rodrikstark's headcanons (part 1)

b. barnes + his big huggable body

as predicted, your cousins are all over buckythe littlest ones, especially, squeal in delight as they hook themselves over bucky's two forearms knees bent and legs swinging as he lifts them high off the grounddespite his sour mood earlier, bucky smiles at them, his new blue sweater stretching a little as they climb his big body like a treeyour heart warms at the sound of his deep laughter mixing with their gigglesyou don't want to interrupt, but you hover close by him just in case he ever needs an excuse to escape the situationyou make light conversation with your relatives and pretend you're not currently absolutely smitten with your boyfriendabout an hour later, the kids tire out and head back inside. bucky finds you alone, sitting on a bench on the porch"you okay?" "yeah," he responds. "tired though." he sits next you, briefly adjusting to let you snake your hands around his strong torso, hugging him.he mocks a painful expression. "careful, your cousins really did a number on me." he pulls you closer.