Chapter 1

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Little Talks
Summary: "Your name is Jamie Buchanan Barnes. You were the first female sergeant in the 107th. We were friends. " "NO!" " You know me." "You're my mission." "Finish it, then. Because I'm with you to the end of the line." How Jamie Barnes stopped being the Winter Soldier, and took up residence in Avengers Tower while recovering her memory, herself, and her best friend.

Fem!Bucky, Steve/Bucky pairing. Includes all Avengers, PLUS Loki! (Other pairings include the classic Clintasha and Pepperony, as well as  Bruce/Betty, Thor/Jane, and Loki/Darcy.)
Category: Romance & Hurt/Comfort
Pairings: [Captain America-Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes]

Based off of the song, “Little Talks” by Of Monsters and Men

This is a little something I’ve been DYING to write, as I haven’t really seen anyone else doing it.  A fem!Bucky/Winter soldier story, with past Steve/Peggy and obvious mixed feelings. Will include recovering!Bucky, conflicted!Bucky, adjusting!Bucky, and more. This is a shameless attempt to give others my OTP feels. Hope you guys like it!
I don’t own Marvel. Shumucks to be me.

1. How it Began

When Jamie Barnes moved into Avengers Tower, it was perhaps the biggest upheaval in Avengers history – even over the time when Loki moved in.

“She’s unstable,” Tony had argued, eyeing the brunette with the long shaggy haircut with no hidden skepticism. “I know she’s your friend and all, but I don’t know if she’s a risk we can take.”

“Oh come on, Stark.” Natasha Romanoff had spoke up from her position on Tony’s couch. “She didn’t even try to kill you. Do you hear me complaining?”

“I don’t trust her either, Tasha. What if she just snaps?”

“Do you all hide from me because I might become the Other Guy? I don’t see you guys kicking me out of the Tower.”

“That’s because Stark would never let us, Bruce.”

“You have already destroyed this dwelling many a time, friend Banner.  And was my brother not welcomed into this abode, even after all of his shortcomings? Surely the gravity of his plots and schemes outweighs the petty misdeeds of this mortal woman.”

“That’s because Odin banished him to Earth, and Fury deemed this Tower the only safe holding place for his sorry hide during his self-proclaimed ‘reformation’.”

“Yes, thank you for the kind summary, Barton.”

“Simmer down, horny helmet head. The birdie’s got a point.”

Jamie had hunched her head a little more, hiding behind the fringe of dark hair covering her forehead and a great deal of her face. Steve had placed a warm, strong hand on her lower back, and she’d had to consciously remind herself that she didn’t need to whirl and break his arm for it.

She didn’t remember any of these people. Not the man with the strange light in his chest, not the dark haired man with the glasses; Not the tall blond man with the oversized mallet nor the man with the slicked back dark hair and piercing green eyes who was apparently his brother, and definitely not the man perched atop the bookshelf with an arrow trained on her forehead. Not even the redhead who had spoken, whom she had apparently met before.

Probably on a mission she’d had taken from her, she realized. A cold feeling settled in her stomach. A memory she’d had wiped away from her mind, like scribbling on a chalkboard deemed too messy to remain there permanently. Like a color on a wall that was painted over, because someone didn’t like the shade.

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