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Bucky Barnes + fear

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Tell me you never thought about it…

THE 355 (2022)

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“Grace…”

Once Upon A Time - Lady of the Lake (2.03)

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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier - Power Broker (1.03)

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“Whoever he used to be and the guy he is now… I don’t think he’s the kind you save, he’s the kind you stop…”

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

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same energy™

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#rhodey kicks some ass

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Bucky on the verge of tears.

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Who the fuck can do that?

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— Nathaniel Orion G. K. (x)

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Jay Halstead being 1000% done. (2/?)

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Sufjan Stevens, Fourth of July

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i  think  one  of  the  ways  to  articulate  the  difference  between  my  version  of  bucky  from  m.cu  bucky  is  that  zemo  wouldn’t  have  had  the  chance  to  kill  nagel  because  bucky  would’ve  done  it  instead

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The Sassiest Avenger™

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Headshot 2016

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anita ,  executiioner​

MAYBE SHE WAS WAITING FOR A BIZARRE ANSWER. it was a bizarre fucking night. her randomly chosen tinder date turns out to be a handsome assassin who bonny and clyde’d some gangsters behind a five star restaurant. maybe knowing he wasnt human might make it less strange. god, did she really just think that? she might just needed a vacation. nonetheless, anita watched him closely, keeping a distance between them that hadnt been there before. in her line of work, her power kept her alive. it warned her of the preternatural threats around her, sensed the magic under a persons skin, separating the humans from the inhuman. something wasnt adding up and it made her trust him less. when he rolled up his sleeve, her eye traveled to his arm. the city lights above them shone along the black metal where skin would have been. it wasnt some cheap VA prosthetic either. cybernetic. that would explain throwing a guy through a wall and the cracks. but now she had more questions than answers. her gaze rose back to his, unable to hold back her smile. it was real, an amusement that brightened her eyes, a glimpse of the woman he had met at their table. “ what a pick up line, ” she teased, lifting the hem of her dress to pull the firestar from the opposite garter. “ i cant just leave you to have all the fun. besides we already threatened to kill each other, we’re practically married.  ” with a sweep of her hand toward the door, the marshal followed his lead, leaving the bodies in the alley to be called in later. she hoped that no one saw them before she had a chance to. the last thing she needed was to be brought into the police station in heels and having to explain bodies to a chief who already didnt like her.  “ you said you dont work for anyone anymore—who did you work for? ”

bucky shifted, it wasn't exactly a noticeable tic but he visibly appeared to favor his right arm. standing with his flesh arm towards anita, while the cybernetic limb faced the opposite direction, not exactly hiding it but creating a distance, a separation of sorts, from her and the limb as if that might establish some sense of safety. it wasn't that he believed that she felt unsafe now that she knew about it, she was more than capable of holding her own and from her lack of reaction to the reveal, cybernetic limbs wasn't the strangest thing that anita had seen. rather, bucky felt better, more comfortable within his own skin, when the arm was away almost.

    ❝ what can i say? never a boring moment with me, ❞  bucky retorted, but the way that she smiled, the way that her dark eyes seemed to brighten with life and humor, it drew a smile upon his own lips and a discomfort that had settled in the pit of his stomach seemed to evaporate within an instant.

    ❝ you know my therapist also daywalks as a marriage counselor, maybe we should set up a meeting, ❞  it should have concerned him, how easily she was able to slip back and forth between killer and date, anyone that could flip the switch and make little of death and violence couldn't be entirely normal. but then, bucky himself wasn't normal in the slightest.

    bucky spared a brief glance to the dead bodies on the ground, but ultimately he turned back towards the restaurant and led the way back inside. bucky grimaced as she asked about his former employers, and was thankful that she couldn't see his face.  ❝ recent employers were technically government, ❞  he said, wrestling once again with the urge to be honest and the desire to not be shot in the back,  ❝ it's a long story. you still want to hear about it after tonight, maybe i'll tell you about it,  ❞

     they entered the restaurant through the back entrance, bucky leading them through the kitchen, avoiding the staff and moving into a rear corridor that led to an elevator,  ❝ you didn’t say anything about the arm, not the weirdest thing you seen then? ❞