BUCKY BARNES IMAGINES

002. 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴

Tonight was one of those nights. Bucky stared at the ceiling, it was about 3AM and sleep was something he no longer desired. Every time he tried, the vivid images of his nightmare came back. It was frustrating, all he wanted was sleep but now that seemed impossible.

He sat up on his bed, he grabbed the white shirt from the ground and put it on. Bucky walked throughout the hallways of the compound, as he grew closer to the common room. He noticed that he wasn't the only one that couldn't sleep.

It was often he'd find Y/N sitting in the common room watching a movie or he'd find her asleep on the couch in the mornings. Bucky would be the one to place a blanket over her sleeping body, so she wouldn't get cold.

Normally, it was during nights like these where he'd find Y/N sitting there almost as if she knew he couldn't sleep. She felt a presence behind her, looking over her shoulder. Y/N saw the distressed looked on his face that was hidden behind his exhausted eyes, instantly she knew that he wasn't having the greatest night of his life.

"Hey, Bucky." Y/N look away from the movie to greet him with a smile.

Normally, the two of them would've sat in the dark and talked it out. Tonight, Bucky just wanted to forget about it and Y/N knew it.

"What are you watching?" He asked still standing behind the couch. He watched the movie, trying to figure out what was playing on the screen.

"Star Wars. Have you seen it yet?"

Bucky shook his head, "No, I haven't."

"I don't mind starting over." She says pausing the movie and restarting it, "Come, join me."

Y/N lifted the blanket for Bucky. He walked around the couch, he plopped down next to her. Their shoulders touching as he sat back, he wasn't sure if she noticed how close they were sitting because she never moved away from him. Instead, she sat there comfortably and pressed start on the movie.

He took his eyes off the girl and onto the screen. Every so often, he'd find himself looking at her and watching her as she watched the movie intensely and mumbled the lines under her breath.

It was at the part where Luke, Han, Chewbacca and Leia we're in the trash compactor when Bucky's stomach started grumbling. Y/N looked over to see that Bucky concentrated on the events on the screen.

Bucky's cheeks began to flush a bright red when his stoamch grumbled once more. Y/N giggled and pausing their movie, "Let's find something to eat!"

"We can make cookies?" Y/N offered. She held a cookie mix in her hand.

"Get two eggs."

"1/2 cup of water." Bucky ran around the kitchen grabbed the ingredients as Y/N read them out loud.

"Do we have any chocolate chips?"

Bucky scanned the insides of the cupboards, he eyes landed on the half empty bag of chocolate chips. He pulled them out and turned around to face Y/N, her face lightened up as she grasped onto the small bag.

"I love putting extra chocolate chips." She exclaims before pouring most of the contents in the bowl.

"You can crack the eggs." He grabbed the eggs from the carton and hit them against the bowl. The egg splattered in his hand and a few eggshells fell into the bowl. A smile appeared on her lips as she tried to hold back her laughter.

"Okay, that was a little agressive." Y/N chuckled, Bucky felt his face going red once again. She tried her best pick out all the eggshells.

"It's okay. No one will notice a few eggshells in there." Y/N giggles, placing her hand over Bucky's, "Here, let me help."

As she guided him to crack the egg hard but not too hard against the counter. Instead of looking at how Y/N was doing, he stared at her with admiration.

"I think you can stir." Y/N pushes the bowl towards him. She hopped up on the counter, her legs dangling off the side as she watched Bucky stir the mix.

The two waited for the cookies to be done, they sat in silence. Bucky every now and then would glance at the girl sitting on the counter. She hummed softly as she waited. Other than Steve and Sam, Y/N was the only other person Bucky felt comfortable around. He wasn't sure what it was about her, maybe it was the way she cared for him or wasn't afraid of him when he first came to the compound.

Perhaps, he developed a small crush on her. It wasn't hard, Y/N is a likeable person with a kind and gentle soul. He just wanted to protect her and make sure she was safe all the time. What he didn't know that the feeling was mutual.

Y/N felt those exact feelings for Bucky. She wanted him to be happy and to live his life without the haunting memories of his past. Y/N gave it her all to help him through it all, if Steve wasn't around. She'd be by his side within a millisecond.

Neither of them knew how to express those feelings. Y/N didn't want to rush Bucky into something he wasn't ready for. If she had to, she'd wait forever because Bucky was worth it. Their thoughts were interrupted by the timer going off. As for Bucky, he knew he wanted to get better before he starts anything serious.

Y/N hopped off the counter with a smile on her face, she put on the oven glove and grabbed the cookies.

"Now, we let them cool."

After waiting impatiently for ten minutes, they decided that it was long enough. Y/N grabbed two cookies and handed one to Bucky.

"Come on, lets eat these and finish the movie."

If it was possible, the two sat closer to each other than they were before. Shoulders and legs touching, their hands grazing by each other.

Right now, they were content with how things were. When the time was right, they would further their relationship.

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"Bucky?" Steve called out.

Steve walked into the kitchen that morning in search of Bucky, who wasn't in his room. The two of them were supposed to go out for their morning run. Steve spotted a plate of cookies with a note on them. He grabbed one of the cookies and then picked up the note:

We made these cookies! Enjoy
- Y/N and Bucky
P.S. There may be an eggshell or two in the cookies, that was completely Bucky's fault!

With that, Steve placed the cookie back onto the tray and the note on the counter. He turned on his heel, he noticed that whoever was last in the room didn't turn off the tv. As he got closer he saw two sleeping bodies curled up together on the couch.

A smile crept onto his face when he saw how peaceful Bucky looked as he had his arm wrapped around Y/N as she snuggled against his chest. All Steve could do was switch the TV off and leave the two to sleep, seeing that they had a long night.

[ note: I swear I'm the worst at updating. I hope y'all like it! Perhaps, lightens your mood after watching endgame (if you've seen it) most of my imagines will be pre-endgame and AUs, I probably won't be writing any endgame or post-endgame imagines until I know it's safe and most people have seen it.]