*narrator pov*
Sunlight poked through a small opening in the curtains of your room.
Bucky opened his eyes and rolled over on his mattress.
"Baby? Why are you on the floor?" you pouted.
You were lying sideways on the bed, with your head peering over the side at Bucky.
A large grin grew on his face, and you bit your lip as you smiled back.
You reached out your arms, and Bucky grabbed your hands to pull himself up onto the bed.
He rolled over in bed until he was leaning over the top of you, holding himself up by his hand on the pillow next to your head.
You giggled at him as he started to kiss your cheek and worked his way down your neck.
"Bucky!" you squealed and slapped him playfully on the shoulder.
He smiled and collapsed on his side next to you.
"I'm so glad you're okay doll" he whispered.
"Mhm. Me too."
You took his hand and pulled it around you. He took the hint and pulled you close. You cuddled into his chest.
"How long was I asleep?" you wondered.
"Eh... about three weeks."
"Everything worked out, right? Everyone's okay?"
"Yeah."
"Good" you grinned and tilted your head to face him.
You reached up your hand and stroked his cheek as you placed your lips down on Bucky's.
Still kissing, he rolled over on top of you again and ran a hand down your side over your shirt. He slipped his hand underneath it as he worked his way back up your chest...
———
A little while later...
Tony sat in a chair, tapping his foot impatiently.
Morgan was giggling on the couch next to him.
You and Bucky came down the stairs, laughing with each other.
You entered the living room, and smiled at Tony as you were excited to see him.
"Hi" you grinned.
He did not seem as happy as you.
"Tony?" you asked, raising an eyebrow at his strange attitude.
He stood up quickly and stared disappointedly.
"Bouncing on the bed?" he asked, enunciating both letter b's clearly.
You noticed Morgan, smiling widely at you.
You had to cover your mouth with your hand to stop yourself from laughing.
"Seriously?!" Tony questioned.
Bucky put his arm around you and smirked at Tony.
"Its not her fault, Tony. If you want to be mad at someone be mad at me."
"Okay! I'm mad at you!"
Bucky chuckled and rolled his eyes at him.
"I am so sorry Tony" you apologised, still trying not to laugh. You innocently raised your arms.
Tony hesitated, but waved his hand, gesturing you to step towards him.
You smiled happily and gave him a hug.
"I can't believe you guys were having fun without me" Morgan frowned from the couch.
You pushed your face into Tony's T-shirt to hide your laughter.
"Okay" Tony nodded angrily. "You're grounded."
"What? You can't ground me!"
"I can and I will. No boys in your room for a week."
"Whatever."
"I'm serious. Barnes sleeps on the couch. Otherwise, he can go back to his own home."
"The compound was destroyed... you got your own place?" you turned to face Bucky excitedly.
He nodded.
"That's great!" you cried. "Can I visit?"
"You're kidding right?" Bucky raised an eyebrow at you.
"What? I'm not allowed?"
"Y/n... I want you to live there with me" Bucky said hopefully.
"Shit, really?"
"Shit" Morgan grinned.
You shook your finger at her, but didn't take your eyes off Bucky.
"Really" he confirmed.
You looked at Tony. "Can I?"
"Does it matter if I say no?"
"Nope! Cause you ain't my dad! We're gonna live together!" you jumped up and wrapped your legs around Bucky.
He held you around the waist and you cupped his cheek. You gave him a kiss, but only briefly as you felt Tony's eyes burning into you.
You jumped down and turned to face him. Bucky's arm was over your shoulder, and you were holding his hand in yours.
"Be appropriate" Tony sighed in disgust and walked past you to find Pepper.
Morgan jumped up from the couch and ran to hug you.
You bent down to hug her back.
"Hey you wanna play hide and seek" she suggested.
"We played that yesterday" Bucky mentioned.
"Oh you did, did you?" you looked up at him questioningly.
"Mhm. And he was really bad at it" Morgan laughed.
"I guess I just have to win today" Bucky grinned.
"Oh you are so going to lose" you smirked.
"You're counting first!" Morgan cried and ran off before you could protest.
"Hey- fine" you shut your eyes. "One, two, three..."
You felt Bucky kiss you on the forehead, then you heard his footsteps leave the room.
