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Steve POV
Howard pulled the broken run-down plane into a small landing pad in the middle of a field. The entire let out a dying scream before backfiring and ending in deafening silence. Bucky held the officer close as the plane stopped.
"Alright... Let's go." Steve said as he helped Howard out of the pilot's chair. He looked at his friend and he could feel just how much he'd changed within a few short months that seemed like the longest in his life without him. Steve watched Bucky pull his friend and commanding officer up and out of the plane. Bucky stumbled on his way out of cockpit and Steve reached and caught him halfway. His friend yanked his arm out of the touch and stepped away from him.
"Bucky." Steve stammered.
"Its... You wouldn't understand." He almost whispers.
"I think I do..." Steve admitted, wanting to share his relationship with Howard and tell Bucky that it was okay until a black booted heel stomped his foot.
Apparently, Howard wasn't ready for it. Steve managed not to holler, but his ears burned with the effort.
Howard POV
"Shall we?" Howard said sarcastically as they made it into the shed. He did this out of love for Steve... he didn't have to like it...
Howard opened the door and let the three other men inside and he slammed it shut before the snow could rise up with another windstorm they'd just flown through.
Steve's friend he'd cried over was safe and they could go home... but not until they had a change of clothes. The German officer shifted a little and apparently, was alive. He watched Bucky smile slightly out of the corner of his eye. Howard took off his coat and scowled at the command officer. Bucky stuck his foot out and tripped Howard without his own knowledge.
But Steve saw... and he wasn't happy about it.
"We just saved your life!" Steve snapped without realizing it. Howard didn't fall, but he stumbled pretty hard.
Bucky said nothing as Steve tried to confront him.
"Food would be nice..." Howard asked. Steve turned towards him and smiled.
"Alright." He headed for the small pantry and brought the little stove to life. Howard watched Bucky and his new friend. They seemed close, but Howard tried not to think about it too much.
"Where will you go after this?" Howard asked, unconsciously clutching his wounded side.
"I don't know." Bucky said. He didn't even know, but they had to leave as soon as Johann was better.
Steve quickly heated up some soup that Howard had in the pantry for emergencies like this.
He filled four bowls and offered on to Bucky, Howard, and Johann.
He didn't take it.
"You'll get sick..." Steve urged. He knew what this man was capable of and it scared him, but the fact that he was important to Bucky was enough for him.
His black gloved hand reached out and grudgingly accepted.
Steve was beaming.
Howard hated the man, he didn't like him or what he did to America and whatever else he had planned...
Howard drank his soup in one whole gulp and burned his lip, but he didn't want to risk letting his guard down.
"There's a spare room to the left, blankets in the cupboard." Howard said with little emotion.
"Howard?!" Steve exclaimed, "Don't you think he needs help?"
Howard shrugged and stumbled to his feet and walked out of the room towards the right.
"Let me help..." Steve placed an arm around Johann's shoulder and put the second beneath his other arm and supported him.
He snuck a peek at him and could tell this man had done a lot of evil things... He carried the weight of his deeds with him...All of them.
Bucky stared, concerned... But he followed like an obedient soldier and Steve understood the way his friend carried himself, he wanted to be that way too.
Howard tried not to scowl at them, really... he tried.
"Fucking Steve" he muttered. He shut his door and leaned against it. He pulled his shirt back and sighed. There was blood...
Fuck...
Howard pulled off the shirt and carefully peeled back the sleeve and down his arm. His side was bruised when he fell, but other than that he seemed alright. He dug into the drawers and found a first aid kit and cleaned the wound and then redressed it, feeling better about it now. Howard lied down on the bed and started to drift off...
Steve POV
He helped Bucky get the officer onto the bed and saw blood drip down the front of Bucky's shirt.
"Oh my God." He whispered.
"Not mine... His." Bucky nodded towards him. Steve sat Johann upright, causing his sweep of hair to fall in his face. Bucky swept it back carefully. Steve blushed slightly, noticing the gesture was kind of cute.
"We need to undress him." Bucky said in a monotone that Steve was certain was for the battlefield.
"O...Okay." Steve helped with the bottom buttons and across the chest of Johann's uniform, revealing a black collared shirt beneath, it was torn .
"Move." Bucky ordered as Steve stepped back. His friend tore the shirt open and Steve gasped.
Red... Everything was red... Steve thought it was blood and pure open skin, but it sunk in for him.
His skin was Red...
Bucky smiled at Steve when he saw his jaw hanging open.
"C'mon." Bucky said as he started cleaning up his chest with alcohol and gauze.
"Hnn..." Johann hissed from the sting on the alcohol, reminding the other two that he was still alive.
Bucky took fifteen minutes of cleaning ad bandaging him up and by nightfall, he and Steve were sitting in the other room.
Bucky POV
"So?" Steve wasn't certain where to start.
"I got stuck... okay Steve... I was put between a rock and a hard place." Bucky admitted.
"That doesn't mean you should have fallen-"
"I know!" Bucky snapped, his eyes getting dark.
