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Jason Todd x Spiderman!Reader Masterlist

0. Summary/ Idea

1. Meeting Jason Todd

2. Meeting Red Hood

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The baby dream

Jason Todd x reader

reader is described to have hair. No yn or name used. Reader is reffered to as ma.

You and Jason have a son together. You make breakfast together, take him to the park and put him down to sleep together. But then you wake up and realise that it was only a dream. Jason notices your foul mood and you tell him about the dream.

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You wake up in your bed. A warm body lies besides you. Jason. You have been together for a long time now but your favourite part of the day was waking up to this site. At first Jason was a light sleeper, if you even moved a little bit he would immediately wake up. But now Jason's body has gotten used to the company and he was able to sleep through the whole night.

You turn around and looked at his face, the same face you had fallen in love with years ago. Your fingers graze his face, his nose his cheeks and then they start stroking his hair. Yeah, that was your favourite time of the day.

He begins to steer and a smile grows on his face but his eyes are still closed. "Why are you awake this early, babe?"

A smile also spreads on your face. "Can't help that you have such a pretty face. It's your fault really."

"Of course it is my fault." He laughs, not really meaning it.

"Yeah, and because of that you should make the coffee." Jason puts his arms around you and traps you in them.

"Yeah, yeah. Five more minutes." You chuckle.

Before he can fall back asleep the door to your room is ripped open and a body collides with yours. Jason's arm take most of the impact and he lets out a sound of discomfort.

The body belongs to a little boy, a little boy?, and you can tell by his hair, that he also just woke up.

"Good morning~" the boy wiggles between the both of you and you put your cover on him.

"Good morning chump. Why are you awake this early?" Yeah, Jason still wanted to sleep. A laugh escaped your mouth.

"Dad~, it's already 9. You promised we would go to the park today and you would show how to ride a bike. You promised we would go."

That's right, Jason would show him how to ride a bike, a normal bike of course, not a motorbike. You try to remember what they discussed exactly, but you can't remember the whole conversation. Before you can dwell on it longer Jason speaks up.

"Okey buddy, give me 10 more minutes and then we will get ready." He puts his arms around the boy and as a reaction the boy couldn't stop laughing. Trying to be a good partner you tell the boy that while Jason sleeps for a little longer you two would get started on breakfast.

"Okey, ma." The boy jumps out of the bed and Jason kisses your temple as thanks. He lies back down and before you can even stand up he is snoring again. Men.

You and the boy go to the kitchen and he takes a little chair to stand up on. You pick him up and put him on the chair. This seems like something you do every morning, but when you try to remember-

"Ma, what are we doin' today." You look at the boy. He has the same accent as Jason but that is also were the resemblance stops. The boy has dark brown eyes, not like Jason's bright green ones or your ___ ones. His hair is lighter than Jason' and ___ than yours. He has a different nose, different smile.

"What about omelettes?"

He makes a face. "No, we had them yesterday."

"Then what about pancakes." His face lights up and your heart swells. "Yes yes yes. Pancakes are perfect. With blueberries?"

You smile and start to take out the ingredients out of the fridge. "Of course, how else would you eat pancakes?"

Eggs, milk, flour, blueberries and the rest of the ingredients lie on the counter. The boy opens a cabinet and takes out a bowl.

He takes the eggs and breaks them-

You are at the park, Jason explains something to the boy who is sitting on the bike. Wait, weren't we just in the kitchen? You ignore that thought and walk up to the boys.

You check the boys helmet again. "And, are we ready to go?" The boy and Jason looks at each other but Jason just nods at the boy.

The boy puts his feet on the pedals, Jason holds the back of the bike and you stand on the opposite site. The bike starts to move slowly at first but then Jason lets go and the boy falls down after a couple feet. Both of you are by his side the whole time, thinking that he would start crying and need comfort.

But instead he smiles at you. You quickly check him for any injuries. "Are you okey baby? Does anything hurt, Billy?"

Billy?

"I wanna try again!" Jason can't help but laugh. "That's my boy."

You all stand up and the boy- Billy tries again.

It takes him another 3 tries until he can ride on his own without falling down.

Jason and you are cheering him the whole time.

"Atta boy! That's how we do it!"

Billy rides around the park and Jason puts his arm around you. You can't help but melt into his side.

"What did we do to deserve him." Jason's voice is small, like he is afraid to jinx it.

"I'm just glad that we have this. That I have you and Billy." You loot up at him and he smiles at your words. Then he leans down and pecks your lips.

"Ew, don't kiss in public." Billy has made it back to you. Jason looks at you and raises his eyebrow as if he was telling you something. You could only smile at that.

Then, he looks at Billy, winks at him and dips you. Jason then kisses you very dramatically and can't help but laugh.

Billy quickly abandons his bike and tries to separate you. "Oh my god, not in public. It is enough that I have to see it at home."

Jason picks you up again and strokes Billy's hair. "What? You don't like seeing your parents in love?"

"Not if it's this gooey."

The room changes and you are in your apartment again. You have your pyjama from the morning on and currently are sitting on the couch in the living room. Weird. But again, you don't question it - which is also weird.

A noise is coming from the bathroom. Laughter. You go to check it out and what you see brings a smile on your face - again. Billy's lower face is smeared with tooth-paste and Jason has also got a little bit of tooth-paste on his face. They have not yet noticed you standing there.

"Okey buddy, you've got to brush your teeth or Batman will come get you." At that the little boy's face morphed into something.

"I'm not afraid of a man who dresses up a as bat." Oh, so Billy doesn't know that Bruce - his grandpa apparently - is Batman.

"Well you should." Jason leans down to his level and whispers, "I have heard that there is a special cell for kids who don't listen to their parents. And Batman puts there every child, who doesn't brush their teeth."

Billy seems to believe him and slowly starts to brush his teeth. Jason has a grin on his face. This was not the first time he pulled the Batman-card.

A chuckle leaves your mouth and both boys look at you. You raise your eyebrow at Jason and he only mouths "I had to".

Billy is quickly done washing his teeth and you bring him to his room. He lays down onto the bed and Jason puts the cover on him. After that you tuck him in.

You lean over him and peck his forehead. "Okey, honey. Sleep tight."

"Goodnight ma." Then Jason kneels down and also kisses his forehead. "Goodnight buddy. I love you."

"I love you too, dad." He stands up and puts his arm around you. While leaving his room you whisper one more "I love you" and close the door.

Jason yawns and pulls you to your room. "Today was very tiring." He chuckles. But why was today tiring? You had breakfast, went to the park, and. And what?

You both lay in your bed and you nuzzle in his neck. Jason looks down at you and worry shows on his face.

"You good, babe?"

Even Jason calling you this pet-name sounded wrong. He usually called you something different.

"Yeah, it's just, I don't know. It's just a feeling that something is wrong." He pulls you up and looks you into your eyes.

"I know that with Billy it has been more stressful than ever. And if you ever need help, I am here for you."

you shake your head. "It's not that."

Jason wants to help you, you can tell, but he doesn't know what to do. "Maybe you're just tired?"

You nuzzle into his neck again and close your eyes. "Yeah, probably." But before you close your eyes, you see your bedside lamp.

It was blue. Your lamp was red, a gag-gift from Dick. After the realisation you open your eyes again. "Honey, was the lamp-" There was no one. What? Your lamp is still blue when you stand up.

You run into Billy's room. "Billy, honey, are you awake?" You franticly open the door and turn the light on, but the bed is empty.

You check every room for them but they are not there. Suddenly you see something red coming from one door. What was this room? And what was that red? You slowly creep closer and then you realise. Blood.

You open the door and then-

"No, please not!" You wake up in your bed. The lamp is red again. Still in shock you run to Billy's room but on the way there you realise something. You and Jason don't actually have a child. His room is actually a storage room where you and Jason keep your vigilante-stuff.

It was all a dream? Tears gather in your eyes and you slide down the wall. Billy doesn't exist. You and Jason do not have a kid who you taught how to ride a bicycle and who loves his pancakes with blueberries. You don't have a kid with dark eyes and messy hair.

