January 14, 1938: 8:21 AM
Steve rolled over in his sleep to face me as I felt a strong hand shaking my shoulder. Buck.
“What Bucky?” I groaned, not bothering to open my eyes but just rolling back over next to Steve, tightening the blankets around me.
“Why did you take up another job?” I felt the blankets shift and him crawl in next to me.
“It’s too early for questions Bucky bear,” i always called him that when I didn’t feel like having a disagreement with him. Basically a small way to butter him up just to keep him calm. Make me seem more innocent then I was.
“No. Why did you? People, especially you, in this day in age don’t take up extra jobs unless it’s necessary. You spend all your free time with Steve and I. You saw how he was this winter. You practically donated your life to trying to keep him alive and well. I know you. You wouldn’t do this unless it was necessary. So why did you? Are you having trouble paying rent like when your ma died? Are you eating okay?” Buck pulled back the blankets so he could see my face. I refused to roll over so he rolled me on my back so I could look up at him.
“I’m fine. I’m just improving my work effort. That’s all. Saving a bit. It be nice to have built up if another war comes or if I get married,” I smiled a tired smiles and squinted my eyes at the Brooklyn morning light seeping through the one window that didn’t have a blanket over it to keep in heat.
“You and I both know that that was a lie. You can’t stand to get married. You are terrified of it. As for another war, I know that you don’t worry about yourself first. I also know that you have lost a lot of weight lately and you dig for pennies in all places of your purse when we go out and you want to pay. And now your taking up extra jobs. Why didn’t you tell us?”
I just couldn’t stand it when Bucky was worried. He made my heart melt.