broken but healing — psl

[chuju]

bucky x daisy

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— louisiana, post-fatws

[chuju]

i didn't think i'd get back up, i didn't think i'd be alright again (♫)

[ Delacroix, Louisiana is like a foreign country compared to New York or LA. There are similarities to River's End but it's mostly the size of the town. Small, where everyone knows everyone else within the community. It's like nothing Daisy's ever experienced before, people smiling at her as she walks the streets, welcoming her as she arrives at the dockside celebration. The case of beer she deposits on one of the tables probably doesn't hurt — it certainly earns her some cheers from the nearest group.

She's immediately pulled into conversation, a string of questions launched at the welcome stranger while a plate of cake is shoved into her hands. Before long, she's laughing at stories being shared of Sam Wilson as a rambunctious youngster, because if she's Sam's friend then she simply has to hear them, and correcting that assumption isn't something Daisy even considers. She's here on behalf of SHIELD to extend friendship, after all, so it's not a stretch by any means to call herself Sam's friend.

She's a new friend who is there congratulate a man on a rightfully-earned honor that she and most of the others at SHIELD would fiercely defend his right to. It's an honor that Walker hadn't earned — soldiers are heroes, she'll never deny that, but being decorated and applauded for your many achievements isn't the same as fighting the good fight when no one's there to give you a medal for it. There's simply no comparison to continuing the fight in the face of insurmountable odds, knowing you likely won't make it through this one, and willingly charging in headfirst.

Looking around at all the happy people gathered to celebrate together, it strikes Daisy how nice it is to be there. It's so very nice, reminding her of the old days with her team before everyone had gone their separate ways. There were still good days with other agents, celebrations when they survived another day that might have been their last, but it just wasn't ever quite the same. It wasn't ever like this. ]