Things we lost to the flames

Mutual Healing Shipping Meme

Healing doesn't come quickly, whether the need comes from physical or mental wounds. But you're trying regain your strength - and yourself.

People, as a general rule, are kind, or at least not outright inflammatory to you, it seems. Still, you just can't connect with them. No matter how nice, how caring, they don't understand. They've never experienced anything like what you've gone through, or they're not like you in a way that lets them see what you still go through; they have no frame of reference. Sure, they have sympathy, but it's not the same. So there's no real connection, despite any friendliness. It's so easy, then, to feel detached...

...until you meet them, in this place of both death and healing.

They may not have been through the exact same struggles, they may not be exactly the same as you, but they know what darkness is light. How they handle this fact may be better or worse than how you do, yet you can see yourself in their actions. And for once? There's connection; more than that, too. Slowly, you can feel yourself opening up towards them, and then, falling for them.

Is this something your used to? Will you fight your feelings, or will you jump at the opportunity to be with someone who can begin to get you? You may have little choice in the matter, as your instincts may just reach out to be with whatever compatible contact you can get. That's better, in the long run, though. Who else could have wounds like yours?

Essentially, it's what it says: a "romance," in the loose definition, or "shipping" meme for characters who have been through the wringer or have hangups.
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(If an age gap does not bother you how about a modern AU of Radical Edward from Cowboy Bebop? Can easily AU her into Kingsman as a white hat hacker as well.)

((As long as she's over 18, it's all good. He doesn't mind a gap. A whitehat hacker for Kingsman sounds perfect.))

(This version is now 24 so not a problem there. And a white hat hacker for Kingsman is is! She'll keep her alias of Radical Edward to be true to her world however. Otherwise feel free to start, maybe they both had missions backfire?)

[ Wakanda is everything and nothing like Sam thought it would be. Technologically advanced, yeah, a safe haven? She hadn't seen that one coming, not with just how bad T'challa was gunning for Barnes - and just how little he cared about who was in his way.

But apparently he's had a change of heart, and all right, she'll take Steph's word for that. More or less. As long as it means getting out of the Raft, anyway, as long as it means her team is as safe as they can be while they're all still wanted fugitives. And at least they're all together, what's left of them.

Well. Almost all of them. Apparently not Barnes any more, or at least, if what Steph told her about Barnes wanting to go back on the ice is true. She hasn't asked Barnes herself - Sam may not like Barnes's decision, but she'd never be the one to try to take it away from her. Barnes had enough of that in her very, very long life.

But that doesn't mean she isn't going to be cranky about it. It's gonna break Steph's heart, with Barnes back on the ice. Sam's the one who's going to have to watch her best friend grieving, gonna have to put extra effort into cheering her up. Granted, Sam'd do that anyway, because Steph's worth it and it's been the two of them against anything and everything the last couple of years, but still.

Thanks a lot, Barnes.

It's running away, that's what it is. All right, maybe Sam doesn't know what it's like to have been brainwashed, but she knows what it's like to have demons you don't wanna face, and the longer you put off working through them, thet worse it's gonna get. That's why she's really grumpy.

It is. It has nothing to do with that she might actually miss Barnes.

She raises one eyebrow from her perch on the seat at the windowsill when she spots Barnes walking by, unable to resist a comment. ]

Shouldn't you be making like Sleeping Beauty right about now?

[She knows they're both going to be mad at her. She also knows neither of them will stop her, not Steph who would tear down the world for her, and not Sam who's already done so much for someone who tried to kill her. Bucky should really apologize for that. At some point.]

I'm working on it.

[Or rather, the Wakandan scientist are working on it. Things have to be just right or she might end up with a bad case of freezer burn. Bucky honestly isn't thrilled about the idea of going back under, of being laid in helpless stasis and putting her trust in people she barely knows. But it's for the best. Just because she's remembered herself doesn't mean that someone can't come along and send it all to hell, say those damn words again, and she'll leave more bodies in her wake.]

[She can't take that risk.]

What, worried you're going to get into trouble again and I won't be there to save you?

[She's teasing, because she knows Sam isn't happy with her choice, but what choice does she have? Just the idea of hurting any of them sets off a panic reaction, makes her want to bolt and get as much distance between them as possible. She's better at corralling that instinct at the moment-- but it also solidifies her resolve.]

Not that a one-armed wonder would be much help.

[ Her expression twitches just a little when Barnes says that she's working on it, brows furrowing down and the tiniest hint of a frown starting before she catches her self and smooths it out.

It's not like it makes a different hearing Barnes confirm it, but there was maybe a part of Sam that had been hoping that she'd changed her mind.

Still, the corner of her lip quirks up in a small smirk at Barnes teasing her, and she lets out a vaguely amused huff. ]

I'm pretty sure you could take on anyone you needed to even with both arms behind your back. Except maybe a teenager in spiderweb pajamas.

[ She's teasing back, even if the fact that she has to use the word teenager to describe someone that Stark recruited to try to bring them all in just reminds her of exactly how unhappy she is with him at the moment, for so many things.

But Stark's not here for her to get into it with, and Barnes is. Teasing and vaguely warm fuzzy feelings about Barnes trying to protect her from the spider-kid, Sam is still a little unhappy with her, too. ]

How long you gonna keep running, huh?

Things we lost to the flames

brienne of tarth | got

sansa stark | game of thrones | m/f

Agent Percival | Kingsman: The Secret Service

Re: Agent Percival | Kingsman: The Secret Service

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Selina Kyle/Catwoman | DC Comics | OTA

Peeta Mellark | The Hunger Games | OTA

Rey | SW:TFA | OTA

Jane "Bucky" Barnes | MCU (fem!AU) | OTA

civil war spoilers all over the place in here

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