Deserve her

As I entered the tower and showed my credentials I vaguely nodded at Gary the front guard saying his morning pleasantries. I kept looking over my shoulder noticing Taylor across the street staring intently at me.  I closed my eyes at the solitude of the elevator and the safety of the Avengers tower and let my nerves settle as I went to my floor. My office was next to Steve's a.k.a. Captain America and next to Bucky's. The infamous Winter Soldier, although he was just a big teddy bear at this point. That's probably why this was my fortress of solitude and I felt so safe from the outside world. Safe from Taylor, my ex.

Truth be told, he was a decent boyfriend. While we were dating he was protective, maybe a bit too much. A little jealous? Yes. I mean I work with Captain freaking America. Although he had need never worry about Cap it was his other, darker half- his best friend that always held a piece of my heart. Even though I remained faithful and nothing has ever happened romantically between the soldier and myself it was part of the reason I broke things off with Taylor. When I did, he went off the deep end. I don't know if I was his tether or his anchor after he left the S.E.A.L.S. but he has broken into my apartment and has even hit me a few times. Bucky noticed the bruises the other day and I told him some kids in my apartment building pushed me and I fell. The anger on his face with that was enough to scare me, I can only imagine if he knew the real truth. Things keep escalating and I am at a loss of what to do and I don't feel safe in my own home anymore.

I put my bag in the en suite bathroom in my office and closed the door. I planned on sleeping here for a few nights. It had been two days since Taylor and I had a physical altercation and I knew it was bound to happen soon. I didn't know what to do. If I went to the police Stark and the Avengers would be in the papers. If I went to Tony or Cap then my home life would be brought to work. If I went to Bucky...I shook my head at the thought. Some times in moments of anger Winter would show through. Steve says that I have a talent for bringing Bucky back from the edge and I'm grateful for anything that I can do to help Bucky.

I went to work to get my head off of my outside life and ignored the incoming texts no doubt from Taylor and reminded myself that on my break to get a new phone from the TECH floor. I just needed on for the crew here to reach my anyways. My outside life at this point was no existent. HE made sure of that.

Bucky's POV

I walked into Steve's office and sat down. "Hey did you see Y/N this morning?" He looked up with his brows hitched and nodded. "Yea, actually I did. She had a duffle bag and she was completely out of it. I said hi and she didn't even notice me." He put his pen down pondering on the odd interaction or lack thereof.