Legend

The Dark

I lie on the ground of the floor. He had me choked on the floor. I use my legs to push him away.

I catch my breath again.

I grab him and push him against a wall. He looks at me confused.

"I bet you weren't expecting that," I say.

I let go of him. He falls back on to the ground.

"I could have taken you," he says.

I shake my head smiling.

"You couldn't have been expecting that. You would have deflected that," I argue.

He smiles. "I was taking it easy on you," he says.

"James Barnes you couldn't have beaten me just admit I have adapted to your fighting techniques," I say.

We smile at each other. He kisses my forehead.

"You got used to the favorites but those aren't all of them," James says. "By the way you're sweaty."

I laugh. "You should have known because you're the reason for that."

He pulls me closer to him.

"Just wait till I win," he whispers.

He kisses me. I kiss him back. He picks me up and I pull away.

"I'm already sweaty though," I say.

He smiles. "Well you shouldn't mind," James says.

I laugh.

I hear the doors opening and screaming. A lot of gunshots. Someone is coming for me. Or maybe someone escaped and they're trying to kill me.

I see the Winter Soldier. I look confused. He points his gun at me. He pulls the trigger and I see he shot off the chains.

He picks me up off the ground and carries me out into of wherever we are.

"Why are you helping me?" I ask.

He looks at me.

"Something told me it was the right thing to do," he answers.

I wake up and see James laying right by me. I'm so thankful that he saved me when he got out of Hydra.

We've been happy living here. I roll closer to Bucky and cuddle with him. It took me a while to understand what was happening with us.

I have been showing James what there is to life. It's been amazing. I lay next to him.

He wakes up and I smile. I kiss his cheek.

I get up and head to the shower. I smile and shower. Once I get out I see that James is at the table.

He's writing stuff down. He's been remembering things left and right. I told him I would be able to make the process go if he liked but he declined.

I know he feels lost. Sometimes when I'm sleeping I feel like I'm getting dragged into this void I can't escape. When I wake up I realize that it's not me. It's him. Every time he wakes up like that he cuddles close and I fake sleep but we both know that it's fake.

So I go beside him and smile. I play with his hair but he moves away from me.

"James what's wrong?" I ask.

He looks at me and shakes his head. I feel an emptiness inside him. I pull up the seat next to him and sit down. I don't say anything but I sit there quietly and wait.