Steve...please...remember me...you know me...I know..you don't remember..me..but you have to..try..", Bucky weakly said and he made a raged feral growl with his crimson eyes staring at him as he made a violent punch at him in the face.
"No, you don't and I don't know...you!" Steve snapped as he fell on his knees and Bucky landed on the floor bleeding from the mouth.
They both rose at the same time.
"We've known each other since we were kids, Steve. You and I...we've known each other our whole lives", Bucky said with a desperate and exhausted smile with arms reaching to hug the brainwashed asset super solider of Hydra.
Steve stared at him seeing his human and metal arms reaching for him and his smile, and he made another growl and punched him again even harder as they both landed on the floor both on the verge of collapse.
Bucky and Steve both wounded and exhausted slowly rose to their feet facing each other.
Bucky panted heavily staggering to his feet as Steve was struggling to stand his ground. "Steve...your name is Steve Grant Rogers"
The Hydra asset attacked again with a hostile roar. "Shut up!" He punched him again only this time was harder and more brutal.
Bucky coughed tasting and feeling his blood as his sore muscles while Steve himself rose panting while ignoring his exhausted body with red eyes laid on his prey. Bucky stood and sternly stared at him with a sad face. "I am not going to fight you anymore, Steve", he said with loyalty and love. "You are my best friend who I love. You are my friend, Steve, and I will always love you", he said.
Steve looked at him in shock but he changed his expression to a cruel and intimidating smile ignoring the exhaustion then charged and rammed Bucky on the floor with both hands around his neck making Bucky choke.
Steve makes an insane wide smile with his eyes wide staring at Bucky. "You. Are. Nothing. To. Me. You are my mission", he snarled with his unstable smile then he punched Bucky repeatedly in the face with his blood soaking on his gloved hands as he remained smiling insanely with the same grin he made when he killed all his victims, and seeing Bucky almost falling unconscious to death as he continued making his violent blows, Steve's face was specked in red while he remained smiling but panting then raised his fist ready for the final strike to end his enemy.
Bucky with mouth and nose bleeding, one eye blinded, loss of strength, and wheezing desperately for air he makes a weak small smile then weakly grabs Steve from the back of his silver-blonde hair, slowly leaning him down and kissing him on the lips then releases him seeing the shocked Hydra soldier who immediately snapped out from the kiss and creepily smiled again raising his clenched fist in the air.
"Go ahead, buddy...then finish it...cause I am with you and...always will be...with you...till...the end...of the....line...", Bucky strained weakly with a loving smile and a tear dripped from his eye.
Steve's insanely wide smile slowly disappeared from his face and his eyes became wider in shock with his bloody fist was shaking in regret and horror seeing who he was attacking was who he used to call his friend, and the one he truly loved who promised him that they would always be together till the end of the line.
"Bu...cky?" Steve wheezed in horror shedding a tear.
"Bucky!" He sat straight up with tears pouring down his face and eyes wide and red with dark ring circles, his body was covered in scars, bruises, and drips of sweat from his nightmare as he panted heavily staring blankly at the wall across from the bed.
Then the Hydra asset felt a hand on his shoulder and his reactions struck back, he grabbed the hand, spun, and pinned down his attacker grabbing him by the throat with his hand and holding it captive as he stared at the enemy with a wide smile and his eyes were wide of insanity with fear as he gazes at the pinned enemy who was showing signs of choking.
Steve panting through his dilated nostrils and eyes stares at the enemy smiling.
"Ste...ve....it's me...", Bucky stared deep into his friend's eyes and he coughed feeling a tight grip from the coiled hand around his throat making a critical squeeze.
Steve smiled with eyes wide open while still sweating and panting, Bucky slowly stretched his out hand and rested it on his cheek, and Steve stared at him in shock feeling the hand, and saw a tear fall from Bucky's eye as he smiled up at the Hydra former soldier. Steve looked at him then his mind returned to him. "Buc...ky?" His friend nodded showing another tear. "It's me, Steve"
The former Hydra soldier horrified by what he was doing and nearly did, quickly acted and let go of Bucky, Steve staggered off the bed falling on the floor with a grunt, then rushingly stood up, walked backward having his back pressed to the wall staying away from Bucky as far as he could, panting heavily and rapidly holding his hand that was choking Bucky with both of his hands shaking in horror and guilt then soon entire body trembles staring at the Shield soldier who was coughing and gasping as blood slightly poured from the side of his mouth. Steve's superhuman strength is dangerously strong. He has been having many nightmares of the past of being captive by Hydra, the tortures, murders, battles, and the worst of them is killing Bucky.
Steve blankly stared at him seeing Bucky still gasping coughs then slowly got off the bed heading towards Steve who was still trembling as his hands were pressed to his erratic hammering heart. "Buc..ky...I'm sorry...I didn't mean....it...I...I'm sorry...I...didn't...mean...too...", he murmured struggling to find the words as he horrifically gazed at his shaken hands fearing to look at the approaching Bucky until he felt arms wrapped around him tight feeling Bucky's chest and his call heartbeat that was calming his erratic heart.
