Summary:when in trouble, you ended up by the front door of the Avengers compound; they gave you everything: safety, home, family and thanks to one specific person you found out what it’s like to love and be loved
Warnings: swearing, mild violence, mentions of Hydra’s experiments, Sam being a cutie
Word count:~3,2k
A/N: english is not my native language so I apologise for my mistakes and lack of vocabulary, I’m still learning
A/N: this fic needs to be proofread very badly but im too lazy to do that rn, so i’ll do it next time. And this low-key sucks so..
“hey guys? There’s a woman laying on the ground by the front door” Sam called out when he opened the door and saw you.
“what?” Steve quickly walked over to where Sam was standing, followed by Natasha and Bruce.
Sam opened the door wider so they all could see. “why are you standing here like an idiot, check up on her!” Nat threw her hands in the air frustrated. She was so done with them.
Sam crouched down to check your pulse “she’s alive but unconscious” he informed looking back at his friends.
“yeah no shit” Natasha sighed.
“come on, bring her to my lab, she needs help” Bruce said.
Sam nodded and carefully picked you up, gasping when he saw blood coming out of her leg. “she’s hurt”
“fuck, come on Sam, hurry up” Steve rushed him.
Sam really wanted to complain about Steve bossing him around but he knew that there’s no time for that.
“who’s that?” Tony raised his eyebrows when the three guys passed him with you in Sam’s arms.
“we don’t know yet. Sam found her unconscious by the front door and she’s hurt” Steve quickly explained and turned around to catch up with them before hearing Tony yell.
“I hope she’s not here to kill us!”
•••
“is she okay?” Sam walked into the medbay, where Bruce was doing some research with a nurse.
“I think so, we removed the bullet from her leg and took some blood so we could run some tests” Bruce shrugged.
Sam looked at you worriedly, he had a strange feeling inside of him, like a voice was telling him to not leave you alone. He frowned when he noticed something on your wrists and ankles.
“why is she tied up?”
“because we have no idea who she is. She might be dangerous”
“does she look dangerous to you?” he said angrily, glancing at your angelic face.
Bruce rolled his eyes. “she might not look dangerous but she could be. We’re not risking. Remember what happened with Ultron?”
Sam thought about it for a second and then nodded, deciding that he’s right but still, the voice in his head was telling him that you’re trustworthy.
Suddenly your eyes shot open as you tried to get up from the hospital bed but struggled with the restraints.
“where am I? who are you? how did I get here? why am I tied up?” you spilled your words, frantically looking around the room.
Bruce immediately stood up and carefully walked closer to you so he wouldn’t scare you more.
“you’re in our compound, we are the Avengers, we don’t know how you got here because we found you unconscious by our front door and you’re tied up because we don’t know who you are and we’re not taking any chances to get killed tonight” he explained calmly looking for any signs of threat in you.
“my name is…I..uhm” you stuttered, still looking around the room. Your eyes fell on Sam when he knitted his eyebrows together.
“you don’t remember your name?” he asked.
“she’s a bit in shock, it’s normal. Give her some time” the nurse intervened in the conversation.
“hey, you can trust us” Sam stepped closer and extended his arm to touch you but quickly changed his mind. He didn’t want to make you more uncomfortable. “I’m Sam”
“and I’m Bruce”
“aren’t you that big green guy?” you asked.
Bruce sighed and nodded. “yeah, the Hulk”
You looked at Sam and stayed quiet for a minute, trying to remember who are you and how did you end up here. Your memories were blurred and your head started to hurt from thinking too much.
“my name is y/n. The last thing I remember is that they injected me with something and I passed out” you gulped when an unclear flashback came into your mind.
You still kept your glance at Sam as he opened his mouth to ask. “who are they?”
You closed your eyes when a stinging pain crossed your head. “Hydra”
•••
“are you sure she’s not dangerous? She might be pretending just to get closer to us” Steve crossed his arms on his chest, leaning back on the chair.
“I don’t think so” Bucky shook his head. “she might have been an unsuccessful experiment and was thrown out”
“so how did she appear by our front door?” Tony asked.
“maybe she came here for help” Bucky shrugged his shoulders.
“Wanda, maybe you could read her mind?” Sam looked at the girl who was deep in her thoughts.
“I could try”
They all left the conference room to walk to the medbay where you were still tied up. Everyone stood outside the door waiting for Wanda to do what she needs to do. She concentrated really hard. “my leg hurts so fucking bad” she repeated. “how did I got here? I’m going to kill Brumlow for everything he has done for me”
The Avengers frowned glancing at each other while Wanda continued to voice over your thoughts. “I’m scared, they don’t trust me. They’re going to kill me. Those restraints are really itchy”
Without saying a word, Tony walked into the room and you jumped slightly frightened. “we will get you a bedroom so you could rest a little and tomorrow you are going to explain everything you remember” he instructed and when you nodded, Tony freed you.
You carefully stood up from the bed and winced in pain. “can you walk?”
