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I groaned and opened my eyes. I was on the medical floor of headquarters as I tried to sit up.

"Don't. You know its going to hurt." a voice said and I chuckled when I realized who it was.

"I know, but I figure I'm already hurting and anything might help." I said as I looked over at Sharon. She gave a small smirk, as I saw her purse her lips.

"You hate me?" I asked her and she started laughing. I wasn't sure if that was a good sign or not.

"Why? Because of Steve? No. I knew you two dated. He told me." she said and I felt a little relief from that.

"I don't hate you... I can't believe this but I hate him. I literally turned my back on my country because I thought our feelings were mutual, but apparently they were one sided." she said and I knew that she wasn't wrong. I had felt the same thing from Steve when we dated... he became too clingy and it became too much. I knew that the feelings weren't on the same level.

"I felt the same and that's why I walked away. I'm sorry that you didn't get to." I said to her and she nodded.

"I'll get my last laugh. I just can't believe he's back." she said and I let out a painful breath as I nodded. I couldn't believe it either.

"I get it... I thought he was just gone." I said and she nodded.

"You want me to get Bucky? He's been in the waiting room this whole time." she said and I wasn't sure how to answer that. I didn't want to cause more problems with Steve.

"Steve's not allowed up here." she said as if she could read my mind and I was glad to hear that. I let out a chuckle as she smirked.

"Yeah, I guess I should see him." I said and she nodded.

"Are you sticking around?" I asked her as she headed towards the door and she looked back at me.

"I think so... I want to see how this plays out." she said and I knew what she meant. We all wanted to know what was going to happen to Steve, Walker, and ourselves at this point. Steve came back... someone else might come back.

I laid back against the bed and pushed the button for more pain meds. I was happy to feel the warmth flow through me as I heard the door shut. I looked up to see Bucky watching me from the doorway. I knew that he blamed himself for this happening to me.

"It's not your fault, Bucky... he hated me as much as he hated you." I said and he nodded.

"Are you sure?" he finally whispered.

"Absolutely." I said and I held out my hand to him. He slowly walked over and linked our fingers together. He kissed the back of my hand and I saw tears form in his eyes. I scooted over as far as I could on the bed. I gently pulled on him and he finally laid down next to me. He pulled me to him and I leaned by head on his chest.

"I'm sorry he hurt you." he whispered to me.

"I'm glad you saved me." I said as he pulled me closer without hurting me. I fell asleep in Bucky's arms while listening to his heartbeat. I felt a few tears slip down his cheeks and onto mine, but I would just place a soft kiss over his heart. I wasn't sure who needed to be held more at this point, but I had to admit that it felt nice.

I woke up the next morning to find Bucky still laying on the bed next to me. I looked up and he kissed my forehead.

"You stayed all night." I said and he nodded.

"I wanted you to wake up feeling safe." he said and I had to give a small smile at that.

"How do you feel?" he asked me as he sat up and I stretched a bit, but winced as more pain went through my shoulder.

"I hurt." I said and he nodded.

"You should." a voice said from the doorway and I looked up to see Nick in the doorway.

"Nice to see you too." I said and he chuckled as Bucky kissed my forehead and slipped out the door.

"Good job on shooting Walker." he said and I smirked.

"Too bad it didn't actually do anything." I said and he shrugged as he sat down.

"Maybe not, but it gave an opening which is all they needed." he said and I nodded.

"Where is Walker?" I asked him and he chuckled.

"That's not the first person I thought you would ask about." he said and I smirked.

"I figured I would know about Steve if I needed to." I said and he nodded.

"What did you say to make Sharon stay?" he asked me and I shrugged.

"I don't think I really said anything. I think Steve's stupidity sealed that fate." I said and he chuckled.

"She wants his head." he said and I nodded.

"He's the reason she was branded a traitor, and now he's her second chance." I said and he chuckled.

"And I'm going to give it to her." he said and I was glad to hear about that... I had missed Sharon.

"Good, but what about him?" I finally asked Nick because I did want to know if I was going to have to work with him.

"I can't exactly turn away Captain America." he said and I knew that he was right, but it wasn't fair.

"That's not fair to Steve." I said and he nodded.

"I know, but I am waiting to see what is going to happen. A lot of this is above me." he said and I nodded. I talked to Nick a few more minutes before I had to go have another xray to check for internal bleeding since Walker had injured my side.

Bucky POV

I walked downstairs to change when Sam stopped me.

"How is she?" he asked me.

"She's hurting." I said and heard someone walk up behind me. I turned to see Steve coming up to us.

"I'm going to change." I said and got ready to leave when Steve said my name. I turned back to him and crossed my arms over my chest.

"What?" I asked him.

"We need to talk." he said and I shook my head.

"You left... you said everything when you chose a life that had none of those who stood with you in this one." I said and walked out the door. I was so mad at him. I wanted my friend back, but damn did he piss me off.


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