Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, What If...? (Cartoon 2021) Rating: Mature Warnings:

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, What If...? (Cartoon 2021) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Alexei Shostakov, the winter soldier/Red guardian Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Alexei Shostakov Additional Tags: What If...? (cartoon 2021) Season 3, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, What if the red guardian stopped the winter soldier, what if...? s3 ep3 (marvel), Episode: s03e03 What If... The Red Guardian Stopped The Winter Soldier?, Post-Episode: s03e03 What If... The Red Guardian Stopped The Winter Soldier?, Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes, Protective Alexei Shostakov, alexei shostakov - Freeform, Set in the 90s while on the run together, On the Run, Slow Burn, nickname for bucky, Bad Weather, mutual trust building, cabin in the woods, Snowed In, Stoic Winter Soldier, Tender Alexei, Canon Divergence – 1991, Only One Bed (…eventually?), TBC? Summary:

Alexei knows the Winter Soldier could have fulfilled his mission orders and killed him, but he didn't. Now on the run, they share shelter and warmth from the fire. Slowly, something begins to thaw.