Title: To Dare To Dream (of Her)
Rating: PG-13/T
Originally posted: 15th July 2022
Originally written for: buries/peaked
Characters/Pairings: Bucky/Nat
Notes: for Seasons of Drabbles Exchange, Summer 2022 at Dreamwidth and AO3.
There's something about her, the target's handler.
Soldat knows she's different, but the memory is stuck.
Caught in the mind of the man behind the monster.
Soldat doesn't know, doesn't dare to want to.
Always easier to focus on the mission.
When the time comes, Soldat doesn't fail, but the man hesitates.
(Barnes. That might be the man. Soldat doesn't dare to remember.)
Two bullets, target eliminated, yet the handler lives.
She looks shocked, astounded... familiar?
Soldat doesn't know.
Doesn't know why he let her live.
Doesn't dare to recognise her.
Doesn't dare to dream she might recognise him too.