"Ninety-nine, one hundred. Coming to find you, ready or not!"
You jumped up and started to search for them.
Tony and Pepper were having a snack in the kitchen.
"Hey have you seen the others?"
"Hey y/n! Good to see you" Pepper smiled.
"Oh right hi!" you smiled back. "So... have you seen them?"
"Nope" Tony answered. "Aren't you playing hide and seek?"
"Yeah, so?"
"So that's cheating" Pepper stated.
"Fine. Don't help me" you laughed and searched on your own.
When you entered the upstairs bathroom, you heard giggling from behind the shower curtain.
"Oh well I guess no one's in here!" you called out, and faked walking away.
You stepped quietly into the bathroom, and shut the door as though you had left.
You slowly reached out for the shower curtain, and pulled it back quickly.
"Aha!" you exclaimed, and Morgan squealed cutely.
You picked her up and tickled her stomach as you left the bathroom.
"Now we just need to find Buck" you explained as you walked down the stairs.
You passed Tony.
"Hey have you-"
"Don't know. Don't care."
"Someone's in a mood today" you whispered to Morgan.
"Daddy's grumpy!" she laughed loudly.
Tony rolled his eyes as he walked upstairs and entered his room.
He opened his closet to get out a jumper.
Bucky stood there awkwardly.
Tony opened his mouth to say something, but sighed and shut it again. He pointed at a jumper, and Bucky handed it to him.
Tony took it, and was about to say something again.
"I'm winning, what about it?" Bucky explained with a straight-face.
Tony shook his head unimpressed and closed the closet again.
He returned half an hour later, and Bucky was still in there.
"For gods sake... y/n! Please come and get your boyfriend!"
You ran into Tony's bedroom and pointed at the open closet.
"Found you!" you exclaimed.
"No you didn't. Tony did" Bucky frowned. "So technically I win."
"No."
"Yes."
"God, you're a pain in the ass Barnes."
"You know you love me" he grinned, and stepped out the closet. Your eyes widened in shock. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"James... are you coming out of the closet?" you gasped in disbelief.
"What? Yeah I- ... oh for fucks sake y/n."
You giggled teasingly and skipped out the room.
Bucky followed you down to the lounge, where Morgan was watching the TV under Pepper's arm.
"You found him!" Morgan smiled when she saw Bucky with you.
"Mhm. You're turn to count now" you grinned at her.
"Oh no. Morgan never counts" Bucky laughed. "I found that out yesterday."
"Right. So that means... you can count baby."
You kissed his cheek and ran away from him.
Morgan jumped off the couch and went to hide too.
Exactly one hundred seconds later, Bucky came to find you.
You were hiding on the windowsill in your room, with the curtains shut.
You were staring out the window at the lake.
Bucky crept into your room and when he saw the curtains moving despite lack of wind, he snuck towards them.
He pulled them apart quickly and smiled at you.
"Hey doll."
"Well fuck you."
"How sweet."
"Come sit?"
"What about Morgan?"
"You haven't found her?"
"No. I wanted to find you first. I wanted you to lose."
"Aw so kind. We'll let her hide. She'll be happy if she thinks we couldn't find her."
You shuffled over on the small windowsill and patted the space next to you.
Bucky shook his head and picked you up.
He sat down and you sat comfortably in his lap.
You leaned back onto Bucky, and he put his arms around you.
He ran a hand through your hair as you watched the view out the window.
"Do you wanna go see our new home tomorrow?" Bucky suggested.
"I'd love that" you responded.
Bucky kissed the top of your head.
You held up your hand and he interlocked his fingers with yours.
You sat peacefully for a while, until Morgan came to find you.
"Buckyyyyyy" she whined when she came into your room and saw you on the windowsill. "You are meant to be finding me, not me meant to be finding you!"
"I'm sorry. You were just too good" Bucky sighed.
Morgan smiled proudly.
"Oh and dad says that dinner is ready soon and that Peter is coming" she smiled before running out the room.
———
When someone knocked on the door at precisely 6pm, you didn't hesitate to jump up and run towards it.
You almost tripped down the stairs in the process but it was worth it.
The door was open and you jumped to hug him before he even had a chance to step through.
Peter was shocked for a moment, but as soon as he processed what was happening, he hugged you tightly back.
