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James Buchanan 'Bucky' Barnes ([personal profile] nerves_of_ice) wrote2022-08-08 07:43 pm
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[Virginia AU] we rose up from the falling waters

A little over a week goes by, and as it does Bucky falls into a pattern, slow but sure. He wakes with Sharon in the mornings, shares coffee and something that suffices for breakfast, then works a little on searches and checking contacts and sources from other time zones and locations. Mid-morning finds him at the Task Force offices with Riley and his team. Early afternoon finds him meeting with Ross, if there's any reason to; mid-afternoon he checks in with Steve, with Tony, or with Natasha before he goes back to tracing rumors and hints.

Today's different, though. Today is Sharon's first day back at work after her suspension, and Bucky's determined not to do a single damn thing that might possibly make it difficult for her.
from_the_outside: (that OH #$%& moment)

[personal profile] from_the_outside 2022-08-15 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm still a little out of it," she tells him. She gently unlaces her fingers from Bucky's and moves to stare out the window, lifting her hand to the glass as her brain tries to come to terms with what she's seeing and hearing.

"This is crazy. I thought it was impossible."
from_the_outside: (suspicious as hell)

[personal profile] from_the_outside 2022-08-15 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm sure we could do more with access to this tech and a mountain of vibranium," Sharon points out. She gives the mine a last disbelieving glance and comes back to the others, pulled, as always, to Bucky's side. "Tony Stark would swallow his tongue."
from_the_outside: (suspicious as hell)

[personal profile] from_the_outside 2022-08-15 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"What tradition?" Sharon glances between them all. "I mean, I get why Wakanda would want to keep this to itself..."

"It is not only that," Shuri tells her, looking slightly exasperated – though not, Sharon thinks, at her. "The secret is kept in part by never allowing outsiders to come here. The three of you are the first who have been brought, on purpose, in generations."
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from_the_outside: by <lj user="quixotic"> (fallen angel)

[personal profile] from_the_outside 2022-08-15 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"But they brought us." She says it slowly, horrified by the implications. She casts a glance around the lab. Sharon's no scientist, but even she can tell the tech here is so far beyond theirs it may as well be magic.

They brought her here. All the way to Wakanda, instead of to a normal hospital, and she doesn't think it was just for the speed of her recovery. She finds herself looking at Bucky as she says: "It was that bad?"
from_the_outside: by by <lj user="bangparty"> ([Bucky] in your arms)

[personal profile] from_the_outside 2022-08-15 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
She remembers again the desperation in his voice, the flutter of his touch that she'd barely felt, the gruff orders from Ross she was sorry to disobey, and she can't keep herself apart anymore. Stepping close, she puts her arms around Bucky and presses herself to him. Over her shoulder, Ross clears his throat awkwardly and turns to peer with studied interest out the window.

"I'm sorry," she murmurs, low, for Bucky's ears only. "I'm sorry I scared you, baby."
from_the_outside: by by <lj user="bangparty"> ([Bucky] in your arms)

[personal profile] from_the_outside 2022-08-15 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
It wasn't a walk in the park for me, either, she almost says, but his voice is so ragged and he's holding her so carefully, like he's afraid to break her, and she can't joke about it. Not yet; maybe not ever.

"Okay," she murmurs, even though it's not a promise she can make. She doesn't have supersoldier serum running through her veins, healing up every last injury. Bucky could have taken that hit and been up again a few minutes later, probably.

For the first time in a very long time, she feels terribly fragile, like the glass that was shattered to make the art she'd bought for him. "I can't lose you, either."
from_the_outside: (she's nice)

[personal profile] from_the_outside 2022-08-15 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"You got me here, didn't you?"

She closes her eyes at the feel of his mouth against her hair, then sticks close to his side as he draws her in. "You did good, Barnes. Really good."
from_the_outside: by buckybear (it is what it is)

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"Can food happen at some point?" Sharon asks, her arm around the small of Bucky's back. He's tucked her close and she's grateful for it; she doesn't want to be any further away from him. "And some water, maybe?"

Also clothes, but apparently Nakia is bringing those. Still, it's been at least a day since she's eaten anything, and her stomach is starting to talk to her recently repaired spine.
from_the_outside: (tell me more)

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Aside from the floor-to-ceiling windows looking out onto the impossible mine, the design of the lounge Shuri leads them to looks blessedly familiar: couches and armchairs and a small kitchenette.

She wonders if there are cheeseburgers in Wakanda. She could murder a cheeseburger. "Sit, sit," Shuri tells them, before going to the fridge to look inside, humming to herself.
from_the_outside: by buckybear (it is what it is)

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"Really," she promises him; promises them both. Bucky's still treating her like she's made of blown glass, and she can't really blame him, but – "I've felt worse after a tough sparring session."

He looks tired and drained and he's still making sure she's alright, and she can't help the wave of affection that rolls through her for her gruff boss. "Thanks for coming, sir," she tells him. "Sorry to drag you so out of the way."
from_the_outside: by easystreet (pert)

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"Glad to see you two are getting along," Sharon says, amused, and turns her attention to the warm cup of tea Shuri brings over to her. "Thank you, too, princess," she tells the younger woman. "For everything."

She includes Ross and Bucky in her glance as she goes on. "Thank you all."
from_the_outside: by infidel (warming up)

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As Bucky moves across the room, Nakia enters, a bag in one hand and her brilliant smile lighting her face. "Don't get up," she tells Sharon, and comes to hug her, warm and tight.

"Do not do that again," she scolds, lightly, though Sharon can feel her arms tightening protectively.

"Well, maybe don't stand in the way of bullets," Sharon tells her, but she can't help squeezing her friend tight. If she'd been a little slower, who knows what might have happened? "Anyway, it's not like I need more than one life debt from you."

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