Troubled Mind | Bucky Barnes

Part 16

A/N - It was my birthday two days ago. (I will still be accepting Happy Birthday's). I sat down and edited this final chapter to my story and I'm so happy with how it turned out. :D

When I wrote the very last line a couple months ago in a rough draft, I cried because it was the first piece of writing I had actually finished all the way through in years. Literal years. Thank you to anyone reading this and enjoying it. I know it's just a silly little story about my love of these fictional characters but it means so much to me. <3

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 ~ One year later ~

Bucky, Steve and Thor entered the compound late one afternoon having just returned from a short trip to Wakanda. Thor strolled in standing tall and smiling in his usual confident way while Bucky and Steve were hunched over, looking deadly tired. Thor laughed at the sight of them and patted Steve on the back. "What a party!" he exclaimed. Steve grimaced giving him a small nod.

At the request of T'Challa, they attended a royal festival that lasted three straight days. As a gift to the Wakandans, Thor brought a case of Asgardian wine, although the three of them ended up drinking most it. As it turned out, two super soldiers and a god could get very drunk on a disgusting amount of other-worldly liquor, something they previously thought was impossible.

As the effects were now wearing off, Steve and Bucky were entering a state of hangover neither of them had experienced in decades. It wasn't pleasant, especially on the jet ride home.

Natasha was the first to encounter them in the compound. "Oof you boys looked a little wrecked."

Steve nodded. "Yeah, I think I might go sleep for a day or two."

Thor patted Bucky on the back. "I still have a bottle left!"

Bucky waved his hands pleading no. "I am never touching that stuff again." To Natasha he asked, "Where's Alexi?"

"She's upstairs in your room."

Bucky nodded a thank you and quickly left to go find her. Since that day a year ago in Dr. Raynor's office, they were pretty much inseparable. If they had to leave on missions, the first thing they did when either of them returned, was find the other.

Nat watched him go and waited until he was out of earshot. "He doesn't know does he?"

Steve laughed, perking up a bit, shaking his head. "Not yet, but I'm guessing he's about to."

Natasha sighed, rolling her eyes, "I leave you guys alone for one weekend and you act like teenagers."

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Upstairs, Bucky opened the door to their shared bedroom finding Alexi sitting in her chair in the corner. 

"Hey, sweetheart."

She jumped up when she saw him and ran towards him. He picked her up as she wrapped her legs around him and kissed him.

"I missed you," she said between kisses.

"I missed you, too." He walked over to the bed and set her down.

"Tell me about Wakanda. Did you enjoy seeing it again?"

"Yeah, I like it there," he sat beside her, resting his head against the headboard. "I've told you how peaceful it is there."

"Except when you're getting drunk and partying for days on end..."

Bucky laughed. "Except for that."

"Um... Buck? Have you looked at your phone today?"

"No, my battery died last night, and I lost my charger. Why? Did you text me?"