"You're talking to me?" He mumbled and I nodded. "Did you even miss me?" I asked and it came out ruder than I originally intended.

"I did. You're the only thing that makes me want to get up in the morning." He said and I wanted to believe him but I couldn't after what he did. Of course I liked him but it took me so long

"Those things you said yesterday, did you mean them?" He asked after I fell silent. He was referring to when I said I loved him.

"I did." I said and he let out a sigh. "I fucked up so bad." He said and tried getting up.

"Lie back down, what are you trying to do?" He asked and I covered him with the blanket.

"I need to go home and, and-" he started then he started to cry. "Bucky?" I said and he started crying even more.

He hid his face in his hands and I didn't know what to do. I awkwardly pat him on the back. "How do I fix this?" He asked and I honestly didn't know.

"Just start by talking to me. Make me laugh, be yourself and we'll take it from there." I said and grabbed his metal hand.

"But I have a few rules." I said and he wiped away his tears and nodded. "You have rules?" He asked and smiled.

"Yes, the first one is, I don't want you to give me any compliments. With those big blue eyes." I said and he rolled his eyes. I laughed at his reaction.

"Cmon, I have a rule for you then, you need an uglier laugh. Yours is to perfect." He said and I made a weird sound that sounded like an animal dying.

"That work for you?" I asked and he shook his head no. "It's still adorable, just like you." He said and I gave him a stern look.

"Barnes, you already broke rule number one." I said and he smiled.

"Rules are more like guidelines anyways."

"Just go to bed." I said and he closed his eyes. "Can you stay? I don't want to be alone."

"Sure, only if you give me a pillow." I said and he handed me one.

I leaned my head on his bed and felt him starring at me.

I closed my eyes and ignored it. I eventually fell asleep and it was needed. I was awoken by people talking.

I started to listen and noticed it was Steve and Nat. "They were so cute together." Nat commented and I heard Steve shuffle around. "Bucky was so happy, he didn't think his plan through, he needs her."

I decided to open my eyes after a minute. I pretended not to notice them and turned to Bucky. I then heard Steve cough and I turned to him.

"How long have you been in here?" I asked. "A few minutes, so did you talk with him? Are you back together?" He asked and sounded hopeful.

"Whoa there, we talked and are taking things slow. He needs time for himself. I'll be there for him though." I said and he nodded.

"Well, I need to go. I've got an update." Natasha said. Steve and her hugged before she walked out.

"You know, I can stay here. You could get some sleep."

"I want to stay." I said

"Well, if you want, if you want- we could go grab something from the caf?" He asked. "Yeah, but let's go quickly." I said and he handed me his sweater.

He noticed I was cold, I gladly took it. "So, tonight was pretty eventful." He said as we sat down with food.

He had some soup and bread. I had some salad and a bag of chips.

We ate in silence for some time until he spoke up. "You know that when we find them you and Barnes can't come with us. I was also supposed to warn you to never answer the phone when you don't know who's calling."

"I had a feeling I knew who was calling." I said and he sighed.

"Just, I can't lose you. You make Bucky so happy. I- I know it's selfish, but he needs you. I need you."

I didn't say anything. "I'll be careful. I promise." 

"Good." He smiled. "Steve, when are you going to find a girl? What about that girl Sharon? She likes you."

"That's a little weird don't you think? She's Peggy's niece."

I cringed. "Ew. I did not know that. Abort." I said and he laughed. "There is this girl in my building. She's super sweet and I've been talking to her." That's a little odd, he would've told someone and then the news would've gotten back to me.

"That's good." I smiled. I noticed Steve seemed a little off. He was keeping the conversation very plain. These are tough times but that's when he talked the most.

I shrugged it off and looked down at my phone when it started buzzing.

"It's Tony." I said.

I picked up right away. "Stay calm, but is Steve with you?" He asked.

"Yup." I said and smiled at Steve. "Don't panic. Promise me that kid, but Steve left for a mission. He isn't back yet. Natasha just told me she saw a clone of herself. I need you to go protect Barnes and mark yourself with a pen mark or something. This was all a set up."

"Tony..." I said and looked back to see Steve was gone. Or his imposter.

"The guy is gone! The one who looks like Steve! Oh no he's after Bucky! Just focus on figuring this out, I'll protect Barnes." I yelled while running to his room.

I burst open to see 'Steve' trying to choke out Bucky. Bucky was awake and struggling. I ran over and jumped on the imposter and ripped a weird tech device off his face to reveal some random guy. He was probably hired to do this.

"You okay Bucky?" I asked while on this guys shoulders. He threw me off him and into the wall.

"Ow." I said and kicked him in the shin. "Not feeling too great baaaabbbbbyyyy."

I looked over and this asshole stuck a needle in him. "Oh Bucky." I sighed while fighting off this guy. "Ohhh Scarlet!" He shouted, in a sexual manner.

"Oh my god!" I screamed. What the hell is wrong with him? I felt pain in my stomach and the guy punched me. I then kicked him across the face and security came in and tasered him. "

"Thank you." I mumbled and ran over to Bucky. Bucky ran is hand through my hair and I pulled away. "That's my girl!" Bucky shouted.

"What's-" before I could finish I was being tasered. I fell to the ground and got one more good look at Bucky.

"It'll be okay, hot stuff." He smiled, he didn't even know what was happening. He was so loopy.