In the deep

Time to come home

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  It was still dark outside when Bucky nudged you awake holding a cup of coffee in his hands. Looking at your watch you estimated only a few hours of sleep which usually indicated Bucky had a night terror or flashback and he needed to talk. Pushing back the covers you groggily sat up and graciously took the cup of coffee from Bucky's hands.

"What happened B?" You wiped the sleep from your eyes yawning and stretching your back.

"What?" He looked puzzled for just a moment before understanding. "Oh- nothing. I want to take you somewhere. Get dressed." 

"Where are we going?" You asked him taking a drink letting the warm caffeine take over your body.

"That's for me to know doll." Bucky started grabbing a few items putting them into a backpack then he stopped shifting his focus back over to you as you stood next to the bed in his shirt. "And don't even think about trying to use your psychology tricks to get it out of me."

"I would never!" You acted wounded holding your hand over your heart.

Bucky chuckled shaking his head as he returned to his task. you opened the door to the closet and looked over the clothes you had brought with you which was basically bathing suits, short and tank tops. This vacation you planned on living in a bikini. You were sure what Bucky had in store for you so you threw on what you had a pair of hunter green shorts and a white tank top over your bathing suit and slipped on your tennis shoes then headed for the bathroom.

You quickly scrubbed your teeth making sure to rise your mouth out well enough to where you wouldn't taste the tooth paste when you returned to your coffee. Bucky appeared behind you, his hands reaching up into your hair pulling it back and separating it into three sections before starting a braid for you.

You looked to him through the mirror watching his eye furrow in concentration as he worked. Once satisfied with his job he grabbed a hair tie off the counter finishing it up. He looked up to meet your eye and he kissed the top of your head.

"Beautiful." He whispered against your scalp.

"Yes these black bags under my eyes are fabulous." You joked.

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Bucky led you through the dark village on the back of a motorbike. He kept silent about the destination and it felt like you were on the back of the bike for hours. He drove you past fields of moonlit rice patties and huts as you held onto his waist. Everything was peacefully quite as you were along for the ride. He pulled off on what looked to be an abandoned dirt road in the middle of the Forrest when he finally stopped the bike.

He grabbed the backpack that was on your shoulders and grabbed ahold of your hand as you both started into the lush green jungle. The sun had just started to rise, hints of yellow and orange peaking in the horizon as you headed up natural steps climbing in altitude. Prisms of light peaked through the tropical leaves as you and Bucky stopped to watch some birds rising from their nest in the branches.

"It's amazing out here." You looked around in awe at the untouched area.

Bucky hummed in agreement his eyes drifted from his surroundings towards you, admiring the way you were fascinated with your surroundings. He reached into his pocket withdrawing his phone and snaked his metal arm around your waist pulling you in closer.

"Are you taking a selfie?" You asked chuckling from him to the camera of the phone.

"Yes. Now smile." He gave you a fake annoyed look knowing you wanted to make comments about him being old and taking a selfie but you refrained. Instead you leaned in closer to his chest smiling wildly next to him with the thick jungle behind you. Bucky looked at the picture before putting his phone back in his pocket. "I just thought that we uh- don't have any pictures together and i thought it would be nice-ya know?" He bashfully stated.