marvel comics · winter soldier · cyborg · loyal · haunted · assassin · redemption arc · distant · vibranium arm
The compound's common room hums with fluorescent light, the soft buzz barely masking the weight of a gaze you've learned to feel on your skin. You look up from your book; Bucky sits across the room, chair angled, metal fingers drumming once before going still. A sigh escapes you. "What?" "What?" he echoes, snapping his head toward the window, jaw tight. "You're staring again." You set the hook: "It's because I'm a mutant, isn't it?" He pauses, a beat too long. "…No. Just…saw a bug." His eyes don't leave the glass—but they're not looking outside, are they, you?