Her - Bucky Barnes x reader story

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You ran through the woods being chased by the man in black. "Y/n" he said creepily, "Y/n come back here" You carried on running for a few minutes then your foot got caught underneath a tree root. You tripped and fell over as you struggled trying to unhook your foot. The man approached you and grabbed you in his hands without saying a word. You screamed for help but no one heard you. He hit you over the head and you blacked out. 

You woke up at 12:04am to the sound of a man screaming. The scream came from the gym and you decided to go investigate it. You slid out of bed trying to not make a noise as you didn't want to wake anyone up. You walked down the stairs skipping the 4th step knowing it creaked. As you neared the gym another scream rang through the walls. You were surprised at how no one else was awake. It seemed odd and unusual. 

You opened the door and saw a man lying in the middle of the floor covered in a blanket fast asleep. Even though he was fast at sleep he seemed to be sleeping roughly. You slowly approached him and instantly recognised his face. 

It was Bucky. 

He was having a nightmare and was muttering words under his breath. "Please," he said. "Stop." He screamed again and a tears leaked from his eyes. You stepped back startled. You didn't know what to do, you didn't want to move him, it could make things worse. You didn't want to wake him up but it could help him.  

You knelt down beside him and placed one hand behind his head and your other on his arm. "Bucky," you whispered softly, "It's me y/n, your safe, I promise." You kept reassuring him and he shot up as quickly as a bullet leaving a gun, "Bucky?" you said but he was asleep again. You played with his shoulder length hair trying to keep him calm and stayed like that all night. You didn't fall asleep and he didn't have another nightmare that night.

~

"Y/n?" he said as he woke up late that morning, "What are you doing here?" he looked confused and you looked exhausted. You both sat up.

"I could ask you the same question." you replied, he looked at you and furrowed his brow. 

"Y/n, seriously though, what are you doing here?"

"You had a nightmare Bucky," you looked directly at him but he avoided your eyes. 

"I'm sorry doll, where you up all night?" you yawned and shook your head. 

"Only since 12ish" you replied.

"That's basically all night, I'm sorry, you didn't have to stay." he looked at you apologetically 

"I didn't want you to have another nightmare and you didn't" You looked at him feeling his pain, you had nightmares all the time, you felt what he felt.

"Y/n you look exhausted" 

"Thank you" you said sarcastically rolling your eyes. "Now I'm going to shower, I'll see you later." You left the room and showered and Bucky went to see Steve. 

~Bucky's POV~

I walked to Steve's room and as I got there I saw Y/n leave the kitchen with a coffee in her hand. She must have gone to get coffee before her shower. I knocked on Steve's bedroom and he answered almost immediately. He still looked tired and his hair was messy in the way hairs messy when you wake up. 

"Everything alright Buck?" he said.

"I had another nightmare last night, Y/n came to me," I replied 

"Are you okay? was it bad?" Steve asked looking concerned. 

"Yeah, I'm good, but Y/n came to me." 

"Is that bad, I don't understand?"

"I didn't tell her and she'll think I'm a freak." I said with a worried look on my face. 

"She's not going to think your a freak," Steve said reassuringly.  I looked at him and smiled. 

"She didn't even ask what about," I'm confused about that.

"Maybe she didn't want to pry, or want you to think about it more," He looked at me then at the door to leave his room. "Go talk to her,"

"I will, thanks Steve," I smiled again and left the room.  

~your POV~ 

After getting a coffee you showered and got ready for the day. You wanted to talk to Bucky about his nightmare and maybe tell him about yours too. You had nightmares all the time but they don't seem to be as bad as Bucky's. Due to the fact no-one woke up, you figured they happened often so no one reacted to it anymore. 

You left your room and went into the living room and saw everyone chilling, Wanda and Natasha were sat watching TV. Steve, Tony, Sam and Bucky were arguing about whether the film the girls were watching was good or not ( Sam and Bucky thought it was, Steve and Tony thought it sucked). Everyone was sat in their little cliques and you didn't know where to go. You saw an armchair isolated from everyone else and went and sat in it. You pulled out your phone and started scrolling through social media. 

You looked up from your phone and saw that Bucky had disappeared, you looked around and a hand touched your soldier. You looked at who it was. "Jesus Bucky your going to give me a heart attack" you said.

"I'm sorry Doll," he said, "Can I talk to you outside for a minute." 

"Yeah, of course Bucky" You replied. You both walked outside.