Little Supersoldiers

Take care of yourself, doll

The moment she opens her eyes she knows the day will suck. She has the feeling that her eyelids are heavier than a car and her head screams at her to shut the light back out, turn around and get more sleep. In short, she feels sick. She's still tired, despite being sure she slept for the average amount of eight hours like she usually does but not feels rested at all. She gladly would turn around and sleep, but she hears Steve shuffle around. The door opens and Bucky's head peeks inside. "Hey, you're awake." He smiles at her and steps in fully. She manages to smile back at him, but she knows that it probably looks small. If Bucky notices, he doesn't say anything. "We decided to let you sleep in today." Bucky sits down at the side of her bed and runs his hand through her hair. He leans down and kisses her temple. "Which time is it?" She yawns and searches for her alarm clock. "A little past half past ten."

"Half past what now?" Y/N sits up quickly and feels her head spin for a moment. She slept for solid twelve hours. "It's okay. I made breakfast and all. But I need to go now. Sam's taking me down to town for my therapy today."

"Ah shit. I promised I would go with you."

"It's okay, doll. You can come along next month." Bucky smiles and runs his hand through her hair again. Her eyes flutter shut and she leans into the touch. "I need to go. I just want to warn you. Steve's bugging me to go out to the park all morning. He says he promised this boy- What's his name? Julien? Jim?- anyway, he promised him to search for some bugs today."

"Okay, yeah. I'll go with him in a bit."

"Okay." Bucky smiles at her once again. His eyes roam over her whole face before his smile gets a bit smaller and a wrinkle appears on his forehead, which only shows when he's worried. "You're okay? You look..."

"Look what?" Y/N raises an eyebrow at him. "I don't know. Tired."

"No, just need to wake up. I'm fine." She's not. But she knows, the moment she tells him he starts worrying and doesn't want to leave for his appointment. His smile comes back, and he leans in to kiss her again. "Mommy. Let's go. I promised." Steve slitters into the room and climbs up onto the bed. Lady comes in right after him, nails clicking on the floor and barking happily. "There he is. The troublemaker." Bucky tackles Steve onto his lap and tickles him while Y/N giggles at him and pats Lady's head as the dog gets on her back feet and places her front paws on the mattress to have a better look. Y/N yawns and rubs her eyes again before she slips out of bed. For a moment she feels dizzy again but it quickly vanishes, so she makes her way into the bathroom and gets ready. By the time she's fully dressed and comes out of her bathroom, both, Steve and Bucky, have left her room. Only Lady sits patently at her bathroom door and looks up at her. She barks once as she sees her, jumps from paw to paw and licks Y/N's hand before she barks again and runs out of the room.

Y/N shakes her head at the puppy and walks into the living room and then into the kitchen to find both men at the table with Lady half on Bucky's lap. There's a small plate with some eggs and bread for Y/N. She eats the bread and pokes a bit at the eggs but doesn't really eat them. She feels Bucky's eyes on her, but he's silent, so she makes no point in answering the question that hangs between them. She's fine. "Mommy. Can we go now?"

"Yeah, yeah. But what is with my good morning kiss and my hug? Do I not get one?" She pouts a bit at the blond and suppresses a chuckle as Steve gasps and jumps down from the chair next to Bucky to climb on her lap. Just then it knocks on the door and Bucky stands up. "Okay, you two. Have a good day. We see us later." He leans down and kisses Y/N on the forehead and Steve on his temple. "Watch out for mommy. You're the man in the house now. Okay, Stevie."

"Yes. I'll protect mommy."

"That's what I want to hear. I'll take Lady with me. In that way Sam has something to do while he waits." Bucky smiles, winks at her and waves a quick goodbye before he walks out. Y/N hears him talk to Sam for a second before the entrance door closes. She lets Steve kiss and hug her and cleans her plate before she dresses Steve to go out. She still feels tired and her head still throbs. This day will suck.