The Past (winterspider, Bucky x Peter)

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As he entered the kitchen, the team was having dinner.

"Hey, Buck" Steve greeted. Blonde was looking at Bucky with a smile. Man nodded his head and went to coffee machine and put three cups next to it. He quickly made the setting Peter prefers and turned the machine on. "Hey, when did you learn how to do that?" He asked, but Bucky ignored him. He was too angry at them to say something without breaking something or someone.

"Hey, Frozen, why so moody?" Tony added his five cents as he finished chewing his food. Bucky gave him a glance and put the second cup to the coffee machine. The beverage started flooding in. "Why so much coffee?" He asked again and stood up, taking a bottle of water. "What, gonna have a sleepless night? We have a mission tomorrow, get rest" he said and sat back down.

"Fuck you" Bucky spelled in sign language with one hand and Clint scoffed.

"Bucky said 'fuck you'" Barton started to laugh and hold tight to his stomach.

"Ouch, Barnes. That hurt" Tony mockingly put a hand to his heart and theatrically squeezed it.

"You are a bunch of unthankful pieces of shit. Peter is there, doing all stuff for you" Bucky said and motioned at everyone in the room. "And have you ever said thank you? Have you ever thought about him during the past week?" He asked. Room was silent. "No. Of course not" he scoffed. "You, Stark, are only thinking about yourself. You, Steve, you always were about protecting others, so how do you protect him? He's not someone you don't know, he lives with you in the same building. You, Barton, do you know what he is doing? He is making your bloody arrows so you could fight and 'I wanna have enough'. Romanoff, have you ever asked him to do something? No. You just stated it, that's it. How are you doing with your position as a leader? Do you like it? Oh, it must feel really good having all this power in your hands. But do you actually care for your team? Maybe Barton, fine, but Parker? Have you ever asked Parker if he needed something? How was he feeling?

All of you!

All of you have been disrespectful to him. He is 17! He is a young man who is supposed to get high, drunk, who is supposed to hook up with people he doesn't know or with his classmates, friends, other teenagers, for gods sake! He is supposed to go to school and then go home, play video games, watch movies, go on dates with people his age. And what is he doing? He is sitting in his workshop! Doing your work! And you don't even care! You didn't even tell him to go to dinner to eat something! An AI cares for him more than all of you do in summary. An AI!

You are selfish and unthankful. Hell, we all are. But at least I know that and I'm trying to change myself. Unlike you" he turned around and opened a cupboard. "Heroes" Bucky scoffed, taking a pack of pop tarts and three mugs of coffee and went to the elevator. It dinged and doors opened. "Peter" he shortly said and doors closed.

"Damn it" Tony exclaimed, hitting table with his fist. He stood up and went to the fridge to take an apple. "He's bloody right. I hate it" Tony left the room and others fell silent. No one could say anything. Bucky, unfortunately, was right. And all of them knew that. Wanda and Vision were the next to stand up. Wanda cleaned her plate and Vision left with Wandas hand in his.

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Bucky entered the workshop with coffee in his hands and put them on a coffee table near the sofa. Peter was sitting on another chair, mixing ingredients for the bomb arrows.

"Hey, Pete" Bucky whispered, taking one of the cups and putting them near Peter. Boy was silent for a couple more minutes and then, when the work was finished, turned around to see the mugs

"Thanks, Bucky" Peter tiredly smiled, sipping some coffee from the mug man offered him

"So, hows the work going?" Barnes interested, sitting down.

"Well, the chemical part is done, technology is done too, now i just need to finish it all up and i will be done for now" Pete nodded his head and took capsules to the arrow heads, where he placed them and finished the arrows putting them together in a big cupboard behind one of the glass doors. There were around a hundred arrows. "I did more than he asked so I would have rest after my mission"

"Great, then lets put you to sleep, shall we?" Sergant asked, nodding slightly and putting his hand on boys shoulder, carefully directing him to the elevator.

"Yeah, thats a good idea" Peter responded, leaning on the wall of tge elevator as it went up to the living floor.

There were Natasha, Clint and Steve watching TV in the living room area and Sam reading a book in the kitchen area. Bucky put his hand around Peters shoulder again, making sure he didnt fall.
They exited the elevator and were about to head to Peter's room so Bucky could put him to bed when suddenly Peter shook up and went directly to the living toom and took a tablet.

"I forgot about the reports for Mr. Stark and patrolling" he groaned, gaining attention from people in the room. "Fri, what time is it?" he asked the AI

"It is currently 2am, Peter, and i highly recommend you to go to sleep or you would have a big chance of getting injured during the mission today" Friday responded.

"How much coffee do i have left?" Parker asked again, starting to type on the tablet in his hands

"If my calculations are correct, you have 2 mugs of coffee left until you fall into your 'coffee coma'"

"How long it will last this time?" Peter continued, sliding through the files on his gadget.

"I estimate it to last from 20 to 50 hours. Coma will come 5 hours after you consume your last mug"

"Thank you dear" Peter smiled. "Remind me to build you a body, okay?" he asked.

"Of course, Petey. When should i remind you of that?"

"Aftet i get out gtom my coma. I would say 10 hours after" Peter said hesitantly, spinning the pen in the air.

"Done" she said. "Thank you, Pete, i appreciate your effort"

"Anything for you, darling" Peter chuckled and stood up, not looking up from his tablet. "Sorry Bucky but i need to do it before ill be out for nearly 50 hours" and Peter left to his room, closing the door after him.

Bucky sighed and went to the fridge, taking a bottle of water. Bucky sat down on the same chair as Peter did and drank it in one go.

"Is he always like that?" Steve asked, but Bucky didnt reply and went to his room.

He opened the door and sat on the bed.

"Friday, can you notify me when Peter gets back and if he is injured?" he asked

"Yes, James, i will" Friday replied.

"Thank you" he smiled as if she coukd see him and closed his eyes, trying to rest as he knew he wouldn't be able to go to sleep. Nof until he knows Peter is.

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Sincerely yours,

-V

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9th September, 2021