Winter Soldier x Reader

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Brock Rumlow. The one who worked for S.H.I.E.L.D, but turned out to be actually HYDRA agent. The one who kidnapped me when we fought against the Winter Soldier back then... His face is all reddish and burned. Nasty looking scars all over his face and body what I can tell. Sam did tell us how the burning building dropped down on him, but I never thought he could actually make it. But here he is, right in front of us. Alive. My eyes goes quickly up and down on him. "Somebody got little bit too much of the Sun..." I scoff. Steve ignores my comment and keeps his eyes on the enemy:"Who's your buyer?". Brock chuckles:"You know, he knew you...". Steve and I look at him confused. What is he talking about? "Your pal, buddy Bucky." he scoffs. Bucky? For some reason my heart drops for a second after hearing the name.

Steve brings Brock closer to him:"What did you say?". "He remembered you. I was there... He got all weepy about it. Till they put his brain back in the blender." Brock smiles thru panting. My mind goes to the moment I saw him sitting on that chair, surrounded by all of those HYDRA people. How sad he was so confused... And how he screamed when they tortured him. Brock continues:"He wanted you to know something. He said to me; Please tell Rogers... When you gotta go, you gotta go." Huh? Then his face goes dark:"...And you're coming with me.". Everything happens so fast; We realize he got bombs wrapped around himself, and now he pulls out the trigger to explode us all up. "NO!" without thinking I push Steve aside. Right before Steve's body can even hit the ground, Brock presses the button and gets trapped inside red force field. My eyes widens as seeing how Brock screams from the pain as he gets exposed inside the thing. Right in front of me.

Turn to see how Wanda stands few meters away from us, doing her best to keep him in there. "Wanda!" I let out surprised. It's getting harder her to control it, so she lifts Brock up high in the air, but hits one of the buildings and destroys at least four floors. There is no more doubt if Brock is dead or not. All of the people around us runs away screaming. Steve gets up from the ground and comes stand next to me. We all stare at the burning building shocked, especially Wanda. Her hands starts shaking and she covers her mouth:"Oh my God...". There must've been other people in the building. I approach Wanda and place gently my hand on her shoulder. "It's alright." I keep my voice calm. Tears fills her eyes and without a word she thuds her body against mine to hug me tight. Feeling how her body is shivering. "It's alright." I hug her back and she breaks down crying. Natasha and Sam rushes to us, but stops further away to see what's going on. They make eye contact with Steve, who nods at them to let them know there is no danger anymore.

At the Tower, after I made sure Wanda was alright, I walk down to the lab to get my jacket, ready to go home. It's already 8.19 pm. As I'm gathering all my belongings, all I could think of is what Brock said about Bucky. Wonder if he knew where he is? "(Y/N)?" Steve stands at the exit of the lab. I turn to look at him:"Oh, hi.". "How is she?" he ask. I start walking towards him, ready to leave the place:"Better. Shocked about what happened, but she'll be alright.". He crosses arms over his chest and leans against the door frame:"And you?". I stop at the door so we both are now standing at the exit:"Hm? Oh, I'm fine. I just feel sorry for Wanda. That girl has been thru so much. Maybe you should talk to her as well... After all, you are one of the Avengers. You know, give her some perspective of--", "Why did you pushed me away?" he interrupts me. "Huh?" lift my eyes on his.

Looking at the soldier confused. "When Brock was about to blow us up, you pushed me away. You could have got yourself killed." he sounds worried. Shrug my shoulders with awkward smile:"Guess I thought... I got nothing to loose.". He frowns:"You got family. Actual parents and siblings who..-", "They got each other. They'd be fine. What that friend of yours has if you would be gone?" I snap back. Steve's eyes slightly widens after I said that. Then I continue my way to the hallway and keep walking. Can hear how Steve comes after me, but then he stops. "I want you on our team." his voice echoes in the hallway. My body froze right in there with surprised look on my face. Huh?! Turn to look at him confused:"What?". Is this a dream? Steve stands there, few meters away from me, looking serious about this.

