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"What happened?" The crazy tone of Steve's voice snapped Bucky out of his shock as he watched his friend pick up Athena. "Thea! Thea wake up, oh god!" He was frantic; he wasn't trained for this, and he couldn't fight the injuries that covered every inch of her skin.

"Th-there was a bomb," He could only stutter out the short response, his brain unable to compute anything else.

The tears that wanted to fall for his soulmate stayed at bay as Steve laid her gently on the floor. He started to unhook Bucky from his restraints with shaky fingers.

Once he was free, they rushed for the exits. Steve tried his best to carry her without jostling her wounds too much.

The base was cleared, and their agents were the only people they passed. Every person who saw her turned away; they didn't want either of the men to see their horror. She looked dead, and it was a shock to all when they noticed the rise and fall of her chest.

"Bruce! We need you!" Bucky was screaming the words as they sprinted onto the quinjet. The whole flight back, her heart rate plummeted as Bruce franticly worked on her wounds. The medical team that met them once they landed wasted no time picking up where he left off. Everyone knew the severity of the situation now; if she died, so did the men. Soulmates had a hard time living after their other half, or third, in her case, passed.

"She's going to make it." Tony stated as if it was fact while they all waited outside the Medical wing. "kids stronger than she looks." He patted the men on their shoulders, but it was all he could do for now. There weren't any words to help calm them; the only thing that would fix their raging moods would be to see Athena with her eyes open and a smile on her face.

Steve still managed a small "thank you" Bucky, however, had a thousand-mile stare and was bordering unresponsive.

Hours passed slowly, and the swing of the door anytime someone passed through had the men snapping to attention.

Finally, one of the Doctors walked out, he was covered in blood, but his face was relieved.

"She was touch and go, but she awak-" he barely got the words out before the two men rushed past him into the infirmary. They didn't stop as they were berated with shouts for them to stop or mind their running.

Grabbing a nurse, Steve franticly questioned where Athena was and was given a stuttered out "room 5," and the men were off again. They found the room, and the door was pulled open so hard the hinges snapped; Bucky propped it up against the wall before they filled in.

Her healing was miraculous, she still looked worse for wear, but she was sitting up and breathing. Her hair was cropped close to her head in a tight pixie cut, and the patches had already started to grow back with little blonde curls. Her skin was covered in most spots with bandages but the parts that revealed were a tan that was not charred or scarred but soft and smooth. Her smile, though, gave them a sigh of relief.

"what do you think of my new haircut? Be honest." She quipped in an attempt to lighten the mood. It worked, and the tension seemed to melt off the men who flew to her sides. Crowding her, they each took a hand, careful not to jostle her too much.

"Careful," she said to Steve, who took her more injured hand. "Fingers are a bitch to grow back."

They were earry to look at as they grew from the blown stump. He covered it gently with his own this time as she chuckled softly at his expression.

"Sorry," he kissed the back of it but didn't look at it further.

"Heard you two dodging nurses. Don't suppose you came to sneak me out of here." They laughed but gave her looks that suggested that would never be happening. "yeah, I didn't think so."

"You're fucking crazy," Bucky finally stated as he crawled onto the bed to hold her. Steve wanted to join them, but the way the bed protested to one super soldier, he knew they would be testing their luck with two.

"yeah? You like it." She teased back as she snuggled into his side; Steve continued to pepper kisses up and down her arm.

"No...I love it. I love you, Athena." She didn't bother moving but felt the large smile break across her lips.

"I love you too, Bucky." His head was pressed into her neck as he pressed his lips there. They were shaky, and she swore she felt tears on her skin.

Turning her gaze to Steve, she saw the vulnerable blues stare back at her with such an undeniable feeling.

"I love you, Steve," She said it so sweetly that he couldn't help but stand and press his lips to hers for just a moment. They had all known they felt it since the moment they met, but it was something so special at this moment. The words never felt more real and true.

"I love you too, Thea." Kissing her gently once more before sitting back in his seat with a new feeling in his chest. He felt lighter at that moment, butterflies making a home in his chest.

"Yay, we all love each other, can we come in and do her vitals." One of the nurses that the men had rudely rushed by, and she had been in charge of Athena and wasn't taking kindly to the man now laying on her IV. "You up!"

Bucky snapped to attention and had the good sense to look guilty before continuing his stare at Athena. The nurse fused over their girl with care before reminding the men not to screw up twice.

"So I guess we're going to be calling this home for the next couple of days," Steve said as he fluffed the pillow on his cot. Bucky had been insistent that they stay with her, and steve was hard pressed to agree. Angry nurses, be damned, they would be by their girls' side every second of the recovery.

And if Bucky was being honest, he hadn't wanted to be alone, Hydra had him for hours, and they didn't waste a second of it. Dragging his cot as close as he could, Bucky took Athena's good hand and fell asleep. He was exhausted, and the other pair took notice of that.

"I know I'm the one in the hospital bed, but I'm worried about him," Athena said softly as she turned her gaze to Steve, who sat on the other side of her bed. Neither was ready to sleep and took comfort in snuggling up together.

"me too."

"He'll be ok, though. We'll make sure." After watching her get Bucky back, Steve knew there wasn't a thing Athena couldn't do if she put her mind to it. So he trusted her when she said Bucky would be ok because he knew she would make it that way.

They stayed up talking for another hour before they fell asleep with their heads together and Bucky's hand still tightly clasped in Athenas. For now, they were home and healing together; for now, it was enough.

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