Before Love Came To Kill Us - Part 1
Series Summary: Roz never got her happily ever after with Bucky. Adjusting to the new world after the Snap isn’t easy. But she does what she can to honour the fallen, she lives her life. Until her new life collides with the old.
Part 1
Summary: A year after the events of Infinity War Steve tries to keep a promise he made to Bucky, Roz goes through the motions of dealing with the loss of Bucky.
Warnings: angst, language, grieving, fluff.
Notes: Set a year after Infinity War. There’s a few time jumps but they don’t matter so much. I wrote this before The Falcon and The Winter Soldier aired so I had no idea about the GRC.
A/N: I’m trying something different and titling each “scene” like I do on my google docs.
Characters: Bucky Barnes, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, OFC.
Pairing: Bucky Barnes x OFC (Roz), OFC (Roz) x OMC.
Anniversary
- A Year After The Snap (end of Perfectly Broken)
Time was supposed to heal all wounds. At least, that’s what people told Roz. Maybe she had misinterpreted it, and they only meant wounds of the flesh. The wounds of the battle had healed, her skin was once again unblemished. But she was still perfectly broken.
Despite the wounds that remained, the day had been a good one.
A somewhat satisfied smile flashed across Nat’s face, which Roz mirrored for a moment.
“So, that’s it, we’ve done it. The day we fix what Thanos did,” Natasha paused, drawing a breath that made the smile disappear and her eyes drop to the desk. Though they both still believed that day would come, it was the time frame of said day that caused the apprehension. “The nominated representative for that area will know what to do to get the people into accommodation, clothes, food, the basics until more permanent arrangements can be made.”
“I’ve organized quarterly meetings with all the area managers to keep them updated and answer any questions,” Roz said.
“Need me for anything else?” Roz asked, hesitantly rising to her feet but hovering before standing completely upright. She had taken on the role of being Natasha’s assistant. Not only to help out as much as she could but because the redhead and the remaining Avengers were her family.
“No, thanks.” Nat smiled over the top of her laptop. “I’d say go have fun, but y’know.”
It had been a year to the day Roz had shared her first kiss with Bucky, weeks before Thanos happened. She hadn’t attempted to move on. She had been too busy trying to help fix the world to even contemplate it.
It wasn’t exactly a celebration or mourning, but she wanted to do something special to remember. Bucky was gone, but Bucky The Donkey still had pride of place on her pillow. She planned to snuggle with him while eating mint chocolate chip ice cream - the same brand Bucky had brought that night - and watch the same movie they had watched. It was bittersweet that she’d actually get to watch it this time. Bucky wasn’t there to distract her.
Nat sighed, and her eyes shimmered with unshed tears. It seemed the tears were a permanent fixture now, though they rarely fell anymore. They were just always there, teetering on the edge. “You sure you don’t want company?”
“You sure?” said Nat, eyebrows wiggling devilishly, “I might even make out with you.”
“Oh, well, now that’s on the table, yes please, join me.”