The time in the clock shows 2 am. Jason is still on patrol. That makes more sense. You go back to your room and try to falls asleep again, but you can't. You had a son. A little boy. And now, he is gone.

After an hour of starring into the wall you finally fall asleep. Soon after Jason enters your apartment. He quietly takes of his shoes and takes a shower. He was not in a park yesterday, because he doesn't have a son.

After the shower he lays down next to you. As he wants to kiss your forehead he notices, that your cheeks are tear-stained. Worry starts to grow in his stomach, but he doesn't want to wake you up. He decides, that tomorrow he will ask you about it.

Jason doesn't have to wait to the next day, because his movements wake you up. At first you are confused but quickly realise, that your boyfriend came back home. "Jason?" Your voice quiet yet raspy.

"Hey ma, are you okey?" He wouldn't wait till the morning, both of you already barely slept so what would one night change.

You don't want to bother him after patrol, so you just tell him, that you had a bad dream. He wants to ask you more about it, but you just cuddle him and tell him, that it wasn't important in that moment.

Jason asks one more time, but you just nod. A yawn leaves his mouth and he leans into your touch. Soon the both of you fall asleep.

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Jason wakes up in an empty bed. His arm looks for you, but it doesn't find anything. Confused and still sleepy Jason wanders the apartment to look for you, Arriving in the kitchen he finds you, cooking something. He comes closer and can now clearly smell the pancakes that you are making.

Arms wrap around your middle and a head lays on your shoulder. Jason. You melt into his embrace and continue steering the pot.

"Good mornin', ma." He kisses your shoulder and you tense. Ma. That's probably were Billy picked it up from. Well, in your dream at least.

Jason notices the sudden movement and worry starts to creep in again. He hated how you usually don't talk about your feelings, just like he never did. But he wanted to help you and in order to do so he needed to know where the problem lays.

With his arms he turns you around and forces you gently to look at him. There are tears in your eyes.

"What's going' on? Please, just tell me."

"It's silly. I… I had a dream yesterday." A weight has been lifted from his heart. A dream he could handle.

"Well then, what was it about? Was it a nightmare?" You shake your head.

"No, no. It just. I don't know." You try to escape his grip but he doesn't let you. You look at him and his expression was begging for you to say what was bothering you.

"I had a dream, where we. Where we had a child." There is something in Jason eyes for a second but he just signals you to go on.

"His name was Billy and," you point to the pancakes that you were cooking,"we made pancakes for breakfast. Then we all went to the park and,"a tear flows down your face," and you taught him how to ride a bike." You laugh but don't look Jason in the eye.

"Then at the end of the day we put him down to bed and then, the both of you," you were crying now, sliding down to the floor while Jason held you, "you were both gone and there was blood everywhere.

And I was just so scared. But then I woke up and realized, I didn't have a reason to. Because we don't have a child."

Jason just holds you and strokes your hair. What you said made him think about a possibility of him being a father. A good one. That would have to wait till later, because he had comfort you.

"Oh baby, it's alright." He doesn't want to call you ma, as this would probably just upset you further.

You just continue to cry. "It just feels like I lost my child. Even though he never existed."

The both of you sit there for a long time.

But even after you stop crying the feeling doesn't go away.

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But what if Jason while patrolling finds a little dark haired boy whos parents were just killed. What if he asked you if you guys could take care oh him for a while, while in the meantime someone would look for a family that would adopt him. What if you and Jason fell in love with this boy and decided to adopt him. What if?

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A/N: i didn'T know how to end this. the last part woth the what ifs is one possible ending. The other is, that they just move on from this dream and maybe have a kid someday or not.

Give me your thoughts on the ending!!

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Meeting Red Hood

Jason Todd x Spiderman!Reader

TW: cursing

Synopsis: Black Widow meets Red Hood for the first time.

a couple of weeks ago

Being the new superhero in a city is never city. Yn learned that the hard way. The first time was when she joined the spider-society. Suddenly she wasn't the friendly neighbourhood Spider-Girl, just one another person who was bit by a venomous spider, like most of them there.

Then when she went on mission she would have to sometimes introduce herself to the heroes of the dimension she was in.

That is why when she arrived in Gotham City, she wasn't very nervous. She knew how it would go.

First she researched about the superhero in Gotham. His name was Batman, was he bitten by a bat?, and he only came out at night. This surprised her, because back in Queens she would patrol in the middle of the day. Criminals also have to sleep. Well, not in Gotham. Most of them liked to operate at night.

Batman wasn't the only one watching over Gotham. There was Robin - his sidekick -, Red Robin, Spoiler, Orphan, Signal, Red Hood and Oracle. Sometimes Nightwing would come, but as she read he mostly spent his time in Blüdhaven.

After the research came the hard part - meeting the others.

Sometimes superheroes were very territorial about their city. Yn was the same when she lived in Queens. That city was their home and who was she to come and suddenly declare herself the new protector of said city.

But, if Gotham already had that many heroes they wouldn't mind one more, right?

On the first couple of patrols nothing happened. Why you may ask? Because it was in the middle of the day and Criminals in Gotham are allergic to the sun. But at least she met Signal. He told her, that he was the only one who patrolled at daytime, because of his powers. The rest went out at night.

At first she wanted to continue to patrol daytime, as that was what she was used to and Signal was the only one. But he reassured her, that she would be more of a help if she went out at nighttime. And there went her beauty sleep.

Patrolling at night was not that very much different, just that the slept less. Because of that she had to take at least one nap a day. But that with a job and while going to university was not something she could afford.

She quickly met Red Hood, as she usually patrolled the Crime Alley, they really should change that name, maybe for something more cheerful. It was also where she lived, because rent in Crime Alley was almost as low as the likelihood of getting mugged.

She was swinging through the alleys when her spidey-senses warned her, that danger was nearby. Looking around she found the reason why her spidey-senses went of.

Across the street was a little shop which was open 24/7. A guy entered and Black Widow - yes, she changed her alias after a traumatic event in Queens, noticed a gun in his waistband. When he entered she could see him reaching for it.

Shooting a web out of the shooter she quickly made her way inside. There the sweet old woman had her arms raised in the air while her husband emptied out the cash register.

"Now that is not the way to treat your seniors." The guy with the gun turned around and was aiming the gun on her. Good, because she would rather take the bullet for them.

"Don't move or I will shoot!" His voice was laced with a bit of panic. It is not everyday that you see a woman in a spandex-suit with a spider drawn on.

"Come on, go a little easy on me. I'm new in town. Name's Black Wi-" she was interrupted by the door opening and what she saw was not what she expected.

A tall guy with a red mask entered the shop. He had a gun in his hand and was pointing at her. She recognised the mask from somewhere but in that moment it had slipped out of her mind.

"Hands in the air or I'll shoot. Now, no one has to get hurt here. Give the money back and I won't be so hard on you." Ohhh, that was Red Hood. One of the heroes, or rather vigilantes of the city.

"Dude, I'm not the robber here. That guy is." He looked her up and down and chuckled. "And who are you supposed to be?"

"As I was saying before you interrupted me, name's Black Widow. And I am saving these people."

He let gun slowly down but she knew that he could be pointing it at someone again in less than a second.

"Well, doesn't look like you're doin' shit here. Cause this guy is still armed." As he said that she shot her webs out at the gun the robber was holding and took it from him. Then he was pushed by her and glued to the wall with webs.

"H-Hey! Get this shit of me bitch-" A smaller piece of web was now covering his mouth.

She turned around to Red Hood. Because of his mask she couldn't say what he was thinking so she didn't know, what he would do after her webbing the guy.

He first looked at the married couple behind he cashier. "You guys okey?" They nodded, still a bit shaken. "Good, call the cops so they come and pick this guy up." And the couple left the room, trusting this two dressed up people to not steal anything.

"So, what is that?" As he turned around he went looking for her, but he was alone in the front of the shop. The door was open wider than he had left it before.

Black Widow. She would be the cause of trouble for sure.

