Chapter 96

Hey everyone, I've been working on this one after the reunion chapter. Sorry it took so long but I've been having a hard time finding some peace and quiet to work on it but I finally did it. So here it is. Let me know what you think. Enjoy :)

Dinner was quiet to say the least. Wren looked down as he quietly chewed his pizza. Bucky looked at the pizza like it was going to come to life any minute and eat him. I just looked between the two and couldn't figure out what to say. The minute everyone was done we each went back to our rooms without a word. Maybe breakfast will be better.

I went up to my room and laid down in bed. I drifted off to sleep. That didn't last long.

I was in a snowy forest. Everything was white and I felt cold. I walked trying to find some sort of shelter. I couldn't see anything. I heard someone yelling my name.

"I'm here!" I yelled.

"Nora!"

I kept running towards the sound until I tripped.

"Nora…" A voice groaned.

I looked down and saw Bucky. The snow around him was covered in blood. He grabbed onto my foot with his hand and the other arm was just a bloody stump.

"You did this…" He said.

"I'm sorry." I cried out.

Then Aiden appeared out of thin air. "You deserve this." He said before stabbing me like before.

"AH!"

"Nora!" I heard someone yell out.

"NORA!" I heard and I felt someone shake me.

"AH." I woke up gasping I felt someone above me and I pushed them away with an energy blast.

"AH!" a voice yelled out.

"Nora it's me." Wren cried out.

"Wren?" I said confused. I got out of bed and helped him up.

"Yeah, I was trying to wake you up. You were screaming." He said taking my hand.

"I was?"

"You were. Having a nightmare?" Wren asked.

I didn't answer.

"Want to talk about it?" He said.

"There's nothing to talk about. Sorry I woke you up." I said.

"Don't do that."

"Do what?"

"Shut me out."

"I don't want to talk about it just like you never talk about yours. You should get some sleep you have a morning shift." I said walking back to my bed.

I got under the covers and rolled onto my side. I heard Wren sigh before walking over to the door. I never heard the door open instead I felt him pull the covers up and slip in.

"After I killed Beth the people I worked for decided to close ranks and started covering their tracks. They wanted to erase all evidence that the program ever existed and start recruitment at the source. Take children directly from hospitals from parents that were already planning on giving their kids up for adoption and taking out the middleman. I was assigned to burn down the orphanage I was recruited from and eliminate everyone inside. I burned it to the ground and watched as everyone screamed for their lives. That's what I dream about." Wren said

I rolled over to face him and asked, "Why are you telling me?"

"I promised you no more secrets." He said giving me a sad smile.

I put my arms around him and gave him a hug. "I was walking in a forest in the middle of a blizzard and I heard someone screaming my name out. So I ran towards it until I tripped because someone had grabbed my leg. It was Bucky in his commando uniform. His arm was a bloody stump and he said that I did that to him. I apologized and got up and then Aiden showed up and stabbed me. That's when I woke up." I said

"Hey, it's okay." Wren said wiping tears off my face. "You know that's not true right?"

I didn't say anything Instead I buried my face in his chest and avoided looking at him.

"Nora, you can't seriously believe that?" Wren asked.

"How can I not Wren? You've seen him. The guy literally is a shell of the man I knew. The only reason he bothered to come here was because of a name on his arm. You don't think that the instant he remembers what happened when he fell he won't hate my guts and run out of here?"

"Nora, the guy had his brain turned to mush by Nazis for seventy years and he still managed to piece together enough fragments of his memory to track you down. He snapped Aiden's neck like a twig because he killed you. He may not know who he was but he's not that guy anymore just like you're not the same girl he met in 1943."

"So what am I supposed to do?" I asked frustrated.

"Get to know the new Bucky. Help him remember what he can and go from there." Wren said.

"That's going to be kinda of hard considering he's only said three words to me the whole time he's been here."

"He did see you get stabbed, get possessed by Aya and come back from the dead. He's bound to be more confused that he already was." Wren said.

"This situation's a mess." I stated.

