from_the_outside: by <lj user="bangparty"> (competence is the watchword)
Sharon Carter ([personal profile] from_the_outside) wrote2022-08-03 01:58 pm

[ WWII AU ] what a night to go dreaming

There's no doubt that things have shifted, a little, since the day they spent tangled up together in that sun-dappled cottage, tucked away in the trees behind the nearby town. The other Howling Commandos have, seemingly by silent agreement, stopped flirting so outrageously with her, though she's caught Jim and Gabe giving Bucky more than one fondly exasperated glance. She still dances with all of them, and enjoys their company, but they yield the floor to Bucky at the end of the night, and he's the one who, as she said she wanted, walks her back to her tent. 

And then there are their rendezvous' out in the field, where she still checks, each night, for a portal opening in the air. It never comes, but she spends hours there with him, walking and laughing and dancing under the starlight, stealing every moment they can together.

Aunt Peggy says nothing, but Sharon knows she can tell things have changed. There's a worried frown that lives between her brows, but she doesn't forbid her niece to see Steve's best friend, knowing it would only backfire.

Other things change not at all... like the morning tests Howard still makes them do. They're nearing the end of the sequence today, and she lets go of Bucky when Howard tells her to, careful not to linger. It's difficult to say what Stark thinks of his findings; he mutters to himself and snaps at his assistants, but all she can glean from it is that the resonance is still fading at a regular rate from her cells.

But none of them know why.

nerves_of_ice: (bucky: small remembering smile)

[personal profile] nerves_of_ice 2022-08-05 12:45 pm (UTC)(link)
He wraps his other arm around her, drawing her close. "Don't be," he whispers back. "I understand, angel. I do."
nerves_of_ice: (bucky: small remembering smile)

[personal profile] nerves_of_ice 2022-08-05 01:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't want you to be hurt, either," he points out. Bucky lowers his face to the golden cloud of her hair and just breathes. "I know you miss your home. The rest of your family. And I know you need to get back to your team, too."

They'll be searching for her still, he's sure, probably going out of their minds with worry. How can he hope that their pain continue?
nerves_of_ice: (bucky: small remembering smile)

[personal profile] nerves_of_ice 2022-08-05 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"It will." He puts as much certainty as he can manage into his voice. Bucky squeezes her hand, then lets go and curves his fingers around the nape of her neck and tries to coax her to tilt her head and look up at him, even as he tightens his embrace with his other arm.

"It'll be all right, Sharon. It will. And I don't regret this, between us. Not even a little. I can't."
nerves_of_ice: (bucky: small remembering smile)

[personal profile] nerves_of_ice 2022-08-05 01:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"Every second," he whispers, and kisses her - gently, careful not to muss her lipstick. "Every single one. Each moment. Every dance."

He punctuates everything he says with light kisses, then looks down into her eyes.

"All of it. All of you."
nerves_of_ice: (bucky: small remembering smile)

[personal profile] nerves_of_ice 2022-08-05 01:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"Angel." His smile is almost heartbreakingly sweet, and he squeezes her to him for a second. "You say the nicest things."
nerves_of_ice: (bucky: small remembering smile)

[personal profile] nerves_of_ice 2022-08-05 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"Anywhere you want," he tells her, and shifts to give her his arm and draw her against his side.
nerves_of_ice: (bucky: bruised but not broken)

[personal profile] nerves_of_ice 2022-08-05 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"Okay." He leads her along the side of the field toward the woods path.

"Maybe sometimes once you're back, you can look at the stars and remember me, if you want." He gives her a little smile. "The stars aren't going to change between then and now, right? So it'll be like we're looking at them together."
nerves_of_ice: (bucky: bruised but not broken)

[personal profile] nerves_of_ice 2022-08-05 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"I never could," he promises. "You've changed my life, angel. And I'm glad of it."
nerves_of_ice: (bucky: bruised but not broken)

[personal profile] nerves_of_ice 2022-08-05 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Bucky can't decide if he's grateful or sorry that they'll be packing up to head back to London soon. If Howard's experiment tonight works, being here at camp without her will be like being haunted, he's pretty sure - but at the same time, leaving this place will be like leaving her behind, just as she'll leave him to return to her time, her life. Either way, it's not anything he can control. She can't either, not really.

For now, he watches the play of sunlight through the trees against the gold of her hair, and holds on to this moment with both hands.
nerves_of_ice: (bucky: bruised but not broken)

[personal profile] nerves_of_ice 2022-08-05 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
He chuckles at that. "Yes, ma'am." Bucky sits easily down beside her, legs outstretched as he leans back on his elbows.

"It's nice here, isn't it?"
nerves_of_ice: (bucky: bruised but not broken)

[personal profile] nerves_of_ice 2022-08-05 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Surprise is written in his features as he looks over at her.

"You did?" She looks as though she's anticipating something, and he's curious as hell. "What is it?"
nerves_of_ice: (bucky: smiling soldier boy)

[personal profile] nerves_of_ice 2022-08-05 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
He sits straight up, utterly fascinated, and leans over to look at the device in her hand.

"That's the smallest darn camera I've ever seen or heard of, by the way," he tells her.

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