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𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘩 𝘙𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 ([personal profile] dysmorphics) wrote2024-10-19 08:45 pm
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[personal profile] hadagreatpast 2025-12-15 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hey, if that's what you want to do, don't let me stop you," Bucky smiled. He let his eyes close as he lay there, relaxed under the weight of her as they talked about their future.

"Anything you want to do, I'm gonna support you, sweetheart," he started simply. "Anything you need help with, I'm here to help with, and anywhere you want to go I'm right behind you." Steph was genuinely stuck with him, after all. She was the one who agreed to marry him.

Plus, Bucky himself had no real direction to work towards, so he would be happy to help Steph with whatever direction she wanted to go in.
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[personal profile] hadagreatpast 2025-12-15 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sounds like a plan to me," he said, chuckling softly.

But then, he sighed. "I know," he began, a frown forming on his face as he opened his eyes to stare up at the ceiling. "I don't really have goals though. Hell, Steph, we don't even know what's gonna happen with this trial, aside from both of us knowing it's coming eventually." Staying a free man felt... unlikely, to him. They could lock him away and throw away the key, or hell, depending on what state the trial was held in, for all he knew they could put him on death row. Logically, he knew that all those murders hadn't been him, or his choice, or anything else like that. Guilt didn't feel that way, though, and convincing some sort of judge and jury of that might be even harder.

"I'm gonna try my damnedest to stay with you, though."
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[personal profile] hadagreatpast 2025-12-16 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
There was a soft, almost sad, smile on Bucky's face when he looked back at Steph then. "Hey, don't worry. I'm not giving up or anything," he told her honestly. "We'll figure something out." Maybe he could offer to be put in the custody of Captain America. Can't be more than 30 feet away from her or something. Whatever was decided, he was going to do whatever possible to stay by her side. They'd been separated enough.

But his brow perked when she asked that. "With you? I guess I can put off being a house husband for a while longer. What do you need?" Bucky had no way to know Steph had already discussed any other missions or anything. It must have been before he came back, since he'd been glued to her since the fight ended.
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[personal profile] hadagreatpast 2025-12-16 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Bucky had to blink at Steph for a moment. "So... you're asking me to time travel with you?" He had to ask, just to make sure he was following properly. "Also, you didn't think I'd say no to that, right? Steph, sweetheart, I love you, but you are probably the most reckless person I've ever met. No way would I let you do that by yourself."

Knowing Steph, if she went on her own, she'd probably get herself killed, or get some kinda wild idea to go save Bucky from his future or something stupid like that. Or even just get lost somehow. He wasn't about to risk losing her like that.

"If the trial is going when you need to go, we'll figure out some way for me to be with you for it. Don't worry."
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[personal profile] hadagreatpast 2025-12-16 11:22 am (UTC)(link)
There was no helping the laugh that bubbled up in Bucky at that point. "So, you're telling me," the smile on his face was a hell of a lot happier than it had been just a couple of minutes ago, "that not only am I getting to marry my dream girl, but I get to time travel and go to space." If someone told him he would have the opportunity to do all that when he was in his teens or twenties, he would have thought they had absolutely lost it. Back then, he would have had a hard enough time believing his feelings for Steph were returned, let alone the rest of it.

The question about whatever Back to the Future was made him roll his eyes, though. "I went from escaping, to being on the run, trying to figure out who I was, to being in cryo, to raising goats. If it's some kinda movie or TV show, then no, I haven't seen it," he answered, chuckling. "I'd say most of my experience with TV was just me standing on a sidewalk watching a store display through the window. Or this movie." With the last bit he gestured towards where Treasure Planet was playing on the wall.
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[personal profile] hadagreatpast 2025-12-16 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't know if I'd go that far. I'm joining you, not... everyone." His voice was teasing when he said it, but he didn't really think he was Avenger material. And probably wouldn't be wanted by most of them, anyway, considering his past. "And, hey, I already know how to fly planes and helicopters. Is it that much different?"

Bucky let his eyes close again, comfortable and content and grinning softly. "There's lots of places for date nights. Movies, dinner, museums, Coney Island..." Not only were they in New York City, where there were a million options, but they could also just have evenings where they walked around exploring how much places they knew in the past had changed in the years since then. "Hope you don't care that I'm going to want to stay in most nights though."
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[personal profile] hadagreatpast 2025-12-16 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"Just say when and where, and I'll be right there with you. You don't have to convince me." And it wasn't just for the sake of getting to live some of his sci-fi dreams, either. But that was definitely a bonus.

