Title- Bucky's Padawan

author- Blackenrose/Darkenrose

Summary- Carly Frost was sure that Tony Stark didn't even know her name, but that was the least of her worries, however surviving Bucky Barns was not.

warnings- mild swearing, mentions of torture later on.

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Clint Barton smirks at the groaning S.A.T (S.H.I.E.D Agent in Training)that laid face down on the sofa in the avengers communal room. It could only be one person as only one of the S. had the guts to go to the Avengers section of the tower.

He remember those days and he did have a twist of sympathy for the young woman. She had been in medical almost as many time as Clint had the past five months, but She was the only one with a teacher that was classed in the Avenger bracket, even if he wasn't a full member.

Carly Frost was a young woman barely in her mid twenties, born and raised in the U.K. And had somehow managed to make Fury's blood boil just by being alive. Clint had to admire her just for that, but she was paired with James "Bucky " Barns aka the Winter Soldier (who pissed Fury off just as much as the young woman) and was still alive after six months, so Clint gave her a lot more respect then he does the other S.A.T.

"What's Barns make you do this time?"

"Run." Came the muffled reply, before she knelt up and carefully sat on her knees wincing in pain. "Run he say. Run faster then him, he say. Then when you can't run anymore, do maths " she groans her English accent becoming stronger "super solider arse. " she hisses eyes narrowing like she expects the Winter Solider to be hiding in the walls ready to jump out at her.

"Don't make me start slapping you off the track. " the girl visibly flinches when Barns appeared from the kitchen, bowl in one hand and a coffee in the other. Steve trailing behind a frown on his face as he looks between the two before putting his own cup down and taking a seat in one of the few chairs beside the sofa.

"Thats not a track, it's central park" she hissed and Barns gave her a look to say he didn't care, she ducked her head but didn't stop watching him. Pray watching a predator, waiting for the moment to strike and make run for it.

"don't get smart with me, kid." Barns pointed at her with one metal digit as he sat in the other chair. The pair appeared to be eyeballing each other, before Carly ducked her head again and looks away for him. Ever since there were paired together nearly, six months ago, there was a undercurrent fight for dominance between the pair as they tried to find were they stand with each other.

To Clint, Carly Frost reminded him of a lion or wolf cub, dangerous and fearless but still weary of the bigger, stronger ones around her, playing a dangerous game of cat and mouse with them.

Steve look between the pair again as Bucky slid the bowl of cornflakes over to the girl. The slight hostility forgotten memory as she shot him a smile of thanks and tucks in. Shifting every now and then to get comfy. Steve decided silently that he would go on the next run with the pair. He missed his friend as work and training tore them apart and everyone wondered just what the pair did to have the young woman wincing so much, yet never complained about Bucky ever hurting her in training.

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Steve talks Sam into running with himself, Bucky and Carly in hopes that while Steve distracts Bucky, Sam can talk to Carly, in hopes that others will stop looking at Bucky like he was crushing a little bird in his hands whenever the pair return and the younger agent was winching painfully.

He met the three in Central Park as they stretch out their muscles, Carly and Sam chatting or rather Sam playfully flirting and avoiding Bucky's glare. His friend nodded a greeting, still slightly reserve around Sam and a little of Steve. The four lined up getting ready, Steve and Bucky would run the circlet of the smaller area of the park until they were exhausted and Sam and Carly would run the same only doing it once, or twice for Carly if Bucky was in a bad mood.

"You ready for this, Baby doll?" Bucky smirked at Carly as she bounced up and down.

"Today's the day, Old man. You're going down." She sent him a playful grin as she retired her hair.

Sam and Steve both raised an eyebrow each, within the tower both Bucky and Carly were respectful if not a little reserved with each other and others. Never really engaging with the others unless propped todo so. Although Steve did catch an teasing glint in Bucky's ice blue eyes once or twice when he though no one was looking.

"I'm gonna get you for that"the dark haired man groan muttering "old man" with distaste under his breath before they set off.

Steve and Bucky had already disappeared from view by the time the non super humans had reached half way and Sam was muttering darkly about super soldiers, while trying to gleam information about the ex-hydra assassin out of the young woman but she was almost as stubborn as Barns, when he heard it.

"On your left." In a familiar voice

"Wha!" He squawked turning his head to Steve but at the same time heard a swack and Carly scream in pain and/or surprise he wasn't sure. Both him and Steve stopped and turned to find her glaring quite fiercely at a smirking Barns while he moved around her.

"on your right"

"Not fair boss, your racing Rodgers." She growled a hand on her rear. It was now clear to Sam that James Bucky Barns had been slapped her arse every time he lapped her.

"Still racing you, baby girl." He turned to jog away from them backwards smirking outrageously at her glare.

"Do you have to use your left hand?" She whined glancing at the sliver of silver between his running gear.

"Makes you move faster." He turned back and carried on his jog. Carly growled after him. Cursing under her breathe, before taking off slightly faster this time leaving Sam and Steve behind.

Twenty minutes later Sam had caught back up with her and saw the look of determination on her red face.

"On your left" Sam huffed at Steve but watched the young woman as Bucky closed in on her, however as he became level and drew back his covered metal arm, she span on one foot and knocking them both to the ground. Sam and Steve stop to watch the pair roll on the grassy earth until they stop with Carly straddling Bucky's hips right arm pulled back to punch him but she pauses. Looking down at him with the same look of confusion that he had looking up at her. She gasp with glee letting her arm drop.

"Ha! I wi-uff " Bucky grasps her around the waist suddenly and reverse their positions so he was on top between her thighs. "Now that's not fair. I pinned you" she signs, squirming slightly beneath him before looking up at Bucky as he pins her wrist beside her head. He scoff. "I did, I have witnesses" the pair scowl at each other "it may have be point 3 of a second but it did happen" she pouts with a matter of fact tone. Bucky eventually smirks at her and nods, sitting up on his knees and notices Sam's raise eyebrows and the slight blush on Steve's cheeks. He ignores them as Carly get to her elbows and looks up at him a smile on her face, squinting against the morning sun.

"Told ya' today was the day old man" Bucky scoffs again and rolls his eyes, using his human hand to push her back down playfully as she chuckles.

"Is everything alright here?" All four of then turn to see two police officers looking concern at Carly. She smiles brightly at them and nods then everyone watched her realise in just what positions she was in, with the Winter Soldier fit snuggly between her leg, leaning over her slightly with a hand still on her shoulder. She pushes him away and jumps up and appeasing the officers that she was fine and that Bucky was her running partner. Steve had glared at Bucky who shrugged at him. Once the officers leave Carly span around to face Bucky stretching her hand over her head.

"I beat you, you know what that means." She smiled glee filling her tones, Bucky signs and did a good jobs of looking put out if not for the amuse glint in his eyes.

"Chocolate flavoured?" He looks at her under dark lashes. A look Steve had seen directed to many women.

"Please" she nodded clapping her hands as he nods in agreement. She giggles with joy skipping over to him and throwing her arms around his chest in a hug. "Thank you" she sings. Bucky chuckles and wraps his own human arm around her shoulders. Sam and Steve watch on and come to the same conclusion, Carly and Bucky's relationship was a lot deeper then what they let most people see.