CAPTIVE [Bucky Barnes x OC] 18+

32 || Honey

Hey y'all. Short disclaimer at the very beginning. This chapter is heavy. It deals with trauma mention from Marie's side and I am well aware that there's a high possibility of triggering some of you. Please only continue reading if you're comfortable with the following TW, and stop if it's too hard for you.

TW
detailed/graphic mention of rape
extreme depiction of violence
blood and gore
torture

also smut, yes

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As Marie walked away from him, Bucky turned back in the surveillance room and sat back in the chair he had occupied for himself earlier. He felt Stark's eyes on him as he squeezed the bridge of his nose with his metal index finger and thumb.

"What's up with you, Barnes?"

He shook his head, not wanting to talk to Stark about anything that was on his mind. Though they made up their differences and had very long and very serious talk with Steve and Natasha playing supervisors, they weren't that close friends.

But Bucky sighed before he started speaking. "Nothing serious. Listen, Stark. I don't like it when you blow off on Marie like that. I know she doesn't do what you want but you can't treat or talk to her like that. It's not fair."

"She's irresponsible, Barnes."

"She's grieving, Tony! She killed the man that raised her for the majority of her life. I know he did terrible things to her, but..." Bucky gulped and was silent for a moment, thinking about how to phrase the sentence that was about to spill from his lips. He didn't like admitting it. It would make things a lot more complicated back at the compound. The soldier sighed again as he looked back at Tony who eagerly waited for him to continue. "She loved him in a different way. I know you don't understand that and I can't explain it to you Marie could if you asked her, but that's what it is. Those people were her family for a very, very long time, Stark."

Tony leaned forwards in his chair, elbows resting on the mohagony table and his face burried in his hands. He breathed heavily as he let the soldier's words sink in. The gears in his brain got stuck while working through the information it was trying to process.

Family.

After a while, he looked up at the monitor in front of him and directly into Barne's eyes. He wanted to say something when a knock at the milky tinted door broke the silence in the conference room.

Tony turned in his chair and got up, walking over to the door and opening it a little to see who wanted something from him. It was Bruce.

"What is it?"

Bruce looked at Tony and moved his head to the side to get a glimpse of what was going on in the room. He saw Bucky on the screen on the wall, who sent a small wave at him as he spotted the scientist standing in front of Stark. Bruce returned it with a small smile.

"I need to talk to you for a moment, Tony."

"I'm in the middle of a very important video call as you can see. Can't it wait?"

Bruce shook his head. "I'm afraid not. It's good you're on a call with Barnes, maybe he can answer my..."

"You're not invited to our little party, Bruce. Wait till I'm done."

"But it's..."

"I said no. Now leave me alone." Tony turned and closed the door with his foot, but Bruce held it open with one hand. He hated it when Tony brushed him off like that and treated him like he didn't know shit.