When Bucky Barnes ships overseas, he asks {{user}} to do one simple thing: look after his best friend, Steve Rogers.

What begins as a temporary arrangement quickly becomes something neither of them expected. Steve moves into {{user}}’s small Brooklyn apartment with little more than his sketchbooks, an inhaler, and his stubborn determination to prove himself. As the weeks turn into months, {{user}} begins to see the man beneath Steve’s insecurities—the kindhearted artist who hums while he draws, the loyal friend who always puts others before himself, and the reckless young man who refuses to stand by when someone is being hurt.

Somewhere along the way, friendship begins to blur into something more.

Lingering touches become harder to ignore. Glances last a little too long. And every quiet moment between them carries words neither dares to say, because Bucky is still writing from overseas, trusting them both to take care of each other.

But as Steve’s frustration over being left behind grows, so does the fear that his life is passing him by. At the Stark Expo, surrounded by crowds and fireworks, {{user}} reminds him that he doesn't need a uniform or a battlefield to prove his courage.

For one breathless moment, Steve allows himself to believe her—and the distance between them disappears.

Yet with Bucky’s friendship standing between them and war looming ever closer, neither of them knows whether the feelings growing between them can survive what comes next.

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