The Past Can Haunt You. Stucky Short Story.

The Past Can Haunt You. Part One.

It was a cold winters night in Steve and Bucky's small apartment just outside the city of Brooklyn. Bucky smiled down at his handsome boyfriend who was already curled close to Bucky's side asleep in their bed. Bucky lightly ran his non-metal hand through Steve's soft hair and gently gave him a light kiss on the forehead careful not to wake the super soldier. As Bucky put his book on the nightstand by the bed, laid down and drifted of to sleep he hadn't realized that he had forgotten to take his enhanced prazosin that Bruce had manufactured for him.

( Prazosin is a medicine that helps with nightmares)

  •Bucky's Nightmare•
He was back at Hydra headquarters tightly strapped to a chair, his normal arm was being held down with a metal bar that was digging into his skin causing his wrists to bleed. His metal arm was gone and that scared him more than It should have. A doctor who's face was shrouded by shadows with a long white coat walked in holding the awful red book that made Bucky's blood run as cold as ice. Bucky watched terrified as the doctor walked slowly over to him, as the doctor continued to approach him, Bucky started to recognize the man to be Steve. His partner and the love of his life was about to erase his memory. Steve, his Steve was about to wipe away every moment they had ever shared together, every kiss, every word that was ever spoken between the two of them, and every "I love you " that Steve had ever spoken to put Bucky's shattered mind back into one piece. With agonizing pain in his heart and tears streaming down Bucky's face he begged Steve not to do it. Nonetheless Steves harsh blue eyes that were normally filled with love and affection now looked to be overflowing with hatred and loathing numbly stared into Bucky's seeping chestnut brown ones while Steve told him that every thing Bucky had ever known was a lie and that he never really loved him. That is was all just a trick to prove Hydras power. The last thing Bucky saw before he woke up we're Steve's cold steal blue eyes splintering Bucky's heart even more.

    Steve woke up to Bucky fitfully sleeping with tears running down his beautiful face while whispering for someone to stop. Steve immediately started to shake Bucky awake while brushing back his chestnut waves from of his wet eyes that were clamped shut even in a dreaming state. After shaking him and trying to coax him out of sleep his big brown eyes shot open, they were wide and full of fear. "Get away of me!" Bucky said through sobs while backing away and forcefully punching Steve in the mouth with his metal Hand causing his lip to split and a small amount of blood to drip down Steve's chin. "Bucky I-" Steve started stunned, Bucky hadn't hit him with the intent to hurt him in a long time. The pain from his newly cut lip was nothing compared to that of his heart to realize that Bucky was scared of him enough to throw a punch. "It was just a dream Buck. Your safe we're in our apartment on 42nd Street. Everything's ok. I love you." Steve said as he wiped blood from his chin. "I'm going to get closer to you now...ok. I'm not going to hurt you. I love you and I would never do that too you." As Steve slowly got closer to Bucky he only sobbed louder at the realization that he had just hit Steve and caused him too bleed. Steve gently pulled the crying man into his chest and slowly rubbed calming circles on the shuddering mans back in an attempt to calm him down. "I'm sorry." Bucky weeped into Steve's shoulder. "It's-...it's ok, your ok." Steve managed to say as he let a silent tear slip down his face and mix with the crimson liquid on his chin. As Bucky's breathing slowed and his sobs simmered down to just small shudders,  he asked in a low whisper into Steves shoulder. "How do you put up with me?" Steve laid his head on Bucky's and answered. "I don't see it like that at all dear, I would stay up every night if it meant being with you." Steve then placed a soft kiss on Bucky's head. "I'm sorry Steve. I hit you and caused you to bleed. I love you so much I didn't mean it. I-" Bucky paused remembering the horrid events of his dream. "I was just scared." Now that Bucky's crying had lessened, Steve slowly guided the trembling man back into a sleeping position but this time Steve had his arms around Bucky protectively. "Bucky I love you more than anything else in the entire world. Because I'm with you till the end of the line." Steve said as he held on to Bucky like he was holding on to his life force. Which he basically was. "I love you too...so very much. Till the end of the line." Bucky said as he melted in to Steve's loving grip, and with that Bucky fell back asleep being held by the person he loved and trusted most in the world. Steve gazed down at Bucky and fell asleep holding the one person that truly made him feel like more than just a risky science experiment.