they’ve been searching for him for so long; planning how they could get him to show himself, how they could capture him - even though Steve was not a fan of the idea of capturing Bucky. He wanted and hoped for him to come along with them - with him - because he w a n t e d to, not because he had to. somehow, steve still couldn’t believe they’d made it. he couldn’t believe that they were at the raven hotel together, bucky’s sleeve finally back in action with no one else but bucky in him. he knows that technically it’s not possible for bucky’s eyes to have changed, but the way he looks at steve is different to the way takeshi had looked at him for the past months. takeshi hadn’t looked at him like this not once. no matter how long he’d been in bucky’s sleeve, he hadn’t, and steve had always been able to call the differences between him and between his long lost lover.
now it’s bucky, and steve’s hand is gently running over his cheek, eyes focused, eager, and hungry to take in all of him. he looks tired; but who can blame him? steve is tired, too. the last couple of hours with tak had been exhausting to say the least but he’d needed it. he had needed those punches and the words uttered out as they caught their breaths and he’d needed the hug more than he’d needed anything else. now, strengthened by not only tak’s support but the truth served to him by bucky; hearing him say that he did NOT blame steve and that beyond that, he didn’t regret anything because now they were together left him aching to hold this man in his arms for eternity.
“ I’ve never stopped loving you. ” And he never would. “ You need to rest now. Poe can be very demanding and I’ve got a feeling that today was barely the beginning. ”
@rezultct gets a starter bcs i’m weak












