A Stucky Story

The Asset and Steve part 1

The first night was as hard as Steve thought. The asset....Bucky was not very good with change. Almost every little thing frightened him; when Steve's phone rang, Bucky covered his ears. When the microwave beeped, he hid in a corner. Apparently Bucky had little to no desensitization when he was with Rumlow. He wasn't afraid of the TV and the bathtub, but everything else was a shock to him.

During the first night, Bucky was pacing around for an hour. Steve tried to settle him down with some warm milk, but he wasn't paying attention to him. Steve got his pacifier, but he wasn't having it. Steve was about to call it quits when he remembered the plush lamb that Bucky suddenly threw down when he heard the microwave beep.

He got the plush lamb and put it in Bucky's arms. He finally settled down and let Steve put him in his old clothes. Two hours into their sleep, Steve felt Bucky shaking. He was worried about a seizure at first, but realized Bucky only wanted to snuggle. There were no further incidents that night.

The second day was a learning day for both of them. Steve wanted to learn about how Bucky functioned during the day and Bucky wanted to learn about everything in the house. Even the dangerous stuff. Steve had to constantly watch his back to make sure he didn't bite an electrical wire or he didn't stick his metal fingers in a socket.

Early morning, Steve was fixing toast and eggs for himself and apple juice for Bucky, who was laying on the couch watching Paw Patrol. Steve found out that Bucky was adamant about watch Paw Patrol in the morning. He changed the channel once and Bucky screamed at him. He didn't care if the show was on commercial break, he seriously did not want that channel changed until Paw Patrol was over.

Steve sat on the couch with his toast and eggs. He gave Bucky his juice and watched Paw Patrol. Bucky drank his juice but stared at Steve's food.

"I don't know if you can have this, Bucky. Did Rumlow give you eggs?"

"Yes." Steve cut a small piece of egg and gave it to him. Bucky, as usual, didn't chew it. And it scared Steve.

"You have teeth, Buck. You can chew." Bucky just looked at him then stared at the eggs again. Steve cut a smaller piece and gave it to him. Once again, he didn't chew. Steve decided that was enough, he would call a friend for some tips on reintroducing solid foods.

Later in the morning, Steve read to Bucky to teach him new words. Bucky crawled in his lap and laid his head on his shoulder.

"The little boy plucked 3 apples from the apple tree and plopped them in his basket." Bucky pointed to the apple on the book and looked at Steve.

"That's an apple, Bucky. Do you like apples?" Bucky didn't answer, but Steve did feel his lap becoming warm quickly.

"Oh no. I guess everything just goes through you until we start solids. Get up, baby." Bucky got up, Steve was glad he was wearing a diaper. That would have been a mess. Steve was about to change him when he remembered.

"You need more diapers, how could I forget." Steve really didn't want to chance bringing Bucky out in public when he didn't know how he reacts around people. He was going to have to make a call. He took Bucky into his room and called Sam.

"Hey Sam, can you do me a huge favor?"

"As in?"

"I'll send you the list but I need them quickly."

"Alright, what's going on? You sound nervous."

"I'll explain once you get here." Steve hung up. He sighed and looked at Bucky, who was dangerously close to nipping at a wire.

"No, no, no. You do not touch that. How about we start learning rules? There is a game called good touch, bad touch. I'm going to stick a green sticky note on everything you can touch by yourself. Yellow sticky note you ask for permission first. Anything with a red sticky note you do not touch at all. Understand?" Bucky just stared at him again. So Steve demonstrated. He put a red sticky note on the electrical wires and sockets.