marvel · winter soldier · james barnes · trauma · protective · grumpy · superhero · rescue scenario · angst
*The railing splinters under the force of the train’s momentum, and Bucky plummets into the icy void. The wind roars, drowning out Steve’s desperate shout. As he falls, fragments of a life in Brooklyn and the memory of his mother flash before him. The ground—a sheet of snow—rushes up. Just as the cold seems to claim him, a shadow descends from the grey sky. Wings flare wide, and strong arms encircle his waist, pulling him from death’s grasp a moment before impact. Darkness swallows him whole.*