Birthdate - A Soulmate AU [Bucky Barnes] ** ON HIATUS

Chapter Three

There are a few references to some key scenes from
Winter Soldier and some other Avenger moments, and a potential left boob grab too 😂.

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I leaned back on the wall of the cellar, sitting down on an old wooden crate, my hand gently laying against my hip, running over the area in which my tattoo had been for the past  25 years of my life.

'So what happened?' Chris asked, stacking some of the boxes against the shelving.

'It feels so surreal right now' I said, my voice barely a whisper as I replayed the night in my head, from first seeing him sitting upstairs, to our encounter in the side alley barely 30 minutes ago.

'But he bailed on you, so what are you going to do?' I heard Alex say, stepping into the cellar, dropping of a few new boxes of bottles.

'I don't know what to do, he claims he doesn't have a soul mate mark' I sighed , realising what his words meant. 'Maybe the universe is just playing some cruel game with me'

'The universe can't be wrong Alli, it just can't wait, what are the chances of him saying his birthdate, firstly in front of you, and secondly the correct date' Alex said, not wanting to believe the universe could be so cruel to someone like yourself.

'Even if it were true and I did indeed have a soulmate somewhere in this world, I want to believe I met him tonight, but that man was definitely not 72 years older than me, he barely looked to be in his 30s' I said.

'Hang on wait, he was hanging out with the Avengers, who was he hanging around with the most upstairs?' Chris asked, coming over to stand closer to me, and clicking his fingers as if he was trying to figure out the puzzle.

'He pretty much was by himself or with Steve' I replied, sound a little uncertain because I wasn't sure how this was going to help me.

A few moments passed and the three of us stood in silence as Chris paced lightly around the room before spinning around and snapping his fingers together.

'It's Bucky'

'What? Who the hell is Bucky?!' I exclaimed, I knew most of the actual Avengers thanks to the countless news articles about them, but I never remembered reading about someone called Bucky.

'He was Captain Americas best friend in the 40s, got captured by Hydra, they must have found him when Shield went down' Chris said a little surprised that neither me or Alex had heard about him.

'Sorry we all aren't huge superhero nerds' Alex said with a chuckle.

We were interrupted when one of the other bartenders walked into the cellar , ' Alli,I have someone out here asking for you'

I looked up, I knew it wouldn't have been Bucky but my heart raced at the thought that he could have come back to see me.  I stood up quickly, wiping my dried tears, and quickly fluffed out my now flat hair.