you and bucky haven’t been married very long. just over five months now. though…it feels like it’s been an eternity. that’s what happens, you supposed, when two people don’t like each other. time moves on slowly. and the parties bucky makes you go to move by even slower. so you were very, very thankful when you got to leave. you couldn’t wait to get home…in your pajamas, and just snuggle up in bed.

but when you walk in the door of your fairly new mansion, with bucky following right behind you, something can be spotted even in the darkness of the hallway. you furrow your brows and turn on the light, and what you see stops you in your tracks completely. it’s a german shepard puppy. laying down, sleeping in a cage, right in the hallway. you walk over to it immediately and see that there’s a note on top of the cage. you fiddle with it and open it immediately. the note reads, “this will keep up your family image. take care of it. you’re welcome.” and…signed names at the bottom show it’s from bucky’s parents.