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FIC: FCS: Til the End of the Line, Ch. 9, NC-17, (Marvel) Avengers
Title: ‘Til the End of the Line
Fandom: Marvel Avengers
Author: alexcat
Type: FCH, FCS
Rating: R – NC-17
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters nor do I profit from their use.
Warnings: None
Beta: Jaiden
Pairing: Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanov, Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Archive: OEAM, Ao3, Alex’s Story Book
Spoilers: Yes, for both the Avenger universe movies and for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Summary: Steve Rogers can't let Bucky go. He needs to save him and Sam pledges to help. Along the way, he finds unexpected friendship and a little love as well.
~~~
Tony fretted all day and into the evening until Harley called him.
“The package was delivered,” the boy said, “and nothing was broken.”
Tony thanked him profusely and spoke to his mother, thanking her as well. He made himself some microwave food and crawled into his bed early. He meant to go to sleep but he couldn’t sleep. He’d gotten used to sleeping in the guest bed in Steve’s room, gotten used to Steve’s gentle snores and moans as he slept. It was too quiet.
He called Pepper, who was as busy as she’d ever been, running Stark Industries while he played hero.
“I miss you, Tony,” she said. He could hear her breathing as she moved around, doing other things while she talked to him. It wasn’t late enough for bed in California yet.
“I know but I have no idea when I’ll get back.” He started to tell her about Coulson and the new agency now that S.H.I.E.L.D. was gone but realized that he could be bugged even though he swept the place several times a day. “I’m still pretty busy here,” he finished lamely.
“I’ll be here. Tony,” she paused like she did when she was trying to decide whether to say something or not, “is everything okay?”
“I’m just really tired and I miss you,” he finally said. “I love you, Pepper.”
“I love you too. Goodnight.”
He lay there for a long while after the call ended. What was he going to do?
*
Steve woke too early to get up. It was still dark out and Bucky was still asleep. He lay on his cot and thought of Tony and the last few days. What was going to happen with them? Surely Tony would go home to Pepper. He didn’t even try to give a name to the ache he felt at that thought.
*
Tony Stark was still in the DC area, still staying in his condo. He’d just gotten out of the bed and headed to the kitchen when he saw the redhead sitting on one of the barstools.
“Dammit, Natasha, you scared the shit out of me!”
“Where is he?”
“He, who?”
“Rogers.”
“Not here. Why?”
“He might be in danger.”
“How did you get by all the alarms and locks?”
She shrugged, declining to answer.
“Danger from whom?”
“HYDRA, most likely,” she said.
“Barnes? Is Barnes working for HYDRA?”
She chewed her lip for a second then shook her head. “I don’t think so. I think they want to capture either or both of them, try to brainwash them and make them into HYDRA operatives.”
“Fuck!” Tony hissed under his breath.
“Are they together?”
“What do you think?”
“Damn.”
“How do you know these things, Natasha?” Tony started coffee in his machine, not because he wanted any but because he needed something to do with his hands.
“I just do, Stark. Rogers is in trouble, and he is an asset we can’t afford to lose.”
“I sent them away. Bucky didn’t want to come in. For once, I agreed with him and Steve. They’d poke around in his head for the side of right, but they’d poke around anyway.”
“Can you warn them?” She went to one cabinet then another until she found the coffee cups and set them by the coffee maker.
“I can call the person I sent them to, but I’ll have to wait for Steve to call me.”
“Then do it and then you, me and Sam need to take a road trip.”
*
Steve and Bucky both got up early, too early. Steve found cereal and milk. They ate in companionable silence. Steve put on a t-shirt and sweatpants for his run. Bucky watched him curiously.
“Why do you run?”
“It makes me feel good, helps me think.”
Bucky nodded.
“Want to come along?” Steve asked.
Bucky shook his head. “I’ll make some coffee, if I can find some, and get a shower.” Bucky was remembering little things, but he didn’t want to tell Steve yet, didn’t want to disappoint him if there were no more real memories in his head.
Steve was back in an hour, Bucky was clean but not dressed, sitting around in a towel.
“What’s wrong?”
“I have no clothes but the ones I wore, and they’re pretty gamy by now.”
“I think my clothes will fit you. I brought a few extras. Just get what you need,” Steve said as he rummaged around for food. “Are you hungry all the time?” he asked.
Bucky almost smiled. “Not as much as you are.”
Steve grinned and made a peanut butter sandwich. “I’ll ask Harley about doing some laundry.”
As if summoned, the boy came into the garage from the house. “The Mechanic called. He said that Widow said there is someone coming for you.”
Steve nodded as if this were some mundane message he was expecting, but he said very quietly to Harley, “You need to get your mom to take you and your sister on a vacation today.”
Harley nodded and headed back into the house.
“What was that about?” Bucky asked.
“We have company coming. Nat told Tony.”
“What do we do?” Bucky asked.
“Get those three to safety then we fight. What else can we do?”
