[please read: I've been thinking of trying to do a partnership/co-writing sort of thing for a book cause I need someone to keep pushing me to write, you know? But I'm not sure how it would work out. If you're at all interested, just message me..?]

Bucky's an assassin, a pretty good one, too. So why he didn't fight back when a bunch of men leapt out of a black van and pulled him in, he has no idea. Maybe he's just tired. Tired of running and fighting.

If it's HYDRA he's fucked, which is really the only option because who else would have the guts to kidnap him, the Winter Solider, if they don't have the man power to do it?

SHIELD does, apparently. Because as soon as the bag over his head is ripped off, Steve Rogers and Nick Fury are standing before him.

Great.

"Good evening, Mr. Barnes. Have a nice ride? I hope they didn't handle you too roughly,"

Bucky adjusts his jacket uneasily, his eyes scanning the room for any exits but there's only one, and it's being guarded by two other men with guns.

"I'll take that as a no," Fury motions for the guards to step aside and they do, opening the door and it takes a moment for whoever it is who's supposed to enter does. And when they do, Bucky's lungs feel like they're going to deflate. "We have someone here you may know,"

Bucky stands in a rush, knocking back the chair without realizing it and she smiles. It's pretty and sweet, and he grins back, too. And then she's running towards him, faster than expected for a dead girl and crashes into him.

He grips her tightly, making sure she's real and not an allusion. But she's breathing and warm, not unmoving and cold like she should be.

"But the doctor. She said that you.." Bucky swallows as his voice comes out gravely. "You coded. Died,"

Her eyes wander away from his and the corner of her lip quirks up. "Well, you see, I did die. But it was staged. SHIELD, they.. injected me with something that stopped my heart. It was pretty hard to hold my breath for that long, I admit, but-"

"Why?"

The sides of her eyes crinkle as she twists her hands. "They offered me something,"

His chest tightens in fear, because he had told her everything. Secrets that could make SHIELD the strongest organization to ever be and- and (Y/n) sees Bucky's panic and she shakes her head.

"I haven't told them anything. Nothing. Just that you saved me and.. and the offer? It was to meet you. But I kinda had to die first,"

He huffs out a laugh, which feels weird because he hasn't laughed in decades, but it evens out and (Y/n) hugs him again.

"We'll give you two a moment to.. do whatever it is you want. But know that there are cameras in here," Fury turns with a swish of his long coat and exits the room, Steve following and gives them a salute.

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