Avengers Movie Night

Ohana means family

           Movie night usually meant a lot of arguing. With a group as large as the Avengers movies were hard to settle on. So the night that Bucky joined them for the first time it threw them for a loop. When Bruce suggested they catch him up on modern entertainment with movies, a multitude of suggestions were given, ranging from Star Wars (Tony's suggestion, Bucky shot that one down quickly) to Inside Out (Clint loved the movie and typically tried to get the others to join in). It was Natasha who suggested Lilo and Stitch. Silence had followed her suggestion, before a confused yet intrigued James nodded in agreement. "That one sounds good."

        The fact it got him to speak was the reason no one put up an argument. And so Tony had FRIDAY play Lilo and Stitch. From the moment Stitch's abilities were listed, Bucky paid sharp attention. He seemed pretty tensed up at some points, although those were typically the points when something new about Stitch was given. However, the further in they got with the movie the less tense he seemed and the more his shoulders sagged. It was during the line "Ohana means family. And family means no one gets left behind." that Steve noticed Bucky was actually crying.

"Buck? What's wrong?"

"He's me, Steve. Stitch is me." Bucky said in a slightly broken voice.

        Steve was confused for a moment, before thinking about it and realizing that Bucky was right. He didn't say anything about it though, not until the movie was over. As the credits rolled he looked over at Bucky, who was staring at the screen, not moving at all. It took most of the others a moment before they realized what Bucky was doing. Having not overheard Steve and Bucky's former exchange they were all curious what was happening. And once curiosity hit it was only a matter of seconds before Tony spoke up.

"You're friend alright over there Capsicle?"

        Before Steve could respond, Bucky spoke up. "So.....Stitch was an experiment created to cause destruction? And someone came along and taught him how to not be destructive?"

"Yes. Why? Did you not grasp that during the movie?" Tony replied, a slight bit of Stark sass in his tone.

        Bucky looked over at Tony, one of the many things he rarely did. "I caught it. I just happen to relate."

        It took the entirety of the Avengers, minus Steve who already knew what he meant, a few moments before they realized.

"Fuck. I didn't even realize that when I suggested the movie."

"Shit."

Bruce and Clint's eyes both widened when they realized as well. Bucky was quiet for a moment before speaking up again.

"I've been remembering a lot more things here recently. Including the beginning of when HYDRA took me. It took them almost 20 years to get me to break." His voice was soft, and before anyone could tell him he didn't have to tell them he continued. "I remember falling off the train and passing out. When I came to I had a metal arm and was surrounded by people I knew were the enemy. I tried fighting them, I really did, but they drugged me with something, and each time they would put me in cryo I would wake up sluggish." He turned to Steve slightly. "Kind of like I was when you pulled me from that HYDRA building during the war." He had time to see shock cross Steve's face before he turned to the others again. "There were times I was able to break through the mental conditioning. Most of those were closer to when they first succeeded. They would just wipe my memories and start over again. Over time it began working more efficiently. It was the early 80s when they managed to finally fully succeed without me breaking through the mental conditioning. They managed to break through my morals. It wasn't until Steve came around again that their conditioning broke again." He fell silent, letting everyone process what he had just said.

        Before anyone could say or do anything Bucky got up and left, disappearing to his room and leaving behind a group of heroes with a lot to think over.