AN: Okey guys, I quickly wrote and posted this cause I felt bad that I didn't post anything last week. The exams went well, i don't have that much school work to do this week. So, I will have time to write :). The next ones will be better i promiseee, I just had to post something

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Meeting Jason Todd

Jason Todd x Spiderman!Reader

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Why did I agree to this? Y/n was on her way to her local library and she was dreading entering the building. Peter B. Parker, a fellow Spiderman and father figure of y/n, told her, that she needed to make some friends in her universe. Which is easier said than done. Y/n always had trouble making friends or trusting others, which was an essential part of friendship.

So when she saw the flier at the entrance of the library, she knew she had to try at least. Being Spiderman meant for her, that she couldn't trust others. It was for their own safety. The last time someone found out her identity Y/n had to leave her home-city.

Today she would try. She would attend the book club and try to make friends. Even if they only talked there, she would be fine with that.

Obviously it wouldn't be that ease. When y/n enters the library she notices something. The book club is mostly women over 40. She hoped, that she would meet someone closer to her age, someone in their mid twenties or something like that.

As she wants to leave one of the women notices her and calls her over. "Hey, are you for the book club?" She smiles at y/n, yet she only nods. The woman waits for y/n to introduce herself, but the girl doesn't say anything. The woman laughs awkwardly and shrugs.

"Well, my name is Heather. I am one of the organizers. We will start in ten, so if you want to grab a seat you can." Heather smiles and walks back to her friends. Great, why couldn't you just say anything, oh my.

She finds a free seat and sits on it. Today they would introduce themselves and decide, which book they should read. But y/n notices how all these people already knew each other. She feels like an intruder.

Ten minutes pass and everyone finds their seat. There is an empty one left next to y/n, but other than that are all taken.

Heather stands up and starts talking. "Hello everyone, I am very glad that so many people came. It is an honor to ho-" Y/n turns around towards the door, her spidey senses going of. Someone enters. Tall guy, with dark hair except for a white streak at the front and he looks about y/n age. There are scars on his face, that make some of the others look away.But not yn. Her body was just as scarred. The guys doesn't look bothered by people looking away from him, as if he was used to that. He quickly rushes towards the group and looks for an empty seat.

"Sorry, for bein' late. There was traffic." Heather smiles (does she ever not smile, it was going on y/n's nerves). "Haha, I understand. So as I said, it is an honor to host this book club. Why don't we start introducing ourselves. I am, as you know Heather, haha, and my favorite book is A Court Of Thorns And Roses. Now, who would like to go on. " She points at the guy next the yn. "Maybe you, mhm?"

The guy looks surprised but does as he is asked. "My name is Jason, and my favorite book is Pride And Prejudice." He doesn't wait for an answer and sits down. This guy at least has taste, not like Heather.

"Nice to meet you Jason. Let's just continue left from you." Shit, that meant that it is yns turn now. Heather smiles.

"Ehm, hey. My name is Yn." Shit, a favorite book? What books are there? "And my favorite book is The Little Prince." She sits down and melts into her seat. God, at least she said the right name.

The next person introduces themselves and yn just thinks how she will never attend another one of these.

Her spidey-senses kick in and she feels someone watching her. Yn turns her head and notices, that the guy next to her, Jason, was watching. And just as he notices, that she is looking at him he whispers. "Hey, I'm Jason."

No shit Sherlock. "Yeah, hi. I'm Yn." She smiles but it feels forced. He smiles and continues to talk. "So, The Little Prince, don't hear often people having this book as their favorite."

She looks him up and down before answering. "You got a problem?" He looks a little bit taken aback and explains himself. "No, just, ehm, tryin' to start a conversation."

Oh my, Yn you fucking idiot. This guy just wanted to talk and you could have just as well accused him of murder. She laughs awkwardly. "Oh, sorry, right. But yeah, it's my favorite. Has always been, since I've been a little kid."

"Oh, that's really cool." He smiles. Okey, now you have to ask him a question. "How about you, Jane Austen? Don't hear that often?"

"It was one of the first books that really got me into reading. Also, her books are awesome, you gotta admit."

"Well, I've only read Pride and Prejudice." Jason looks at her shocked. They continue on talking about other books that both of them read or didn't read. Jason promises her, that he will lent her one of his other Jane Austen novels and she realizes, that maybe she will have to come back here.

While the others are deciding what book they should all read, Jason and Yn keep on talking. Yn doesn't even notices, how ease it is to talk to Jason. Of course, the beginning was not what she would hope for but now the conversation is going smoothly. Usually she would only be that comfortable around Peter B. or another of her Spidey-friends.

Apropos, she will finally be able to tell Peter B. that she made a friend in her reality. Now, who said that making friends was hard? (She did, and it definitely is hard (that's what she said))

A book is chosen and the book club is finished for today. As everyone is getting up Yn realizes, that she wants to keep talking to Jason. Therefore she makes a bold decision.

"Hey Jason, would you want to exchange numbers? Ehm, I really liked talkin' to you today and would really like to be friends." Her fingers start to play with a little bracelet on her wrist, something that happens when she is nervous. But he doesn't give her a moment to overthink. He nods and pulls out his phone, and yn does the same.

They exchange their numbers, say goodbye and yn sprints to her apartment.

Opening the door a sound comes from her phone. A smile blossoms on her face as she recognizes the contact on her phone.

They think, that this is the first time they met. This is false.

Jason and yn - or rather Red Hood and Black Widow - met weeks prior.

Okey so, I have 2 exams this week, that is why I will post more after next moday. This chapter was also kinda boring to write but the next ones will be better, I promiseee

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Jason Todd x Spiderman!Reader

Guys, imagine Jason Todd and Spderman!Reader.

They meet at a bookclub and start to hang out. But both of them are hiding something from the other. Imagine the angst when Spiderman!Reader goes on a mission in another universe (atsv) yk, with Miles, Gwen, etc. and Jason is panicking. Because why is Reader not answering and nowhere to find? When she comes back Jason demands answers, but she doesn't want to tell him, because she thinks that he is a civilian. And she cares about him and doesn't want to put him in any danger.

So they break up, or just loose contact. But while Reader and Jason are not talking, Red Hood and Spiderman still work together.

And they slowly notice things about the other one, how similiar they are to their ex-situationship.

Imagine the bittersweet moment when they reveal their identities to each other and solve the miscommunication.

And then there would be lots of fluff, with them meeting each others families and such.

But Reader still didn't tell him, that she not only works n this universe, she also helps in other ones.

So that means more angst.

If you are interested in this, keep watch for my nex posts!!

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Savior Complex

Pietro Maximoff x OC

7 only wants to make sure that 2 lives a "normal" life. But one boy won't stop bothering her and asking, what she wants to do with her life. Will she accept that there are people around her who want her to be happy or will she sacrify everything for her sister

New York City was safe for now. The Avengers saved the day  —  again. Citiziens of New York can breath out. But the day was not over for the Avengers. A couple off weeks back Steve Rogers found and rescued his long-lost best friend, Bucky Barnes. Barnes is  — was  —  the infamous Winter Soldier. For over a decade he had killed almost everyone of Hydra's enemies. But Steve, with the  help of the rest of the team, helped him to escape Hydra. Steve took him to Wakanda, so they could help him get rid of his trigger-words with which Hydra controlled him.

Today, a year later, he lives in the tower with the rest of the Avengers trying to gain back the control that they took from him. Even though everyone in the tower has forgiven him  —  it was hard for Tony but as time passed he accepted that Barnes didn't have a choice  —  he still isolates himself from them. It just hard for him, you know. He remembers some of his past, his childhood. But his mothers face is just a blur and he cannot recall his sisters loud laughter. Everything he knows about them Steve had to remind him.

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Bucky was in the kitchen, making himself a coffee. Natasha was siting on the dining table, solving a sudoku and next to her Clint was trying to distract her. Once his coffee is finished brewing he takes the cup and sits down on the couch. Taking the remote in his hand he turns the tv on and searches for something to watch. After a while he settles on Friends. 

Steve enters the room, looking around to find out who else was awake. When he notices Bucky siting on the couch, he walks over and sits down next to him. They don't talk, just enjoy the show. 

A scene comes up of Monica and Ross play-fighting. Steve chuckles and without looking over to Bucky he says, "They remind me of you and Becca," he sits up straight "you two always fought about everything, even the smallest things." At the mention of Becca Bucky turnes to face Steve. 

