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hm i kinda miss writing … should i open my inbox and do a match making session 😈 is that soo 2010s and lame ?! yall can send me mini descriptions of yall and ill match make u to any of the fictional characters i write for 😵
i’m just scared that i’ll match yall to someone u dont like…cus my blog is multifandom..
is this stupid chat be honesttt
How it feels looking trough joaquín content sometimes
Changed | Joaquín Torres x Reader | Drabble
Joaquín has finally been returned home after being kidnapped. But he's changed, and he's not sure how you're going to feel about it.
Content: previous kidnapping, medical recovery, human experiment, human wings, cuddling, kiss.
For @fluffyjuly Day 16 - Wings | “You look amazing”
Masterlist | Marvel | Joaquín Torres
It'd been a month since Sam had pulled Joaquín out of the underground science lab he'd been kept in and three since you'd last seen him, happy and waving from his car before he was taken.
Sam had tried to prepare you for the changes in him, both physical and mental, but there really was no way to prepare for what had happened.
You could see him now, through the glass viewing window, in the physio therapy room where he was balancing carefully on his feet, finding his centre again.
And behind him, poking out through his basketball shirt, were two enormous wings. They were a rainbow of neutral hues, from black, through browns and taupes to a crisp white. The wings were folded against his spine, high above his head and brushing the back of his legs.
You'd spent such a long time feeling cold at the thought of Joaquín being gone, dead, not just in the line of duty but suffering somewhere you couldn't reach him. Couldn't tell him how you truly felt.
But now he was in front of you it came welling up and a sob ripped from your throat, your palm pressing against the glass.
"You can go in, if you want." Sam let his hand rest reassuringly on your shoulder.
"Does he even want to see me?"
"Why wouldn't he? Go on, I'm sick of listening to him talk about you."
"What — "
Through the glass, Joaquín took a break, leaning heavily to one side and drinking from his sports bottle and made eye contact. His face broke into a wide smile, his eyes lighting up and, behind him, his wings moved. At first it looked like a ripple, and then they shuddered open, spreading behind him in a sweep, and he began trying to walk over to the door on imbalanced feet.
"Joaquín!" You pushed through the door, unable to keep yourself away any longer.
"Hey, Angel, I missed you."
You flung yourself at him, forgetting about his balance and sent you both sprawling on the floor, tangled together with his wings wide beneath you.
"I missed you too, Quino." You wrapped your arms around his neck and pressed your face into his skin, feeling the feathers tickling your face.
"I thought maybe, it'd be weird to see me…and you might be scared."
You sat up, trying not to think about how you were now straddling his middle in a very undignified and unprofessional way.
"I was scared, but scared you wouldn't want to see me."
"We're idiots," you laughed, "and I could never be scared of you. In fact, I think your wings are beautiful, you look amazing, I can't believe it."
Joaquín's face softened, his hands sliding to sit on your waist.
"You really think so?"
"I know so."
And then he sat up again, wrapping you together and holding you close, his wings circling you both.
Brock seductively:" Torres, talk dirty to me!!....."
Joaquin:"ok......dirt, mud, unclean gutters!!,dirty floor!!"
I wanna see these two interact
Endgame | Part 4 | Holy Ground {continued…}
Plot: Once again, the world is in chaos but you know exactly who you’re loyal to and where your heart lives.
Pairing: Joaquin Torres x Reader
Warnings: mentions of violence, reader gets stuck in the multiverse, smut (sex after a long time, unprotected sex {wrap it up!!!})
This is the FINAL part of this mini series!!! Hope you enjoyed it!!!
Series Masterlist/Main Masterlist
You looked down into the city below the Avengers HQ to see a huge portal. People were screaming in the streets below as hundreds of the hybrid aliens stampeded towards it, disappearing into a fog.
When the last few stragglers leapt through the portal closed and the city fell silent. It was the kind of silence that made you wonder if you were just in the eye of the storm, waiting for the next of wave chaos to hit even harder.
“Do you think someone opened that portal to get rid of those things?” You heard Yelena ask.
“Maybe. It could have been Stephen Strange” Bucky suggested.
“Last I knew him and Wong were lying low, but I’ll give them a call” Sam said “I can’t think of anyone else who could possibly open a portal, especially one that big”
You watched as he pulled out his phone and excused himself. You reached over and squeezed Joaquin’s hand, looking for comfort.
Sam returned a few minutes later. “It wasn’t them” he said, looking confused.
“Dr Doom” you said softly “what if he opened it?”
