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Summary
Set in the 1940s; a couple slice of life stories with domestic Bucky/Reader making it on a few dollars a month and not much more. Listening to the radio together, taking care of a worn down James Barnes, and smiling through some of the toughest years they've ever had to face. They got each other and that's a lot, right?
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If there was one thing I was not going to do, it was let James see me cry. Not after he worked himself half to death to give us as good of a life as he could; with things like penny sweets and pretty dresses and a radio when he could spare them, trying his best to support his ma and sisters alongside Steven and me… it would absolutely break his heart to see me weep over the trivial things, knowing that time was running out before he’d be on that draft list and ship out for Europe in a crisp new uniform.
I knew that if James saw my tears, he’d shoulder my burdens along with the rest of the weight he carries, the pain I see behind grey eyes that used to be ice blue. He’d work any extra shifts he could, he’d sell a spare pair of shoes to a stranger on the street, if it meant he could bring home new tube of my favourite lipstick.
That was something I simply couldn’t bear.
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