Steve dilates his eyes in shock feeling his friend hugging him. "Buc...ky...", he whispered in guilt.
He smiled and hugged Steve tighter. "Ssh, it's okay", he heard Steve make a sniffle and felt his face burying in the crook of his neck and his shoulder feeling a wet tear and he hugged him tight. "It's okay. It's over now. It's all over, you are safe. It's okay", he smiled.
Steve collapsed and he and Bucky slowly sat on the floor while Bucky still held Steve close in his arms comforting him. "Shh, it's okay now, punk. I'm here, Steve, everything's all right now. I'm here it's okay"
Steve continued crying and after moments of sobbing the brainwashed soldier stopped his tears and let go of Bucky only grabbing him by the collar of his nightshirt, pressing his head on his chest staring at his lap with a guilty expression feeling more tears flooding his eyes and falling. Bucky stares at him, rubbing his back and kissing his blonde hair.
"It's okay, Steve", resting his head on Steve.
"Are you...all right?"
Bucky smiles a sad smile. "I'm fine, babe"
"Are...you...sure...you are...all right?" Steve asked with great concern and timidness while glaring at Bucky's lap and the floor.
Bucky nodded staring down at Steve. "I am all right, baby, I promise I'm all right", he said and heard Steve make a deep relieved sigh and he closed his eyes.
"Steve...please look at me"
Steve closed his eyes tightly but nuzzled his face on Bucky's chest shedding tears through his tight-closed eyes and making a whining sob. Bucky held him close and kissed his hair. "It's okay, Steve, I'm here now. You are here with me now. We are both here together and we are safe, you are safe now...and free. Please look at me", he said and Steve slowly raised his head and stared his red eyes at Bucky's blue eyes letting them swallow him whole. Steve bowed his head, turning away from him, but Bucky placed his hand on his cheek slowly turning his face back to him.
"Are you...sure you...are you all right, Bucky?" He asked.
Bucky nodded and kissed him on the forehead and lips, then he gently rested his forehead against his making a small smile that gave Steve his smile.
"I am fine, Steve"
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry", Steve cried resting his face on Bucky's chest again holding his shirt and pressing his face close to him not wanting to let go. Bucky held him and kissed him stroking his back and whispering words of comfort and love. "Shh, it's okay, baby, it's okay. You have nothing to apologize for. Everything's all right now. You want to talk about it?"
Steve sniffled holding him closer, "No"
Bucky makes an understanding nod with a smile. "Okay"
"It was when...we...fought on the ship...and when you gave me...back my memories....my life...saved me from....nearly killing you....saving me...from Hydra...saving..me from...myself...", he sobbed admitting his nightmare with a shaken smile of gratitude. Over the years of being Hydra's dog, he had lost his memories and his life after he fell out of the plane and was taken to Hydra and became an emotionless killer helping the enemy win the war and killed many innocent people and those he was fighting for for his country.
Bucky began to fill his eyes with tears and kissed him and hugged him tight while they sat on the floor in the dark bedroom. "Steve...I'm so sorry, I wished I could've saved you, I wished it was me who fell off that damn plane and not you...wished it was me and not you who was taken by–"
"No!" Steve snapped angrily and in fear for something like that to happen to his friend. Bucky was then grabbed by the shoulders staring at the intense feared and angered eyes of the former Hydra soldier.
"Don't fucking say that! Don't you ever, ever, ever fucking say that, you fucking hear me?!" Steve snapped violently shaking Bucky who was getting frightened and regretting what he had said. "Don't you dare say or even think that again, Bucky! I don't you to say that kind of shit like that ever ever again! Never say things like that shit again!" Steve angrily yelled that is enough to probably wake someone up.
"Ste..ve...", Bucky whispered in pain feeling Steve's nails digging into his flesh and any more, and blood would slowly show from where Steve was holding him.
The blonde super-solider rapidly panted from the memory of his nightmare, his outburst, and trying to calm himself then exhaled deeply and slowly leaned his head back on Bucky's chest and closed his crimson eyes. "Please, Bucky, don't say things like that. You don't deserve...what they...did to me...and turned me into. You can't...you just can't say stuff like that to me...ever", he said stoically releasing his grip from Bucky's shoulders.
Bucky stared at him feeling guilty and hugged him caressing his back, "I won't, Steve, I promise. I'll never say things like that ever again. I promise. I'm sorry", he replied feeling guilty for what he said, even though what he said was the truth.
"You promise you won't say stuff like that again?"
Bucky nodded with a sad smile. "I promise", he then heard another relief sigh from his friend.
"Just please...don't leave me...stay with me...for a long, long time", Steve begged.
He smiled and kissed him on the cheek. "I will stay with you always...till the end of the line", he said and Steve chuckled holding him tight.
"You promise?" Steve asked looking and sounding vulnerable. Bucky smiled and kissed him on the forehead and lips. "I promise, baby.
Steve slowly lifted his hand and gently wiped the dried blood from Bucky's mouth making a small smile, "And you promise you are all right?" He asked once again just to make sure that Bucky was truly safe and well.
"I promise. We are both all right", Bucky answered and they embraced in a kiss.