A young man held his mother's arm steady as she made her way slowly across the floor of the hospital waiting room, and with a sigh of relief plopped into one of the padded chairs. Lucy watched as he placed a gentle hand on her shoulder, and leaned in, reassuring her that they would be able to go home soon.

Lucy sighed and turned her eyes to the large glass wall overlooking the courtyard below. With the trees all blossoming with the warmth of springtime the scenery was full of beauty. Yet Lucy felt as though she weren't able to enjoy it fully. There were too many things running through her mind. She looked down to the legs she still hadn't been able to move, still hadn't been able to feel. "It's not where I thought we'd end up." She murmured quietly to herself with a sigh. Her thoughts were soon interrupted, however, by the sound of her name echoing across the room.

"Ucy!" She smiled, knowing just who the voice belonged to. Lucy turned to see Skye exiting the elevator, Addy in tow. The girl's eyes brightened at Lucy's smile and eagerly she set off, dashing in Lucy's direction.

"There's my little munchkin!" Lucy said, pulling the girl up onto her lap. "Well and who's this guy?" She asked, motioning to the teddy bear in her hands.

Addy beamed, "Daisy got him for me!"

"Oh did she now?" Lucy said, looking up to Skye who had now made her way across the room to join them. "That was very nice of her."

"Look, he even has his own sweater, see!" Lucy chuckled, enjoying watching the girl's enthusiasm.

"It was nothing." Skye said, shrugging. "How are you feeling?"

Lucy sighed, "Well, all things considered, not that bad. It's nice to know I won't be setting off metal detectors any longer, but at the same time it's a bit weird. It feels odd, not having it there anymore. I guess I really did get used to it."

Skye nodded, "They're just finishing up with Coulson now, and we've already got Bobbi ready to move back to base. We shouldn't be stuck here too much longer."

"How's she doing?" Lucy asked, referring to Bobbi.

"A bit shaken up." Skye answered slowly. "But I think she'll pull through. It won't be easy, but Hunter's already said he isn't leaving her side as long as he can help it so she won't be lacking in support."

"So does this mean you and Bucky are going to be out for good now?" Skye asked after a few moments of silence.

"Bucky's mind was made up before we came back. He didn't even want to take this mission, said it was too risky." Lucy replied. "I suppose he was right about that. Besides, we've got other things to focus on now." She said, running her fingers over Addy's braided hair.

"Well, you'll be missed I can tell you that." Skye responded. "But just remember, if I don't get an invite to the wedding you're dead to me." Lucy laughed, and assured her she'd be coming.

"Besides, if we didn't invite the team, who'd be there?" Bucky piped up, and Lucy turned to see him walking up behind Skye, a bouquet of flowers in one hand, and a cup of coffee in the other.

Skye greeted Bucky before announcing, "You two probably have a bit of catching up to do, so we'll leave you to it. Come on Addy, let's go find Mack, what do you say?" The girl happily accepted and Lucy watched the two walk out, hand in hand.

Bucky wheeled Lucy over to the side of one of the benches overlooking the courtyard and took a seat next to her. He offered her the flowers, but she reached for the coffee instead. He laughed and set the flowers aside, "I figured as much."

She held the warm liquid to her lips, taking a long sip. "I've been dying for some caffeine all morning. Can you believe they wouldn't let me have any? Stingy witches, that's what they are."

"Those darn nurses, always trying to keep us alive and all." He said with a dramatic sigh, and Lucy grinned.

"So I hear Coulson's down an arm." She commented.

Bucky chuckled, "Yeah we're thinking of starting a club actually. The All Right Guys."

She laughed, lifting a hand to her face. "That was a really lame joke."

"Well it made you laugh didn't it?" Bucky countered, and Lucy simply rolled her eyes.

"How did your phone call go?" He asked when she handed the coffee back to him, having been satisfied.

"Tony's already begging me to let him make me some new legs. 'Totally epic' he says they would be." Lucy chuckled, shaking her head.

"What did you tell him?" Bucky asked.

Lucy bit her lip. "I said no. I don't know if I'm ready for that Buck." She paused. "I've been part machine the greater part of my life, I think it's time I figure out who I am as just me."

Bucky nodded, understanding. "So you're okay with knowing you'll never walk again?"

She sighed. "I don't know. I can't really be sure of anything anymore." She felt the pent up tears pushing at her eyes but she fought to keep them back.

"Well you know I'm going to support you either way." Bucky said. "If this is what you want, we'll find a way to make it work."

She looked up at him and took his hand. "Would you really still marry a stubborn, paralyzed hot mess of emotional instability?"

Bucky smiled. "Only if you'll marry a one armed ex-HYDRA agent with a tendency of losing his shit every once in a while."

Lucy couldn't help but laugh. "We're a sad pair aren't we?"

"The world will never know what hit them."

Thank you all SO SO much for sticking with this story all the way through, I hope you enjoyed it! I've started on a sequel that would connect this story to civil war, but unsure if I will end up posting or not... so I guess if you want to get updates for that in the future you can author-follow me! And as always, I love LOVE your reviews. You guys are amazing!