the team doctor || bucky barnes (EDITING IN PROGRESS)

66.

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ꜱᴏɴɢ: ʙᴇᴅ ᴄʜᴇᴍ - ꜱᴀʙʀɪɴᴀ ᴄᴀʀᴘᴇɴᴛᴇʀ

"𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐄𝐌 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐞."

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"COME ON, HARDER,"

Valerie grunted as she sent another punch towards the dummy in front of her. T'Challa nodded in approval, marvelling at her progress.

"Harder,"

"T'Challa," She groaned. "This is as hard as I can go,"

"Impossible,"

"You're impossible," She mumbled, bouncing on her feet. Nevertheless, she sent another punch, harder than she ever had before.

"Perfect," He praised.

"I can train her myself," Bucky scowled from where he sat in the break room.

"She needs an impartial trainer," Nat shook her head. "You'd go soft on her whereas T'Challa will push her even when she's at her limit,"

"I would not go soft on her,"

Sam chuckled. "We know that much,"

"Oh, gross," Nat rolled her eyes.

Bucky couldn't help but smirk, his mind wandering to the night before. Her matching set, the way he had slowly dragged the straps down her arms with his teeth--

"Did we lose you?" Sam waved a hand in front of his face, earning a swat from Bucky.

"You're just being a jealous baby, as always."

"I am not being a--that, I just know my skills are far beyond what he could teach her. That's all,"

"Mmhm,"

"I'm not entirely sure why we're training her anyways, she's not going anywhere near a fight if it comes up," Wanda chimed in.

"And why not?"

"I don't want her in any danger, do you?"

Sam shook his head.

"That's her decision," Bucky interrupted, his tone coming out more aggressively than he intended.

"But--"

"I don't even know why we're discussing this right now. Nothing's happened yet," Natasha attempted to smooth the conversation.

"Key word 'yet'," Sam responded.

"We'll cross that bridge when we get to it," Steve added. "For now, we should support her hard work,"

"Hey guys,"

All heads snapped to Valerie, who had just burst in the room. She looked how she usually did after training: sweaty, red in the face, and breathing hard. Or, if you asked Bucky, ethereal.

"You look great out there," Natasha beamed. "I can't believe you've made so much progress in so little time,"

"Without any super strength too," Valerie grinned. "Crazy what you can accomplish when you get lied to and left for Europe,"

Bucky rolled his eyes as multiple team members snickered in his direction. She had a twinkle in her eye, however, letting him know she was joking. She only had to nod her head slightly and he was already pushing his chair back to go join her.

The pair left the break room and began walking down the hallway towards the elevator. Bucky's hand lazily rubbed the small of her back as her breathing slowed from the adrenaline of training. She pressed the 'down' button before turning to him.