A Stucky Story

The Asset and The God of Mischief 1

After Steve fought in New York against aliens and Loki, he really couldn't be surprised by anything anymore. Then Bucky came along. Steve already had a hard time processing that Loki and Thor wasn't a fairy tale that his mom told him, now his best friend since childhood was mentally two year old and he had to care for him. Not that he had problem with that, it's just now Steve has seen probably everything and didn't question anything anymore.

"Daddy?"

"Yes?"

"Sleepy." Bucky had finished taking his pills for seizures. They always made him sleepy, but Steve had a phone call with Fury that cut into Bucky's bed time and Bucky doesn't sleep well if Steve didn't tuck him in.

"Alright, let's go get in bed." Steve picked him up and put him in bed.

"Doggy?"

"Harley's right there."

"No, doggy." Steve had to stop for a minute. Harley was on her bed, what other dog was he talking about? Then he remembered. He went in the living room and got the item Bucky was requesting.

"Bucky, this is a horsie."

"Doggy." Bucky made grabby hands at the stuffed unicorn. Steve smiled and gave him the unicorn.

"I really need to get you into a school or something. You're almost three and your vocabulary is still limited." Bucky feel asleep with his Lamby and unicorn. Steve would have to talk to his therapist about schooling. While Steve tried his best to keep up with everything, he still needed to learn some other things. And he didn't have a lot of things to teach Bucky. Children's TV shows could only teach so much.

Not even an hour into the night, Steve could feel Bucky shifting a lot and Harley was crying. Bucky never shifted during the night, the seizure pills made him exhausted. Something was happening and he was really hoping it was just a nightmare. Steve turned on the bedside lamp, Bucky was awake and trying to get out of Steve's grip. Harley was by the window crying.

"Hey, what's going?" Bucky got out of Steve's grip and went to the window and looked up. Steve got up and looked at whatever they were trying to look at. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Then there was a bright light, Steve knew what it was.

"It's just Thor, bud."

"Thor?" Bucky tilted his head.

"The weird guy who falls out of the sky."

"Oh." The weird light disappeared. Harley calmed down and went back to his bed. Steve put Bucky back in bed.

"See Thor?"

"Yeah, we can go see Thor tomorrow."  Bucky went back to sleep, Steve tried to sleep but something was off about that bifrost light. Thor usually came by a bolt of lightning, why was he coming by the bifrost now?

When Steve woke up, his phone was constantly buzzing. He truly wished he could just turn his phone off. Bucky was still sleeping on his chest, drooling, but asleep. Steve rubbed his eyes then reached for his phone.

Five missed calls from Natasha. Twenty plus text from Tony. Whatever was going must be important, so he called Nat.

"What's going on?"

"Loki's back."

"Oh, is Thor here too?"

"No, that's the problem."

"Oh."

"He came in last night, he still won't say why he's here. I was hoping you would be available to help out."

"Um, yeah, I have to bring Bucky though."

"Alright." She hung up. Steve sighed, Bucky was still asleep and it seemed like it was going to be one of those days where Bucky slept in. Steve carefully slid out from under Bucky and quickly took Harley out for a jog and a bathroom break. When he got back, Bucky was still asleep. He got Bucky dressed and got himself in more comfortable clothes. Steve packed Bucky's milk, paci and put his blanket over him. He was about to leave but then remembered Bucky probably wanted his stuffed animals to come along. He grabbed Lamby and the unicorn and they left the apartment.