you already know. Rumba, too."
from_the_outside: by easystreet (pert)

[personal profile] from_the_outside 2022-05-20 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"Very sensible."

She steps closer and puts her free hand back on his shoulder, then looks up at him. "I guess the music will just have to be in our heads."
from_the_outside: (not too far I hope)

[personal profile] from_the_outside 2022-05-20 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"Neither can I."

It's not a song she knows, but the beat's familiar enough. She settles into the dance position and waits for him to lead them into the steps.
from_the_outside: by The Hollowed Artists (listen to me)

[personal profile] from_the_outside 2022-05-21 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
She listens to the pleasant low hum of his voice, imagining the swell of a band playing the melody. They can't glide over the grass like they could over a polished dance floor, and she's wearing slacks, not a dress with a skirt that spins, but none of it seems to matter at all.

Her eyes stay on his as she follows his lead, the slow-quick-quick of their steps beating through her blood.
from_the_outside: by The Hollowed Artists (listen to me)

[personal profile] from_the_outside 2022-05-21 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
She can't tell if he's still humming the tune or not, and honestly it doesn't even matter. This dance is taking on a life of its own, as he twirls her and turns with her beneath the star-flooded sky.

It's not hard, but her pulse is racing anyway, electricity skittering over her skin every time he brings her back to him and she looks back up into his face. She can't see the blue of his eyes in the dark, but it doesn't matter; it's the expression in them that sends a shiver into the pit of her stomach.
from_the_outside: by The Hollowed Artists (listen to me)

[personal profile] from_the_outside 2022-05-21 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
His palm is warm against hers and she lets her fingers slip between his, loosely enough that they part easily again. She can't take her eyes off his, except when he crosses behind her and her eyes flutter half-closed as she leans slightly back towards him.

She can't stop thinking about the lab, his skin against hers, his hand in hers. Her hand curves over his shoulder and she lets her thumb ghost over the material of his uniform as warmth pools in her chest.
Edited 2022-05-21 01:01 (UTC)
from_the_outside: by <lj user="bangparty"> (sincerity)

[personal profile] from_the_outside 2022-05-21 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
Her breath is coming fast and light as she stares up at him, the field around them forgotten, the portal that brought her here and the camp and her good sense, all forgotten too.

"Bucky," she whispers, utterly lost in the moment with him.

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