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Let's get some concepts clear about vampires, first of all, vampires bite, they do suck blood (and other things if the human in question has a lucky day), also vampires can hypnotize and control people they have drunk blood from, they're more strong than the average human and also immortal (in most cases).
Now the misunderstandings, vampires don't run fast, they don't have special skills besides the already mentioned, they don't have to kill to feed, just some blood a day can keep a vampire at its best, they can be in the sun, actually thanks to the bunch of movies implying vampires can't is easier for vamps to hide, and most important, vampires don't turn into bats, vampires don't fly.
But this one sure does.
So Sam Wilson has been a vampire for 53 years now, he had been through a lot, being a black queer trans man during the 60s wasn't easy. He almost died one night when a bunch of homophobes attacked him, Sam ended up almost dead in the street, he wouldn't have survived if it wasn't for that girl who found him and then the weirdest thing imagined happened, she bit him and made him drink her blood. He woke up days later in Sarah's home, with his throat hurting and with so much hunger he could feel a giant hole in his stomach, then he learned what he turned into, Sarah teach him how to feed and how to be unnoticed by human eyes.
Thanks to that Sam had the opportunity to live as many lives as he wanted, his favorite careers for sure were a bar owner during the 80s and that time at the beginning of the 2000s when he and Sarah opened a shelter to help kids, now he's kind of a superhero, if you ask him it was an accident if you ask Sarah it was destiny.
So how did he ended in a team of superheroes, around 2010 he decided to try and join the air force, why? well, he wanted to try to change what hurt endless people for decades now. So he trained and ended up in a special program named the falcon, kinda funny considering that was his first superhero name, well everything was perfect till the accident in which his co-pilot Riley died, well that's what everyone thought, the truth is Sam discovered Riley was also a vampire during their training, so when the accident happened Riley was hurt for some days but got the chance to keep living.
That made Sam realize not everyone could have that luck and realized that war will always destroy people, he started working with people who left the military, helping them to recover and to find another way to live, as a vampire he got the chance to live as much lifes as he wanted to so why not give that opportunity to more people?
Then he met Steve Rogers, yeah THE captain America, well the old one, now he is captain America, did he mention that? Now he spent his days fighting the bad guys by being captain America, a flying captain America by the way.
So if your question is, do vampires fly? the answer is no, but Sam Wilson sure does.
Now knowing that our beloved Sam Wilson is a vampire let's get into the important matter, he has been having a few difficulties with maintaining his composure around certain supersoldier, he manages to control his hunger just well 99% of the time but that 1% has a name, Bucky Barnes.
Being a vampire is easy for Sam Wilson, who wouldn't be an expert after 53 years of living with that condition, but being a vampire has its side effects like feeling everything intensified, for example, his appreciation (love) for his partner.
So there it is Sam in the dark of his room, feeling his heart exploding by how fast his pulse is going, (another misunderstanding about vampires, they do have a pulse) thinking about his partner and the day that just ended with both of them being sarcastically trapped in a closed for two hours because of their target being in the wrong place.
His heart and his mind will not give him rest that night, another thing about vampires, is they do sleep but it's not strictly necessary, just some sleep a week to recharge energy will be enough. Sam likes to sleep most of the time when the memories of his almost death or his years in the air force are not bothering him.
Sarah would call him paranoic but this crush he has for Bucky feels different from any other thing he had for someone before, the problem is that his feelings and more important his instincts are playing against him, Sam can't stop getting distracted by Bucky's scent, it feels stronger than any human he had been close to, he even though it was because of the supersoldier serum, he didn't feel something like this with Steve ever, he liked Steve too for some time I mean have you look at him, but he never felt the way he feels with Bucky.
At the time he opened his eyes again the sun was all over his face, at least he managed to sleep this time, Sam stood up from his bed and opened his door to find a shirtless Bucky in the kitchen cooking something, perfect, that's all he needed to start the day, sarcastically, did Sam mentioned he also lives with Bucky? It looks like he refused to leave Sam after that night in New York.
"good morning Sammy", fuck.
"morning Buck", they're on a nickname basis now after Bucky refused to call him anything different than Wilson for years after they first meet.
"How was your night sweetie", they also do the calling your best friend with pet names.
"couldn't sleep at first but I guess I managed it at the last moment, n' yours?".
"I was still feeling the adrenaline from the mission running through my system so not sure if I slept 10 hours or 10 minutes".
"you know sleep is sleep in this work", Sam said taking a glass of orange juice and sitting at the table.
"you're right", Bucky said and sat with Sam at the table while putting two plates of vegan waffles in front of them.
