You couldn't believe it. Bucky was standing in front of you. He looked less threatening now, in jeans and a long-sleeved shirt, jacket and a baseball cap. He looked unsure, and kept looking around the park, trying to see if anyone was watching him.

"Bucky. You're here." You said, a sigh of relief. "Do you know me?" You asked him, taking a small step toward him. He nodded.

"I think so. I keep getting flashes in my head…you with brown hair, then purple. You fighting next to Steve while I watched from above." He said. You smiled.

"That's really good Bucky. You're remembering."

"I hurt you. I remember, grabbing your neck. Also shooting you." He said. You nodded.

"Yeah, but I'm okay, I can heal myself."

"I remember that too."

"Okay. What made you come looking for me?" You asked him. He shrugged.

"I didn't want them to find me." You nodded, understanding his high alert. Hydra would give anything to have him back.

"I can help you Bucky, if you'll let me." You told him. He hesitated for a second and nodded. He pointed to your neck.

"Are those mine?" You looked down and pulled the tags out of your shirt.

"Yeah. You gave them to me the last day I saw you." You said quietly.

There was an awkward silence before you spoke again. "Where are you staying?" You asked him.

"Um…not anywhere really. I don't want to stay in one place too long." You nodded, understanding where he was coming from.

"Well, I do know a place you can stay where you will be absolutely safe, if that's something you're interested in." You told him. You would love nothing more than to have Bucky close to you, but you also knew that he was going to be paranoid about everything and everyone for a very long time.

"Where?" He asked. You turned and pointed to the giant obnoxious building with an A on it. His eyes widened. "You live there?" He whispered. You nodded.

"Steve does too. I know it looks scary, but I promise you'd be safe there. Steve and I have you own floor, and there's an extra bedroom, you'd have privacy. Stark also has an excellent security system." He looked so unsure.

"I don't know."

"It's okay if you don't want to, I understand, I really do. But I promise Bucky, I won't let anything happen to you ever again. Okay?" He waited for a minute and nodded, and your heart fluttered just a little. "Okay. Let me make a call really quick okay?" He nodded and you pulled out your phone, dialing Tony's number, praying to God he wasn't gonna be pissed.

"Yes lovebug." Tony said. You rolled your eyes and Bucky raised an eyebrow at you.

"Lovebug Tony really?"

"What else would you like me to call you? Gorgeous, cupcake, lemon drop, oohh what about Miss Freeze?"

"No Tony." You said, pinching the bridge of your nose. You opened one eye to see Bucky trying to hide a smirk. Of course, he could hear Tony. Smug bastard.

"Okay, what about Ally-pop? Alibaba? Ally-Cat- "

"NO." You froze. Nobody had called you Ally-cat since…Bucky.

"Okay, okay geez, what's up? I assume you didn't just call to engage in some of our lovely banter."

"Okay, so here's the thing…I found Bucky…or rather, he found me. And I need your okay to let him come stay in the tower. Where he'll be safe." You told him.

"WHAT!" Tony yelled. You winced and sighed.

"Look Tony, please. I know there's a lot of things to work through, but he's not safe out here." You turned away from Bucky and lowered your voice, even though you knew he could hear you. "Please Tony, this is important to me." You heard a sigh on the other end followed by a few moments of silence.

"Okay, only for you Allison."

"Thank you, Tony, really. I'll see you later." You turned back to Bucky and smiled, but he had a frown on his face. "What's wrong?" You asked.

"I don't wanna cause problems."

"No, it's not like that. Everything is okay, it's gonna be okay, I promise. Come on." You said, nodding your head in the direction of the tower. You used the private elevator once you got there, you didn't wanna drag Bucky through the whole tower. You arrived on your floor and led Bucky to the kitchen, sitting your bag down on the island. "Are you thirsty?" You asked. He nodded and you opened the fridge and handed him a water.

"Jarvis, is Steve home?" You asked.

"No Miss, Captain Rogers is out of the tower at the moment." Bucky tensed and started looking around for the voice. You stepped closer to him with your hands up. "Hey, it's okay. That's Jarvis, Tony's personal artificial intelligence system. He runs the tower. He can get you anything you need. He's also state of the art security. Hey Jarvis, could you please put this floor on private and only allow access to Steve and myself?" You asked. Bucky seemed to relax a little.

