fic: Buratino

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Buratino

31k words | Bucky Barnes, Steve Rogers, Shuri, T’Challa, Ramonda, and a lot of cameos and OCs.

summary: Bucky Barnes is still tangled in his puppet strings even though he’s free. 

The hand is still pretty far down the line, however, and there are a lot of challenges to conquer before he can even consider it. The next day is his first surgery – surgeries – as the Wakandan doctors will have a go at both of his shoulders. He’s fine right until he’s not and Steve is there when that happens. So is Shuri, who doesn’t understand the nature of his terror, but is very sure that talking him through it will help.

“Knowledge is power,” she tells him as they sit next to a giant machine that looks more like a carnival ride than a medical tool with its vivid colors and wild designs along the sides. “Let me show you how we do things here in Wakanda.”

She makes Steve get inside the machine and then brings up a 3D sand image of his body that Bucky is allowed to touch. 

“I’m poking you in the head,” he tells Steve, who cannot see a thing stuffed into the machine as he is. “Maybe now you’ll make sense.”

The sand image flips him the bird and Shuri’s laughter echoes around the room.