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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 12h

The king usually came to greet, so it was strange not to see anyone. Just a ship. Which is fine; Bucky doesn't really want more conversation. He enters the female pilot nods at him and Steve, respectfully.

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Bucky used to be the caretaker, and then the captive, and then the refuge... and now- He doesn't know what he is anymore. Someone running from himself. "I want that, too." The beads light up, signalling an approach.

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Bucky takes Steve's hand, keeping him close. "There is only one Cap, ans always will be. Without you, there is no point. Ive seen what that kind of title and power can do to people."

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Another leather jacket?" It's not like weren't prepared for them. Shuri usually was. He uses the beads, and sighs. "Let's wait out back."

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Bucky honestly wishes he had known sooner that everything Steve owned had been left to him. It would have made life and dealing with the government so much easier. God, he is not even going to get into that with Steve. "C'mon," Bucky pats his shoulder and Alpine jumps up on him. "Pack what?-

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Standing, Bucky walks to the unused bedroom, shuffling through some things, trying to find what he swore he wouldnt rely on again. "Got em." He pulls them out his sock drawer.

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Obviously none of that happened. Crossing his arms, Bucky stares at the brownstone brick of very much not a house. "The king has been dead for over five years."

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Bucky's not even sure how he feels about that. Steve really worried that much he wouldnt be back? "You could have told me..."

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

You. Gave Sam the shield. It... seemed legitimate. Sam was thrilled. I didn't argue. Maybe I should have."

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Bucky takes a seat, hands clasped in his lap. "He's the president. Or was for a bit. He didnt actually give that to Sam. You... he, someone looked like him, and gave Sam a shield." He shakes his head. "You left, ten second later, some old ass white guy is on a bench with the shield. Said he was

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"I figured that out when you showed up here." Bucky might not have a sound mind or clear memories all the time, but the last ten years are not hard to remember. "Joe Biden gave it to him."

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"T'challa died," Bucky sighs, still sitting with that one. "If you only told him about it, no one else knew, and I never got it. Someone gave Sam a shield, we thought it was you."

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Bucky pulls back to look at Steve, confused. But, his brain is starting to work around the clues. "No. That was... well someone gave Sam a Sheild."

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Yeah, he has." Bucky won't lie about it just to get Steve to yell at Sam a little. It'd be funny. At least. "We... joined up a few times to do some stuff. I think he just asks for my help so he knows I'm not rotting in here alone."

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

They rests their heads together now and Bucky squeezes him tightly. He's honestly relieved to have Steve back. "Can I tell Sam to go kick rocks now?"

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Bucky's arm wrap a little tighter around Steve, holding him there, face in the crook of his neck. Steve's smell brings him back to earth, to a time in their lives that was simpler. Easier. Carefree. "As long as you're happy."

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Some days I don't even know that," he whispers, a truth. He wakes some days in his own apartment, looking out the window, with a cat butt in his face, and tries to remember how he got there. Those aren't great mornings, but they pass. "I just... need you to be patient with me."

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Bucky motions for Steve to stand; he needs his arms around him more than anything. "We do. I'm not pushing you away, Steve. I'm... not much better than I've been. Less crazy and homicidal, but..." he shrugs.

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Bucky would have trusted Steve to the ends of the earth and back, and had on many occasions, despite no longer wanting to be that person. "I trust you." It's himself he no longer trusts, and still struggles with. "It's like having a ghost back." Funny how that is.

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Having everything you ever wanted back at once was too much. Not that it was bad. No, it was... overwhelming, dreamlike, too much for his nervous system. Steve did nothing wrong. "Just overwhelmed, Steve. It's fine." Embarrassing, but fine.

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Okay." He's not sure if Steve means that; he wants to believe he means it. But Bucky's brain idles and gets away from him sometimes.

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's not Steve. It's Him--it's Bucky. "It's fine, Steve." He has to ground himself by saying that name; it's okay to say that name because Steve is right in front of him now. He came back. "It's not you."

