Fire starter (Ana X Bucky)

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Long Chapter. The extra third person POV at the end is a special story giving you a bit of info for the next chapter!! Enjoy!

(Bucky POV)

"Everyone says Steve is dead. I can't find him to prove them wrong. It's been a month of digging in that rubble." I sigh running my tired coal stained hand over my face. "We found Sarah. I've seen dead bodies before. Hell, I've made them..but seeing her..like that..." I sigh looking down. I was tired. Physically and mentally. Sarah, Ana Jr., and Grant have been like my children. To lose Sarah hurt more than I had ever thought possible.

"Sam set me up on a blind date..I hated it...every second I felt.. He said it was to help me find some normalcy but...FUCK " I stand up about to walk out then turn around. "FUCK ANA..I'm trying...I'm trying to live like you wanted me to but...shit" I leave her again. It's starting to hurt too fucking much to look at her now. I walk down the halls soaking up the silence. Everyone had left the tower after we found Sarah and Sharon's bodies. I didn't want to go to her funeral. Sarah's. Tony said he found a great place to lay her to rest but I didn't want to know. I can't know. If I did I would go visit her too. I need my time to find Steve.

"Tony" I say watching him fuss over some tech in his lab.

"Oh well isn't it Metallica" He says not looking up at all.

"What did Shuri say about the plants?" The plants that we needed for the cure were burned down at the facility that blew up, but Shuri and T'Challa went on a hunt in Wakanda for more.

"Bad news..."

"What bad news?" I didn't need more but I had to know what to do next.

"Sharon had a backup plan. She had the entire field burned in Wakanda..." He slams a metal plate on the table and sighs. I don't react. It's been bad news after another. I no longer feel the smack of sadness when it comes.

"So..the cure..we can't make it can we?" Tony turns to face me for the first time. His eyes had dark circles, and he hadn't shaved in days.

"I made a few phone calls. There might be seeds at the Svalbard Global seed Vault. We uh...just need to wait for approval to get them out and plant them." My heart raced. That was the first good news I've heard. There was still a chance for Ana.

"That's..good right? Why are you all...pissy?" I point out at the mess his lab has become.

"You know..I lost Steve too, he was my best friend.."

"He's not dead" I correct him

"Bucky.."

"NO..UNTIL WE FIND HIS BODY HE ISN'T DEAD, YOU HEAR ME?" My fists tighten and my jaw is about to snap. I can't take everyone giving up on him so easily. He never gave up on me. Heck he came back for me when I was first captured in Azzano. I had to do the same for him. If not for him, or for me..for Ana.

"Fine, fine. He's missing not dead. Shuri is almost here. She said that her and Banner have something to talk to us about. You should go clean up" He points a pen at my hands and tattered clothes. I had come back an hour ago from searching the rubble and went straight to Ana.

"You too..dad" I point at his beard. He smiles running his hand over the scruff that covered his face.

"Yea...okay. Don't call me that.." I only smile, not feeling the energy to laugh. Ana would laugh, so would Steve and Sarah. "Oh hey how was the uh...date?"

"Don't let the pigeon do it again." Is all I say, I begin to walk out hearing him rumble under his breath.

After showering and changing I meat Shury, Tony, Grant, and Ana Jr. in the conference room. Everyone sat quietly waiting for Bruce and I to show. I grabbed a seat next to Ana Jr. Putting my arm around her shoulder and pulling her into a tight side hug. She had been crying again. Her eyes were puffed and red. Her usual smile was gone. Grant sat straight faced. He knew he reminded everyone of Steve. He was a young duplicate. So he did everything in his power to not make his presence too strenuous on us. He's honestly a good kid.