Datura - Bucky Barnes

Dauntless

Dauntless ~ showing fearlessness or determination

"He did what? You did what?" Nat gives me a shocked expression, "Where the hell did you learn to do that?"

I was telling her about last night with Bucky.

"They trained me for 10 years before putting me in cryofreeze," I tell her, "I know how to do a gazillion things, including like, 17 languages and 14 fighting styles. Being able to seduce and control myself is nothing."

"Ten years. Damn," she tells me.

"Yeah."

"Thea?" Bucky walks in the room, "Can I talk to you?"

Nat looks at me with a suggestive wink. I roll my eyes, "Sure."

He leads me to a random room. I close the door behind us and cross my arms, "What do you want to talk about?"

"Last night."

"No," I turn to walk out the door. He grabs my wrist and turns me back around, my face inches from his. He puts a hand around my waist and pulls me in. A small gasp escapes my lips, which his gaze were fixed on.

"Don't ignore me Thea," he says, his minty breath lingering on my face.

We stand like that for a moment when we hear a bang. I come back to my senses and slide out of his arms, trying not to blush.

"What's wrong?" I had changed into my suit and was currently putting knives and handguns in my belt holsters.

"Rumlow. He's this guy we thought was a SHIELD agent but he ended up being HYDRA. He's trying to steal a biological weapon," Stevie looks at me.

I nod, "I know who Rumlow is. Hate the guy. He's ugly as hell. You dropped a building on his face, right? Not pretty."

Stevie, Bucky, Nat and I were going, while the others stayed back, just in case something else happened.

HYDRA was the type of place that would attack at different places twice.

We arrive at a large building, the Institute of Infectious Diseases.

We split up. Nat goes towards their truck, Bucky rounded the building, checking for others, and Stevie and I went inside to go get the weapon.

"The Rogers siblings going to kick some ass," I chuckle.

Stevie rolls his eyes, "That sounds so stupid."

I peek around the corner and shoot one of the guards, "You try then."

Stevie throws his shield, hitting two of the guards, clearing the room, "How about, the Rogers siblings, taking names?"

He follow behind me, walking through the place and I open the next door, snickering, "You think that's better?"

A guard shoots at me and Stevie places the shield in front of me. I nod in thanks and throw one of my knives at the HYDRA guy, stabbing him in the neck.

"Last hallway," Stevie tells me.

Last door. This time I see a glass room behind this one, with Rumlow, who was taking the bioweapon. There were four HYDRA guards in front of him.

"I'll take these guys. Go get Rumlow Stevie," I run forward, put the first guy in a headlock and twist his head, snapping his neck.

I see Stevie try to punch Rumlow. I grab the dead guard's gun and shoot it at Guard 2. I kick Guard 3 in the face and stab Guard 4.

I look over to Stevie, who was standing over an unconscious Rumlow, "You're right Thea! He is ugly."

I chuckle and shake my head, when I hear a gun go off and I feel a sharp pain in my leg.

"Shit!" I yell. Guard 3 had got back up. I limp over to him and punch him in the face repeatedly.

"Thea!" Stevie runs towards me, putting pressure on the wound.

I push him away, "I'm fine Stevie. I was trained to take pain like this. HYDRA would torture me to prepare me for torture."

"Thea just let me help you," he insists.

I push him away once more, "Steven I said I'm fine. I've been independent for 10 awake years and 70 frozen years. I'm fine."

He sighs, "Okay. But you're getting that checked out once we go back. Got it?"

I give him a look, "I'm independent, Stevie. Not suicidal."

A/N: But I am 🥲

"There is just no winning with you," he groans.

I take off my jacket and wrap it around my leg, leaving me in my tank top.

Steve kneels next to me, "Just let me help you walk. Please."

I roll my eyes, "Fine."

He wraps an arm around my waist and helps me up. I lean my weight on him, and try to stand up, "Fuck!"

"I thought HYDRA got you used to pain?"

"Yeah, but they didn't fucking shoot me."

Actually, they did, but Steve doesn't need to know that now, does he?

"Sorry about this. I know your ego is too big to ask for help," he lifts me up and carries me, fireman style.

"Goddamnit Stevie! Are you serious?" I punch his back.

He just chuckles. Damn super serum. I coulda taken him on if it wasn't for that. Woulda beat his skinny pre serum ass. He carried me out of the building and set me down on the grass, where Bucky and Nat met us.

"What happened? Are you okay Thea?" Nat asks me.

"Yeah I got shot," I breathe slightly heavily and look around. My eyes fall on Bucky, who was staring at me. Well, my boobs. Not me. Boys. Fucking bags of testosterone.

Nat just snickers. Stevie notices, and being the overprotective brother he is, smacked Bucky's head, "Stop ogling at my sister Barnes."

Flashback, age 17, before HYDRA

"You are so annoying Stevie," I playfully push him. He just laughs. We walk through the park, talking more and more about random things.

We pass by a group of college boys and one of them slaps my butt. I turn around, glaring at him. Stevie starts to get pissed, "Don't touch my sister."

"Stevie," I warn him. I didn't want him to get hurt.

"What are you gonna do about it punk?" he pushes Steve, then slaps my ass again, "I"ll do what I want."

Boy I swear to god. Does your mama know you speak to girls that way?

Steve tries to punch the guy in the face, but he dodges it and punches Steve in the face.

He goes to punch him again, but I stop him, "Okay. Stop. Enough."

They leave and I help Steve up, "You're too damn stubborn for your own good Stevie."

Back to normal

"Right. Um sorry," Bucky shakes out of his trance.

I look at Nat and mutter, "I hate men."