THIEF | BUCKY BARNES

SEVENTY FOUR

BATTLESTAR
❝Go ahead, try to be The Howling Commandos, you'll just fail.❞

Odessa sat on Bucky's lap in the cramped car. His hands rested on her thighs as he pulled her closer to him.

Everything about the car ride was uncomfortable, from the seating to the silence. Odessa began to anxiously trace patterns on Bucky's hand, causing him to press his lips against her temple.

"Okay, so we've got eight Super Soldiers on a bulk supply run." John spoke up, his eyes flickering to Bucky and Odessa. "Why?"

"They say their mission is to get things back to they way it was during The Blip." Sam announced, making Odessa tense. "Maybe they're just trying to help."

"They had a funny way of showing it." Bucky responded, turning his head to look at Sam.

"That serum doesn't exactly have a great track record. No offence." John said as he looked towards Bucky.

Bucky clenched his jaw but remained silent. He understood that people were still scared of The Winter Soldier. He knew that people judged him for his past. All he cared about was whether Odessa judged him or not.

Odessa rested her head on Bucky's chest and curled up into a small ball. She could hear his racing heart but she didn't say anything. Instead, she just laced their fingers together and brought his knuckles up to her lips, to give them a gentle kiss.

"We need to fire out where they're going. How'd you track 'em here? The Flag Smashers?" Sam questioned, causing the brunette to chuckle at the name they had for themselves.

"Uh, no, we didn't track them, we tracked you, uh, through Redwing." Lemar responded.

"May he rest in peace." Odessa whispered. Bucky ran his tongue over his teeth, trying to hide the smug smirk on his face.

"You hacked my tech?" Sam questioned angrily.

"Sorry. It's not exactly hacking." John spoke up. "It's government property. Kind of the government." He pointed to himself, causing Odessa to burst out laughing. 

She ran her hand over her face and tried to control her random outbursts of laughter. But everything was so humorous her.

John Walker thought that he was the government because he was the new Captain America. Which was everything that Steve was against.

"Does he always just stare like that?" John questioned motioning to Bucky.

"You get used to it." Sam and Odessa spoke at the same time.

Odessa smiled across at Sam, only yesterday was he taunting Bucky for staring, now he was helping to defend him.

The girl loved how Bucky and Sam's relationship worked. They pretend to hate one another to their faces but when it came down to it, they'd do anything to protect each other.

"Okay, look." John cleared his throat before continuing. "You know, things have gotten kind of uh,-"

"Chaotic." Lemar spoke up as he noticed his friend was trying to think of the words.