CAPTIVE [Bucky Barnes x OC] 18+

04 || News

TW

mental health issue
paranoia

SMUT warning ahead

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January 2018, New York

"You're fine" Bucky hushed, his strong arms curling her into his lap "you're fine."

He stroke her blonde hair softly, planting a gentle kiss on her head.

M sobbed into his navy v-neck shirt.

He had woken from her nightmare. She was curled up in fetal position, the blanket clutched tightly over her body, shaking and crying heavily.

It's been a while since she had the last one.

"I'm here, doll" he whispered, his voice low.

The soldier pulled her face up to his by her chin, stroking the tears from her cheeks with his thumbs before cupping them.

M leaned her head in his metal hand. It calmed her, though she was still shaking.

"Thank you" she answered, her voice coarse from the crying she couldn't wake from.

She leaned back into his chest again, listening to the strong, slow beating of her boyfriend's heart.

His chest moved slowly with every breath he took, reminding Marie of waves. With her eyes closed, his heartbeat brought her from the rough seas inside of her back to the calming shore he provided.

"He's in my head again" she whispered after a while "I can feel his heavy accent on my skin when he talks to me."

"What does he say?" Bucky replied.

He placed his chin on her head. Her blonde hair was soft against his skin. The peachy smell of her shampoo lingered in his nose.

"I... I don't really know. It's like he's muttering to himself, hardly understandable. Something about how disappointed he is and that he..." she stopped mid-sentence.

Bucky didn't know she'd lied on her mission report to Keller.

"I can't grasp the feeling" she finally explained.

M's had a hard time with controlling her emotions since Keller picked her up from Russia and infiltrated her mind again.

He had initially meant to erase her memory, like Pierce had done more than a dozen times with the Winter Soldier, but he had failed.

Instead he left his most-prized possession behind like this.

A crippling mess.

Bucky tightened his grip around her and pulled her body onto his lap harder, his fingertips soft against the bare flesh of her thighs.

"You're save with me, doll" he whispered, looking at her with his warm, blue eyes before he placed a gentle kiss on her soft lips.

They both eventually drifted off to sleep again.

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