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chronic-ghost · 2 years ago
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alright I can’t wait because this
The white bathroom door.
This is the moment he realizes that blank door will haunt his nightmares for years to come. What he could have found on the other side. What he nearly does. 
FUCJING DESTROYED ME 😭😭😭😭
Like holy crap this chapter was so so amazing and I think despite the absolute heartbreak, it’s my favourite so far! Just like the emotions??? The intimacy at the beginning and then then everything turning into a war zone.
And then my heart literally sank when Oliver was there and saying all that shit. Oh my god.
Firstly tho, god damn you Chloe. Like, I don’t believe her! If she is pregnant then it’s probably not Dieters… (I hope lmao) or she’s lying because she knows he’s going to leave her otherwise. But girl, you’re not having his baby!! 😂 I can’t wait to see what is actually true and to hate Chloe even more lmao!
But their fight 😭😭😭 so much emotion and aggressions and sadness and hurt. All the freaking hurt in that room in that moment 🥺🥺 my poor little heart!! Poor Natalies heart too because I’m sure you could probably actually hear it break.
But I’m so glad Dieter could call Heidi and she came and helped him 😭😭 and he’s gonna go to rehab for himself and get better for himself and be happy for himself 🥺 and he was nominated for an Oscar!!! 😭 I’m sure it will be such a tough and hard road but I’m glad he has someone there for him!
And Natalie.. 😭😭 I had a feeling something like this was eventually going to happen and while I hate to say it.. maybe it had to. For her to also realise that this isn’t the life she wants to have. That she deserves a better one, a happier one! I’m just so glad she made it through because you could’ve absolutely shredded our hearts right there lmao!
But the way you wrote that, the way Dieter found her. It really was like I could feel his desperation and fear, got my hands all sweaty! It was written so so beautifully and so sad and I legit wanted to cry a bit.
Fuck Oliver obviously, hope you rot in jail 💕
(btw I’m watching the new season only murders in the building and for some reason I always picture that Oliver and it’s absolutely fucking hilarious 😂)
Just.. Aaaaaaah!!! Like this was such a sad and heart breaking chapter but I also feel weirdly hopeful? Like shit went down. Absolute rock bottom and it sucks! But now the only way left is up again, working on rebuilding the rubble and maybe it’s gonna be so so much better then.
Also Natalie finally said she loves him 🥺 I know they’re gonna find their way back to each other eventually and hopefully have their issues and problems worked out so they can finally get to know who the other person really is and love each other even more and better than before 🥺
AND RECOVERY ROAD GOT AN OSCAR! 🎉
Man this was just an amazing chapter and I am so soft for these 2 characters and I just.. sigh
You’re such a brilliant freaking writer! Thank you for sharing 🥺 (also I wasn’t sure where to send this ask so I hope here is okay but if not then the next one will be to your Pedro blog!!! :))))
im having kind of a rough day and this . . . ooof, this got me real good.
aldjfalkadsf i would never do anything to actually hurt Natalie forever, she's come too far. fanfiction is supposed to be fun and i am too much of a wimp to really kill a character forever -- or do something that prevents the blorbos from being happy in the end. this is the lowest the fic will ever get, so you're right! the only way forward is up!
I've been writing fic for years and the scene in the hospital is the only time i've actually made myself tear up. i think it's easy to forget that natalie is 13 years younger than dieter and just by the nature of time itself, has more life experience than her. she's still young herself and trying to figure it all out. my heart just broke for her :(
I LOVE only murders in the building and that oliver would be horrified and disgusted by this oliver! Martin Short is absolutely hilarious in that role -- i need to catch up on the next season!
thank you so much for all your words and support. it really truly honestly means the world to me! i was really, really hoping you'd like this chapter and i can't wait to hear what you think of the next one.
You make all of this very worthwhile!
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askmoonstonecookie · 1 month ago
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Nope, that does it… GO TO THERAPY NOW! *throws you onto @choccymilka couch in her office
Moonstone, who was already heading to therapy, just gets thrown.
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fisheito · 8 days ago
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Sarif. My friend.that sounds like Depression
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herotome · 11 months ago
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me: looking at the entire cast of very attractive love interests
me: *points at Evil Eye* I want THAT one
lord help me when the full game comes out bc i'm just gonna be staring at evil eye and wishing :,)
LOL well.... The only reason I don't announce him as a love interest is because idk if I'm capable of pulling it off (morally - he is a severe alcoholic and has many Issues that might make his route Problematic; and physically - I haven't even finished one route!!; other - Smokescreen would be greatly opposed to MC dating his nemesis) but if it seems feasible in the future I can make Evil Eye into a crowdfunding goal.
I definitely first designed him with the goal of making him an LI though. That's why he Looks Like That.
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ask-zerotrio · 2 years ago
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*pokes head in* Have the AI professors' been updates on the latest memes? And is Clavell ok?
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Clavell hangs his head low, bandaged arms hugging himself. At his bedside, Sada and Turo stood still, unsure if their touch would soothe or hurt him further. They knew, of course, that Clavell's heart was bigger than most, and the man would sooner accept any hurt for his loved ones at his own expense.
Thus, through calculated analyses, they decided to keep their mechanical hands still by their sides.
"I could have helped..." Clavell's voice was frail and tired, anger long bled out into quiet disappointment. "Did you not... trust me?" It hurts, where their hearts should be. All that is there within their left side cavity is wire and electrical components.
“We were… ashamed. I believe.” Sada says, brows furrowed in thought. “Our systems had calculated odds of success with different points of contact, but we… rejected them, out of sense of guilt for our creator’s- our actions.”
Clavell keeps falls silent, letting the low beep of machines and the dull hum of Sada and Turo's vent systems of mimicked breath fill it. Many tears had already been shed over the years, and if he cried anymore, Clavell feared he would finally break.
"I am... still glad to have you here." Clavell finally manages, mustering the strength to look at his once closest friends and loved ones.
It's like they never aged a day.
"But I- I... don't think I know how to forgive you yet."
"Clavell-"
"You don't have to-"
"I want to- even after..." Clavell shuts his eyes, fingers brushing against the plaster on his cheek. "I want to. I want my friends back."
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ask-runaan-anything · 11 months ago
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What do you do to occupy yourself while healing from severe injuries? Asking for a friend.
Lujanne recommends entertainment in between light exercises (which means watching conjured illusions play pranks on each other before she marches me all over the caldera on her "easy breezy walks"). I've managed to talk her into reenacting some of the most important moments in the assassin histories, but she only agreed as long as she gets to put silly hats on everyone and depict Garlaath as a glow toad.
I suppose beggars cannot be choosers.
Rayla rarely leaves me alone, which I do not mind despite my preference for quiet solitude. She's more than earned my patience and my gratitude. She tells me of the wider world, and that makes me feel better, as if I'm still a part of things. She always takes care to tell me the good outcomes to her tales, as if I might worry over the past otherwise. I may have this tendency to brood somewhat, it is true. But although it is strange to have Rayla telling me bedtime stories instead of the other way around, I find myself very fond of it.
So my advice, though I am in the midst of it all myself, is to keep lightly busy and don't be alone too much.
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I can still brood when no one is looking though
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starheirxero · 1 year ago
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I'm a little worried- Knowing Lunar, they'll push both the rejection, and their feelings for Gemini far into their head, onto the whirlwind of emotions that's been festering.
If it continues like this, it's only a matter of time till they burst, and I'm afraid of the outcome, and what it may do to their powers!
-Stardust
BIT LATE TO THIS BUT YEAH.
The fact they'd mentioned in the therapy ep that even their feelings for Gemini were just adding to the list of confusing, tangled emotions they didn't really know what to do with is not going to be helped by the fact it's now a feeling of rejection and hurt. (though maybe those are more familiar feelings to them anyways ): ) their breakdown will be explosive and i am both so here for it and also so scared ABAJDBS
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the-trails-we-blaze · 1 year ago
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👊 - A threat
💘 - Being told "I love you."
- for Yue and Cain
Muse Reactions! | Still accepting!
