Unexpected

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As soon as the door closed behind her, Nina dropped the bag on the ground and sloppily walked to the copilot seat, closing her eyes to finally rest.

"Hey, keep your eyes open," Bucky warned her. Nina kept her eyes closed, almost falling asleep. Bucky frowned, concerned, and shook her a bit with his right hand. "Hey, Nina. Stay with me, doll." Nina managed to chuckle herself awake.

"What did you just call me?" She slurred with a smirk on her face. Bucky couldn't help but laugh too.

"I said "Stay with me, doll". You've got a problem with that?"

"Oooh," Nina said weakly. "Flirty," she mumbled, her eyes closing again.

"Woah, there," Bucky said, standing up and placing his right hand on her cheek. "I really need you to stay awake, alright? No sleeping," he explained as he used his left hand to unzip her jacket and lift her shirt, to see the bandages on her stomach soaked in blood. She was losing too much of it.

"I'm not sleeping," Nina mumbled, her eyes still closed.

"Then show me, doll," Bucky said, taking her face in his hands again. "Open your eyes for me." Nina opened her eyes slowly, only to see Bucky's little smile in front of her. He took off his hoodie and used it to apply pressure on her stomach. "Thank you. Keep them open for a bit, okay?" When Nina closed them one more time, he shook her again. "Nina talk to me. Tell me something I don't know."

"Like what?" She mumbled, opening her eyes slightly.

" Like... old stuff. Tell me something about me that I don't remember," he said. Now, you're damn right if you believe Bucky isn't ready at all to remember everything about his past. And actually, he knew he wasn't ready. But he needed Nina to talk about something. Something that she would take interest in talking about.

"I don't know what you remember," she said.

"Tell me about my family."

"You don't remember your family?"

"I don't know."

"Well," she said, her voice a little bit less shaky. "For starters, I never met your parents?" Bucky frowned. They knew each other during the war right? She said she went to visit his family after they had lost him, after he had 'died'. How didn't she knew his parents. "I think Steve knew them, you should ask him."

"I'll make sure to ask him when I see him around," Bucky told her, tensing up at the name. "What else?"

"There were four other children," Nina revealed. Bucky frowned again. He only remembered one: Rebecca. "There was Will, Rebecca and Harry and Sarah. Those two were twins." Bucky couldn't help but smile. He had two sisters and two brothers. His smile fell as soon as he remembered that they were all dead. "They were all younger than you, I think."

"Yeah?"

"Yeah." Bucky slowly pushed Nina's hand over his hoodie onto her wound.

"Keep presure on that. Tell me more," Bucky said. Not only he needed Nina to stay awake and tall to him, but he wanted to know more about his family.

"Umm, I don't know much more."

"You've met them all?"

"I met William briefly," she said. "He wasn't often at home, Becca told me. She was always left alone to take care of stuff and the twins." Bucky frowned. Where was he? If he was the oldest, why was Rebecca left to take care of the twins alone? "I think your father passed away after you turned eighteen or nineteen, and he left you alone with 'em all. William followed his steps, leaving you to take care of the house financially and leaving Rebecca alone at home with Harry and Sara," Nina explained. Bucky noticed how Nina was more awake talking about his past.

"What about your family?" He asked, and he regretted asking immediately after doing so. Nina's face went from indifferent to completely dark. Her memories about her own family were definetly not good ones. "I'm sorry, you don't have to tell me."

"It's alright," Nina said softly. "I was the youngest in a family of five, all brothers," she softly smiled at the memory. "There was a big age gap between me and the rest of them, but my older brother always made sure to include me in everything. Typical Koschei." She shook her head with a smile. "And then there was a war and..." Nina took a deep breath. "I lost everything. They bombed the Drylands and my brothers all died in combat." Bucky had his jaw dropped in awe. He didn't know anything about her family before today.

"What about your mom?" He asked.

"I guess she's probably dead too," Nina said. "The whole planet did explode." As she said that, an awkward silence took place. Bucky had forgotten about what Nina had told him years ago. She'd explained everything about her planet and the Time War, and what happened. She explained how one day she had gotten away in a mission for the Gallifreyan Government and as she came back the whole planet was gone; the allies and the enemies. "Where are we going?" Nina said, breaking the uncomfortable silence.

"For starters, Marseille."

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People, can yall pls point out any grammatical errors if u find any? I just got a new phone and the corrector isnt agreeing sith me. Thx homies :)