Bucky laughed softly as Steph listed various things they could do. "We used to do two of those things all the time," he said, grinning. The board games and reading passed the time when they were hanging out, even though they didn't have many games. Just a couple, but it was better than nothing. The dancing would be... not new, but they didn't do it very often.

One night, when he had danced with her on the Boardwalk on her birthday, while badly singing Cheek to Cheek actually came to mind often.

"You know, I used to wish those nights were actual dates."
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[personal profile] hadagreatpast 2025-12-17 12:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"I think about that night a lot," Bucky admitted, smiling softly as he held her. "It was one of the first really clear memories I got back." It might have been because it was also one of the memories Bucky tried to hold onto so tightly when HYDRA was trying to erase who he was in the first place. Most of the memories he tried to hang onto during that time were of Steph.

"But, hey, we got here eventually." Hell, he was just a couple days away from marrying her. "And now we get to have all the date nights we want."

He still couldn't believe what massive idiots they'd been, especially with just how long they'd known each other, but there was genuinely no one else he'd rather spend his nights with, and there never had been.
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[personal profile] hadagreatpast 2025-12-18 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
"I have a lot of nightmares," Bucky said with a sigh. "The train, the things they did to me, the things I did for them..." There had been so damn much.

But he had slept so well beside Steph. No, he didn't sleep for quite as long as she had. And also no, he didn't think she was going to be a magic pill to keep him from ever having nightmares again. But it had been the most peaceful sleep he'd had in more years than he could count.

"They get... bad sometimes," he started, feeling like he should probably warn her if she was going to spend her nights curled up beside him. "I've, uh, woken up swinging a couple times."
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[personal profile] hadagreatpast 2025-12-18 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"We'll figure it out as we go, alright?" he told her simply. He didn't want to sleep in the other room if he didn't have to, so hopefully Steph would be at least calming enough to keep him from swinging. Bucky didn't think she'd be able to get rid of the nightmares entirely or anything, but not lashing out would be a good start.

Bucky let out a single, humorless laugh then, followed by a sigh. "You sure you wanna tie yourself to me?" he asked, even though he knew she wouldn't turn him away just for that. "I don't think you could find many people with more baggage than I come with."
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[personal profile] hadagreatpast 2025-12-19 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Bucky tightened his arms around Steph, hugging her tightly as he closed his eyes. "I'm not gonna go confess to past you. Then I'd just have to explain all my shit, and that wouldn't be good for anyone." It was a joke, but it was a bad one, and Bucky knew it. "You already know about all that, and you're still dumb enough to sign up for a lifetime of it."

And he would be thankful every day that she was dumb enough to sign up for a lifetime of it. Bucky didn't know what he would do without her. Hell, he would probably still be trapped without her.

Either way, thinking about the fact that she was signing up for it made him grin just a little again. "I wish Becca was still around so I could tell her I was bringing you into the family. She would have been excited as hell." And probably would have demanded to be Steph's maid of honor or something.
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[personal profile] hadagreatpast 2025-12-19 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Bucky and Steph were going to end up giving each other shit until the day they died, he was sure of it. It was just what they'd always done, and part of how they became friends in the first place. Bucky didn't start out treating her any differently from the other kids just because she was smaller, and even on that first day he could see she could stick up for herself, but that was part of what he had liked about her. She didn't let her size stop her.

Sure, over time, he began to treat her a little differently from everyone else, but it still wasn't because of that. It was more because of the feelings he had for her and how he tended to put her before anyone else. Didn't mean he'd stop calling her a dumb punk, though.

Laughing softly, Bucky let his natural hand slide down to give her ass a squeeze. "Hey, at least I picked a dumbass with a great ass," he teased. "I've always liked your ass, though. Even if most of your clothes used to hide it."

But then, Bucky blinked a bit, staring at Steph. "Wait. We could do that?" he asked, the idea sparking a little bit of hope in him. Even if it was just to say goodbye to her, that would be more than he ever thought he would get. "We would... probably have to be pretty careful about when, though, huh? And if she's an option, we could also stop by and see your mom." Like Bucky would ever pass up a great opportunity, like seeing his sister one more time, without considering if they could do the same for Steph.

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