my primary instinct is to protect the child

https://archiveofourown.org/works/81858506 by koroq The battlefield after doesn’t look real. It looks like something out of a movie. There’s wind, humidity in the air, and they set up triage tents right up on the alien planet, ushering people inside. The kid’s face is covered in cuts, bruises, and scrapes. Sam hopes that his metallic suit was shock-absorbing, considering how much he was tossed around in the final fight. He doesn’t know his name, or his age, just that he received an ass-whooping from this teenager in Leipzig/Halle airport—something he vehemently refuses to admit. [or: sam can’t help but help a lost kid who looks like a child soldier, right now. then, he just wants to pass out and let the angels take him to delacroix, ‘cause he has no damn energy left after being dead for 5 years.] Words: 4877, Chapters: 1/3, Language: English Series: Part 1 of snap, blip, thwip, and other onomatopoeia Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death, No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: F/M, Gen, M/M Characters: Sam Wilson (Marvel), Peter Parker, James “Bucky” Barnes, Sarah Wilson (Marvel), Shuri (Marvel), Michelle Jones (Marvel) Relationships: Peter Parker & Sam Wilson, James “Bucky” Barnes & Sam Wilson, James “Bucky” Barnes & Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Aunt May Parker & Peter Parker, Michelle Jones & Peter Parker, Harley Keener & Peter Parker Additional Tags: Sam Wilson is So Done (Marvel), But also, Sam Wilson is a Saint (Marvel), War Veteran Bucky Barnes, Military Veteran Sam Wilson (Marvel), Flashbacks, Sam Wilson Acting as Peter Parker’s Parental Figure, Bucky Barnes Acting as Peter Parker’s Parental Figure, more like uncles, or annoying elder brothers, Grief/Mourning, Hurt/Comfort, Peter Parker Needs a Hug, Past Natasha Romanov/Sam Wilson (Marvel), Pre-Relationship, Post-Movie: Avengers: Endgame (2019), Post-Hulk’s Snap | The Return (Marvel), Missing Scene, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Texting, World War II read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/81858506