Bucky. That's all Steve wanted and needed in his life. Before the war, during, and even after, all Steve wanted was his solider. His Bucky.
After the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D. Steve kept trying to find Bucky to bring him home. Everyone was against this...
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While Steve is talking, I am just standing behind him lookin around at this place.
I was a little nervous and took his hand to play with is fingers to try and calm me down. Steve picked up on what was happening and he pulled me closer against his side while he continued his conversation.
It seems peaceful.
"Captain, Sergeant, if you will follow me, I will take you to my sister's lab and let her explain what she is able to do to help." T'Challa says.
We follow him inside what I am assuming is the palace. Everything looks very techy here. Once we reach the lab, we are approached by a young female.
"Ah brother, is this the broken white boy you told me about" the young girl said.
"Shuri, seriously. But yes, this is Sergeant Barnes and Captain Rogers." T'Challa said.
"It is nice to meet you both, if you will follow me over here, I would like to run a few quick scans of your brain" she says.
I just nod my head and follow her. Before I can blink, she waves a little black ball in front of my face then projects the scans to make it bigger.
As she is looking at everything, I just stand there silently waiting for them to tell me I am a lost cause.
"Okay, well it seems that I can create an algorithm that can extract the trigger words. While I am at it, I will be able to piece together the memories you have as well." She says.
"Uhh okay. What are the side effects to this?" I asked.
"Well, one we will take the arm off to disconnect that connection to Hydra. With the memories, you will still remember everything you have done, but you will get more memories back before you were taken. It won't change your personality negatively. If anything, it will begin to help heal you." Shuri says.
"This sounds too easy." I state.
She looks at me and Steve and sighs.
"Actually, it won't be as easy as it sounds for me at least. It has to be done very precisely and it is time consuming. But there is one more big piece to this." She says.
"And what is that?" Steve asks.
"It will take a year at least to do, but Bucky, you will have to go back under into cyro" she states softly.
I look over at Steve and can see how shattering this news it but he doesn't let it fully show.
Steve clears his throat. "Why..why so long?" He asked.
"Considering that he has several decades of conditioning in his mind, it will take a while to undo all that if we want it done correctly. We want this to be successful that way he doesn't have to live in fear of being controlled anymore." She states.
"I do have one question." I say to them.
Shuri looks at me waiting for me to continue. "I use age regression voluntarily to help with the trauma and stress. Will I still be able to do that?" I asked.
"If you want yes. This procedure will only stop you from being controlled by Hydra again. So everything you do now for yourself, you can still do if you want to." She says.
"Okay, I'll do it" I tell her.
I look over at Steve and he doesn't say anything, he just looks at me with tears in his eyes and nods his head.
"We will start tomorrow. The sooner we begin the sooner we get you healed." Shuri says walking off.
"Let me show you all to your rooms." T'Challa says.
We followed him out of the lab and down a few hallways. We arrived at one of the rooms that was for Steve and I. T'Challa kept walk for Sam to follow.
Sam looks over at me "take all the time you need" he says and walks off.
When I go in the room and close the door. Steve is sitting on the bed with his head in his hands. I slowly walk over and crouch down in front of him.
Tears are filling his eyes and running down his cheeks. It breaks my heart seeing him like this.
"Talk to me Stevie" I whisper wiping the tears away.
"I just got you back, and now I have to go without you again. I know it has to be done so you can be free, but a year or more. Bucky how am I going to survive without you everyday" he cries out.
"Doll..." I whisper back to him.
"I'm sorry. I know I sound selfish I just don't want you to go but you have too"
"You know I am doing this for you and us right? You know I don't want to purposely leave you right?" I asked.
"Of course I know that baby. How much longer is the world going to keep us apart? When does the fighting stop? Why don't we just get to live our lives? It's not fair." He says crying still.
"I know doll. I know, but this just makes us stronger and when we do finally get to live our lives, it is going to be better than we ever imagined. We can get a house with a white picket fence, we can adopt, maybe get a dog and a cat or whatever else you want. I am only doing this procedure for you Stevie. I cannot trust my own mind and I need to get rid of hydra in my mind, while you go out and rid the world of them. This year, or however long we are apart, that is what you fight for. You fight for me by taking them down, while I fight for you by getting stable." I tell him pull us up into the bed now.
He wraps his arms around my center and snuggles into my chest.
"I'm going to miss you so much" he whimpers.
"Stevie even though I will be frozen again, my heart will still be reaching out for you and longing for you. How about we spend the rest of the night in here? Our last time together? We can make the most of it. What do you say Stevie? Can we have one more night together before we are apart again?" I asked.
"Bucky you never have to ask anything of me. I will give you whatever you want whenever you want." He tells me.
"Then let me spend this time, showing you how much I love you and will miss you." I tell him.
I roll us over so Steve is on his back. I look into his beautiful eyes and he just nods his head.
