Avengers Imagines

Soulmate AU -- Bucky Barnes, Part 2

A/N: hey guys! so @AmberJensen4 requested that i do a part two to a bucky soulmate au i wrote a few months ago and since this is the first request i've ever gotten, naturally i'm going to do it :)

in case you haven't read it or need a refresher because it's been so long, i'm going to post both the first and second part below. if you've already read the first part, just keep scrolling until you get to "PART TWO"

thanks so much for the request, i hope i do the rest of the story justice :)

Description: when you're asleep you see the world through your soulmate's eyes

Warnings: angsty, language, hints of violence

did i dare throw a small bit of stony in here ??? you bet i did !!!

Word count: part one is 2087, part two is 2686

ALSO fun fact: sergeant james buchanan barnes has my heart :)

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PART ONE

Cold. That's how you feel as you see yourself walking through the woods in the middle of who-knows where. It's the middle of the day but it's dead silent other than the birds in the trees. Your thick, heavy boots leave footprints in the snow, but that doesn't seem to matter. You feel as though no one will ever see them after you leave this place.

You're painfully aware of your surroundings as you trudge on through the thick snow; the slightest snap of a twig makes you stop moving altogether, only carrying on when you're sure no one is around. Somehow, even though you're unsure of what is about to happen, you don't want to do it. Just once, you want to resist, to fight back. Your bare hand reaches for your other arm, body tensing angrily when it hits cold metal. They did this and you can't even fight back.

Subconsciously, this feels like a dream. Maybe it is a dream. These can't really be your feet walking up the mountainside, expertly locating a small entrance in the rock that leads to a much bigger cave. How would you know that it's even there? But still, you press on, this "dream" feeling more real than anything you've ever experienced.

Silently, you take different tunnels, navigating the cave like you've lived here your entire life. Your steps don't make a sound and your heartbeat is calm, even when you reach into your weapon belt and pull out a gun, you don't so much as flinch even though you wish you would. You notice boxes and crates strewn carelessly on the floor, all of them bearing the name S.H.I.E.L.D. Before you can attempt to make a connection, you're drawn to a series of voices further in the cave.

As if they have a life of their own, your feet move towards the sound, stalking the owners like an animal after its prey. It's then that you feel sick to your stomach. You know without seeing the two men that they're your target.

Finally, you step out of the shadows, watching emotionlessly as the mouths of the two men gape open in shock and fear. You want to run, you want to forget you were ever here.

"B-But, you were a myth," one of the men breathes out but you don't react.

Your arm rises against your will, the gun feeling like a feather in your skilled hand. Put it down! You want to scream, but your thoughts seem too far away. With a single shot that pulses through your whole arm, chilling you to the bone, the man falls to the floor: dead.

"HYDRA must be pleased with your success," the second man says, seemingly unfazed by his now-dead companion. That name-- HYDRA-- makes you shiver in disgust and for the second time, you raise the gun. "The Winter Soldier, who knew?"