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My Blood

"When everyone you thought you knew, deserts your fight, I'll go with you."

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Harley's bat lies against her right shoulder and she grips its handle tightly, feeling the unease coming off of Steve in waves as they walk into Bucky's apartment. Not knowing how to comfort him, she entertains herself by turning the bat in her hand.

"Damn, Rogers. Where were you when I was eight? You spit at the feet of the government and practically tell them to go fuck themselves?" Harley deadpans. "Now that's what I call a ride or die!"

Steve shakes his head but a small smile appears on his face and Harley smiles wildly back at him.

They pass through Bucky's small living room into the kitchen, where Harley inspects the cabinets.

"Hungry?" Steve asks, his eyebrows raised in amusement.

"Bored." Harley rolls her eyes. "You've got me looking through this raggedy ass apartment when I could be outside. Taking names, kicking ass!"

"Well, you're stuck with me, Harls. Sam's overhead, so he can't keep an eye on you, and you're not going out there alone."

"I don't need a babysitter!" Harley sasses. "I'm fifteen!"

"Yeah, a child." He sasses back.

"Didn't people from your time get married and have kids by the time they were eighteen?" She asks in mock confusion.

"Don't even think about it." Steve scolds, making Harley throw her head back in laughter.

Turning back to the kitchen, Steve notices a black moleskin journal on top of the fridge and gently picks it up, looking through it. Harley jumps to sit on top of the kitchen counter and unsuccessfully attempts to peek at the pages over his shoulder.

"Heads up, German special forces approaching from the south." Sams voice is heard over the ear comm.

"Understood." Steve replies, shutting the journal.

Sensing a presence, Harley turns and quickly pulls her gun from it's holster, but puts it down just as fast when she sees who her gun is pointed at.

"'Sup." She nods at Bucky, holstering her gun.

Bucky eyes her in confusion and amusement.

"You know me?" Steve asks calmly.

"You're Steve." Bucky nods, diverting his attention from Harley. "I read about you in a museum."

"They've set the perimeter." Sam interrupts.

"You're ruining the moment ugly!" Harley whispers to Sam.

"I know you're nervous, and you have plenty of reason to be." Steve moves to Harley's side. "But you're lying."

"I wasn't in Vienna." Bucky says, shaking his head. "I don't do that anymore."

"He knows that." Harley says, trying to assure Bucky that she and Steve are on his side. "We know that."

"They've entered the building."

"The people who think you did are coming here now, and they're not planning on taking you alive." Steve says, slowly inching forward.

"That's smart." Bucky nods approvingly. "Good strategy."

"They're on the roof." Sam informs them. "I'm compromised."

Harley slides off the counter and holds her bat tightly as she hears the sound of heavy footsteps from above.