Mother Earth ||| Bucky Barnes (2)

18 | 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐭

𝙰𝙻𝙴𝚂𝚂𝙸𝙰 𝚁𝙾𝙼𝙰𝙽𝙾𝙵𝙵
2016, 𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚢-𝚜𝚒𝚡

I woke up the next morning to an empty bed. No Bucky. Just a sticky note on my head and a tray of food on the table next to me, with a cat somehow in my shirt.

I sat up, rubbing my eyes, until I noticed the note on my forehead. Seeing that Alpine was still asleep, I just left her in my shirt. I took off the note to read it, and laughed at what it said. 'I'll see you tonight, doll. Bad luck otherwise. I love you.'

Bucky made me swoon again and again, and I'm pretty sure he wasn't going to stop even after we got married, which was hopefully tonight.

Seeing as it was only 12:15, I figured I'd go back to sleep for a few hours. The officiation wasn't until 6, so I had plenty of time. Nope. Shuri had my phone number

"If you don't get your ass up to the palace in 30 minutes I will break your hearing aids.'" I read Shuri's text out loud to myself.

I chuckled to myself, while pulling Alpine out of my shirt. Once she was out, I put my hearing aids in, and quickly ate the food Bucky had prepared for me.

Wanting to make it to the palace in time, I quickly took care of everything I needed to in the bathroom, threw on denim shorts, a white tank top and a dark pink plaid shirt, with my hair in a low ponytail. I slipped on my Converse and was done. Easy. If Clint saw my outfit, he would've told me I looked like a farm girl. Maybe I did.

I figured that since Alpine was a mainly outdoor cat, I would leave the backdoor cracked and just let her roam outside. She seemed satisfied, so I started the walk through the Wakandan landscape to the city.

Along the way, I let my mind begin to wonder and dream of the opportunities and possibilities for Bucky and I once we got married. We could start fresh, and be who we wanted to be, without the shadows of expectations from the world looming over us. We could be happy.

Maybe we would start a family. I still wanted to be a mother, despite the obvious challenges. But Wakanda was a large place, and I'd be willing to be that there are children who are alone, and in need of loving parents. I just have no clue how to bring it up to Bucky.

Maybe we would live the simple life. Bucky would work in the fields to keep himself busy, and I would do something in the city. We'd watch movies at night, and star gaze on clear nights.

But everything could also go wrong, in unimaginable ways. We could be found out by anyone in the world outside of Wakanda, or a threat could face us all.

You could say I was unrealistic, and a dreamer. I won't argue, because it's true. But I'm also tired. Mentally, emotionally, phsyically. I was mentally tired of all the thoughts running through my head day and night. I was emotionally tired of all the betrayal and loss I have had to overcome. I was tired of fighting. That's all there is to it. I just wanted everything in my life to work out like in my dreams.

In Wakanda, I was free. We were free. As long as nothing came through the barrier, we were safe. And I felt confident that nothing would.

❀

"You're three minutes early. I'm impressed, Lessie." Shuri said, opening the door to her lab. The Princess was already dressed and ready for the evening.