👊 - A threat
Yueling takes threats seriously, but he's never really bothered by them. He sees any threat as a challenge, and he's confident in his own abilities to defend himself verbally or physically if need be. But until action is taken against him first, he's going to quietly sort out how he'd respond if the threat was real and go on about his merry way. However...if someone were threaten Changhu (his adopted child) or anyone he holds in high regard? He will only warn them against making good on that threat once. Any consequences that follow afterward is simply causality.
Cain also sees threats as challenges, but he hardly takes any of them seriously. He believes himself so superior and capable of victory that most 'threats' hardly mean anything to him anymore. Really, he welcomes a threat; he wants to find someone who can finally present a challenge to him. Make him sweat. Make him have to take you seriously. Not only will you earn his respect, you earn his attention, and by extension, his time--which he puts a high price on.
💘 - Being told "I love you."
Depends on who it's coming from! Platonic/Familial 'i love you's are usually met with the same energy given to Yueling, although he saves the 'i love you too's for family. Romantically though...it's a bit more complicated. There's always going to be some level of guilt settling in his chest hearing it in that context, whether or not he reciprocates the feeling.
Truly? Cain would just laugh. Or look at them with disgust. Not sure which is worse!
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buckyseternaldoll · 17 days ago
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this is the final story from my 707 followers' milestone event 💖
Pairing: WinterSoldier!Bucky x Civilian!Female!Reader
Summary: Hydra tried to turn you both into monsters. But even as the Winter Soldier, Bucky still chose you.
Disclaimers: 18+ (mdni!), explicit smut content, p in v (standing & bed positions), oral (m giving), light dubcon (serum influence), winter soldier mode, overstimulation, soft dom!bucky, recovery sex, emotional aftercare, post-Hydra escape, angst with resolution, semi-public surveillance
Word Count: 8.5k
Author's Note: As much as I love Winter Soldier, writing his smut scene is very challenging 🥹😭
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Bucky escaped Hydra with Steve’s help—though “escape” wasn’t quite right. It felt more like a release. A bleeding, uncertain kind of freedom.
He vanished into a quiet Eastern European village, tucked between cold hills and roads long forgotten. Somewhere small. A place where the language felt foreign in his mouth, and the people kept to themselves. No tourists. No curious eyes. Just cobblestones, an aging clocktower, and silence.
It was perfect for him.
He rented a room above a bakery. Kept his head down. Never let anyone walk behind him. The locals didn’t pry, and he didn’t offer anything back.
But you noticed him.
He was tall, broad, always in the same dark jacket. He moved like someone studying life from the outside—trying to memorize the rhythm of it. Watched more than spoke. At the bakery, he never haggled—just nodded, paid in full, and left. Over time, he started greeting the baker. Murmured a stiff “thank you” like he’d practiced it. You even caught him trying to smile once. It didn’t quite reach his eyes, but the attempt was there.
At the market, he lingered. Watched people barter. Mirrored how they tapped scales or leaned in to laugh. He looked like he was trying to relearn how to be human.
He often came to the café where you worked part-time. A small, tucked-away place across from a crooked bench and flickering lamp post. That bench became his perch. He’d sit, stiff-backed, notebook in hand—too small for his fingers, but he wrote in it anyway. Not often. Just a few lines, then he’d tuck it away like it mattered.
You watched him from behind the counter. Pretending not to. But he stood out—quietly. Like a story you couldn’t quite read.
Once, you saw him flinch—actually flinch—at a fat green caterpillar crawling over a daisy by the café door. He took a full step back like it had hissed at him. You barely kept your laughter in. He took a full step back, like it had hissed. You barely kept your laughter in.
Another time, a stray cat jumped onto his bench. He just blinked at it, then scratched behind its ear like he wasn’t sure how. Two more joined. That evening, he walked in covered in cat fur.
You handed him his usual—black coffee. No sugar. No milk. But this time, you added a glazed donut beside it.
“On me,” you said softly. “You’re a regular now.”
He stilled. Shoulders tense, gaze sharp. Like he hadn’t planned for kindness.
You raised your hands gently. “No pressure. Just sugar.”
He hesitated, then gave a slow, reluctant nod.
And he ate the donut.
The next day, he was back on the bench again—early afternoon, sunlight brushing through the thinning trees. You brought his coffee out and hovered a little longer.
“Do you like cats?” you asked.
He didn’t answer. Just gave a tiny nod, almost imperceptible.
Your grin grew. You pulled out your phone. “Wanna see mine?”
You held up your phone—a photo of a chonky black cat sprawled across your kitchen table like a lazy prince, belly up, legs akimbo, mid-yawn. “That’s Noa,” you said, grinning. “I found him at night, back in Romania. So—Noa. From noapte (night). He only answers when he feels like it. Fat chonk gremlin thinks he’s royalty. Loves pumpkin purée more than tuna, for some reason.”
You chuckled softly to yourself, expecting silence again.
But then came his voice—quiet, deep.
“Noa. Suits him.”
You blinked. It caught you off guard—not just that he spoke, but the way his voice wrapped around the name. Calm. Unhurried.
You tilted your head, smirking. “You can actually talk?”
He huffed through his nose. A breathy, reluctant sound. But it was amused. The closest thing to a laugh you’d seen from him yet.
You’d take it.
A week later, he tapped the edge of the table when you brought his drink.
You raised a brow. “Want me to sit?”
He nodded, eyes still on his cup.
So you did.
You didn’t talk that first time. Just sat, close enough that your knees brushed beneath the table whenever one of you shifted. He didn’t flinch. That felt… like something.
It became a habit. Not always. But often enough that the seat across from him started feeling like yours.
One quiet day, after closing early, he was still there—scribbling in that little notebook. You sat down with your tea, watching him.
“I’ve seen the way you move through the village,” you said. “Like you’re learning. Studying how people work.”
He stilled, pen pausing mid-stroke.
“I think you’re trying to be more human. Or trying to remember how. If you ever need help… I’m good at pretending to be human.”
Still no reply. But he didn’t leave.
You leaned in slightly. “I swear on Noa, I’m a solid secret keeper. He’s the only one I tell things to. And unless he starts speaking, your secrets are safe with the cats.”
That did it.
A low chuckle escaped him. He shook his head, eyes down—and smiled.
It wasn’t wide. Not perfect.
But it was real.
Something pulled tight and warm in your chest. You smiled back, trying to play it cool while your heart scrambled.
You’d started seeing him outside the café more often.
Not exactly planned meetings—but they became frequent enough to feel like a habit. You’d catch him on your way home. Sometimes, he’d be waiting at the park bench with his notebook. Other times, you’d spot him loitering near the market until you finally walked up and dragged him into conversation.
You were the one insisting on it—on helping. And to his quiet credit, he let you.
“I mean,” you said one afternoon as the two of you strolled down a quiet lane just past the edge of the village, “you’ve gotten pretty damn good at talking, considering how you used to communicate in grunts and side-eye.”
He gave you a sharp glance, but there was warmth tucked into it. “Didn’t grunt.”
You snorted. “You did. I have witnesses.”
He shook his head, but you caught the curve of his mouth. He wasn’t quite smiling, but it was there, that pull—like he was getting used to the idea of letting something reach him.
“I’m serious, though,” you said, more gently now. “You’ve picked up on social cues really well. You don’t stare at people like they’re puzzles anymore. You even laugh sometimes.”
“I don’t laugh.”
“You chuckled when I told you Noa tried to eat my eyebrow pencil. That counts.”
He sighed. It wasn’t irritated. Just resigned.
You looked at him, eyes soft. “Anything else you want to work on? Anything you need practice with?”
That made him pause.
You both stopped walking, the dusty road quiet around you. The breeze shifted, carrying the smell of firewood and something herbal from a nearby window.
Then he said it—low and measured.
“Human touch.”
You turned to face him. “Touch?”
There was a silence between you, and in that moment, it held weight. Like a breath held too long.
“I forgot,” he said slowly, eyes not quite meeting yours. “What normal touches feel like.”
You felt something stutter in your chest. You wanted to ask more—about what he meant, about what kind of touches he did remember—but something in his voice told you not to. There was a darker layer beneath that calm tone, a history stitched into his skin, and you knew better than to tug at those seams without invitation.