“yeah, I think so” you answered taking a step forwards but when you almost fell on the ground, Sam quickly walked right next to you and hooked his arm with yours.
“here, let me help” he smiled sweetly at you and led you out of the room into another one not far from the medbay. “my room is right next to yours so if you need anything just knock at any time”
“thank you, Sam” you smiled at the guy you met just a few hours ago.
As soon as Sam closed the door and turned around, he met a lot of amused faces standing in front of him.
“what?” he raised his eyebrows, confused by his friends behaviour.
“don’t play dumb, Wilson” Natasha grinned.
“what did I do?”
“you definitely got a thing for her” Steve laughed at his cluelessness.
“what? no, I don’t. what…how…I mean I just met her a few hours ago” Sam stuttered nervously.
“we’re not saying you’re in love with her” Bucky laughed. “but I’ve never ever seen you so sincere and sweet”
“Barnes is right. You are extremely nice to her” Tony nodded.
“okay now I feel cornered up” Sam tried walking past them but got stopped by Steve.
“look, we’re not saying like it’s a bad thing. When I saw Peggy for the first time, I knew I was gonna fall for her eventually too”
Sam shook his head and walked away, not wanting to be interrogated by his friends anymore. He felt strange connection with you and that scared him. He heard a lot of stories by his mom about soulmates but he never believed in any of them but right now…he thinks that maybe, just maybe, there’s a possibility that they exist.
•••
The next morning you came in knocking on Sam’s door which he quickly opened, worried that you might need help.
“I remember everything” you said quietly to him.
His eyes lit up for a second but then quickly turned into a small frown because the look on your face was telling that no matter what you remembered, it’s not gonna be good. “okay, let’s go find the others” he placed his hand on your back and led you to the living room before calling everyone in with Friday’s help.
Being the center of the attention was nothing new to you but you still feel uncomfortable, everyone just staring at you and waiting for you to start talking.
You cleared your throat to prepare and looked down on your lap so you wouldn’t have to keep an eye contact with anyone.
“Brock Rumlow was my boyfriend. I thought he was a good guy…I mean everything was going great at first until one day…we had drinks at his place and I passed out so I guess he put something in it and the next thing I remember is me being tied up on a bed at Hydra’s base just like you have done to me yesterday” you spoke as everyone looked at you with a guilty look. “they injected me with a serum but I’m not sure which one so yeah long story short, I was trying to run away and they shot me in the leg” you sighed and looked up.
Steve looked at Wanda as if asking are you telling the truth and she just nodded feeling bad for you.
“how did you end up by our front door? And why were you unconscious?” Natasha asked.
“when I ran out I jumped into a taxi and he drove me here since he saw that I was shot he didn’t even ask me to give him money. I felt dizzy and my leg hurt like hell so I wasn’t able to reach the door when I passed out” you explained.
“I got the results” Bruce came into the room with a lot of papers in his hands. “they injected a serum that was never used before-“ he started.
“so she was an experiment” Sam interrupted.
“yeah I guess so. I’m still not sure what that serum is supposed to do but we might find out soon, at least she’s alive”
“look, I’m not going to be a burden. I’ll go home tonight, I just wanted to let you guys know because you have to stop them and you’re the only ones that can do that, who knows how many more innocent people are being experimented on and how many of them were unsuccessful leading to death” you offered them a small smile before standing up from your seat.
Sam grabbed your arm to stop you from walking away and you looked at him confused. “you can’t go. Rumlow and his minions are definitely searching for you right now, it’s not safe. Stay here until we take them down” he offered.
Unsure, you looked around the room and the people sitting there. “I don’t know” you meeked out.
“Wilson is right, we’re not letting you put your life in danger. It’s safe here, so please stay” Tony nodded, earning a lot of approvals.
“are you sure?” you asked.
“yes, we are sure. You can stay here as long as you need” Steve gave you a reassuring smile.
•••
A week has passed. A week of trying to come up with a plan on how to take down Hydra and also to figure out what did that serum do to you.
Also a week of getting to know more about the whole team and especially getting closer to Sam. His behaviour towards you was shocking to you since you never had someone taking care of you as much as he did. He would always check up on you, talk to you, help you.
Everyone in the compound teased him about looking like a lost puppy following you everywhere you go but he didn’t care, he just wanted to spend as much time as he can until everything is done and you will get back home.
You were standing in the kitchen, making yourself and Sam something to eat when you heard a loud bang, making you drop everything you had in your hands and then Sam came in running, he looked frightened as he grabbed your hand and started dragging you somewhere.
“go in your room and stay there” he instructed and was about to run off but you stood in his way, placing your hands on his chest to stop him.
“what the fuck is going on?”
“they are here”
That’s all he needed to say. You let him go and went back to your room, your heart was beating out of your chest. Your plan to attack them first failed because now they are here and in your mind, it’s all your fault.
You couldn’t stay still, knowing and hearing that people who saved and helped you are now in danger by people who hurt you.
