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[optomisticgirl]

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From Chapter 8 of Endings, Beginnings:

“Someone better be maimed or dead,” Darcy muttered while trying to untangle herself from her blanket

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[0utatnight]

When Darcy is nine, she’s at a political parade watching from a hotel window (her little brother is sick so they stay in instead of going out to watch) and sees a running candidate shot in the chest. As it just so happens, the shooter is exactly opposite her window, and when he looks up he notices her. Nothing happens for a few days- her parents continue on their vacation and try to coddle her against what happened at the parade -and then she’s in a souvenir store along a popular strip of shops when a man crouches down next to her and she recognizes his face.

He doesn’t say anything, and she slowly hands him the squishy ball she was playing with a moment before. “You didn’t see anything,” he says, low and gravelly, and she nods in agreement, but he sees in her face it’s the fear pushing her now and he doesn’t think it will be enough later. With her little brother calling for her around the corner, he takes his knife and slides it into the soft part of her neck, quick as a bee sting, and then he’s gone, and she’s bleeding out on the floor.

As it so happens, there’s a vet in the store, and so they’re able to staunch the bleeding and she’s taken to the hospital, where the story leaks to her family and the police get involved. They’re then approached by witsec, who tells the family it’s best if they declare darcy as dead.

When Darcy wakes up, she’s in another hospital with vague memories of her family crying over her and a social service/witsec worker at her side. The woman tells her that for her safety, she has to stay away from her family for now (and when Darcy finally calms down and understands, she asks how long and there is no answer).

She goes to stay with a family within SHIELD but things are rocky from the get go and she can’t stop the anger and resentment that builds in her. The grief and lack of understanding over the loss of her family is overwhelming. In the end, the family contacts SHIELD because they’re afraid she might harm herself or blow their cover, and an older woman arrives with the SHIELD social worker (Angie Martinelli) who takes a personal interest in Darcy’s case.

Peggy Carter has more than a few grey hairs by the time she meets 9 year old Darcy Lewis, but she sees how alone Darcy is and can’t bring herself to just let SHIELD shuffle the child around to another house. She makes a promise with Darcy that one day she’ll be able to go back to her family, but until then Darcy can stay with her and they can keep each other company, because they’re both alone.  

Darcy grows up in the Carter household with Peggy as a stand in for family, and thrives. Nothing could ever make her forget her true family, out there somewhere surely missing her as well, but she manages to hide that wound with her fondness for Peggy and Angie, who she learns to trust, and Sharon, who’s only a little older but very protective of Darcy.

Darcy finds her way to Culver as she grows older, and without letting Peggy know (though she suspects) looks up her bio family and keeps an eye on them. She grows restless with her schooling and Peggy catches her out with the spying and scolds her a bit. This is also when Peggy reveals that she has Alzheimer's but begs Darcy not to reach out to her family out of fear for her. Out of frustration and hopelessness, Darcy gets drunk and applies to Jane’s internship, and is accepted the next day

~*~*~*~

When Peggy dies, Darcy sits with Sharon at the funeral and spots Steve in the crowd. Darcy explains to Sharon how things have been with Jane since Thor left and how they’re looking for more investors and Sharon mentions SHIELD but Darcy gives that a hard pass. Sharon excuses herself to say hello to Steve and Darcy doesn’t approach them, too in her own feelings, and leaves quietly after saying goodbye to Angie. 

~*~*~*~

Some time later, after Darcy has stood beside Jane through Thor and Dark World and since the Asgardian has left their life, Jane has been working with a smattering of other scientists to create a bridge to Asgard for herself. Darcy supports her boss in this endeavor if only to take a swing at the lunk herself, but they’ve fallen on hard financial times when an offer from an unknown source comes in, Jane accepts a meeting even though it’s under mysterious circumstances.

When Nakia is the one to meet them, clad in a gleaming coral suit and with tech Jane has never laid eyes on before, they’re intimidated, but knowing she comes from Wakanda and the offer to work with her and who she represents may be something that leads to a breakthrough for Jane, Darcy encourages the contract the Jane agrees.

