You sure, Soldier?

Just pepperoni

You checked Clint's mind. He was just feeling overwhelmingly relieved. A pretty simple emotion, nothing much going on up there. 

Next, you checked Peter's. He was just re-running the image of him getting held a gunpoint, over and over again, trying to process the level of fear that he felt. Understandable. He was only like 17, no one, let alone a teenager, should have to go through that.

Steve was a mess. Relief was pretty prominent, but so was worry for that happening again, his mind was racing, and you decided to just leave it at that. 

You looked over at Tony, you didn't need to use your powers to tell that he was trying to come up with a game plan for handling the man who almost killed you. 

And Bucky. The soldier sat with his head in his hands, practically panting. you decided to stay out of his, and everyone else's for that matter, you had seen enough. 

The ride was over and the jet lowered to the ground. Tony stood up and announced "Everyone, take the day off... I'll order us some pizza or something." He said, blankly, as if he felt numb. 

Everyone walked out of the jet, you last. "Ah, ah, you- come with me." Tony said, pointing at you.

He put an arm under you, helping you walk. You were still queasy from earlier. He walked you to the lab and called Bruce in. You sat on the table and Bruce ran a few basic tests, like the ones from the doctors office. Reflexes, heartbeat, etc. He went to check for a pulse in your neck but stopped himself and just stared. 

You hadn't even noticed, but there was a large, purple and green, handprint shaped bruise on your neck, from where the man held you. 

"Jesus, the fact that you can still speak is amazing... you can speak, right?" He asked, examining the bruise.

"Yeah, totally" You said with an extremely raspy voice. "I guess not..." You said immediately after.

"I'm not concerned about that, I'm more focused on the fact that she can't move things anymore, we have no idea how he did that, or how long it would last" Tony said, turning his attention to Bruce.

You had completely forgotten that your jazz hands were gone. Probably because of how exciting all of the other events of the day were. 

"We can get them back though, right?" Tony asked, concern showing through in his voice. 

"The guy said temporarily, I can't imagine the chemical lasting more than 48 hours, clearly it was either liquid, or soluble, meaning it can't be that strong." Bruce replied. 

"Okay, well I'm gonna go take a nap and drink some water, I'm kinda tired" You said through a yawn, and walked to your room. 

You removed the remaining makeup from your face, changed into a tank and some shorts, and took your hair down. You were just about to climb into bed when you heard a familiar knock at the door.

"Come in!" You said, hoping they would hear so you wouldn't have to get up. 

The door creaked and Bucky walked in, practically tip-toeing. "Oh, I can leave if you were about to-" He began. 

"Nope, get over here, the last thing I need right now is to be alone with my own thoughts." You said, cutting him off.

He smiled and walked over to your bed, placing himself next to you, and placed his arm behind your head. 

You melted in his touch and snuggled your head into his chest. This was exactly what you needed after the fresh hell that happened earlier.

"I never actually thanked you for-you know...saving my life." You said, looking up at him.

"No need, you made mine a whole lot better this morning, I was just paying you back." He said, making you blush. 

"You've got game, fossil, you've got game."

"Fossil!?" He asked, chuckling. 

"Yep. That's your new name. Tin man doesn't suit you." You said, and rested you head back on his chest.

You laid there for probably an hour, both of you just enjoying each others presence, when there was, yet another knock on the door. 

"Y/n? Can I come in?" You've been in here for a while." Tony yelled through the door.

"Fuck." Bucky whispered.

"Uhhhh, just a second, I'm.......changing! Yeah, I'm changing!" You yelled back at Tony. 

"Go! Go! Go!" You whisper yelled to Bucky, shoving him into your bathroom.

You ran to your door and opened it, hiding the fact that there was currently a super soldier not 10 feet from you. 

"Hey! What's up!?" You asked.

"I um......just wanted to know what type of pizza you want, we're ordering Papa John's....yeah, that's it." He let out, barely breathing between words. 

"Cooking isn't your only weakness, you can't lie for shit either." You said, with a smirk. 

"Okay, yeah. You're right." He huffed, sitting on your bed. 

You sat next to him and waited for his real point.

"I just- I can't lose you. You're all I've got. Yeah, the team, but you're different. I haven't been honest on Pepper's whereabouts. She and I decided to take a break things aren't working out right now, she's down south, visiting family, not on a business trip." He said, rubbing the back of his neck. "I know you want to be a super hero, redeem yourself, and eventually come clean to the team about your real past, but I need you to be safe. Maybe no missions for a while. Never thought I would see the day, but Rogers and agree on something: You. We need you, kid."

"Woah. Um.....any other bombs to drop while I'm processing this?" You asked blankly, you didn't;t even know how to feel.

"Um....yeah, actually." He said, taking a deep breath. "Remember me telling you about Sokovia, the big mission right before we rescued you?" He asked, with a guilty look on his face.

"Yeahhhh...?" You said, bracing for the worse. 

"Well in short terms, the government sees the team as a threat, they want to control us. Only me and Steve know, and we haven't decided on what to do. I say, yes, sign them and get this over with, but of course, Steve disagrees and there is talk of splitting up and it's pretty possible but-" He cut himself off once he noticed the term streaming down your face.

You felt your heart rip itself up into a billion tiny pieces right there. Pepper, the only mother- like figure you had, moved out for god knows how long. Tony and Steve aren't letting you go on missions, Steve and Tony might break the team up. What is happening?

"I'm gonna let you deal with this, I'll let you know when pizza is here..."

"Just pepperoni" You managed to say through the sobs. 

He just nodded and walked out. 

You felt like you were forgetting something......

Bucky walked out of the bathroom, and put his arms out to give you a hug. Without hesitation, you ran up to him and cried into his chest. Oh, that's what is was, he knows that you haven't been totally honest about your past...great.