➢ marvel imagines

➣ steve rodgers

"steve, wait!"

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The battle was over. Nobody won, but we'd definitely lost. Bucky's only arm draped across your shoulder as you helped him up, watching the sparks fly out of his metal stump, the arm far across the other side of the room. You looked at him with concern, helping him as he tiredly slipped against the back wall, Tony on the floor and staring at the scene in front of him. He hadn't wanted to hurt you, and you hadn't wanted to hurt him, but you did... emotionally and physically. "Tony, I'm sorry." Your voice barely came out a whisper. You'd known... the whole time about Tony's parents, and the Winter Soldier was the one who made it look like an accident. He didn't hear you, but he seemed to react to your words, as if subconsciously hearing the broken words slip from your bruised lips.

And you saw Steve, his mask torn off and his face bloody and bruised. You had to pull Tony off of him, and before you could get hurt Bucky jumped in front of you, thus causing his arm to become blasted off. He dropped his shield in front of Tony, at least respected the honor it took to host his father's creation, knowing he did not hold that honor. And he started to turn, walking in the other direction as he knew he no longer deserved to be with us, he was now a war criminal and he knew we didn't need to have that bounty on our backs. "Steve, wait!" You said, still supporting Bucky but taking a step forwards to make sure you were addressing him. "Where do you think you're going, Rodgers?" You asked, your face pulsing as your heart started thumping harder. 

"I don't deserve to be with you. You deserve a strong leader who doesn't do against his morals; as you can see, I'm not that man today." He turned back around, unable to bare seeing the people he turned from his friends into war criminals.

"Yes we're unstable." You said, taking a step towards him and causing him to stop in his tracks. "Yes we're criminals now, yes it's going to be hard to break that bond, and yes we're probably going to have our team more broken than ever. But... we're a team in ourselves. Bucky, you and I... we can be... together." You said, your head spinning and your vision fuzzy but you still attempted to focus on the broken man in front of you. "We'll never, never be the same... but we can try, Steve. Bucky's been through hell and back with you. I've been through hell and back with you. We've been through hell and back but we've gotten through it together." He was now turned back around, staring at you with his eyes, impossibly blue next to his suit and the white snow surrounding us. 

"I know... I know we're a team." He said, looking down at the ground and unable to meet your teary-eyed gaze. "But-"

"But, nothing, Rodgers. Now is not the time to bullshit, okay? We're broken." You said, gesturing towards Tony on the ground, who was also unable to meet your eyes. "We're beaten." You gestured towards Bucky, who though couldn't feel any pain in his arm, still glared at the now burned and charred stump with the saddest look in his eyes. "Our team will never be the same, and we may never be together again... but I need you. If I can't have the rest of them, I'd rather have you... we may not always be on the same side... but, you can't leave us... not again."

"Now is exactly the time to run..."

"No, now is exactly the time to stick together." You finally said, walking up to him and standing on your toes to cup his face in your hands. "We need to be close, close together at a time where we couldn't be farther apart. Sure, it's going to take a while to mend the wounds we bare, but we'll get through it together... I can promise you that, Steve Rodgers." He sighed, melting against your touch and placing his cold hand onto yours, smiling for what felt like the first time in years. 

"Okay..." He said, looking down at the ground, his eyelashes fluttering and dots of snow decorating them. "Okay, we'll stick together." He said, tucking your hair behind your ear with a small, small smile and dropping his hands.

"Not to be the party pooper here, doll... but, where are we going to go?" Bucky said, grunting and pulling himself off of the wall, his center of gravity still off balance but he managed to hold his own.

"We'll figure it out." He said as you dropped your hands from his face and turned around to face Bucky, giving him a gentle smile to walk over and drape his arm around your shoulder. 

"I have just the place in mind."

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y'all Deadpool 2 and Avengers: Infinity War are coming out in the same month and i am sHoOkEtH