𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒~ 𝐵.𝐵𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑠

FORTY FOUR

"Rosalie, he's ready." I don't think I've ever felt such joy at such simple words before. "Thank you so much T'Challa." I say excitedly before hanging up. I get to Wakanda faster than you ever would've imagined, I told him that I'd be there the second he woke up and I meant it.

"Thank you." I say hugging T'Challa before I can even stop myself, he chuckles and pats my back, "it is no problem Rosalie, now come Shuri has been waiting for you." T'Challa and I were almost friends now? I'm not really sure but I owed the man a lot and he was nice to talk to.

I also thank and hug Shuri once we get down to the lab and she laughs. Shuri was a smart kid she was also pretty funny I enjoyed watching the way she was with her brother it reminded me of the way I used to be with Dean.

"He will be awake in five minutes and then he's all yours as soon as we're done with the testing." She informs making me grin the excitement was hard to contain.

I wait on the other side of the glass as he wakes, I wished to be by his side but this was better than nothing. He looks around confused for a second his face falling at the unfamiliar faces around him. Shuri sends him a gentle smile before saying something, immediately his head turns and his eyes meet mine his face lighting up. I beam as I wave at him even blowing him a kiss making him chuckle.

His eyes stay on mine until the tests were over and I was allowed to see him. "Hey stranger." I grin standing before him, he looks up in his seat and grins, "fancy seeing you here." I push his hair from his face, "I told you I'd be here the second you got out." He leans into my touch, "how long?" My thumb brushes over his cheek, "a year." He nods and doesn't say anything else.

"How do you feel?" I question, "better now that you're here." He kisses the palm of my hand making me giggle. "Bucky." I say in a be serious sort of way. "What?" He asks with a small laugh, "as long as I'm with you I'll always be ok." My heart warms as I wrap my arms around him, he was kinda cold but the cold never bothered me anyways.

• • •

Bucky had taken to staying in a hut a small way outside the city with one of the tribes he entertained the children and did farm work. I visited him regularly only leaving when I had to check in with my teammates, the rest of us being on the run after the whole accords predicament meant that we had to check in with each other regularly.

"Hey you're back earlier than usual." Bucky notes as I join him in lifting up bales of hay. "Yeah everyone's good, Wanda wanted to get back to vision as fast as possible." I tell him as I work alongside him. "You don't have to-" I smile at him, "I know." I liked helping Bucky with the farm work, the two of us were at peace for once and it was actually pretty fun, but nothing beat watching Bucky play with the kids, seeing him so happy and carefree was lovely, it was such a cute sight too.

I watched for a second as Bucky struggled with his hair and his face, since he only had one arm now he couldn't tie his overgrown hair back as neatly as he once could. "Here." I say pulling it back off his face and trying it into a small little man bun. He smiles through the frustration, "thank you." I shake my head, "you look so good with your hair tied back." He chuckles slightly, "you say this every time." He says through his smile, "because you do." I tell him making him laugh, "you're already my girl you don't need to try and charm me." He says making me laugh, "well you always compliment me." I shrug.

"Because you're breathtaking." I laugh at his cheesiness, "even like this? Covered in dirt?" I ask, "especially like this." He tells me seriously pulling me closer to him and leaning down to kiss me. "I'm already your girl, you don't need to charm me." I echo what he had told me earlier. "But you deserve it." Ok that deserved another kiss, "so do you."

• • •

"How is Steve?" I glanced at Bucky, "he's good, he's actually growing a beard." I tell him watching in amusement as his eyebrows raise, "he is? Does it look good." I nod, "yes, it looks very good." I tell him without any hesitation making him turn to me rather quickly. "He said he'll try and visit soon." I say making Bucky smile, "what's the punk been up to anyways?" I shrug, "Just laying low I suppose. Nat and Sam would be able to tell you more." When we all checked in on each other it wasn't really time for us to catch up we just made sure that we were all safe and well hidden before we split up again.

"You know I actually kinda miss the pink." Bucky says after a moment as he twirls a strand of my hair between his fingers. "You know so do I." My hair was no longer shoulder length it had grown back out and was pretty long , it went down past my chest. I was also a brunette now. "You don't like brunette?" I didn't. It wasn't bad but I think blonde and pink were way better. "You look beautiful regardless." I bump his shoulder with mine, "come on, really?" I laugh. "What? I mean it. You could have no hair and still be the most beautiful person in the world." I laugh into his shoulder, "so you want me to shave my head?" He joins in with my laughter and shakes his head. "You know that's not what I meant." I nod, "I know."

It's the fact that this took forever to write for me. Ugh I hate writers block but yeah we're going to infinity war after this.