Afraid of Me?{BuckyxReader}(1)

~~~Winter 1999~~~

You tagged along with your older brother and his friends. Your mother had insisted you go with them so you were not stuck inside all day.

“(y/n) keep up. Come one you can do it!” Your brother Theo called back to you.

His friends wanted to check out the abandon buildings on top of the mountain you lived near. You and your brother had played in the woods since you could remember but you never climbed the mountain. 9yrs old bundled up in a winter coat, scarf and gloves, it was very difficult for you to move upward on slopes.

“I don’t know why you brought her Theo, she is just slowing us down. It will be dark by the time we get to ruins.” Chase complained as Liam shook his head in agreement.

“Hey my mom asked if I could take her okay so ease up man, besides I think she would like to see the ruins to.” Theo defended.

“Fine but I am not carrying her if she gets tired…” Chase heaved himself forward up the hill followed by Liam.

You pulled yourself by the small tree trunks that lined the hill trying to keep up and show Chase you were not dead wait. You successfully reached the top but you were tired now and sat on a near by rock.

“You okay (y/n)?” Theo asked

“Yeah, how much farther is it?”

“Not to far, come on.” He stood you up and took your hand.

He led you through the forest and you saw the towering structure grow with each step you took. Theo let go of your and joined his friends pulling up the bottom of a chained linked fence so everyone could crawl through.

~~~Present Day~~~

You were visiting home, your brother had returned home from his time over seas. Your parents were happy to see you both. It had been awhile since you had returned, and it had felt like forever since you had seen your brother. Funny he became a soldier and you become a historian.

You walked through the door of the place where you grew up and were greeted with the strong embrace from your brother.

“Jeez about time you showed up, I was about ready to go looking you.” He laughed as he put you down.

“Right and then you have been shit out of luck trying to figure out where I was, that airport is like a maze.” You joked.

He helped you with your bags and you shrugged off you coat.

“Hey where’s mom and dad?” you asked

They went to pick up take-out, they remember how much you love chinese.” Theo said from upstairs.

Theo joined you in the kitchen after he put you bags in your room.

“How have you been?

“Surviving, going back through time and learning new things they only brush on in high school is really tedious work.” You replied.

“Hey at least you don’t get shot at.” Theo handed you a drink.

“This is true, but you did fine.” You punched his arm.

There was a tension in the air as your laughed die down and the silence echoed.

“(y/n) I have something for you…” Theo pulled out a folded piece of paper from his pocket.

He slid it over so quickly like he was passing a weapon.

“What is it?”

“You have to open it.”

You unfolded the paper realizing it wasn’t just paper but photo quality paper. You put it flat on the counter to smooth it out. You focused on the image and froze.

“(y/n), you were right. I saw your ghost, he is very real.”

~~~Flashback to Winter 1999~~~

“Are we even suppose to be here Theo.” You asked wandering behind looking at the buildings

“Stop whining…wait why are you going to tell on us?” Chase stopped and turned to look at you.

“Lay off Chase.” Theo gently shoved Chase.

“I swear Theo if your sister gets us in trouble…”

“She won’t alright, right (y/n)?” Theo looked at you.

You nodded in agreement.

“Hey guys check this out!” Liam called from up ahead.

You all ran to see what Liam had found. He had entered one of the broken down buildings and had found a gun one the old crates.

“Liam that looks dangerous, put it back” Theo said.

“Nah man I think we should see if it still works.” Chase with excitement.

Theo went to protest but the boys ran out of the building, and Theo ran after them leaving you alone. You didn’t want to know if the gun worked, it was dangerous either way. You looked around the building, the roof opened in places letting the light in. Most of the building had collapse but there were ways to crawl through to get into rooms. You decided to explore then go out into the cold.

~~~Present~~~

“(y/n) what’s wrong?”

“I thought we promised never to talk about this. The dozens of shrinks I sat and talk with…”

“I believed you…every word.”

“Did you?! Because if I remember correctly you went along with those two idiots you called your friends!” You spat.

Theo looked at you with sadness, you held you head in your hands.

“There are nights I still have nightmares…dreams, I wake up and see him out my window or at my door or a face in the crowd…”

“He is real though, I knew you weren’t lying…I just went along with them because I thought it was the right thing to do.” Theo put a hand on your back.

“Theo why bring this up now? Why show me this?” You turned and looked at him.

“Chase and Liam are dead, a few years apart but under the same circumstances…” Theo’s eye looked hollow with no sign of emotion.

~~~Flashback to Winter 1999~~~

BANG!

You heard the echo of a gunshot, it seems the gun Liam had found worked after all. You climbed under a fallen beam to reach the stairs leading up. You heard laughter coming from outside. Climbing the steps carefully you looked around curious as to what this place was before it was abandoned.

BANG!

Another gunshot followed by the sound of glass shattering. They were probably shooting out windows with their dangerous new toy. You walked the through a broken door and found a room with broken desks and bookshelves.

You took you little finger and brushed the spines of the books on the lowest shelf. You let you imagination wander as you peeled an old book from the bookcase. Dusting it off you imagined the room at it most pristine, the desks weren’t broken, the lights were bright above your head and people buzzed around you.

Funny thing was the images is were so clear it made you believe what you saw was real. You saw people in long lab coats hustling in an out of the room and then soldiers marched in the room, this made you back up against the wall.

“Theo…” you muttered getting scared.

The soldiers parted and in walked in someone important, you didn’t like the way he looked. You turned your head to look across the room at the people in lab coats cowing behind their desks. The soldiers raised their guns…

BAM!

The images faded as the building shook, shaking loose the dust from every surface and toppling over some of the bookshelves.

“(Y/N)! WHERE ARE YOU?!” You heard Theo yell frantically.

You ran out the room and back to the stairs, which were now blocked by rubble.

“Theo! Up here!” You jumped up and down waving your arms.

“(y/n)! are you okay?” He tried to move some rubble but it didn’t make much difference.

“I’m fine, what happened?”

“Chase shot a gas tank, we need to get out of here before the police and fire fighters get here.”

“Fire fighters? Why would they be coming?”

“(y/n) I need you find a safe way down here so we can leave, can you do that?” Theo almost pleaded.

“I’ll try…”

You ran back through the hallway that lead to the mystery room but you went passed it this time, you caught a glimpse of rapid flashes knowing your imagination was continuing the story.

You started smelling smoke, and it got warmer as you went further down the hallway.

~~~Present~~~

“What? You’re not serious?” You looked at Theo

There was silence and then he took a deep breath.

“Chase and Liam both left town when they were older, started new lives. Chase died in a factory explosion, it was deemed an accident. I would have believed it if not for what they found on his person.” Theo placed something in your hand.

You rolled the .45 caliber bullet in your palm

“Liam had the same bullet on him to…”

“These bullets are from the gun you guys found…”

“Yes and your ghost is getting rid of us.”

“Why it doesn’t make sense?”

“I saw him once, on my deployment. I didn’t know about Chase or Liam at the time…”

“He is coming after us…” You gasped.

“No, not us. Just me.”

“What are you talking about? I was there to…” Theo stopped you

“But you didn’t start the fire or shot at him…”

“Theo…what?...”

“Liam setup the gas tanks near the building and egged Chase to shot them. Chase shot at them thinking they were empty. Chase and Liam caused the fire, “the ghost” came out of the building all ragged, I was scared. Chase shot at him first, then Liam tried to tackle him…Chase joined in, Liam grabbed the gun and fired. The gun ended up at my feet…I was scared…”

“Theo…”

“We heard you scream…” Theo eyes flicked left and right turning almost black as he relived everything.