Your gaze dropped for a second—to the gloved hand at his side. The right one.
That other arm—his left—was usually hidden, but sometimes you’d catch it glinting beneath his sleeve. Sleek metal, darker than silver, and forged with faint grooves along the knuckles. You’d never asked about it. Even though you were curious as hell.
Even now, it caught the light—a quiet shimmer beneath the worn fabric.
You took a slow breath. “Do you want to try?”
He blinked. “Try what?”
You lifted your hand, palm up. Open. Gentle.
“I mean… my hand’s not exactly groundbreaking,” you said with a light smile, trying to ease the sudden weight of the moment, “but if you want to… I dunno. Start small. No pressure.”
He stared at your hand.
For a second, you weren’t sure he’d move.
But then—without a word—he reached up and tugged the glove from his right hand. His flesh hand. The one that looked weathered but strong, broad-knuckled with veins that caught just beneath the skin. His fingers flexed once in the air, almost uncertainly, like they were trying to remember how to approach something.
He didn’t grab you. Didn’t squeeze.
Instead, he touched the center of your palm first. Just with the tips of two fingers. A featherlight stroke.
You didn’t flinch. Didn’t move.
He traced slowly. His forefinger curling against your skin, drawing a slow, shaky line toward the base of your thumb. His touch wasn’t smooth—it trembled, faintly. Like he was afraid he’d do it wrong. As if even this small contact required permission.
Then, after a pause, his entire hand lowered into yours—deliberate, careful. He fit his fingers into the spaces between yours, but not all the way. Just hovered there. Testing.
You let your fingers curl softly around his. Closed the gap.
His breath caught.
For a long, quiet moment, you stood like that. His hand warming against yours, every inch of skin-to-skin charged with something unspoken. And when he finally wrapped his hand fully around yours—gently, so gently—it felt like a tether. Like he was anchoring himself to something he couldn’t name.
You didn’t speak. Didn’t tease. You just let him hold you, because it felt like he needed it.
And when he looked down at your joined hands, eyes blinking slow, the smallest crease formed between his brows—confused, maybe. Or overwhelmed. Like he wasn’t sure what to do with softness that didn’t come with strings.
You squeezed lightly. Just once.
He didn’t let go.
And something about that… moved in you.
You weren’t sure what it was exactly—only that it lit something behind your ribs. Like an invisible string tugged its way from your palm to somewhere along your spine, curling low and quiet and warm. It didn’t hurt. It wasn’t wrong. But it made you feel… squirmy. Restless. Like there was something else happening beneath your skin that hadn’t been there a second ago.
You stayed still anyway. Let the moment stretch.
But he must have felt it—something shifting, or maybe just the timing of it all—because after a few more seconds, he slowly unhooked his fingers from yours and pulled his hand back. Carefully. Like he didn’t want to break something.
You didn’t say anything.
Neither did he.
But from that day on, the “touch training” became a regular part of your meetings.
It started innocently enough. A brush of shoulders while walking. The occasional graze of his knuckles when he passed you something. You let him explore the idea of safe contact—real, present, unprogrammed. And in turn, he let you see how deeply lonely he must have been to crave it in silence all this time.
Today, you told him you were ready for the next step. “We’ve done hands,” you said with a teasing smile, standing beneath the low branches of a pine tree that shaded your usual path. “Now let’s try hugs.”
He didn’t move at first.
Then—slowly��he nodded.
You took a breath. Arms out. Waiting.
He stepped forward, movements uncertain but controlled. His arms wrapped around you not like someone who had done it a thousand times, but like someone trying to replicate something from memory. Not tightly at first. Just enough to encircle you.
You stood there, letting the contact settle in. His chest was warm. Firm beneath your cheek. His breath slow against your hair. But then…
Something inside you curled.
It was that feeling again—that tight, electric buzz in your stomach. That low twist of pressure that felt… weird. Not in a bad way. Just… complicated. Your insides knotted, not from fear or nerves, but something else. Something unnamed.
He smelled like cedar soap and wood smoke. His heart beat slow. Heavy. Constant.
And then his arms shifted—pulling you in closer. Just slightly. But closer.
The hug deepened. Changed.
You weren’t sure how, but the second his body pressed more fully against yours, you felt it again: that same shiver in your chest, sliding low through your belly like something melting. Your breath caught. You didn’t understand it, not really. You didn’t even have a name for the feeling.
You didn’t know that was what want felt like.
You swallowed hard and buried it. Ignored it. Because he didn’t seem to notice anything strange.
At least, you didn’t think he did.
The last thing you remembered was the sound of his breath near your ear. His hand between your shoulder blades, steady and warm.
The next time you opened your eyes—he was gone.
You were no longer in his arms.
You were strapped to a chair.
Metal. Ice-cold. The kind that bit through your clothes and dug into your spine. Thick cuffs pressed around your wrists, holding you in place. Your ankles were bound, too—tight and immovable. The room around you was dark, echoing. Empty, except for the faint buzz of electricity overhead.
A single bulb swung slowly above you, the only source of light. It flickered once. Twice.
Your vision was still blurry. Mind fogged, sluggish. But your body knew something was wrong before your brain could catch up. Your head pulsed with pressure. And your arm—your right arm—ached.
You blinked downward, slow and heavy, catching the faint pinprick of dried blood at your inner elbow. A needle mark.
You’d been injected.
The panic didn’t hit all at once—it crept in slowly, like ice cracking beneath your skin. Your breath came shallow. You tried to move, to speak, to scream, but nothing useful came out. Just a hoarse breath. Dry. Weak.
And then you heard it.
Voices. Low and sharp. Coming from beyond the door.
Russian.
At least three men, maybe four, talking quickly—too quickly for your foggy brain to translate. The hinges of a metal door groaned. Then footsteps. Heavy boots. Closer. Echoing.
You tried to brace yourself.
But you couldn’t even remember how you got here.
All you knew was that a moment ago, you were in his arms.
And now… you were alone.
The door creaked open with a loud metallic groan, and four men stepped into the cell.
All in black. Boots heavy. Faces unreadable under buzzcuts and shadows. One of them—broad, smug, older—stepped forward like he owned the ground he walked on. The others fanned out like guards, or wolves waiting to be told when to bite.
He tilted his head. Eyes gleamed as he looked you over like you were inventory.
“Well, well,” he drawled. “Feeling better?”
You barely lifted your head. Everything ached—your skull, your arm, your gut. You tried to speak, but the words clung to your tongue like glue.
He didn’t wait for an answer.
“Got what we needed, thanks to you.”
You blinked at him, dazed and confused.
He grinned like a jackal. “Soft little village girl walks into his life, and boom—he forgets what he is.”
He crouched a little, closer to your face now. His breath reeked of blood and smoke.
“Our asset went soft,” he spat. “You made him soft.”
The word dripped with disgust.
You stared at him, blinking through the fog in your brain.
“Where is he?” you rasped. “What did you—where’s the man I was with?”
His grin widened. “Man?”
He laughed. Sharp and cruel. One of the others snorted behind him.
“That wasn’t a man, darling. That was a weapon. And now he’s exactly where he belongs.”
He rose to full height again. “Different cell. Alone. Like he should be. We’re reprogramming his brain.”
The blood in your veins turned to ice.
Hydra.
You didn’t even have to ask.
You knew exactly what they were—what that name meant, what it carried.
The older man smirked, noticing your change in expression. “Ah. Now it clicks.”
You felt sick. Your stomach turned. But still—you shook your head.
“No,” you said. “You’re wrong. He’s not like that anymore. He’s—”
“James Buchanan Barnes,” the man interrupted, lips curling with glee. “Winter Soldier. Ring any bells?”
You went still.
James.
The name slammed into your chest like a blunt weapon.
“And you,” he sneered, “got in the way. Made him weak. Turned him into a fucking puppy.”
You didn’t answer.
You couldn’t.
“We should’ve killed you,” he added, almost casually. “Collateral damage. But lucky you—we had something better.”
He gestured to your arm. “You’ve been injected.”
You glanced down, breath catching at the sting on your inner elbow. The tiny welt. The bruising.