"Becca was my sister right?" Bucky hates himself asking that question. He knows that he had a sister, but some memories just fly out of his mind. It was probably a side effect of the procedure in Wakanda. He hates how he doubts himself, because there was a time were Becca was his sister, his best friend and not just a name that he forgets.

Steve looks at him with a soft expression. He would go again into the ice if it meant that Bucky never suffered. 

"Yeah, your sister. She was younger than you and always wanted to hang out with us..." He tells him a couple of stories of his encounter with the Barnes-siblings. That's how they spend their morning. After a while more people fill the room and they stop talking about her and get ready for a mission.

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Barnes spents most of his time in his room, the trainingroom or on the roof. Looking at the city at night makes him feel nostalgic. Once Steve caught him crying, so he sat down next to him and they just sat there for hours. 

He sometimes talks  with Natasha, both of them having similiar backstories. When Sam visits the tower he always tries to talk to Bucky, which he doesn't understand. Why would he want to talk to him when literally everyone else was a better choice. But he enjoys it, even if he says he doesn't. 

They go on a mission where they encounter the Maximoffs. Together they fight Ultron and the siblings move into the tower. At first he avoids them, not wanting to talk to them. They voluntered to work with Hydra, to be their test-subject. But once he catches Wanda in the kitchen in the middle of the night. He just woke up from a nightmare. And from the looks of it, so did she. 

They stare at each other for a second and when the moment passes Bucky walks over to the fridge. Wanda looks at him curiously, not knowing what to expect. Should she leave him alone? She knew he was the Winter Soldier and probably hated her guts. But shockingly he takes out a pint of chocolate ice cream and two spoons. He walks over and hands her a spoon, gesturing for the ice cream. 

For a while they just eat the ice cream and enjoy each others company.

"What did you dream about?" He doesn't look at her, just continues to eat his ice cream. Normally Wanda never told anybody about her nightmares, sometimes she would tell Pietro but that was ist, but odly enough she wanted to tell him about her nightmare that kept her awake at night.

"Our house getting bombed and my parents dying infront of us." He doesn't interrupt her so she takes it as a sign to go on. "It happened so fast that I didn't know that they died. Pietro and me just lied next to each other, hoping that the bomb would not go off. But in my dream it always goes off and kills Pietro, leaving me all alone in what is left of my home." 

Bucky stops eating, noticing a tear falling down her cheecks. Wanda freezes for a moment when she fells arms hugging her, rubbing her back. She hugs him back and cries. They stand like that not caring that it was the middle of the night, or that the ice cream melted. They each had wounds which would need a long time to proparly heal.

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It's is the middle of the day when Tony comes into the conference room, where everyone is already waiting  —  he needs a dramatic entrance, after all he is Tony Stark  —  and hands each of the Avenger a file. They knew, that there was a mission coming and that was it. Everyone openes the file and stars to briefly read it before Tony starts talkig while walking around. 

"Okey everybody, we have on our hands some guys that SHIELD can't handle, so they sent us."

"Assasination, robbery of important data, probably Hydra." Natasha already started to plan how to take down the guy. There was a photo in the file, which really was just a blur of a person. The person was avarage hight, wore a mask over their face and a baggy suit. 

"Former Hydra. Escaped a couple of weeks ago and since then they have done more damage than while they were there." Tony sits down next to Natasha and everyone looks at Bucky, who is siting silently. He has not said a word, but that was not uncommon for him. Today though there is a reason for his silent. He recognised the two girls on the pictures.

Wanda has been flipping through the file with a confused look. "Their name is nowhere mentioned, -" "Because they don't have one. Everyone stares at him but he just looks at the picture in his hand. "Subject A-7 and D-2, 14 and 19.  Born and raised in Hydra."

"You knew them?" Bucky looks to Steve. "I left them there." His voice crumbles and not wanting the others to see him in this state he leaves the room. No one knows what to do after this confession. After a moment Natasha breaks the silence. "We have to get them, before they get in more trouble." 

They all agree and start to make a plan. The girls live somewhere near, all of their attacks happening in NYC. Natasha and Clint leave the room to look at the camera footage. After thirty minutes they come back with good news. Bucky has rejoined them.

"They hide their tracks good, but we managed to find their current location." Clint shows them the location on the computer. It is 30 minutes away from the tower.

"What are waiting on, I could just run and grab them." Pietro shrugs. "And what then, genius." Wanda hits him on the shoulder lightly. "We can't force them or they will just run away. If they ran away from Hydra escaping New York won't be a problem for them." 

 "So what, we just sit on our arses and do nothing?" It looks like they would start a heated discussion before Bucky interrupts. "I will get them. They will recognize me." 

"And you think this is a good thing?" Natasha chirps in "Your are not going alone, we will get them as a team." Everyone nods and Steve pats him on the shoulder.

Bucky overwhelmed with all kinds of emotions just looks around. What did he do to deserve such a supporting team.

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It is nighttime when the two girls settle down. They are in an old Hydra-safehouse. The older girl knows that they are not safe their, but she does not want her sister sleeping outside in the cold. She already has the next hideout planned and they will go there in  a couple days. 

"What do we eat tonight?" 2 screams from the living room, laying on the old couch. "Nie krzycz! (Don't scream!)" 2 sighes and goes to the kitchen where 7 is cooking their dinner. The macaron looks slightly burned but 7 keeps it on the pan. "Noodles again? And I thought that their food was bad." They never say Hydra, always call them "them". 

7 looks at her and smacks the back of her head. "Be grateful you get anything to eat. Next time you'll cook and then we will see how well it tastes." While 2 goes back to the living room 7 looks down at the pan and tries to hold herself together. This was not supossed to be after their escape. She has been trained to be a killing machine and both of them had been experimented on, which left both girls with powers. 2's being controlling the four elements  —  water, fire, earth and wind  —  and 7 is able to create forcefields. When they told her, that she had to start training 2 she started planning their escape plan. 

7 thought, that she would find 2 a home and they would life together in peace. But it was much harder than 7 anticipated. The only things she knew about being "out there" (outside of Hydra) were the ones she learned on her missions. 

No one wants to give her a job, they don't have an official adress because they keep moving and signing 2 up at a school also doesn't work without her documents, which they didn't have.

One evening 7 was walking outside when she saw one of the Hydra-agents that was supervising her. Rage took her control and before she knew it, the man was dead. There were multiple witnesses so she ran back to 2, packed the little things they had and they left. 

Since then they were on the move, hiding from everyone. Another time when they were in public 2 got overwhelmed and burned down a whole building. And a couple of weeks ago 7 noticed someone following them, which made her even more nervous.

She took two plates out of the cabinet above the stove and brought them to the living room. She quickly walked back and got the noodles she made and put them on the two plates  —  2's plate had more than 7's. 

They ate in silence when they heard something outside of the door. The two girls look alarmed at each other before 7 gives 2 a signal to hide and walks over the peephole. Infront of the door stands a man, a man  which she recognizes. She saw him on the tv in the store. The blond hair, blue eyes. This was Captain America.

She walks back to 2 and whispers to her. "We are leaving, now." The younger girls noods, runs to their bedroom and comes back with a backpack. 7 puts the backpack on and they walk over to the fire-escape. They go down but when they want to go away a woman stands infront of them. The Black Widow. 7 pushes 2 behind her. The Black Widow sees that and starts talking. "Hey, don't worry. We are here to help." She walks closer.

"Stay away!" When she does not comply 7 creates a forcefield and pushed the Black Widow into a wall. 7 sees, how she says something, probably into a earcom. Yeah, they were here to catch and arrest them. She grabs her younger sisters and they start to run. A man with a bow stands infront of them. "We won't hurt y-" 2 creates a strong wind and sends it in his directions. They continue to run.

When they think they are safe, two other people appear. How many are there?, 7 thinks to herself. She notices how 2 stands ready and that depresses her, knowing that she was ready to fight, even though she shouldn't have to. But still, 7 also stands up straight and looks around for an escape route. 

The girl starts to speak. "We know what you are going through. We can help you. We were in the same situation once." She walks slowly to them. "Leave us alone!" 2 screams and it sounds like she is holding back a sob. She can't handle this stressfull situation. 