“Then we’re in trouble” Ben said “if he took those things, who knows what else he could suck into the multiverse”
You shivered a bit, not looking forward to what the future held.
* * * * *
A few days had passed, very uneventfully actually. Avengers HQ was still on lockdown. Everyone took turns doing surveillance sweeps of the outside perimeters of the property. Nobody was allowed in, or out.
But even constant surveillance couldn’t have prevented what happened next.
You were working late in the lab one night, continuing your research on the alien hybrids. Though you knew a lot about them genetically, you still couldn’t decipher how they’d been made or who made them. Their DNA was complex. It was 50% human but the alien half was made up of several different species, many of which were unknown to science and couldn’t be identified.
You checked the clock, it was three in the morning. You figured it would be best to head off to bed. You were surprised you’d worked that long.
You cleaned up everything and hung your lab coat back up on the hook. When you turned around you were blinded by a bright blue light. A portal sat there, just like the one that appeared on the city streets four days prior.
It was ominous, cloaked in fog, and the sounds of strange screaming emitted from its depths. You pulled out your phone to call Joaquin.
“Hey baby…you okay?” You heard his sleepy voice say on the other end of the line.
“I need you to come down to the lab. Bring Sam, Bucky, Steve, and anyone else who might be able to help”
“What’s going on?” He asked sounding concerned
“Just get them…you’ll see when you get here. But don’t come inside, stay behind the glass door”
You cautiously stood several feet from the portal as you waited for the others. Joaquin finally arrived with Sam, Bucky, and Steve in tow. Thor and Ben had joined them.
“Where did that come from?” Joaquin asked
“Don’t know, it just appeared” you said
“Don’t move, I’ll come in to get you” Thor said “I’ve travelled through many portals, they can be unstable. But I’ll get you out safely”
You nodded “okay” you said, voice a bit shaky.
Just as he stepped through the automatic door a strong gust or air rushed through the portal, pulling you closer to it.
“Thor! Help!” You screeched as he reached out to grab your wrist.
“I’ve got you, I’ve got you”
He tried to pull you back, but the suction became too much and he could no longer hold you. You flew into the portal, the last thing you heard was Joaquin screaming your name.
* * * * *
You weren’t sure how much time had passed, but you woke up on hard ground. It was cold and dark wherever you were.
You slowly opened your eyes only to see that you were outside, on the streets of Washington DC.
But something felt off.
You sat up and looked around. No Avengers HQ. No Washington monument in the distance. The foliage seemed dead and the air was cloaked in a yellowish smog.
This was not the same Washington DC you had just left. It looked like an apocalyptic movie set, but it was far from fictional.
You got quickly and started shouting.
“Hello? Is there anybody out here? Hello?!”
Your head began to spin as you started rushing down the road. Street lights flickered ominously and there was nobody in sight. But suddenly you heard a voice call your name.
You turned around to see a man in a cloak. He had a very familiar face.
“Tony Stark?” You questioned confused “wait…no, you’re dead, how the hell are you here? Where even am I?”
He laughed softly “You’re right, Mr. Stark is deceased. I simply took on his appearance so I wouldn’t frighten you”
“Well, jokes on you…I’m still scared” you said “now tell me who you are and where I am!” You demanded
“You are in an alternate future. One in which the avengers fail, yet again” he said “as for who I am…I think you already have a good guess”
You looked at him, your stomach flying up into your throat “Dr. Doom…” you muttered quietly.
“Please, call me Victor” he said, sounding almost polite.
“No” you retorted “you’re not my friend”
“Oh {y/n}, what’s with the hostility? You know nothing about me, we just met”
“I know plenty. Reed told me everything I need to know about you. You’re a tyrant and a bully with an ego” you said, standing your ground “what’s worse is you’re parading around with the face of a dead man who only ever sought to protect those in trouble”
He stared at you before speaking again “would you prefer another face?” He asked, before he morphed his appearance, now donning the face of your beloved boyfriend. That infuriated you.
“Show me your real face” you yelled.
He smirked “I see I’ve struck a chord” he pulled his hood down and looked you dead in the eyes as he once again changed his appearance. This time he revealed his true identity.
He had sharp features, but his skin was scared, most likely from burns. Half of his face was practically non existent. He was gruesome, but you’d seen much worse.
“What do you want with me?” You asked, only getting angrier by the minute.
