This story will focus on Kaira, an undercover agent placed in Bucharest and her relationship with Bucky. I hope you guys like it! It will start out as a slow burn :)
Kaira studied the file in front of her carefully. She had been sitting in the hospital waiting room for ages, trying to figure out what exactly happened. A few hours ago Steve, her closest friend, called her in a panic. He told her about how Nick Fury was in his apartment and was bleeding to death.
"What happened?" Kaira had asked him.
"Someone shot him. I need your help Kaira" He said, almost panting.
She had arrived at the hospital as soon as possible, and Steve approached her.
"Did you get a look at the shooter?" She asked him.
"He had a silver metal arm, and he was strong" Steve said "I couldn't catch him"
Kaira was a little shocked at that. Steve was the strongest and fastest person she knew, and if someone had been able to outrun him, it meant they were in trouble. She had met Steve a few months ago, when Tony Stark had called in for a favor. She was an intern first, working from his tower on revolutionary technology that could probably change the world. Working with an Avenger had its perk, the best one of them being that she got to meet the Captain. She had read endlessly about him and his best friend James Buchanan Barnes in history books since she was a little girl. Her favorite exhibit was probably the Captain America one.
What happened in New York when Loki attacked her and the city was her closest call with death and if it wasn't for Steve, she probably wouldn't be here. He saved her, and after that he only grew more protective of her.
Soon, on Steve's request, Tony had opened up her job responsibilities and let her in on the work the Avengers did. She had a very narrow skill set to offer to the team, but she did have the bragging rights to say she knew more tech stuff than Black Widow did.
She could blend in, she could go undercover, and she was a great actor.
She owed Steve her life, and now that they were best friends, there was no one she trusted more in the world. Which is why she was at the hospital, trying to figure out how Fury had died.
"Well, it's you" She heard a voice and looking up, she wasn't surprised to see Natasha approaching her.
"Hi, Nat"
"You know you don't need to be here, right?" She asked and took a seat next to her, grabbing the file from her hands.
"You know that Steve told me to come here, right?" She said, smiling back, because honestly Natasha was getting on her nerves.
"Steve thinks you're his sister and he doesn't know better" Natasha said, leaning back in the uncomfortable waiting room seat.
And thankfully Steve stepped in that moment to save Kaira from retorting something mean to Nat.
"Kaira, can I talk to you?" He said, obviously troubled. She nodded and followed him into a more private place.
"Do not mention this to anybody, but I think Shield is compromised" He said. "I can't trust anybody, not even Natasha"
"How do you know all this?" She asked.
"Fury told me right before that guy shot him" Steve said.
"I'll go find more information about the shooter" Kaira said, that was the least she could do. Steve looked troubled and Kaira would do anything for him.
"Thank you" He said and pulled her in for a hug. Steve was her like best friend and big brother rolled into one but she couldn't deny how attractive he was, so she let out a little squeak at the unplanned hug.
"No need" She breathed out as he held her in his embrace. She pulled away and pushed her hands deeper in the pockets of her bomber jacket.
"Let me know what you find" Steve said and she nodded.
It was 11 pm and Kaira sat in the Stark tower in front of the database. She flipped through all the files because no computer search had turned up anything. She had to literally dig deep into the archives and look at news reports.
"This sucks" She mumbled and pushed her hair out of her eyes. She took a look at herself in the screen of the computer and sighed.
"Any luck?" Tony said. She looked up and saw Tony standing at her doorway, a glass of vodka in his hand. Oh how she wished she had one.
"This guy is nowhere" She told him "I have no leads other than his metal arm" To her relief, Tony offered her his glass and she took it from him.
"I'm sorry, his what?" Tony said.
"He has a silver metal arm with a red star, Steve said" Kaira told him and downed the remaining alcohol.
"That is oddly specific but I know exactly who you're talking about" Tony said.
"What?" She said. She carefully kept the glass down separate from her workspace.
"They call him the Winter Soldier" Tony said and leaned against her table. He grabbed one of the files form her desk and flipped through "And you're definitely not going to find him in these files. He's a ghost story"
"What do you know about him?" She asked.
"He's an assassin. Killed over two dozen people over 50 years"
"Wow" She managed to say. That was impressive and terrifying at the same time.
"Look, a pretty girl like you should be up at my party. Yet you're here worrying about an assassin who Steve or me will never even let close to you" Tony said.
"That's the first mildly sweet thing you've said to me in my life" She grinned.
"Now get up, I didn't hire you to sit on desks and research. I hired you to make me look good" Tony said, and nudged her.
Kaira narrowed her eyes at him "You know my job here is literally a desk job?" Tony had got her working on various technology, which she did in the comfort of her cubicle-like office space.
"It is? Well whoever gave you that job is a terrible decision maker" He said as she stood up. He was well aware that he himself had assigned it but he was too drunk to understand that and she had no energy to explain.
"Forget about the ghost story, put on a pretty dress and come upstairs to the party" He instructed her, holding her by her shoulders.
Kaira nodded in agreement, working here had done no good since she still hadn't found anything and the Winter Soldier could wait. For now.
hi! I kind of have an entire story premise in head and I'm really excited because bucky barnes is precious and he definitely needs some love. please vote or comment to tell me what you expect from this story!