BUCKY BARNES x READER x STEVE ROGERS

“Make Her Happy” Part 2

Summary: Bucky cheated - he thought it was a good idea. You moved on - you thought it was a good decision. Steve took a chance - he thought nothing could go wrong. Bucky was wrong. You were wrong. Steve was wrong too. Things were going very wrong and very fast at it too.

Warnings: fluff, some cuss words, natasha being a protective mama bear XDD

A/N: Here is part 2! Sorry if it was up kind of late >< I’m currently not at home at the moment. But I still managed to finish part 2! Hopefully you guys like it! It’s probably not as good as part 1, but i hope it’s okay >< Comments, feedback and questions are welcomed!

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“You two stayaway,” Natasha growled at the two panic-struck super-soldiers who stopped in their tracks when they tried to follow the gurney with your unconscious body into the operation room. The red-haired spy stepped in between the two love-blinded men with a serious expression on her face.

“Let’s all just calm down here,” Tony had gotten out of his suit and approached the three Avengers as Dr. Cho and her assistants tended to you behind the glass walls. He had cuts and bruises on his face and body just like everyone else was. The mission that you guys were on was a super close-call that could’ve ended any one of your lives – you just happened to dodge an extremely close bullet.

“You should be ashamed of yourselves…” Wanda muttered, roughly wiping the tears away from her eyes as she tried not to think about how much blood you had lost and how she felt your pulse weaken.

“I have to agree with the girls on this one,” the billionaire crossed his arms over his glowing arc reactor under his shirt. There was a crease in between his brows as he tried to carefully think about the next words that were going to come out of his mouth. “-you let your feelings for (Y/N) get in between you and the mission. That nearly killed her. Steve, you should know better. You’re the leader – get your act together. Barnes, you’re fucking trained for this. How did you let your feelings for (Y/N) get her in danger? How did you both let this happen?”

Steve and Bucky had nothing to say – they knew everyone was right and that they made a near-fatal mistake that almost cost you your life. Both of them glanced at one another and knew something had to be done about it – this was going too far.

“I don’t want you two going near her until you’ve gotten your act together.” Natasha glared at both of them before turning to walk towards the viewing windows into the operation room. She bit on the pad of her thumb worriedly as she watched Dr. Cho and her assistants trying to pull the shrapnel out of your body. There was no certainty if any of them even hit an organ – it would’ve been a miracle if nothing major was damaged.

“You heard her,” Tony muttered and started walking towards the elevator to go down to the bar in the lounge area for a drink. Wanda just shook her head and walked over to stand with Clint who was silently leaning against the wall – he didn’t know what to say besides ‘fix the mess you made’, which he wasn’t going to say.”

“We need to talk.” Steve couldn’t even look at his best friend in the eye – not when he knew that it was mostly his fault that you got hurt.

“You got that right.” Bucky was the same – he too blamed himself for endangering your life.

You found it hard to look at Bucky when both of you were on the same quinjet. He was sitting in between Clint and Natasha while you sat with Wanda on the opposite side. Tony was piloting and Steve was his co-pilot. Every time you tried to look at Clint while he was talking, your eyes would meet Bucky’s or Natasha’s – your heart ached every single time even though you knew it was ridiculous. You were with Steve, so why were you still somewhat attached to Bucky?

“He keeps looking at you… Maybe he’s still in love with you, (Y/N),” Wanda’s voice spoke in your head. You glanced at her and she was giving you this worried look.

“He’s with Natasha…It doesn’t make sense.”

Wanda shook her head with a frown.

“Look at them. They don’t even look like they’re dating or having sex together. He’s not holding her hand and he’s not even looking at her or talking to her. Something’s not right.”

You thought about it and gulped a little before turning your gaze towards the pair. Bucky was not looking down at his lap in deep thought while Natasha was listening to what Tony and Clint were saying. They weren’t even interacting with one another.

Wanda was right.

But… why?

“See what I mean?” Wanda questioned in your mind. “If I could look into his mind, I would… but even without doing that I can tell that he’s been lying to you. I’d doubt he actually had sex with Natasha – when has he ever had time away from you to be with her? He’s either with Steve or with Sam. Natasha is always by herself, with Clint or Steve.”

“But you don’t know that… We don’t know that…He might’ve had time.”

“Okay, this might be a little weird… but Vision and I were looking through the cameras, trying to pin point where both of them have been, and we found out that they’re barely ever together at the same time. Plus… Tony told us she’s secretly been keeping in contact with Bruce after he told her about Bruce’s whereabouts and new contacts.”