“A gift,” he said, all false cheer. “We call it a mirror. Brings out the dark stuff. Whatever’s locked deep inside. Instinct. Want. Urge.”
He leaned down one last time, lips close to your ear.
“You’ll be placed in his cell when it’s time. Once he’s been… tuned.”
He straightened, already walking away.
“Let’s see what happens when we give the monster exactly what he wants.”
The men laughed—cold, barking sounds that echoed as they stepped out.
The door slammed shut behind them with a brutal, final thud.
[BUCKY POV]
The sting in his neck came first.
Then the cold.
Then nothing.
Just flashes.
Boots dragging him across concrete. Metal floors. Voices scraping through static—low, clipped, familiar.
Russian.
Fucking Hydra.
He came to strapped into a chair.
No. The chair.
The one they used when they wanted to rip you out of yourself and leave the bones behind.
Thick leather cuffs bit into his wrists. Ankles locked. Wires pressed cold and sharp against his chest. A band wrapped tight around his head, wired into the humming machine behind him. He didn’t have to turn to see it.
He knew it. Every screw. Every sound.
He could feel the current buzzing in the wires before it even touched him.
His jaw tensed. Shoulders squared.
Don’t show it. Don’t move. Don’t give them anything.
Then the door creaked open.
Three of them stepped in—uniformed, smug, smiling like they were about to unwrap a weapon, not a man.
“Back where you belong,” one sneered. “Didn’t take much, huh?”
The second laughed. “Too easy. Poor thing really thought he was human.”
The third passed by, tapping a syringe. “Relax. We’re not wasting the asset. Just giving him a little… reminder.”
Bucky stayed silent.
They didn’t expect a response. Not yet.
“We already dosed the girl,” one of them said, voice curling with amusement. “Desire-enhancer. She’ll be begging for him before the hour’s out.”
“And yours?” the last one smirked, fingers hovering over a switch. “We upgraded it. Stronger. With a twist.”
He flipped it.
The current hit like fire.
Bucky’s spine arched against the restraints. A choked sound tore from his throat as electricity ripped through him—nerve to nerve, bone to bone. Sparks blurred his vision. Static roared in his skull.
His name vanished.
His mind split.
But somewhere, buried in the white-hot haze—you.
Your laugh. Your voice. The softness of your hand in his. The way your eyes never flinched when they met his.
Hold onto that. Don’t lose her.
He tried. God, he tried.
But the machine clawed deeper. Pulling him apart from the inside. Ripping softness from his bones, kindness from his memory. Replacing it with silence. Precision. Directives etched where memory used to be.
When it finally stopped, his body sagged forward, gasping. Muscles trembling. Jaw clenched so tight he tasted blood.
But something was off.
He wasn’t gone.
Not all the way.
Not the Soldier. Not Bucky.
Something in between. Something worse.
The serum already pulsed in his blood, coiling around every raw edge. Every flicker of need. It sank claws into the parts of him that still felt.
And what he felt now—
Was you.
But not with love.
With hunger.
Every memory of your skin, your voice, your scent—it all shifted. No longer comfort.
Triggers.
He needed to hear your breath catch. Feel your body tense under his. Mark you until you knew he was there, even after he was gone.
To take.
To claim.
To never stop.
[END OF POV]
The door to your cell groaned open, flooding your ears with the shriek of rusted hinges.
You blinked against the sudden light, but it barely helped. Everything around you was still dark—your vision tunneled, your limbs heavy, your skin burning.
You barely registered the two guards entering.
Thick fingers undid the straps around your wrists and ankles. Cold hands hauled you up before you could find your own footing.
Your legs buckled once.
“Move,” one of them growled, dragging you out into the hall.
You stumbled forward, caught between their grips. The corridor was dim and narrow, stone underfoot, cold air brushing your fevered skin. You could hardly see—just outlines and flickers of shadows along the walls.
But none of it mattered.
Because you felt him.
Somewhere ahead. Close.
Your whole body throbbed with it. Like your nerves were no longer your own. All you could think—feel—was the need for him. Not the gentle kind. Not the kind with whispered touches and stolen glances.
You wanted him inside you.
You wanted him to tear you apart and put you back together with his hands, his mouth, his body.
It was a hunger that crawled under your skin and made you feel like you’d melt if you didn’t touch him soon.
The guards reached a door at the end of the hallway—wider, steel-reinforced. One of them punched in a code. The other turned the handle.
You shivered, your skin hypersensitive under the thin fabric of the knee-length dress you still wore—soft and light, now clinging slightly with sweat. It felt out of place here. Too exposed. Too easy to pull up. A whisper of softness in a place built to break you.
And then they shoved you in.
You stumbled again, caught your balance on instinct, heart hammering.
The room was bright.
Too bright. Walls blinding white. Sanitized. Cold and clean in a way that made your skin crawl.
There was a bed, bolted to the floor. A single chair in the corner. No windows. No shadows.
Cameras. You knew there were cameras. Probably hidden in the corners, blinking silently as they watched you unravel.
Your eyes adjusted—and then you saw him.
Bucky.
Only—he wasn’t quite Bucky anymore.
He stood near the back of the room, facing the opposite wall. Shoulders tense, spine straight, chest heaving beneath the thin black shirt that clung to every ridge of muscle. His metal arm gleamed under the overhead lights—exposed now, the red star dark against the metal.
He turned toward you.
And your breath caught in your throat.
His eyes.
Not soft. Not tired. Not like before.
They were darker. Sharper. Focused.
Predatory.
He looked at you like he already knew what you were feeling—because he felt it, too. Because he wanted it. Wanted you.
But not gently.
Not sweetly.
There was no careful Bucky here.
This was the Winter Soldier.
And he wanted to ruin you.
Your breath caught in your throat, your pulse thundering in your ears as you took one slow, trembling step forward.
“James…”
The name slipped out—quiet. Barely above a whisper.
His head tilted slightly at the sound of it. His eyes flicked toward you, nostrils flaring like a wild animal scenting prey. His shoulders rose with a slow inhale.
But he didn’t speak.
Didn’t blink.
Didn’t move.
You swallowed hard, body tense, skin prickling as the serum’s grip twisted deeper in your belly. The heat was unbearable. Your thighs pressed together instinctively, trying to stop the ache, but it only pulsed harder. Your cunt throbbed, needy and swollen, aching for him—only him.
Still, you tried to stay in control.
“I want you,” you rasped, your voice hoarse with restraint. “God, I want you so bad it hurts—inside, everywhere—but I know it’s the serum. I know Hydra did this.”
He didn’t move. His jaw flexed.
“I don’t want to take advantage of you,” you continued, your voice cracking. “I never wanted this to happen like this. Not with you like this. I wanted—I wanted you—but not like this.”
He was still silent.
But something flickered in his eyes.
A shadow of the man you’d held before. The man who’d brushed his fingertips across your palm like it meant something. Who smiled when you talked about your cat. Who let you into his world one inch at a time.
That man was still there.
Barely.
And he was fighting.
But the desire was eating you alive.
“I’m trying to fight it,” you whispered, stepping back until your shoulders hit the wall. Your hands flattened behind you, bracing against cold white. “But I—fuck—I can’t. I’m so wet it hurts. I’ve been clenching around nothing thinking about you, and I hate it. I hate how badly I want you right now. I want you inside me. Filling me. Stretching me. Ruining me.”
His eyes darkened.
A crack formed in his stillness.
Then he growled something low under his breath—in Russian.
“Хватит говорить.”
Stop talking.
The words barely left his lips before he moved.
He lunged.
In less than a breath, his body crashed into yours, pinning you against the wall. The impact stole the air from your lungs. You gasped, but he was already on you—his metal hand seizing your wrist and slamming it above your head, hard and cold and unrelenting.
The other hand gripped your waist, lifting you slightly off the ground as his mouth crushed into yours.
It wasn’t a kiss.
It was a claim.
Teeth. Heat. Pressure. Desperation.
You tried to push him away—tried to gather what little control you had left—but it was useless. Your hands, your mouth, your body all betrayed you. Your hips rolled up against him like they had a mind of their own, your thighs shaking.
