Parties just weren't your thing.

In fact, you hated them. If you went to one, you'd always end up being that one girl who stays at the bar, enjoying the free booze and eventually leaving the main area to either wander around the place or just go home. Unfortunately for you, you were part of the Avengers, meaning you had to go to Tony's stupid parties.

Stupid Tony and the public image. It's not like you even had one. You could go around the streets of New York, and no one would even notice you... least of all recognize you. Downing anothe shot of tequila, you grabbed your beer bottle before you decided to roam around the Avenger's building. It's been months since the Avengers took you in, and you haven't even seen every room in the building, yet. You stepped in an elevator, and you sighed. Closing your eyes with your index finger pointed out, you pressed a random floor button. You opened and shrugged as it took you to the nineteenth floor.

Nineteen it is.

The elevator rung and you stepped out of the elevator. Taking a swig from your bottle, you walked down the wide hallway, stopping by to admire the view from the large glass windows. New York city was beautiful during the night, with all the night lights. After a while, you started to get tired from standing still, so you continued walking until you reached an area you didn't even knew this building had: an infirmary.

Living and working with super soldiers and geniuses, it felt like as if you were an ant and they were gods. You didn't think that they have the ability to bleed or get wounded. So to say that you were surprised to see an infirmary was an understartement. However, you weren't surprised to see that the beds and equipment look unused.

You walked and scanned the numbers beside what looked to be ICU's, but a room version of it.

15...

16...

17...

She stopped at room 17 as she saw the light open, and the door unlocked. You poked your head inside, and your mouth parted in shock as you saw what appeared to be a human-sized tube that was slightly frozen on the inside. It looked like something was stored inside, but you couldn't make it out. Stepping in, you tentatively walked towards it, and you gasped as you saw a sleeping person in it. He was wearing a white tank top, and his hair was long, but brushed back and tucked behind his ear. But it wasn't the fact that a man was sleeping in a frozen tube that shocked you.

What surprised you was his stump of a left arm, which was covered with a black cloth.

You crossed your arms, beer in hand, and looked up at the man. He was actually not that bad on the looks. He had this rugged look, but it's hard to believe that he was rugged when he looked so peaceful while he was sleeping.

"I see that you have found our guest." A voice spoke behind you, making you jump. You looked behind you, and saw King T'challa standing there with a small smile.

"I-I'm sorry, I didn't know, I swear." You started but T'Challa just chuckled.

"No, it's quite alright... Captain Rogers believes that it would be best for him to be around people. Maybe he hears them in his sleep." T'Challa said, and you looked back at the man frozen in the tube.

"And can he?" You asked, and T'Challa stood beside you, looking at the man in the tube.

"I am not certain... But I like to believe that he does." He said, and silence fell on both of you, before it clicked in your mind.

"He's the Winter Soldier, isn't he?" You asked and T'Challa never took his eyes off of the man.

"Sergeant James Buchannan Barnes of the 107th," He said, his eyes full of some sort of somber regret. "Yes, he is the Winter Soldier... But he has neither been Sergeant James nor the Winter Soldier for a few years, now." He said, checking the tube if there was anything wrong with it. But you both knew that it was fully functioning and scratchless.

"What happened?" You asked, and T'Challa's face grew distant and sad. He then looked at you with a sad smile on his face.

"You are new here, yes?" He asked, and your eyes widened at the realization that you were in the presence of royalty, and you've been talking to him as if you were high school buddies.

"Sarah Holland, your majesty." You said, unsure, but he just looked back at the man before him.

"It took a lot of time for Mr. Stark to think this through, but he eventually agreed to contain Mr. Barnes in this facility. Before that, he and Captain Rogers were hidden in my kingdom." He explained, and you remembered the news where Tony Stark and Captain America along with their own team of superheroes fighting in an airport in Berlin and nearly destroying it. Given Steve Rogers and Sergeant Barnes' past, she was guessing that the Winter Soldier was with Cap during that time.

"But why freeze him?" You asked, and T'Challa shrugged.

"He thinks that it is best for him and for the people around him. He is still unsure of his own mind, and after the trouble I had caused for him, granting him this was the least I could do." He stated,and the both of you fell silent once more.

Damn... If you knew that you were going to hear a story like this, you would have brought more liquor.

"It is time to go back to the party, Miss Holland," T'Challa said, walking away. "The men on that party would be missing you." He said, before he walked out of the infirmary. You sighed and took a seat, staring at the frozen man that was supposedly a deadly assassin. But he looked far from it.

He was living a sad life. Sure, his heart monitor might be beeping normally, but this wasn't living. Living was out there of that frozen tube, dancing and singing in the streets... Doing crazy stuff and falling in love.

That was living.

You suddenly thought how he would be right now, if he wasn't frozen like a piece of meat. Would he learn to control his self? Would he make new friends? Own a dog and an apartment? Try to settle down with someone?

"You know it's not me they're going to be missing," You said, taking a swig from your bottle. "It's You... The world's missing what you could have been." You said, before you left the room.

It's was a big day today, for the Avengers team. Tony had finally managed to recreate Bucky's metal arm, and they think that the only way for Bucky to get better is to be living normally with good people. They were starting to accept the fact that he might not ever remember everything in his past, but he was a super soldier with a long life span; there was a he'll of a lot more time to make new memories. Steve had a hard time accepting this fact, but he knew that he could be Bucky's best friend again. He might not be the old Bucky, but he couldn't really blame him for changing like that.

They took Bucky out of the tube, and he was still in a comatose state. It took them a few hours until Bucky's eyelids opened, and the most unexpected thing happened. The team expected that he'd be confused, or in the worst case scenario, go Winter Ssoldier again, but he didn't.

He smiled and spoke.

"With a girl as kind as you, I think I'd be the one who'll miss you." He said, and the team stood there staring at him. A deadly ex-soviet assassin just woke up in a different time and place, and the first thing he does is flirt?!

"Uh... Bucky?" Steve asked, and Bucky looked at him confused.

"Was I dreaming?" He asked, and Bucky's smile fell as he realized that the girl who spoke those simple words; the girl that made him feel important, was nothing but just a dream.

You were going to the infirmary and already saw the team crowding over a hospital bed when a flash of silver and grey stopped in front of you. You smiled as you saw Pietro's face smiling at you.

"What's happening? Is he out?" You asked, and the speedster dismissed it with a wave of his hand.

"Nothing to see. He is still sleeping. I am guessing that it would be a while before he gets up," He said, hooking your arm around his. "Now, lunch?" He asked and you shrugged as he kissed you on your cheek before the two of you sped away from the newly woken soldier...

A second too late from hearing your voice.

Haha... So... yeah... if you were to ask me, I personally like this chapter. After Civil War's ending where Bucky becomes the 'fairest of them all' and 'sleeping beauty' crossover, I always imagined a fic wherein an OC attends a party and accidentally stumbles in to a frozen Bucky in the infirmary.

So yeah, how'd you like the chapter? Please leave a review! I'd really like to know how I'm doing so far :)

~Gabrielle