What the Water Gave Me-follow ups and headcannons.

#4) Humans and Fruit

Fluff alert. Alot of fluff. Cuteness overload. You have been warned.

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Bucky and Steve had been together for 97 years. Along the way, they picked up sign language and used it to talk alot. They had gone many places in their years of travel. Recently, they decided to revisit Hawaii. Because their pairing was so bizarre, even humans had heard about them. (See, a mermaid told a fisherman, who told his wife, who told her friends and so on.) But everyone thought they were a myth. That all changed when they surfaced in Hawaii though.

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Bucky and Steve were playing around in the bay. Steve had gotten good at ducking and hiding. Now all the humans saw was a siren chasing around a merman. They decided to help the merman by killing off the siren. So they grabbed their weapons and prepared to attack. 

They were about to shoot when the siren tackled the merman. They couldn't safely shoot with the merman so close, they might hurt him. The merman shrieked. They tensed themselves to witness a mauling. One man aimed his gun, intending to shoot. Because they could heal a grazed merman. They could heal an eaten one. 

Just as he was about to pull the trigger, the siren started peppering little kisses on the neck, shoulders, ears and face. The man lowered his gun and watched in confusion. The merman giggled. "Bucky! Stop it, you silly shark! That tickles!"

The siren-Bucky as they now knew-smiled and held his jaw in gentle hand. He gazed down with pure love and adoration in his gaze. The small blonde returned the look and placed a hand on the others cheek. Bucky made a humming noise and leaned down, connecting their lips in a tender kiss. The blonde grinned and broke away, pumping his tail quickly. "Come and catch me, you shark!"

(Many of the humans were recording by now, some even live-streaming.)

Bucky had a startled look on his face before it was replaced by mischief and affection. He shot off after the blonde, humoring the merman but letting him get away.

The islanders were baffled. One of the younger look men-about 20-spoke up. "Do you think that's them? The siren and the merman? You all remember that story right? The impossible lovers?" 

Another man-maybe 35 or so-frowned slightly. "I think so...I didn't think they were real..."

"No one did." Said another.

The merman swam up to the beach and saw a coconut on an overhanging palm tree. He smirked deviously and tried desperately to reach it, but to no avail. He huffed. "Bucky! C'mere!"

The brunette peaked his head out of the water curiously and swam over. "Lift me up, yeah?" Bucky nodded and placed him on his shoulder, bracing him with his one good arm. The blonde smiled and kissed his cheek. "Thanks love." Bucky smiled back.

The smaller strained up and Bucky lifted himself out of the water more. The merman beamed in victory as he grabbed a coconut. Bucky eased him down and back into the water. The blonde cracked open the coconut on a rock and handed Bucky a piece of the meat. "Try it!"

Bucky looked at it skeptically then back at the merman. He pouted. "Please? Do it for me? Your dearest Steve? Your favorite fish?" Bucky sighed and the merman-Steve-beamed in victory.

The brunette scrunched up his face and put it in his mouth. Immediately, a look of disgust washed over his face. His jaw went slack and he stuck his tongue out. The piece of coconut slid out of his mouth and fell into the water with a plop.

Steve was cracking up at his mates reaction. "I know! They're awful, aren't they?" Bucky had a wounded 'why-would-you-do-that-to-me?' look on his face, which only made laugh harder. He wipes away a tear.