Protection/ Bucky Barnes

All By Myself

(your pov) 

I walk out of my room and down the hall to see everyone in the lounge, "hello" i say quietly walking into the kitchen, i see Steve making himself a sandwich.

"hey Y/N do you want to come with me and Sam to the museum" he says taking a bite of his sandwich, "sure why not, i need to get out of this tower" i say walking to my room to have a quick shower, i walk into Bucky and mumble a quick "sorry" before walking into my room.

I wash my hair thoroughly and clean my body, i step out of the shower and look at myself, all my bruises are slowly fading and my cuts healing, i tear falls from my face, i wipe it away quickly, i'm strong now, i'm safe now. 

i get dressed into some jeans and a sweater and go to Steve, "i'm ready" i say to him, he looks at me and smiles "come on then lets go" he pats Sam and we follow Steve to the car, we hop in and Steve starts the car and we head to the museum. 

We walk into the museum and head straight to the Captain America Exhibit, I looked around amazed, i have never been in here, i was supposed to go for a school trip but my father never let me go on any school trips.

I turn around to Steve and smile amazed at everything around me, he smiles back and takes me to this big glass memorial "i want you to read this" he says pointing to the memorial, i look at it carefully and see a photo of a man "did you know this man Steve" i say pointing at a man with short brown hair in a soldiers uniform on "i do know this man, and you do too Y/n" he says, i give him an "are you serious" look before saying "Steve i don't know any senior citizens besides you"i say looking back at the memorial, Sam stifles a laugh at what i say while Steve just shakes his head.

I start to read the Memorial, i look around me noticing that Steve and Sam have left my side to look at something else, i continue to read the memorial disbelieving in who i am reading about, Bucky barnes, as in the one who kinda hates me. I read about his bravery and how he "died". 

I take a seat in the middle of the exhibit and just stare blankly at the memorial, a man walks over to me "hey kid, are you alright" he says rubbing my back, i nod slowly not looking at him and shift my gaze to the ground, a tear leaves my eye and hits the floor near my shoes, "hey hey hey, whats wrong" the man says pulling me into a hug, not really realising that a stranger is comforting me

"i just feel so bad" i say truthfully, i fell bad. "why, whats wrong? he questions me "i just feel so sad, because this one guy who lives with me really hates me and i just don't know and understand why, i try my very best to be nice to everyone and be happy, but for some reason it's just not good enough for him" i say rushing a bit while tears run down my face freely.

"he doesn't hate you" the man says i look up at him confusion written over my face, "what do you mean? how would you know?" i say questioning the man, he looks into my eyes and i realise that i have seen this man before "just trust me, he doesn't" i nod slowly still looking into his piercing blue eyes. 

The man stands up and walks away, i stand up and look over at Steve who is looking at a photo of himself, i walk over to him "i read it, and i think i'm ready to leave" he nods slowly and we go and get Sam and head back to the tower.

We spent most of the day at the museum, by the time we got to the tower dinner was ready, i sit at the table, everyone begins to eat, "so y/n" Thor says i look up at him and hum "how was your day" everyone focuses their attention on me, "it was...uhm.. fine, yup" i say quietly "was it fun" Pietro pipes in "yeah it was like going on a history trip, except i actually got to go" i say carelessly, Bruce coughs awkwardly as everyone went quiet, i look up and everyone looks down awkwardly, " i'm sorry" i say excusing myself from the table and going to my room to listen to music.

(tony's pov)

I watch as Y/N gets up from the table and goes to her room, i look around at everyone and they all look awkward from the previous situation. "soooo, anyone gonna tell me what just happened" i say placing my hands on the table.

"she seemed fine when we were at the museum" Sam says, i nod my head slowly, "ill go see whats up" i say getting out of my chair and heading to her room. I knock lightly "y/n?" i say "are you alright?", she opens her door and i walk into and sit on her bed, she closes the door and sits next to me. 

"yeah i'm good" she says a bit shaky, i nod slowly "do you want to talk about the museum" i say slowly " she nods moving closer to me, i wrap my arms around her as she cuddles into my side. 

"I read about Bucky" she whispers, i nod understanding "and then i started crying, because i know that Bucky doesn't really like me, and then this guy came over and asked me what was wrong and he hugged me a bit, and i told him and he said 'he doesn't hate you'" she says rushing a bit before continuing " and then i looked at him cos i was confused as to why he would say that, and i looked into his eyes and i swear i had seen him before Tony, they were a beautiful blue colour and i'm telling you now that i think it was Bucky" she say taking a deep breath and looking up at me.

"did he say anything else?" i ask cautiously trying to understand the situation, she shakes her head "no, he just kinda walked away, and i told Steve i wanted to leave" she say resting her head on my chest. "well its gonna be okay, i'm sure Bucky doesn't hate you, he always looks brooding" i sat trying to lighten the mood she nods and i move onto the bed so she can rest on me, "everything is gonna be alright sweetheart, i love you Y/N" i say quietly "i love you too Tony" she says before drifting off to sleep.