"Our whole lives are messes but at least we're in this mess together." He said. "Plus we now have one less thing to worry about."

"Yeah, things are finally back to normal, well relatively." I said. And right when I said that screaming sounded through the house.

"What was that?" Wren said sitting up.

"Bucky!" I said running out of the room to the downstairs guest room.

I ran into the room and saw Bucky tossing and turning while screaming in pain. He was gripping the pillows and blankets and tearing them apart.

"Bucky, wake up." I called out walking closer to the bed.

"No, AHHHH!" He yelled.

"Bucky it's okay you're safe." I said getting closer.

"Let me go! AH!" He yelled.

"Bucky!" I said raising my voice and putting a hand on his shoulder. That was the worst thing I could have done. He grabbed me by the throat and pinned me to the bed.

"Bucky listen to me… I-it's okay. Yo-you're safe." I said putting a hand on his cheek.

"Nora?" He asked. And let go getting as far away from me as he could.

"Yeah," I said coughing. "You were screaming." I choked out.

"I-I hurt you." He said.

"I've had worse." I said rubbing my neck. "Lucky you didn't use your other hand."

"I-I'm sorry." He said quietly.

"Bad dream?" I asked. Bucky didn't say anything. "Come on." I said getting up. "I know just what we need."

I walked over to the kitchen and pulled out some milk and cocoa powder. I heated up the milk and when it was done I poured it into two mugs. I put it in front of Bucky and took the other one for myself before sitting down. We drank our mugs of cocoa in silence until finally he said something.

"The man on the bridge, Steve, he's also…"

"Yeah" I said lifting my right hand up and showing him my other soulmark. "You're marks on your left side on your ribs?"

Bucky lifted his shirt up and showed me the mark. Steve's name was still written there just like I remembered but the skin around the mark was heavily scarred like someone had tried to cut it off. Without realizing I reached over to touch it but stopped at the last minute.

"They tried to take it off, they burned it off and it was gone for a while but when it healed the name came back. Then they tried to cut it off but that also didn't work so they stopped trying." He said.

"I'm sorry." I said tearing up.

"Why?" He said.

"You shouldn't have had to go through that." I answered.

He stayed quiet at that. He got up and washed his cup in the sink before walking back to his room.

I stayed in the kitchen for a few minutes before rinsing my cup in the sink and going back upstairs. I was surprised to see Wren still in my room. He was lying in bed. When he saw me walk in he lifted the covers for me to slip in. He held me as I cried myself to sleep.

The Next Morning-

In an effort to get us back into a normal schedule, Wren decided to pick up where we left off with training with a few new additions. The start was trying to figure out what happened the night before.

"How did it feel?" He asked.

"I don't know, it was different from a time jump. I didn't feel cold or get the chills. I felt a surge of energy. It was warm. It felt like a smaller energy wave but only within my body." I said.

"Can you try it again?"

"I don't think so, I didn't trigger it last time, it just happened."

"Try creating an energy wave." Wren suggested.

"Okay but maybe you should take a few steps back just in case." I asked.

"I'll teleport away if I see its dangerous now go." Wren said.

I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. I gathered the energy inside of me and slowly spread it. I tried containing it within my body but it didn't work and instead I released and energy blast that knocked Wren and I both out.

"Uh." I groaned as I got up.

"All right I take that back, I should have moved back." Wren said.

"I think the teleporting was a one time thing." I said.

"You thought the same thing about the force fields and look how that turned out." He retorted.

"The force field was actual visible energy triggered by a life and death situation. The teleporting happened randomly." I argued.

"Life and death huh?" Wren said suddenly looking very pensive.

"I don't like the look in your eye." I said.

"Let's leave this for another time. The next step of your training. Weapons." He said. "You're aim is great and hand to hand still needs work but you're good. We're starting with the basics and working our way up. I want to see how you can work with a staff before we switch to knives."

He tossed me one before grabbing one himself.

"How we doing this?" I asked.

"Try to knock each other down and many times as we can." He said with a smirk.

"Let's do it." I said.