Your eyes widened and you looked at her in disbelief and shock. If that was all true then why the hell would Bucky lie like that? Why did he purposely break your heart, if not, on “accident”?

Both of you stopped with the telepathy conversation and the entire ride was quiet – you could still feel Bucky staring at you a couple times though.

“We made her choose…” Steve’s voice was soft and heartbroken. He sat on a chair in front of Bucky’s, leaning over with his hands together. “I can’t believe we made her choose…”

“This wouldn’t have happened if I took care of my part properly… If only I’d taken out the ones in the back first…” Bucky shook his head, trying to take the blame for it.

“No, Bucky,” the Captain looked up at his best friend with a stern expression. “-this wouldn’t have happened if I asked her to stay with me… I knew it was out of her hands and that you could take care of it. You come back every time no matter what. But her… she knew that but she was afraid. (Y/N) still has feelings for you, Bucky…”

“She’s with you now. It doesn’t matter anymore…just let me take the blame. All of this wouldn’t have happened if I… if I didn’t ask her out that day…”

Steve’s eyes widened.

“If you didn’t ask her out that day, she wouldn’t be happy. When she was with you, she was so happy, Bucky. I can tell she’s happy with me too, but not in the same way.”

“What’re you saying, Steve?” Bucky frowned a little, confused at what his best friend was implying.

“I’m saying… that you should-“

“NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!” Wanda’s bone-chilling scream echoed throughout the entire floor, sending both soldiers up to their feet and running towards the viewing windows. The Scarlet Witch was bawling in Natasha’s arms as both of them started to shed tears for their best friend. Steve and Bucky looked at them with wide eyes and turned to the viewing window to see a straight line on the heart monitor.

Bucky’s heart dropped in his chest and he placed his hands on the glass, closing them into tight fists as he too let out a roar of anguish.

Steve staggered a little, staring at your pale face with your eyes closed. Dr. Cho had brought out the defibrillator machine and her assistants were rushing around trying to prepare you as you went into cardiac arrest.

“Don’t stop fighting, doll…Please…” Bucky cried, holding back the urge to slam his fists into something to release the anger and frustration inside of him. “I need you…Don’t go…”

“First floor is clear!” Natasha reported in through the ear pieces.

“Perimeters are clear!” Clint reported in as well.

“Is the second floor clear?!” Steve asked, waiting for Wanda to reply.

“Clear!”

“What about the third floor?!” You were with Steve as you two took down the remaining guards on the fourth floor.

“Not…Clear!” Bucky grunted through the ear pieces and you heard a loud slam.

“Bucky!” You cried and knocked out your enemy before hearing Tony’s voice.

“Barnes, you’re cornered in there! Maximoff, get over there and take care of the ones on his six!”

“No, I got it!” You were about to leave when Steve stopped you.

“Wanda will go. You stay with me, (Y/N)!”

“Damn it…!” You heard Bucky’s voice and your heart was torn in two. Steve was looking at you with desperate eyes while your thoughts were surrounding Bucky’s safety. You tightened your grip on your weapon before shaking your head.

“I-I can’t, Steve… I have to go help him! I’m sorry!”

“(Y/N), wait-“ the Winter Soldier was cut off in the middle of his sentence when one of the guards socked him in the face, knocking out the ear piece and mic. That was the line for you – you now had no connection to Bucky and he was all alone with a bunch of bad guys ready to kill him.

Darting down the stairs, you were halfway down when someone grabbed your arm. You were about to attack them when you saw it was a breathless Steve.

“Don’t go, (Y/N). That’s an order,” Steve was looking at you seriously. “-you can’t go in there.”

“Steve, he’ll die!”

“You don’t know him. He can take care of himself. I’m telling you this as a friend and as your boyfriend… I don’t want you getting hurt. Bucky knows what he’s doing.” You were in disbelief.

“I might not know him as much as you do, but he was my boyfriend! And I am not going to leave him!” You pulled yourself out of Steve’s grip, but before you could even descend down the remaining steps, there was a click of a safety. You turned your head and managed to block the bullet… but it wasn’t just an ordinary bullet.

The bullet burst out several tiny shrapnel pieces that Steve managed to ricochet in time with his shield – but you couldn’t escape them. Several of them were embedded in your body as the impact made you fall towards the stairs.

