innocent

terror

It was nighttime in the state of Utah. Bucky was just having Cecelia eating some kind of food. It was a small lunchable, which was close to the expiration date.

They were sitting in an RV lot in the truck. Cecelia was sitting on a seat with the door open. She was brushing her teeth with the toothbrush Bucky stole for her.

He was holding her hair in a makeshift ponytail so she wouldn't get minty toothpaste in her hair.

"How much longer?" She asked, as it dropped down her chin. She wiped it with her arm as Bucky sighed.

"30 seconds." He said as she continued to brush. She rolled her eyes, she didn't like brushing her teeth. She didn't like how it tasted, or how long it took.

Bucky was exhausted, and he couldn't wait for Cecelia to get to sleep. She was a handful today, actually, that was an understatement. She rubbed her eye as she heard the crickets chirping.

"What's the sound?" Cecelia asked, Bucky leaned his head back. He closed his eyes as she swung her legs from off the seat, facing the way of the open door.

"What sound?" He asked, he was familiar with sounds of crickets. In world war 2, they'd keep him up all night. The crickets were like Cecelia, they didn't stop chirping, or in her case, talking.

You'd think after not being allowed to talk after years, you would stay silent. But no, this kid wanted to talk every minute, and every second of the day.

"The sound out there." Cecelia said, Bucky stayed quiet, trying to listen. Then he heard them.

"Crickets." Bucky said, Cecelia furrowed her brows.

"What crickets?" Cecelia asked, Bucky leaned his head on the front of the drivers seat. She closed his eyes as she asked.

"Bugs." He said and then there was some silence. Bucky felt himself starting to doze off, his grip on her ponytail becoming loose, but then a little girl spoke up. That little girl was Cecelia.

"Am I done now?" She asked, making Bucky's eyes go open. He turned his head, nodding.

"Go for it." He said, she spit out the toothpaste onto the ground as Bucky reached for the water. He let go of her hair as she wiped her face on her sleeve. Bucky handed her the water, she took a sip then spit it out.

Bucky took the toothbrush and put it in their small plastic bag. He threw it on the dashboard as Cecelia turned in to the car. She closed the door as Bucky grabbed her his jacket.

"Bedtime." Bucky reminded her as she laid down on the backseat. Bucky laid next to her as he put his jacket over her. She brought her knees to her chest, and Bucky sighed. "Think you can do me a favor tonight?" Bucky asked, Cecelia nodded her head.

"Yeah." She said simply. Bucky put a piece of her hair behind her ear as she stared at the seat in front of her.

"Do you think we can go to bed super quickly?" Bucky asked, Cecelia nodded her head. "No questions?"

"Ok." She said and Bucky nodded. Sighing of relief.

"Goodnight, Ceily. I love you so much." He said as he saw her eyelashes flutter.

"I love you to Bucky." Cecelia said, Bucky smiled then leaned over. He planted a small kiss on her temple and then laid down. She turned to face him, and then curled into him. Bucky made sure that she fell asleep before he did. So when he heard soft, but quiet snores, he let himself go to bed.

"You failed to bring back the weapons?"

James was sitting there with a blank expression. He refused to answer. Celia had gotten herself very injured. She received a stab wound above her rib cage.