Come Back To Me

Scotland

When my eyes opened the next morning, I glanced at the clock in the room and it read 7 am. I normally wake up early, but not this early. When I look over to the other bed, Bucky is fast asleep with his arms crossed across his chest. His shoes are still on, ready for anything.

I quietly get up and walk to the door to look out the peep hole. It was still quiet outside the hotel and I nodded my head, happy nothing was happening. When I turn around, Bucky is still asleep, so I tiptoe to the bathroom and quietly shut the door.

I make myself look a little more presentable before coming out again. It's weird, Bucky is still asleep. I walk over to him and look down at him. His chest was moving, so he was alive, maybe he just really needed this rest.

Without anything else to do, I sit back on my bed and pull my phone out of my bag. Just as I was about to text Nat, Bucky swats the phone out of my hand making me gasp from fear.

"Bucky! You scared the shit out of me!" I shout and look at him. "I could've hurt you!"

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you." Bucky says panting a little. "You can't use that phone. It's traceable. I'll go out and get you one today."

Bucky sits back on the edge of his bed and puts his face in his hands.

"I'm sorry. I didn't know." I whisper and look down.

Bucky looks at me and realizes that he actually scared me , like actually. He stood up and sat next to me on my bed.

"No. I'm the one who should be sorry. I won't scare you again." He says and grabs my right hand, with the stone. "I promise."

"It's alright." I whisper and look at his hand in mine. "I know you already said no... but could we maybe just go out for like an hour. I'm never gonna be back in Scotland." I plead.

"One hour. But just to let you know, I'll bring you back whenever you want after all of this is over." Bucky says and slightly smiles to me.

As soon as the two of us were ready, Bucky goes outside first then I follow. We walk into the city a while and find a phone store. Bucky buys two disposable phones and gives me one of them.

"Does that mean I can call Nat later?" I ask and look at the small flip phone in my hand.

"Yup." He says and we continue to walk.

After a little more walking, we make it to the heart of Edinburgh. It was amazing. All of the architecture and sights. I was in awe the entire time. Without much warning, Bucky grabs my right hand and starts walking back in the direction of the hotel.

"It's been an hour already?" I ask and look at Bucky.

"I'm sorry but yes. We have to get back now." Bucky says and we keep walking.

"It's alright. You gave me an hour and it was great." I say and walk a little faster to keep up with him. "At least I get to call Natasha now. I've missed her."

"She's taken care of you since shield found you?" Bucky asked as we continue our walk.

"Yeah. I was 13 when her and Fury found me. It's been Nat Tony and me ever since." I say with a smile.

"That's good. It's good to have people to care about, it makes life a little more bearable." Bucky says and looks down at me.

I knew what he meant. The only reason I ever wanted to break free from hydra was to see my parents again. When I found out they were gone, Nat and Tony eventually took their place.

The walk back took a little longer, since we both lost track of where we came from. The whole time, Bucky kept a tight grip of my hand and it made me happy. It made me feel... safe.

As soon as we got back into the hotel room I got out the phone and called Nat.

"I'll give you some privacy. I'm going to get us some food for tonight so we don't have to leave again." Bucky says and I nod at him with a smile.

After one or two rings, Natasha picks up the phone.

"Hello?" She says confused by the number calling her.

"Nat! It's me!" I say and smile.

"Laura! It's so good to hear from you. Is everything alright?"

"Everything's great! How is it there?"

"Thor got word that Thanos has 2 stones already. You have to be extremely careful wherever you are." Nat says and her tone changes. "He's sent his minions to travel earth to get the stones here, so no powers. Period."

"Okay. I got it." I say and look at my hand. "We will win this right?"

"I hope so." She whispered like she didn't want the other avengers to hear her worries. "How are things with Bucky?"

"Nat, he's really sweet to me." I whispered just in case he's at the door. "I think I'm starting to like him a little."

"What!" She shouts and I chuckle. "That was not part of the plan, but if you make him actually happy, maybe it's for the best."

"I showed him the stone last night. He told me he thought I was incredible."

"That's great Laura." Nat says and I can tell she's happy for me for trusting more than just her and Tony.

The conversation lasted a little longer. I tried to tell her about Scotland, without actually mentioning where we were. If I did come back here, I'd want to bring Nat. Almost as soon as I hung up the phone, Bucky walks in with groceries.

"Welcome back." I say and smile at him.

"How was your phone call?" He asked while he put the bags on the desk.

"It was... it was great." I whisper and look down at my feet. "I really miss her."

Bucky looks over at me and sees how sad I am. He sits by me on the bed and puts a hand on my leg, is touch sending butterflies to my stomach.

"This will be over soon. Then we can get you home." Bucky whispers and rubs my leg.

"That would be nice... but it's also been nice being with you." I say and look to him. "Are you going to stay at the compound when you take me back?"

Bucky looks at me then the floor, contemplating what he wanted to do. Originally, his plan was to go off somewhere and live out the rest of his life in peace, hopefully.

"If you're there, I will be too." He says and smiles at me.

I smile back and bite my lip. He's starting to feel so much more comfortable with me and actually smiles now. Bucky looked at me and moved his touch to my face, I can feel myself getting warm on my cheeks.

Bucky slowly leans forward and I follow his lead. My eyes slowly close as I feel his lips on mine for the first time. It was bliss. When he pulled back, I couldn't help but smile at him and he smiled too.

"I'll follow you wherever you want me to go." Bucky says and leans his forehead on mine.

I close my eyes and soak in his touch. If I had to choose how my first kiss was going to be, I think this was pretty good.