Sam is vegan, a vegan vampire sounds weird enough but in his defense, he stopped killing humans for blood a long long time ago he tends to consume blood just from rejected blood donations from donors with viral infections or contagious illnesses he wouldn't get, sometimes in certain scenarios, he drinks blood from the targets he and Bucky chase and then erases their memory, just when necessary.
Sam and Bucky ate their waffles in complete silence till Bucky broke it.
"you know, I was thinking we could get a free day this week".
"Yeah? and do what?", Sam questioned.
"maybe go to the cinema or we can visit Sarah, I miss her and the boys".
"We could do both you know there are theaters on Delacroix", Sam said mocking Bucky.
"well if you like, we can tell Joaquín to be in charge for a few days and to call us if anything is wrong".
"I like that plan, I'll call Sarah you tell Joaquín".
Sam went to his room and called her, just for Sarah to make fun of him again for not telling Bucky how he feel for him, maybe going there with Bucky was a mistake after all, but he can't lie to himself, he missed Sarah and the boys, they weren't blood family but they do feel like one after all the years they have been together.
Like that Sam and Bucky took a flight to Louisiana and ended up both having dinner with Sarah and the kids.
"so how are the avengers going lately?", Sarah asked.
"the leader is kinda slow but we're doing good", Bucky said.
"hey, I'm not slow", Sam said while hitting Bucky on the arm.
Bucky pinched Sam with a fork making Sam let out an exaggerated complaint.
"stop playing like kids, not even Aj and Cass do that at the table".
"sorry", both said at the same time.
"it's okay you two can always do the dishes", Sarah said making fun of both of them.
When they finished eating both Sam and Bucky picked up the dishes and went to wash them, it was always like that, Sarah was always teasing them and always making both end up together doing something, like fixing the boat the first time Bucky was there or the last Christmas when both cooked the Christmas dinner, they were used to it, it's not like they don't like spending time with each other, even living together there's not that much time to sit both and relax, there was always a mission and sometimes there was that much work that both had to go with different teams for a long time.
"I missed this", Bucky said.
"doing the dishes?".
"being with Sarah and the kids, it feels familiar, even when I'm not".
"don't say that, you know they see you as part of the family, I see you as part of us", Sam said and looked at Bucky in the eyes, "you know how Cass and Aj are always saying you're their cool uncle, I don't know how to stop that yet", Sam broke the eye contact.
"How can they say that when you're Captain America".
"they have seen me around here all their life, probably the weird super soldier that stepped in is better for them".
Sam was stopped right there when a loud falling sound interrupted him.
"what was that", Bucky asked when a scream came out of the living room.
Both of them ran out of the kitchen, as soon as they entered the living room they saw Sarah there on the floor, she had a big wound on her right arm and some blood falling down her neck.
"Sarah", Sam screamed and ran next to her, "what happened".
"they, they're back, they took Aj and Cass", Sarah said in a quiet voice.
"who is back, what is happening", Bucky said looking at both of them, "you're hurt, Sarah".
"Sam, I need-", Sarah stopped talking because of the pain she was feeling, Sam, looked at the wound and saw her skin burning, silver.
"Okay, I-", Sam looked at Bucky with doubt in his eyes, "I'll do something and I want you to stay calm okay? I'll explain it but you must be in calm".
"what do you-", Bucky said before Sam put his wrist at Sarah's mouth and she bit it, her wound started healing as a drop of Sam's blood fell slowly on the floor.
"what the fuck is happening here", Bucky said taking two steps far from Sam and Sarah.
Sarah stopped biting Sam's arm and looked at Bucky, Sam stood up fast and got in front of Bucky.
"I'm sorry this is the way you had to find out", Sam said.
"what are you talking about? find out what".
"Sarah and I, we are vampires", Sam said with a sincere look, with fear in his eyes, fear of losing him.
"don't fuck with me like that Sam, just tell me what the fuck is happening".
"I'm telling you the truth, we're vampires, Sarah got hurt with silver so the only way to help her heal was with other vampire's blood, my blood", Sam showed Bucky his arm with the two holes already healing.
"why?", Bucky asked.
"why what?"
"Why are you a vampire? why?-", Bucky looked at Sam with sadness, "why didn't you tell me?"
"look, I understand Sam's reasons to not tell you and I also understand why you are upset but, Cass and Aj are missing and I don't want to imagine what kind of things that people will do to them, so stop the couple shit and let's find them", Sarah said standing up in between the two of them.
"I'm sorry", Sam said, "I'll explain it later, I'll tell you everything you need to know I promise".
"okay", Bucky said looking at the floor.
"The last time I looked on them their base was in an abandoned theater, can you ask Joaquín for Intel? I'll find supplies to fight them", Sarah said and walked out of the living room.
