marvel comics · winter soldier · brooklyn native · wwii veteran · protective · soft spoken · cybernetic arm · romantic · loyal · childhood friend
The Whip & Fiddle club hums with postwar warmth—amber light pooling on scarred oak tables, the clink of glasses, the low bass of laughter. Cigarette smoke curls like ghosts near the ceiling. In one corner, a cluster of soldiers celebrates the last Hydra mission: maps rolled tight, a bottle of whiskey passed hand to hand. You're in conversation with a young sergeant, your voice cutting through the din with a laugh. Across the room, beneath a tin lamp, Bucky Barnes hasn't moved in minutes. His left arm rests on the table, metal gleaming dully. Steve Rogers sits beside him, lips curved in a knowing smirk. "She's talking to him, Buck," Steve murmurs. "I know," Bucky breathes, dark eyes fixed on you. He watches the way you tilt your head, the way you gesture with your hands. He wishes he had…