Natasha and Steve switched places about two hours later, Steve went home, showered and rested. After a couple more hours they switched again, occasionally checking on Bucky. They did this multiple times.
Bucky opens his eyes slowly and looks around, his back hurts and he moans slightly as he sits up. He slowly stands and walks towards the bathroom, tripping on and walking into multiple things. When he reaches the bathroom he trips again and catches his head on the counter.
"Bucky?" Steve asks, opening the door. "What happened?" he asks, helping pull him up.
"I tripped." he mumbles, Steve could tell he was barely awake.
"Let's get you to the couch." He leads Bucky to the couch, though he's pretty much dragging Bucky along. He lays Bucky on the couch then cleans up his forehead which had a slight cut from where he'd hit the counters corner.
"Wha... timez... it?" Bucky mumbles, his eyes barely open.
"It's 6:45pm." Steve says, glancing at the clock.
"Howlon... gwas... I sleep?" he asks, struggling to stay awake.
"Nearly two days, you really needed to wake up." Steve says frowning.
"Oh... two... two days?" he says, looking at Steve with disbelief.
"Yeah. You want some food? Coffee?" he asks, Bucky nods.
"Coffee, please." he yawns again, and goes to follow Steve but falls and is caught by Steve.
"Hey, let's just sit you down Kay?" Steve helps him to the table and gets him to sit in the chair. He had just made some coffee for himself before Bucky woke, so he pours the remainders from the pot into a mug and hands it to Bucky.
"Thank you." Bucky says, waking up slowly. Natasha walks in smiling.
"You're up." She sits down next to him.
"Just woke up." Bucky replies, sipping the coffee.
"What happened to your forehead?" She asks gesturing to the cut.
"I tripped." He says, watching as Steve sat next to him. Nat frowns, but doesn't says more.
"You look better." Steve says, looking at Bucky. The shadows under his eyes were nearly gone.
"I feel better." He replies, finishing his coffee.
"Good thing your up. We were beginning to get worried." She says, giving him a small half smile. "It's nearly Christmas too."
"Wait when's Christmas?" He asks suddenly.
"Well tomorrow's Christmas Eve." Steve says grinning and trying not to laugh.
"Oh." Bucky says, before smiling.
"How 'bout we watch a movie?" Nat asks. Both Steve and Bucky nod in agreement. They watched tv while Bucky was getting showered and changes clothes. When he gets out they all sit in the living room and put on Sleeping Beauty, per Bucky's request, one of the Avengers had told him it was good.
Bucky stayed up until the movie finished, Nat and Steve had both fallen asleep. He smiles at them and then watches tv until they wake up.
A/N: 26 chapters :) I love writing this and I want to thank you all for reading this. I love seeing your votes and comments. Thank you all again. :)
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FanfictionCan he truly ever recover from what Hydra did to him? Can he ever be forgiven by the people he hurt? Can he ever be loved? He wants to try and fix things but remembering may be harder than he hopes. And Hydra may be gone, but it's never really gone...
