Night Drabbles

by syriala

This will be a collection of the drabbles I write. There is no immediate plot in this and they ususally will be stand alones. I will update them as they come and I will warn at the beginning of each chapter for special tags if I feel the need for that as well as a short summary. Those drabbles will also contain Bucky and/or the Winter Soldier.

1. Having His Back

James being a sniper for the Avengers

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This is a thing I started on sleepless nights and thanks to the good faith of a friend. I will update the tags as I go but if something is missing feel free to tell me. Also this is unbeta'd so all mistakes are mine. Sadly I own none of the characters.

I will take prompts for this so if you have something you want me to write. Shoot.

And now enjoy!

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So of course James aids the Avengers after he had some time to adjust and heal. He doesn't become an Avenger right away but he helps on missions and he resumes his sharp shooting and he has all their backs even though he suspects that some of them are not too comfortable with that.

But he does have their backs and he especially has Tony's back when he's without his armour.

So when they are out on a mission and this bad guy creeps up behind Tony who doesn't notice him? James takes the shot even though the angle is off and he nicks Tony's neck in the process.

But there was no time to change positions and Tony was too busy fighting off another one and that is something Tony is not used to do without his armour, despite all the training he has with Steve and Clint and Natasha and sometimes even with James, and so James takes the shot. And the bullet grazes Tony who doesn't even flinch.

And after the battle is over, after they won, James tries to explain, tries to put a bandage around Tony's neck to stop the bleeding that already stopped on its own because it wasn't even that deep to begin with.

He apologizes multiple times and he tries to explain that he had no other choice, that the guy would have killed Tony but Tony just looks at him and James fears that this will be it that he is off sniper duty and out of the team and back to being not trusted and this is not what he wanted. He needs the purpose, he needs to know that he is welcomed with the Avengers and he cannot lose that.

But then Tony smiles and says: "I trust you. I trust you to have my back in battle and therefore I trust you with my life. There's nothing to apologize for."

And if James feels like crying for just a second? Well, no one has to know.