~*~*~*~

Just days later, an airship picks them up with their meager belongings and Darcy and Jane are both impressed with the ride. Their escorts are not very talkative and they settle in for a long flight.

~*~*~*~

Landing is like the reveal of an oasis- Darcy can’t remember visiting a place as beautiful or lush as this. Of course Jane would rather head straight to the labs, lured by the promise of science, and the guards that escort them there introduce Shuri as a princess. Shuri waves that aside, unconcerned, and Jane launches into questions at the sight of her control board. Darcy phases out the conversation to wander the lab a bit.

A few weeks pass with Shuri and Darcy becoming fast friends. The Princess doesn’t need an assistant but enjoys showing off her work to Jane and the back and forth she and Darcy form. Darcy also starts a very onesided flirtation with a guard who looks like she could snap Darcy’s neck with the force of a glare, and Shuri loves to see Darcy falling all over herself in the process.

Jane doesn’t have much interest in meeting the king, which is an anomaly to Shuri but it amuses her and though sometimes their methods clash, it’s gratifying to find someone who can appreciate her level.

~*~*~*~

Eventually Darcy is wandering to the labs with Jane’s lunch one day and when she gets there she hears an unfamiliar voice talking with Shuri. She opens the door to find a bulky man standing with his back to her and a chill goes down her spine. Something doesn’t feel right. Almost like time has slowed for Darcy, she watches the man turn as Jane addresses her, and his face, placid and unconcerned, is something Darcy recalls from her nightmares.

She drops the food and apologizes, and stammering and in pain with hot soup soaking into her tights she flees the room. She makes it to the hallway before sinking to her knees and then Jane is at her side, trying to help her up, but she’s struggling, and then He’s there, lifting her up, tucking an arm under her legs even as she tries to stammer out ‘don’t’. Her breath is coming too quickly and even as Shuri directs them to the lab, realizing Darcy is having some sort of panic attack, Darcy blacks out. When she wakes she’s on the lab floor and Jane is leaning over her. A shawl is under her head- His shawl- and she feels like her body’s just been slapped with a cold sweat.

Jane chastises her for scaring them and Shuri, quiet and a little more keen to what might have happened, asks if Darcy is feeling better and helps her sit up to drink some water. Darcy says she is, she doesn’t know what happened, and Jane says maybe she’s sick- has she been overworking her? She knows she doesn’t give her vacation time but she always figured Darcy would tell her if she needed anything…

Darcy reassures her she’s fine and Shuri says they can schedule her a check up, just in case. Darcy agrees halfheartedly, just wanting the conversation to be over, and says she thinks she has to go lie down for a bit. The two scientists watch her leave with very differing opinions of what just happened.

~*~*~*~

Darcy shuts the door to her room and locks it, then strip her clothes and huddles in the shower. She tries to convince herself it’s not possible, how could it be him, he looked exactly the same and it was years ago, but her gut tells her otherwise. Paranoid, she leaves the shower in a bathrobe and hops on her computer, searching out her family again and relieved to find them still functioning as usual- credit cards are still making purchases, her brother’s still logging into his instagram. She then shuts her laptop and tells herself she can’t do that again until she knows for sure who this guy is and why he looks so much like the man who tried to kill her as a child.

[bobbisueny]

My adorable child gave me this for Christmas:

And here it is. All :29 seconds of it...

[lemirabitur]

Some art that I made for my story over on AO3

Story ID: 13526256

[bobbisueny]

Somehow I feel like I should feel badly for focusing on how hot #Sebastian Stan is. But I don’t. So I’m just going to keep finding and enjoying all the lovely photos.

You should too 😉

[forthecredits-archive]

Never put your OTP in the Sims because they'll have a million kids. Bucky and Darcy just had twin girls making them having 5 kids in total.

[forthecredits-archive]

FOR THE LOVE OF THE OLD GODS AND NEW I NEED A GREASE AU WITH DARCY AND BUCKY AS SANDY AND DANNY UGH

[forthecredits-archive]

//one of my headcanons for Darcy and Bucky has 47 notes. What is life?!