And before they know it there is a giant fire between them. The two don't looks scared and suddenly they stand before them. How is that possible? Did they teleport, did they also have powers? Maybe they were really like them. 

The girl is now closer, the guy standing behind her waitung for something. The girl was close enough for 7 to be able to kick her in her stomach. The girl clutches the the place were 7 just kicked her and then the guy teleports again, leaving only a blue mist behind him. He is down on the ground with the girl, which gives the girls a second to escape. But suddenly the guy is infront of them and takes 2's hand and pushes her slightly. Big mistake. 

7 creates a forcefield around 2, which pushes him away. Then she creates another one around the two of them and walks in his direction. "You don't touch her." 7 whispers and punches him in the face, which he catches so she kickes him in the stomach juat like she did with the girl. 7 twists his arm, which is holding hers, and pushes him against the forcefield. 

"7!" She immidiately looks in 2's direction just to see her standing next to another guy. She also recognizes him, but now from the TV. She looks back at the guy that she holds against her field, pushes him to the ground and opens to field. She runs over to 2, pushes her again behind her.

She looks at the man, who looks like he might cry and so do the two girls. "Hey 7, long time no see." And he smiles. That smile pushes her over the edge. 

"What do you want, Bucky?"

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Dear Reader, I have started writing this story on Wattpad and decided to also post it here.

It is about my two OC's but the love interest is Pietro.

"Bucky Barnes has escaped Hydra, but a year after his past and guilt come back to haunt him in the form of two girls.

7 only wants to make sure that 2 lives a "normal" life. But one boy won't stop bothering her and asking, what she wants to do with her life. Will she accept that there are people around her who want her to be happy or will she sacrify everything for her sister."

If you are interested go check it out!

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"The Favour" Authors's note

Dear Reader,

this is sadly not an update. I have come to the decision to discontinue this story, for now. I am truly sorry if you enjoyed my story and planned to continue reading it. 

You may wonder how I came to this conclusion. Well, as I was planning the next chapters I realised I had many plot holes. And by many I mean I didn’t have a clue. I had this OC for years now and have finally decided to write a story with her. Sometimes when I was younger I asked myself, what would Mary do (she also has a last name but I do not want to share)? When I watched the Thunderbolts movie it reminded me of my own old friend group and of a younger me. And writing the first chapters, planning her backstory was amazing. I felt like a little kid again finding the magic behind stories for the first time. And now, I wrote the magic. Of course the backstory wasn’t very detailed which caused me many problems.

My plan was to start this story and also write her backstory, which starts before the first Avengers movie, at the same time. That was not one of my brightest ideas. So now I have decided to stop this story and start at the beginning. It was very hard to put little pieces of Mary's backstory into this one, like Sadie. 

Sadie also caused me a lot of problems. When I planned the timeline I didn’t know what to call her yet. So I just wrote “S” . Because she is Mary's sister. Then I tried to figure out a name for her. It would be logical if her name started with an S, but I couldn’t find a good one. I am still not satisfied with Sadie being her name. 

Also her relationship with Bucky and Sam. In “the Favour” she has known Sam for 12 years but it was my first time writing them. So it was not what I wanted. The same problem with Bucky.

So, I will start from the beginning. Right now I am on vacation and don’t really have time to write. But, I will come back on the 13th and will start the first chapter. So, if you are interested in reading the story of Mary, feel free to check it out. But if you read it only because it was a Bob Reynolds ff and are not interested in my OC I  completely understand. Do not fear, once I write her story “the Favour” will continue (I will definitely change the name of it because it kinda gives me an ick). 

Thank you dear reading for reading this Author's note and I hope that you are not too disappointed about my decision. 

Love, Austen

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The Favour

Chapter 4

pairing: bob reynolds x original character

summary: Bob Reynolds cannot control his powers. He doesn't even want to try, because what if he hurts someone. Lucky for him Bucky knows the perfect teacher for him.

How is it possible? Why am I here again? She was at the hospital, again. At the place that stole her childhood and life. Where her parents had died. Where she got her powers and was trained. The room she was in was empty except for the chains and a small screen on the wall. The door was closed. She immediately tried to open the door but it wouldn’t budge. Nobody was in there. Mary hated this room. This was the room she was punished in. 

Suddenly the door opened. She sprung up determined to leave when suddenly she was thrown in. But it wasn’t really her. This Mary was only fifteen. What? The real Mary watched as they chained the young girl to the wall so she wouldn’t escape. “Proszę, nie! Już więcej nie popełnię błędu. Już więcej nie zawiodę, proszę!” (Please, no. I won’t make a mistake again. I won’t fail again, please!) They just ignored her shouts. Mary couldn’t move; she just stood in the corner silently crying. She knew what would happen.

After a while they left. The young girl was crying, rocking herself while holding her head in between her legs. It was silent. Then the screen turned on. It showed another room in the facility. Sadie’s room. They barged into her room and started beating her up. The young girl could only cry and beg for mercy. Meanwhile the young Mary just continued rocking herself. There was nothing she could do. She closed her eyes but she couldn’t block out the sound of Sadie’s screams. “Zaraz się skończy. Zaraz się skończy. Zaraz się skończy.” (It will be over soon. It will be over soon. It will be over soon.) She just kept repeating these words. 

The real Mary watched the screen. When she was kept there she only watched it once, the very first time. After that she just tried to ignore it. Sadie was only five years old then and she was already being punished for Mary’s mistakes. But now, after many years, she couldn’t stop watching it. It had been four years since Sadie was dead. Seeing her again so small, so helpless almost killed Mary on the spot. She still felt guilty about it. 

She was on a mission to kill someone and she didn’t notice someone witnessing the murder. Of course they didn’t recognise or find her but they still punished her for it. They weren’t like Hydra or another known organisation. Nobody knew that they existed. Every crime, every murder that she committed, the government couldn’t find a perpetrator. So they just said that it was the Winter Soldier’s doing. 

After a while they stopped. Sadie laid on the ground, crying. There were parts on her body where bruises were starting to develop. The screen went black. The young Mary started crying even harder. She never got to see her. The last time she saw her – without blood or any bruises – was a year ago. Before she was sent on her first mission. Back then they were kept together. They decided that they could use the younger girl to control Mary. If they had her she wouldn’t try to stop them, afraid that they would hurt Sadie afterwards. 

The same men that beat Sadie up were now in the small room with Mary. She knew that it was her turn now. She didn’t care about it. She knew she deserved it. She made a mistake and because of that Sadie got hurt. 

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Suddenly she was again at the tower. It felt like she just woke up from a bad dream. Mary noticed that she was still holding Bob’s hand. She looked at his face and quickly let go of his hand and stepped back. He looked frightened. Bob started apologizing. “I am so sorry. I didn’t mean to… ehm, send you there. It’s my powers, I know I should control them better. I really didn’t mean-” “It’s fine Bob. I understand that you cannot control your powers.” 

She was terrified. At first she thought that she was there permanently. Mary didn’t understand why but she thought she had to relive her childhood. And hearing the familiar screams. Knowing that he was the reason why she saw Sadie hurt. She had to help him control this? What if he would send her there again? What if she saw something worse? 

“No, it’s not fine. You shouldn’t have to relive that.” Wait, did he see where she was? “Did you see it?” “Yes” And then there was silence. She watched him. 

“I have to go, ehm, help in the kitchen. Again, I am so sorry.” He was walking away while talking. Mary closed the door and fell on her bed. Tears started running down her face. She couldn’t stop thinking about what she saw in the vision. 

After thirty minutes she fell asleep. And for the first time in a while she dreamt about little Sadie all bloody and beat up. 

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Bob didn’t know what to do. He promised Bucky to help Mary feel welcome. And instead he sent her into one of her shame rooms. He felt sick in his stomach, as if he had to throw up. How could they do this to children? She probably hated him now. Would she still want to train him? Or was that the last time he saw her. Why did he have to make everyone’s life so miserable? 

As he walked into the kitchen area he heard music and Yelena talking. “No, you don’t put that much flour to make pelemeni. The dough will be dry.” She took away the flour-bag from Bucky. “Just mix it.” 

