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You looked at Bucky as he refused to look at you. Visibly, you could see that he could no longer go on and yet, while there was so much pain in his body both on the outside and the inside, and despite the fact that you desperately wanted to, you knew that you could never ease his pain.
It would mean your death. Maybe even his death too.
Certainly.
And so, you stood by as the scientists continued to close in around him. You stood by as they continued to hurt him, as they continued to torture him, as they continued to touch him.
There was nothing you could do.
That is what you told yourself to appease yourself.
When, in fact, you knew that you could do something.
But you didn't.
You were a coward.
You stood by as the man you loved continued to hurt.
You stood by as the man you loved continued to scream.
You let it happen.
He would never forgive you. And you would never forgive yourself.
