Winter Is Early

Disclaimer: Jennifer is mine!

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Actress Hayden Panettiere is my OC, just a reminder.

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After binge watching the original Law & Order. One of the episodes had the actor Sebastian Stan in a 2003 episode called Sheltered and he played a victim/suspect. I never recognized him!

And now, after watching some videos about Bucky and Bucky and Steve's friendship, I thought I'd try this.

And the song I Still Believe In Destiny by Hayden Panettiere, her music video from the movie Cinderella 3, I love that song!

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Jennifer Rogers is currently sitting in a cafe, her lunch which is a cheeseburger and fries is not touched as she just stares off not focused on anything as she looks lost in thought. She never noticed the shadow of someone standing next to her, until the scrapping of the chair across from her had her jump startled.

"Rumlow, I thought I told you to leave me the hell alone. If not I'm gonna kick your that thing between your legs and feed it to a piranha or I'm gonna have Clint shove his arrows into them and chop them." She cut off her anger rant when she turned to see who had joined her without permission. "Director."

"Well, Miss. Rogers. That sounds like that would hurt." Director Fury said with amusement. "And it would hurt like hell too."

"How can I help you sir?"

Fury leaned forward on the table, his arms resting on the smooth surface of the table. "I have something that you might be interested in."

"You threw Rumlow into a piranha tank?"

"No."

"You threw him towards Planet Venus?"

"No."

"Threw him into a shark tank?"

"No."

Jennifer folds her arms as she leans back in her chair. "Ok." She said with a sigh. "Fine." She shrugs. "How can I help you Director?"

"I want you to be officially apart of the Avenger Team."

"I'm not a super solider like my brother."

"You don't have to be." He replied as he leaned back lazily. "But you have the same serum flowing through your veins as he does."

"With all do respect Director, I'm not interested." Jennifer told him. "I was in a car accident that paralyzed me when my car got t-boned, and that serum gave me back my legs … that's all I wanted."

Fury was quiet for awhile. "And that ring that you never take off?" He questioned. Jennifer looked at her engagement ring.

"The war with HYDRA stole the love of my life." She said, her voice broken and filled with sadness with her eyes shinning brightly with tears. "We were suppose to be married the following month."

Fury gave her a soft look. "Sometimes shirt just happens." He told her. "I'm sorry."

Jennifer continued to look at her ring. "The girls that Bucky had flings with before he and I got together." She started. "They hated me."

"Because you took him off the market."

"I had the biggest crush on him when we were growing up." Jen continued. "But I never acted on it. I didn't want to jeopardize the tight friendship he and Steve have."

"But obviously you two shacked up." Fury replied just before a waiter came over to the table and asked if Fury wanted to order, when the Director gave a drink order, the waiter left. "Jennifer, I'm not asking you to dig up memories of the past."

She finally looked up at him, her eyes still shining with tears. "Then what do you want from me?"

Director Fury reached into his jacket pocket, pulling out a folder. "Interested or not." He said, placing the folder down just as the waiter came back with his drink then left.

"What's this?" Jennifer asked as she slid the folder towards her. She opened it and gasped, her left hand flying to her mouth. "Bucky?" She whispered, staring at the files and she flips through the papers, then looks up at Fury. "Is this a cheap shot for me joining the Avengers?" She asks.

Fury took a swing of his drink. "Nothing is cheap anymore Rogers." He pulled out his wallet and tossed a few bills on the table as he stood up. "Talk to your brother if you don't wanna talk to me." He took a few more swallows of his drink before leaving.

Jennifer just sat there in her chair for a few more minutes. Then she quickly closed the folder and stood up.

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Now back at her apartment, Jennifer sat sideways on the couch with a throw blanket over her, a few kittens in her lap purring loudly as she looked through the files. Fresh tears sliding down her cheeks. "Bucky." She choked.

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I thought about putting this in Captain America Winter Solider for the timeline. So sorry for the short start!