Thank you SO MUCH, OP, I'm so so pleased that it worked. Poor Bucky - he tells the truth, or some part of it, fucking finally, and is totally unprepared for how much damage it does. Or for Steve, in his horror and confusion, to hurt him back.
The conversation with Sam did not go well. The next update isn't quite done yet, it's only the first half going up today, but 7b will be Sam's reaction.
Like how he treats Steve's concern for his consent like it was a sexual kink on par with David's sadism. WOW! Ahaha I hoped you would like that. <3 "But it's what you like, Stevie" = obviously my favorite line.
That is exactly the feeling I was trying to evoke at the end, and I'm so glad it felt real. Bucky has been trying so hard, he's been so focused on being fine, and then something shifted and he thought for a moment that things might actually get easier - and when he sees that they won't, it wrecks him. He can't go on.
Re: more for less, 6b/?
The conversation with Sam did not go well. The next update isn't quite done yet, it's only the first half going up today, but 7b will be Sam's reaction.
Like how he treats Steve's concern for his consent like it was a sexual kink on par with David's sadism. WOW! Ahaha I hoped you would like that. <3 "But it's what you like, Stevie" = obviously my favorite line.
That is exactly the feeling I was trying to evoke at the end, and I'm so glad it felt real. Bucky has been trying so hard, he's been so focused on being fine, and then something shifted and he thought for a moment that things might actually get easier - and when he sees that they won't, it wrecks him. He can't go on.
Next up: hindsight.