Grotesque || Bucky Barnes x Reader

3

I woke up to knocking on my door "come in", I groan, hoping that it wasn't steve asking for training, and the door opens slowly. I see a metal arm "for fuck sakes," I complain, rolling over, not wanting to know what he had to say. "I'm only here to say that training was cancelled because, well, steve wouldn't tell me the reason, so fucking thanks for that," He says with a fuck ton of attitude "almost a hundred and no one cares about my opinion what happened to respect the elderly around here" at this point he is just ranting and complaining and I sit up "if you don't mind I'm trying to rest" I groan throwing a pillow at him and it just falls to the ground.

The next thing I know, the pillow hits my head. I groan "get the fuck up anyway", He says as Steve runs past my room, "you told her she's off yeah," Steve asks the grotesque individual "yeah, what's with young people these days? Do they not know how to respect the elderly" The metal arm man says, adjusting his arm, grasping my door handle and walking out, closing the door behind him.

Since I told Steve who I was he has been distancing himself from me which I did expect but I didn't expect him to ignore me like ALL THE TIME. Natasha and Clint have noticed this and have tried placing us in a room together as if we were a couple who had issues, he just needed time, well that's what I think.

I walk onto the balcony of the tower looking around and noticing James's presence who gave me an occasional stare, I look around taking in the view since this would be one of the few times I do this considering heights aren't exactly a friend of mine. "so" the tall fossil says and I look to him "not ignoring my presence clearly" I cough responding to his lack of a conversation starter, "Steve told me everything like every little detail" he says from the other side of the balcony and I nod "so I guess you are a fossil" he continues and I roll my eyes knowing that someday that word would come back in my face.

"well, I'm not older than you so you are still a fossil" I smirk as he chuckles and I can tell he wanted to ask questions "ask" I say to him as his head turns towards me "how do you kn-" "I know that look on your face you always have it when you ask rogers a question," I say completely cutting him off and he slowly nods walking closer to me but not too close "well" he paused and I notice his human arm tensing up at the thought of talking to me, yet, here he is.

"what were you like... you know before the whole kidnapping hydra, when you and steve were friends" he asked looking at my eyes then down at the view "well I was normal, I was actually going to enlist in the army because steve at the time wanted to and felt like he couldn't but you know Emma had her ways that was my fake name by the way so I guess I wasn't entirely normal" I pause looking over to him "I thought I was in love with Steve back then" I pause and James's eyes go wide "no shit" he says clearly shocked and I nod.

"turns out he loved and still loves Peggy" I chuckle "so it wasn't meant to be why am I even telling you my life story you don't deserve to hear it" I say looking him in the eye as he continues to stare at me "well you didn't have to tell me" he says "yet you did" he smirked and I punch his arm gently "go back to Jurassic park you old fossil" I roll my eyes causing a little chuckle to escape his cold lips as he walked away which left me more than shocked.

Did James Buchanan Barnes just chuckle at my remark?

"wait" I jog after him as he turns around and I can just tell he has an irritated "what" he says and I grab his arm "so you acknowledge my presence one time, laugh at my insult and then decide to get all angsty whats with you" I say highly agitated at his response and without saying a word he looks down at my hand and where it was placed on his flesh arm and he shakes it out of my grip walking away each step felt like him stomping all over my face.

"Tony is having a party later tonight" I yell at James who just nods continuing to walk away.

Time Skip - 6PM - Tony Starks Party