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

More reassurance that he's a broken piece of machinery. He rubs his flesh hand over his face with a sigh, exasperated and more upset with himself. It's just Steve. Steve. "I thought that's what we were doing... I'm... So-" he stops himself. "Okay." Small smile.

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

now? He felt like... a broken piece of equipment. Unused, broken down, and hard to start. Suddenly, food doesn't sound so good. "I'm sorry."

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It'd been so long, honestly. A real connection. The first time back, Bucky had been gone for five years, but for him, that was much shorter, like a blip in time. And Steve welcomed him back as if nothing had happened. Like it was another day of him visiting Wakanda. So why was this so hard for him

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Bucky shakes his head. He's... he doesn't not want to, bit he is a mess. Broken. He's scared he doesn't even remember what to do. And that makes him feel... not himself. Who was he kidding? He hadnt been himself in decades. "Its fine, Steve. I'm fine." Hands some fries and a shake over.

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Bucky is thankful for the repreive for now, and eats bud hotdogs. Its been a long time, and he's bern very, very much alone. "Only the best for my Stevie."

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Bucky takes the help, hardly needing it, and gets the door, taking the food, and set it all out on the kitchen counter. "We won't need to leave for a while... at least two hours," he says with a wink at Steve.

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Alpine meows at the door just as the doorbell rings, and Bucky sighs, giving Steve an apologetic look. "Food- but... We'll finish this in a minute."

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"You? Am I engaged to the wrong man?" Bucky teases, but his words drift as Steve keeps at it, and like a man starved for affection and love, Bucky allows it. It's*Steve*. "Steve..."

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"You are the trouble, so no," Bucky teases, even if there were some dicey situations, he won't let those get between them right now. Not when Steve's doing /that/.

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Lots of skrulls." He sighs. "But you aren't one. I knoe that now."

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Some people were meant for the worst of the world, and Bucky knew it was better him than someone else. He preferred it that way. "Now that I know its you and not some Skrull."

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"It wouldnt be the same, Steve..." Bucky knows you can't mess with time. It was one thing he vowed not to touch. "I'm glad you're back."

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Rogers @buckys-wing-ding.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Metal fingers clinch into the back of Steve's hair, holding tight as he kisses him again, soft and slow. "I wish that had been true."

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Bucky leans in and kisses Steve again, reverent and soft, keeping their faces close. There was no rushing, no need to. "Yeah. And that line is infinite."

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"I'm yours. Always have been." Despite what he's been through, pain and abuse, the second he knew Steve again, there was nothing else. All that could be buried.

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Bucky was all muscle and metal, these days, or decades, anyway. Steve was one of the few who could lift him up and put him *anywhere*. He has only the memories that fade in and out as they're scratched on the surface, but it's always been enough to know that Steve was *his*. "Promise?"

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Steve is in his space now, like a new dream, a new memory, something to be cherished. He cups Steve's jaw and gazes at him as they share a breath. He still has his and Steve's dog tags. He's never taken them off. "I love you."

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Late nights as teens, in their fort, making out and heavy petting while his parents slept, or Steve's mom worked her late shift at the hospital, are the memories that spring to mind first. They're jagged and sharp, woven through the fog and haze of what was wiped from him. Over and over. -

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It was defintely like coming home again, after a long, cold, hard winter. He sighs, hands on Steve's waist, dragging him closer, chest to chest, hip to hip. "Missex this-" he admits between kisses and breathy sighs.

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If Bucky could show the emotion he felt deep inside of himself, he would, but too long he'd gone with just suppressing it all. But he didn't have to, Steve was in his space and kissing him, so he kisses him back, slowly.

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Didn't drive me crazy for years when we were kids, what's different now?" Bucky asks, taking the moments between breaths to study Steve's face back, almost afraid to let go.

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Sgt. James 'Bucky' Barnes @sendtwtbucky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Before the war, Bucky wrapped Steve up in big hugs, sheltering him from the world. And now, Steve is the one who does that for Bucky. Bucky doesn't mind the change in dynamic, as long as he gets Steve at the end of the day. "I missed you, Steve. Don't leave again."

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