Hard to Love (Bucky Barnes fanfic)

Chapter 59

"You're crazy, you know that?" I breathe out, pushing Bucky away to no avail. It's like pushing a damn brick wall

Bucky grabs my hands, "maybe. But you're dating me so who's really the crazy one here?" He quips back with a short chuckle

"Still you!" I jokingly retort, yanking my hands away and summoning a force field between us. "The teams on their way to come grab us, this is no time for funny business James." I point a stern finger towards him

Bucky rolls his eyes with a scoff. "We've got an hour. One last time before the mission. It'll help clear our heads." He presses his flesh hand to my force field wall, blue eyes trailing down my lingerie clad body

"You're ridiculous. Go get ready." I giggle through my words, pushing the wall towards him and forcing him to march his way up the stairs to our bedroom

He grumbles a few words that I don't get the luxury of hearing and heads to our room. I followed shortly behind to change as well, keeping the wall up between us. We both dig around our drawers for our combat uniforms, having stuffed them to the bottom and back of one since we didn't plan to wear them all that often now

It felt weird slipping on the outfit after so long of ignoring it. Still dusty and dirty from the Wyoming mission. A dried and crusty smear of blood stained the fabric around one of my wrists from when I wiped my bloody nose all that time ago. It feels like literal months have passed since then, not just a few measly weeks. I can tell Bucky is also discomforted by his uniform, but he's always disliked it

Fun fact it's very difficult to find a place to clean Kevlar and tactical gear

After we finished getting ready and I called into work sick for the day, double checking our pockets for hidden knives and making sure the house was secure, I decide to nibble on a quick snack while we wait. Bucky was leaned against the doorframe to the kitchen with his arms crossed over his thick chest, watching me dip my sliced up apple into our peanut butter

"How can you eat at a time like this?" He asks as I scoop a glob of the nutty goodness onto another chunk of apple

I shrug, bringing the bite to my lips. "How can you be horny at a time like this?" I respond, plopping the snack into my mouth

"Touché." He rolls his eyes, a faint smirk tugging at his lips

As I'm about to dip my last slice into the peanut butter, three honks from a car horn blare outside the house. I sigh, closing the jar and handing the plain apple chunk to Bucky as I head for the front door. My appetite gone and replaced with nerves

Whole reason I was eating was because I needed a momentary distraction. Plus the energy and other nutritional benefits will most likely come in handy later when I'm writhing on the floor in pain. As long as I don't end up throwing it all back up that is

But I've got a good feeling about this one. I've already 'consumed' three parts of the stone. Honestly I could wipe out wherever we're going and take the fourth portion by force. Get it done with sooner. At this point I'd say I'm more powerful than Wanda. Still though, I worry about the chance of me not being able to handle the next fragment

Maybe I should've taken Bucky up on one more round. Might be our last..

No, no no. You did the right thing. Now focus Amelia!