Harley came back in the room. He looked nervous. He silently pointed to a trunk and handed the key to Steve. When Steve started to speak, Harley shook his head. The boy turned and went back into the house.
Steve unlocked the trunk and Bucky dressed in his dirty clothes. The trunk had weapons, many that only Stark could have put here. He lifted out one and handed it to Bucky and took one himself.
Bucky looked it over and was satisfied he could operate the gun. He nodded at Steve.
Steve pointed to himself then to the door into the house. He pointed to Bucky and motioned for him to stay in the room right now.
Steve Rogers grabbed his shield, took a deep breath and opened the door to Harley’s home. One of the men was tying the children’s mother to a chair. The other sat on the couch with the children on one side of him. He held a pistol and was saying, “If you’ll tell me where they are…”
“Here I am. You probably want to let these people go.”
“I don’t think so,” said a third man who came in from the kitchen with a long, ugly knife in his hand. “I was just telling the boy that I enjoy carving.” His smile was ugly and he looked as if he’d been carved on some time in his life.
“It’s me you want. Let them go and I’ll go with you.” Steve hoped Bucky wouldn’t jump in too soon. Keeping the family safe was his primary goal right now, then keeping Bucky safe.
“We want your friend with the shiny arm, too.” This came from the one with the knife, who appeared to be the leader.
“S.H.I.E.L.D. has him. He’s a lost cause, keeps babbling about HYDRA and more heads growing back. The science guys decided to play with his head some.”
“We knows he’s here. We saw him with you.”
Steve laughed. “Do you think I’m that stupid? He’s a decoy. So am I.” Steve hoped that it was true and Tony and Nat were taking down bigger fish in the DC area.
“Put down the gun and that silly shield, then Rogers,” the leader said. “Come with us peacefully and we won’t harm these children.”
Steve knew that he could take them all out, but he didn’t want to kill anyone in front of the children. He laid down his weapons and held his hands up. The knife man motioned him onto his knees. He pulled a gun tucked in the back of his pants and put it to Steve’ head.
He and the other two never even saw what was coming as Bucky burst through the door, taking down the one with the children while Steve grabbed his shield and threw it at the knife guy, knocking him out in an instant. The man guarding Harley’s mother never had a chance as Bucky dropped him with one swipe of his metallic arm. They tied the three up and freed the captives.
“Go! Get out.” Steve called out as they did just that.
“More coming?” Bucky asked.
“Count on it.”
Harley and his family were gone, out the back and to his mother’s car parked down the street. It had some money and suitcases in the trunk. Harley had worked out that part with Tony before Steve and Bucky even got there.
~~~~
Fandom: Marvel Avengers
Author: alexcat
Type: FCH, FCS
Rating: R – NC-17
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters nor do I profit from their use.
Warnings: None
Beta: Jaiden
Pairing: Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanov, Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Archive: OEAM, Ao3, Alex’s Story Book
Spoilers: Yes, for both the Avenger universe movies and for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Summary: Steve Rogers can't let Bucky go. He needs to save him and Sam pledges to help. Along the way, he finds unexpected friendship and a little love as well.
~~~
Tony fretted all day and into the evening until Harley called him.
“The package was delivered,” the boy said, “and nothing was broken.”
Tony thanked him profusely and spoke to his mother, thanking her as well. He made himself some microwave food and crawled into his bed early. He meant to go to sleep but he couldn’t sleep. He’d gotten used to sleeping in the guest bed in Steve’s room, gotten used to Steve’s gentle snores and moans as he slept. It was too quiet.
He called Pepper, who was as busy as she’d ever been, running Stark Industries while he played hero.
“I miss you, Tony,” she said. He could hear her breathing as she moved around, doing other things while she talked to him. It wasn’t late enough for bed in California yet.
“I know but I have no idea when I’ll get back.” He started to tell her about Coulson and the new agency now that S.H.I.E.L.D. was gone but realized that he could be bugged even though he swept the place several times a day. “I’m still pretty busy here,” he finished lamely.
“I’ll be here. Tony,” she paused like she did when she was trying to decide whether to say something or not, “is everything okay?”
“I’m just really tired and I miss you,” he finally said. “I love you, Pepper.”
“I love you too. Goodnight.”
He lay there for a long while after the call ended. What was he going to do?
*
Steve woke too early to get up. It was still dark out and Bucky was still asleep. He lay on his cot and thought of Tony and the last few days. What was going to happen with them? Surely Tony would go home to Pepper. He didn’t even try to give a name to the ache he felt at that thought.
*
Tony Stark was still in the DC area, still staying in his condo. He’d just gotten out of the bed and headed to the kitchen when he saw the redhead sitting on one of the barstools.
“Dammit, Natasha, you scared the shit out of me!”
“Where is he?”
“He, who?”
“Rogers.”
“Not here. Why?”
“He might be in danger.”
“How did you get by all the alarms and locks?”
She shrugged, declining to answer.
“Danger from whom?”
“HYDRA, most likely,” she said.
