The Earth's Child: A Bucky Barnes fanfiction

The Winter Soldier

Warning: Mentions of sexual harassment and body-shaming.

Bucky waited till he was absolutely sure that Bella was asleep. He was watching an episode of 'The Office' when she had suddenly climbed onto the bed and laid her head on his shoulder to watch it with him. A part of his mind asked him to push her away and a part of him just wanted more. They stayed like that throughout the episode and when it ended, Bella got off the bed and went to the couch. She smiled softly at him and then closed her eyes. He had wanted her to spend the night on the bed, she made him feel warm, but he couldn't. He had other important matters to look into. He went to the dining table where Shola had left the address of Jeff and he knew what he had to do.

Bucky knocked on Jeff's door persistently until he opened.

"It's 1am, man," a young man with thin lips and an extremely close shaved beard answered the door, "what do you want?"

"Are you Jeff?" Bucky asked sounding polite, "Astrifour's boss at Cuddlers?"

Jeff perked up at the mention of her name and then invited Bucky in, grinning devilishly.

"So, you are her boyfriend?" Jeff said teasingly as Bucky nodded. "Bucky, is it?"

"James Buchanan Barnes, actually," Bucky said calmly.

"Did she tell you everything, or do I need to brief you?"

"She told me."

"Good, I am pretty much excited about 16th. Any tips?"

Bucky crossed his arms across his chest looking straight at Jeff. He was almost impressed at the amount of courage Jeff was showing, even though he was actually being a complete dumbass. Bucky chose a good corner of the room from where his face was half hidden in the shadows, a position taught to him by Hydra, which would make his features slightly more terrifying.

"Okay, honestly," Jeff said, pouring Bucky a glass of whisky, "why her? Have you looked at her? Those flabby waists and those sagging breasts? Even when I mark her as my own, she doesn't look appealing. And no matter how many times I have told her how ugly she is, she remains expressionless. I wonder what you say to her to convince her that she is pretty."

Bucky sensed his gentility fading away as the Winter Soldier started taking control. His limbs felt hot and he knew that the dormant Winter Soldier was starting to stir. Only this time, he welcomed the loss of control and let the deadliest assassin take over his body.

"I have a request," Bucky said abruptly. "Please handover that Bluetooth chip. Bella or Astrifour or whatever you want to call her, will disappear whether you call the police or not but you will not. So even if you somehow manage to make us go into hiding, we will still know where you are and it is only a matter of days until your dead body is found floating in the sea."

Jeff took a step back at the sudden menacing tone of Bucky.

Bucky held out his hand but Jeff just smiled at him.

"If you are so in a hurry," Jeff ridiculed, "ask your slut of a girlfriend to lay with me tonight. I will consider your request then."

That was it. Bucky pounced on Jeff and punched him squarely with his metal arm. Blood spewed out of Jeff's mouth as he struggled to his feet. Bucky switched on the tea making kettle that was already filled with water and continued to punch Jeff. When the kettle was boiled, he pulled Jeff towards the counter.