Bucky nodded, flinching as the gauze padding touched his skin, then the tighter wrap of the bandages. He gasped into Steve's shoulder as she helped him slide his legs back under the sheets.
"Your chest and arm, and then you're done." She smiled and rubbed Bucky's knee through the blankets. It was enough to help Bucky relax and his hand went from his hospital gown to Steve's shoulder, clinging as the nurse urged him to sit up, tucking the blankets around him so she could push down the top part of the gown to work on Bucky's chest.
Sitting upright was bad and he gasped against Steve, his chest aching hard. It was a mess of scar tissue, still pink and soft and scabby on the right side of his chest, just above his diaphragm. His back was scabbed over heavily with lacerations that were each cleaned out before he could be laid back.
Bucky refused to look at his arm as it was unwrapped and instead said to Steve, "I bet this is tons of fun for you." He tried to smile but instead his lips trembled and he kept his fingers tangled in Steve's shirt, not wanting him to get too far away.
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Date: 2014-06-05 12:40 am (UTC)"Your chest and arm, and then you're done." She smiled and rubbed Bucky's knee through the blankets. It was enough to help Bucky relax and his hand went from his hospital gown to Steve's shoulder, clinging as the nurse urged him to sit up, tucking the blankets around him so she could push down the top part of the gown to work on Bucky's chest.
Sitting upright was bad and he gasped against Steve, his chest aching hard. It was a mess of scar tissue, still pink and soft and scabby on the right side of his chest, just above his diaphragm. His back was scabbed over heavily with lacerations that were each cleaned out before he could be laid back.
Bucky refused to look at his arm as it was unwrapped and instead said to Steve, "I bet this is tons of fun for you." He tried to smile but instead his lips trembled and he kept his fingers tangled in Steve's shirt, not wanting him to get too far away.