hello! before you read this chapter i wanted to let you know, you can skip this if you want, it just gives more background info for Bucky so you can get to know him better!
I walk into the lab and see Bruce standing over some new invention.
He looks up, a bit startled to see me.
"H-hey bucky?" he says, putting down a screwdriver.
I don't say anything. Instead I just sit down in a chair in the back of the room.
I haven't been called James in years. Even before I became the soldier, it was always Bucky, or Mr. Barnes, never James.
What's wrong with me?
Why can I only remember certain things? Like Howard Stark? But I couldn't recognize Steve? I guess I'll never know. Maybe Bruce would know.
"Bruce, can i ask you a question?"
He turns to me, looking very confused.
"Sure?"
I take a breath. "How did i end up here?"
"What do you mean?"
"How did I survive the fall off the train? How can I remember someone like Howard Stark, But not Steve Rogers, my best friend?"
"I don't know, Bucky." he says. "But you are Lucky."
"How? How am I lucky?"
"You're alive."
His words shock me, but I don't show it. I guess I'm Lucky, somehow. I have a home, I get to experience the future. I have a best friend that likes me enough. And... I have her. She's nice enough to be my friend, and I consider her one. I don't know if she feels the same way about me though, after what she said this morning.
We sit in silence for another few minutes or so.
"Thank you, doctor." i say going out of the room.
I go up the stairs and see Violet knocking on someone's door. I think it's Wanda's.
"Hey, Wanda, can I come in there?" she says carefully.
"She's not in there." Why did I say that? It wasn't a lie, Wanda is out, but why am i talking to her?
She turns around to face me.
"I'm sorry." she says breathlessly. Sorry? That's not a word I thought anyone would ever say to me. To be fair, most of the people I know, i've killed their family, so I don't really deserve an apology.
I look down into her eyes, she's nervous
I put a grin on my face. "It's ok. People have said worse to me. And I won't take yours personally, you were already having a bad day."
"Thank you." she says, giving a half smile. "Do you know where Wanda went?"
"I think she went out, she should be back later."
"Thank you, Bucky."
"So we're back on a Bucky name basis?" I say, giving a slight grin.
"I guess we are." she says as she turns and tries to leave for the kitchen.
Come on, now's your chance! The little voice inside my head says.
Chance? Chance to do what?
"Do you wanna maybe get lunch together?' I say quickly. Oh god, why did I do that?
