STEVE ROGERS BLURBS & HEADCANONS

4. GIVING YOU A SPA DAY (ft. bucky barnes & peter parker)

originally published june 29, 2022

request: babe, i just thought of the softest thing for an x reader- could you write headcanons of bucky barnes, peter parker, and steve rogers (separately) x pregnant reader where they're basically giving the reader a spa day after a rough week of work and family and baby stuff - like bubble baths, massages, foot rubs, all the good stuff 🥺 - ☕ - quinns-wndrlnd

pairing: bucky barnes x pregnant!fem!reader; steve rogers x pregnant!fem!reader; peter parker x pregnant!fem!reader

word count: 983

warnings?: pregnant!reader, fluff

bucky barnes

⇨ your pregnancy had been on the rough side. something about carrying the child of a super soldier, the doctors hypothesized. your morning sickness was horrific, your stomach grew at a faster rate, you were constantly craving something.

⇨ of course, for as rough as it was, you wouldn't trade it for the world. you loved that you and bucky would soon be raising your child.

⇨ bucky was beyond excited. he was already figuring out which crib was the best, what gadgets and gizmos were worth buying and what was not worth your time. oh, it was so endearing, seeing how excited he got.

⇨ but there were several people who weren't as excited. namely, your boss.

⇨ granted, your boss wasn't a big fan of you to begin with. but the second you started showing, started having to take more days off to go to doctor's appointments because god carrying a super soldier baby was rough, she started using every opportunity to wear you down. you were half-convinced that she was going to deny you maternity leave, because she was just that cruel.

⇨ you'd generally been good about ignoring her, but this week...oh, it was a week from hell.

⇨ by the time friday rolled around, you just wanted to curl up in a ball and cry and cry and cry. and that's what you were about to do, when you walked into your shared apartment with bucky, looking at the at-home spa set-up he'd put together.

⇨ "oh my god, what is all this?" you asked.

⇨ "i'd seen how stressed you were," bucky said, "and i couldn't get any appointments at any spas this week, so i decided i'd bring the spa to you."

⇨ "you're so fucking sweet, oh my god," you said, choking on a sob. "i love you so much."

⇨ "i love you too," he said. "now, for the entire weekend, i'm completely at your service. anything you want, it's yours."

⇨ and oh, did he make that worth your while.

steve rogers

⇨ steve had completely taken you by surprise.

⇨ when you and steve got married, you decided that you would be a housewife. steve made plenty of money for the both of you and your future family, and if you had to choose between working a job you hated until you were able to retire and being able to take care of your home, taking care of your home won by a landslide.

⇨ of course, that didn't mean you didn't end up at your wit's end from time to time.

⇨ steve had largely stopped going on long missions after the two of you married and began focusing on starting a family, wanting to be close to you when you needed him. but still, there were some missions that required him.

⇨ now that you were pregnant, those missions that he did go on became even worse than you. with your hormones completely out of whack, it made the distance even harder.

⇨ so when steve came back from his latest mission, telling you that he'd booked a couples' retreat at the spa, you were over the moon.

⇨ "you are so good to me," you said, looking over at steve as he drove the two of you up to the spa.

⇨ "you deserve it," steve said. he'd been holding your hand as he drove, and he lifted your joined hands to his lips, pressing a soft kiss to your knuckles. "you do so much for me. you deserve me doing just as much for you."

⇨ "you know, if you treat our kid as well as you treat me, they're going to turn to a spoiled brat real quick," you teased.

⇨ "perhaps," he mused, "but i'd give anything for my family."

peter parker

⇨ peter often felt bad about how he didn't have a lot of money to spoil you rotten the way he wanted to.

⇨ he had enough money to get by, but even that money was beginning to stretch thin after you got pregnant, nearly everything the both of you earned going towards prepping the apartment for the baby's imminent arrival.

⇨ but, at work today, he'd gotten a pretty sizable bonus. well, it wasn't a lot, but it was enough to get you something nice. but, what to get?

⇨ you often said there wasn't anything you really wanted, that you had everything you need: a loving boyfriend, a roof over your head, food in your belly, a job you didn't despise, and soon, yours and peter's child. peter often wondered if that was actually true, or if you were just being nice so he wouldn't feel bad.

⇨ peter put most of the money away in a rainy day fund, in case something came up (and something usually came up when it was least expected). but he had just enough money left over to book you a day at the spa.

⇨ he presented you with his gift when you got back from work, waddling in, groaning slightly as you kicked off your shoes.

⇨ "tough day?" he asked, kneeling down to help you pull off a shoe you couldn't quite kick off on your own.

⇨ "you have no idea," you said, kissing him when he stood back up after helping you with your shoe. "my mom called today, and she just kept criticizing everything i've been doing since we found out we were having a baby. i swear, there's nothing i can do that's right for that woman."

⇨ "i'm sorry," peter said. "i know that's really hard. but, i think what i got to tell you might make you feel a bit better."

⇨ you tilted your head. "what?"

⇨ "i got a bonus today, and i put most of the money away, but...i thought that you deserved a day down at the spa. i booked you a full day on saturday."

⇨ "oh, pete—" you threw your arms around his neck, kissing him. "you are the sweetest man i've ever met."