"Baby, what's wrong?" Bucky saw the Little standing next to his chair with a lost look on her face. She didn't usually come into the room that was his office so it was doubly worrying.
She didn't say a word, just staring at him and trembling. Her hands were gripping her nightdress, white knuckled.
"C'mere, Baby Doll." Bucky turned his chair and drew her into his lap, wondering what could've spooked his Little in the hour since he laid her down to bed. She moved pliantly but was stiff in his lap, not melting into him like normal. "What's wrong? I can't fix it if I don't know what's wrong. Do you want Dada?"
"Unc Ney." She whispered.
"You want Uncle Tony? I think he's putting Petey to bed but we can call him." Bucky offered.
"Unc Ney." Kayla repeated, allowing Bucky to stand up with her in his arms. He walked to the living room where Steve was folding clothes and sat down in the big comfy rocker-recliner.
"She wants to call Tony." Bucky explained, seeing the questioning look on his blond's face. 'I'll tell you later.'
JARVIS put a video call to Tony who was laying on his couch after putting Peter to bed.
"Hey, Cap and Winter Butthole." Tony greeted. "Why's little Princess awake?"
"Unc Ney!" She cried, reaching towards the image.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Tony frowned, sounding worried.
She didn't respond verbally, just touching her chest repeatedly until Tony pulled his shirt up and showed her the reactor. She flinched at bruises on his ribs and he lowered his shirt.
"JARVIS, did she see the footage of the battle earlier?" Tony questioned.
"Yes, Sir. I did not turn it in time and she saw you get hit by the robot." JARVIS sounded apologetic.
"Aw, Princess. I'm okay. It just stings a bit if I touch it. I'm okay. The reactor is okay too." Tony reassured his favorite niece. "Everything is okay."
She relaxed when he finished speaking, leaning into Bucky's chest and sucking her thumb while looking at Tony. She had dreamt that he hadn't been okay and that he had died.
"It's time for Little girls to be in bed so go to sleep for your Mama and Daddy, okay?" Tony smiled and waited until he got a sleepy nod before ending the call.
"Here, Baby." Steve pressed a pacifier into her mouth to replace her thumb. She sucked lightly on it, curling up in Bucky's lap as he rocked slowly. Now that she knew her Unc Ney was okay, she was ready to fall back asleep.
Bucky got her back to sleep and tucked her into his and Steve's bed before going back to the living room. He slid into Steve's lap and kissed his cheek.
"Our girl is so sweet." Bucky hummed. "She needed to make sure that Tony was okay. Although I hate that she had a nightmare."
"I do too but at least she calmed down once she knew he was okay." Steve added. "That could've been so much worse."
Bucky was quiet now, just leaning against Steve's chest and sighing. "It's been almost a year since we found her, Stevie. Can you believe it?"
"Feels just like yesterday that she was calling me Dada for the first time." Steve smiled, cuddling Bucky. "You should go to bed, Buck. You look tired."
"I will. Night, Punk. Love you." Bucky stood up and started making his way to bed.
"Night, Jerk. Love you too." Steve knew Bucky had heard him.
