◦○DAYBREAK○◦ Bucky Barnes

thirty five

[THIRD PERSON POV]

"It's faultlessly the same.." Davina mumbled gingerly, humming quietly to herself.

"What? What's the same?"

"Everything... Exactly one year ago today, we were on this exact ship. Flying to Wakanda.. The only difference is that now we're going the opposite direction.." Davina's words were slow and mumbled. She fought her eyes to stay open as the ship flew through the starry night sky.

Davina gazed with wandering eyes out of the large window at which they had sat before exactly one year ago, on their depressing journey to Wakanda. The events replayed in her mind. She remembered how frightened she had been, how she had gone over every negative possibility that could come from the next chapter of their lives they were about to start.

"We're even sitting in the exact same spo- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Davina yelped as Bucky lifted her effortlessly from his right side and placed her on his left without uttering even the smallest of words.

He only sat there, his signature smug look plastered on his face as the flustered girl beside him glared at him intensely. "What the bloody hell was that for? Trying to show off your new arm are you?" She bursted out, hiding her wicked grin.

Bucky cocked his head towards her, the smug look on his face only growing immensely at the sight of the crimson colour, which seemed to be darkening on her cheeks.

A past memory flashed through his mind and his smile only grew at the sudden recollection of it. The words tumbled out of his mouth before he could even stop and think twice about it. "Davina Penton... Am I making you blush?" He chuckled at the look of recognition glinting happily in her charming bright eyes.

She smiled and leant further into his touch, stifling the yawn which threatened to escape her mouth before conjuring up an alluring response. "Every damn day James..." She spoke in a hushed tone, so soft he almost had to strain to hear her words.

Bucky couldn't help but smile, as he always did when she used his first name. He had found that the only person he liked to hear it come from.. Was her. He loved the way she said it, it made him feel a stimulating thrill curse through his body. She said it rarely enough that it still felt special, but often enough that he could remember exactly how it sounded rolling off her tongue. He would never admit this to her, but the way she said it was like his own personal drug, designed specifically for him, and only for him.

He lay down on his back, tugging the girl gently along with him, relaxing into the pillows they had arranged a short while ago. His new and improved metal fingers brushed slowly through her hair, moving the tangled mess away from her face, which lay comfortably on his chest.

"I love you." He whispered into her hair, placing three delicate kisses atop her head. She smiled into his chest and brought her left hand up to rest beside her head, fingers playing with the navy fabric of his shirt.

"I love you too.." She mumbled, bringing her left leg to rest slightly over his lower body as he pulled a fluffy blanket over the pair. 

He moved his left arm to wrap loosely around her back, while his flesh hand met hers on his chest, placing his hand over hers and drawing small circles across it with his fingers.

She grabbed hold of his flesh hand and laced her fingers through his while he tightened his grip around her back, placing more soft kisses on her head.

She smiled into his chest once again before mumbling out a few words. "Why are you holding me like it's the last time you'll ever see me?"

He traced slow circles with his metal fingers along her back. "I'm making up for the year I lost.. Would you prefer it if I slept on the other side of the ship-"

"No." Davina cut in. She couldn't help but tighten her hold on his hand slightly and bury her head further into his chest.

He chuckled faintly, bringing his metal hand up to tuck a loose piece of hair behind her ear before instantly returning it to the small of her back, where he resumed tracing shapes along her skin softly.

The cool metal froze Davina's skin any time it brushed over a place not covered by the cotton of her shirt. Though she relaxed into the coolness, sparks of happiness erupting through her veins anytime it made contact with her skin.

"Go to sleep Vina.." He muttered into her hair in response to a yawn she had unsuccessfully tried to hold in.

She groaned lightly into his shirt. "I don't want to miss the moment."

He laughed at this, pure amusement bursting from his body. "You, Davina Penton, are too adorable."

She sighed dramatically, relaxing to the sound of his heart fluttering against his chest. "I know right." She murmured, unable to fight the grin spreading across her face.

A short moment of silence passed between the two before Bucky spoke up again, only this time in a soft, reassuring whisper. "I'll be here when you fall asleep, i'll be here when you wake up.."

She hummed carelessly against his clothed chest, listening with everlasting concentration to the soothing sounds of his beating heart. "Promise?"

He chuckled softly for the billionth time that night. "обещать... I'm not leaving you, not now... Not ever."

Davina held onto the last words as her desperate longing for sleep finally overcame her body and she surrendered to it. His flesh fingers laced with hers, the steady rise and fall of his heart underneath her head, the slow circular movements of his metal fingers on the small of her back. All the peacefulness of moment blended into one, one captivatingly pleasant moment neither person would ever forget.

They lay in silence, only soft murmurs of each others breathing echoing around the otherwise empty ship.

For the first time in a long, long time... 

Everything was perfect...

If only it could stay like that.

Word Count : 1082

Sorry it's kind of short, wasn't really sure what else I should write for this chapter. Hope you enjoyed reading regardless.
Love you hoes to the moon and back <3

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