We fought and knocked each other until finally Wren called it.

"Okay, you're ready." He said getting up. "You like knife throwing, how about hand to hand with knives."

"I'd probably just hurt myself." I said.

"Which is why we're practicing with blunted blades." Wren said opening a box.

"I still can't believe you've been hiding all these things from me right under my nose." I said.

"I wasn't hiding them you just never noticed or asked about them." Wren retorted.

"Would've been nice to know." I said.

"Again I'm sorry but you have to admit they did come in handy." Wren pointed out.

"Let's make this quick you have to start getting ready for work." I said.

"Ah yes, first day back after the honeymoon. Wonder what awful thing Kat's going to say about you today." Wren jokingly said.

"Haha very funny." I said.

"Still can't believe you let me date her knowing how dreadful she truly was." He said.

"You weren't saying that when you were fondueing her" I pointed out.

"Ah yes, apparently I'm bad in bed and she was faking it the entire time we were dating." Wren said.

We were quiet for a minute until I started laughing.

"That is hilarious." I said. "Thanks for the ammo, I know how to get under her skin now."

"And coming from you she'll take it even better." Wren said. "Come on let me get a few hits in before I have to head into the war zone."

"I should be there by lunch so don't worry. I'll save you." I said.

"I'll be forever in your debt." He said jokingly.

Wren was a huge liar. The blunted blades didn't cut but they did leave bruises.

After we were done we walked into the house. Wren went; upstairs to shower while I started on breakfast. I was in the middle of cutting up some fruit when Bucky walked in.

"Ah!" I shouted putting a hand on my chest. "Crap I didn't hear you come in."

"Sorry." He said walking over to sit down.

"I'm making breakfast, you want some coffee?" I asked.

He didn't say anything. I grabbed a mug and poured coffee into it and put the mug in front of it. I added the two sugars Bucky used to add to it and stirred it in. He stared at the coffee until finally he picked up the and took a sip.

His eyes opened wide and he practically chugged the entire mug.

"You like it?" I asked and he nodded.

I beated the eggs before making us all scrambled eggs and bacon. I served him a plate and this time he didn't hesitate before digging in. Probably because he saw me cook it.

"Morning Bucky or do you prefer I call you James?" Wren asked.

"Just Bucky…" He said softly.

"Okay, I'm gonna pop by quickly and pick up Axl." Wren said.

"You sure? I can pick him up after my shift." I said.

"No the poor boy's spent enough time at the dog hotel, I kinda miss him." He said.

"Okay." I said and Wren was off.

Bucky just looked at me confused.

"He'll be back in a bit, he's just going to pick up Axl, my dog." I said.

"You have a dog?"

"Yeah, he's good company. He can be a bit aggressive at first but he'll grow on you." I said. He stayed quiet.

"Is there anything you want to ask me?" I asked and he was still quiet.

"You were born in 1992 but we met in 1945?" He asked.

"Actually it was 1943." I corrected.

"How?"

"That's a long story so I'm going to refill your cup and I'm going to start at the beginning." I said getting up.

Right when I sat down Wren got back with Axl.

"Woof." Axl barked as he tackled me.

"Aw hey buddy.' I said kneeling down and petting him. "Who's a good boy? I missed you." I said as he nuzzled into my face.

I stood up and Axl finally noticed Bucky for the first time. He got in between me and him and growled at him.

"Axl down." I said. He stopped growling but stayed close to me. "Give him some time." I told Bucky.

"Or feed him bacon, that works too." Wren added.

"Don't feed him bacon, I don't; want to dig this little guy an early grave right buddy." I said patting his head.

"Ruff." He barked.

"So where was I…" I said. "So in 2011 I stopped by Dublin to visit friends and we stopped by this shop where this weird old lady gave me a bracelet. Then a few days later I was in Geneva for a presentation on the Hadron Super Collider and there was a malfunction and the thing blew up. It triggered a stone on the bracelet and I got sent to 1943. I appeared in a Nazi hideout in Azzano, Italy where you and your regimen were also captured. I was taken directly to Zola's lab…" I said and Bucky immediately tensed.

