2023
It's been several months since Tony Stark and Natasha Romanoff gave their lives to bring back the trillions murdered in the decimation.
In the wake of the post - apocalyptic clean up, and the entirety of the universe adjusting to home the life...
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• • • "So needless to say I'm odds and ends But I'll be stumbling away Slowly learning that life is okay Say after me It's no better to be safe than sorry"
A-ha, Take On Me
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S U N D A Y afternoon, Charlie stood outside the Avenger's facility. Her hands were shoved deep inside her fathers old jacket and she leaned against the car door.
The late November air was clear and crisp, and the trees above her were barren. The cold air had reddened her cheeks to match the checkered jacket she wore.
It was only one, but she had already been up for hours. The morning was spent cleaning the house and then bringing Oliver Grant to his friends for a play date.
Now she had to do her least favorite thing in the word. Food shopping.
When Bucky Barnes stepped outside of the facility and walked the ways down to the gate where she was waiting, excitement filled him. It had only been a day since he last saw her but it was still too long.
The sound of the gate opening and closing caused Charlie to look up from her phone. When her green eyes landed on Bucky, her lips turned into a smile and she felt her cheeks redden.
"Have you ever thought about wearing a man bun?" Charlie asked, turning to rest her arm and chin on the car.
"A what?"
Charlie laughed. "Never mind. How are you?"
"I'm fine."
"Man of many words." Charlie said. She then unlocked the car and they both got into the old civic. "Alright listen here James Barnes, we've got a lot of shopping to do and we have to be back by five because I got to pick him up then."
"I was going to ask where Oliver was."
"Play date with Aiden. I get the afternoon off." Charlie said. She shifted the car into drive and pulled out of the long drive way.
"I've been listening to that band. Rush. I like it." Bucky said.
"I knew you would." She signaled to make a left and after a beat, they were almost in town. "They're okay. No Def Leppard though."
"Who?"
"I'll make you a list. I listened to the ones you gave me. They were okay. Very out of the decade though. But I liked them. Was it fun? Like going dancing and stuff? I couldn't imagine going dancing at a place that wasn't a club."
