“Look, I- I know her shooting at me was wrong. Peggy was old, and moved on, and I needed to move on as well.” “Wasn’t much point thinking about it afterwards. I didn’t have much time to think about it then-” But maybe they should be reversing that order- Sam can return the stones while Bucky sits on Steve’s ass. Good sense like that is exactly why Bucky thought the whole time travel then retirement was a good plan for Steve. He knows Sam is still watching, but at least Sam’s got enough sense to step back at and let this play out. Joseph Rogers showed his anger, his attempts at affection, his everything, on Mrs Rogers’ skin.īucky didn’t know how Steve could say what Peggy did was right, after what his Ma had been through. Mrs Rogers always tried to keep it from them, and the neighbours, but folks all knew. But there’s a twist to his expression, when Bucky forces him to see the connection. Steve’s face shows just how low Bucky’s going with this. Shooting you and saying it’s right-” Bucky drags his hand through his hair, feels the metal plates catch and pull at the roots. You’ve known it since you were seven years old, and you ain’t ever forgot it. That kind of move was bullshit, and you know it. Bucky sees Steve blanch, the almost nauseous look that passes over Steve’s face. But damn it, Steve can’t have been carrying that for all these years, and not expect Bucky to lay into him like this. “And you think it’s what- Affection? Flirting? That remind you of anyone? Ain’t Mrs Roger’s little boy I’m hearing say that.” “She shot you.” Bucky follows Steve, keeping in his space, almost wanting to poke him in the middle of his chest to emphasize the words. Steve moves back another step, while Sam is sidestepping to Steve’s left. He registers the pain, but that’s about it. “That’s your problem, Rogers! You never think!”īucky throws his hands up, and his flesh hand smacks the edge of the shield purely by accident, because he’s lost track of how physically close he is to Steve. “And have you ever thought shooting random people is a sign that she might now be stable? Or did you ask Sharon any more details about the kind of shit she did?” It’s all okay.” Bucky can feel his voice picking up, getting louder, the edge of old accent coming back into his words. You don’t think it’s like that, so it must not be that way. “That’s not- I don’t think it’s like that.” “She shot you, and you’re trying to justify it by saying she was also abusive to a child?” There are a lot of implications in Steve’s statement, a lot of ways he could take that, and in the mindset that he currently has, it definitely is veering into the worst kind of ideas. “That does not make it better!” It makes him want to find Sharon and get her help in his make sure Peggy is never born plan. “Sharon says she did a lot of similar exercises when she was growing up too” “She shot at me.” Steve emphasizes the directional implication. Scratch that- he’s going to go back even further and make sure she’s never born. He’s going to use the last of the time travel magic shit, and travel back to 1943 and punch Peggy Carter himself. “She didn’t even know it WORKED and she SHOT YOU?!!!!”īucky is going to go back himself. “To test the shield worked.”Īt least Sam looks shocked as well. “Peggy shot at me,” he says with an absolutely impossible level of calmness. Steve’s reaction, to match the growing line that Bucky can feel between his eyes, is a spreading smile. Bucky feels his arm plates snap and flex, his chest heating up, anger like he’s not felt since- Actually he isn’t sure when he’s felt this angry. It’s something like the stopped time he experiences in therapy, when there’s a new revelation about his time as the Winter Soldier, and the world goes still, time all slow and wonky. He can feel his jaw hanging open, knows that he’s gaping like a fish. Seems right to make it’s last mission fixing some of her mistakes.” Steve slaps his hand on Bucky’s shoulder. Steve’s always followed Bucky’s jumps, able to keep up or double back when Bucky needs to. The words might seem to come out of nowhere, but Steve follows him. “It’s a good idea.” Sam looks at him sharply, but Steve smiles. Giving the shield to Sam, trying out retirement, moving on into something else. Steve’s suited up in the fancy time travel suit, holding the shield in his hands, and Bucky thinks about the conversation Steve had had with him the night before. They’re all gathered by the lake, watching Banner adjust the machine, and Bucky can feel the tension.
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