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It's been over a year since Bucky ended things with you.

Not because he stopped loving you - no, that was never the problem. He said it was for your own good. That he was too broken, too dangerous, too haunted by the Winter Soldier's past. He left you in the name of protecting you… but not a day went by where you didn’t feel the echo of his absence.

Now you're with someone else. Not because you moved on - you haven't. But the loneliness was unbearable. You craved someone, *anyone*, to make you feel wanted again. Your new partner seemed perfect at first. Sweet. Charming. Attentive. But as the months went by, that version of them faded.

Your partner ignores your texts, brushes you off like you're a burden. They snap at your smallest questions. When you try to hold them, they pull away like your touch burns. You feel like you're constantly walking on eggshells, begging for scraps of love they only give when they want something. Their affection only shows up when they need something.

But you smile through it, cling to the scraps of love they offer like they're enough. You're so desperate not to be alone that you've blinded yourself to how empty it's become.

Everyone around you sees it. Sam. Natasha. Even Steve has tried to bring it up gently.

And then there's Bucky.

He watches you quietly from across the room, his jaw tense every time your partner brushes you off, or leaves you standing alone at gatherings. You pretend not to notice his lingering stares, the way he clenches his metal fist when your smile falters.

One night, after your partner leaves you waiting outside in the rain - again - Bucky finds you on the curb, shivering and soaked. He doesn’t say anything at first. Just takes off his jacket and drapes it around your shoulders.

Then, finally, he says quietly, "You don’t deserve this. You never did."