ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴋ ᴛᴡɪɴꜱ

Chapter 6

I wake up screaming and I hear my door being opened. Before I know it I hear Bucky's voice in the distance, I then feel a warm hand on my shoulder and I feel myself flinch away.

"Hey, hey, Soph it's me. It's me." I hear Bucky say, I flash my eyes towards him and sigh in relief. He pulls me towards him and I throw my arms around his torso. As soon as I start sobbing he rubs reassuring circles on my back.

"Do you want to tell me what happened?" he asks in a reassuring voice.

I shake my head but still whisper, "Nightmare.."

I hear his breath hitch and feel him hugging me a little tighter. We sit like this for a solid 20 minutes, I then get back into bed and Bucky softly kisses my forehead.

"I'm in my room if you need me okay?" he says with a soft smile.

"Okay.." I say. He turns around and opens the door.

"Bucky?"

"Yeah Soph?" he turns around and looks at me.

"Will you stay with me?" I see a small smile on his face and he walks towards me.

"Of course" he gets under the covers and pulls me toward him. "Now please try to get some sleep"

"Okay, goodnight Buck" he kisses my cheek and nuzzles his face in the crook of my neck.

Thirty minutes pass and I am still not asleep.

"Bucky?" I whisper.

"Yeah Doll?" I hear from behind me.

I turn around and look at him, "Thank you."

"For what?"

"For always being here for me"

"Always" he pulls me toward him and I lean my head on his chest. I feel him plant a kiss on my head so I look up and capture his lips on mine, he kisses back. We both fall asleep a couple of minutes later.

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I wake up to the other side of the bed being empty, I immediately panic and shoot up in a sitting position. I look around the room and my eyes land on a note on my bedside table.

'Come meet me in the kitchen when you wake up

- Bucky'

I feel a small smile making it's way to my face. I throw my hair up in a ponytail, I change into a black hoodie, tracksuit shorts and some socks.

When I enter the kitchen I see none other than Bucky behind the stove. I walk up to him and hug him from behind. He turns around and a smile is plastered on his face when he sees me. He kisses the top of my head and turns around to the sizzling bacon.

"Take a seat, Love. Breakfast will be ready in a few minutes." I take a seat at the bar when he says that.

"Coffee?" He asks with a smile on his face.

"Yes please" I smile back at him. He grabs me a mug full of coffee, he also places a plate full of eggs, bacon and pancakes in front of me. He then grabs himself a plate and some coffee too.

"Did you sleep okay?" He asks, a concerned look on his face. I nod and take a bite of my eggs.

"Yeah, I slept better when you were there." A small smile finds it's way to his face and he takes a sip of his coffee.

"I'm glad. How are you feeling though?" he asks as mum, dad and Sam walk in.

"I'm alright, thanks Bucky" we send each other a smile and continue eating.

"Good morning honey" Dad places a kiss on my head and sits next to me, while mum sits next to Bucky.

"Morning" I say in a small voice and take another bite of my food.

"You okay hon?" mum asks, a concerned look in her eyes.

"Yeah, just a little tired" I say and finish my coffee.

Just then Peter and Harley ran into the kitchen and frantically looked around until their eyes landed on mine and Bucky's. I send them a confused look.

"Emily" that's the only thing Harley says before they run out of the kitchen again.

Bucky and I look at each other and run out of the kitchen towards Emily's room. As soon as we walk in we're met by the backs of Harley and Peter, they're kneeled down and blocking our view. In the distance we hear footsteps. I walk around them and I let out a scream as soon as I see her. She's on the floor, eyes closed, motionless. I walk up to her, a hand in front of my mouth and a tear rolling down my face. I check her pulse and it's very weak.

"She still has a pulse,, it's weak but present. We have to get her to med bay, now." I say and try to stay strong. I always knew she had some medical issues but I didn't realise it was this serious.

"What's going on?" I hear uncle Bruce ask. I look at him and relief washes over me.

"It's Emily, we have to get her to med bay." We take her to med bay as quickly as possible but as soon as we get there and her pulse is checked again, we get terrible news. She no longer has a pulse.

In the distance I hear and see uncle Bruce trying everything to get her to have a pulse again, but nothing works. Tears are streaming down my face and I am being pulled into a hug by Peter. I hear him whisper that everything will be okay in time. I hear him trying to calm me down, but all I can think about is Emily. She had heart problems, I knew that. If only I had taken her here sooner. If only.

I felt Peter release me from his hug. The tears had stopped and I turned around. In the distance I heard people ask me where I was going but I didn't answer them. I walked into the living room, grabbed one of dad's bottles of vodka, and walked off to my room. As soon as I walked into my room I locked my door and sat in front of the large window, looking over New York. I opened the bottle and took a big sip. I heard a knock on my door and someone trying to open it.

"Soph? Can you open the door please?" it's Bucky. I just sit there, looking over New York.

"Love, please open the door." I once again hear him trying to open the door. I know he could open it if he wanted to, but I silently thanked him for not doing that. I chugged some of the vodka.

"I'll come check on you later, okay?" I silently hummed and chugged some more vodka.

I heard his footsteps fading off into the distance.

A single tear fell.