Monday, Sweet Monday

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Hello, I'm benebu and I'll be your host for this week. I'm so excited! Today's theme is 5+1. Themes can be anything as long as they follow the 5+1 pattern.

The rules still haven't changed:
No more than five prompts in a row.
No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
No spoilers in prompts.
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Prompts should be formatted as follows:
Fandom, Character+/Character, Prompt

Some examples...
+ Hana Yori Dango, Tsukushi, 5 things she regretted saying, and 1 she shouldn't have kept to herself
+ any, any couple, 5 endearing habits of my significant other, and 1 I won't be able to endure much longer
+ any, any, 5 times they got lost, and 1 they didn't wish to be found

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2/4: way more Steve/Bucky leanings now, talk of torture/death

[tigriswolf]

(I hate the character limits so much.)


22

Bucky got in another argument with his folks and Steve knows it’s over how much his medicine costs. He can’t even move from the bed, his body hurts so much. Bucky hasn’t been back all day and he’ll be staying out tonight, too, looking for extra work.

Steve likes Bucky’s parents; Ms. Winnie and Ma had been good friends since they were girls. But he understands, and he wishes Bucky did, too, that the girls come first. Bucky thinks they’re all equal. They’re not, though. The girls should always come first.

In the morning, Steve forces himself out of bed. He cleans up as best he can, puts on his neatest clothes, and goes looking for anyone who needs help doing anything.

There’s nothing, of course. One of the assistants actually chases him away from Mr. Malloy’s shop and Steve trips as he dodges, going down hard. The boy leaves him there and it takes every piece of Steve’s will to get up.

He keeps looking until dusk. By the time he drags himself back into the apartment, he feels even worse and he just wants to sleep.

He wakes up to Bucky gently pulling his clothes off. “You went out, didn’t you?” Bucky asks.

Steve nods, eyes drifting closed again.

Bucky sighs, but he’s quiet until he crawls in beside Steve and pulls Steve against him. “Look, stop trying to do everything yourself,” he says softly, resting his cheek on the top of Steve’s head. “I’m here. I’ll always be here.”


25

Bucky hasn’t been the same since Steve pulled him off that table. He doesn’t talk about any of his experiences before the factory, either; he just offers Steve advice on his plans, explains what some of the orders they get actually require for implementation, and keeps the guys from killing each other.

Sometimes, it seems like Bucky’s the only thing that keeps them all going.

Other times, Bucky just gets so angry, but instead of lashing out, he goes quiet. He’ll just simmer until they have a raid and then – well, prisoners are a good bonus, but it’s not like they have the supplies to care for any plus themselves.

Steve wishes, though, that Bucky would talk to him. He offers every night but Bucky doesn’t take him up on it. Bucky just pulls on that charming grin that kept his dance-card full back home, like Steve hasn’t been able to see past it since they were boys.

It’s a mission like any other, like the dozens they’ve done, when Steve gets separated from the Commandos, turned all around in another factory (they keep building them just as fast as Steve and the rest blow them all to hell), and then he’s hit with – fuck, he doesn’t even know. It’s not the energy weapon, or regular bullets, it’s something…

He goes down and the last thing he hears is Bucky: “Steve? Steve!”