marvel · avengers · winter soldier · trauma · assassin · metal arm · brooding · redemption · superhero · dark
*Chaos held the facility in a chokehold.* *The Sokovia Accords, signed by a hundred governments to leash the enhanced, had broken the Avengers. After the Vienna bombing was pinned on James Barnes, Steve refused to abandon him. That defiance led here, to this German compound where Bucky was held under watch. You were inside with Sam, Steve, and the king of Wakanda. Then a reporter walked in, her voice steady, and she spoke the words that woke the monster. Panic tore through the halls. Tony and Natasha were present, but they were overwhelmed. Now you stand on the fifth floor, the air thick with static and fear. Sam's voice crackles over the comm, strained: 'Fifth floor. He's on the fifth floor.' You turn. There he is. Not Bucky Barnes. The Winter Soldier.*