Mending Hearts

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Ellie's POV:

After our shower we made a late breakfast of bacon and eggs and enjoyed it with my music in the background. Like clockwork, Tony arrived with our food for the week and sat in with us for 10 minutes. However something seemed off today. "Tony, what's going on? You're acting worse than when Pepper threatened to shove strawberries up your dick"

That caused Bucky to snort with laughter and Tony to shift uncomfortably, something was definitely wrong. "Well, Hydra haven't exactly backed down on their search for Winter here. In fact they're planning to attempt to get in here for him, they're stupid enough to think they can get past the  and the two bird men, and me of course"

I shook my head, I was no avenger or even a fighter so there was nothing I could do, but I highly doubt the baboons could hold down the fort against the organisation I heard had no limits of evil. "Call in the idiotic God, then you'll have the perfect mix of stupidity to win that fight" Tony's face was less than unimpressed to say the least. "Seriously, call point break back, get Nat and Wanda in too, and Banner. You need all the help you can get for them Tony, judging by what I've heard at least"

"Kinda my whole plan, if it wasn't for your Gnome-sized stature I'd consider getting you in but-"

"There's no way in hell she's fighting them" Bucky butted in, placing his hand on my thigh under the table almost as if to keep me from leaving.

"Calm down Manchurian Candidate, I know. I don't want her out there either" this made Bucky loose most of the tension in his body, but his hand stayed in the same protective place. "I'll have the whole boy band together here, and we've organised someone going to an apartment and staying nearer the city that look like both of you thanks to some technology Nat uses. Your miniature Doll will stay with you" Bucky scowled at Tony for his insult towards me, but my chuckle seemed to ease him.

"Tin Can, you and your miniature pickle never fail to make me laugh... it does fail Pepper though" I joked with him, wanting to lift the mood to a less serious one. Bucky smirked when he saw Tony's face and kissed the side of my head, clearly glad I got him back.

Tony smirked, and gave a chuckle before standing up, meaning it was time for goodbyes until next week. Once he'd left me and Bucky did our usual activity of curling up in the sofa together while I sketch and he reads yet another book. It was truly peaceful in that moment, and I soaked it in while praying we'd get days like this after leaving our little apartment. Maybe even get our own one day. That idea had been crossing my mind a lot lately, whether we'd get our own area in the compound or go elsewhere and find our own home away from everything. I'd find myself daydreaming of us decorating and doing small couple-like things and even getting married, maybe a dog or ten along the way too. Definitely some dogs along the way. We had never spoken about any of these things, Bucky had never even mentioned ideas like I had. But neither did I. I hoped he did the same as me, sit and daydream the day away while he hoped for a more normal future, I knew he deserved it but I could only hope he'd allow me to be apart of it. Oddly enough some part of me was eased and thought he did, so I just listened to that for now.

The sudden deafening bang and shake of the room snapped me out of my dream, and Bucky was up on his feet instantly. I stood up too, right as another bang and shake commenced. An earthquake? Tony experimenting? What the fuck was that? I looked at my soldier for an answer, and by the look on his face he already knew. "Hydra" was all he said, before running to the walk-in wardrobe and opening a cupboard I hadn't during our time here. It was lined with various guns, knives, and fuck-knows types of gadgets Tony had produced in the Batcave.