"I was taken to his lab where he performed his experiments for about a day or two before you were brought in and that's how we met." I said.

"That's where you told me you were a time traveler and your birthdate." He said.

"Yeah." I said. "We were there for a few days until Steve showed up and rescued everyone. It was also the first time you saw him after he had been given the serum, your exact words were I thought you were smaller." I said. That made Wren laugh and Bucky cracked a smile for a second before shifting back to an emotionally blank face.

"I have to get going." Wren said looking at the clock.

"I'll see you at lunch." I said.

"Want me to pick you up?" He offered.

"No we should try and keep up appearances every once in a while." I said.

"All right then." He said before teleporting to work.

"You have work?" Bucky asked.

"Yeah, Wren and I work at the hospital. We're both surgeons." I said.

"You were the commando's medic." He said.

"I was though most of the time I was patching up just you and Steve." I said.

"I hurt my hand once…" He whispered.

"It was your left hand, one of Hydra's grunts found your nest and surprised you. He attacked you with a knife and cut your hand before you took him out." I said.

"Right." He said. I picked up the plates and washed them before going to shower.

After I was dressed in jeans and a simple grey V-neck and converse I went to talk to Bucky.

"So I have to head out soon and I'm probably going to be gone for at least twelve hours maybe more depending what surgery I get dragged into. I have my phone with me all the time except when I'm in surgery. If anything happens or you need anything ask Friday and she'll let me and Wren know." I said.

"Who's Friday?" Bucky asked.

"That would be me Sergeant Barnes. I am an artificial intelligence that runs the house and Doctors Spencer's calendar." Friday introduces itself.

"It's a voice in the ceiling?" Bucky asked.

"Computer actually, she's hooked up to the entire house. Don't worry she doesn't spy on you. Only monitors your vitals in case of emergencies. If you need anything or you just get bored feel free to ask and she'll help you out. There's a ton of food in the fridge make yourself at home." I said.

"Can I go outside?" He asked.

"Buck you're not a prisoner. If you want to go out go ahead." I pulled out a business card with my phone number and some money and handed it to him. "Do you know how to drive?" I asked.

"I can fly a plane and ride a bike." he said.

"Motorcycle?" I asked and he nodded.

"Today's your lucky day." I said walking over to the garage. "Dad had a minor mid life crisis a couple of years ago and bought himself a bike. Only rode it once before he decided to stick to his Audi's. Wren takes it out for a spin every few weeks to keep it going but other than that it's just sitting here." I handed him the keys. "Wear a helmet"

Bucky couldn't take his eyes off the bike. He looked like a kid with a new toy.

"The helmet is connected to Friday so she can give you directions or call us if you need to. Well I have to get going." I said.

"Nora." He said making me turn around. "Thank you."

"Anytime." I said before getting in my car and driving off to work.

I walked in and was met by Wren talking to Kate. Kate looked annoyed but he just nodded along that is until he saw me and smiled. He walked past Kate and made a bee line for me. He picked me up and twirled me around before planting one on me.

"Sorry, She's been on my case and I want her to shut up already play along." He said softly in Russian.

"Miss me already." I said with a giant smile. I may have come on a bit strong but after the hell Kate put me through I deserve to tease her a bit.

"Always." He said kissing my temple.

"I have to go change, see you at the cafeteria?" I asked.

"I'll grab you a plate." He said.

I walked past Kate who was fuming. It was no secret that Wren wasn't a big fan of PDA. Whenever Kate got possessive he would avoid it or shift uncomfortably. What we just did was equal to flipping her off.

I got to the locker room and got dressed in my navy scrubs. I grabbed my lab coat and pinned my wedding band and engagement ring to the inside of my top pocket just like Wren did with his. When I was done I went to grab a pager from the nurses station and went to meet up with Wren at the cafeteria. Just as promised he was saving me a seat and already had a plate with all my favorites.

I sat down and we chatted the day away until we both got paged to Doctor Matthews office.

"Chief you asked to see us." Wren said.

