8 1/2 out of 10

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You stirred out of your sleep when you heard a couple of soft knocks at your door. You groaned. You had just got back from a week-long mission and wanted to sleep.

Regardless you got up and walked to the door slowly, rubbing your eyes. You had on brown sweatpants and a white oversized shirt.

"Yes ?" You asked irritably not looking at who was interrupting your sleep.

"Y/n ?" Bucky asked softly.

At the tone of his voice, you looked up. He had on a black t-shirt and gray sweatpants. His long hair framed his face, slightly hiding most of it.

But you could still see his red eyes, and you saw how his chest raise and fell quickly.

"Nightmare ?" You asked knowingly. He nodded.

"How bad ?"

"8 1/2." he shrugged. He looked at you and your tired eyes. "I'm sorry, it's late. I'll let you go back to sleep."

He turned to walk away, but you grabbed his arm. Your brows furrowed. He's never admitted that high of a number before.

You turned around, walking back into your dim room, and grabbed your phone, keys, and wallet. Walking back to the door where Bucky stood confused you slipped on a pair of slides. "Come on."

He followed you as you walked to his room. "Grab your shoes we're leaving."

"Where are we going ?" he asked as he followed your orders.

"On a trip in our favorite rocket ship." You smiled. His face contorted in confusion causing your smile to widen.

In the car, you had every window down and music blaring. You had learned that this helped clear Bucky's head. It also helped wake you up.

"Where are we going !" Bucky shouted over the music.

"Huh ?" You asked as you turned down the music.

"Where are we going ?" His tone is lower now.

"Oh, that's a surprise."

"I hate surprises." He looked over at you.

"I hate being woken up at 2 in the morning." You said very obliviously joking.

"You think I want to ?" His sass coming back indicating he was feeling better. When you first met Bucky, Bucky and not the winter soldier, you never would've guessed he was a sassy person.

But as he grew more and more comfortable with you he started to show his more sassy side. He and Tony were nearly on the same level of sarcasm which you constantly point out.

"You know, I don't know, do you ?" Bucky slightly smiles at you.

You've pulled into an animal shelter and you saw Bucky squint his eyes at you.

"Those eyes are gonna get you hurt." You warned and he put his arms up in surrender.

The two walked into the store and breathed in the cold air. Your nose scrunched up when you smelt the animals, the air conditioner on blast wasn't helping either.