“Barnes? Is Barnes working for HYDRA?”
She chewed her lip for a second then shook her head. “I don’t think so. I think they want to capture either or both of them, try to brainwash them and make them into HYDRA operatives.”
“Fuck!” Tony hissed under his breath.
“Are they together?”
“What do you think?”
“Damn.”
“How do you know these things, Natasha?” Tony started coffee in his machine, not because he wanted any but because he needed something to do with his hands.
“I just do, Stark. Rogers is in trouble, and he is an asset we can’t afford to lose.”
“I sent them away. Bucky didn’t want to come in. For once, I agreed with him and Steve. They’d poke around in his head for the side of right, but they’d poke around anyway.”
“Can you warn them?” She went to one cabinet then another until she found the coffee cups and set them by the coffee maker.
“I can call the person I sent them to, but I’ll have to wait for Steve to call me.”
“Then do it and then you, me and Sam need to take a road trip.”
*
Steve and Bucky both got up early, too early. Steve found cereal and milk. They ate in companionable silence. Steve put on a t-shirt and sweatpants for his run. Bucky watched him curiously.
“Why do you run?”
“It makes me feel good, helps me think.”
Bucky nodded.
“Want to come along?” Steve asked.
Bucky shook his head. “I’ll make some coffee, if I can find some, and get a shower.” Bucky was remembering little things, but he didn’t want to tell Steve yet, didn’t want to disappoint him if there were no more real memories in his head.
Steve was back in an hour, Bucky was clean but not dressed, sitting around in a towel.
“What’s wrong?”
“I have no clothes but the ones I wore, and they’re pretty gamy by now.”
“I think my clothes will fit you. I brought a few extras. Just get what you need,” Steve said as he rummaged around for food. “Are you hungry all the time?” he asked.
Bucky almost smiled. “Not as much as you are.”
Steve grinned and made a peanut butter sandwich. “I’ll ask Harley about doing some laundry.”
As if summoned, the boy came into the garage from the house. “The Mechanic called. He said that Widow said there is someone coming for you.”
Steve nodded as if this were some mundane message he was expecting, but he said very quietly to Harley, “You need to get your mom to take you and your sister on a vacation today.”
Harley nodded and headed back into the house.
“What was that about?” Bucky asked.
“We have company coming. Nat told Tony.”
“What do we do?” Bucky asked.
“Get those three to safety then we fight. What else can we do?”
Harley came back in the room. He looked nervous. He silently pointed to a trunk and handed the key to Steve. When Steve started to speak, Harley shook his head. The boy turned and went back into the house.
Steve unlocked the trunk and Bucky dressed in his dirty clothes. The trunk had weapons, many that only Stark could have put here. He lifted out one and handed it to Bucky and took one himself.
Bucky looked it over and was satisfied he could operate the gun. He nodded at Steve.
Steve pointed to himself then to the door into the house. He pointed to Bucky and motioned for him to stay in the room right now.
Steve Rogers grabbed his shield, took a deep breath and opened the door to Harley’s home. One of the men was tying the children’s mother to a chair. The other sat on the couch with the children on one side of him. He held a pistol and was saying, “If you’ll tell me where they are…”
“Here I am. You probably want to let these people go.”
“I don’t think so,” said a third man who came in from the kitchen with a long, ugly knife in his hand. “I was just telling the boy that I enjoy carving.” His smile was ugly and he looked as if he’d been carved on some time in his life.
“It’s me you want. Let them go and I’ll go with you.” Steve hoped Bucky wouldn’t jump in too soon. Keeping the family safe was his primary goal right now, then keeping Bucky safe.
“We want your friend with the shiny arm, too.” This came from the one with the knife, who appeared to be the leader.
“S.H.I.E.L.D. has him. He’s a lost cause, keeps babbling about HYDRA and more heads growing back. The science guys decided to play with his head some.”
“We knows he’s here. We saw him with you.”
Steve laughed. “Do you think I’m that stupid? He’s a decoy. So am I.” Steve hoped that it was true and Tony and Nat were taking down bigger fish in the DC area.
“Put down the gun and that silly shield, then Rogers,” the leader said. “Come with us peacefully and we won’t harm these children.”
Steve knew that he could take them all out, but he didn’t want to kill anyone in front of the children. He laid down his weapons and held his hands up. The knife man motioned him onto his knees. He pulled a gun tucked in the back of his pants and put it to Steve’ head.
He and the other two never even saw what was coming as Bucky burst through the door, taking down the one with the children while Steve grabbed his shield and threw it at the knife guy, knocking him out in an instant. The man guarding Harley’s mother never had a chance as Bucky dropped him with one swipe of his metallic arm. They tied the three up and freed the captives.
“Go! Get out.” Steve called out as they did just that.
“More coming?” Bucky asked.
“Count on it.”
Harley and his family were gone, out the back and to his mother’s car parked down the street. It had some money and suitcases in the trunk. Harley had worked out that part with Tony before Steve and Bucky even got there.
~~~~