A/N: Here is PART 2 to the Bucky fic. This is only a 2 part fic unless it calls for more to be added. I really hope you guys like it! Message me or leave a comment if you want to be added to my tag list.
Like she had promised, Y/N didn’t run anywhere, happily staying in Wakanda, happily helping Shuri when she could, and happily training with Okeye and the Dora Milaje. Y/N was getting stronger and stronger, even after what HYDRA did to her; she could feel herself growing psychically and mentally. No doubt she was becoming dangerous, and it was the best option for her, being this close to any Avenger, she had to know how to take care of herself.
What she didn’t expect was how good she had become with a spear, the weapon Okeye had given her moved as if an exention to her arm. What she didn’t expect was the experiments that HYDRA did on her would work hand in hand with the weapon she used. But she was good at hiding it, not wanting anyone to know what HYDRA had done to her, not want Bucky to know.
Y/N knew there would be a time when she would not be able to hide this anymore; she had just wished it had come sooner rather than later. War had come, it was here and she was a soldier, as was Bucky, and it was time to fight.
“Y/N.” Bucky nodded at her as she stood next to him, looking out over the water. “Is everything alright?”
“Surprisingly… yes. Everything is almost perfect.” Y/N admitted.
“’Almost’ perfect?” Bucky questioned, moving his body to face her completely.
“I have to show you something.” Y/N smiled warmly, offering her hand for Bucky to take. “It’ll only take a moment.”
“Well, where are we going?” Bucky asked as he took her hand.
“To the training grounds.” Y/N moved to the open space that was hidden, to the place where she would show him everything.
Once at the training grounds, Y/N checked and double checked that no one was around, she wasn’t ashamed of what she could do, more concerned what it would mean if others knew. Even though Y/N had shown Shuri and Okeye who had undoubtedly told T’Challa, which she wasn’t too fussed about knowing. What had her checking the area for a third time was the possibilities of anyone who was once connected to HYDRA finding her again.
“Are you sure you’re okay?” Bucky asked, knowing the patterned checking Y/N was doing, having done it all his life as Winter Soldier. “You seem on edge.”
“I’m fine, James.” Y/N smiled, before taking her weapon. “Just… just watch okay.”
For 5 minutes Y/N warmed up, slowly moving around the area before she started to move like she was being attacked, like she was fighting for her life. Bucky watched as Y/N jumped, flipped, and hit imaginary targets with perfect precision, seeing her fighting skills match even his.
But what really caught his eye was the way the spear moved as if it were connected to her body. What made him stand straighter and alarmed was the sparks that came off the spear, it was like Y/N’s whole body had charged and sparks of electricity moved through her fingers to the spear. The spear reacted well to the sparks, soon Y/N jumped over a block, flipping in the air, stabbing the ground with her spear, a current of electricity ran across the open space.
Bucky felt the pulse of power through his body, but his eyes stayed on Y/N’s eyes. Her once green eyes were now sparkling silver, the same silver that pulsed and buzzed off her skin, her hands and the spear. She was alive and generating power from somewhere, Bucky’s most likely answer was from inside of her.
“How did you do that?” Bucky asked softly as Y/N stood, her eyes fading back to her softer green eyes.
“HYDRA.” Y/N answered truthfully, getting only a curt nod from Bucky. “When they had me locked up with Wanda and…” Y/N took a deep breath, thinking about her friend. “They thought their experiments didn’t work on me but, well…” Y/N held her free hand up so Bucky could see the sparks moving around her hand. “It worked and I somehow suppressed it so they didn’t find out.”
“You’re amazing.” Bucky said.
“What?” Y/N asked dumbly.
“You. You’re amazing.” Bucky said again. “You were experimented on and gained powers and somehow hid it form HYDRA. And yet you’ve remained kind and smart and helped me on more than one occasion so I didn’t lose myself.”
“It’s nothing James.” Y/N shrugged.
“Nothing?” Bucky moved forward, reaching out and taking her free hand with his, smiling at the spear still firmly gripped in her other hand. “Y/N it’s absolutely everything. And I wished I could have been more for you. Maybe whole.”
“James.” Y/N shook her head.
“Just listen please.” Bucky saw Y/N nod before he continued to talk. “You didn’t let me reply last week when you got back and I wanted to say…” Bucky placed his fingers under Y/N’s chin, looking into her sad eyes. “I wanted to say, I love you.”
It took Y/N all of 3 seconds to register what Bucky had said to her. Confusion, doubt, disbelief moved across her eyes before she finally made a move.
“I’m sorry. What?” Y/N had to ask, make sure she wasn’t going crazy.
“Y/N Y/L/N, I love you.” Bucky smiled. “And I was wondering if maybe you wanted to go to dinner with me?”
Y/N smiled now, a wide smile that coursed a buzz though her body, shocking Bucky’s hand that was still on her skin; “Sorry. Sorry. I can’t control it all the time.” Y/N laughed a little with Bucky.
“If it means you’ll say yes, I’ll get shocked every time I touch you.” Bucky laughed a little, moving forward, cupping Y/N’s cheek, feeling the buzz that moved through her skin.
“Then yes.” Y/N leaned forward. “I would love to go to dinner with you.” Y/N’s lips ghosted over Bucky’s. “I love you.”
“I love you.” Bucky smiled as his lips finally touched Y/N’s, feeling that it was everything and more that he had imagined.