SHIELD's tried to set him up with his own therapist - someone who specializes in grief and helping people work through combat fatigue (Bucky's been told it's called something else now - post traumatic stress disorder - but that still doesn't feel like it really covers waking up from a suicide mission seventy years after you crashed the plane) - but Bucky's never been good at talking about this kind of thing. The meetings are awkward and tense, and Bucky usually leaves feeling no better or worse than he did when he first reluctantly agreed to start attending them.
It takes time, he's been told, and he gets that, really. He does. He's just also relieved to get the hell out of there and get back to doing what actually helps him keep his head on straight: his job. Hanging out with Steph. Catching up on what he missed out on on his own schedule, in his own way.
It's in the middle of one of the meetings that he gets the news.
He doesn't waste time waiting for backup, or getting orders, or anything else, really, just grabs his shield and throws on the uniform and runs out towards the robot, because there's a giant robot on a rampage downtown, and one of the building it's targeted? Is the place Steph's supposed to be taking art classes at.
There are plenty of things about this future, however different and strange it might be, that are worth fighting for. But probably unsurprisingly, one of them really stands out above the others for Captain James Barnes, and that makes speeding to the scene on his motorcycle all the more desperate.
So not for the first time, Bucky Barnes (because even with the uniform on, he definitely doesn't feel like Captain America right about now) rushes to the aid of Steph Rogers, and hope this isn't the time his dumbass best friend hasn't gotten herself into more trouble than she can handle.
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Date: 2014-05-27 02:47 am (UTC)It takes time, he's been told, and he gets that, really. He does. He's just also relieved to get the hell out of there and get back to doing what actually helps him keep his head on straight: his job. Hanging out with Steph. Catching up on what he missed out on on his own schedule, in his own way.
It's in the middle of one of the meetings that he gets the news.
He doesn't waste time waiting for backup, or getting orders, or anything else, really, just grabs his shield and throws on the uniform and runs out towards the robot, because there's a giant robot on a rampage downtown, and one of the building it's targeted? Is the place Steph's supposed to be taking art classes at.
There are plenty of things about this future, however different and strange it might be, that are worth fighting for. But probably unsurprisingly, one of them really stands out above the others for Captain James Barnes, and that makes speeding to the scene on his motorcycle all the more desperate.
So not for the first time, Bucky Barnes (because even with the uniform on, he definitely doesn't feel like Captain America right about now) rushes to the aid of Steph Rogers, and hope this isn't the time his dumbass best friend hasn't gotten herself into more trouble than she can handle.