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Sick Cuddles (Bucky Barnes x fem!reader)

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"Oh, no!" you groaned, forcing yourself to sit up in bed. The sunlight burned your eyes and you could feel the pain in your stuffed nose. You dragged yourself out of bed and downstairs. "You look like hell, Y/N," Tony said taking a sip of his coffee. "Thank you, Tony. Remind me to kick your butt when I'm feeling better." You groaned again as you slowly lowered yourself into a chair. Your entire body hurt. You felt like you'd been run over by an eighteen-wheeler.

Steve looked at you, concern painting his features. "You're staying home, Y/N. You can't go on the mission like this." You certainly weren't about to argue with him, so you nodded and laid your head down on the table. Steve got up and came over to you. "Come on, kid. Let's get you back to bed," he said. In your fevered state, you giggled, "Oh, Stevie there's plenty of time for that later." Steve's face turned red. He shook his head quickly. "That is not what I meant, Y/N."

It only took Steve a couple of minutes to deposit you in your bed and leave your sick self alone. Steve had to prep for the mission, so he left Bucky with you. The ex-assassin poked his head in your room. "Y/N, Doll?" You moaned in response. He chuckled and came the rest of the way in the room. You were huddled under your blankets and you were certain Bucky could hear your teeth chattering. "Can I get you anything?" You turned over and Bucky could see your red nose poking from the blanket. "Tea? Please?" You voice came out horse.

Bucky left and came back a few minutes later with your tea. This time, you had throw the blanket off your body and had changed into a tank top and shorts. This always happened when you had a fever. One moment, you'd be freezing and the next, you were too hot. Bucky chuckled. "Need anything else?" he asked you. You didn't want to be alone so you held your arms out like a little kid. Bucky grimaced playfully, but came and sat next you anyway.

You curled into Bucky's left side. You could tell he was slightly uncomfortable. He still had issues trusting himself when it came to people being in contact with his metal arm. You took his left hand and placed it on the back of your neck, enjoying the feel of the cool metal against your fevered flesh. After a minute, Bucky's hand fell from your neck to rest on your hip. You snuggled deeper into his side and soon felt your eyelids drooping again. You were asleep in seconds.

Bucky didn't notice until he heard your soft snores. He smiled and ran his fingers through your (h/c) locks. Occasionally, you coughed in your sleep, but you didn't wake up. When you started shivering, Bucky carefully reached to pull the blanket back up around you and then, he fell asleep too. The two of you slept the rest of the day and all through the night. You woke up the next morning to the sound of a deep cough.

Youopened your eyes and saw Bucky with his right arm over his face. He wasgroaning. You opened your mouth to speak, but instead a sneeze came out."Looks like we're both stuck in bed today, huh?" Bucky wheezed out.You tried to move, but Bucky's left arm was still holding you and your bodystill ached. "Sorry I got you sick, Buck," you told him through yourstuffy nose. He shrugged and then grimaced. "No big deal, Doll. At least Ican get out of training with Sam today." You both laughed, causing youboth to cough violently. "Ugh!" you said in unison before closingyour eyes to try to sleep a bit a longer.