[ TFATWS episode 1x03 (ending) // 1x04 (beginning) ]
* if anyone sees any corrections that need to be made to the Serbian or French translations please let me know*
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The conversations are stilted through taxi and takeoff. It's only once you're in the air that a collective breath seems to be let out. Apparently Baron Zemo has been focused on one thing during his newfound freedom from a prison cell – collecting enemies.
Zemo plucks at the fingers of his gloves, making a show of removing the dark leather before pocketing them in the recesses of his jacket. He glances across the aisle, for the moment avoiding looking your direction. There's a playful smile on his lips as he homes in on Sam's profile. "I wouldn't worry about the car."
"Who's worrying about the car?"
To answer a question with a question is to attempt to evade – and something is eating at Sam. You barely know him and even you can see that. If you've noticed, it is assured your former employer has as well. The amused expression on his face tells you that he's taken it upon himself to find out what it is that has his traveling companion all tied up in knots.
"You look worried."
"Well, I'm not." Sam fires back quickly.
Silence descends, and you look from one man to the next, finally landing on the man sitting across the aisle from you that hasn't spoken since he boarded the plane. He looks distinctly uncomfortable. Maybe it's just because you are now the one staring at him . Wasn't that his thing? You rush to look away only to have your gaze drawn back when he speaks, unprompted. He's partially turned his head, blue eyes locked on you:
"I am James Bucky Barnes. I am no longer The Winter Soldier. Those days are over."
Your skin prickles at the practiced tone of his words. Maybe he means it as a kindness, a soothing gesture, a reassurance. The reality is that it's anything but. You saw how quick he was to engage the night before. How easily he was working his way through the men trying to respond before you left the room. He may claim he's no longer The Soldier, but if that's the case –
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