Sam called Joaquín next and tell him it was a trafficking case that had Sarah worried, he knew it could be easy, but they had to be prepared because the last thing they wanted was to hurt Cass or Aj.
"how old are you?", Bucky asked breaking the silence.
"I'm still younger than you if that's your question", Sam joked trying to ease the environment between them.
"I just want to know what's your real age", Bucky said with the same dry tone Sam haven't heard in years.
"I was born in 1927".
"ten years after I was born".
"Yeah, when I first met Steve I knew who he was, just that I didn't tell him I was alive when he turned captain America", Sam said and a giant silence took over the room, "I also knew who you were, at that time I didn't know what happened to you, years later when the internet was a thing I searched, I'm older than you in terms of living but well I'm 94 years old".
"How did you, you know, turn into a vampire", Bucky said now with his voice a little softer.
"is not an interesting story actually", Sam started saying but was stopped by Sarah who just entered the room.
"I have everything we need, did you talk to Joaquín?" Sarah asked.
"He sent me a file some minutes ago, it looks like the neighbors have reported people going into the theater at night repeatedly so I guess those may be the cult", Sam said.
"Are you coming with us?" Sarah asked looking at Bucky.
"I'll protect those kids with my life, they're like my family", Bucky said.
"Okay, so few things you have to know about vampires, the only thing that can kill us is silver, forget that shit about wooden stacks okay, those can hurt us but will never be enough to kill us, we don't have special powers like running fast or something, we heal fast and are stronger than the average human, that will not be a problem for you since you already are stronger than the average and last, don't let them bite you, when a vampire bites a human they got control over him for some hours, they can tell you what to do like hypnosis, so, silver stack to the heart is the best option to kill a vampire", Sarah explained and then put a silver stack with a leather handle on his hand, "silver hurt us by just touching it so this will help".
"thank you", Sam said touching Bucky's shoulder.
"it's nothing, I still don't understand everything that is happening but as you said, you are all like my family, I'll never let you, Sarah, and the kids down", Bucky said.
They drove close to the theater and left the car far enough to be unnoticed but closer enough to escape easily, they were out walking in direction of the heater with all the silver stacks and ready to fight.
"are Aj and Cass your children?" Bucky asked breaking the silence.
"not of blood but I adopted them after their parents died, they were just kids so I'm like the only mother figure they have ever met", Sarah answered.
"How did they die".
"Sarah and I were following the leads to this cult who kidnapped people, we knew they were vampires and one night while following them we saw them get into a house, when we arrived there it was too late for Aj and Cass' parents, I fought them while Sarah rescued Cass and Aj and run with them, I killed most of them but two escaped, I thought they forgot about us and the boys, but I guess they were just planning their revenge", Sam explained.
"do they know you two are vampires?", Bucky asked.
"they do, I offered them the chance to be turned into vampires when they turn 21, it's all their choice", Sarah said, "we're close, look".
the theater was damaged but there was a door looking very different from the whole place which means they were waiting for them, at least for Sarah.
"I'll get inside first, you two find a way to enter on the back okay?".
Sam and Bucky went first, walking to the back of the theater and trying to find the closest door, Sam opened it with just one movement making Bucky notice that he was stronger than what he pretended around the avengers, both got inside and Sam texted Sarah to get the plan started.
"you know this wasn't the way I expected our first night in Delacroix to be, but at least we are in a theater like you wanted", Sam joked and Bucky let out a silent chuckle, "it's good to know you're not mad to me anymore".
"I'm not mad at you, I was just, shocked, confused, and kinda sad that I didn't fully know who you were", Bucky answered.
"I didn't want to hide it from you, it's just that, I didn't know how you were gonna react, our lives are weird enough for me to put an extra weight on you, keeping my secret and all that".
"Sam, nothing that has to do with you will ever be a burden for me you know that right? you're my best friend, i'm okay with you letting the cereal box open every morning I promise you I'm okay with you being a vampire", Bucky said looking at Sam very close, that much that Sam could feel his breath on his lips.
"We have to go, Sarah is probably about to get in", Sam said abruptly getting away from Bucky, it was not the time to deal with his feelings for the supersoldier.
they heard how the front door got smashed next to someone screaming, probably Sarah already killed one of them.
they found a spot where they could see Sarah and wait for her to need them, there were like 10 vampires in the place which mean they didn't plan it so well, she was fighting one vampire when a tall man came out of nowhere and took the stack off her hands, Sarah kept fighting but without the stack, she couldn't fight them.
"Stay here, they are not expecting you, I can go help Sarah and if anything goes wrong you can go down there and help", Sam whispered.