Shook my head a bit, can't believe what he just said:"H-hold on... You want me... To be one of the Avengers?". Steve shrugs his shoulders:"I mean, if you want to. All I need to do is have a little chat with Tony... Guess he'd be fine with it.". My heart fills with joy, but I contain myself just incase he soon says he was only joking. Frowning at him:"But why? I don't have any superpowers like the others... Well, neither does Natasha or Sam now that I think about it. Clint too, but they got all of those cool gaddses..-", "It's not about the superpowers nor the equipments." Steve interrupts me. "Oh..." my voice goes small. "You have showed many times how selfless you can be, and you got the right skills all ready. With little bit of training, you'd fit perfectly in here." he says. Too stunned to say anything, I just keep staring at him surprised. Steve smiles corner of his mouth:"Are you in or not?". Big smile comes up to my face, eyes sparking like stars in the sky:"Yes!".

That night, I was too excited about tomorrow, so I kept tossing and turning in my bed. Me?! (Y/N) (Y/M) (Y/L), Avenger!!! Of course, Steve needs to talk with Tony about this and all, but... Just the thought they have actually considered me to join them feels unbelievable! Hoping Tony will be okay for me to possibly quitting as his assistant and become Avenger. I can do both of those jobs if I need to! Around 3.00 am, my eyes feels so heavy. What feels like a blink, I wake up the next morning right when my alarm goes off. 7.00 am. Quickly I get up and do my makeup, brush my teeth, change clothes and get out the door. Today is the day! Got early in the lab, waiting for Tony to show up. Haven't seen others yet, they might be still sleeping. Wonder if Tony will be actually okay with this..?

"Oh, you are early." familiar voice says. Turn to see who it is:"Dr. Banner! Good morning. Do you know if Tony has arrived yet?". "I was hoping you would know..." he walks deeper into the room and sits beside the desk he usually works in. "..W-would you like to have a cup of coffee? I was just about to make some." I offer. "No thank you, I'm good." he smiles and opens the laptop. Does he know I might be the new Avenger? "So... You haven't seen him for a while?" I ask, trying to sound innocent. "No, not really. Last time I saw him, he was on the phone with Pepper. Left the lab quickly after that." he remembers. "Oh, okay." I nod. "It sounded pretty bad, not gonna lie." he continued. Raise my eyebrows surprised:"Oh...". "There you are." Tony's voice echoes thru the room. Both of us turn to look at him. "Good morning!" I greet him. Without a word he waves his finger for me to come with him. This must be it..!

We get to the hallway and stand across each other. My heart beats faster out of excitement. I'm so nervous! Tony cross his arms over his chest:"Heard Cap talked you about joining the Avengers.". "Y-yes, he did mention that. After the mission yesterday... But only if it's alright with yo-", "I think it's a great idea." he says bluntly. Huh? Got little bit thrown off by how calm he is. "Really..?" I ask, trying to look him the eyes to see if he is being sarcastic or not. Thought he'd need more convincing or something... "We need recruit more people. If anyone here has showed to fit in here, it's you." he says. Light blush comes to my cheeks:"Oh, thank you. But what about the assistant..-", "It'll be fine. I will create a new Jarvis or something to do the job." he says. "You really mean that?" I ask. "Yes. You can move all of your stuff into the room you were before you left." he nods.

My whole face lights up:"Oh! Thank you! Thank you so much!!!". About to give him a hug but then I remember he isn't a hug person, so I contain myself and fold arms behind my back. We share a smile. "See you around kid." Tony gives a quick pat on my back and walks away. I keep standing in the hallway, still processing all of this. It's really happening!! But... Why it feels so... Off? Something about this doesn't seem right. Or maybe I'm just imagining things? Yesterday when I talked with Steve, it felt genuent. Like he really meant it when he asked me to join them. But with Tony... Somehow it feels like he wasn't himself. Maybe I'm looking too much into it. After all, I should be jumping out of joy right now. Can't just shake this feeling off of me right now.