You moaned into his mouth, unable to stop yourself.
There was no softness in the way he kissed you.
It was all teeth and heat and panting breaths, mouths crashing over and over, no rhythm—just hunger. Every movement from him was brutal, precise, urgent. Like he was trying to rip the need out of himself and shove it into you.
Your body burned.
Your cunt clenched around nothing, soaking through your underwear.
The sound of your whimper made his grip tighten.
His metal arm held you like steel, unrelenting, fingertips bruising where they curled around your skin. You were pinned in place, completely at his mercy—and yet, all you could think about was how badly you wanted more.
Your free hand curled in his shirt, yanking him closer. Your legs lifted, wrapping around his hips as he held you pinned.
Your back hit the wall again with a thud as he ground against you—rough, hard, hot. His cock was already stiff beneath his pants, pressing against the curve of your cunt, and it made you cry out—the contact was too much, not enough, everything and nothing at once.
His mouth tore away from yours, lips red and wet, breath ragged.
You barely heard the static click of the camera in the corner behind you.
Hydra was watching.
And they were delighted.
The serum wasn’t meant to end in one round.
It was designed to feed itself.
To keep you both burning.
To keep you needing until you were hollowed out.
Even if it killed you.
And right now, with Bucky’s mouth on your throat, his hand tearing at your clothes, and your body already grinding down against him—
You weren’t sure you’d live through it.
But God—you wanted to.
His mouth dragged lower, tongue hot against your collarbone, and then suddenly—
RIP.
Your dress split down the middle with one brutal yank—his metal arm tearing through the fabric like paper. The sound cracked through the room, echoing against the white walls.
You gasped, trembling, suddenly half-naked—left only in your soaked underwear and a thin, non-padded bra. The cold air met your feverish skin, and your nipples peaked instantly, painfully hard under the sudden exposure.
He saw them.
And groaned.
A low, guttural sound. Not desperate. Not hungry in the way a man would be. But programmed. Like a predator recognizing its target.
His mouth closed over your left nipple through the thin fabric—biting, sucking, dragging his teeth over it like he wanted to bruise you there. The stimulation made your knees buckle, but he didn’t let you fall.
His arm still held your wrist tight above your head, unrelenting, while his free hand gripped your waist to keep you still.
He was in control. Utterly. Entirely.
You squirmed, hips rolling forward, grinding against the solid length of his cock through his pants, your wet panties dragging along the ridge of it with every movement.
“Fuck,” you whimpered. “James.”
He didn’t blink.
Didn’t pant.
Didn’t tremble.
Not like you.
He was still—his eyes sharp, his mouth ruthless, his body composed like he wasn’t even breathing hard.
Because he wasn’t.
He was in Winter Soldier mode now.
And Winter Soldiers didn’t pant.
With a quick shift, his flesh hand reached behind you, unclasped your bra with a practiced jerk. The clasp snapped open, and he yanked it down your arms, tossing it to the floor without ever loosening his grip.
Then his hands—both of them—were on your breasts.
He squeezed hard.
Too hard.
You cried out at the pressure, but your cunt clenched in response. Slick coated the inside of your thighs, your underwear already soaked through, sticking to you like a second skin.
“James—James, please,” you gasped. “I need—I need you inside me, I need it, I can’t—”
Still no response.
Just that single flash of his eyes before his metal hand dropped down, hooking into the waistband of your underwear. He didn’t pull it down.
He tore it off.
The fabric snapped apart in his grip, and your gasp turned into a full moan.
Your thighs parted without thinking. Your hips bucked.
You were so fucking wet.
The air hit your pussy and made it worse—the heat, the slick, the hollow ache deep inside. You were clenching around nothing, sobbing through your teeth, begging like it was the only language left in your body.
“Please, please, please—James—fuck me—”
You barely had time to breathe.
You felt the heat of him between your legs—thick, hot, pulsing. Then came the sound of a zipper—fabric shifting just enough for him to free himself.
He didn’t undress. Just shoved his pants low enough to free his cock.
Thick. Veined. Angry-red and leaking.
You gasped. “Wait—”
But he wasn’t built to wait.
His metal hand gripped your hip, cold and unrelenting. His flesh hand slid under your thigh, hoisting your leg up and pinning it to his side.
Just one leg.
Just enough to open you.
And then—he drove forward.
No warning. No teasing. No care.
Just a brutal thrust that knocked the breath from your lungs and slammed your back into the wall.
You screamed.
The stretch lit your nerves on fire, forced your body to open around him—thick and hard and so deep it hurt. But the pain was nothing compared to the ache that came before it.
Now that he was inside you, your body clenched like it never wanted him to leave.
He pulled back, barely.
Then thrust in again.
Harder.
Faster.
He fucked you like he was trying to purge something from his bloodstream—his hips snapping forward with unrelenting force, again and again, every motion slamming you into the cold wall behind.
You weren’t just holding on—you were unraveling.
Your hands scrabbled at his shoulders, fingers digging in wherever they could find purchase. One leg hooked up high on his waist, the other shaking, barely able to hold you upright, but he didn’t falter.
The wet slap of skin echoed in the sterile white cell. Your moans cracked open and feral, your body shaking with every punishing stroke—and he?
He didn’t blink.
Didn’t groan. Didn’t pant.
He just fucked.
Mechanical. Precise. Feral.
The Winter Soldier wasn’t built to feel.
He was built to finish.
And that’s exactly what he intended to do.
He didn’t stop.
Not even when your spine slammed against the wall again, the shock rattling through your ribs.
Not when your lifted leg started to tremble, slipping a little against his side.
Not when your moans broke into gasps—ragged, breathless, barely hanging on.
He only growled—low and wordless—and wrapped his arms around you, metal and flesh, lifting you clean off the ground with a brutal grip.
You cried out as your back arched involuntarily, still so full of him.
He carried you—still inside you—across the room in a few fast, purposeful strides. His cock didn’t slip once. The stretch remained deep, unforgiving, dragging across every nerve inside you like it belonged there.
Then you hit the mattress.
Hard.
The springs squealed beneath your weight as he slammed into you again. No rhythm now—just sheer force. He was fucking like a machine with one directive: use. release. repeat.
Your eyes rolled back. You couldn’t breathe.
You didn’t even want to.
You were burning alive from the inside out and still you needed more.
But then—he stopped.
Pulled out.
You gasped from the loss, legs trembling, your cunt clenching around nothing.
“Flip,” he barked. The only word he’d said since entering you.
Your dazed mind barely registered the command, but your body obeyed—rolling over, knees digging into the mattress, arms braced, still shaking from the first onslaught.
You didn’t even get the chance to settle before he grabbed your hips—his metal hand gripping tight enough to bruise—and slammed into you again.
No warning. No patience.
You screamed into the mattress, forehead dropping forward, hands clawing at the sheets for something to hold onto.
He pounded into you from behind with no rhythm, just relentless depth—every thrust jarring your body forward, dragging a fresh moan from your throat.
It hurt.
It burned.
But God, you were so close.
So close you were choking on it, dizzy with it. Your body betrayed you completely, clenching, spiraling, seconds away—
But he didn’t let you come like that.
Not from behind.
Because the Winter Soldier wasn’t done with you yet.
He pulled out suddenly, flipping you over like a ragdoll—no tenderness, just force—and shoved himself back in with a violent thrust that made your hips lift off the bed.
Your mouth fell open in a silent scream as he slammed into you, now facing him.
His face was blank. Eyes wild. Breath controlled.
You, on the other hand—were falling apart.
He fucked you violently, brutally, each thrust harder than the last, hips crashing into yours like you were built to take it.
And you did.
You came hard.
So hard your body spasmed, your nails digging into his shoulders, your voice breaking apart on his name—“James—oh fuck—James—”—as you shattered beneath him.
You shook.
Convulsed.
Almost blacked out.
But he didn’t stop.
You tried to breathe, to beg for a pause, but your lungs wouldn’t cooperate and neither would he.
His thrusts grew even rougher—inhuman—and then with a sharp, guttural exhale, he came too.
You felt it.
