𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝. 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞.
chapter one.
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"𝙄s that a ring I see on your finger?" Valeria glanced down to her fingers, where a diamond ring sat on one and she silently cursed herself for forgetting to take it off like Sam suggested. She glanced at his sister, unsure of how to respond to her and she bit her bottom lip instead.

"For decoration..." Val mumbled, looking around for Sam and she found him by the boat, running around with one of his nephews on his shoulders and Val smiled to herself. She had always wanted children of her own, though she didn't really know if she did actually want them. Not with her rotten past. Val wouldn't be able to live with herself if she ever had children and they found out what their mother did, what their mother had once been.

"If you say so." Sarah hummed, eyeing Val a little weird before she moved on and Val pulled her cream coat closer, even though it wasn't chilly at all. The coat had been a gift from Natasha and the brunette didn't want to loose it. She adored this coat, plus it was very fashionable and it went with almost everything.

"Wait!" Val called after her, heart slightly beating fast and she licked her dry lips. "It is not for decoration, no, Sam wanted to wait before we could tell you but I feel like it's only fair you know. We are engaged, we have been for five years actually."

Sarah looked a little taken back as she looked at her brother, who was still playing with her children. "I'm not being rude or anything, but how do we know that you won't one day just wake up and murder everyone?"

Val swallowed hard, thinking about the question. She might have been a good guy for seven years now but she had been a villain her entire life and that's what scared her, that and the fact that she might just wake up and go back to her old ways.

"I am a good guy now. I will not murder you or hurt you." Val replied, hoping that Sarah will believe her. "I promise."

Sarah said nothing but turn around and begin her trek towards the house and Val bit her bottom lip. She knew a lot of people would still hate her for things she's done in the past, heck, she'd even hate herself although she does kinda hate herself but that's besides the point.

"Hey, you okay?" Sam suddenly asked and Val jolted a little, earning a chuckle from Sam and she lightly hit him on the chest, earning a small oof from him.

"I am okay, just thinking." Val shrugged, looking up at the sky and a small smile formed on her face.

"Now that's dangerous." Sam whistled, shaking his head. Val glared at him.

"You're such an idiot Sam."

"But I'm your idiot and you love this idiot." He grinned and Val raised a brow at him, fighting back a grin of her own.

"Sometimes I wonder why." When Sam gaped at her, Val giggled, clutching her stomach and she shook her head. "I want to visit Bucky today, do you want to come with?"

Sam sighed. "He's been ignoring our messages and calls, why would we want to go to him?"

"Because we are his friends honey and that is what friends do, no?"

"Whoa, whoa, I am not Bucky's friend." Sam shook his head. "You two may be best friends and frolick in the sunlight but I am not his friend."

"You are so stubborn sometimes. Bucky needs us, he's been through a lot. He lost his only family." Val softly whispered, sighing. "Steve was his family, and just like his death impacted us, it impacted Bucky in a different way."

Sam sighed, looking away. It had been silent for a few seconds before he said, "I know Val, I know. But you'll have to go alone this time, I have something to do." Valeria raised a brow again. "I'll tell you all about it when you come back, now come here, give your idiot a kiss before you take off."

Val laughed but inched forward and placed a kiss on his lips, savoring the moment of bliss before they broke apart and Val smiled at him before elegantly lifting off the platform, into the sky and she flew off.

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"𝙄 don't know why you bother." Bucky sighed, rolling his eyes at Val, who had swiftly landed right in front of him. "I ignored your messages for a reason, you know."

"I bother because you are my friend Bucky. I am bound to worry a little." Val sweetly smiled before linking their arms together and they walked wordlessly towards Bucky's apartment, where Bucky switched the TV on as soon as he entered. "You do not have food?" Val asked, a little appalled at the empty fridge.

"I do, somewhere." Bucky called from the living room and Val rolled her eyes, opening the cabinets and finding nothing. She sighed, picking out a huge green bowl before she closed her eyes, concentrating and when she felt the bowl get a little heavy, she smiled to herself. "See, told you." Bucky hummed when Val came to sit next to him, green bowl now filled with popcorn.

"Very funny." Val muttered, throwing a popcorn at him and Bucky gasped, touching the place where it hit him and he picked one of his own and threw it at Val, who shrieked and used her hands as a shield just in time. "I have a question."

"Yeah?" Bucky asked, throwing popcorn into his mouth and when he chocked a little, Val rolled her eyes.

"What do you do when your sister in law does not like you?"

"Well, um, I don't know." Bucky cleared his throat, skipping through channels and he decided to leave it on the news. "Maybe try talking to her or go shopping, do girly stuff, I don't know."

"Bucky, I was made for destruction, I do not know any of those things."

Bucky gave her a painful smile. "Yeah, that makes two of us."

"I'm sorry, I did not mean it like that. It's just ━"

Val was cut off by the man talking on the news and both Bucky and Val gasped when he announced the new Captain America, John Walker. Val couldn't believe it, they were replacing Steve so easily. Who were they going to replace next? Tony? Natasha? Before he could talk any further, Val shut the TV off and looked at Bucky, who looked like he was on the verge of tears.

Val bit her bottom lip before she engulfed Bucky in a hug, telling him that it was alright, even though she knew it wasn't.

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an. Hey guys, so I've recently watched both tfatws and wanda vision, which I want to write a fic about as well but I mean, i have so many fics that aren't finished✋🏻and we all know they're not gonna get finished this year.
also can i just point out how DUMB Val actually is? She's based on me actually, though I wish I was Russian and not human😂and don't worry, there will be a prequel