Stucky One Shots

Number Twenty-Two: Supply Teacher

"Hey, Stevie, hear we have a sub'stute?" The eight year old brunette asks, leaning over his desk to peer at his best friend Steve's drawing. Bucky had tried to say 'substitute', but he wouldn't learn everything right away.

Steve looks up briefly and shrugs a little before turning back to his drawing of a flower and a house.

"I heard she's a beast!" Tony Stark pipes up and the class replies with agreements while Tony smirks smugly. He was the leader of the class.
"She can't be that bad, right?" Steve asks then he coughs into his arm. Bucky immediately looks worried and puts a hand on his shoulder. Steve smile up at him a little to assure him he's fine. Steve had a couple health issues, and asthma was one of them.

The door creaks open and the teacher walks in, her heels clicking loudly on the wooden floorboards.

"Good morning class of 107, I am Ms. Carter, but you can all call me Ms. C for short," she says, smiling a tight-lipped smile at them all. Her full name was Sharon Carter, and she was good at her job, well-educated. Sometimes she just had problems connecting with the children in a way they understood. She tended to teach grade nines more than nine year olds.

"G'morning, Ms. C for short!" Tony calls and the class bursts into laughter. She ignores this comment, however, and pulls out the attendance list.

"Okay, Clint Barton? There you are... James Barnes?" She asks next, lifting her head from the page to scan the room with her dark brown eyes.

"It's Bucky," he replies.

"On my list it says James," she informs and Bucky huffs. "So you're here, Mr. Barnes, clearly." She adds and he makes a face at her when she looks down at her sheet and goes through roll call.

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As the class begins Tony starts to make a fuss, he didn't like her. So, she sent him to the office.

"She's harsh," Steve whispers to Bucky as Tony walks out with a huff. Bucky nods wordlessly, turning his gaze to her.

"And scary," Bucky adds in quietly. Ms. Carters' head shoots up and spots them, the rest of the class were quietly working on a math problem. She starts sauntering over and Steve shrinks back into his seat, giving Bucky a nervous glance. The brunette merely shrugs at him.

"Care to share your conversation with the class, boys?" She asks and Bucky looks at Steve quickly before he nods his head. Ms. Carter gestures to the front of the class and Bucky confidently walks up. He looks back at Steve, who shakes his head and lowers himself deeper in his chair.

Bucky shrugs and stands in front of the class, who were all looking at him attentively.

"Stevie and I were just sayin' you're harsh and scary, Ms.," he says and the class 'ooh's'. Ms. Carter blinks slowly, her gaze fixed on the small brunette up front.

"Our parents taught us not to lie, Ms.," Steve pipes up from his seat. Ms. Carter turns to look at him and Steve sits up straighter and Bucky smiles, that was the Steve he knew. Sarcastic and brutally honest. Sometimes that got him into trouble, however.

"Settle down, class. James, Steve, come here," she says patiently, pointing to right in front of her. The class was giggling and whispering like crazy now as the two boys walked up to her.

"I will not tolerate disrespect, boys," she says sternly and Steve swallows. He and Bucky share a glance.

"Take your work and go outside to finish it," she tells them and they grab their books and papers and hurry outside the class. Ms. Carter gives them a look before closing the door. Steve huffs and takes a seat on the floor. Bucky smirks and leans into the window of the door, he makes a face, making sure the class can see him. Steve chuckles a little and Bucky turns and smiles at him. He loved making him laugh. Ms. Carter glances over at the window and Bucky ducks down. He and Steve were both giggling now, glad they're bugging this teacher. They were troublemakers.

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Halfway through the class they're let back in and they were doing some type of Simon Says game. Steve and Bucky behave themselves... until the game ends.

"Okay, we're all done," she says and they echo her. She raises an eyebrow.

"Boys, we've finished," she tries and they copy her. Some of the other students join in and she sighs, running a hand through her hair.

"You didn't say Simon says stop," Steve says and she sighs again, she goes to her desk and takes a pill.

"Simon says shut up, how 'bout that?" She mutters to herself before turning back to the class. She checks the time and sighs again, partly in relief and partly in frustration. They were already out of time and hadn't gotten any work done.

"You're done for the day, children. Your usual teacher, Mr. Coulson, will be back tomorrow," she sighs and the class cheers loudly. Mr. Coulson was the best teacher in the district, according to the students. Without another word Ms. Carter storms out and the class cheers loudly again.

"Well, that was fun," Bucky pipes up and Steve grins. Bucky smiles at him and the blonde smiles back.