Plums | B. Barnes

~Learning Ivory Lee~

"Shit...that bag..." Bucky says quickly going to retrieve the duffel bag from outside the door. He brings the bag inside and looks to see if there's anything in the bag that could help soothe the child.

Inside the bag there were clothes, a baby sling, Diapers, Bottles, and what looked like about 3 containers of powdered milk. Bucky continued to search the bag for anything else that could be useful and his eyes landed on the bottles and the powdered milk.

"Okay...you are chewing your hands...my guess is maybe you're hungry? Do you want to eat?" Bucky asks the child who had still been screaming and angrily chewing at her fists.

Bucky let out a stressed Sigh as he read the instructions on the container which he carefully tried to follow to the best of his ability. It took him about 5 minutes but he was able to get the job done, anything he was able to do to stop that baby from screaming he was willing to do it.

"Okay look, I made your milk, after this I need you to please stop crying..." Bucky says to the infant not realizing that the baby had no idea what he was saying.

He gently put the bottle to her lips and she immediately began sucking the bottle down. He didn't make a whole lot since she was small, and he figured she wouldn't drink as much but however much he made seemed to work considering she drank every last drop before stretching her skinny arms over her head.

"Okay good...you're nice and full...so that means you're done now...right?" As if on cue Ivory let out a small wine and started kicking her small feet again.

"Oh no, no, no...we made a deal, you were supposed to stop crying..." Bucky says confused.

Ivory's whining quickly turned into more intense screaming and Bucky sighed not sure what else he could be doing to help Ivory. He didn't want to go this route, but he knew he was going to have to actually take the baby out of the seat she came in.

He gently unbuckled all the straps trying to make sure he wasn't hurting the baby and gingerly picked her up using his flesh arm to support her neck. Her crying immediately stopped when she was being held and Bucky sighed in relief.

"I'm glad you're comfortable but you know I can't just hold you all day...right?" Bucky says as the child stares at him blankly. Ivory sat in Bucky's arms and took a good look at His features, he watched as the baby's eyes looked him up and down and he did the same, just observing the small infant.

"Okay...I'm going to put you down now..." Bucky says lowering the infant into the care seat...big mistake for Bucky. The moment Ivory realized she was being put down she started screaming loudly and Bucky's eyes widened not expecting such a loud scream to come from the child's lips.

"Please stop..." Bucky said gently rocking the seat hoping to help soothe her. When she didn't stop crying he tried giving her the pacifier back, and as expected the pacifier did nothing.

Had she been sitting in a dirty diaper? Bucky had thought to himself looking back down at Ivory. He slowly picked Ivory up and sniffed her bottom, scrunching up his nose when he got a foul smell. He quickly sifted through the diaper bag for a clean diaper and he sighed in relief when he found a diaper and pack of baby wipes.

"Okay...here we go." Bucky sighed laying the baby down on the sofa. He quickly untaped the diaper and began cleaning her the best he could with the baby wipes, and quickly taped a new diaper on.

"Okay, that wasn't so bad...are you okay now?" Bucky says to the child, laying her back down in the car seat. Again...Bucky had made a huge mistake by putting her down and the intense screaming continued.

"Please stop...Please just stop crying...I fed you, changed you...I don't know what else you want from me..." Bucky sighs walking away from the infant, going to dispose of the dirty diaper. Bucky really wanted to help the baby, he just didn't know how.

The baby looked back at Bucky and screamed even louder causing Bucky to panic.

"Okay, okay...That's enough..." Bucky sighed picking up the baby slowly, having had enough of hearing the sad crying.

He gently held her in his arms and rocked her back and forth to see if she would stop crying and her cries slowly began dying down. Her crying had been reduced to sad sniffles and whining but sure enough she responded well to Bucky's touch.

"Is that all? You just want to be held? Huh?" Bucky says staring down at the girls teary eyes, gently using his thumb to wipe the tears away.

After looking into those sad eyes Bucky didn't have it in him to put Ivory down again.

Bucky took the baby's hat off and observed the full head of hair on her head, gently twirling it between his finger tips. He then looked back into her grey eyes, The girl staring back into his blue ones.

"You know...you are a really cute baby..." he says rubbing soothing circles into the baby's back.

"You're cute...but I don't know if you can stay with me..." Bucky says to himself, getting deep into his thoughts.

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Author's Note

Hey y'all I hope you guys are enjoying the story so far! Let me know what you guys think, or if there's anything plot wise you think I should add. But I plan to keep this story going for a few weeks, and  I'd say the series is off to a pretty good start!

All feedback is welcome! Continue to stay tuned for more chapters yall!