“I needed a pawn, something to lure them in” he said stepping closer to you, too close for comfort “those fools treat you like you’re made of glass, a precious gem strung on an antique necklace of hope. Pathetic”
“Those ‘fools’ are my family” you said “and we have strength in numbers, you’re just one insignificant man”
“Is that so?” Suddenly, as if he were a cell going through mitosis, he split into two, then four, until you surrounded by hundreds of clones. “Looks like I have power in numbers too, but you’re just one insignificant little girl!” He growled.
You scowled at him, suddenly remembering the pocket knife that Bucky had gifted you for your birthday. You always kept in your boot. You let your face soften, as if you were submitting to him. You crouched onto the ground while your hand slowly reached into your boot and pulled out the knife.
In one swift move you pulled it out and stabbed him square in the chest. He yelled out in pain and his clones retreated back into his body.
You turned around and ran like hell down the road. You headed for the only place you could think of to go. Sam’s old office at the Air Force Headquarters.
You weren’t even sure if it still existed in this universe, but it didn’t matter. You just kept running.
To your amazement, the building appeared in the distance. It was falling apart and it practically looked abandoned, but you had nowhere else to go.
You rushed inside and up the decrepit staircase to the floor where Sam’s office had once stood. The hallway was dark, but you could still see where you were going. You arrived in front of the office, Sam and Joaquin’s names still adorning the glass door. You pulled it open and rushed in, locking the door, and hiding under one of the desks.
You listened closely for any signs that Doom was coming for you. He hadn’t followed you.
But you heard his voice inside your head, as if he were sending you a telepathic message.
“You can run from this, but in the end your world will be mine…just like this one”
* * * * *
Nobody was quiet sure how to go about getting you back. Dr. Strange and Wong knew all too well that the multiverse was fragile and traveling through it was dangerous, especially now that an intelligent intergalactic being like Doom was in charge of the fates of the universes.
You had kept track of how many days you’d spent in this apocalyptic universe. You were on your sixth day here.
You’d spent most of your time rummaging through old files in Sam’s office. Profiles on Doom showed nothing but a trail of destruction. Sam’s computer was locked by password, which you couldn’t hack into.
You knew Joaquin well so you decided to check his computer. You stopped in your tracks when you saw a photo on the desk. It was of Joaquin and some woman you didn’t recognize. She had short blonde hair and brown eyes. They were on a beach. She wore a white dress and held a bouquet of yellow flowers.
It was a wedding photo.
Next to that photo was one of you and Joaquin as teenagers and then one of the two of you at his wedding.
You hadn’t ended up with him in this universe. For some reason that hurt. But you had to remind yourself that this wasn’t your universe and he wasn’t your Joaquin.
But that wasn’t the worst of what you found.
Upon hacking into Joaquin’s computer you noticed a tab open on his browser. You opened it up to see an obituary.
Yours.
In this universe you’d been Doom’s first victim. You wondered if that was your fate in every universe.
While you were busy snooping around the office, everyone back home was busy trying to figure out just where you’d gone. Wong cast a simple spell to open all existing portals that led to you, regardless of what version of you.
After months of searching through millions of other universes, they finally had success.
One morning while you were on watch you noticed a portal open up outside in the hallway. You wondered if Doom was back to taunt you.
Curiosity got the best of you and you walked over to it. You couldn’t see through to the other side but you heard familiar voices.
“Hello?” You yelled
“{y/n}? Are you there?” You heard Bucky yelling from the other side.
“Bucky? Im here!” You said before hearing another familiar voice.
“Baby?!”
Joaquin?!” You yelled.
Without thinking twice you walked through the portal. It could have been a trick but you didn’t care. To your relief it wasn’t. You were standing in the middle of the lab, your friends staring back at you.
The first face your eyes landed on was your boyfriend’s. You ran into his arms and hugged him tightly.
“I didn’t think I’d ever see you again” you said trying not to cry.
“It’s okay baby, you’re safe now” he said softly.
Eventually you let go of him and ran over to hug Bucky “thanks for finding me Bucky”
“Don’t thank me, thank Dr. Strange. He spent days trying to locate you. All we found was other versions of you, ones who didn’t know us” he said
You looked over at Strange “thank you” you said softly. You didn’t know him so you didn’t feel comfortable hugging him, plus you knew he wasn’t exactly a people person.
“You’re welcome. Are you alright?” He asked
“I mean…I was stuck in a different universe that was obliterated by Doom” you started “I’m just a bit rattled”
“Understandable, the multiverse is an unpredictable place”
“How do you know Doom destroyed that universe?” Sam asked
“Cause he was the one who created that portal, who pulled me in” you said “he used me as a pawn, showed me the damage he could do. In that universe…the version of me there….” You sighed “I…she, was his first victim. What’s even worse is he’s parading around as….someone else”
“Who?” Steve asked curiously.
