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001 wakanda
There's peace in Wakanda. Bucky had spent a little while under the ice while Shuri figured out a way to work on his deprogramming and while it's been a painful process, it's a necessary one and he's glad for all her work on the tangled knot that's HYDRA and the mess inside his brain. It's all wired incorrectly, a bomb that never went off but still needs to be defused, and he's scared every time she goes in there that something will go wrong and he'll attack her; it hasn't happened yet.
When he isn't working with her or Ayo, he has a little hut to himself where there are goats and sometimes children come visit him to see the curious white man who has taken up on the fringes of Wakandan society. Steve has visited a few times but when they announce a visitor this time, it's apparently not Steve. They're still at the palace being received, though, so Bucky takes the time to tidy up where he's been staying as much as he can one-handed; he's neat by nature but he also isn't used to having company come by either.
Who could it be? Sam? Sharon? Bucky isn't sure who would come to visit him aside from those two and Steve. Tony Stark certainly wouldn't and he isn't sure the Wakandan government would even let him in. Would Wanda come to see him? He's not certain. He imagines she's in hiding the same as he is, trying to avoid the Sokovia Accords and their inevitable consequences on her. It seems she's suffering more from them than anyone else, even himself, so he doesn't think she'd risk coming to see him.
He catalogs the other people he knows and he comes up with Natasha. He's got a strange history with her. He's shot her twice while the Winter Soldier but curiously, both times, he'd shot her non-fatally. It's almost as if he'd known that she needed to live even if he didn't know her and that's not what the Winter Soldier does. He doesn't leave loose ends. He kills whoever is necessary, even an innocent bystander, and Natasha has been actively opposing him both times he's encountered her. Even when he'd been activated by Zemo he'd attacked her but didn't take her down. There's something in him that protects her and he wonders why that is and always has. He doesn't know why she'd visit him but he wouldn't turn it down, either, so when he hears someone at the door he calls for them to come inside.
"Come in, I'm not busy." He's just finishing up wiping down a counter in what counts for his kitchen and when he comes into view of the visitor, he sees that it is Natasha. Curious.
"Hi."
When he isn't working with her or Ayo, he has a little hut to himself where there are goats and sometimes children come visit him to see the curious white man who has taken up on the fringes of Wakandan society. Steve has visited a few times but when they announce a visitor this time, it's apparently not Steve. They're still at the palace being received, though, so Bucky takes the time to tidy up where he's been staying as much as he can one-handed; he's neat by nature but he also isn't used to having company come by either.
Who could it be? Sam? Sharon? Bucky isn't sure who would come to visit him aside from those two and Steve. Tony Stark certainly wouldn't and he isn't sure the Wakandan government would even let him in. Would Wanda come to see him? He's not certain. He imagines she's in hiding the same as he is, trying to avoid the Sokovia Accords and their inevitable consequences on her. It seems she's suffering more from them than anyone else, even himself, so he doesn't think she'd risk coming to see him.
He catalogs the other people he knows and he comes up with Natasha. He's got a strange history with her. He's shot her twice while the Winter Soldier but curiously, both times, he'd shot her non-fatally. It's almost as if he'd known that she needed to live even if he didn't know her and that's not what the Winter Soldier does. He doesn't leave loose ends. He kills whoever is necessary, even an innocent bystander, and Natasha has been actively opposing him both times he's encountered her. Even when he'd been activated by Zemo he'd attacked her but didn't take her down. There's something in him that protects her and he wonders why that is and always has. He doesn't know why she'd visit him but he wouldn't turn it down, either, so when he hears someone at the door he calls for them to come inside.
"Come in, I'm not busy." He's just finishing up wiping down a counter in what counts for his kitchen and when he comes into view of the visitor, he sees that it is Natasha. Curious.
"Hi."
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“I like sex and bacon in the mornings — or at least I used to, I suppose that hasn’t changed over the years.”
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He trails his fingertips along the curve of her waist. "All you gotta do is show up and I'll do the rest."
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She gets a little more serious once those are mentioned however, her head popping back up to look at him in warning. “I found something I’m not so sure about really, getting that file — a stone I uncovered but I think I need to follow up on. But I’ll come back after”
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Bucky hasn't had any desire to go on a mission or anything combat-related since the fight with Tony Stark but now, this, he feels like he might be a part of. It might be something that will unlock his memory and even if it isn't, Natasha could use the extra hand. Two heads are always better than one.
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“I’m still on the fact finding part of it all, nothing too urgent…”
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"But I know you can handle yourself."
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Her fingers scratch into his hair reassuringly remembering how much he said he liked that attention.
“But you’re right, I can do everything alone. But once you’re ready I’ll be happy to be able to have sex in safe houses.” She can’t help but teasing him a little bit.
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He pauses for a moment to see how the joke lands. "I mean, I have to have broken at least one bed in my life, right? If I haven't, we need to find a bed I don't care about breaking so I can make good on that promise and save my reputation."
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"You wanna break a bed with me, Barnes?" She asks eyebrows raised, giving him a look that is absolutely a challenge to him. She's up for it sometime, clearly. She doesn't give any indication if they're already broken one, just enjoying the idea of challenging him.
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He's pretty sure nobody could think that, least of all Natasha, but it feels good to laugh in bed with her over something like this.
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“It’s only like, 7 pm. As much as I want to lay in bed with you all night, we could maybe relocate and work on our movie marathon?” She offers, although she could absolutely lay around with him for more hours.
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"I guess I could concede to moving to the couch with snacks instead of laying around in bed naked."
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"And yes, I came here to give you the stupid file... the sex was just a positive extra."
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"And I guess next time you'll have to bring me another file so we can have sex."
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"And then you should cue up the most romantic movie you've got on that list."
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When he gets back out to the couch, he sets her down carefully, and offers her a blanket before sitting down himself.
"Get in my lap and we'll watch something ridiculously sappy. Romantic comedy from the 90s?"
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"That sounds perfect, do you have a favorite one yet? I know you probably have only gotten to see a couple of them so far..." she says curiously. She wants to know everything about this version of him, including his taste in sappy movies.
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He likes the romantic ones almost as much as the heroic ones. He doesn't like war movies at all and sometimes the kids movies make him cry and he doesn't want to admit to that.
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"I shouldn't be surprised that you like her still, I haven't seen Sleepless in Seattle in years though, so it sounds great."
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Bucky messes around to get the movie pulled up and once it is, he pulls Natasha against him and holds her close, just enjoying the moment.
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The TV says ‘ And then he held my hand. At one point I looked down and I couldn’t tell which fingers were his and which were mine. And I knew… I knew we would be together forever and that everything would be wonderful.’
Her heart races as she listens waiting to see if he squeezes back , or says anything or even notices that she set that up.
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"I care about you so much, Natasha. I want to be like that. You know, the together forever and the wonderful stuff. Is that sappy of me?"
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Natasha shifts in his lap a bit, turning away from the film. She squeezes his hand right back, looking at him a little bit more carefully giving him a soft smile.
"James Buchanan Barnes, I waited for you to come out of the ice without even knowing your name, if that's not sappy I don't know what is."
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"And you make it easy to fall in love."
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