Hard to Love (Bucky Barnes fanfic)

Chapter 31

The rest of my day consisted of Bruce teaching me how the soundproofing system worked and then checking over my wristbands in his lab to make sure they weren't overloaded. The system in my room was fairly easy to operate. It was just an interactive hologram screen that I'd turn on, plug in my personalized password, and activate the soundproofing. I could also set a timer with it, meaning I could have it set to activate every night when I crawl into bed and it would automatically turn off the next morning at whatever time I set it to

"I took the liberty of installing an anti-override code also linked with the lock on your door. Meaning Tony and the rest of the team can't shut down the system and disturb you." Bruce pokes at a few buttons on the screen to show me. Leave it to Bruce to fully understand wanting to be left alone in peace without a worry

"So I could blast music full volume without consequences?" I ask, watching his movement intently. He cracks a faint smile

"Exactly. But you can put in emergency overriders if you'd like." I furrow my brows and flick my eyes to meet his

"Overriders?" I ask. Bruce nods

"Like an emergency contact. Only the people you assign will be able to override the mechanics if they have suspicions you're in danger and need help." He states while gathering his things. I look at the screen in front of me and chew on my lip before turning it off

"Thank you Bruce." I lean against the wall. He gives me a nod, glancing at my wrists

"Would you mind if I did a check-up on your wristbands? Only take a couple of minutes." He stands in my doorway now. Instead of responding, I just nod and follow him to his lab

Overall everything was still working properly with the cuffs, only one wire was slightly frizzled but Bruce was able to fix it easily. Once that was done and taken care of, I mostly sat in my room all day organizing both my room and my thoughts, after a long nap of course. Since I didn't get much sleep and had a busy morning, I was a little sleepy

After my nap, I just lay in bed collecting my thoughts. I've only been back less than a week, and awake with full memory for just over a day. Given yeah, I want things to be exactly how they were before but I feel like a lots happened so far. It's been a bit overwhelming for my still fragile brain. Especially with figuring out everything I need to talk about with Bucky

I know birth control was one of them, mainly because we keep having unprotected sex. I also wanted to address our relationship and set some ground rules. I'm going to bring up how we're both going to have to focus on missions instead of the other if we ever go out on an assignment together again. Definitely not having another incident like last time, that's for damn sure

Wanda and Nat stop by to bring me dinner since I didn't go out with the others and I get their help to rearrange my bedroom as I just wanted to keep busy and change a few things. Thanks to Wandas powers, she did most of the heavy lifting while Nat assisted me in color coordinating my closet. We chat and I catch up on everything I missed with Wanda while I ate the plate of food. I also showed them the soundproofing system and asked Nat to be one of my emergency overriders. I would've asked Wanda too but she's not at the compound all that often so there wasn't much of a point. Natasha did the voice recognition set up while Wanda finished moving my bed and it's frame more to the left of my bedroom

After a while I faked exhaustion and the two parted with a cheerful 'goodnight'. I sigh, looking at the clock only to reveal it was only 8:57pm

Still three more hours? What the hell am I gonna do?

I tried reading but my mind was so focused on keeping tabs of my list for Bucky, I couldn't get into the story. Sighing in defeat, I end up browsing the Internet for bedroom decor. Maybe I'll get a new bed frame instead of having just a plain metal frame and box spring. Maybe I'll look at a new lamp. The possibilities are endless and I'm bored out of my mind