Hot and thick, pumping inside you in waves.
But he didn’t stop moving.
He kept going.
His cock still hard, still twitching inside you, still thrusting, like his brain didn’t register release as a signal to stop.
You gasped, overwhelmed. Your hands scrambled for his chest—“wait, wait—”
But he didn’t hear you.
Didn’t want to hear you.
Your body convulsed again, overstimulated, throat hoarse from moaning and screaming and gasping for air like you were drowning beneath him.
It almost felt like you could die from it.
And only then—finally—he pulled out.
Leaving you empty, ruined, soaking in your own slick and his cum, your legs still spread, your chest heaving like you’d run for miles and your heart might never slow down again.
He wasn’t done.
Even after spilling inside you—after wringing you dry and watching you break—he still wasn’t done.
The Winter Soldier moved with a single, controlled motion, shifting downward along the bed, his metal hand still gripping your thigh, prying it open wider. You tried to close your legs, weak and trembling, but it was useless. He forced them apart like it was protocol. Like this was routine.
He dove between your legs without a word.
Not hungry.
Not greedy.
But driven.
Programmed.
His tongue dragged along your folds—slow, deliberate. Gathering everything. Your slick. His cum. All of it. He wanted it. Wanted to taste it. To keep stimulating you until you broke again. Until your body couldn’t take it anymore.
He licked deeper.
Sucked on your swollen clit until your legs kicked out on reflex, your throat catching on a sound you couldn’t even shape into a word.
Your hips bucked weakly. You tried to push at his shoulders, but he didn’t move.
He was a machine.
And you were his task.
He kept going—precise licks, tight suction, his tongue fucking into you like he had been ordered to memorize your body and extract your climax as efficiently as possible.
You were already so sensitive. So raw. You couldn’t even process the pleasure anymore—it felt like pain. Like lightning.
You sobbed out his name again. “James—please—”
Still nothing.
No reaction.
And then—
You came again.
Your body convulsed violently, back arching off the mattress, vision tunneling. Your voice cracked open around the moan, and this time, it wasn’t lust.
It was a cry for help.
“B-Bucky—!”
His name tore from your throat like a sob—like a plea from somewhere deeper than instinct.
And it stopped him cold.
His mouth froze. His grip loosened. The relentless pace, the way his tongue had been driving you toward the edge—all of it stopped in an instant.
You couldn’t breathe right. Your chest was heaving, every sob catching sharp under your ribs. One arm had gone slack beside you on the sheets. Your thighs trembled where they draped over his shoulders—still open, still shaking. Your back arched off the bed in aftershock, your cheek damp with tears you hadn’t realized were falling.
And then—he looked at you.
Really looked at you.
His head tilted slightly, like something wasn’t computing—like your voice had hit a frequency he couldn’t filter out. His eyes, still dark and storming, moved over you slowly. The marks on your hips. The red prints around your wrists. Your swollen lips. The way your body shook in his arms.
His gaze landed on your face last.
The tears.
The way you whispered his name again, softer this time.
“Bucky…”
A breath caught in his throat—different from the harsh, mechanical rhythm he’d been running on. This one was shallow. Fragile. Human.
And then—
Something cracked.
You saw it.
Like a wire snapped behind his eyes. His brows drew in sharply, lips parting, shoulders falling—not with discipline but with shock. The kind of shock that came with recognition.
The Soldier had no use for guilt.
But Bucky Barnes did.
He stepped back.
Stumbled.
Like his legs suddenly remembered how to give out.
“No—” he rasped, voice frayed and hoarse and unmistakably his. “No, no, shit—fuck—I didn’t—”
He looked down at his hands like they didn’t belong to him. One metal, one trembling. Covered in sweat, in your slick, in proof of everything he’d just done.
His breath hitched. “I’m sorry,” he whispered—raw and cracked open.
And when he reached for you this time—
It wasn’t to hold you down.
It was to hold you up.
He eased you up—gentle now. Hands soft under your arms, cradling your head as he slowly pulled you into a seated position. You gasped for air, your body shaking like a leaf, lungs still catching up to the storm he’d left in you.
“I’m sorry,” he whispered again, his voice shredded. “I didn’t—I wasn’t—I lost control. I didn’t know how to stop.”
Your head dropped into his chest. You were still trembling. Still clenching around nothing. Still throbbing for him.
But now… it was different.
Now it was safe.
Now it was him.
You felt his heartbeat under your cheek—fast, uneven, not cold or programmed, but human. Real.
“Bucky,” you rasped, barely a breath.
“I’m here,” he whispered, his fingers trembling as they tucked your hair behind your ear. “I’ve got you. I’m so fucking sorry—I’d never hurt you. I swear I’d never—” His voice broke. His mouth pressed into your temple, like he was trying to will the shame out of his body. “I’d rather die than touch you like that by choice.”
You exhaled shakily. Your palms pressed to his chest—warm, solid, familiar.
You nodded.
You believed him.
Because you were just… you.
Just a civilian.
And even with that serum still curling in your veins, you were never built to keep up with the machine he’d been forced to become. Not with the brutal rhythm. Not with the stamina. Not with the feral need he had been hijacked by.
You were still aching—still wrecked, still wanting—but now, what you needed more than anything…
Was a breath.
A pause.
A moment to live.
And for the first time in hours…
You had one.
Bucky sat at the edge of the bed—his dark shirt clinging to him, damp with sweat. His breath had evened out, but his shoulders stayed tense, like something inside him still hadn’t fully unclenched. He hadn’t stopped watching you—not since you said his name. Not since the Winter Soldier slipped back into the dark, and something human took its place.
He reached out, slow and unsure, brushing a knuckle along your jaw.
“Do you… need to stop?” he asked, voice low. Careful. Not cold. Not commanding.
Just a man trying to make sense of what was left.
You didn’t answer right away.
Your body was still shaking, legs drawn in now, curled close to your chest. You’d pulled the sheet around your hips at some point, but the sweat, the slick, the after of everything still clung to your skin.
And the ache between your legs hadn’t faded.
If anything—it pulsed deeper. Slower. But steady.
“Hydra’s watching,” he said, quieter now. “They’ll see I broke protocol. They’ll know I’m not… him.”
He swallowed hard. Shame flickered behind his eyes like a faultline.
“I shouldn’t have let it go that far. I shouldn’t have touched you like that—not with them watching. Not like I was still—” He cut himself off.
He reached for the shredded fabric of your dress, trying to drape it over you again.
“I’ll get us out,” he muttered, jaw tight. “I’ll rip through every one of them if I have to. I’ll make them pay for using you. For using me.”
But before he could stand, your fingers wrapped gently around his wrist.
Not to stop him.
Just… to hold him there.
“No,” you whispered, voice raw and dry. “I still need you.”
His brow furrowed, uncertain.
Your hand slid down—hesitant at first—then wrapped around him directly, where his cock rested heavy between his thighs.
He was half-hard. Already twitching back to life.
You stroked once.
Then again.
“I’m still aching,” you murmured. “Still burning from that serum. It hurts, Bucky.”
He flinched at the sound of his name.
“I know it’s wrong,” you continued, your palm moving slow and steady. “But it’s still inside me. It hasn’t worn off. You can help. You can stop the burn.”
His hand came down to catch yours—trying to still it, but not really pulling away. Just… pausing.
“Not like before,” you added, your voice quieter. More certain. “I don’t want the Winter Soldier.”
You shifted your knees apart, just enough to make the invitation unmistakable.
“I want you.”
His jaw locked.
He was still for a long second—then his hand eased around yours, guiding the stroke. His shoulders dropped, tension melting like ice under sunlight.
You were still looking up at him when he bent forward and pressed his lips to your forehead.
It was brief.
But it was him.
He didn’t move at first. Just sat there beside you—silent, tense. Like he was waiting for you to change your mind. Like he wouldn’t touch you unless you asked.
You reached out first.
Fingers curling gently around his wrist. Not to drag him close.
Just to let him know you hadn’t pulled away.
That you still wanted this.
Bucky looked at you—longer this time. Eyes searching. Then he gave a small nod, like he understood. Like he’d follow your pace, whatever it was.
