"Bucky?"
"Hm?"
I stared at the ceiling as I laid on my back, Bucky's back was facing me.
"Are you scared about what might happen?"
He turned to face me.
"Are you?"
"Should I be?"
He was quiet for a while.
"Yes." He finally responded.
"Oh." I squeaked.
He sat up, "I don't want to lie to you. It's very dangerous. I had an idea. We get as close as we can to the hydra base and I go in alone."
I shot up. "No Bucky! I'm not letting you go there alone."
He shook his head, "You can't choke out everyone you see. Do you even know how to use a gun?"
"I'll have you know that I do." I paused as he looked at me incredulously, "My dad loved to go hunting."
At least that part wasn't a lie.
But I had never actually been hunting with him.
"No Stephanie. Not gonna happen."
"Please. I can do it."
"You've already done way more than expected. I can't let you into harms way like that. I mean, don't you have friends? A family? I'm sure they'll miss you."
I faintly smiled. "I have two younger sisters. And a dad. My mom fell in love with her boss and moved to California with him when I was 12."
"That's awful. But you have so much to live for. Me, I have nothing to lose."
I sighed, "I still don't think you should go in alone."
"I can and I will. It's better that way."
I huffed too tired to argue.
I laid back in the bed and folded my arms.
He lightly chuckled, "You don't look like the kind to follow directions anyways so this'll be interesting."
I lightly laughed, "Good night James."
"Good night."
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"I'm gonna go return our key." I said to Bucky as he was loading the car.
"Good morning." The man greeted as I entered the office.
"Morning, I'm here to return our room key."
He nodded and took the piece of metal from me.
"Did you enjoy your stay?"
I nodded, "Yes. I wish we could've gotten a double room however but it worked out alright."
His brows furrowed. "We had many doubles available. I even offered your friend some. He insisted on a single. Didn't even want the air mattress."
"Oh. Right." I spoke confused. "Well thanks, goodbye."
I left the office and headed towards the car.
That sly son of a bitch.
What was he playing at?
I slipped into the car.
"Alright Barnes, last stretch. Let's go."
He sat up and plugged my phone in turning on the gps and the music.
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"Okay. We're about an hour away." I informed him as I glanced down at my cell phone.
"I think we should get a room 30 minutes out from the base. It's a safe enough distance."
I nodded.
Half an hour later we were pulling into a hotel.
I checked us in and we headed up to our room.
A double.
After we placed all our stuff down I turned to Bucky.
"Finally a double bedroom huh."
He shrugged,"Yeah."
I sighed, "James, why did you insist on a single bed last night." I paused, "The manager told me."
He gave a nod. "I'm sorry Stephanie. It was wrong. I just...." He took a deep breath, "I hoped you'd share the bed with me because I thought it would help me sleep without a nightmare. And it did."
"Why didn't you just tell me that? I mean don't you think I would've helped?"
"We hardly know each other. How would it sound if I asked you to sleep with me to fight off my sleeplessness?"
"I've told you that I have the same issue. I would've understood."
To be fair, it would've been a bit weird.
He shook his head, "won't happen again."
He walked off into the bathroom and closed the door behind him.