do you have to live quite so relentlessly in the real world?

Title: Adjustments (1/5)
Fandom: Avengers/Captain America movie
Pairing: Very vague hints at Bucky/Steve so far
Rating: PG
Summary: Bucky doesn't get homesick for a good while after he joins the army.
Notes: This is the first of 5 fills for prompts on hc_bingo. The prompt this time was homesickness. Thanks to eldee for the beta. Also, Bucky's childhood comes from nowhere but my own imagination.
Disclaimer: Characters are not mine, just playing. Owes a debt to the Whiskeytown song 'Houses on the Hill' and the line he kept her picture in the pocket that was closest to his heart and when he hit shore, must have been a target for the gunmen. That's not mine either.
Word Count: ~800

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