For Better Days | B.B. Oneshots

Curing the Brokenhearted

Chloe was a terrible mess. She was a loud, sobbing mess. It was embarrassing and everyone in the compound could hear her. Later in the future, she would be absolutely mortified by this moment but for now, she didn't have a head for anything else. Her best friend Seren was doing everything she could to console her. She had boxes of tissue at the hand, her best comforting words and hugs available. As the hours ticked by, the tissues ultimately ran out, much like Chloe and her tears.

"I'm gonna get you something to eat," Seren decided, though Chloe explicitly declared she didn't have an appetite for anything. "You gotta eat something. It's not good for you!"

"What's not good for me is to keep trying at this relationship stuff," huffed Chloe. She grabbed one of the last tissues to blow her nose. "Look at how they all end? I can handle being stood up, being dumped, but to be cheated on? What is that?"

"It's awful," agreed Seren, "but he does not deserve any of your tears."

"This is what I get for lying to myself," Chloe muttered, tossing the used tissue to the floor. "For thinking that I could...that I could love someone else..."

"Oh, Chloe, don't do that to yourself," Seren said, trying to fix some of Chloe's hair away from her face. "This is definitely not the moment to think about that."

"I think it's the perfect moment considering this is my umpteenth failed relationship," Chloe retorted bitterly. "I'm tired of it, Seren."

Seren knew that she was. It couldn't be easy trying to hide your real feelings. "I'm going to get you something to eat," she insisted. "Don't move."

Chloe scoffed. "Not like I'm presentable enough to go anywhere but the four walls of my bedroom."

Seren left the room with the promise that she would come back with something that would make Chloe want to eat. On her way back with a dinner tray in her hands, she came across Bucky in the hallway. He seemed to be lingering close to the lounge room where Chloe was (hopefully) waiting.

"What's going on?" he asked Seren, his face filled with nothing but concern. "Why's Chloe so upset?"

Seren sighed and answered in a quiet voice. "Chloe went to see her boyfriend this morning."

Immediately, Bucky rolled his eyes. "That guy..."

"Yeah, 'that guy,'" Seren mimicked his tone, "wasn't exactly alone when Chloe surprised him in his apartment."

Bucky blinked with surprise. "Excuse me?" His eyes settled on the ginger in front of him. "What do you mean?"

"I think you know what I mean, Barnes," Seren said with a hint of sarcasm in her voice.

It was no secret to anyone that Bucky hated just about anyone who dared to date Chloe. It was also no secret to anyone why he hated them. It was an endless cycle; Chloe found someone new to date, Bucky would hate them, the relationship ended (sometimes good, sometimes bad), and then it would start all over again. However, none of these relationships' endings ever made Chloe this upset.

"What the hell did he do to her?" came the sharp demand from Bucky.

"Turns out you were actually right about this one," shrugged Seren. "He's an ass. He cheated on Chloe, what else? She went to surprise him this morning and she had a key to the apartment. He was busy. Got it now?"

Bucky's jaw clenched. "Got it," he muttered.

"He didn't even have the decency to apologize."

"He didn't?"

"No, but really what guy ever does? Poor Chloe, she's taking it really hard. It's definitely brought her confidence down."

"Where does this guy fucking live again?"