it's you and me up against the world, it's you and me

[dysmorphics]

 

 

 

 

I don't need a parachute, baby if I've got you
Baby if I've got you, I don't need a parachute
You're gonna catch me,
You're gonna catch if I fall
( 🎶 )

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[dysmorphics]

"Buck, if I hadn't been so dumb and fucked things up, you wouldn't have had to ask," Steph retorted with a mirroring weak self-deprecating laugh. She could've done anything else really and it would've been better than this. She could've brought the other Steph back so she was here when Bucky returned from the war, and he could've had the happy ending he deserved. But she didn't. Who was the selfish bastard now?

She cupped his cheek then, running her thumb over his lower lip. There probably wasn't any version of him that she wouldn't love and want. But he was the only one who asked, after a lifetime of waiting.

"We'll figure out what to tell Becca. And your friends." She'd already had her fill of being a science project and government property, and she'd like to avoid the same fate for him. Being one of the founders of SHIELD in this universe should at least help his case. She wasn't sure about hers. If anything they might think she was a HYDRA asset, their answer to Captain Carter.

But there were far more important things they had to deal with first. "I ain't going anywhere without you, alright? I promise." She let go of his face to fish out her tags (and locket) from under her shirt and place them into his hand. They were the only truly personal effects she had, having left everything else behind.

[hadagreatpast]

Not in the mood to argue about which of them was more selfish, at least for the time being, Bucky just ignored her comment and let his eyes close while he felt Steph touch his lip, then looked up at her again. Another timeline or not, Bucky sure did love this woman.

Besides, their divergent timelines meant that for the first time since they were little kids getting to know each other, they would actually have things to learn about one another, instead of just knowing everything.

"We don't need to tell anyone everything, but I don't want to just keep you hidden away forever. And my family is gonna recognize this face of yours the second they see it." At least Becca and his Ma would. His dad... could go either way, really.

It probably said something about how Bucky had been living that it actually took him a moment to figure out what friends Steph was referencing, though. "The folks at the office are gonna know something's going on if I'm not in as foul of a mood as I usually am, though."

But he took her tags in hand and examined them, running his thumb over the raised lettering. "It's weird as hell seein' your name on tags like this, Steph." He had his own, of course, and if she was giving him hers then he would give her his in return, but it was still odd to think of her being in the Army.