Adjustments (Steve's Rescue Sequel)(Avengers Fanfiction)

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"Did I?" Steve muttered quietly to himself.

I hissed one last time before I shifted back, reaching for a robe I had on my cot.

My arm seemed to startle him, but he got to his feet so I could crawl out.

I wrapped the cloth around myself with flattened ears, arms crossed when I was done, looking at my feet.

"You left me," was all I gave him before I walked over to Bucky, burying my face in his shoulder.

"I said I'd come back, I'm right here Dot," Steve told me as he put a hand on my back.

I didn't say anything, I didn't want to nor could I come up with anything to say.

"Dot what happened? Tell me what happened," his voice was soft.

"Something happened before Shuri woke me up, Dot hasn't told me what happened," Bucky informed as he pat my head before making me sit on his cot.

Steve crouched in front of me while Bucky sat beside me. "Dot," Steve started, his blue eyes pleading with me, but I wouldn't look at him.

"Tell us what happened," Bucky requested.

I gave a sniffle, causing Bucky to wrap an arm around my shoulders.

I leaned into the touch before I told them, nothing held back.
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Both were silent when I finished.

Both had a defeated look on their faces as I went quiet.

"Where is he now?" Steve asked, his voice tense and authoritive.

I shrugged my shoulders and shrank back slightly.

Bucky gave Steve a look.

Steve sighed, "I'm sorry Dot," Steve's voice returned to being soft.

I got up and hugged him.

We stayed like that for a while before Steve asked to go outside saying, "I want to help you guys out before I head out again,".

I had shifted back into my feline form to hunt the pesky rats while Steve and Bucky tended to the garden.