He rested his chin on your shoulder and smelt your hair.
He pulled away from you with a jokingly disgusted face.
"Wow don't you ever wash" he laughed.
"Hm. I was kinda busy being unofficially dead" you argued.
You giggled and pulled him by his hand to sit at the table.
"So how long have you been awake?" he asked.
"Literally just since this morning."
"So I haven't missed much."
"Nope. I would've called you idiot."
He smiled and pulled out your chair.
You sat down and he went to sit opposite you.
The others joined you, and began eating dinner.
"So what have you been up to Pete?" you asked.
"I, uh, had to go back to school."
"Oh that must've been so weird."
"Why?"
"Because you're all like, lemme save the universe real quick. Oh I did that, so back to school where no one knows how cool I am."
Peter laughed at you.
"I guess you're right" he nodded.
"Any girls interest you right now? Been to any parties yet?" you smirked.
"No... no girls."
"Hm. I don't believe you."
"Of course not. But you know there is a party next Friday. I was thinking about going maybe. You could come if you want."
"I might take you up on that. But I'll have to think about it."
"Well you know the apartment is only like twenty minutes away from Queens" Bucky said.
"Really?" you questioned.
"What apartment?" Peter asked.
"Bucky and I are moving in together" you grinned.
"Wow that's great! When?"
"Bucky said he'll take me to see it tomorrow. And I don't have much stuff so it won't take long to move in."
"So you're just gonna go?" Tony asked.
"Yea-"
"No don't go! You need to stay here forever and ever!" Morgan complained.
"I'll come visit Morgz. I promise."
"Every day?"
"How 'bout... twice a month?"
"How long is a month?"
"Not that long."
"Okay!"
"Hold up. Y/n when are you going?" Tony wondered.
"Dunno. I could probably be out by Sunday afternoon" you proposed. "Does that sound good?"
"O-okay" Tony nodded.
"Bucky?"
"Sounds perfect doll."
"Good. It's sorted then. Tomorrow night will be my last night."
"Shall we do something nice?" Pepper suggested.
"A party" Tony grinned. "Not here. We'll rent out a restaurant or something."
"Hm. A Stark party. I think I'm ready to try one of those again."
"It'll be small. Just close friends."
"So like, a hundred or two hundred people?" you laughed.
"What can I say? I'm a popular person."
"Can I come?" Morgan asked.
"I don't think so sweetie" Pepper said. "This one will just be grown ups. We'll find you a babysitter."
"Oh you know who is an absolutely amazing babysitter" you smirked. "You should call Happy."
"Yeah Happy!" Morgan cried.
"Happy has babysat Morgan before" Pepper told you.
"Oh I'm so gonna tease him when I see him tomorrow."
"Okay so Happy will babysit, I'll book a venue, invite guests, and we'll all go together" Tony decided.
"Yeah... oh wait I don't have anything to wear."
"I probably have something you can borrow" Pepper offered.
"No, go buy a dress" Tony said. "I'll pay for it."
"Tony..."
"Y/n, I insist."
"That's so kind of you, but I don't even have any time for shopping. Bucky said we'd go see the apartment tomorrow."
"We'll leave early in the morning, then I'll take you shopping after" Bucky suggested.
"Are you sure?" you addressed Tony.
"Mhm. I think you deserve to enjoy yourself after what you've been through."
You smiled weakly at him.
The others continued talking, but you stayed relatively quiet.
After a while, Bucky put his arm around you and leaned close.
"Hey doll you okay?" he asked.
"Hm? Yeah I'm fine" you paused. "Actually I think I'm gonna go to bed. Need to sleep if we're leaving early tomorrow."
"Are you sure?"
"You're gonna go before dessert?" Pepper asked.
"Yeah. The dinner was wonderful, though. Thank you."
You got out of your chair and Bucky was about to get up beside you.
"Bucky, you haven't finished your plate" you objected.
"So?"
"So stay and finish. Then have dessert."
"Y/n..."
"James" you interrupted, and glared him in the eyes.
"Fine. Don't fall asleep without me."
"No promises... bye Pete."
You stood behind his chair and hugged him from behind.
"Bye y/n."
"Night y/n" Morgan smiled, and you kissed the top of her head.
Tony and Pepper said goodnight, and you went upstairs.