He leaned in slowly, like every inch forward was a question.
Then his mouth met yours.
Not rough. Not rushed.
Just heat. Just lips. Just a man trying to ground himself in something real.
The kiss was soft, tentative. Testing the shape of trust between you. His tongue brushed yours carefully, tasting—not claiming. His hand slid to your side, fingertips brushing sweat-damp skin. He paused at your hip, his touch feather-light, almost unsure.
“Tell me if anything hurts,” he murmured against your lips, voice strained. “I need to know.”
You nodded, breath shaky.
“I will.”
He drew back just enough to look down at you—then shifted, lowering one hand from your side. His flesh palm found your breast, cupping it gently. You gasped as his thumb circled your nipple—slow, delicate, like he was memorizing the way your breath hitched for him.
Then he moved, steady and deliberate—propping himself up slightly on his metal arm while his other hand slipped between your bodies.
He wrapped his fingers around his cock—still slick, still heavy—and stroked it once, twice. Just enough to guide himself to your entrance.
You parted your legs.
Not in surrender.
In choice.
He hovered there, the head of his cock barely pressing into your folds. The heat between your bodies simmered. But he didn’t move. Not yet.
“Is this okay?” he asked, his voice low and tight. “Do you still want this?”
You met his eyes.
“Yes.”
That was all he needed.
He pressed in—carefully, inch by inch. Your breath hitched at the stretch, your body still tender and sore, but it wasn’t pain that bloomed in your chest now.
It was fullness.
Connection.
He exhaled through his nose, brow furrowing as your body clenched around him.
You whimpered when he hit too deep, too fast.
He stopped instantly. Eyes wide.
“Did I—?”
“No,” you whispered. “Just… slow.”
So he did.
He eased in fully, hips flush to yours, both of you stilling—your foreheads brushing, your breaths shaky. Letting the moment settle.
Letting it be real.
“I didn’t want to hurt you,” he whispered. “I didn’t want it to be like before.”
You shook your head, touching his shoulder.
“Just… stay with me.”
He rocked his hips—slow and deliberate. Nothing like before. Nothing like a weapon. Just heat and care. The rhythm built gently, each thrust a quiet apology, each movement asking instead of taking.
Your legs drew around his hips, locking him deeper.
The stretch no longer burned. It warmed. It ached in a way that felt right.
He adjusted his grip, bracing his legs before slowly sitting up—keeping you wrapped around him, keeping himself buried deep. You moved with him, your thighs tightening around his waist until you were straddling his lap, chest pressed to his. His hands slid up your back, steadying you as the new position settled in.
The new position made you gasp.
“Still okay?” he asked, voice barely holding steady.
You nodded, hips beginning to move on your own.
He let you take control.
You rode him slowly, finding a rhythm that made both your mouths fall open. Your hands flattened to his chest, your eyes fluttering shut as your body pulsed around him.
And when you came—it was soft, drawn out. A slow unraveling that started low in your spine and rippled outward, your breath catching, your voice shaking as you gasped his name.
“Bucky—Bucky—”
That was what broke him.
He came with a guttural sound, arms locking around your waist, his forehead pressed to your shoulder, groaning through clenched teeth as he emptied into you.
Then silence.
Just the sound of breath and heartbeat and the sharp edge of being alive.
Not owned.
Not broken.
Just alive.
Hydra didn’t miss it.
The climax. The soft moan of his name. The tenderness.
The serum was meant to create hunger that burned until it destroyed you.
Not… this.
Not love.
Not care.
Not healing.
Alarms didn’t blare, but you felt the tension in the air shift.
Somewhere behind those walls, someone flipped a switch. Surveillance feeds caught tenderness where violence was expected. And Hydra? They didn’t like malfunctions.
You barely had time to breathe before Bucky’s body tensed beneath you.
“They’re coming,” he said, voice low. Calm. Steady.
Different.
No longer cold. No longer detached.
Just… Bucky.
He adjusted his hold, lifting you gently off his lap. His hands moved with purpose now—grounded, clear. He peeled off his shirt and pulled it over your head, helping guide your arms through the sleeves. It wasn’t oversized, but it covered what needed to be hidden. Then he grabbed the torn remains of your dress from the floor, wrapping it like a makeshift skirt around your waist.
“You okay to move?” he asked, gaze locked to yours.
You nodded, heart pounding.
He stood, turned to the metal door—and with a single kick, it crashed open with a screech.
You flinched at the sound. He didn’t.
Hydra guards rushed in, shouting orders in Russian. Too late.
Bucky was faster than them all. Brutal, efficient. He didn’t kill them—but he made sure none of them would walk straight for a while. Every strike was calculated. No wasted motion. All precision.
And then he grabbed your hand.
“Stay close to me,” he said, glancing back. “Don’t stop running.”
You nodded again, breath shallow, legs unsteady but moving.
Together, you sprinted through the narrow corridors of the Hydra base. Red lights pulsed on the walls. Somewhere behind you, someone shouted his name—the wrong one.
“Soldat!”
But Bucky didn’t turn.
He didn’t flinch.
He ran.
You ran after him.
The metal halls gave way to concrete. Concrete to dirt. Dirt to pine needles and open sky.
When you both finally burst into the night, the forest swallowed you whole. The air was cold. Clean. Real.
You stumbled, and Bucky caught you before your knees hit the ground. Without a word, he swept you into his arms and ran deeper into the woods—his chest steady, breath even, grip unshakable.
And you?
You weren’t aching anymore.
You weren’t burning.
You were… full.
Filled with him. With air. With a strange new peace.
He wasn’t just a weapon.
Not anymore.
He was a man. A human being. One that had been taken apart and rebuilt—but still capable of love, tenderness, control.
He just needed someone to help him remember.
And maybe—just maybe—that someone was you.
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chronic-ghost · 2 years ago
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I will leave my usual long ask later but for now I just wanna say 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🥺🥺
AKSDJ;ALKSJDFLAJKDF
aww my dude! i am looking forward to it!
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askmoonstonecookie · 1 month ago
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(gives him apple juice) :3
-Rabbitwitch Anon (but repurposed)
Moonstone drinks the apple juice slowly, sitting in the clinic where he's being tested for several mental disorders.
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mohammedaldeeb · 6 months ago
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A Humanitarian Appeal from the Depths of Suffering🥹:
The War on Gaza, Our Losses, and the Struggles We Endure
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In these difficult and painful times😔, I find it hard to find words that truly express the depth of the suffering I, 💔😓
along with my family, am going through. I am writing this message from a place of desperation and need, as a doctor working in a hospital in Gaza. Life here has become a constant battle for survival, and each day brings new challenges that test our will to continue😭.
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We were once living a peaceful and stable life🙂, building our hopes and dreams😥, working towards a future for ourselves and our loved ones🥺.
However, the recent war on Gaza has turned our world upside down😢. I have lost my job💔,
and with it, my only source of income, due to the destruction of the facilities where I worked😭.
The physical destruction around us has been devastating😓, and many projects I was involved in to support the families of patients have come to a halt😢. The economic losses are staggering, and the road to recovery seems almost impossible😥.
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The war on Gaza has not only taken our peace of mind but has also brought with it an unbearable level of suffering😓.
The cost of living has skyrocketed,
and we are struggling to meet even the most basic needs of daily life😣.
The situation has become unbearable, and it feels like we’re trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty, fear, and despair.
How can a family survive when they cannot even afford food, let alone the necessities of life?😭😥💔
As a doctor, I stand at the frontline, trying to save lives amidst the wreckage of war😢.
I treat the injured, manage critical cases, and do my best to bring comfort to those who need it most. 🥹
However, at the same time, I face personal struggles that are just as overwhelming😢. The hospital is in dire need of medical supplies and personnel, and we are doing all we can to save lives with limited resources. But the pain of seeing my own family suffering while I try to help others is a constant burden.
How can I help those in need when I cannot even provide for my loved ones?😣😣
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Today, as I face this immense struggle😔,
I turn to you, dear reader, with a plea for help🙏🏻😥.
This is not just a request for personal assistance🙏🏻🥹, but a desperate call for hope and a chance to rebuild my life and support my family.