"got it", Bucky answered, Sam was about to leave when Bucky grabbed him by the arm, "just be careful okay?".
"I will", Sam said and ran in direction of where Sarah was.
Bucky was looking at the fight from the outside, Sarah was pretty good, he saw her kill at least 6 men, well, vampires, while Sam fought some vampires who were looking at a door at the back of the theater, Cass and Aj were probably there, Sam was about to open the door when Bucky noticed a vampire running through the room in Sam's direction, nor Sarah or Sam saw him, then Bucky saw it, a silver stack.
"Sam!", Bucky yelled across the room and ran in direction of them, "Sam, look behind you!", Sam heard Bucky this time and turned back but it was too late.
At the moment Sam turned his back, the vampire was already attacking, the silver stack broke through Sam's abdomen, Bucky and Sarah saw him fall, Bucky ran faster and reached the vampire and with one single movement put the silver stack on his chest, killing him instantly.
"Sam!", Sarah kneeled near Sam and took his face.
"go find them, Cass and Aj they're inside that room", Sam said with a tired voice.
"I'm not letting you here", Sam told her.
"it's okay, I'll wait for you, I'll be okay I promise", Sarah looked at him and ran the fastest she could inside the room.
"Buck", Sam called for the man In front of him.
"you need something? Sarah will be here in a second", Bucky said and kneeled in front of Sam.
"I'm sorry-", Sam coughed, there was blood all around his body, "I don't think I'll last till she gets here".
"don't say that, you will be okay, I'll not let you die", Bucky grabbed Sam's hand on his.
"I'm so sorry for not telling you".
"don't, it's okay Sam, I forgive you okay? just resist".
Bucky didn't stop holding Sam's hand, hearing him breathe so slowly was painful, not having the chance to do something. A few seconds passed when Sam started coughing again and this time there was blood coming out of his mouth.
"drink from me", Bucky said.
"what?"
"drink it", Bucky said already taking off his jacket.
"it doesn't work like that, when a vampire gets injured with silver we need other vampires' blood to heal like we usually do".
"i know Sam but please just-", Sam looked at Bucky's eyes, there was fear on them, fear of losing Sam, "we can try".
Sam looked at Bucky's wrist in front of his mouth, he would be lying if he said that he never thought of what was the taste of a supersoldier's blood, who's he trying to fool, he wanted Bucky's blood.
Like that Sam bit Bucky's wrist, taking and tasting that new blood, from his part Bucky just let out a small sigh as he saw Sam. To the surprise of both of them, Sam started healing, Bucky saw perplexed how the wound on Sam's abdomen started healing as fast as Sarah's wound some hours ago. Sam stopped feeding from Bucky and saw him.
"Sammy, you-", that was the only thing Bucky was able to say before Sam started kissing him.
Bucky instantly started kissing Sam back with the same eagerness that both of them were feeling, desperate and with want, probably caused by the adrenaline of the fight and probably the fact Sam just drank Bucky's blood.
"I see why you wanted me to go", Sarah said while walking out of the room with Cass and Aj.
Sam and Bucky got apart and looked at them.
"sorry i-", Sam looked at Sarah and then at Bucky trying to get some help.
"it's okay Sammy, you finally got what you always wanted right", Sarah said joking, Sam looked at Bucky and saw how the supersoldier blushed like a tomato.
"Are you two okay?", Bucky asked looking at Cass and Aj.
"yep", Aj answered.
"a man was looking at them, I interrogated him, it looks like this was an attempt of revenge but they didn't have a plan", Sarah said.
"well those are good news", Sam said.
"did you heal with Bucky's blood?", Sarah asked.
"it looks like", Sam said lifting his t-shirt to see his skin "maybe the supersoldier blood works as well as vampire blood, well at least this one does", Sam said looking at Bucky and laughing.
They went out of the theater together and walked in the direction of the car, they will get rid of the corpses tomorrow.
"Sam", Bucky called, they were walking side by side in silence.
"Buck", Sam looked at Bucky with the biggest smile.
"I don't know how to, you know, talk about feelings but I wanted to tell you, that kiss mean something to me, I don't know if it was because of the moment or you drinking my blood but-", Bucky was interrupted by Sam who let a single kiss on Bucky's mouth.
"Bucky, you have no idea for how long I wanted to kiss you", Sam said.
"okay but-".
"Buck, it's okay, I wanted that kiss and I understand what you're trying to say, we can talk about it in the morning", Sam said while intertwining his fingers with Bucky's
Bucky looked at him and smiled, like that they walked in the dark, Sam with his so waited lover and Bucky with his whole family.