Marvel Imagines: Book One

Finding New Ways To Cure Boredom (bucky barnes)

Pairing: Bucky Barnes x Female!Reader

Warnings: super fluffy

Summary: You and Bucky have not spent a winter apart, and you're always finding new and exciting things to do in the snow. Steve's shield will make a good sled, right?

Author's Note: this is set in a world where tony never died in endgame, vision was resurrected without the stone, and steve didn't stay with peggy after he returned the stones. any and all comments are appreciated <3

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The snow is heavy this time of year in New York, layering the ground with fresh snow every few hours. The Avengers compound is secluded in the woods, so there isn't a lot of traffic to make the snow dirty. The layer around the compound is fresh, pure white, and untouched.

The Avengers who have families such as Clint, Scott, and Tony are out with them instead of being cooped up like you, Steve, Bucky, and Sam are. Wanda is out spending her time with Vision, Bruce is hanging with his cousin in Los Angeles, and Thor is back home on Asgard.

Tony really shouldn't have let you four be alone in such a big compound, but here you are.

You're sitting by the window watching the snow fall on the ground. This weather is perfect for sledding, making snowmen, having snow fights, and skiing. Why you're not out there is a mystery to you since you always have something to do, especially with Bucky.

You two have not spent a winter apart from each other, not even when he was in his Winter Soldier phase. While some of them were spent with him trying to kill you, you've overlooked it as his best friend. The rest of the winters were spent building massive snow forts, going skiing in dangerous places (breaking a few bones in the process), going hiking in the snow (nearly getting frostbite), going ice skating, and much more.

You're not going to let this be the year where you spend all winter inside.

"Bucky!" you drag out his name.

"What?" he grumbles and walks into the main room.

"We need to do something. We've spent this winter indoors so far, and that is unacceptable. Remember when we jumped out of that helicopter and went snowboarding? You caused that avalanche to happen when you smacked into that tree."

Bucky laughs at the memory.

"Yeah, that was good."

"Or when we built that snow fort so big that we actually had people over? You forgot to wear your sleeve because your hand got stuck to the table. You had to take it off and everything."

"I thought you weren't going to bring that up ever again."

"My point is, we need to do something. The roads are closed, but this compound is surrounded by hills and woods. Let's go sledding!" you gasp happily.

"With what? We don't have sleds here."

You look around the room in thought, and you see the perfect thing you can use. You rush over to Steve's shield and turn to Bucky with a smirk.

"He won't miss it. Are you up to go sledding?"

"Fuck yeah," Bucky nods.

Steve and Sam are somewhere around here, but you don't stick around to find out what Steve will do if he sees you with his precious shield. You two rush out of the house like little kids over to the small hill right in the courtyard.

You go first, and you sit on the side of the shield that has Steve's handle, and you sit at the top of the hill in anticipation.

"Okay, push me!"

Bucky pushes you down the hill, and you laugh loudly at how smooth the ride is. You reach the bottom and end up falling off it when the shield hits a small rock.

"That was fun! Your turn! Catch!"

You swing the shield at Bucky knowing he can catch it in his metal arm without hurting him. The ride for Bucky is a lot faster than you since he is a heavier man, but he has fun nonetheless. You two go a few rounds before you spot an even taller hill further into the woods behind the compound.

"Hey, let's take this up a notch."

You two head over to the much bigger hill, expecting to go down faster. You're first again since Bucky can catch it easily without hurting himself. If you were to catch this shield at the rate Bucky throws, you're losing a hand for sure.

You and Bucky take turns with this one. Since it's a higher hill, you're sliding down it a lot faster with Bucky going twice your speed. This is much better than sitting inside all day. You two have been gone for about an hour, so you're sure Steve and Sam will come find you two sooner or later.

You need to get in a few more rounds before Steve takes his shield back. You're about to go down the hill again when Bucky stops you.

"What, do you see Steve?"

"No, a bigger hill," he grins.

You look in the direction he's pointing and see a higher hill that's a lot steeper than what you've been working with. There is no doubt that you will fly down the hill in seconds. You can't imagine what this is going to be like for Bucky.

"Let's do it," you giggle.

You two run down the hill and up the other one until you're both standing at the top of it. This is going to be either really fun or really disastrous. Still, you're eager to get going. You sit on the shield and let Bucky push you off the hill. You're going so fast that you're screaming out cheers and other praises.

The wind is so strong on your eyes that you have to close them, but you open them when you reach a full stop at the bottom. Your laughter dies when you see who is standing in front of you.

"Really?"

"Childish," Sam shakes his head.

"Oh come on, it's not like you're using it," you say and get off it. "We're busted, Buck!"

"Throw it to me!"

Before Steve or Sam can say anything, you throw the shield up to Bucky who catches it with his metal hand.

"Did you see how fast you were going? This is only going to end in disaster," Sam chuckles and takes out his phone to record Bucky.

"You think so?"

"Oh, I know so."

Bucky is too eager to go down this steep hill that he didn't factor in his weight or how steep this hill actually is. From the first nudge, he began gaining so much speed that he's getting too fast for your eyes to follow. He's flying faster than you, and that scares Bucky.

"FUCK! FUCK! FUCK! I DIDN'T THINK THIS WAS GONNA WORK!!!" Bucky yells as he flies past you and the two men.

You're shocked he's gaining this much speed, Steve is just disappointed, and Sam is giggling like a schoolgirl.

Bucky crashes into a small tree stump, causing the shield to go flying out from underneath him. Due to the speed the shield is at, it sliced right through another tree, and lodged into a tree behind the one it cut. The cut tree wobbles in its place before crashing down opposite from where you're standing.

You and Sam run over to Bucky while Steve runs over to his shield.

"Are you okay?" you ask.

"I'm okay," Bucky groans.

"I got all of that on camera," Sam laughs.

"This is why you don't use something that's not meant as a toy," Steve says and yanks his shield out of the tree. "You're both delinquents, you know that?"

"You love us," you smirk.

"I am so posting this."

"Do not post that!" Bucky yells from his spot on the ground.

Sam giggles as he posts the video to his Twitter page, using the caption: #hecallshimselfthewintersoildier.

"Let's not do that again," Bucky groans in pain.