"Yes come in." He said. I closed the door and sat down.

"How was the honeymoon?" He asked.

"It was good. Very relaxing." I said.

"That seafood paella was to die for." Wren added.

"I assume you both took plenty of photos?" He said.

"Course." I said pulling out my phone and showing him a picture of the both of us on a beach in Barcelona.

"Good, an officer from immigration came by while you were gone to ask a bit of questions. I even let him into your office. The fact that both of you have the same picture of your wedding was a nice touch. Wren having pictures of Nora with your dog got you brownie points." Chief Matthews said.

"Aw you have a picture of me and Axl?" I said.

"You have that picture of me in mickey ears." Wren said.

"The look on your face was priceless." I retorted.

"Are you two absolutely sure you're not an actual couple?" Chief Matthews said.

"Yes." We both replied.

"Anyway I just wanted to give you all a heads up, you might be called for an interview sometime soon or they'll come visit again."

"Okay," Wren said.

"Nothing we can't handle." I said.

"I can see that." He said looking down at our joined hands. "It's good to have you both back Nora can you stay a minute."

"Sure," I said. "I'll see you in the pit." I told Wren.

"So I got a phone call from the Dean of Medicine at Baylor University. He has a colleague on the board at Harvard and heard about your app. Said the students have actually scored fifteen percent higher on their exams since they started and well Harvard decided to associate themselves with Baylor and are sharing the program."

"That's great." I said.

"It is but they also want to include us. Our lectures to our residents will be recorded so they can be viewed and used as course materials for their students. All of this is still in the air but I believe it will help increase awareness of work here, even provide more funding." He said.

"That all sounds good." I said.

"Did you read the fine print of your deal with them?" Chief asked.

"Of course I did, I know I am definitely all for this deal." I said. In my contract with Harvard it is included that for every contributing university I gain 1.5 million dollars to my already existing fee but in exchange I offered my services to present to any potential partners.

"That's good, you need to present to the board in two weeks." He said.

"I'll do that." I said.

"Good, I'll give you more details as we get closer to the presentation." He said. "Now get to work, I'm sure your residents have missed you."

"I'm looking forward to whipping them back into shape." I said getting up.

"How are things between you and Wren, you two seem closer?" He said.

"We're just more relaxed." I said.

'There's nothing like revealing your deep dark secrets and then your formerly brainwashed assassin soul mate eliminating your husband's psychotic evil brother to make you relax' I thought.

"Keep it that way, you two have had a rough couple of months, you just need to move forward and put this all behind you. Now get to work." He said.

"Yes chief." I said before walking out of his office. I checked in with the Cardio department before I was asked to go downstairs to the pit for a consult.

"You needed a cardio consult." I asked.

"I did multiple GSW's I need to get in there and repair his gut but needed to check that chest wound, it's close to his heart." Wren said.

"I need an ultrasound and an EKG." I said.

One of the interns got to it quickly.

"Shit, we have a tear. I have to get in there and repair it." I said.

"Looks like we're tag teaming." Wren said.

"Just like old times." I said.

"Minus the gunfire in the background." He said with a smirk.

"Let's do it." I said returning the smirk.

We scrubbed in side by side and we went in. I got to work on the heart while Wren worked on the gut.

"What do you think the gun used was?" Wren asked.

"No idea, I swear I've operated on more GSW's here than I did in Afghanistan." I said.

"Tell me about it, it's not a work day without at least one GSW." Wren asked.

"So I was thinking of trying to recreate paella for tomorrow's dinner what do you think?" I asked.

"Maybe another time, we haven't had meat in two weeks." Wren said.

"That's a lie we stopped for a Big Mac in Paris." I reminded him.

"You had a Big Mac, I had a filet of fish." He said making our anesthesiologist laugh.

"Oh right, Shame we should have gotten steak frit somewhere." I said looking

"What can I say I was home sick? Would have had time to make reservations if some one wasn't fascinated that she found a Starbucks with an espresso Frappuccino still on the menu." Wren argued.

