Agents and their Soldier- BuckyxOC and StevexOC

Prologue

Emmaline Novak was a small 6 year old girl from Brooklyn. She would walk the streets, playing with other kids and stealing food from food stands. Emmaline was all on her own. Her mother, a nurse, who had been shipped overseas to help with the wounded soldiers in the trenches between Germany and France only a few months after Emmaline was born. Her father, an outcast to society based only on account of his race of "Injin", was currently in jail for robbing a clothing store. Her father did indeed do this but it was for his daughter. His daughter was also seen as an outcast because of her multi-racial heritage. One day, Emmaline was wandering the streets of Brooklyn, enjoying the sun and the warmth of the air.

"Hey! Pick on someone your own size!" The yell came from an alley behind an apartment complex that happened to be near Emmaline. Em, being the curious little girl she was, quietly sneaked into the alley to investigate the commotion. She stayed hidden behind a dumpster in the alley but peeked her head out observing the commotion. She saw a very small, sandy blonde and blue eyed boy picking himself up off the ground. He had a black eye, a lot of bruises and several cuts on his face. Then she saw a bigger boy with darker blond hair. This boy was definitely the cause of the small boy's pain. Finally, she was another boy. This one was about the same height as the bully but was a lot more friendly looking. He had dark brown hair from what she could see since his back to her.

"What are you gonna do about it." The bully asked the brown haired boy. The boy punched the bully in the face. Blood ran from the bully's nose as he took off crying into the complex. Emmaline came out from her hiding place and walked up to the blonde and brown haired boys.

"Are you alright?" She asked the blonde as he winced when he touched one of his cuts. "Yeah, I'll be fine." Emmaline stepped closer to the blonde. "I can help you with those cuts if you want." the boys looked at each other; the brown haired one shrugged with a smile. "uhhh, yeah, okay, follow me." The blonde guided Emmaline through the complex to a small apartment that had the bare minimum in it. Emmaline looked around and found a clean wash rag and rubbing alcohol that was almost gone. She went back to where the two boys were sitting in the dining room and dampened the cloth; dabbing the blondes face causing him to hiss in pain. "Sorry." Emmaline mumbled. "It's okay. I'm pretty used to it." The blonde said. There was silence between the three for a short time. "I'm Emmaline by the way." Em announced as she finished up cleaning the cuts. "I'm Steve and this is by best friend, Bucky." The blonde, Steve said referring to himself and then his friend."Well it's nice to meet you two." Bucky held out his hand for a shake, "Nice to meet you too. Ya know you're the first girl to want to help Steve." Bucky said with a smile as Emmaline shook his hand. "Well, it was mighty brave of you to stick up for him like that." A light pink color was dusted across his face. Emmaline could see now that he also had blue eyes but these blue eyes were the prettiest she had ever seen. Steve came back to the table after putting up the cleaning supplies. "Hey Emmaline would you like to stay for dinner? My ma should be home soon." Steve asked with another smile. "I sure would!" Emmaline said. The three played in the apartment for about half an hour before a woman in a nurse uniform walked in. "Hi Mama." Steve said giving his mother a hug." Hiya Stevie, Hiya James. Oh, who's this?" She asked Steve once her eyes landed on Emmaline. "This is our new friend Emmaline. She helped me with my cuts today. Can she stay for dinner?" Steve asked as his mother looked over his cuts. She turned to Emmaline with a smile. "Of course she can stay for dinner. " Emmaline stepped up to Steve's mom and hugged her. "Thank you!" after the hug, Steve's mother held Em gently by the shoulders at arms length so she could examine the little girl."So where did you learn to clean cuts like that, sweetie?" Em smiled at her, "My mama taught me before she left after my 5th birthday." The dinner that night was filled with small talk and laughs. Sara, Steve's mom, took Emmaline in after she learned what happened to her parents, just as she had done with Bucky. After she died the three stuck together like glue. One didn't go anywhere without at least one of the other two. This continued until the war began...