Impulsively, without any protection, guns or anything, you ran out of the compound as Sam immediately saw you. “y/n! Go back inside!” he yelled while hitting another Hydra’s soldier on the ground.
You ignored him, storming right to where Brock and Steve were fist fighting. You didn’t know what was going on in your mind especially the fact that you could get killed any second now. “Steve, back off”
He frowned looking at you but your eyes burning from rage were fixated on Brock as Steve took a small step back, knowing that you deserve to at least let your anger out on the person that hurt you the most. “I let you in my life, I trusted you, I was even falling in love with you” you started, pointing your index finger at Brock with each word. “you fucking piece of shit used me for an experiment. You weren’t even sure if I was going to survive!” you raised your voice as your eyes teared up but you blinked a couple of times trying to keep them in. “I hate you so fucking much you have no idea” you gritted through your teeth as by now everyone was standing around you after they quickly knocked out Brock’s colleagues. “I’m going to kill you”
Brock was standing still in front of you, listening to your every word but started smiling at the end. “y/n…” he giggled. “I know you. You are all talk”
You were furious. “you don’t know a shit about me and you’re going to regret ever seeing me”
Before you could do anything, you heard a lot of gasps and Sam’s voice. “y/n? Look at your hands”
You looked down and widened your eyes. They were burning. Like literal fire was coming out of your hands. Brock’s smile fell when he glanced at your hands but before he could try to run away or tackle you; you were already grabbing his arms and burning him in the process, making him yell out of pain.
The more you got angry, the more flames got out of your hands making Brock’s whole body burn. The team were standing with their mouths wide open, trying to comprehend everything, while Bruce was already running back inside the compound to look over your tests results once again and to try to find something that explains how did your hands lit up on fire.
When Brock’s body fell on the ground unconscious you stood there for a few seconds, just staring. The fire on your hands slowly decreased and you managed to turn around to face the team.
“h-how?”
Before you could answer, Bruce came running back with a big smile on his face. “I don’t know how did I miss this fact but apparently that serum was filled with one of the Infinity Stones, I’m just not sure which one and now you can create and throw fire with your hands”
You raised your hand a little bit and snapped your fingers, making a small flame on the tip. Mesmerised you started moving your finger in circles, trying to understand what is going on.
Sam walked closer to you, until he was standing right in front, he carefully grabbed your hand, trying not to burn himself and folded it into a fist before lowering it down.
You looked up at him and just now you realised what happened. You killed your ex, you can create fire with your hands. You killed a person.
You wanted to look back at him, but Sam quickly grabbed your head and cupped your cheeks, knowing exactly what you were about to do. “it’s okay. No one’s is going to hurt you now” he whispered.
You wanted to say something, but nothing came out of your mouth as you just nodded. Sam pulled you closer and hugged you tightly, giving you small kiss on the top of your head. You never felt more safe.
•••
The next day, you were already saying goodbye to everyone and thanking them a million times.
“please join us. You would be very useful with your powers” Tony asked you, hoping for a positive answer.
“I don’t know…maybe it’s too soon, I still need to figure out my powers and how to use them”
“it’s okay. Whenever you’re ready…you know where to find us or if you need any help, don’t hesitate” Natasha smiled, giving you one last hug.
“okay” you sniffled and wiped the tear that escaped your eye.
“I will miss you” Sam sighed sadly also hugging you a lot tighter that Nat. To explain the feelings that he has right now is almost impossible. He was heartbroken, like a piece of him is going away; he was angry that he didn’t make a move earlier and now he might never see you again, unless you change your mind.
“I will miss you too, so much” you whispered into his chest.
“bye”
•••
A few hours later, Sam found himself once again opening the front door of the compound, a slight dejavu flashing him.
“y/n?” he asked surprised, eyeing you up and down to make sure you’re not hurt.
“can I stay here? Apparently Rumlow destroyed my flat while they were looking for me” you nervously fiddled with your fingers, a few sparks coming out of them in the process.
“of course, come in. Are you okay?” Sam asked worriedly.
You bit your bottom lip softly and shook your head, giving him an answer. He extended his arms, inviting you in a hug which you gladly accepted, wrapping your arms around his waist, letting a few tears roll down your cheeks. “he ruined my life” you sniffled.
“hey, no. Don’t think like that. Life still goes on, you just have a little bit more right now. You have cool powers which I’m kinda jealous for” you giggled at his words. “and you have new friends, a family if I may say”
“you may” you smiled looking up at him. “thank you” your words came out in a whisper.
Sam cupped your cheeks with his hands. “you don’t need to thank me. I’m here for you” his eyes fell on your lips and he started leaning in a little until his lips touched yours. Anger, pain, sadness, regret. Every feeling that you felt the past days just simply washed away with a kiss.
Now you felt safe, happy, wanted and loved. Everything you ever wanted.
You pulled away and looked at Sam again. “I think I’m falling in love with you”
“what a coincidence. I think I’m falling in love with you too”