"You're the one that was dying for a decent cup of coffee so you're the enabler." I argued.

"You're lucky I'm rather fond of you." He said in Russian.

"You'd be lost without me and you know it." I answered back.

"Yeah I probably would." He said.

"So dinner?" I asked.

"How about I pick up a couple of steaks and I grill them out back?" He said.

"I can make green beans with candied almonds and bacon?" I offered.

"Yes." He said with a moan.

"Can I just say how happy I am you two finally got together?" Ben said.

"Did you win the pool?" I asked.

"NO." He said with a chuckle. "Not by a week, you two just seem happier."

"We did just got back from vacation." Wren said.

"Even before then, you two are just so in synch." He said.

"Well thank you Warren." I said.

"The Aorta's been repaired," I told Wren

"Good cause I could use a second pair of hands over here." Wren said lifting up his blood covered gloved.

"On it." I said walking over. "We're going to need and extra unit of O neg."

"I got it," One of the interns said hooking it up.

"Where's the bleed coming from?" I asked.

"Not sure, suction." Wren asked. I put my hand in and felt around.

"Shit, bullet nicked an artery." I said holding onto it trying to slow the bleeding. "Clamp."

"Do you have it?" Wren asked

"I feel it I just can't see it." I said.

"More suction." Wren said.

"Got it." I said.

"Cauterizing." He said "and done."

"Vitals?" I asked.

"Stable." Wren answered looking relieved. "One last stitch and we're done."

"Johnson, can you bring us the patient's file?" I asked.

"Yes Doctor Spencer… Doctors Spencer…" She said awkwardly before running out.

"Is it really that confusing?" Wren asked.

"A bit." I said. "I still think everyone's talking about you when they call me Doctor Spencer."

"We're done let's go let the family know." I said.

Wren grabbed the file and stopped me. "Uh, I don't think that's necessary." He said.

"Why not?" I asked as he handed me the file.

"Eric Murphy, 28, traveling insurance salesman…" I read. "He has no family in town." I said closing the file.

"Exactly, we just have to keep and eye on him and let him know when he wakes up or if any family shows up. Until then my shifts over and I should go home and feed our guest."

"If he's home that is. I gave him the keys to the motorcycle and some cash." I said.

"That's good, he should get out, help with the adjustment." He said.

"That's what I though plus he took the helmet so I can find him just in case." I said.

"You really think he wore the helmet?"

"Don't make me worry more than I already am." I said

"I'll send you a proof of life picture when I get home." Wren said.

"I'd appreciate it." I said. "Going to go fill out charts and do rounds."

"Food'll be in the oven." He said before heading to the locker room. I went up to the nurse's station and got to work.

Third person's POV-

Wren changed out of his scrubs and into his regular clothes. He walked over to the nurse's station and went to return his pager. There he ran into the last person he wanted to talk to.

"Why did you lie to me?" Kate said.

"I never lied to you." Wren said.

"Yes you did!" She yelled and everyone turned to look at them. She took he arm and led her to the attending's lounge.

"I was honest with you from the beginning." Wren said. That was obviously not true but Kate didn't need to know that. Wren was honest with anything that truly affected her. Kate never knew about his powers or his brother and he was never more grateful for that as the day they broke up.

"You said Nora was nothing that you two were just friends. You told me you loved me!" She yelled outraged.

"I thought I did!" Wren said and Kate slapped him.

"I can't believe I wasted my time on you." She said outraged.

"Kate stop, I know that you're angry and I know that you're hurt but you have to stop throwing tantrums every time you see me or Nora. She had nothing to do with this. I don't know why you were so jealous of her because when we were dating I told you time and time again we're just friends."

"And when you asked me to marry you I said yes as long as you never spoke to her." Kate said.

"And that's why I said no. I cared about you I truly did but I've been through way too many things with Nora to turn my back on her. If I had to do it again I would and honestly I'm glad we ended things when we did." Wren said.

"I wish I never met you."

"I don't because it made me realize how lucky I am to have my best friend so thanks for that." He said before walking out. Wren found his usual empty storage closet and teleported back to the ranch.

