𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐥𝐲𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲; bucky barnes oneshots

bruises

genre: fluff
era: beefy bucky
note: i definitely stole inspiration from the kissing scene in indiana jones.

"careful, you might strangle the gun," bucky says as he nods to your cold grip on the weapon.

"always stay alert, barnes. you never know what could happen if you get distracted," you say sternly.

bucky laughs, "is that why you're always so uptight?"

"i am not uptight!" you scoff.

the communication devices in your ears crackle, "alright lovebirds, you've got incoming."

you rolled your eyes at sam's nickname for you and bucky.

although, before you could say anything about it you were already being shot at by enemy agents.

bucky practically bull dozed through them and sent bodies flying.

it was hot.

naturally, you were in a daze thanks to his sudden display of flawless combat.

"you alright over there, sweetheart?" bucky asked with a smirk.

you glared at him and walked past the writhing bodies to get to him, "c'mon hot shot, let's just finish the mission."

bucky turned to follow you, but before he could take another step a gun shot went off. he looked around to see where it had come from. then another ear-drum bursting pop rippled through the air.

you had shot the man in the kneecap, rendering him harmless.

bucky looked over your body to see if the bullet had hit you. it wasn't until he followed the path of your fear-struck gaze to his right shoulder that he felt the warm blood seeping through his uniform.

"bucky," you whispered. your voice was laced with concern, but bucky was fine.

he was perfectly fine.

but if he was fine, why couldn't he tell you that?

his surroundings slowly started spinning, causing him a headache and he stumbled to the ground.

you knelt down to try and hold him up, "bucky hold on. please, stay with me."

you held your hand up to your ear and started speaking to whoever was on the other side, but bucky didn't understand any of it. the words fell out of your mouth like gibberish as he faded away.

...

your knee shook uncontrollably as you sat in a flimsy plastic chair.

steve finally walked out of the medbay, "he'll be alright. bruce said he'll need some rest and his arm will be sore for a couple of weeks. he was hardly affected by the loss of blood. perks of the serum, i guess."

you stood up, "can i see him?"

steve thought about it for a moment. his friend did need rest, but he knew bucky would want to see you first at least. i mean, you were there with him when it all went down.

"sure. be quick," he said with a soft smile.

you returned the gesture before making your way into the room bucky was in. he was laying on one of those cold and uncomfortable hospital beds with a knitted blanket over his legs.

"comfy?" you asked as you leaned against the doorframe.

he peeked one eye open, knowing the sound of your voice. he'd heard you walking down the hall, but had to pretend to be asleep in case it was steve.

"very," he said with a lopsided grin as you walked closer to his bed.

"did you have bruce check you out yet?" he asked as his eyes trailed the bruises along your skin.

"i'm fine," you assured him. he gave you a look, but you decided to ignore it.

"how bad is it? where does it hurt?" you asked worriedly.

he nodded towards the bandage on his arm, "where do you think?"

you laughed, which was music to his ears. hearing your laugh was exactly what he needed right now.

you bent down and lightly kissed the top of his shoulder, away from the wound obviously, "better?"

he arched his brow, "uh- on second thought, that's not the only place it hurts."

"oh really?" you asked, unconvinced.

he pouted, "mhm."

"where else?" you challenged.

bucky pointed to the cuts on his forehead with his metal arm. you gently kissed his forehead and pulled away.

immediately, he pointed to another spot on his face. his cheekbone.

you kissed the bruise that was starting to form there and this time you hardly moved away. your faces were inches apart when he pointed to his lips.

you kissed them as his hands found their way to your hips.

"HAH! TOLD YOU! gimme back my twenty dollars," you heard sam shout from outside of the room.

the two of you pulled apart, grinning like madmen.

"I'll go kill him for you," you said jokingly before tucking a few of bucky's fallen strands of hair behind his ear.

"get some rest," you said softly before leaving to find where your bet-making friends were.