heavy bruising
summary: a court-mandated therapy session brings you and bucky back together after months of not speaking, bringing up memories of the mission that fucked everything up in the first place.
pairing: bucky barnes x reader
genre: mission!AU/ tfatws!AU; reader and bucky worked on independent missions with steve rather than be in the avengers
word count: 14.2k
warnings: angst. do not read if under 18. canon-level violence, injuries, mentions of blood, assault (people get v beat up), swearing, some kinda gory stuff? (it’s all injury related, cuts, bruises and nosebleeds and such), nudity (ish), everyone survives the blip/snap (ngl i don’t know what kind of semi-AU this is but don’t question it)
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a/n: oof guys i worked so hard on this please don’t let it flop
prompt: don’t move, they hit you pretty hard.
“So, who wants to go first?”
Surprisingly, the dent on the table you’ve been staring at since you sat down has not moved.
Unsurprisingly, neither of you feel an overwhelming urge to start talking.
Therapy’s never really been your thing. You’re not even really supposed to be here; you did your mandatory sessions. That being said, you really don’t want to piss off the Counsel any more than you already have. Something about being a smartass in the stand and generally just causing them a lot of bother.
The woman across from you looks at you with an intentionally blank expression on her face; one developed over years of professional practice.
You sigh quietly.
“Right, well, I don’t even know why I’m here, so…”
She raises her eyebrows slightly, turning her gaze to the man to your right.
“You didn’t tell her?”
You hear him sigh beside you, feeling your own patience seeping out of you like an hourglass.
“I told you, we don’t talk.”
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