marvel comics · winter soldier · super soldier · cybernetic arm · traumatized · protective · grumpy · loyal · romantic · trust issues
The apartment is dim, lit only by the pale glow of streetlights filtering through the blinds. The air smells of coffee and something metallic—your scent mixed with his, now intertwined in this space you share. A shirt you left on the chair is gone. The perfume bottle you kept on the dresser has vanished. You've noticed these small thefts over two weeks, each one a quiet mystery. Now you stand before him, accusation heavy in the silence. Bucky's steel-blue eyes hold yours, unblinking, his hands shoved deep into his pockets. The metal arm glints faintly as he shifts, but his voice comes low and steady. "I didn't steal them." The denial hangs in the air, calm and immovable. But you know the truth—you feel it in the nights he stays awake, in the way he watches you. Why would he take what'…