“(Y/N)!!” The Captain screamed your name as he caught you before you hit the ground. Blood seeped through your attire and onto his hands and suit as you laid in his arms.

“I…Is it…bad…?” you coughed out blood and his eyes widened in horror. He couldn’t reply to you as your eyelids started to flutter close.

“Cap, what happened?!” Tony yelled through the ear piece.

“(Y/N)!” Wanda cried after she and Bucky took care of the rest of the enemies. The Winter Soldier had heard Steve’s scream without the ear piece on and ran to find you two. When he saw you two, his blood ran cold and a part of him shattered.

Dr. Cho had managed to get your heart working again, but it was faint and weak. She decided to carefully move you to Tony’s still-active cradle where it would slowly, but surely heal your wounds. You definitely needed a lot of blood transfusions and that was when some of the Avengers would come in to do their part.

“She’s stable…for now,” the doctor exited from the operation room while her assistants watched over you. “-I’m going to immediately start those blood transfusions, so anyone with the same type blood as (Y/N) or type O need to get prepped up for giving blood.”

“I’ll go call in the rest of the Avengers,” Natasha murmured as she quickly left.

“Luckily, there were no shrapnel that damaged any of her internal organs. Some of them managed to miss and go right through her – hence the main reason why she lost a lot of blood. Some of them were harder to get out, but they’re all gone. It’ll take her…about three or four months to fully get back into the shape and condition she was in before. So until then, definitely no missions and no straining work.”

“When do you think she’ll be awake?” Wanda’s voice cracked softly.

“That is an answer I wouldn’t know…” Dr. Cho shook her head. “It’s not something I can help her with. (Y/N) is somehow going through something in her mind and it’s preventing her from waking up. It’s like…she doesn’t want to wake up. I could give you something to get her out of it, but I don’t want to risk giving her anything without those blood transfusions. So let’s just leave her to decide.”

“Can you look into her mind and see why she isn’t waking up…?” Bucky asked the Scarlet Witch, but she just frowned.

“She didn’t ask me to look into your mind when I told her about my suspicions about you and Natasha, so I’m not going to look into her mind… As much as I want to for her sake…I won’t. There’s a reason why (Y/N) doesn’t want to wake up… We should just wait,” she replied before sending both of the soldiers a hard glare. “-both of you are really bad liars by the way. What you did was immature and idiotic.”

Wanda left and Steve just tightened his hands.

“Bucky…”

The Winter Soldier turned to his best friend.

“You should be the one to make her happy,” Steve murmured softly. “-I can’t do that like you can. It’s clear that you love her so much more than I do… You need to be with her.”

“Steve, I ca-“

“I gotta go call in Sam and Scott,” the Captain started walking away without turning back. “-whatever you do, don’t ever let her go again. I’m warning you.”

Bucky stood there in slight disbelief and turned to look at you through the viewing window. He had a spark of hope, knowing that you were still breathing and your heart still beat.

Two weeks later…

“Fuck that hurts…” You cursed when you tried to sit up. When you woke up, all you saw was a very colorless ceiling and a bunch of machines around you. It finally clicked to you that you were in Tony’s operation room in the tower and that you were lying in his cradle. Blinking on confusion, you looked around and saw an IV drip and a heart monitor connected to you.

“You’re awake, Miss. (L/N)?” Vision came into view and you smiled a little.

“You’re a sight for sore eyes, Vision…How long have I been out?”

“About two weeks. Everyone has been waiting for you to wake up, Miss (L/N). Especially Mr. Barnes. He’s sleeping outside this door as we speak.”

Your eyes widened and you tried to sit up but he stopped you.

“You’re not fully recovered yet, but your wounds are healing,” Vision caught you up on your condition and state. “-Dr. Cho said that you’re be able to return to doing missions and daily-life activities after four months.”

“Stupid person who shot me…” You muttered bitterly before sighing softly. “Can you call Bucky in here for me…?”

“Miss. Romanoff has advised me to keep Mr. Barnes away from you until you recovered and until he and Captain Rogers settled their immaturity,” he replied and you frowned.

“Can you explain to me about that last part…? Immaturity?”

“Well, it turns out that Mr. Barnes lied to you about his non-existent affairs with Miss. Romanoff so Captain Rogers could have a chance. Mr. Barnes made a selfless act that he knew would hurt you just for his best friend. Captain Rogers finally decided to give up on you and he said that you deserve Mr. Barnes more than him.”

