Winter Soldier x Reader

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The next thing I know is, I'm desperately gasping for air and some water coming out of my mouth. What the hell happened?! I'm laying on the shore all wet and weak. My vision is all blurry for some time, but what can I tell from poor vision is that there is somebody hunched down next to me. Trying to ask them 'what happened' but I can't stop coughing. But then they get up and start to walk away into the woods, leaving me all alone there. God, why my ribs hurt..?                     "(Y/N)!" I can hear Sam's voice from the distance. It seems my friends finally found me. Sam rushes to me:"Are you alright?!". I just lay there, trying to settle by breathing eyes closed. "We did it." tiny smile raises corner of my mouth. "Good job, newbie." he smiles.

Raise my eyes to see him:"Is Steve okay?". "He got beat up pretty badly... Still unconscious, but he'll live." he nods and helps me to sit. Huge relief washes over me:"Good...". "How about you?" he asks, scanning all the injuries I have. "I've been better." giving him a weak smile. He lets out relief chuckle:"You're lucky I didn't haveto give you mouth to mouth.". "Hah, hah- Ash!" I groan from the pain as he tries to lift me up. "Easy, easy... Let's get you to the hospital." he says calmly. The whole way to the hospital all I could think about was how Steve is doing and how did I survive from the fall all the way to the shore. And what happened to the Winter Soldier?

At the hospital, I'm sitting on one of the hospital beds after some doctors and nurses did the checkup. Sam walks into the room and closes the door behind him:"Hi newbie, how you doing?". "Three broken ribs. How about that..." I lean back against the pillow. He sits down on a chair beside the bed:"Small price for saving all those people...". "Your job sucks." I scoff jokingly. Sam laughs a bit:"Yeah... But that's what we do.". Letting out a deep sigh and stare at the sealing. He raises his eyebrow at me:"What?". "I feel like I was just in the way." I confess. "What? Are you kidding me?" he frowns. Before I can say anything, he continues:"You saved millions of people's lifes today!". I turn to look at him:"Well..-", "And you were ready to take a bullet for Natasha." he remind me. "How is she?" I ask. "She's fine. Had to fight her not to come here to see you and take some rest." Sam smiles. Can't help but chuckle, even it hurts a bit. Then my face goes more serious:"Steve?". After a small pause, Sam starts nodding his head:"He's going to be alright.".

Scanning all the small cuts and bruises on Sam's face. "Seems like you got into a fight as well." I tilt my head a little. He smirks:"You should see the other guy...". Then he tells me the whole story about how he fought against the HYDRA agent, Brock, and how he got burned among the S.H.I.E.L.D's building. "Woah..!" I gasp impressed. We get interrupted by a nurse who walks in:"Hi, how are we feeling?". "Can't complain. But I'd like to have unbroken ribs, so..." I shrug my shoulders. The nurse checks up some papers and chuckles:"You got lucky. Not everyone could have survive from that fall.". Sam turns to look at me:"Yeah, how did you actually survived by that?". "To be honest, I have no idea. All I remember is, I was inside the ship, trying to get out of there... Then it all went dark." I try to remember what could have happen after that. "But you were on the shore when I found you." Sam says. Shaking my head confused:"There is no way I could have swim all the way to the shore with a broken rib without remembering it.". All of this is confusing.

Then I remember that there was someone hunched down, right next to me when I start gasping some air. Wait..."Maybe your ribs didn't get broken when you hit the water. Perhaps they got broken when someone gave you CPR. That can happen with strong force." the nurse says. Me and Sam turn to look at her. My eyes widens:"But..!", "They must've been quick then. No one was around when I showed up." Sam thinks out loud. The nurse and Sam starts talking before she leaves the room. Their voices become muffled in my ears as I get deep into my own thoughts. Gently touching my lips with my fingertips. The Winter Soldier?! Just the thought of his lips might have touched mine makes my whole face red. There is NO way!