"I didn't mean for it to happen... He... I had to do what he wanted." Bucky kept on.
"What?" Steve was getting concerned.
Bucky got raped...
Steve looked away. He didn't get how Bucky could fall for someone that did that to him.
"So fucking what..." Bucky already knew what he was thinking.
Hi friend had been a true ladies man until he went missing... he had been changed because he'd never known the kind of pleasure that Johann brought.
He was hit and pink bloomed wherever he touched, it was frightening, exotic, and so new. It gave Bucky a sense of innocence he never knew was still beneath the surface. Not a single whore in all of Brooklyn did anything remotely what Johann had done for him. He gave him something no one else could...
Bucky took a deep sigh and laid his head against the wall and shut his eyes. His short hair was tousled to the side and wet.
"Do you... like him?" Steve asked.
"I... I don't know what we are... Certainly not lovers..." Bucky said, not knowing what they was anything...
Anything but an escape...
Bucky sat up and rifled through the drawers in the hallway and pulled out a navy blue sweater to change into.
Steve watched as his friend pulled off his shirt and turned his back away from him.
Steve could see scars all over Bucky... He also saw his friend was a bit more muscular than when he left.
War had changed his friend and he knew it, hopefully not too much.
"I'm going to bed... I haven't had proper sleep in months." He said without looking at Steve.
"Alright." His friend said.
Bucky closed the door where Johann was sleeping and he climbed right into bed with him, rustling the sheets.
Steve POV
He watched his friend leave and go into the other room. It was hard... seeing him like that, knowing what happened to him, and still... wanting it.
He pulled off his own shirt and walked into Howard's room, shirt bunched up in his hand. He looked over at Howard and saw him dozing peacefully. Steve couldn't help but smile. he padded over to the side of the bed and laid beside him, gently an carefully wrapping his arms around Howard's torso.
Wow he felt different... Not about Howard, but about his own body. Normally Howard was in his place, but now... He pressed his nose into the back of Howard's neck and inhaled.
He was hard... Fuck... Steve started blushing madly. He gently pressed his palm into Howard's midsection... He was half naked. Steve started kissing his spine and his fingers dug in...
Howard flinched and Steve kept on...
"Howard..." Steve urged, he already knew Howard was just as excited as he was.
"F...fuck." Howard moaned as Steve's hand reached in front of him and slipped past his waistband. Howard jerked upward into his hand and shuddered. Steve sat up and leaned on top of Howard... He wanted this so bad... He felt his hardness through his pants and he unbuckled them, allowing Howard to see.
"Wow... thought it was nice before..." Howard grinned and Steve smiled as he freed Howard's own excitement from his pants as well.
Steve didn't wait, he pressed his lips to the tip of Howard's cock. Howard's brows furrowed and he started biting his lip. Steve sucked the top half in.
"Ahhh!" Howard gasped, his dark eyes were half-lidded and his mouth was open...panting.
Steve smiled as he sucked harder, causing Howard to grab the sheets and thrust upwards.
Steve used his hand and tongue to his advantage.
Howard's thighs were quivering and it only took a few short minutes and heat was filling Steve's mouth. Howard was blushing... He hadn't meant to go that quick, but Steve was wiping off his lip and pulling the covers over Howard already.
"But what about y-" Howard stammered.
"No, its fine... You need rest more than anything."
Steve got up and walked into the kitchen; he had started eating a whole lot more since the procedure... It was almost getting ridiculous.
He ate three sandwiches and half a gallon of cold water from the fridge. He sat down on the couch and laid there until he heard a whimper.
Uh oh...
Steve got up and carefully walked towards the left side door where Johann and Bucky were. He could see a small sliver of light shining thoguh the door and then Bucky...
He was sitting up, naked.
Steve covered his mouth to keep from gasping. Bucky was leaning over Johann. Steve saw a brilliant red leg over Bucky's shoulder. Steve was scared of the other officer... He looked like the Devil. Bucky was moving...
Steve's cheeks burned with embarrassment; he wasn't supposed to see this, but he couldn't look away. His friend was on top...of a commanding officer. He couldn't get over Johann Schmidt's skin... It was... so otherworldly. He was surprised how his own skin didn't have the same effect.
He quickly pulled away from the door and slid right into the covers with Howard and tried to forget the image.
The next morning... Johann was gone.
Bucky sat on the edge of the bed, pale and shaken.
"You alright?" Steve asked.
"No... I never will be...ever." Bucky almost growled.
Steve knew he would get his friend back... He just wasn't sure if he'd get Bucky back...
I lost everything on every story I ever wrote with the death of my old laptop and that's why I haven't written, but thanks for the loyalty and reviews :) I will finish this story... I need to get into the Avengers afterward, then Guardians of the Galaxy... There's too much going on in the Marvel world and I can't ignore it! I will be following movie/comic plotlines but there will be slash involved throughout the stories. I hope you all enjoy and in time... You'll get to have the Winter Soldier as well... I will find a way to do pictures as well.