The Winter Solider

by A.J.YoungAwesome

After six months of running The winter soldier knew he was done, Hydra hadn't come, his handler was dead and he felt himself quickly following. He wanted to end the pain he felt, the constant voice of James Buchanan Barnes in his head was driving him to the grave. He just wanted silence, he need silence, enter Steve and the Avengers.

9. Chapter 9

Chapter Nine

The soldier was frightened, that much was apparently to Dr. Banner as he monitored his readings in the med bay. They'd kept him sedated, dreaming and restrained whilst they dealt with Steve and Natasha. The super solider serum had him awake and healing within two hours, Romanoff was another story. Swelling on her brain meant Stark had the best medics flown in, as soon as they arrived she was prepped for surgery.

It was strange for everyone seeing Romanoff so, so defeated. the doctors felt it best to drill a hole in the back of her head and attack a tube to remove any excess blood and just wait for the swelling to go down and then checking if she had any sort of brain damage. She'd always had such a big presence, when she entered a room you noticed but seeing her in the hospital bed, he'd never seen her looks so small and weak. It frightened him.

Not just him, everyone, Stark was noticeably quite, Clint did his best to never leave her side, Rhodey spent his time helping Pepper with the media once word got out that one of the Avengers was in need of a renowned medical team and Sam was doing his best to keep track of Steve, who was torn between Natasha and Bucky.

All and all it's been a stressful couple of week, Banners had figured out that the soldier had been in an almost sleep like trance, after re-watching all the camera feeds. The solider had been asleep before waking in a sweat and simply walking to Steve's room. He clearly wasn't in control or aware of what he was doing, which meant they clearly had longer to go with helping The Solider and Bucky regain themselves.

"Dr. Banner? Maybe you should get some sleep" startled Banner turned in his chair to see Steve leaning over The soldier and brushing his hair back with his hand, these two were close once from what Bruce had picked up from watching them.

Steve turned his way, "sorry, I did not mean to make you jump. It's just you've been running back and forth between the two of them, go get some rest. Jarvis will wake you if you're needed and I'll stay with Bucky."

Exhausted Banner agreed, removing his glasses he rubbed his sores eyes "He wasn't aware of his actions, Bucky wasn't in full control" he told Steve as he dragged himself away catching Steve's faint reply.

"I know"