Yelena noticed Bob walking in and her face changed. What was that look on his face? After checking that Bucky had something to do in the kitchen she walked over to Bob. In the two months that they lived under the same roof, Bob and Yelena grew close. After the accident he spent most of the time with Yelena, trusting her the most. They acted like siblings. Fighting over nothing but still caring about each other. They talked about stuff they didn’t want the rest of the team to know. So when she recognized the look on his face she knew something was wrong. She just hoped it wouldn’t trigger the void. 

“Hey Bob, what’s wrong?” Yelena knew asking him if everything was fine was stupid. She also knew that at first he would try to lie to her and after remembering that she always knew when he lied he would tell her the truth. But not this time.

“Yelena, I fucked up.” 

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Bob told her how Bucky asked him to introduce himself and how he sent her into her shame room. He didn’t want to tell her what exactly he saw – knowing that it would invade Mary’s privacy – but told her that it was bad. Yelena didn’t know what to do. Should she tell Bucky? Should she talk to her? She remembered her first time in the shame room. How confusing and scary it was the first time. How exposed she felt when she realised that Bob had seen it. But she also knew that it would get easier and easier each time.

Yelena and Bob have been gone for a while and Bucky noticed. Concerned, he went looking for them. He wondered if their disappearance had anything to do with Mary and her interaction with Bob. Did he show her her shame room? It was a possibility. Bucky tried to not think about it before he knew what actually happened.

After some searching he finally found them. Bob didn’t look good. “Hey, what happened?” Bucky came closer to them. “He showed Mary her shame room.” Yelena answered. Bucky was silent for a moment and Bob waited patiently for any kind of reaction from the old man. “It was inevitable. We knew it would happen.” He sighed. “I’ll go check on her. You guys go back to the kitchen. We still have to make dinner. And John and Alexje will be back soon.” He stood up and left the room where he found the two. All he wanted to do was to check up on Mary. Bucky had an idea of what she could have seen and it was not good. Was it the place she was kept in? Or when she was on the run with Steve and didn’t have any contact with Sadie? 

Bucky stood in front of her room and knocked three times. Then he took a step back and waited for an answer. When she didn’t answer he said “Hey, it’s me, Buck. I heard what happened and, ehm, I just wanted to check on you. Can I come in?” Still, no answer. He was starting to worry. “Hey, can you just say something so I know you’re good? Please, just anything.” Did she do something to herself? He opened the door scared of what he would find. When he saw her sleeping on her bed he released a breath he didn’t know he was holding. Bucky noticed that she didn’t have a blanket so he quickly took one and laid in on her. When he saw that immediately she pulled the blanket closer to herself he smiled. He then left her room not wanting to wake her up.

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When John and Alexje came back all of them focused on finishing what they started. Yelena, Bob and Bucky decided not to tell the other two what happened before with Mary. After a couple of hours of cooking and laughter they were done. Now they only had to set the table and they could eat. Bucky was the one they sent to wake Mary up. But when he entered her room this time she was awake. Confused but awake. 

“Hey sleeping beauty, had a good nap?” Mary looked at him and didn’t say anything. At first Bucky thought that he had said something wrong, but then she answered. “You’re just jealous that I look this good right after waking up. And not as if I had slept for the first time in years.“ He was thrilled that she had made a joke, even though she had insulted him. Jokes were progress. “Get ready because dinner is in 5 minutes.” At the mention of food he sprung out of her bed and quickly brushed her hair. Bucky didn’t know if he was supposed to leave or wait for her. He decided to wait. “Okey, I’m done. What is for dinner?” “Pelmeni.” “What is that?” “Are you serious? You love them. The little dumplings.” “Oh, you mean Pierogi.” They continued to walk and talk about if they are called Pelmeni or Pierogi. 

When they entered the dining room Mary grew tense. She reminded herself that these people here weren’t her friends but just a bunch of anti-heros, only doing something if they got anything back for themselves. Which means that they probably also want something from her. And this was her mission. Help Bob and get back. Nothing more. 

“Oh, if this isn’t Mary Wilson. I am the Red Guardian, Alexje Shostakov. Welcome!” Alexje was the first to greet her. Mary didn’t like this man. Natasha told her how he gave her and Yelena away to Dreykov. Mary also didn’t understand how Yelena could have forgiven him. 

The rest noticed her and Bucky entering the room and sat at the table. Bucky quickly sat at his place. And the only empty space was between Bob and Bucky. Great. 

She sat down and took a sip of her glass of water. She saw the rest of the team drinking some kind of alcoholic beverages except for Bob. He, like Mary, drank water. Yelena started to pass around a plate with the dumplings. “Bucky told us how you love Pelmeni so we decided to make some for you.” She smiled while saying it hoping that Mary would appreciate the gesture. “Thank you, but I eat Pierogi not Pelmeni.”

“Oh, you are Polish? I thought you were Russian.” “Yeah, no. Sorry. They’re still good.” She smiled, but if you looked close enough you would notice that it was not sincere. Only Sam or Joaquin could notice it. She felt someone watching her and when she turned her head to the side she found Bob looking at her. He still looked guilty for what he had done. But as angry and scared Mary was, she was happy to see Sadie again. Not in a video or a photograph. Mary dreamt almost never and if she dreamt about something she never remembered what it was. 

She looked away from him and passed the plate to Bucky. Bob also looked down at his plane. ANd it was impossible for John to stay quiet for any amount of time so he started talking. “Isn’t Russian and Polish basically the same thing?” Yelena, Mary and Alexje immediately started to shame John for even suggesting it. 

And then the main door opened and Ava walked in. She looked exhausted. She took off her helmet and walked to the table. “Hey guys, what’s up. What did you ma-”  Before she could finish her sentence Mary screamed in pain. She started glitching just the way that Ava does.

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The Favour

Chapter 3

pairing: bob reynolds x original character

summary: Bob Reynolds cannot control his powers. He doesn't even want to try, because what if he hurts someone. Lucky for him Bucky knows the perfect teacher for him.

If someone told May that she would be standing in front of the Avengers tower again, she would not believe them. But here she was. In front of her old home. It was weird entering it again after so many years. At the entrance there were posters of all the New Avengers, except someone was missing. The guy she was supposed to train. She did some research but couldn’t find much. Bucky then sent her some documents about the experiment that the guy participated in. He was the only one that survived. That reminded her of the many experiments that she was forced to do. May tried not to think about her time there. The place didn’t have a name, she just called it the hospital. 

 She waited for Bucky. They were supposed to meet at the entrance and he would then bring her up and introduce her to the team. But here she was waiting for him. Then after ten minutes he showed up. She almost didn’t recognise him. His hair and his beard were longer than she remembered. Bucky wore casual clothes, just some sweatpants and a sweater. May immediately recognised that sweater. It was one of the many she crocheted for him. Everyone she cared for had at least one crocheted sweater. She couldn’t tell if he wore it then because he liked it or to manipulate her. Maybe he wanted her to trust him so she helped on missions after she trained that guy. 

“Hey May!” He stood in front of her. “Hi.” There was an awkward silence. Both didn’t know how to start. After a while Bucky spoke. “I thought we could first go to the team and then you could rest in your room.” May only nodded. Bucky took her bag and they went into the elevator.The silence in the elevator was even worse. Bucky wanted to start a conversation, but didn’t know about what. Hey, how is Sam? Does he still hate me? How are you after I abandoned you guys because I didn’t know what to say? Yeah, it was a better idea to stay silent.

Finally the elevator stopped. Before they even left the elevator they could hear loud music. When they entered the kitchen area they saw Yelena - as usual - in the kitchen. May recognised the song that was playing at the moment - american pie. Natasha used to always hum that melody when she was baking. The russian noticed someone getting out of the lift and turned the music down. Yelena knew who she was but she was still surprised seeing the state of her. The woman in front of them was nothing like the one she saw on the news. On the news, she was collected and stood tall. But in real life she looked tired. Her blond hair reached to her shoulders, there were visible bags under her eyes. Yelena noticed her body language, like of a trained soldier. Bucky didn’t tell them much about her past but Yelena could take a guess that she was probably also an assassin. 

