White Panther--Bucky x Y/N

Chapter 22

2023

Instead of landing in Louisiana, you landed in Baltimore, Maryland.

You guys walked in a neighborhood, you and Bucky hand-in-hand.

"Hey, it's Black Falcon!" A kid yelled. You giggled. "What's up?"

"It's just Falcon, kid," Sam corrected.

"No, no," The kid said. "My daddy told me it's Black Falcon."

Sam stopped walking to talk to the kid, but Bucky pulled you forward. You could still hear the conversation though.

"Is it because I'm Black and I'm the Falcon?" Sam asked the kid.

"Well, technically," The kid said. "I mean, yes."

"So are you like, Black kid?" Sam joked.

The kid gave up at this point.

"I got him, right?" Sam said, swatting the other kid's knee.

"Whatever man," The kid said. Sam started laughing.

You and Bucky climbed the stairs to a house, and Bucky knocked.

"We're here to see Isaiah," Bucky said to a teenage kid who opened the door.

"Nobody named Isaiah live here," The teen said.

"Look, we just want to talk to him," Bucky said.

"You must not hear what I just said," The teen said. "You ain't getting in this house. Y'all can leave now.

"Tell him the guy from the bar in Goyang is here," Bucky said. "He's gonna know what that means." It was silent for a few moments.

"All right," He said. "Wait here."

The door closed.

"Nice kid," You said. "How do you know this guy?"

"I used to," Bucky said. "We had a skirmish during the Korean War."

The door opened again.

"Today's your lucky day," The teen said. "He said he wanna see for himself."

You entered the house, still hand-in-hand with Bucky. You started to untangle your hand, but Bucky wouldn't let you.

"Isaiah?" Bucky said, softly.

"Look at you," The man sad. He was an old, dark skinned man. "Looking young when you're old, and married to the one and only, White Panther."

Bucky motioned towards Sam. "This is, uh, Sam. Sam, this is Isaiah. He was a hero. One of the ones HYDRA feared the most. Like Steve. We met in '51."

"If by met," Isaiah corrected. "You mean I whupped your ass, then yeah."

Bucky's face tugged a smile.

"We heard whispers he was on the peninsula," Isaiah said. "But everyone they sent after him, never came back. So the US Military dropped me behind the line to go deal with him. I took half that metal arm in that fight in Goyang, but I see he's managed to grow it back."

His face straightened and he shook his head. "I just wanted to see if he got the arm back. Or if he'd come to kill me."

Bucky bit his bottom lip. "I'm not a killer anymore."