Puppeteer (Bucky X Reader)

Part 14

You woke up in bed cold. Moose wasn't in the room nor was Lola. You groaned and turned to your other side. As you tried to take a deep inhale it became more obvious your nose was stuffed, yet dripping. "How does that work?" You mumbled forcing yourself to sit up. Dizziness smacked you over the head like Natasha had many times during training. As you closed your eyes you got the courage to get up. As you shuffled to the kitchen you coughed and hacked. Jesus Christ this was bad. Your chest, throat, ears, head, and sinuses where screaming in pain.

You stumbled into the kitchen, your focus on your mission : peppermint tea. As you where poring the boiling water into the mug you heard a whistle. "Wow you look horrible." Tony said walking over to you. "Thanks it's the look I really wanted to accomplish today." You replied sarcasm dripping from your voice. "I can-" Tony started. "No." You cut him off as you held your hand up. Tony raised an eyebrow, entertained yet shocked. "I'm fine." You said mainly to yourself as you took a sip of tea. "If you insist." Tony said with a shrug as he walked to the fringe. "But-." He started. "UGHH." You groaned then coughed. You swore you heard a chuckle but you where too busy trying not to spill your tea on you, as you stumbled to your room.

"Friday, lock the door for everyone, except the dogs." You said as you finished your tea. "Yes ma'am, right away." She said and you heard the click of the lock. You relaxed, sitting against the pillows on your bed.

Y/n swore she only closed her eyes for a moment but she had fallen asleep. Turns out she was more comfortable then she thought she was. Bucky walked into the kitchen to grab a bottle of water as sweat rolled down his face and dripped from his hair. "Yeah she's really out of it, looks like a mess too." He heard Tony saying and a sigh. Steve rubbed his face and dropped his shoulders. "Did you tell her Bruce can give her a shot that will clear it?" Steve asked. "Tried, she just groaned at me and walked away." Tony said with a shrug. "I don't think a shot would be a good idea through, you guys don't know how stable she actually is. It might trigger PTSD. Putting her through that would be horrible." Pepper said to the boys. "What's going on?" Bucky finally spoke up. "Y/n is really sick, like zombie sick." Tony said before popping a blueberry in his mouth. Bucky felt like he got punched in the stomach. He knew Y/n was probably going to be sick but he didn't like the idea of it. "Doesn't Bruce have a pill she can take instead?" Natasha offered, leaning back in her seat. "Nope." Tony grumbled.

You woke up to knocking on your door. You pulled the blankets up to your head but immediately put the back down since it was too warm. As you got up you looked in a mirror and sighed, you looked worse and your hair wasn't on your team. You walked to the door and unlocked it to see Bucky standing there. His hair was wet, wearing a hoodie, pajama pants, and had a blanket in one hand but in the other there was a movie. "Bucky, why are you here? I'm sick I don't want to get you sick. Plus I look like a mess." You say crossing your arms. "I'm here because I wanna help you feel better, and I can't get sick doll." He said giving a sweet smile. "Can I come in?" He asked politely and you nodded, stepping out of the way. "Whatcha got?" You asked as he guided you over to your couch and TV. "(Your favorite movie)." He said as he held the box up before setting it up. Joy ran throughout your body. However, the sudden burst of energy made you feel nauseous. You gagged and ran to the bathroom. As soon as you where kneeled over puking your guts out, Bucky was there holding your hair out of your face and rubbing your back to comfort you. "It's ok doll. Wanda said it was your favorite but this reaction is making me think differently." He joked nervously. You wanted to laugh but you where too busy puking.

Once that mess was done you two where sitting on the couch watching (your favorite movie). Bucky had gotten you set up with goldfish, ginger-ale, and tissues. You nibbled on your goldfish as you enjoyed the movie, along with being under the blanket Bucky brought for you two. As you enjoyed your favorite scene in the movie you felt eyes on you. Naturally you turned to Bucky. As you half expected Bucky was staring at you... lovingly? "Am I that sick or are you looking at me like Clint looks at a sandwich?" You joke raising an eyebrow out of confusion. Bucky chuckled and smiled, being brought out of the small trance. "Maybe, I can't help it." He confessed. "Bucky, I look like a mess." You said looking over at yourself in a mirror. Your hair was a mess, you had a bit of puke in your cheek, your nose was running a bit, your eyes where puffy, you looked a bit pale, and you had crumbs on your chest from snacking on the gold fish. "You still look beautiful, just a different beautiful." He said as you turned to look back at him. "Are you sure you aren't sick?" You asked and laughed, coughing right after. "Positive." Bucky said and grabbed a tissue to wipe off the puke on your cheek. You shook your head and glared at him suspiciously. You studied his face to find any form of lie, disgust, just anything negative but you didn't find anything. "You're serious..." you mumbled, amazed. "Yeah, now wasn't the time I wanted to say this but it works. Y/n I've been drawn to you since we brought you back. At first it was just interest to find out who you where, but now it's not. When I got to know you, well got to re-know you..." he paused to read your face, it was difficult since you where sick and his nerves started to really get to him. "I-.." he said then furrowed his brows. "James, I've had a crush on you since I was 16. It was just a little scary since it wasn't really you." You admitted and he seemed to calm down. "Getting to know James Buchanan Barnes instead of The Winter Soldier made the crush more passionate." You admitted and began to fumble with your hands, a bad nerves habit of yours. Bucky grabbed your hands with his metal one to stop you then grabbed the back of you head with his flesh one. Softly, he kissed your forehead and let his lips linger there. You melted completely not only under his touch, but under the kiss mostly. "How about a date after you get better?" Bucky asked as he placed both of his hands in yours. "I'd love that." You said with a smile as you nodded happily. Bucky smiled widely, he was ecstatic and kissed your head over and over again as you giggled softly.

Once you two calmed down you continued to watch the movie. However, now you two where cuddled up under the blanket as you ate your gold fish and watched the movie. It was perfect. You felt safe wrapped up in his arms, listening to his heart and feeling his chest raise and lower.

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YAAAAAAAY! Finally some Buck and reader! 😂 I'm sorry that took a bit. Good news is now I'm no longer sick and taking antibiotics like a 4 year old eating m&ms. ALSO! I have inspiration to write because I don't wanna let those of you who read this down. I hope you enjoyed the part my head hurts so imma get some sleep!