“Hey Lena, what are you cooking this time, mhm?” Bucky walked behind the counter, still holding May’s bag.“Just some Mac & Cheese. Had a craving. And as I know you guys I made a bigger badge. The last time I made Mac&cheese John took the whole pot with him to his room and ate everything!” Yelena screamed the last part.

She quickly walked to the elevator to greet the woman. Yelena took her hand and shook it. “Hi, I am Yelena. I am very excited to meet you. Bucky told us many things about you.” When she noticed how uncomfortable the woman looked she released her hand. To be honest Yelena dreaded the moment of meeting her. She knew that she lived and  was friends with Natasha. Maybe it was jealousy, that she had more time with her. Yelena wondered if Natasha talked about her with Mary. Would she mention her little sister, with whom she reconnected only months before half of the population blipped. And when they got back - including Yelena - she was already gone? Maybe she and Mary could become friends?

 “Hey, nice to meet you. I’m Mary.” She didn’t want to say more than she had to. Being there after all these years made her feel like a little kid again. Mary didn’t want the others to notice it. To find her weaknesses and later on  use them  against her. She couldn’t trust these people.

After Yelena noticed that Mary wouldn’t say anything more she put a little distance between them. Partly to not make the woman any more uncomfortable and to save her from this awkward first meeting. There goes the first impression. She clapped her hands together and looked at Bucky. “Okay, so I will get the others and we can all meet in the living room. Ava is not here-” “Actually, I am quite tired after the drive. Would it be okay if I just went to my room?” She didn’t like the idea of meeting the rest now. She thought she mentally prepared herself for it but now she realised that she wasn’t ready. Yelena seemed like a nice person, but she reminded her a lot of Natasha. Hearing that song in the kitchen reminded her of evenings baking with the red head.

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“Okay, now that we have all the dry and wet ingredients mixed we can put the mix in the forms.”

There in the kitchen stood Natasha and a 19-year old Mary. It was eleven p.m. and both of them couldn’t sleep. When Natasha found her wandering in the living room she invited her to bake her famous cupcakes with her. Natasha’s cupcakes were a thing in the tower. She didn’t share the recipe with anyone on the team. When the two were making them that night Natasha even made Mary turn around when she added her secret ingredient. 

The girl put the mix in the forms on the tray and then put them in the oven. Natasha could tell that the girl enjoyed their time together. She was an expert on reading body languages.

While the sweet treats were in the oven Natasha played a song on her phone. Mary didn’t know the song, as she was still learning about things. “Before I was an official Widow, they moved me from places so shield  wouldn’t find me or any of the other girls. We were this kind of fake family. I had a mother, a father and a younger sister, Yelena. We always sang this song together.“ She sang the refrain and then continued with a serious look on her face. “But then Dreykov decided that we didn’t need to hide anymore and that our training should start.” “Is she still there?” “No, I killed him.” She paused for a second. She didn’t look angry anymore, but relieved. “Yelena and other Widows are free now to do whatever they want to. I know she is there somewhere, safe.” 

When the cupcakes were done they each ate one and decided that they would leave the rest for the team to find in the morning. They both fell asleep on the couch. This was the first but not the last time of them baking late at night.

Back then, when Mary just moved to the tower she would never admit how much this moment meant to her. She was scared that they would treat her like an outsider. But that night showed her that maybe, just maybe she could find her place with these people.

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Yelena was a little disappointed but she understood that Mary needed to rest. “Yeah, yeah no problem. Uhhh. You know where your old room is right? If not I can show-” “Yeah, I know where it is.” And with that she took her bag from Bucky and went to her old room.

She recognised the hallway. After a couple of turns she was in front of her old door. Mary hesitated before opening it. The room was empty, except for a bed, a dresser and a desk. Old memories of her time in this room came flooding. When she moved into the tower the room looked exactly like the room she stood in. But after some time there were posters on the walls, many many pictures and Steve’s drawing which she loved. Tony bought her new furniture, which was more of her style. 

She laid her bag on the bed and just stared at the wall. Mary knew that behind this wall was another room, where probably one of the New Avengers slept. She didn’t know which one was there, but she was already annoyed at that person. Mary didn’t have a reason to be annoyed. It’s just that that was Sadie’s old room. Oh how she missed Sadie. But she had no right to think about her. After all, she is the reason Sadie is dead.

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After Mary left, Bucky and Yelena went to the living room anyway, where John and Alexje were already waiting. But when they saw that Bucky and Yelena were alone they were confused.

“Where is Mary Wilson?” Alexje screamed, forgetting to use his inside voice that the others often reminded him of. “She, uhm, she needed to rest. She drove a long way to come here.” Yelena answered her dad. “We should cook something for dinner. Like a welcome party. I can bake something. What do you think, Buck?” Bucky wasn’t sure if Mary wanted to spend dinner with them. But he would for sure try to salvage their relationship. The dinner could be the first step, so she knows that she is welcome here and that they want her here.

“You know what, let’s do it.” After Yelena heard his answer a smile started forming on her face. They didn’t have many special occasions to celebrate. The dinner parties that Valentina organised were a nightmare. 

She immediately started giving orders to the guys. “Ok John and Alexje, you will get the groceries. You know, the basics. Wait, Buck, what does she like? Is she allergic to anything? Does she have a favourite dish?”

“No, she doesn’t have any allergies. She will eat really anything you give to her. “ He thought for a second before he continued. “But nothing alcoholic, she doesn’t drink. She really likes this, ehm, these polish dumblings, y’know.” 

“Oh I know, Pelemeni. Yes, that’s perfect! I haven’t had these in a while. Alexje, you know what to buy for them, right?” “Sure! Red Guardian knows how to make Pelemeni! But you could make a list for little John over there.” He said the last part more quiet, as if he said it like that the others wouldn’t notice that he actually needed a list. But Yelena just smiled. She was to excited to have a reason to cook. Nobody could ruin her mood.

“Sure, I will send the list in a bit.” John and Alexje left the room and Bucky and Yelena could still here how John was asking Alexje why he would say that. Yelena turned to Bucky. “You and I will start preparing the kitchen. We can also start seasoning the meat.” Bucky nooded and started to walk to the kitchen before he turned to Yelena.

“Wait, what about Bob?” “Bob, Bob, Bob. He will definitely not help in the kitchen. He can’t cook. Do you know, that when he wanted to cook some noodles he burned them?” She said laughing. “Is that why you a pot is missing?” “Yeah, we had to throw it away.” She was silent for a moment. “He can prepare the dishes. And then when John and Alexje come back distract them from the kitchen. Alexje will definitely want to eat everything here.” “Sounds like a plan. I will go tell him.” 

As Bucky made his way to Bob’s room he remembered that Mary was staying in the room next to his. He hoped that she would enjoy the dinner. He knocked on Bob’s door and after a while it opened.

“Hey, what’s up?” He didn’t know yet, that Mary was here. If Bucky had to guess he would say that Bob was reading some book. His hair was messy which meant that he probably laid on his bed. “Yeah, Mary is here and we wanted to make dinner for her. Yelena already made a plan and I came to get you.”“Oh okay, sounds nice.” Bob’s shoulders tensed a bit after hearing her name.

Since he heard the news, that someone would come to the tower to train him he got nervous. Bob didn’t want to dissappoint the team so he agreed to it. He didn’t believe that he could control his powers or the void. He also agreed to this, because he knew about her and Bucky. He told Bob a couple of things about her and how he fucked up. It reminded Bob of how many relationships his addiction costed him. He wanted to help Bucky.

 As Bob was walking out of the door Bucky stopped him. “Could you do me a favour? Could you go to her and talk? Y’don’t have to start a conversation but just maybe, I don’t even know, introduce yourself. I will understand it if you don’t wa-” “Yeah, no problem. I will go talk to her.” Bucky smiled at that. A small smile but Bob still catched it. “Thanks, pal. Her room is the one next door. I owe you one.” He went to the kitchen before Yelena would start shouting about where they are.