“Tony Stark”
* * * * *
Things didn’t get much better once you were back home.
Strange and Wong told you that time passes different in some universes. You’d been trapped in the first universe Doom destroyed for half a year without even realizing it. What felt like 6 days for you had actually been 6 months.
You were a nervous wreck, always watching your back. To distract yourself you asked Yelena to teach you the art of knife throwing. You picked it up quickly.
That skill might come in handy later on.
Joaquin had also been extremely clingy with you lately. Six months is a long time to be separated from someone, especially when you don’t know if they’re alive or not. He was always just a few steps behind you regardless of what you were doing, never letting you out of his sight for too long.
You decided it would be best to give him all the attention he craved from you.
One night after dinner you convinced him to go to bed early, claiming you were exhausted. He thought you wanted to cuddle so when you pinned him down to the bed, straddling his lap, he was a bit shocked.
“I thought you were tired baby?” He asked smirking a bit.
“I lied” you said smirking back “I just wanted to get you alone”
You leaned down and kissed him passionately as his hands tangled into your hair. He flipped you over so he was hovering over you, kissing your jaw and neck softly.
“Thought I’d never get to touch you again” he whispered as his hands slipped under your oversized t-shirt
You hummed, melting under his touch “I’m not going anywhere baby, touch me all you want”
He slipped your shirt off before taking his off. He needed skin to skin contact with you, he craved it. He pressed his body against yours as he kissed you hard.
You wrapped your arms around his neck, moaning against his mouth when his hand trailed down to your panties. His fingers slipped inside them, rubbing your clit softly. “Joaquin…” you moaned arching your back.
“You’re so wet for me already” he whispered
“Mmm, I need you so bad” you groaned as you reached down to the hem off his basketball shorts.
“You’ll have me baby” he whispered
“Better hurry up or I’m gonna explode” you said smirking.
He smirked at you and quickly pulled down your panties. You proceeded to rid him of his shorts and boxers before reaching down and wrapping your small hand around his throbbing member.
“Fuck” he groaned “baby I won’t last if you do that”
You smirked and flipped him over so you were on top again. You lined him up to your entrance and finally slid down onto him “mmm, baby!”
When your hips finally met his, he gripped at your waist and ushered you to move. You began to grind your hips against his.
You’d been gone for six months, but it had been even longer since the two of you were able to be together this way. You didn’t even care if anyone heard you, they’d get over it.
As you were riding him, Joaquin sat up to be face to face with you. He massaged your breasts as he kissed your neck. “God I missed you. Missed feeling you” he whispered against your skin “fuck you feel so good”
You continued to ride him as he tilted your chin down to look at him “look at me baby, wanna see your face while you take what you need” he said.
“Joaquin…fuck” you moaned “oh my god you feel so good inside me”
“I know baby, can feel you squeezing me, you’re so tight” he groaned as he guided your hips.
You bounced in his lap, holding his shoulders to stabilize yourself. You looked into his big brown doe eyes. All you could see in them was pure and unconditional love and admiration.
“I wanna go slow” you whispered “make this moment last”
“Me too baby” he said softly before stilling the movement of your hips and kissing you passionately as you straddled his lap.
You still craved friction so you circled your hips a little, just to give you both some relief.
Eventually he flipped you over and kissed down your neck and chest, worshipping your body as he slowly thrusted in and out of you.
You spent the next hour just drowning in the feeling of each other’s bodies. But you craved release, so did Joaquin. He began thrusting deeper.
“So close baby, cum with me” he whispered.
“Joaquin…” you moaned softly as you felt your high approaching. Within seconds of each other, you both hot your climax.
He collapsed next you, pulling you close to him as you tried to catch your breath. “I love you” he whispered “I love you so fucking much”
You leaned up and kissed his jaw “I love you too”
* * * * *
The next morning you woken up by emergency sirens. You checked the clock…5am.
You got up out of bed and snuck over to the window, only to be blinded by a bright light outside.
Both you and Joaquin got dressed and ran to meet everyone else downstairs.
“What’s going on?” You asked, your heart racing
“He’s here” you heard Strange say
“Shit” you knew exactly who he was.
Doom.
Everyone rushed around to get ready for a possible confrontation. You ran to the lab to retrieve your suit and drones only to be stopped by Bob.
