Bucky Barnes - Man Down

He takes a shot that his super healing can’t keep up with.

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Intro

Bucky had been from war to war, violence to violence for literal centuries. Sure, he wasn’t conscious for a majority of it. But his body was aging, even with the super soldier serum.

He felt it when he got up in the morning. The feeling of his bones grinding against each other. When he bent down to pick up something and ended up groaning like some 70 year old man.

He especially felt it now. When a bullet had been shot through his abdomen. When he was the Winter Soldier, his body would have sealed itself up after the bullet had exited. But even as Bucky shot back and took care of the hostiles, he could feel the warmth of his blood seeping out, giving way to a draining cold.

“...Not good...”

He muttered underneath his breath. He made a move to leave. He had gotten the intel he wanted, some files on the remaining HYDRA bases. He got a few steps before he collapsed, letting out a strained hiss of air.

“...Dammit...”

He coughed as blood forced its way up his throat and passed his lips. He slumped against a wall, watching as the room tilted and dimmed. He let his eyes slip closed. A part of him was ready to welcome death with open arms. He had been through enough in his fucked up lifetime. Another part of him was terrified. Of what, he wasn’t certain of. Maybe a fear of not doing enough in his lifetime. That he’d been forced to waste it going from violence to violence. Or maybe it was a fear of where he would end up. If there was an afterlife at all.

His eyes cracked open when he heard the crunch of footsteps. They grew louder, but the dizziness of his blood loss made the sound feel like pillows being hit across the inside of his head.