Still being tormented and haunted by the memories of when he was the Winter Soldier. Bucky has tried so many things to help him deal with the trauma of his past but nothing has helped.
The Avengers can see how bad the nightmares are affecting Bucky...
"Okay, I think you just ruined BBQ ribs for me forever," Bucky said.
Hope fell back on her bed laughing, "I told you, you would love it."
"Are you done?" he asked when he noticed she was not eating anymore.
"Yeah, I am stuffed, you can have the rest since I know that you have to eat more with your metabolism," Bucky said nothing and just went to town.
While Bucky finished eating Hope grabbed her bag and took out what she needed heading to the bathroom to shower, about 20 minutes later she came out drying her hair with a towel.
Hope came out dressed in beige color sweatpants and a loose long-sleeve top, gray slippers, and glasses.
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She smiled at Bucky, "if you're done the shower is free if you want to jump in," she said as she walked back to her bed to put away her stuff in her bag again.
Bucky was speechless, "Uh, uh y-yeah, I-I'll uh go ahead and shower, now," he quickly grabbed his bag and ran into the bathroom, the entire time Hope gave him a weird look.
"Huh, is he okay?" Hope mumbled.
She went and brushed her teeth then got into bed leaving her bedside light on and taking out a book to read for a bit until she fell asleep.
Meanwhile, in the bathroom, Bucky was freaking out a bit, not sure what just happened to him when he saw Hope come out, but something inside of him stirred when he saw this soft almost vulnerable side to her, he quickly pushed those thoughts to the back of his mind as he stripped down and went to shower. It was probably 20-30 minutes later that he was done and changed, he came out of the bathroom and noticed that it was quiet, making him worry a bit.
He quickly went to go check on Hope and found her in bed with a book on her face but she was not moving. He reach over to move the book and found that she had fallen asleep while reading because she was still wearing her glasses too, he lightly bit his knuckle to keep himself from laughing and waking her up. Quietly he grabbed the book saved where she left off and took her glasses off and put both on the bedside table. As he watched her sleep he could not help but think how innocent and serene she looked, he again felt that same feeling from earlier but still couldn't tell what it was.
Making sure to not wake Hope, Bucky turned off the lights and got into bed as he prayed that he would not be plagued with nightmares again.
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