Tenebris Angelus

Chapter 16

Angel's PoV

I wake up to silence, the first time in ages I've been able to sleep without nightmares or being woken up by some crazy scientist. I turn to see Bucky asleep in the chair with his body slumped forward and his head on my hospital bed, I smile to myself.

I bring my hand to his hair but slowly put it down again, ‘I'm becoming too soft’. “morning” he grumbles still half asleep, “morning” I smile. “Oh yeah before I forget- tell anyone about how soft I am I'll stab you in the toe… capiche?” I sit up and he smirks at me “would you actually hurt me?”. I lean towards him “don't test me Barnes”.

Steve walks in “they said you can leave today… Angel sit back down… if you have someone to keep check on you”. I groan putting my head in my hands “I don't need a babysitter” I move to stand up but a hand on my chest pushes me back to down to sit. “son of a bit-” Bucky cuts me off by putting his hand over my mouth “can you shush for one second and let people take care of you”, I roll my eyes and he moves his hand away.

Steve chuckles and helps me up “us two will keep an eye on you”. We walk to where T'challa is, well when I say walk I mean they practically carried me there. “good to see you getting better” T'challa smiles “we've arranged a safe house for you to recover for a while… and there's someone who wants to see you”.

“What the hell happened to you?” Nat smirks and I smile widely “oh you know had a little work done to my hair, you like it?”. We hug each other “our girls night is way overdue” I snort and she laughs. “ready to go to the safe house?” Nat smiles at me and I look around at everyone, my eyes land on Bucky “he's coming as well don't worry” Nat adds in. Bucky's eyes widen and he looks at T'challa who's smiling, he nods and we all climb into the jeep.

We aren't leaving the country, makes sense I suppose they don't want crazy assassins going walkabout. We drive through the trees on a dirt path and reach a house which isn't that far so it's still probably under the Wakanda shield. The house is medium sized and looks old. We stop near the house and I wander in looking around, the layout is pretty basic and it has all the furniture. I walk upstairs to see four bedrooms and one bathroom at the end, I choose the room that's closest to the bathroom so I can claim it whenever.

I walk back downstairs, Nat and Steve both smile at me sadly. “we have to go do something” Steve says like a child in trouble, I smile and wave them off “it's fine I know you have jobs to do, go do them”. They both smile and hug me “oh and I'm kidnapping you when you get back” Nat laughs and I laugh with her. After a bunch of byes and what not to do they both finally left.

I fall on the couch “well now I'm bored” I huff. I sit back up and quickly make my way to the kitchen, I rummage through the cupboards. “You should be resting- what the hell are you doing?” Bucky asks from somewhere near me, he chuckles “are you stuck?”. “nope I just simply misjudged my skill set” I reply quickly, I try to move but somehow I've ended upside down looking in a cupboard which is high up off the floor with my legs each side holding me up.

I move my arm too quickly causing my legs to slip, Bucky catches me and I cheer loudly “MUFFINS”. He shakes his head and puts me down, I take a bite “I hafent haf these in sho long” I say with a mouth full of muffin. I jump around a bit completely forgetting about my injuries until a pain shoots through me “ouch” I wince, Bucky looks at me thinking I've gone crazy which I probably have. I shrug and flop back onto the couch.

“I'm soooo bored” I sigh falling over the couch, Bucky laughs “it's only been two days”. “Yeah two days too long” I mumble causing Bucky to laugh a little, I smile getting an idea. Sitting up I look at Bucky “press up challenge”, he looks at me confused and shakes his head. “You're scared because you know I'll win” I tease him, he huffs standing up. “Fine if it'll get you to shut up and plus they said you need to stay active so I have to” he sighs, “woo! Get ready to get your ass beaten” I chime excitedly getting into a push up position.

“wait you have an unfair advantage… we both go one handed” I say and he smiles a bit before we both start doing one handed push ups. It's been 30 minutes and I'm not giving up, he will not defeat me. My arm starts to get tired and I collapse on the floor, “I guess I win” Bucky mocks stopping in a push up position looking at me. “shut up and plus you're a super soldier so…” I sit up and look at him, “I'm going to get a muffin” I stand and walk to the kitchen. I walk back out and see him working out. Damn.

He goes back to press ups but with both hands, I walk up to him silently and sit on his back. “Seriously?” He groans, I smile still eating my muffin “yep you need more of a challenge”. “at least balance your weight” he huffs and I lay on my back looking up at the ceiling “You're actually comfortable”. I feel him slow down “getting tired?” I tease him, “you would too if someone was laying on your back” he replies causing me to chuckle. “would you prefer it if I'm laying under you?” I laugh and he falls, I carry on laughing until he rolls over making me fall.

I glare at him and he smirks at me “want to go swingers?” I say jumping up and bringing my hands up, “What?” He laughs. “you'll learn my weird sayings soon don't worry” I pat his back before walking off. It's late so I decide to try and make food, well I tried. I turn to find a pan and see Bucky stood at the door, making me jump I throw the wooden spoon at him. “ow” The spoon hits his head and I laugh at him, he picks up the spoon and walks over to me. “need help?” He hands me the spoon I shake my head and find the pan I was looking for.

“NO” I yelled causing Bucky to jump and look around for danger, “I BURNT MY FLIPPING TOAST”. Bucky relaxed “that's why you yelled? Over toast?”, “yes leave me and my toast alone STUPID BLOODY TOASTER” I shout and put my bread in the toaster. “why does your accent go kind of British when you get mad?” Bucky asks leaning against the counter, I look at him and carry on stirring the beans “I lived in England when hydra had me… so I picked up the accent, it was funny because I have a British accent and Zhi had a Russian accent”. I put the toast on the plate and put the beans over the top, “What is this?” Bucky asks poking his toast with his fork “it's beans on toast” I shrug putting the food in my mouth. “Just try it will you” I say and he shakes his head pushing his plate away, I lean over the table and take the fork out of his hand and stab the toast covered in beans. “here comes the aeroplane nyuuum” I say in a weird voice and he rolls his eyes but eats it anyway, “see not that bad” I put his fork down and sit back in my seat. He carries on eating and I smile.

“Can I just say I love your accent” Bucky says taking my plate to the sink “I don't have an accent” I argue and he turns around. He fills a glass up of water and throws it over me “BUCKY WHAT THE HELL” I shout at him and he just smiles. He walks towards me and I step back “sorry I couldn't help it” he says still walking forwards I bump into something and turn to look, “NO WAY! I didn't know we had a stereo” I shriek.

I hear Bucky sigh and walk out, what's wrong with him?