Helmut Zemo remembers what happened in Sokovia very vividly, and he has constant nightmares about it. He was also used and abused in the Berlin Holding Facility. James Barnes was the Winter Soldier. Used, abused, and manipulated into a person he never wanted to be. He has constant nightmares about the the pain and about everyone he'd killed as the Soldier. When they both have a nightmare on the same night and both decide to head to the living area of Sharon's penthouse, Bucky spills more to Zemo in those few minutes than he did to his therapist in all the time he'd been going to therapy. Zemo finally opens up to someone for the fisrt time in a while. With an unexpected love confession made by Zemo, promises are made and soft smiles are shared. And if Sam and Sharon walk in on them cuddling on the sofa- Zemo asleep, head resting on Bucky's chest and Bucky running his fingers through Zemo's hair, reading The Lord of the Rings- the next moring, then that was nobody's business. Although Sam may have just became $150 richer from it. (Thanks Sharon, Sarah, and Torres!) Cover is not mine and I do not own Marvel or any of its characters.
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