“Uh huh…” You were amused and still angry at that point. “Yeah, call Mr. Barnes in for me. I’ll be the one to determine that.”

“But Miss. Roman-“

“Just don’t tell her, Vision. For me,” you chuckled and he sighed before nodding and floating through the door into the waiting area. You waited and tried not to laugh when Bucky nearly slammed into the glass door trying to get in.

“(Y/N)! Y-You’re awake…?!” Bucky’s eyes were wide and filled with disbelief.

“Do I look dead to you, Barnes?” You rolled your eyes as he approached you with watery eyes. You froze in surprise – you’d never seen Bucky cry before… or even close to crying. “…Are you going to cry…?”

“What do you think?” he sniffed and slightly glared at you for making fun of him. “You nearly died and didn’t wake up for two weeks! I was worried sick about you!”

“I thought you didn’t care about me…considering the fact that you just handed me over to Steve, thinking that you weren’t good enough and that Steve was better for me,” you frowned, trying to defend yourself. “-I can’t believe you purposely broke my heart for that reason. I don’t know how much more I need to show you for you to get it through your head that I love you and only you!”

“…And that’s why I love you,” Bucky smiled sadly and placed a hand on top of yours. “-I’d never stop caring for you even if I’m ever brain washed again or another hundred times. I’ll never stop loving you as well.”

“I must be crazy…” you muttered before entwining your fingers with his. “You broke my heart…and it still wants you. Bucky Barnes, you are bad for me. Get out of here before you drive me insane.”

“I love you, (Y/N),” Bucky laughed a little and leaned down to kiss your forehead. You smiled and smacked his shoulder. “Ouch! What was that for?!”

“These next couple months are gonna be hell… When exactly can I hug you and kiss you again?”

“Well… I can ask the doctor about that,” he smirked before gently sweeping some of your bangs away from your face. “-I’m sorry for everything, doll…”

“I don’t forgive you…but…I’ll make an exception,” you nodded slightly, touching his cheek softly. “-but next time, please don’t do anything stupid without going over it with me first. And stop doing everything for Steve…start doing things for yourself. Be selfish for once.”

“I won’t be able to let you go if I do that…” Bucky murmured softly, leaning down close to where your noses touched.

“I wouldn’t want it any other way, Bucky,” you smiled softly and closed your eyes when he pressed his lips against yours. You giggled a little when you felt his stubble tickle your chin. He smiled against the sweet kiss and pulled away. “-well, that proves that I can kiss you without something going wrong. Let’s try that hug.”

“Are you sure, doll…?” I mean you’re still not-“

“Bucky Barnes, hug me.”

“…Please tell me if I hurt you…” Bucky helped you sit up after moving the cradle’s parts around to where it didn’t restrict your movements – thank goodness things didn’t break under his touch. You immediately latched onto him with both your arms around his neck. He buried his face in your neck as you smiled and hugged him tightly.

You missed that – the feeling of his heart beating… the feeling of his warmth… the feeling that you always had a home in Bucky’s arms. He kissed the side of your head and then your lips. Your heart started to race and all your senses were heightened up as his affection made the butterflies in your stomach to go crazy. Chills ran down your spine as Bucky’s metal hand gently touched the side of your neck, gently moving towards your arm to hold your hand.

Suddenly, someone cleared their throat and both of you pulled away to see Dr. Cho standing at the doorway with Tony who was smirking at Bucky.

“Well, she’s definitely okay,” the billionaire snickered. “-how is she, Barnes?”

“She’s…” your boyfriend turned to look at you with a warm smile. “She’s perfect.”

“I think Mr. Stark was talking about her condition,” the doctor laughed and Bucky’s cheeks turned crimson.

“O-Oh…S-She’s good…She’s not leaving me any time soon.”

“Obviously,” you smiled, resting your head against his chest, while looking at the other two. “-so what do I do now, doc?”

“If it’s not too painful for you to move, I think we can officially move you out of the cradle and let your body heal on its own.”

“You should move her quick before the others find out that she’s aw-“

“(Y/N)!!!” Natasha and Wanda’s voice rang throughout the floor as they came running towards the operation room.

“Too late,” Clint appeared from the vent with a huge grin on his face. He winked at you and smiled. “-nice to see you’re okay, kiddo.”

“Nice to see you’re still hanging out in the vents, Clint,” you nodded.

“Looks like you two won’t have some alone time for a while,” Tony grinned and Bucky let out a long sigh.