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Plum Purple Presents ~ Bucky Barnes

request: LilaXBuckyBarnes, Bucky's birthday, and Lila gets him a fuck ton of plums

LilaKatelyn

warnings: none really, just fluff and some suggestive themes (barely), they/them pronouns (not a warning tho), Lila uses a left hearing aid

words: 2,107

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They were surprised to see how busy the streets of Bucharest are on a weekday, the vendors and pop-up markets are open with their attendees negotiating prices and selling their goods. Mothers holding toddlers and infants close to them, some standing near their mothers and some desperately trying to run loose to busy themselves. Lila had taken out their hearing aid to avoid being overstimulated by the hustle and bustle of the markets. 

Veggies, fruits, seasonal teas, syrups, and flowers, cheese, meat, and some shops had clothes, bowls, spoons, books. It's quite a sight to see as Bucky guided them gently through the crowd with his hand on their lower back. He brought them to a few shops and bought a couple of items for dinner.

They had wanted to come here, he had mentioned Romania a few weeks ago and how he enjoyed his time there. Even if he wasn't completely himself, he enjoyed just having the freedom and having his small apartment. So, they had asked him to take them. It's February wintertime in Romania, the weather's frigid and bitter, just dead, cold air with small flurries falling from the sky and melting on the cobblestone road. 

Bucky carries a few brown bags with the goods he purchased in one hand and with the other he holds their hand gently. They had begun to complain about the cold, huddling closer to their warm boyfriend. Bucky smiled at them and kissed their forehead softly. "Okay, let's head back to the AirBnB, " he says and begins to make their way to the side street they came from. 

Just before they made their turn away from the market, Bucky stopped and made a hard left to a stall. The crates were full of berries and ripe plums. Bucky picked out a few handfuls and paid for them, which made the vendor happy so see him buy so many. 

"Plums?" they sign as they take the bag full of plums while Bucky munches on one. 

"I love plums, Lila." he signs back.

They laugh, "I had no idea you were so obsessed." He nods and smiles as he eats the fruit flesh around the seed. "My mom made a really good plum pie with a dutch crumble on top. And the plums here in Romania are tangy and very juicy."

They laugh even harder as they listen to Bucky swoon on about plums and how they are just perfect fruits. "Okay, well that's good to know." They take out a plum to try and see what the hype was about while they both hurried home to hide from the cold. 

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The coming month of March was Bucky's birthday month. Lila was excited for him, but he wasn't really excited, using the I'm 100 years old line to try and downplay the special occasion. But, to them, his birthday was a very event. They spent the two weeks before his birthday week to plan for it. 

Lila had something sneaky up their sleeve and they were excited to finally unleash it. When the day finally came, March 10th. They woke up next to their boyfriend, who was sleeping into today because if there is one thing Bucky likes to indulge in on his birthday, it was sleeping in. Lila wiggled themselves out of Bucky's loose grasp and he reached over to the pillow and snuggled close to it, breathing in a lingering scent on the pillowcase.

They crept down to the kitchen, the sun was just rising above the horizon and it was illuminating the marble and quartz covered kitchen of the Avenger's mansion with a beautiful golden orange hue. Lila pulled the pie crust that they had prepared the night before from the fridge and began to prepare the plum filling to pour into a crust-lined pan. They sprinkled kneaded together butter, brown sugar and lour to make the dutch crumble top.