He walked into the kitchen and saw that Bucky was sitting at the counter writing away in a journal.

"Hey Bucky, how was your day?" Wren asked and Bucky didn't say a word. He didn't even look up.

'Silent treatment huh' Wren thought.

"I'm making fajitas sound good?" Wren asked. Bucky stopped writing for a minute before going back to writing.

"Have you talked to Nora?" Bucky stopped writing and snapped the pencil in his hand in half.

"I hurt her." Bucky said in such a low voice Wren almost didn't hear him.

"What do you mean? She looked fine this morning." Wren said.

"I woke up last night and I was choking her." Bucky said. "I'm not supposed to hurt her. I wasn't supposed to hurt the man, Steve but I did anyway. I shouldn't be here." He said getting up.

"Whoa, hold on a second." Wren said. "Think this out. I know you're having a hard time…"

"Hard Time? I don't remember anything! All I have are flashes of a girl I somehow met seventy years ago and now I'm so fucked up I can barely tell what's real and what isn't!" Bucky yelled.

"Then figure it out, but speaking from experience, running away from your problems doesn't work. I tried. Want to know where that got me? I'm banned from returning to my own country any longer than it take to stop by for fish and chips. My brother hunted me down and tried to kill me multiple times to the point I joined the army because fighting was all I knew. Want to know when I finally stopped? When I realized I hit rock bottom? When the woman who stopped me from offing myself after my first week in Afghanistan died and Nora stopped me from literally stepping off the ledge." Wren said. "You went through hell, so had everyone else in this house. You have a second chance is running away really how you want to start it?"

"I don't deserve this." Bucky said.

"Neither do I but that doesn't stop Nora from caring." Wren said.

"She tried to find me if I left wouldn't she?"

"She was working on finding you after she found out you were still alive. You covered your tracks really well." Wren said "Just think about it. And if you do end up trying to leave you should say goodbye. Nora deserves that much."

"You love her don't you?" Bucky said

"Love's for children, I'm loyal, there's a difference" Wren said before picking up a knife and chopping up vegetables.

A Few Hours Later- Nora's POV

The ER was pretty quiet after hours. A few stitches and an appendectomy and I was free to go. I drove home and as I walked into my quiet home I made my way straight to the oven. As promised whatever Wren and cooked up was in there. Today's dinner was Chicken fajitas and rice. I dug right in. halfway through dinner I hear Bucky screaming. I run to the guest room except this time I don't get close.

"AH!" He screams. "No! Leave her alone!"

"Bucky!" I call out and he wakes up gasping. I get close and he flinches.

"Hey it's okay, it's just me." I say.

"Nora?" He says.

"Yeah, you okay?" I asked.

He just stayed quiet.

"You want to talk about it?" I offered and he stayed quiet. He laid down and rolled to his side.

I hated seeing him like this but knew that he needed his space. "I'll be in the kitchen if you need anything." I said getting up and walking out of the room.

I sat down at the counter and finished my dinner. I washed my dishes and sat down on the couch. I grabbed my tablet and checked my email. Just the same old thing from always.

I don't know how long I was sitting there but I ended up dozing off. I woke up to the smell of coffee.

"Morning." Wren greeted putting a mug in front of me.

"Morning." I said yawning.

"What time you get in?" He asked.

"Around three." I said as I sat up. "Thanks for dinner."

"Long night?"

"Something like that." I said just as Bucky walked out of his room.

"Is there coffee?" He asked.

"Fresh pot in the kitchen." Wren said. Bucky nodded before walking to the kitchen. "You talk to him?"

"Not since yesterday morning. He'll talk when he's ready." I said sipping my coffee.

"I made pancakes, whenever you're hungry."

"I'll be right over." I said. I took a deep breath before getting up and walking over to the kitchen. I sat down and dug into my pancake breakfast. I was really hungry. I ended up getting seconds and thirds. Wren and Bucky just stared at me. I got up and cleaned up before landing on the couch and crashing again until it was time for work.