Whisper and the Winter Soldier

You Can't Run From Your Past

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He needed to understand she had never meant to hurt him, wiping the tear from her face she jumped up and chased after him.

"Let me explain."

" James... Bucky wait."  She pulled at his metal arm making him turn to face her. Pulling back in shock at his crystal blue eyes shimmering with tears.

"I didn't know, I'm so sorry." She whispered.

Confusion filled James face as he touched her cheek, the cool metal erupting shivers across her skin. "You were so young. I never realized."

"I told you I was with Hydra for eleven years."  Shannon sighed and reached forward moving to kiss him, needing to fill the ocean's of space between them, her lips had barley touched his when he pulled away.

The rejection hit her stomach like a punched her making her feel sick.

"I can't..."

"Bucky please, they told me they just wanted me to look."

"I know. You were innocent back then... but you wern't a minute ago." James murmured as he took a step back.

"I told you not to give me my memories back, practically beg you and you still did it...Just like Hydra do."  

"I am nothing like them. Bucky please" It was like he had put a knife through her heart, she took a step forward and again he stepped back.

"I didn't do what you wanted so you made me." James murmured back, turning again he sighed

"Don't call me Bucky."

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They walked in silence all the way back to town and waited for the bus that Aiden and Darren had taken a few hours before to show up, when it did Julian turned and faced both James and Shannon, he could feel something was wrong between them.

"Thank you." He smiled as he gripped the bag that James had given him stuffed full with clothes and money.

"Be save." James smiled as they shook each other hands, Julian turned and smiled at Shannon, she could see he was barley hanging on to his emotions.

Pulling him in to a hug, she whispered in to his ear "You ever need me, you find me."

Julian nodded and pulled away as his bus arrived, he smiled as he went and found his seat. A few minutes later, he was gone.

Shannon watched Julian disappear, the rain had finally stopped but it seemed that the storm wasn't over.

Turning to move back toward's the truck she felt James's hand on her arm or was it Bucky now?

"I think we need to talk." He spoke, his face not giving away any of his emotion's behind his eyes, Shannon could of looked in to his mind but with the event's of last night still raw in her's she couldn't bring herself to.

"I'm sorry." He murmered making her look up in shock, his words still stung but he had been right, she had used her power's against him without mercy just like Hydra did. No matter how much she tried to change, she was constantly reminded of how little she actually had.

"Shannon look at me." He spoke gently pushing her chin up so her eye's were on his.

"I was harsh earlier." His eyes were softer but they still held an edge to them.

"Everything came rushing back. The War. This." He motioned to his metal arm

"And everyone I have killed and then there was you standing over me making my head feel like it was breaking in to pieces."