𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 || 𝐁. 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐒 ||

28. Love

YOU.

"AREN'T you cold?" You ask Bucky, snuggling underneath the blanket that you're both sharing.

"A little." He admits and you turn your head to get a look at him.

It's dark outside but the bright light coming from the stars above the both of you allows you to just about see his side profile.

Tonight, Bucky decided to take you out stargazing for one of your dates. It's a little different to what you guys normally do but you're happy doing anything with him. When you look up, you can see a bunch of stars forming what looks like a pattern.

"You wanna guess which one that is?" Bucky asks you and you're sure he knows what it really is. He's a geek for all things star-related.

He's a geek, period.

"Uhh..." You sigh, racking your brain to think about which one it could be. "I don't know, Virgo or some shit. Wait fuck, that's a star sign."

"It's also a constellation." Bucky tells you. "This one's Orion's Belt."

"I can't see it properly from here." You say and Bucky pulls your head closer to his so you can see from his angle.

"Squint your eyes for me." He says, holding your head gently. "Attagirl. Can you see it now?"

Suprisingly, with Bucky's advice you can now see the constellation. "It kind of looks like a guy with a bow and arrow. Clint?"

Bucky chuckles at your comment, as do you. "Come here." He says and places you in between his open legs so that the back of your head is resting on his lower stomach.

"Who the hell is Orion, anyway?" You wonder.

"You want me to expain it to you?"

You know that if you let Bucky explain one thing, he's going to go on a long rampage about whatever it is he's talking about, somehow diverting the conversation from one thing to another. However, you find it kind of ironic how he's a rambler, given that he doesn't really talk much to other people except from you.

"Go ahead." You chuckle.

"Okay so in Greek Mythology, Orion is a giant huntsman that Zeus placed in the stars as the constellation of Orion. Some people think he's a good guy but he's actually kind of dick."

"What did he do?" You ask, intrigued.

"He visited a place once, called Chios. There, he met a girl called Merope and he sort of...raped her. As punishment, Merope's father blinded him but his sight got recovered some time after."

"O-kay." You chuckle uncomfortably. "So he's an asshole, got it. Is he dead or what?"

"Yeah, actually. Artemis, the Goddess of Wilderness, killed him with her own bow and arrow. She's actually one of my favourite Goddesses."

"Oh yeah?" You find yourself smiling. "Who's your other favourites?"

"Athena, Hera, Persephone and you." Bucky says and you feel your stomach filling up with butterflies at his compliment.