“Oh no….you can’t help. I promised Joaquin that I’d keep you as far away from this as possible” he said
“Well I promised nothing” you said “that asshole kept me held hostage in a destroyed universe, where the alternate version of me was his first victim, for 6 months! I’m not letting him win”
You put on your gear and went to meet everyone on the roof, a paranoid Bob following behind you.
“{y/n}, wait!”
“No time, you better channel your alter ego cause we’re gonna need him” you said referring to the Sentry.
You stepped out onto the roof only to hear Joaquin’s protest “hell no! You can’t be here” he said
“I tried to stop her! But she’s pissed!” Bob said
“I’m not gonna let him hurt my friends and family Joaquin. He may have been able to trap me in a dead universe but he certainly can’t stop me from defending the ones I love!”
He stood there and looked at you “okay…” he said softly “but…please be careful”
You were surprised that he didn’t argue. You pulled him in close and kissed him hard “you be careful too” you said softly “I wanna be able to kiss you like that again when this is all over”
He nodded and kissed your forehead before everyone assembled in front of the portal Doom had opened. He floated out gracefully, landing on the roof of the building.
“Nice to see you all here” he said before looking directly at you “{y/n}”
You scowled, but before you could say anything Bucky interrupted “what do you want?”
“Isn’t it obvious” he said “I want your universe. And I want you to die a slow painful death”
“Why?” Bucky asked
“When your precious Avengers changed the timeline, my universe fell into chaos. I lost my wife and our child. I’ve been searching the multiverse for every single version of the Avengers and eliminating them to avenge my family” his voice was calm for someone so blood thirsty.
“The multiverse is fragile and often unstable. How do you know that what we did was the catalyst for the death of your universe” Strange questioned.
“Because your universe was only one that had these” he said holding out his hand to reveal the infinity stones. “You defied the laws of time and space to retrieve these to save your precious timeline. An act of treason in my opinion”
“We were saving those we’d lost” Steve cut in
“Perhaps, but you messed with the lives of millions of others” he said “and for that you will pay”
Within seconds several more portals were opened up. Monsters similar to ones that hybrid aliens that had attacked the city leapt out. It suddenly occurred to you that Doom had been the one who created them. “Shit” you mumbled before all hell broke loose.
You sent your drones out, shooting down every alien hybrid that came too close. The holster of your new suit held six knives in case you needed to put your new knife throwing skills to use. You still weren’t 100% comfortable using guns like everyone else, despite knowing how to use them.
Everything happening around you was starting to get overwhelming. You’d lost track of Sam and Bucky a while ago. You couldn’t locate Joaquin or Bob either, which worried you the most.
Your thoughts got the best of you and you let one the aliens get too close. You reacted immediately, driving one of your knives through its abdomen till it collapsed on the ground, slowly dying.
You retrieved the knife and looked around to see where you’d be useful. Your drones eventually notified you that somebody had been compromised, their stress levels high.
It was Dr. Strange. You located him and ran over. You practically owed him your life after he saved yours.
“Put up a shield, I got you” you said.
He used what strength he had to put up a magic shield over the two of you as you began to patch up a wound on his face, most likely from being clawed by one of the aliens.
“Good news, you’re gonna live. Now get out there and help me kill these fuckers” you said smirking.
He chuckled and dropped his shield. The two of you began to eliminate anything that got too close. Things were looking up on your side.
Until they weren’t.
Without notice there was a huge explosion. An electromagnetic pulse. You went flying across the roof and landed hard. When you looked up the sight before you was like something out of Greek god film.
Bob’s eyes were shining gold as he stood face to face with Doom. He reached out to grab doom by the throat but he wasn’t fast enough. The tables had turned and Doom now had Bob by the throat, lifting him into the air as he gasped for breath.
“It’s time to end this!” Doom growled.
Everyone else around you was either knocked out cold, or too injured to move. You could barely feel your legs, but you noticed Steve’s handgun just a few feet from you.
With what little strength you had left you pulled yourself close enough to grab it. Putting your finger to the trigger you aimed it right at Doom.
“End of the line…asshole” you mumbled as you pulled the trigger.
Doom fell to his knees in pain from being hit in the ribs by the bullet. Seconds after Bob recovered, he had him.
Using all the strength he had, he pinned him down. You watched as a dark shadow overtook him.
The void.
“Bob no!” You yelled. This wasn’t the way to solve this, but you didn’t have the strength to stop it.
Luckily, someone else did.
The roof shook as someone landed hard. You heard a familiar roaring sound. You looked up and smiled slightly with what little strength you had left.
Hulk.
