Part 12

"Sorry… I forgot to knock before coming in" Bucky once again thawed from his glacier, realizing that he had entered in a very intruding way.

"No it's alright, I had left the bathroom's door open to keep an eye on my baby … and…forgot to close the room's door…" the lady replied, bending down for a moment to pick up her handkerchief from the bed, making the male's gaze notice the open zipper of her dress, from where he caught some glimpses of her visibly battered and bruised back .

" Your zipper... is open" Bucky commented, in a trance-like manner .

" Ah… I couldn't reach till there… it's alright.. as long as my dress doesn't fall down…" she answered, after standing straight in front of him again.

"If you want…I can do it for you?" He offered his assistance, silencing the woman's upcoming breaths, until she wordlessly nodded and turned around to let him do the task.

The moment was so unrealistically beautiful for Bucky because he couldn't believe that the lady had trusted him... to accept his aid when she needed it.

Keeping his non-stop thinking aside, he concentrated his gaze on the woman's back, and couldn't help but stare at the painful wounds dug deep into her flesh . Cigarette burns, cuts, bruises and whole teeth marks casting shadows on her skin. Somehow, because God knows how, he finally pulled the dress's zipper up.

" Done" He whispered, huskily, yet with an aching voice after which she turned around and got her glare on his chest level.

"I believe you are not using the ointment the doctor has prescribed you on your wounds. Maybe I should ask Wanda or Natasha to help you apply it on your back" Bucky suggested, feeling a nervous sexual tension in this room, where they're only he and this consciously attractive lady …well…besides the soundly asleep baby boy.

" They don't worry me … they will go away by themselves... of course if they want to go…" she muttered with a pained heart.

"Did you sleep well last night? I heard your baby crying many times…"

" He's a baby after all, he was waking up when he was hungry... the doctor told me that the breast milk is easily digested so he gets hungry quite often… did we disturb you?" The enchantingly beautiful lady spoke, after taking a seat on the bed next to her food and getting slightly worried about the sounds of her little boy.

"No… no... of course not. I was thinking of you. The doctor asked me to make sure you rested well, and I felt like you were awake for most of the night" Bucky replied, joining the woman on the mattress, only the tray of food separating them.

" …That well... you have let me stay here in your place, that itself is a big rest for me. I never thought… that I could sleep…without worrying about … him… coming into my room" She replied, moving her gaze from Bucky to look away, remembering her gray past.

"You don't have to think about him anymore, he will never ever... come into your life again …never" Bucky assured, in a violently passionate way, softly yet fiercely, pulling the lady's gaze back at him, to stare at the burning truth in the male's eyes.

For a couple of large seconds, silence ruled the dormitory as both of them were caught up in each other's beauty and honesty.

"Now finish your breakfast quickly, before your baby wakes up" He spoke, smirking, bending his face closer to the lady's, making her lips break into a gentle compassionate smile. She nodded and proceeded to eat from the tray.

"But… Why are you not eating? Where is your breakfast?" She asked him, after drinking the milk from the glass and adoringly carrying the white potion's mustache above her deliciously moist lips.

"Hum… it's outside"

" Do you prefer to eat alone?"

" It is kind of a habit…I almost always eat alone"

At this latest exchange of words, the lady smirked slightly and let out a sigh because… she too has eaten alone for the past 20 years... but somewhere in her memories, she began having light colored flashes. And she wanted to share them with him …with Bucky.

" I… I have a memory of when I was a child … that we used to eat together... many girls and boys… around the same table" the woman spoke, filling Bucky's Gaze

with curiosity.

"Where did you live when you were a child? Did they bother you too? "

"No... no… never… there I recall… that I used to play in the open playground with kids my age… everything was so nice... everyone was so kind…"

" Were you in your parents house? Those kids… were they your siblings or cousins?" Bucky tried to know more about it but he internally bit his tongue praying that this query doesn't anger the lady.

"I don't have any parents… nor any brother or sister. My only family is my son and for him only I live" The lady declared, pain gaining control of her trembling voice.

Bucky thought that he was getting closer to the truth this time, and wanted to clear his doubts right now. He wanted to ask her if she lived in an NGO or in an orphanage… but he couldn't bring his guts together to discuss this delicate topic further.

His dilemma finally rested in peace when he heard a doorbell .

" I'll go and check who it is," he declared, before leaving gracefully to attend to the guests.

When he opened the door, he was first greeted with a baby's empty pram, followed by a redhead and the Scarlet witch, who carried a DIY cradle in one hand whilst a small mattress occupied her other limb.

" You guys? What is all this?" Bucky asked them, after the ladies made their way into his hall.

"Well...Natasha bought a pram for the baby and I got her a newborn's cradle. I am sure... the lady will like these gifts" Wanda spoke, hopefully, making Bucky smile in anticipation before leading both of them to the unnamed women's room.

When they were halfway there, Natasha handed the former assassin a book.

" And this is for you …you will need it..."she said, winking

"Baby and the mom?"

"Yeah …it's a very good book about how to take care of a newborn and the postpartum woman… actually , it's a very good book for her too…give it to her if you wish" Natasha concluded, and as a response Bucky nodded.

The lady's eyes widened in surprise as she saw both familiar faces with the never seen before objects in their hands as they entered when she was eating the last pieces of her fruit , basically freezing on sight.

" Hi" Natasha spoke first, then Wanda repeated the same while Bucky kept the book on a chest of drawers.

" What is this?'' The lady could not help but ask as the first pangs of fright began enveloping her body.

"These are gifts for your newborn… .Natasha brought you a pram and I bought your baby a cradle… humm… it's a bed for your baby where he can sleep" Wanda replied to the woman, beginning to unpack the wooden pieces to figure out how to assemble it.

Meanwhile,fear grew stronger inside of the woman's gut as she was having none of it and eventually she pushed her almost empty food tray away, getting up from the bed slowly.

"Why will he sleep in that? He will… he will sleep with me... on my bed…by my side" The fearful woman said, doubtful yet with a voice laced with pain.

Both ladies realized that they had made a mistake in bringing these gifts, as the distrust was now evident from every corner of the woman's body.

Notes:

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hello dear reader! thank you so much for your comment, as usual it's a pleasure to read it.

yeah I want this story to have Bucky and baby scenes, because get to the heart past that Bucky has gone through, I believe that having a innocent baby's presence presence will show him one of the most tender sides of life.

slowly, Sarah is opening up to bucky, and in the upcoming chapters you will see her further trust building up. however, there will be a slight twist before that, so I hope you enjoy the ride. thank you so much, much love.