Plums | B. Barnes

~The Battle of Bucharest~

Wednesday
June 22, 2016
12:27 pm

Steve and Sam
*The Restaurant*
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"She tell you to stay out of it?" Sam asks. "Might have a point."

"He'd do it for me." Steve argued reluctantly.

"1945, maybe...I just want to make sure we consider all our options. The people that shoot at you usually wind up shooting at me."

Just then, Sharon enters the restaurant.

"Tips have been pouring in since that footage went public." Sharon says.

"Everybody thinks the Winter Soldier goes to their gym. Most of it's noise. Except for this..." Sharon says discreetly passing Steve a folder.

"...My boss expects a briefing, pretty much now... so that's all the head start you're gonna get." Sharon says sighing.

"Thank you." Steve says.

"You're gonna have to hurry. We have orders to shoot on sight..."

~~~~~
Bucharest, Romania
1:30 pm

"You ready to go home baby doll?" Bucky asks smiling at the girl.

"Daddy uh-bus, uh-bus?"

"You wanna ride the bus home?" Bucky asks with a smile.

"Mm-huh! Ride Uh-bus!" Ivory squeals. In the midst of Ivory's laughter Bucky couldn't help but notice a man at the newspaper cart staring at him. He thought maybe he had made awkward eye contact but the staring didn't stop and Bucky wanted to know what the problem was.

Before Bucky could even make it all the way over to the cart to address the man, he had already fled from the cart.

"The hell..." When he got to the cart he saw the man left a newspaper behind, and placed Ivory down so he could read it.

"Stay with Daddy, don't move." Bucky says placing Ivory down momentarily.

"Hold me pease, hold me pease!" Ivory whined.

"Shh...Ivory hush baby, just a second." Bucky says reading the paper.

The headline read "Winter Soldier căutat pentru bombardamentul din Viena!" meaning "Winter Soldier Wanted For The Vienna Bombing."

"What the fuck...I didn't do this shit..."

"Daddy, I tired!" Ivory whined. "Hold me pease, Daddy!"

"Shh Ivory...It's okay. We're leaving..." Bucky says immediately whisking Ivory into his arms before leaving the market.

Bucky had no clue how this day was going to end. If he went to prison for anything, he knew he'd definitely be going to prison for killing anyone who tried to put their hands on Ivory, that was for sure.

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"You know Daddy loves you so much right?" Bucky says to Ivory as the two of them approach the apartment.