Who: Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes What: More Goodbyes When: Friday morning Where: Their house Warnings: TBD Status: Closed/On-going
The clock was almost at zero. When the day ended, by everyone’s best guess this would all be over and they’d be back to their homes. Steve’s family would be torn apart, everyone but he and Bucky sent back to different universes, and the two best friends back to a life where one didn’t exist anymore. And Steve had to live without him.
He’d put off confronting Bucky about it, busied himself with other things and other people but he couldn’t just let everything go without even trying.
He found Bucky early in the morning, hoping to get to him before the rest of the house got up for their last day as a family, padded over quietly and just laid his hand against his friend’s back. He knew it was impossible to sneak up on Bucky, was banking on that and it making it clear that the touch wasn’t just to get his attention. It was so much more. It was the last of what they had together with no hope of ever finding their way together back at home now.