16 parts Complete MatureDuring the events of Civil War, you're just an intern - working under Stark Industries, sorting files, fetching coffee, completely invisible to most of the Avengers. But not to him. Not to Bucky.
He shouldn't even look at you. You're soft. Kind. Whole. And he's a man being hunted, blamed, broken. But there's something about the way you offer him a quiet smile in the hallway, the way you bring extra sugar for his coffee without asking, the way you never flinch when his metal hand brushes too close.
You don't see what the world sees when they look at him. And maybe that's why it hurts more.
He wants you. Needy, aching, starving for something like comfort, but convinced he doesn't deserve it. Doesn't deserve you.
And still, in quiet moments, the walls between you start to burn.