Steve and Bucky are living together now and Bucky suffers from the memories of Hydra sexually abusing him. He appreciates Steve's understanding and gentle attitude, and Steve is just grateful he hasn't had to experience sexual trauma. Until he remembers that he did.
Due to being frozen for decades messing with his brain, some of Steve's memories from the forties come back a little late. Suddenly Steve has a vivid detailed flashback of the time when, before the serum, he was robbed and violently assaulted and Bucky had to come home to find Steve bound and gagged and visibly raped in their ransacked apartment.
Steve is mortified and unsure if that even actually happened. Bucky prods him into spilling what's bothering him lately. He gives in and tells. Bucky's reaction is "Oh yeah that totally happened! In fact I thought that whole thing was one reason why you've been so understanding about what happened to me!"
Steve suddenly remembers his own past sexual trauma while dealing with Bucky's
Due to being frozen for decades messing with his brain, some of Steve's memories from the forties come back a little late. Suddenly Steve has a vivid detailed flashback of the time when, before the serum, he was robbed and violently assaulted and Bucky had to come home to find Steve bound and gagged and visibly raped in their ransacked apartment.
Steve is mortified and unsure if that even actually happened. Bucky prods him into spilling what's bothering him lately. He gives in and tells. Bucky's reaction is "Oh yeah that totally happened! In fact I thought that whole thing was one reason why you've been so understanding about what happened to me!"