"Yes Miss Allison, anyone else will have to be granted permission onto the floor until you tell me otherwise."

"Thank you, J.," You turned to Bucky. "Do you wanna see your room?" He nodded and followed you to the end of the hall. You opened the door and walked in. The room was decorated in dark blues and greys, very much different to the purple and white of your room or the light blue and white of Steve's. "The bathroom is through there, I can go find something of Steve's for you to wear until we can order you some clothes, you two are about the same size I would think. What do you wanna do?" You asked.

He looked up at you and tilted his head, and you probably guessed nobody had asked him what he wanted in a very long time. "Uh… a shower I guess?" You nodded and walked into the bathroom, showing him how to turn everything on.

"I'll leave some clothes on the bed for you okay?" You told him, walking to the door. "Hey Ally?" He called out. You turned around to look back at him and he was looking down.

"Yeah?"

"Thank you." You smiled.

"You're welcome Bucky."

You went down to the laundry room and found some clean sweatpants, t-shirt and a jacket for Bucky to wear. You heard the shower turn on and you placed the clothes on the bed for him.

You went back out to the kitchen, stashing Steve's gifts in your room. You pulled out your phone and decided to text Steve.

You: Hey! Where are you? We still watching another movie tonight?

CappyPants: Absolutely I'm just over at the VA with Sam, I should be home soon.

You: Okay, well I've got a surprise for you when you get here.

CappyPants: Okay, can't wait

"Yeah, I bet you can't" You mumbled. You heard footsteps in the hallway, and you looked up to see Bucky walking out barefoot in the clothes you left out for him. You smiled at how relaxed he looked just after a shower. "Better?" He nodded. "Are you hungry? There's tons of places we could order from, there's Pizza, Chinese, Thai, Subs, Mexican, pretty much anything we can think of." You looked over at him from the stack of takeout menus, and he looked overwhelmed. "I'm sorry, too much. How about we just get pizza?" Bucky nodded and you pulled your phone out and ordered four pizzas with different toppings, because you were sure Bucky ate just as much as Steve.

"So, Steve will be home in a little while, is that okay?" You asked him. He nodded. "I know it's a lot, so if at anytime you need a break, you can just let us know and we can leave you alone okay?" You told him. You wanted to make him as comfortable as you could.

"Could I have a notebook? I like to write things down when I remember them, try to keep track of everything."

You smiled. "Yeah, I think I have one in my room, I'm gonna change and grab it I'll be right back." You quickly walked to your room and shut the door behind you. Letting out a big sigh, you changed into some leggings and a t-shirt, pulling your hair up. You dug through the dresser until you found a blank notebook and some pens and headed back out into the kitchen. You slid them across the island to Bucky and walked over to get plates and napkins down for the pizza.

You set them down in front of Bucky and turned to get something to drink when you felt his flesh hand on your wrist. You stopped and turned back to him, following his gaze to your left arm. To your tattoo.

"Oh, that." You lifted the sleeve of the shirt up so he could see the rest of the red and black star. Bucky stared at it for what felt like forever. "I'm sorry, you shouldn't have to look at it." You said looking down. You felt his hand travel up from your wrist and trace the star.

"I remember this. I remember seeing this. We were…." A blush crept up your face as you remembered your first night together.

"Yeah. The first night we were together." Your eyes met his and for a split second, you saw your Bucky in there. His thumb was rubbing over the star and you found yourself inching closer to him.

"Ally."

"Bucky." You whispered. You heard the elevator moving and you moved away from him, just as the elevator doors opened. You could hear Steve's voice echoing throughout the floor.

"Okay Ally, what's my surprise- "He stopped when he saw Bucky sitting at the island next to you.

"Buck." He whispered. Bucky nodded and you smiled.

"Bucky is gonna stay here with us if that's okay Steve?" You asked. He nodded and came over to the island, standing on the opposite side of you.

"Yeah. That's great."

"Miss Allison, the pizza has arrived."

"Oooh thanks J, I hope you're in the mood for pizza Steve." You teased, grabbing some cash for a tip.

"Are you kidding? Steve could never get tired of pizza." Bucky said. You stopped and stared at Bucky, who looked just as surprised as you did. You smiled at them and went to get the pizza. Maybe this is gonna be okay after all.