Nobody had heard from Banner since he was seen working alongside the Spider-Man. You were happy to see him here.
As Bob tried to pull himself out of the void, Hulk struck blow after blow on what looked like a defenseless Doom. He was bleeding out the gunshot wound you’d given him, making him weaker. He was no match for the giant green monstrosity.
You watched as Bob struggled, pulling yourself to him despite the fact that your leg was injured. You reached out and wrapped your arms around his waist.
“I’m here Bobby, please come back to me” you said. You slowly noticed the shadows retreating and felt Bob’s arms wrap around you gently.
“Thank you” he said softly
“Go help the big guy” you said “we need to end this”
“Come on, Golden Earth God, I’ve got your back” Thor said, offering g to assist him.
You watched as they finally finished off the man you’d all been in fear of for so long. Like an unstable star, Doom practically tore himself apart from the inside out. A bright light shined across the whole city until Doom diminished into nothing, like he never existed.
The next thing you knew, your body relaxed and you passed out from the exhaustion of the fight.
* * * * *
You woke up in a bright room, the gentle beeping of a heart monitor in the background. You opened your eyes to see a familiar place. The med bay at the Avenger’s HQ.
You were hooked up to IV giving you fluids. Your left leg was wrapped up in a bandage that already had a bit blood seeping through it. That must have been why your leg hurt so bad during the fight.
You heard voices coming from out in the hallway.
“I think she still asleep but you can go in to be with her” you heard Reed say
Suddenly Bob walked into the room.
“Oh, you’re awake” he said
“Yeah, Hi Bobby” you said smiling as he sat down in a chair next to your bed.
“How are you feeling?”
“Tired. And my leg hurts, but other than that I’m good”
“Glad to hear it” he said smiling soft. “I didn’t think we would win…”
You reached over and grabbed his hand “but we did”
He nodded and squeezed your hand.
“How is everyone else?” You asked
“Good. No major injuries, nothing that won’t heal anyway” he said smiling “Joaquin has been going crazy not being able to see you. Sam didn’t want him to see you until you were awake”
“How long was I out?” You asked curiously
“A few days, Reed said you probably hit your head during the battle”
“Makes sense” you said “can you go with me to see Joaquin?”
Before he could answer Reed came into the room “he can take you after I’ve changed that bandage” he said smiling.
You nodded and watched as he unwrapped the old soiled bandage, exposing the huge gash in your leg. No wonder it had so bad. He gently disinfected and cleaned the wound before wrapping it in a clean bandage.
“It’s gonna hurt to walk on it for a while, so go slow” he said “I can get you a pair of crutches if that would be easier”
“That would be great, thanks Reed” you said smiling
“No problem. And Joaquin is doing just fine. His heart wasn’t affected during the blasts and he sustained minor injuries, mostly to his arm due to previous injuries. Other than that he’s in great shape” he said reassuring you as he went to the closet in the room to retrieve some crutches.
You smiled softly, happy he was alright.
Bob helped you sit up off the bed and situate yourself with your crutches. He escorted you to the another room down the hallway.
Bucky, Sam, and Steve were sitting g by Joaquin’s bed having a chat. Joaquin had a sling on his injured arm and Sam had a walking boot on his left foot. Bucky and Steve seemed pretty unharmed, but as super soldiers they healed quickly anyway.
“There’s our girl” Bucky said smiling
You got the urge to run over and hug him but knew you couldn’t on your crutches. Instead you hobbled over and wrapped your arms around his torso.
“I’m so glad you’re okay” you said pulling away to hug Steve and Sam.
“It was a hard fight” Steve said “if it hadn’t been for Banner we might not have made it out in one piece”
You looked over at Joaquin who smiled at you “hey baby girl”
You tried to hold back tears as you sat down on his bed, leaning your head on his shoulder.
“We’ll give you two some privacy” Bucky said as he and the others left the room.
“You did amazing out there” he said softly “I shouldn’t have doubted you”
“You were just trying to protect me” you said smiling
“I think you can protect yourself” he said chuckling “remind me to thank Yelena for teaching you how to throw those knives”
You giggled “I will”
You lay in silence for a few minutes until you couldn’t take it anymore. You leaned up and kissed Joaquin passionately, being mindful of his arm.
Everything in your life had led you back to this moment, one you never thought you’d see.
That was the moment you realized that you could in fact take anything life through at you. As long as you had your Joaquin and the rest of your chosen family, you could conquer anything.
Holy crap on a ritz cracker! I finally finished this series!!!
I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing it!
