Holding On| Stucky

Chapter Eight

"Okay sweetheart, let's get you out. We're going to visit Daddy." Steve shut off the car engine and took out the car the key. He looked over to his side, Jackie didn't bark but looked at Steve like she understood. Steve looked in front of him. They had parked in the visitor authorized parking space. Steve felt his chest his hand searching for something that wasn't there.

"Jackie do you know where my key card is?" Steve patted himself down, he doubted the dog would know but it sounded better talking to the dog than himself. Jackie parked and pawed at the car compartment in front of her. Her paw hooked on the pull handle and she pressed it down. The compartment fell open. Various loose pieces of paper fell but namely, Steve's military authorized key card.

"You're a genius, I swear." He picked up his key card and the other papers. He carefully placed the paper back into the compartment. He slipped the lanyard of the keycard on his neck. "I really don't know what I'd do without you." Steve chuckled. It had only been three weeks with this puppy and he could barely remember what it was like before having Jackie. "Is there anything that I'm forgetting?" Steve asked Jackie.

Jackie looked around the car, she pawed at the ejector on her seatbelt. Steve helped her out by clicking the seat belt button and releasing the strap around her front. She shifted on her hind legs and looked behind the seat. She barked at the picnic basket behind the passenger seat.

"Ah, I wasn't going to forget but thanks for reminding me." Steve unbuckled himself and reached over. He grabbed the picnic basket and set it down on his lap. "Ready?" He asked. Jackie barked her answer. Steve took it as a yes, opened his driver side door and stepped out. He squinted at the sun and put one hand on the door. Jackie slipped out of the car and stood next to him. Steve slammed the door shut and clicked the lock of the car. He pocketed the car keys and looked down at Jackie. For such a young puppy she was already on his upper thigh.

"Come on girl." Steve snapped his finger and began walking towards the large building. Jackie followed, sticking close to him. A faint part of Steve acknowledged that he had never been to this building before, but his body felt like this was a normal occurrence.

They approached the front entrance, there was a guard with a large gun and a bulletproof vest on. His face was completely serious, his head turned checking Steve out. His face broke, and a small smile was visible.

"Captain Rogers! Hey, how was the holiday break?"

"Hey, Smith! It went pretty well, I have no doubt Bucky will be bragging about his ventures in no time." Steve chuckled, he acted like it was the most natural occurrence. He felt like it was the most natural occurrence.

"He mentioned something this morning on the way inside." Smith laughed his arms crossed. Steve stopped in front of the booth, he flashed his key card.

"Really? What did he say?" Steve wasn't entirely sure he wanted to hear.

"Rather not repeat it in a professional setting, catch me during my break then maybe." He smiled and jutted his head towards Jackie. "Got a new dog?"

"Yeah, a puppy. We named her Jackie."

"That girls a puppy? Looks full grown already."

"Oh yeah, if we didn't know better than we would have thought the same. We were told she's possibly part wolf."

"Where did you get her?"

"She was a reject from a military dog training program. She was too smart,"

"Dogs don't very often get kicked out for being too smart." Smith pointed out with an amused smile on. Steve rubbed the top of Jackie's head.

"Well that's not exactly why...she really didn't like listening to authority, and she had a thing with dialing 911 at random times." Smith chuckled, he finally pressed the button to open up the gate.