Hello ! I forgot to post the last chapters on here so here you go, three chapters at once !
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Tony entered the room where Steve had lived for the past twenty days. All the super soldier did of his days was stare at Bucky Barnes. Tony would have considered creepy if he didn't know how inseparable those two used to be. Of course, he knew the relationship between him and Captain America would never be the same after Bucky's return, but he also knew that he and Steve loved each other, no matter what and through it all.
"Hey stevie ! I have a good new and a bad new. Which one first ?"
"Bad." Answered Steve, looking bored. Tony frowned, wondering what was wrong, but decided to ignore it.
"Ok, so the cure will last longer than expected..." The inventor really hoped Steve wouldn't take it badly.
"hm." Tony's frown deepened at the short answer.
"But the good new is that we are making progress, and the doctors are confident that Bucky will be able to recover completely !"
Steve's face suddently lit up, but still he didn't even turn to look at his boyfriend.
"So I will get my Bucky back ?" He asked, hopeful, still staring at Barnes through the one-sided glass.
But the genius was no longer watching him, instead, he was lost in thoughts. 'My' ? 'My Bucky'..?
Tony stood there for a few seconds, and then left the room, stopping at the door to say "I love you"
He waited a few seconds for an answer than never came.
As soon as his boyfriend left the room, Steve let out a sorrowful sigh.
"There is no other way" He murmured to himself.
His choice was made. Steve decided to choose Bucky. They had been together for years, while his relationship with Tony had only started a few months ago. Bucky knew everything about Steve's weaknesses and he still loved him, even before the superserum, while Steve could never know for sure if all Tony saw in him wasn't only Captain America. Plus, Tony was a playboy, he would be alright, Steve was pretty sure Tony never loved him anyway. (And if that was a lie he told himself to make himself feel better about his choice, that was no one's buisness but his)
Bucky was going to wake up in a new world, a world that hates him for things he hasn't done and probably won't even remember doing. Bucky was going to need him from the moment he opened his eyes again.
He stood up from the uncomfortable chair he had been sitting in for days, and walked to the glass, putting one hand on it and watching the doctors read the machine's screen, which was out of view. Now he had to break up with Tony, and make sure Tony knew Steve didn't love him anymore. But Steve was worried that if the genius discovered that he left him for Bucky, Tony would take it out on Barnes, who would once be hated for something that wasn't his fault.
So Steve did what he did the best : he made a plan.
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