Sharon Carter (
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[oom] all those times we looked up at the sky
Karli's on the move; she'll strike soon. Bucky and Sam have been in long, tense conversations with each other and with Torres, and she herself has been keeping an obsessive eye on the tracker blip that is Batroc.
It's a lot. The air in the apartment is tense. But she still has to laugh at the sight that greets her when she walks into the living room: Bucky crouched down, his phone out as he takes a photo of Alpine, who is lounging in lazy grandeur, soaking up a puddle of sunshine.
"That'll be a good one," she approves. "Baby, I've been wondering – what happened to your nice camera? You didn't leave it in Wakanda, did you?"
It's a lot. The air in the apartment is tense. But she still has to laugh at the sight that greets her when she walks into the living room: Bucky crouched down, his phone out as he takes a photo of Alpine, who is lounging in lazy grandeur, soaking up a puddle of sunshine.
"That'll be a good one," she approves. "Baby, I've been wondering – what happened to your nice camera? You didn't leave it in Wakanda, did you?"
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"I know, baby."
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"When everyone came back," she murmurs. "Even... like I was. Being how I was. What Madripoor made me. I was happy to know you were back, too."
Everything that came after doesn't negate that. Not her anger or the misunderstanding. Nothing does.
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"I'm so sorry, baby," she murmurs. "I'm sorry Steve made the call he did. I'm sorry I wasn't here with you so you weren't alone. But you're not alone anymore. And you have family again. You have me."
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Bucky leans in to kiss her.
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Once they're standing, he glances over at the camera and hesitates. "Do you want to...?"
He's honestly not sure how he hopes she'll answer.
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Following his glance to the camera, she lets go of his hands and moves to pick it up, cradling it carefully. "We could go through it together," she offers, quiet, and looks up at him. "But we don't have to."
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"Bring it along, I guess," he says, after a moment. "Hell, it might not even work anymore."
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She shifts the camera in her hands and frowns as she feels a strange bulge, then can't help smiling at what she pulls from one of the side pockets: the little spider-legged stand she'd bought for him, all those years ago, and given as a gift.
Sharon's smiling still, crooked but sweet and real, as she holds it up. "This looks familiar."
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"It could do everything but walk."
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She'd been so pleased with herself. "I knew you'd love it," she adds, more softly, as a small, remembering smile touches her lips.
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"Were you?"
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"You just needed a little convincing."
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"And now I've got you. And you've got me, too."
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"That was the first night you kissed me," she murmurs. "When I gave you this. Remember?"
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She leans up onto her toes and kisses him now, as light and sweet as the kiss he'd given her then. "Come on," she murmurs. "Curl up with me."
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"Okay," he says. "I'm in your hands, angel."
Bucky tips his head toward the framed photograph on the wall. "That print's from that night, by the way."
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She looks over at it, her expression warm, then closes her eyes, smiling as she remembers. "I can just hear the camera clicking."
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"Easy to hear, when it's quiet enough."
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At the hut by the lake, where peace reigned, with only the soft sounds of night birds and insects might compete. She opens her eyes and lifts her hand to his, pressing a kiss to his fingers before she draws him over to the couch.
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"I was happier there than I'd been anywhere. For years."
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