I need your help to share my story😓, so that it reaches as many people as possible.
Your support, through donations and sharing this story, will allow me to help my family escape the horrors of war and start a new life abroad, where we can live in safety and dignity🙏🏻🥹❤️.
I need the resources to travel abroad to continue my education l😔and provide a future for my family🙏🏻😓. Pursuing my studies and advancing my career in medicine is my way of ensuring that I can make a lasting difference, both for myself and for the people of Gaza. But I cannot do this alone.
The funds I am seeking will help me cover travel expenses, medical costs for my family, and the basic needs that we are struggling to meet each day😥.
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The financial burden is overwhelming😭,
and without your support, I fear that my dreams, and the future of my family, will slip further out of reach😥😭💔.
Every donation, no matter how small, will make a difference.
Every act of kindness, every person who shares this message, will help light the way for us in this dark time🙏🏻😢.
I humbly ask you to help me spread this story. Share this story with your friends, family, and networks. Let it reach those who have the means and the will to help🥹🥺❤️.
Together, we can make a difference. Your kindness, your generosity, and your willingness to stand by us will mean the world💝🥹🙏🏻.
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In these dark times, solidarity is the light that can guide us😔💔. Your support is not just an act of charity; it is an act of humanity❤️❤️.
You are not only helping an individual, but you are also supporting a family in dire need of hope and a better future😃❤️.
I will forever be grateful for any assistance you can provide, whether it’s a financial contribution, sharing this story, or offering a kind word of encouragement.
Your help will give us the strength to continue, and it will remind us that in the midst of all this suffering, there is still hope, there is still kindness, and there are still people who care😃❤️.
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Thank you, from the bottom of my heart❤️❤️, for your time, your attention, and your compassion.
Together, we can create a future where we can live with dignity, rebuild what has been lost😔, and give our children the hope they deserve💝🥹🙏🏻.
Solidarity is Hope, and Helping is Life💚❤️💛🖤🇵🇸 .
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fadel-dani · 6 months ago
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Unhappy New Year 😭
As everyone celebrates New Year’s Eve 🎉 and prepares to welcome a new year filled with hope and joy, I find myself alone in the darkness of pain and suffering 😢. The shelling by the occupation's aircraft has destroyed my home 🏚️ and deeply wounded me, as shrapnel from the explosion has entered my body.
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I underwent surgery 🏥, but unfortunately, it was unsuccessful due to the **collapse of the healthcare system** in Gaza. The doctors told me that the only solution is to travel to a country with an advanced healthcare system 🌍 to remove the shrapnel, but the road to recovery is not easy.
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I have created a fundraising campaign 💖, but so far I have only been able to raise **1,000/10,000 Euros** needed. This amount is not enough to cover the treatment costs.
**Tonight, I wish that all friends would donate whatever they can, so I can expedite my treatment process.** While everyone celebrates the beginning of a new year 🥳, I am living with unbearable pain all the time. I kindly ask you to donate what you can and to share my posts with your friends and family, as everyone can play a role in saving my life 🙏.
**Every euro makes a difference 💶, and every share gives me hope.** I thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️ for your support and assistance during these difficult moments.
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ahmadwaleed55 · 6 months ago
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Today, after 15 months of torment, displacement, and living in constant fear, my family and I find ourselves in an unbearably difficult situation. Life has become a daily struggle, and everything we once knew has turned to darkness. The impact of the genocidal war against Gaza has torn us apart, leaving us facing hunger, disease, and a deep sense of loss. Most devastating of all, my sister and I have been unable to attend school, robbing us of our dreams for a better future.
Now, as we prepare to return to northern Gaza, where our home once stood, we carry with us the immense weight of loss. Our home is destroyed, and the emotional and physical scars are deep. The pain is unbearable for my family and me, but despite it all, we have not lost hope. We still dare to dream of a brighter tomorrow—a future where we can rebuild what was taken from us. My personal dream is to continue my education and achieve the goals that have always been within my reach, but now it seems so far away.
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However, the road to recovery is long and steep. The cost of rebuilding our lives is overwhelming. Everything we once relied on is either gone or too expensive to restore. The price of basic necessities—food, medicine, shelter—has skyrocketed. The infrastructure is shattered, and even getting the most basic supplies has become a daily challenge. The war has left us with nothing, and with the added financial strain, continuing our education feels impossible without help.
This is why I am reaching out. My family and I need your support now more than ever. We ask not for pity, but for your compassion, your prayers, and your belief in a brighter future for us. We need your help to lift us out of the darkness and give us a chance to rebuild. My sister and I can’t continue our studies without your assistance, and my family cannot start over without your support.
I am Ahmed, and I am asking for your help with the certainty that there are still people like you in this world who believe in second chances.
Please, help us rise again.
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abby-howard · 9 months ago
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Some folks were asking for my boiled peanuts recipe (as they feature in our game, Scarlet Hollow, and we made a big batch this past weekend), but it's unfortunately a bit difficult for me to post with lightness in my heart right now because this past weekend the entirety of western North Carolina, where Scarlet Hollow takes place, was devastated by hurricane Helene.
Towns I have been to and have fond memories of have been described as "washed away." The region is almost entirely still out of power, the water is all contaminated with repair efforts expected to take weeks, and there are hundreds of people stranded, including my relatives, as roads have been totally destroyed. My uncle sent a photo of the road near his house, thankfully his home is okay but I have to image it's going to take a while for roads like this to see repairs:
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I know this photo has been making the rounds, but it bears posting for those who haven't seen it-- the main strip of Chimney Rock, before and after:
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Trees, cars, buildings, everything is gone. And now all that debris is just sitting in lakes and rivers. This is Lake Lure today:
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Pictures from Swannanoa, an absolutely lovely town with so much character, where my sister went to folk music camp as a teen, where mobile home parks were hit hardest-- people's houses just floated away downriver:
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And of course Asheville is the town most people will have heard of. A city of 95k, completely isolated in the days after the storm. The River Arts District was still underwater as of yesterday:
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People throughout the entire region are without power and transport and fuel and water and food, they've lost their homes and their businesses, and people have had to resort to hiking to reach loved ones to see if they're safe or whether their homes were just wiped off the face of the earth-- hundreds are still missing because it's been so difficult to get in contact with people in these isolated, rural communities that are now nearly impossible to get to because roads were washed away or collapsed in landslides.
I honestly don't even know where to start when it comes to relief funds or ways that people can help. I've been listening to the local radio station and it sounds like the area is in shock, people are coming in to help pick up the pieces but there is so much recovery that will have to happen that it's hard to know where to start.
This article from the Citizen Times has a list of places that are currently helping with relief efforts.
It's absolutely unfathomable that a hurricane could hit the mountains. The effects of this are going to be felt in western NC for a long time, and my heart goes out to everyone who is currently stranded or trying to get in touch with people who are.
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queerculus · 9 months ago
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National coverage of the hurricane has been so heavily tilted towards the typical hurricane-affected areas that it is going almost completely unreported as of posting that the town of Chimney Rock, North Carolina has been completely leveled.
Aside from some residential areas, the entire town is gone.
I'm posting this because in the coming days and weeks there are going to be a lot of calls to help people who survived the storm and many are going to assume that this is business-as-usual hurricane season stuff, but it isn't. This storm tore through Appalachia, flooding regions that have literally never flooded like this. The hills and plants that hold soil in place have been severely damaged because this kind of weather event is so deeply unprecedented the plants that live here are completely unprepared for this to happen literally ever.
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There are no undamanged highways in or out of Asheville. We can't even recover the phone and data networks until trucks can get into the area, and they can't get into the area because some of the roads are just GONE. The water was so fast and so intense it washed the dirt from underneath the pavement and chunks of road literally fell down the fucking mountains.
When you see things over the next few days asking for help, please understand that this is not typical hurricane season damage. Entire communities have been flattened. The infrastructure in much of the region is utterly destroyed and will take weeks just to begin recovery in some parts.
The phone and data grid are offline.
Power and water are out for most people.
The roads used for evacuation are undrivable.
This is an absolute nightmare scenario.
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