Sequel to Save me from myself.
Bucky and Lilly finally get together after the blip. Still, there are many things they need to go through before they go on with their wedding plans. The Flag Smashers is one of them, but the other is Bucky's insistent...
Bucky has to face the consequences of his actions... if only he knew what would happen, maybe he would have become an outlaw earlier.
Much earlier.
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The phone rang once, and everybody looked at it. Their movements halted so they could look at the offending thing. When it rang for the second time, all eyes turned to its owner before they returned to their previous activities. Ayo, though, followed the woman with her eyes. Not judging but wishing. Wishing that whatever or whoever had sent the messages made the other fighter feel less lonely because even though she was surrounded, everyone could see that she missed him... more than anything.
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Standing up and flinching from the pain, Lillian took the small thing from the bench and rolled her eyes, mouthing an I'm sorry to her fellow partners. Before addressing the messages, she walked out of the place and drank the rest of the water from her bottle without stopping to breathe.
Rolling her bruised shoulders and feeling the aches and pains from the last month's training, she sighed heavily, telling herself for the thousandth time that it was worth it. Every little contusion, dislocated joint, lonely nights, and tears were worth it. Everything and anything she could do to protect him was done without question. Whatever the price was.
A grunt escaped her mouth when she leaned on the cold glass wall and lifted her phone to read the messages. A playful smile danced on her lips when the name Mr. Wings showed up on the screen. Her friendship with Sam Wilson only grew after the events that changed the world. He always made her laugh, and together they teased Bucky until he stopped brooding. Joking alongside them and having a good time. Sam and she knew how important it was for Bucky to feel connected to the present. Not to live his life in the past but to learn from it. Grab his new chance and do whatever he wished with it. She only hoped she was part of whatever plan he had.
There were two videos attached and nothing more. She tapped on the first one and her playful smile became a frown. That Bucky could be careless sometimes wasn't a surprise but seeing him jumping from an airplane without a parachute and landing on his back sure as hell wasn't something that made her giggle... although she did indeed grin when Sam teased him, and he got all worried about her opinion.
By the time she had finished watching the second one, there were cracks on the screen and a rapidly increasing headache. She closed her eyes and pleaded to every god out there to help her keep calm. Time and time again, she begged him not to get in trouble, but it was to no avail. It seemed trouble followed him wherever he went.
"I am going to kill you, James. Slowly, painful, and I will not regret it! And then you will buy me a new phone after making me break this one."
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When the cops took Bucky to the police station, he wasn't expecting to see his therapist waiting for him. It was, in fact, the last thing he thought he would see. She chatted with Sam about his release and told them she wasn't the one responsible for it but John Walker, who walked inside the place alongside Hoskins to talk to the trio.
