The Newbie

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"So, you think I'm crazy?" You say.

"How do you translate 'not normal' To 'you're crazy'?" Bucky says.

"I don't know, it's always what people mean when they say that." You explain.

You feel as though someone is watching you. You turn to the window. Nothing. You shake it off. You get up off the cold floor and ask, "Did you let me have your bed?"

"Huh? Oh! No, I didn't, I just don't sleep on beds, it doesn't feel right."

"It doesn't feel right?" You ask.

"I was in the army during World War two, remember." He smiles.

Then you hear a gunshot. The radio which was in the corner of the room starts flickering with words like longing, rusted, furnace, and daybreak are all you could hear before Bucky yells, "Y/n, you need to leave, now!"

"What?" You say, right before gunshots start flooding through the room.

Bucky pushes you down, so he's on top of you, stopping any bullets from hitting you.

"When I get off you, run, as fast as you can, as far away from me as possible," Bucky whispers in your ear.

"What the hell is going on!?" You yell.

Bucky pushes off you and you listen to him. You run as fast as you can out the door. You end up outside the door, which you closed and look both ways, neither way you see an escape, like stairs or an elevator. You decide to go right. You end up at a dead end. You see the door of Bucky's apartment blow off the hinges. Bucky walks through the doorway. You back up, realizing he's in Winter Soldier mode. You back up into a window as the Winter Soldier runs at you. You smash your elbow into the glass, shattering it. You jump out the window. When you collide with the ground you feel a crack in your arm.

Great, You think, My arm is broken.

You get up and run. Like Bucky told you to. You look back and see Bucky chasing you.

"Shit, I'm screwed." You mumble, "The only reason I escaped last time was because of Natasha." 

You just keep running and praying. You have no idea where you are. You look around and see people staring at you. You continue running. Next thing you know you're on the ground, bleeding out. You look down and see three bullet wounds all around your knife wound. You look up at the burnt orange sky, If this is how I'm going, there are worse ways. You think. You close your eyes, but then, something swoops down, blocking the light from inside your eyelids. You open your eyes and see a man wearing red goggles with wings on his back.

"Y/n, I'm Sam, I'm here to save you." He says.

"Sam," You barely manage to get out before passing out.

~~~

You wake up on a leather couch, covered in blankets. You squeeze your eyes closed then open them again, before shifting upward. 

"Hey y/n," Steve says.

"Rogers!" You cheer, "You're okay!"

"And why would you be worried about me? I've been looking for you for ages."

"What? Bucky said you weren't there, that no one was there when he picked me up." You explain.

"We were there, I tried to stop him from taking you. He told me he could help you, I still didn't trust that. He hit me in the head with his metal arm. I passed out. Then Sam helped me to find you." Steve tells you.

You reply, "Bucky helped me. He restitched my wound-"

"And then he shot you three times!"

"But that's not the point! Bucky isn't the Winter Soldier! Bucky is Bucky! It wasn't Bucky who shot me! It was the Winter Soldier! They're different!" You yell.

Steve is taken back. You've never yelled at Steve like that before. Never a real yell. Never a meaningful yell.

Steve clears his throat, "I'm gonna um, I'm gonna go to my room."

I hope I didn't hurt his feelings. I don't want him to resent me. You think.


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