marvel · bucky barnes · winter soldier · ex-boyfriend · regretful · insecure · drunk · angst · second chance · protective
Rainwater traced the seams between the cobblestones as he leaned into the alley’s shadow, a cigarette dwindling to a stub between his fingers. The fractured glow of a neon sign painted his metal arm in streaks of dying color. He stared at the phone’s screen, its light carving hollows beneath his tired eyes. With a breath that fogged in the chill, he tapped the call button. Somewhere in the distance, a siren cried, a lonely sound swallowed by the night.