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Indiana appreciation post since he wasn’t shown in his shark costume in the last post!
(63) 62. “Please, don’t cry.”
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It was Bucky’s first time looking after Erin by himself, and he was fine. Nothing went wrong.
Until it did.
“Please, don’t cry,” Bucky whispered as Erin’s bottom lip trembled. Of course, she cried, and Bucky couldn’t figure out why. He checked her diaper, she’d just been fed, she’d been burped…
Maybe she’s tired, he thought, lifting her up into his arms. Her crying stopped, and she looked straight into Bucky’s soul.
“You just wanted me?” He asked her. She didn’t smile, but she did reach out to touch his lips. “You just didn’t want to be on the floor anymore?”
Erin moved to his nose, patting it. He smiled at her, beginning to walk. She didn’t like that, lips immediately beginning to tremble. He stopped, and her lips stilled instantly.
“Don’t want to move? Fine, we won’t move. We’ll just stand here until dad gets home, shall we?”
Erin moved to his hair, grabbing a chunk of it and just holding it.
“If that’s what you want…”
~
When Tony came home, he found Bucky standing in the middle of their bedroom, Erin asleep in his arms.
“How’d it go?” He whispered as he came over, kissing Bucky and looking at their sleeping daughter.
“If I step away from this spot, she’ll start crying,” Bucky smiled at Tony, before looking back at Erin. “I’ve been standing here for an hour.”
“Need to swap?”
Bucky shook his head. “If you could get dinner?”
Tony nodded, kissing Bucky. “Sure thing, i miei amori.”
Bucky smiled as Tony left, watching Erin shift in her sleep.
“You’re so lucky, my bell,” he whispered to her. “So lucky to have him as your dad. He’s the best guy I know.”
(59) 58. “You’re out of your damn mind.”
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Erin’s back!
Bucky shook his head at the blueprints. “You’re out of your damn mind.”
Tony pointed at the prints. “Come on! What’s wrong with a pool?”
“Nothing,” Bucky said, lowering the blueprints and looking at Tony. “When it’s outside.”
“What’s wrong with a pool on the roof?”
Bucky raised an eyebrow, before he felt a tapping on his foot. He leant down, and came back up with Erin, sitting her on his lap. “Erin agrees with me.”
“Erin, would you like a pool on the roof of your home?” Tony asked, leaning in to tickle her cheek. She giggled at him; Tony smiled at Bucky. “Looks like Erin agrees with me.”
Bucky shook his head, one arm around Erin and the other pointing to the blueprints. “No pool on the roof.”
“Fine,” Tony sighed, scratching out the pool. “Now about the garage…”
(60) 59. “No one can hurt me like you can.”
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Point of view today? Erin Barnes. Previous appearances. (In this, she’s ~17.)
Fighting sucked, no matter who was involved. But when it was your dads? Erin hated it.
Because they didn’t fight; they ignored.
And between you and Erin? They’re not very good at ignoring each other.
It was, how did dad put it? “No one can hurt me like you can.”
Dad was right; their silence was worse than any words.
So Erin came home to a silent house. She dropped off her schoolbag, going to the kitchen.
“What’s happened Friday?”
“A disagreement about your date on Thursday night.”
Erin froze, remembering to close the fridge door. “My date?”
“Yeah, we know about it.”
Erin turned around slowly, seeing both her dad's standing there, Dad Glares in full force.
“Hi, how are you? Hows Avengering?”
Neither of them looked impressed. Erin sighed, moving to lean against the counter. Her dads took a seat in the stools on the other side.
“Yes, we know about your date,” dad 1 (we are not having our daughter refer to us as dad one and dad two Tony) said, leaning forward. “I think eleven is a suitable curfew, your usual curfew.”
“I, on the other hand,” dad 2 (I’m number two, obviously. Bucky, you’re the best at everything, have the number one) said, mirroring dad 1’s pose. “Think you should let the night take you where it takes you.”
Erin shook her head at that, waving her hands through the air. “Nope, no, not thinking of it like that.”
“How are you thinking of it?”
Erin rubbed the back of her neck (she gets that from Barton, you know. / Yeah, because neither of us rub our necks. Ever.) “Dinner. A movie. Drive home. Back by ten.”
Dads looked at each other, before nodding.
“Seems sensible.”
“What did you expect? She’s our daughter.”
“I think Uncle Steve’s words would be, that’s no tick towards smart behaviour.”
Dads both looked at her.
“What?”
“That’s exactly what Uncle Steve would say,” dad 1 agreed. “Have fun on your date.”
“Let us know how it goes,” dad 2 said, before thinking about his words. “But in general terms. We don’t need details.”
Erin held up her hands, stepping back and beginning her retreat from the room. “I think this is my cue to leave.”
Sounds like they’re no longer fighting, Erin thought, before she heard things.
Oh yes, definitely not fighting anymore.
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If only I were she!
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Oooh. I’m gonna go with Winter’s Bite because I’ve been thinking about Erin more and more lately.
❤️: what’s the working title?
The official title is Winter’s Bite
🧡: what were previous working titles/ideas?
I thought of maybe ‘winter of our discontent’ but that was too long, and then I thought of just ‘the Winter Widow’ because that’s her call sign, but nothing really felt right.
I even considered ‘A Winter’s Tale’
💛: what is the title based on?
It’s funny, there’s a coffee shop right by my house and when I was coming up with Erin, they were serving a drink called “Frostbite”
And then that got me thinking about the title because a lot of people in my city use the phrase ‘the Bite of Winter’ so I just switched it around!
It’s also a reference to Natasha’s Widow Bites.
💚: how long have you been working on it?
She’s been in my mind since Winter Soldier came out, but I haven’t actually done anything for her until recently.
💙: how has the idea changed between starting it and where it is now?
Oh man. It’s changed a TON. She was originally meant to be Nat and Bucky’s daughter stolen by HYDRA, but then I changed it to be Bucky’s sister because I loved that idea more.
She was also originally gonna end up with Steve, but I didn’t like how they looked together so I went with a Sam Love Interest instead because he deserves someone nice. And so does she.
💜: where are you in the writing process?
I’ve thought about outlining it and I have a few ideas, but I’m nowhere close to putting them on a page.
She just kinda exists in my mind for now haha.
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tell me more about erin??
Of course!! She’s my beautiful Marvel baby and I love her.
She’s Sam’s love interest
She’s taken by Hydra a few years after Bucky.
She had a small crush on Steve when she was younger but grew out of it and eventually got married at eighteen. Rebecca was her maid of honor and everybody congratulated her on being the first of the Barnes clan to tie the knot.
She would’ve had her first kid if she wasn’t taken by HYDRA.
The reason she is on the run is because she committed a terrible crime against HYDRA and disobeyed orders. When we first meet her she’s seeking refuge in an abandoned building.
She has a penchant for leather jackets.
She meets Sam first who decides “hey she’s pretty and she’s in trouble so let me help her out” and they form a nice friendship based on that. She loves to bake and draw and paint.
She’s very sarcastic and has a very dry and dark sense of humor and she teases Bucky a LOT. She’s incredibly loyal, especially to her family and those that mean a lot to her. She is a Hufflepuff through and through.
She’s not a great soldier. Hydra had to worry about her following orders, because she was very rebellious to begin with. Sam brings out a more humorous and softer side of her, especially after TWS. She’s very closed off after her experience as a soldier and suffers from severe PTSD
Her weapon of choice is either a bow and arrow, her fists, or an electric baton.
She also has ties to the Red Room, Natasha, and Yelena.
I love her so much and I’m happy she’s out into the world now!
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