When Everything’s Made to be Broken (I Just Want You to Know Who I Am) Part 54
Hey look at me go, it hasn’t even been a month since my last update (yes, my bar is that low)! Hey I hope you are all doing alright. These are scary times, remember to do your best to take care of you, I know it isn’t easy. Be as kind as you can to yourself - you deserve it.
So this part is dedicated to @iwillbeinmynest - happy late birthday, my darling Kate! I hope it’s worth the wait <3
This part is also dedicated to the great Stan Lee. The world he created gave me a safe place to escape to when my own world was too dark to survive. I owe him so much, and this chapter is so unworthy but it’s all I’ve got. I can only hope that he’d get a kick out of his cameo.
Plot: When you inadvertently become a witness to a murder and are suddenly a target for death, it takes a specially skilled soldier and his team to keep you and your family safe.
This will eventually be a is a reader x Bucky fic. The reader, by the way, is a civilian. No super powers, no fighting skills, and by no means perfect.
Word count: 4891
Warnings:
For the entire work: Language (I have a potty mouth), violence, and angst. This will probably get pretty dark later on, and there will be smut. If that’s not your thing, you may want to avoid this story.
Additional warnings specific to this part: Feels and emotions. Therapy, mentions of trauma. They’re dealing with the aftermath now, so there are parts that are kinda heavy.
***I do not own any of the lyrics/music in this story, so please don’t sue me for using them***
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Previously on WEMtbB:
“Look, I think it’s safe to say that we all know you can take care of yourself. You don’t have to take it if you don’t want to.” The covers slide down, showing his torso as he sits up to face you. “That said, I’d like to remind you about a certain conversation we had at home about us taking care of each other. I know I didn’t specifically include my team at the time, but they’re your team now, too. They’re your family. You know this. It’s okay to let us take care of you – shit, Sweetheart, you take care of us all the time.”
“Okay, but cooking dinner for everyone isn’t the same thing as a credit card.”
“Doll, you don’t want to eat Stark’s cooking. Please, I beg you, let him reciprocate with American Express. You can’t get food poisoning that way.” The look in his blue eyes would be comical if he didn’t seem quite so serious.
You’re still uneasy about having access to someone else’s money, but you reluctantly concede. They are family – Thanksgiving and Christmas should have already proven that to you, even before they did what they did to save you. Still…pride, independence, and your improved but still deeply embedded insecurities are trying to make their insidious whispers into roars. “It’s weird,” you finally mutter as you fiddle with one of your stuffie’s satin lined ears.
He snorts and nods. “I got a metal arm and Stevie and I both have three digits to our age, Banner goes from mild mannered doctor to a big green rage monster when necessary, Stark flies around the world in glorified soda can, and I haven’t even introduced you to the witch, the god, the floating red guy, and the…I don’t know, whatever the hell Loki is. Trust me, Stark giving you a credit card so you have a little bit of freedom while you’re here is the least weird thing about this situation.”
Well, when he puts it that way…
(^me at you, rn, but less angry.)
I'm feeling so many things right now!!! I woke up to see this notification so, here I am crying at 9:30am.
First of all, the boys! I was so happy she got to call but, Artie made me so sad! Jimmy was the sweetest. I totally understand Artie being upset, though. I'm glad to know Wanda and Vis are with them.
MIKHAIL Oh, my sweet boy! I miss him so much 😭😭😭
You mentioned you were giving Stan a cameo but I didn't even put it together until he insisted she call him by his first name. I could literally hear him talking and that was a beautiful memory to revisit. Bravo on his role in this chapter.
I was so excited to hear Stan talk about Bucky’s progress! I loved the insight on Bucky but learning what he was going through and doing to himself broke my heart. But, I was very happy to hear how highly Stan spoke if him. Proud mom feelings, over here.
(If you made an IDWtWtSM chapter about his therapy sessions, I wouldn't be mad about it... ... I'm just sayin'.)
So much healing is happening and, while it's going to take a lot of work, I have such high hope that they are going to do it brilliantly. I can see the hard road ahead but as long as they're together they can get through it.
This was the best present, Cass! Thank you so much for sharing this with everyone (but mostly me). Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!💜💜💜
(Btw, you realize, you've written an entire novel-worth, right? And you're not even done! I'm just sayin', you can slap that Author badge on at anytime, now.)