A Stucky Story

The Asset goes to the Bahamas pt. 5

Thursday/ Freeport

This was it. Their last island before making their way back home. They were just docking and everyone was getting ready to leave. Everyone was excited, sort of. Bucky was, once again, not in the best of moods. It was one of those woke up like that moods, Steve didn't bother him until Bucky was obsessively chewing on his cruise band. When Steve asked him what was upsetting him so much, he kept responding home.

Bucky was becoming homesick. 

Steve didn't expect for him to be homesick on the trip. Bucky liked to go out when they at the tower, but Steve was starting to think he was missing what was familiar to him. Steve could only tell him to hold on for today and tomorrow then they'll be home. 

Their next destistantion was Freeport. Freeport was a bit different from Nassau and Half Moon Cay. Water was still the same but there was different things to do. There was jet skis on the water and surfers on high waves. It looked fun and Steve wanted to try the jet skis, but for now Bucky was clinging onto him. He cried most of the morning, so Steve brought him up to the top deck so he could calm down a little.

"Hey there you are." Said Sam coming upstairs.

"Where you looking for us?"

"Yeah, I'm either with Natasha or by myself. So I figured why not hang out with my favorite super soldiers."

"Thanks, but it's going to be a while." Sam sat down next to him and saw Bucky crying on Steve's chest.

"Oh, everything okay?"

"Home." Bucky whined.

"He's homesick." Said Steve.

"I'm sorry, kid. I know that sucks. But usually doing other things can take your mind off it."

"You think? He's literally been crying all morning." 

"Helped me when I went overseas. Come on, there's plenty to do."

"Want to try to do something, Buck?" Steve asked. Bucky frowned but nodded. They went down to their room and changed into more comfortable clothes. Steve wasn't sure if Bucky wanted to swim today, so he didn't put Bucky in his swim shorts. But packed them in his bag in case he wanted to.

They met Sam on the loading dock and they walked through the city. Still bright buildings, still tropical smells. Bucky was sort of getting tired of this.

"Mango?" Asked a street vendor. Bucky stared at him, what was a mango?

"Do you want to try? It's fruit." Asked Steve. Bucky nodded, he may be upset but he wasn't going to pass up trying new things. He tried a piece, it was very sweet. Too sweet for him. So he spit it out. "Is it too sweet?" Bucky nodded. He liked fruit, but that was too much.

"Try an orange." The street vendor gave him a piece of orange. Not too sweet but not dull. He liked that.

"Good." Bucky sort of smiled.

"I'm glad you like it, we'll take a pound." Steve bought a pound of oranges. He peeled one and fed Bucky a few pieces while they walked around. Sam talked about some new wings Stark was building him and new things he wanted to do with his life. When he asked Steve what he wanted to do, he responded 'I'll get back to you on that'.

Then there was a scream. The trio flinched then looked up. A zipline. 

"Oh that looks fun." Said Sam. It did look fun and Steve felt a spark to try then he felt Bucky shivering next to him. He was extremely nervous. Steve wouldn't even ask Bucky if he wanted to try. The amount of sensory issues that would flare up wouldn't allow him to get his feet off the ground. Not to mention, Bucky's confidence was also not the best sometimes and today it was defiantly at a low.