Unfortunately Fortunate [Stucky x Reader]

Chapter 34

Steve leads you to the elevator, you know Bucky is close behind you.

"I have learned that you are unable to see, Ms. Y/l/n. If you wish my guidance, please just call out to me."
"Thank you J. And please, just Y/n. I know you're used to the usage of last names, but just my first name is fine."
"Of course, Ms. Y/n."
"Thanks J."
"Of course."

The elevator opens and Steve guides you to the common area.
"Oh gosh, Y/n! I'm so glad to see you. You got us worried!" You hear Clint say, the sound of his voice slightly to your right.
"I'm fully better again, I promise. Healing Tony might have been a bit more than I expected it to be, yet worth it to heal him. And I just needed to sleep it off. And who knows that this weird power kinda took energy from me too. And before questions come, I have no clue what that was. I just used pure instincts, and it has a price. The price of that power when I used it, were the soldiers. So I presume that it is a dangerous gift. Not to be used carelessly."

"Okay, so we won't ask." Tony says.
You turn to where his voice came from.
"How are you feeling? I had to blindly heal so I am unsure if you were healed right."
"I'm all back to normal, all healed up like nothing happened. Thank you."
"Of course. Glad it got healed well." You smile, before turning to where you assume Bucky is.
"Buck?"
"Little more to your left Doll."
You turn more to his direction.
"Considering you sound okay, you probably are, but I have to be sure. You healed okay? The wound was really bad! Worse than when I healed you the first time."
"Sweetheart, you healed me perfectly. Thank you."
With a smile you turn back to where you assume other people are.

"Loki is on the couch, next to Natasha. Tony is standing behind said couch. Sam is on the couch next to me, and Rhodey is next to Sam.
Wanda and Vision are out for a few days." Clint mentions, his voice a tad bit softer.

You feel something brush past your leg. "Hope?" You feel her sit down next to you, plastered to your leg.
"Kit and Rhys are begin held back by Cas. Cas understands that you need some more time to get used to your surroundings while blind." Loki explains.
"And they are where?" You question, looking around uselessly.
"The side Hope sits, a bit further away."
"Thanks Lokes. Oh, what are..."
"They/them, sweety, thanks for asking." Loki interrupts your question.
You smile and turn the direction Loki said the dogs are.

Slowly you move so you are sitting on your knees, one hand on Hope. You feel Steve stepping away just a bit, not much.
"Hey sweeties. It's okay, you can come here. I just need some time to get used to where everything is and to focus again on movement."

Hesitant steps come closer, followed by two more dogs carefully moving.
"You don't need to be that careful. It's fine, just... Don't run me over." You grin.
A head presses on your shoulder. You brush the coat and feel it is Cas first.
"Hi sweety. It's okay, I'm okay, you're okay too."
You brush your hands through his coat a bit more, feeling tense muscles relaxing a bit more before Cas moves a bit. Still staying close, yet giving Kit and Rhys the chance to greet you too. Both dogs want hugs at the same time. With a smile you brush Kit's long haired coat, and Rhys' short and soft coat.

"They are glad you're back. I think they got scared when Bucky brought you inside, unconscious in his arms." Tony says carefully.
"I can imagine. Especially for Cas. I still not 100% sure we got the full history of his past, but it must not be easy for him. I'm glad he initiated touch, so I know I wouldn't cross a line or push a boundary of him."
"He's fine. He's just very glad to see you are okay and still acting normal towards us. He doesn't have to be wary about us now." Loki gently brings on.

You turn your head to Cas. "It's safe, honey, everyone here is safe and would never hurt another one of us for no reason." You hold out your hand for Cas to put his head on. As he does so you press a careful kiss to his nose.
This of course makes Kit and Rhys whine for a kiss too.
You grin as you seek out their noses with your hand before pressing a kiss on their noses too. At last you turn to Hope again. She moves without thinking, so you can press a kiss to her nose too. "You're off duty sweety. I have these two here to help me out right now."
Hope moves away, followed closely by the other three.

You get back up from the ground and turn back to the others.
"So, can someone run me down on what went on in that mission? Was it a trap? What did they want?"
Bucky guides you to a free couch, you feel Steve sitting down next to you.

"They were after Bucky, wanting Steve as extra. These soldiers were all government assigned, yet had a double life within Hydra. The short version is that they wanted The Winter Soldier back, and they wanted to brainwash Steve too so they could have 2 Super Soldiers following their every word. They misjudged the abilities of our team, clearly. Especially with how you just vanished nearly all soldiers at once." Natasha debriefs.
"I'm glad they are gone, yet this still doesn't feel right... You two are going to listen to me when I have that bad feeling again. You're staying close to me then!"
"Yes ma'am." Bucky mocks.
You roll your eyes at him.

"Anything else?"
"No, don't think so."
You nod, "anything I missed these couple of days?"
"Not really. Wanda and Vision are on vacation to Ireland. They knew you were going to be okay and they needed some alone time. They are on call in case something happens."
"Good." At the same time you said that, Clint curses.

"You okay?"
"Argh shit no. Ehm... This never happened before. Fuck! So, ..." You hear Clint sounding a bit panicked underneath the cursing.
"Barton you are scaring us." You hear Rhodey say.
"I... My... My hearing aids stopped working. I can't hear a thing."
For a split second you are shocked before you take over.

"Tony, you can fix that, right? Even if it is just a battery?" You ask.
"Of course." You hear that he too was shocked.
You turn back to Clint.
"Can you read lips?"
"Yeah, it's how I am able to follow most conversations. And how I am able to know what people say right now."
"Okay. Tony is going to fix your hearing aid if you want to. We can talk now, or after he fixed them?"
"After."

You hear movements, tools being used. Before movement again.
"Tell me if it still isn't working." Tony says.
"It works, thanks."

You take a deep breath before calmly asking, "so, ehm... Why didn't you tell anyone?"
"Nat knew. Loki figured it out. I didn't want to be seen as a burden because I use hearing aids and have a hard time following meetings as it is too many people talking at once from different places in a room. But I can still work, I can still be useful and I don't want people to treat me differently."
"Why would we treat you differently? We might be more attuned to turning to you so you can read our lips easier when we converse."

There is a silence for a bit.
"We never saw your hearing aids. Even now that we know, we can't see them. How's that possible?" Steve asks.
"These are specially designed for me to use so that it doesn't interfere with work and the comlinks we use. I can actually hear through the comlinks but he way."

"Do you not want a hearing break at times?" Loki asks carefully.
"I have a tendency of going to the vents then. Or hiding in Nat's room because we use sign language then."
"That explains so much." You hear Tony sigh relieved.

"I'm willing to learn sign language, maybe once I can see again?"
"Sure, if you really want that." Clint sounds like he doesn't care yet you hear a bit of relieve in there too.
"Yeah, I'd love to learn sign language."
"And we learn it together with Y/n so that you can have hearing breaks without hiding." Steve says.

"Guys, you don't have to. I can still read lips and all that."
"Shhhht Clint. We want to do this for you," you say before you yawn, "I'm so sorry. I'm still a bit tired it seems. Don't mind my yawns."

The conversations goes on a bit about why Clint never told any of you, aside from Natasha. And how Loki figured it out.
At some point you passed out in exhaustion between your two boyfriends, who you know would take care of you if anything were to happen.

A/n: I'm currently at the hair dressers (she is amazing!) We're waiting for the bleach to finish working! I'm super curious if I can get galaxy hair or if we need to figure colours out based on how light we can get the hair!

Hopefully you enjoyed this chapter!