Bob went to Mary’s room and stood in front of her door. He tried to relaxe, you won’t fuck it up, you just got to introduce yourself, no biggie. You have introduced yourself before. He lifted his hand and knocked at the door. When he didn’t hear anyone walking to the door he wanted to knock again before the door opened.In front of him stood a woman. Mary. She was shorter than him, but who wasn’t. Her hair was a bit messy, as if she just took it out of a ponytail. She wore shorts and a pink crocheted sweater. It was the middle of september, he wondered if she wasn’t cold. 

“Can I help you?” He tried to read her face like Yelena had taught him but he couldn’t. “Yeah, uhm, I just wanted to introduce myself. I’m Bob. I live in the room next to yours” He noticed how she reacted when he mentioned the room.”And as we will be training together. So that means that we will see each other alot.” Stop talking so much “Yeah, I am Bob.” He stretched his arm out for her to shake. “I’m Mary-” When she touch his hand the setting changed. She was suddenly in a white room. Mary recognised the room. She was at the hospital.

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I will try to post a chapter a week, but I cannot promise that because I am going away for the summer. But I will try to update as often as possible!!

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The Favour

Chapter 2

pairing: bob reynolds x original character

summary: Bob Reynolds cannot control his powers. He doesn't even want to try, because what if he hurts someone. Lucky for him Bucky knows the perfect teacher for him.

Saying Bucky was nervous was an underestimate. Since he joined - was  forced to join - the New Avengers he was scared to talk to Sam and May. Together they fought many fights against people like Valentina, and now he was one of her puppets. Also Sam was probably angry at him. But who could blame him? He told Bucky about his conversation with Ross about bringing back the Avengers and Bucky took it away from him. He knows that Sam is busy with the lawsuit because he noticed that Valentina was always on the edge. He heard about her before, who hasn’t? She seemed like a collected woman. At least she isn’t forcing them into meetings or more photoshoots now. 

And May? She means so much to him, he couldn’t tell her about this whole situation. She has been through enough and doesn’t need to take care of him and his problems. He was nervous about what she thought about him. Does she still want to see me? So he didn’t call, didn’t answer the many texts, which Sam sended. Maybe it was for the best. Even after months of therapy and reassurance from both of them Bucky still felt like he didn’t deserve his new life. He- The Winter Soldier - killed many innocent people. How does he get his happy ending while their families still don’t know why their loved ones died. Of course he still keeps track of his - of the Winter Soldier’s - victims. But he doesn’t remember most of them. His brain tried to block out all of the trauma that Hydra caused. And with that most of the missions. 

So he tries to help the people who actively need his help. Whether it is a mission or simply helping someone at the grocery store, Bucky will help. And maybe that is also why he wants to help Bob.

Bob reminds him of Steve. Not the Captain America that everybody knew, but that little guy from Brooklyn who never gave up. Because Bob tries very hard not to hurt others. Since the accident in New York Bob refuses to use his powers. He won’t even try. So helps out anywhere else he can. The kitchen’s dirty? Don’t worry, Bob will clean it. There is no food in the fridge? He is already on his way. You need someone to talk to? He is there for you, with anything you need. 

While this works now, he and everybody else know that it won’t last long. If Bob could control his powers there is nothing that could stop him. Maybe the fight with Thanos would end up differently if Sentry was there. But Bob is scared that while he trains with the others he will hurt them. None of them, except Ava, have any powers. And Ava’s powers won’t help her in a fight with Sentry. 

Bucky knew there was only one person that could help him. May. When she was just a child she gained powers in an experiment. She could change her genetic code based on the other person which basically means that if there is a person with powers near her she can mimic and store them. Even if she stood next to a super soldier she could mimic their strength. Bucky knows that that’s the way May helped Wanda control her powers. 

If she agreed to this she could help Bob and they could save more people. That was the mission. Protect the innocent. But it wasn’t that easy. Bucky waited weeks before making the call. She was their last option. If she didn’t want to help them, nobody could. He didn’t even know if she wanted to talk to him. Or how pissed she was at him. But nervousness was not the only emotion he felt, he was also excited. While he didn’t talk to them he watched old photos of them on missions, playing board games, and watching movies. Sometimes he even watches old interviews of them just to hear their voices. Oh how they must hate me.

The phone rang a couple times before she picked it up. Just stay calm. He was silent for a second before he spoke. “Hey ki-May.” He cursed at himself, “How have you been?”

“Good. Why are you calling?” The sharp words from the other line were not a surprise. He expected them. 

“Listen, I know you probably don’t want to hear from me now, but I need your help” She didn’t say anything so he continued.  “We have this guy here, his name is Bob. I don’t know if you saw what happened in New York a couple weeks ago, but that was him. And I know that we haven’t talked in a while and how it is my fault, just. Eh.. fuck, we really need your help. I need your help.” Still no answer.

“So…, will you come?” 

“What?” , she sounded a little bit confused.

“Could you come back to the tower?” At first he thought she would say no. That she would yell at him and tell him to never contact them ever again. But then he could hear a sigh and “Yes, I can come.” He was instantly relieved. She was actually coming. Bucky hasn’t felt this excitement for a while. They quickly went over the details, when she would come - at first he suggested picking her up, but she declined his offer - and other things.

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The living room - which was connected to the kitchen - was loud as always. The first thing that Bucky heard entering it was Ava and John fighting over something. They were fighting over a movie but Bucky just ignored them. If he kept up with their every fight he would go mad. From the kitchen loud music was coming, which meant that Yelena - and maybe Alexei - was there. Yelena has lately been obsessed with backing all sorts of things. Everyone encouraged her new hobby as the results were delicious. And then on the couch there was Bob, reading a book. Bucky noticed how much Bob reads. You would never see him with the same book for over three days. He had a lot of time for it, not training, but that would soon change.

Yelena was the first one to notice Bucky walking in. “What’s up with you Buck?” she said with that thick accent of her. 

“Yeah, didn’t someone upset the great White Wolf?” Of course John also had to leave a comment. Everyone started to gather up. Then Bucky started.

“Um, so next week we will have a visitor-” “Please don’t tell me Valentina is coming”, came from Ava. Bucky continued “No, not Valentina. Mary Wilson.” The only person that reacted to that was John, who had fought her three years prior. Yelena seemed to recognise the name, which came to Bucky as a surprise. 

Suddenly Ava spoke up “Who is she supposed to be?” Before Bucky could answer John had beaten him to it. “Back then she was an Avengers, now she’s part of Wilson's team.”

“I didn’t know that Wilson had a daughter! Look Yelena, she could be your friend!” Alexei was very enthusiastic about the visitor. He wanted his Yelena to have more friends, which as an Avengers and an ex-assassin was not very easy.

Bucky sighed. “After she was rescued she took his last name. She stayed with him for two years before officially joining the Avengers. And because of her abilities she will stay here and help- ""help me with mine.” Everyone turned to Bob. He looked anxious, as if this was the worst idea he had ever heard. 

“Listen Bob, she can actually help You. She has dealt with worse, believe me. And you won’t have to be nervous about hurting her, because she can use her powers to protect herself.” 

“I’m- I’m not sure she has dealt with something as bad as me.” “Believe me Bob, she could kick her ass.” John said. He wondered how awkward it would be with her here. But if he could live with Bucky for two months, he could definitely handle being with her. That depended if she wanted to try to be civil with him. John knows how much she means to Bucky. Back then when he was Captain America he saw the bond the three had. They had been through alot together. And now nothing. It reminded him of him and his wife and son. He also hadn’t talked to them in a while. John missed them, or what he could have had if he didn’t screw it. 

“She will stay in her old room-” “Wait, she lived here?” Ava didn’t seem to know anything about her, which was understandable. There wasn’t much information about her inline except the interviews that she sometimes gave. 

“Yeah, her room is right next to Bob’s. And listen guys, I just want to say one more thing before she comes. At first she will probably not want to talk to any of you. She has a lot of good and bad memories from this place. Don’t take this personally. She will warm up to you after a while.”

“Buck, you do not have to worry. We of all people know how bad it can be.” Yelena reassured him and everyone nodded. Bucky knew he could count on them but he was still nervous. He hasn’t seen her in a while and he hoped that this was not their final goodbye.