Bucky Barnes One Shots - EDITING

133. Surprise

I just had the COLDEST shower ever and omg I feel refreshed
(Yes, I just had a shower at 3 am)

Also, I know this is a classic fic that everyone else ever has written, but I wanted a go :)

Oh, and don't ask about the bit with Scott and Rhodey - I wanted to experiment with different characters in order to move the story along instead of using time skips or focus shifts - let me know what you think :))

Not sure how I feel about the ending of this one

Word Count: 1873

"He said he would be gone for only a few days" you sighed to yourself, looking at your calendar and realizing that Bucky had been gone for over two weeks now

He was sent out on a mission ages ago and he still wasn't home yet

You feared the worst, and as horrible images of Bucky's injured face or dead body flooded your mind, you shook your head in order to drain them out

When this didn't work, you spoke out loud to yourself "Someone would have told me by now if he was... "

You couldn't even bring yourself to finish the sentence before you ran your hand through your hair and decided you needed a shower

And so, with your mind fighting against awful images of Bucky, you dragged yourself to the shower, altered the heat of the water so it was slightly colder than usual, and waited a few minutes to wipe a tear that managed to fall, before stepping in and shivering when the water made contact with your skin

As you stepped in the shower, you didn't turn around, meaning your back was facing the door, and your face was directly under the falling water

You sighed at the peace you felt, but the image of your blood-covered boyfriend stayed with you and distracted you from everything that was happening around you

Which means that you didn't hear someone scurry past the room

This someone was Scott Lang

A very hungry Scott Lang

He was so hungry, in fact, that he was sprinting down the many corridors of the tower just to get his hands on food

This meant that when he reached the door to the room you were in, he couldn't stop himself in time, and ended up crashing into it with a loud shout of "SHIT"

With this, he broke the lock on the door, saw you, apologized repeatedly, and tried to scramble to his feet and close the door again the best he could

Despite this scene, you didn't even notice him or the unlocked door

It was like you were a statue in the rain

You were in a trance, and missed Scott being a fucking dumbass

When he closed the door awkwardly, he waited a few seconds to make sure the door wouldn't open again and you wouldn't kill him

When it didn't, he was off running again, but at a slower pace this time, as he wondered how he didn't manage to bust the door off it's hinges

As he ran to the living room of the tower, this thought distracted him, as yours distracted you, and he didn't even notice that a figure was standing right in front of him

And so, he ended up crashing for the second time, but this time, he didn't fall- this figure caught him, and when he came back to reality, he recognized the face of a rather bruised and battered Bucky, and his own face went white