LIGHTNING ▷ BUCKY BARNES [UNDER EDITING]

15| DID YOU MISS ME?

  "Hey, you." Bucky greeted Valerie as he stumbled into the kitchen, watching her hold her head tightly with a glass of water in her hand. "Why are you talking so loud?" Valerie whispered, looking up and back down when the light from the sealing hit her in her eyes. Bucky frowned and stepped closer and started whispering in her ear, his lips slightly brushed against her ear and Valerie felt a blush creep up her neck, "I'm not." He walked away from her and her forming blush to open up a small shelve in the kitchen. He quickly grabbed an aspirin before putting it in her water and watching it dissolve, "Should be helping." He said with a reassuring smile before grabbing a pan and ingredients from the refrigerator. "Pancakes?" He asked receiving a nod from Valerie before she jumped on the kitchen countertop.

"So," Bucky started making Valerie look up from her glass to Bucky making his infamous pancakes, "About yesterday at the lab." He grinned, flipping a pancake and smiling widely when the pancake landed flat in the pan. Of course, it would've been brought up again.

"Powers triggered by my emotions, yeah." She muttered rolling her eyes which made Bucky nod with a small smile. "Yeah and about what Bruce said about you-" "Pancakes!" Tony's voice echoed loudly through the kitchen, startling Bucky and Valerie at the same time. Thank God Tony interrupted, Valerie thought. Valerie smiled shyly at Tony before walking over to him, feeling the burning eyes of Bucky on her back as she walked towards the man.

"Where were you and Steve yesterday?" She whispered, still holding on her glass of water mixed with an aspirin. "Doing hero stuff." Tony lied cockily, making his way towards the living room and tv before flickering it on and ignoring Bucky and Valerie.

"You want to train after this?" Bucky suggested as he placed 2 plates with pancakes on the dining table, ignoring how Tony was ignoring the tv and had his full attention on the conversation of the two. Valerie took a seat in front of Bucky and just smiled awkwardly avoiding the question by stuffing her mouth with the pancakes. "Is that a yes?" He asked, glancing over at her. "I'm not sure." She slowly said, still avoiding eye contact. "You can't just avoid me." Bucky cockily said making Valerie stand up, shoving her chair behind her. Tony turned around by the shoving sound of the chair and swiftly made eye contact with Valerie.

Before Valerie could answer Bucky, her attention got snatched away by the television. Tony sighed when there was no squabbling happening between the two and turned his attention back to the television in front of him. "Turn up the volume." Valerie demanded making Tony turn the volume up. Bucky curiously followed Valerie's gaze and the 3 of them went quiet by the reporter talking.

'5 attacks have happened in New York city within an half hour. As far as we know we have identified the attacker as Winn Miller, a 29 years old man who worked for New York's Times magazine and has been reportedly missing for a month. So far, 67 people are hurt and 24 people have died in the chaos. I suggest to stay inside and- oh my-' the reporter got interrupted by a man forcefully grabbing the microphone and staring into the camera with rage and anger in his eyes, 'Valerie, did you miss me?' He said before literally flying away but not before setting a building on fire with what looked like a fire blast coming out of his hands.

Valerie stared at the tv screen, not able to move an inch. Tony immediately turned off the tv and turned back to Valerie just as Bucky did. "Valerie?" Bucky whispered, concerned about the woman in front of him who was just stared frightened at the tv. When Valerie didn't answer and just stared at the black screen in the distance Bucky tried to place a hand on her arm but she flinched away. She looked up at the blue distressed eyes of Bucky before she spoke up with a voice that could break any time,

"You said he'd be a Winter Soldier, not a superhuman with powers." She said quietly and Bucky looked down at his plate, not daring to say a word because he was simply afraid of a woman who couldn't control her emotions.

"I-" Bucky started but his tongue twisted and he swallowed his words down his throat. He shook his head and his blue eyes made contact with the brown ones of Valerie, "Sorry." He whispered.

She turned around and walked away quietly, ignoring the shouts from Tony Stark and Bucky Barnes behind her. All she heard were blurs on the background while in her head the only sentence replayed itself over and over again, "Valerie, did you miss me?" Her name rolled like poison on his lips, with hatred, with everything but love he used to have for her.

She'll get him back, she swore that on her life.

——A/N——
Well, I decided to just finish this story because it kind of annoys me to stop halfway through it. So cheers to me, continuing this book and cheers to me updating. I hope this is worth it. Have a nice day, don't forget to vote and I'll see you in the next A/N.