Aftermath [winter soldier//Bucky Barnes AU]

Chapter Two

SARAH'S POV

Between contractions, everything was fine.

During contractions, I wanted to rIP THE THING OUT MYSELF.

Steve said he lost feeling in his hand about half an hour ago, and I don't think I've lightened up on the squeezing since then. Also, every time I squeezed he said my hand turned ice cold, so I'm sure that didn't help the numbness.

It's been three hours since I went into labor, and I was in a pretty significant amount of pain. Steve kept rubbing my forehead and stroking my hair. After a while, a young male doctor came in with two nurses.

"Hi Sarah, I'm Doctor Parker. How's it going?"

I gave him a look of death as another contraction began.

"I'm definitely dying." I declared, wincing at the pain. I squeezed Steve's hand again, and I may or may not have heard him whimper. I elected to ignore it for his sake.

The doctor laughed as I mentally seared holes in his head.

"Well I'm just going to check up on your vitals and all that, ok?" He said, and I nodded.

He messed with some of the various machines around the room and took my temperature. The nurses checked various other things, and then reported to Doctor Parker. He paused after they talked to him outside the room and then came back in, examining me further. Then he suddenly sat up.

"Sarah, I don't mean to frighten you, but you need to have a C section." He announced, and before I even had a chance to ask what was wrong, he told the nurses, "prep her for emergency surgery."

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*Bucky's POV*

Steve texted Tony about twenty minutes ago. He told us that Sarah was in labor.

She was having my child.

God, I missed her. I hadn't seen her in almost a year, and my heart ached every time I saw her empty spot on the bed, or saw her S.H.I.E.L.D. pass that lay on her nightstand, still untouched. Her photo was on the pass, and her unblinking eyes stared at me every night. They were daring me to come find her.

When I fell asleep all I dreamed about was her. I dreamed of her soft golden hair, her beautiful green eyes, the way she sounded when she sang. I dreamed of how her lips felt on mine and the electricity I felt when I touched her. I thought about everything we'd been through, and constantly wondered if I should be looking for her.

But I felt as though finding her would just make her upset. I didn't want that. I knew how much courage it took to leave- imagine how much it would take to come back.

She made the choice to leave, and as her lover and best friend, I had to respect the decision she made, no matter how much I disagreed with it. I wanted her back more than anything, but as she said the child could bring untold horrors to us. And she was right- we couldn't risk the lives of our friends.

So that's why up until this moment, I was restraining myself from looking for her. But now, she is in labor, having MY child. I HAD to be there. I HAD to help her through it.

So I immediately got up and grabbed the pair of keys on the counter, running out to Tony's car and jumping in. I tore violently out of the garage and barreled down the street.

"Jarvis," I said, "take me to Sarah."

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Super short chapter, but I'm hoping to update quickly after this!

-Jordan💕