The Phantom Soldier (Bucky Barnes x Reader)

Shields

"Y/n! Wake up! You're going to be late!" Peggy yelled. "Five more minutes" I groaned. I have a massive headache and I don't remember anything from last night. "Y/n! Get up now!" She yelled annoyed. "Fine!" I exclaimed. As soon as I got out of bed my headache got worse. Damn it Steve is going to kill me. I got up again and got my uniform ready, as soon as I finished with my hair I got in the car and waited for Peggy to finish talking. "Hurry up Peggy!" I yelled from the front seat.

A couple hours later

We arrived later than our expected time. "Where have you been?" Steve asked. "Well uhm. My alarm clock didn't go off!" I lied. I wasn't the best liar but it will do. He raised an eyebrow. "Yea ok, then why did Peggy tell me that you didn't want to wake up. Im assuming a hangover?" He smirked at me. "Fine. Yes I have a hangover. I drank to much. Oh well let's move on with our day." I said rolling my eyes. He laughed at me. Steve started walking away while me and Peggy went to the lab. When we got there I saw Howard. "Hey Howard!" I smiled. We have become close friends. "Hey y/n. Will you do me a favor and go grab your brother?" He asked, I simply nodded and started walking back out. I went to where he was supposed to be waiting but I didn't see him in his chair. That's weird. "Hey y/n, I decided to walk with you."Peggy said. I smirked at her knowing how she felt about my brother. I walked around the shelf and to my surprise there he was, my brother, making out with some random agent. I cleared my throat and glanced beside me at Peggy. I could tell she was hurt. "Captain! We are ready for if you're not at the moment occupied." Peggy exclaimed walking off. "Shit" I muttered. Steve looked shocked. I rolled my eyes and walked away. I heard footsteps behind me. "It's not what it looks like!" Steve told me. I raised my eyebrows and stared at him for a second before walking again. "I'm not the one you should be talking too. You are so dead and I can't wait to see what happens." I smiled and opened the door to the lab. "We are back Howard! And I have tea." He looked up unamused. He began talking to me and Steve.  We walked over to a table that had pieces of different material on it. "Carbon polymer. Should withstand your average German bayonet. Although Hydra's not going to attack you with a pocket knife. Cap, I hear you are kind of attached to the shield." He said glancing at Steve. "It's handier than you might think." Steve said shrugging his shoulders. "I have come up with some options for you, but I have a certain design for y/n." He said looking at me. "This one has been fitted with electrical relay that allow you to-" he got cut off. "What about this one?" Steve asked reaching for a shield. "No this is a prototype. It's made of vibranium. It's stronger than steel and a third of the weight. It's completely vibration absorbent." He explained. "How come it's not standard issue?" Steve continued questioning. "That's the rarest metal on Earth. What you're holding there, that's all we got." He said. Steve looked down at the shield. I looked up when I heard Peggy storm back in. This cannot be good. "You quite finished, Mr. Stark. I'm sure the captain has some unfinished business." She was mad. "What do you think" Steve asked posing with the shield. He could not get more stupid. I walked behind the table beside Stark. "Who do you thinks gonna win? My bets on Peggy." I whispered showing Howard $20. He smiled and showed his $20. "In reality Peggy but I will bet against you." He looked down at me. I smirked as we watched Peggy reach for something on the table. Steve is in deep shit. Next thing I know Peggy shot at Steve's shield 4 times. Howard got down, but I just stood watching. I laughed at Howard and helped him up. Peggy let out a sigh. "Yes I think it works." She smiled as she stormed out once again. Best to leave her be. Howard made his way over to Steve. "I have some ideas about the suit." Steve handed him a paper still shocked. "Whatever you want." Howard said. "Y/n. I'm going to head back to base." Steve informed me. Howard still had to show me the shield design he made for me. "Ok I'm going to stay for a bit, see you later." I watched Steve leave still shocked at what happened. "So Howard what designs where you thinking of?" I said walking toward him. "Follow me." He began walking to another room and I followed. "So I was thinking. Instead of carrying a big shield around like Steve, what if you had a almost gauntlet like shield?" He began explaining. "I have figured out a way to creat gloves you will wear with your suit that form a shield when you tap your wrist together." He showed me a case. "I'm interested now. So like gold? Vibranium? Steel?" I questioned. "They are made out of vibranium, I used the leftovers from Steve's shield to create these. Here, put them on and tap your wrist together." He said handing me the gloves. I put them on and tapped my wrist together. They quickly formed a shield on each wrist. (It's like the shield cap used in endgame) "wow, that is so cool." I said inspecting them. "Yea I still have to critique them. If you tap your wrist again they should disappear." He informed me. I did as he said and the shields were gone. I put them back into the case and locked it. "Thank you Howard, that is really cool. Anyway I have to get back to the base so, see you later." I said waving. He waved back. "See you later n/n."