THE FADING FALLEN ● Bucky Barnes X OC ● 18+ ● ENGLISH [COMPLETE]

Chapter 26

When Sam asked her how she managed the aliens, she told him about Josephine's electromagnetic abilities. With these, she could paralyze the nervous system and therefore bring them all down at the same time.

"There you go, the ultimate superweapon for those assholes."

Clattering, the cutlery fell onto the plate, whereupon everyone turned to Bucky, startled.

He stood up, placed it on one of the dish tables, and left the dining room without a word.The others glared after him before Steve also got up and followed behind.

Emilia watched the two men disappear out the door one by one.

She could tell by Bucky's posture that something was upsetting him. It confused her even more than his behavior already did.

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Not even a full day, and her premonition would come true.

Since the first alien attack, everyone had been on guard. But nothing else happened in the meantime.

Emilia had fully recovered in the few hours. Only a small scar testified her almost death. This was something that even her abilities couldn't prevent.

However, more than this small memento on her lateral abdomen, she was disturbed by the fact that Bucky was gone without a trace. They hadn't spoken a word to each other since she left the hospital ward.

The very day he left, she heard from Steve that he had made his way to a small cabin by a lake. Emilia immediately knew where to find the bad-tempered Sergeant.

When she ran into Steve that morning, he got a taste of her anger at Bucky's seemingly huffy behavior.

"What the hell is he doing? We may be facing the end of the world in less than 24 hours and he wants to...what? Meditate? Go for a swim? Roast fucking marshmallows on a campfire?"

Although she knew deep down that a certain James Buchanan Barnes certainly wasn't planning on any of that, she simply vented her sarcastic innuendo.

"Come on, Emilia, that's not fair. He was really worried about you, even more than the rest of us. It really broke him up, what happened to you."

Steve's words only fueled her more. Because they meant that Bucky cared about her, but because of his hiding, he couldn't say it directly to her face, or show it in any way.

"Oh yeah, and that's why one just takes off?! Doesn't exactly speak well for what you just said!"

She just left Steve standing there.

Over the hours, her guilty conscience towards him was building up, which is why she wanted to go find him and apologize.

Now, as she walked back to her room from the balcony, Bucky's jacket caught her eye. Emilia had taken it - just like the book - from the hospital room after he left it there.

It was lying on the wooden box in front of her bed.

With a few steps she stopped before the dark blue leather with only one sleeve and stared down at it. Although it had only been there for a day, she thought the woodsy scent mixed with Bucky's own body smell had spread throughout the room.

Gently, she stroked her fingertips over the cool fabric. She felt her heartbeat quicken at the thought of him.

In the next moment, she shook her head violently for a short second, and brought herself to her senses.

'What is he thinking, just disappearing like that?'

It was late afternoon, but she definitely wasn't going to let him get away with it. Especially not when this could be her last chance to tell him what she was thinking.

"Oh no, Barnes! You're going to listen to what I have to say!"

Furious, she grabbed the jacket and stormed out.

Once downstairs, she ran straight past Natasha and Sam, who couldn't help but say: "Woah, what's the matter with you?"

"Just a little something", she hissed menacingly.

Natasha, remembering their conversation together in the palace park a few days ago and noticing the jacket at her words, knew immediately what it must be about. Whispering more to herself, she looked after the flaring Emilia.

"I don't think HE's just a little something for you, Carson..."

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