UNDISCLOSED DESIRES// BUCKY BARNES x OC

going home

We walked down the tarmac holding hands where the jet was already parked and ready to go.
In the distance I saw Natasha Romanoff walking towards us.
I had changed into a pair of grey leggings and a white cropped hoodie, my long auburn curls, secured in a messy bun atop of my head. James wore a black shirt, black pants and a black leather jacket. His hair was still in that slicked back bun but now a few loose strands were framing his face.

As he saw Natasha, his grip on my hand tightened.

"The cold soldier and the snake, good to see you." she said.

"The Russian widow, you haven't changed one bit." James held out his hand to Natasha.

"Wait..you know each other ?" I looked puzzled, my eyes going back and forth between them.

"Yeah, he tried to kill me, gave me a nice scar on my stomach." Natasha said.

"Sorry 'bout that, widow." he shrugged apologetically.

"Enough small talk on the tarmac, let's go in." she turned on her heel and walked towards the plane.

After sitting down and the plane slowly ascending into the night sky, Natasha plopped her ass down on the seat next me.

"Tell me 'bout you, Elaine." Natasha said as she crossed her legs over each other.

"You want the long version or short ?" I asked.

"Well, we will be in the air for 10 hours, just hit me with it." she rested her chin on her hand, looking at me, as if she was excited to hear me speak.

"I was born in Houston, TX in 1920, my dad left pretty much after me being born and my momma, she passed away from breast cancer in my last year of high school. I became a nurse and worked at St. Albertine's Hospital in Rochester until in March of '43 I was recruited to help out at the 107th."

"So you met Sargent Barnes there ?" she asked referring to James' rank in the army.

"Not exactly but I'll get there. I arrived in Latham two days later with my best friend Jolene." as I said her name, a lump formed in my throat.

"You miss her ?" Natasha asked.

"Every day. It's hard when you never got to say goodbye." I looked down at my crisp white sneakers to hide the fact that it made me incredibly sad talking about her.

"Jolene was sent to work at the medical tent and I was sent to work with Dr. Abraham Erskine. He is the creator of the serum.
After completing a task, I was walking back to the medical tent to get my scrubs, I was hit unconscious by Johan Schmidt."

"All I remember was waking up in extreme pain, it was like being burnt alive.
Before Schmidt tried to brainwash me, I was put in a lab where I saw this man." I pointed towards James who was talking to Maria Hill, a S.H.I.E.L.D agent.
"I saw the pain in those blue eyes. After that night in the lab we never saw each other again. I became a powerful killer and killed over 50 people in my time. I was called red viper because my specialty for a while was killing with poisonous venom. I was put on ice 40 years after I killed for the first time.

After Alexander Pierce took over Hydra , I was taken out of ice and got the mission to find a rogue assassin, named James Buchanan Barnes." I paused for a second, looked at him, unspoken words of comfort in his steel blue eyes.

"So you come to find him in Bucharest, hiding from his past as the winter soldier." Natasha said.

"When I found him, I remembered the steel blue eyes. He told me that he found a way to get rid of the brainwashing and he was willing to help me get rid of it too. A week later, here we are."