Things We Lost in Silence
116 parts Complete MatureThey loved each other quietly, in glances and gestures, in promises they never dared to speak aloud. From the dusty alleyways of 1930s Brooklyn to the war-torn battlefields of the 1940s, Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes were inseparable. But time, war, and pain pulled them apart-and when the world finally stopped burning, they returned to each other only as friends. Lifelong friends. Nothing more.
Until Bucky tries to marry someone else.
In a world where Steve is still Captain America and Bucky still bears the scars of the Winter Soldier, the past refuses to stay buried. When Tony Stark discovers old footage of a young Steve and Bucky-laughing, dancing, holding hands-the illusion shatters. At the wedding reception, with the ink still wet on the vows, Bucky's fiancée finds the truth and makes a scene that leaves Bucky devastated.
Shame. Fury. Love.
It was always him.
Now, Bucky has to face everything he never said, and Steve must decide if it's too late-or if love, like memory, can survive anything.