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marvelsgirl616 · 5 months ago
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ace-bucket · 7 months ago
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giodoodless · 4 months ago
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youbutstupid · 2 months ago
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Sambucky divorce isn't real and they confuse the others by being weirdly chill with eachother outside of the drama happening around the avengers
Bucky: what's happening with you rn?
Sam: nothing, oh I'm taking you to court though
Bucky: oh that's not good, can you like not do that please?
Sam: no
Bucky: hmph. Okay well that means you're gonna be in New York right?
Sam: unless they bring you guys to DC?
Bucky: well wherever it is, wanna grab lunch when the trial is over?
Sam: sure, loser of the case has to cover the bill <3 can I bring my guys along?
Bucky: fine, can I bring mine?
Sam: no, your guys deeply unsettle me
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Joaquin: I’m so confused are they fighting?
Yelena: I don’t even know anymore to be honest
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gender-thief2 · 6 months ago
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my life is a constant cycle of finding new little gay men to be obsessed with. it’s a charmed existence.
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buckys-baby-boy · 10 months ago
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Bucky textposts pt 3
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ingentiiing · 2 months ago
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everybody and their mothers talk about sam’s first encounter with steve in catws, which is nice and all, but why don’t we talk more about when sam and nat first met??? those looks between them belong in a different kind of movie.
you know there were some serious bickering between steve and nat when they drove off and steve had to invoke the holy rule of dibs
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sexy-seabass · 4 months ago
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Sambucky texposts bc I didn't want to do my work :)
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+ one extra out of character one
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naferty · 2 years ago
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A Love Language
Sam: Fuck you, Bucky
Bucky: I'd kill for you, Sam
Steve: Can't you both say I love you like normal people?
Steve: Please?
Tony: I'd sacrifice myself for you, Steve
Steve:
Steve: I'd die for you, Tony
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sekanithezombie · 2 months ago
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I be scrolling on tumblr in public sometimes and middle aged man yaoi shows up and I have to scroll down super fast
Worst part I don't even know how it got there I liked one sambucky fanart once and now it's everywhere and it's not just cutesy couple shit anymore how do I get rid of them
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marvelsgirl616 · 5 months ago
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bastianfruit · 2 months ago
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Sambucky memes i made because i felt like it
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themculibrary · 23 days ago
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Thunderbolts (2025) Masterlist
all along the watchtower (ao3) - neonheartbeat yelena/bob E, 13k
Summary: “Did you want to talk about anything?” she asked before she could lose her nerve about it.
“What, um,” he said, and immediately there was the guard on his face, the mask. “What did— what do I— what do you think I might want to talk about?”
Yelena swallowed. The doors were still open. “Oh, I don’t know. Uh, like the, uh, crazy things my dad says. Like, maybe if you wanted to talk about that, I thought, you know, you could come in and we could talk about that.”
Bob didn’t move for a moment. His dark eyes were fixed on the floor, on the crack between the elevator and the floor to her room. On the void between, tiny and endless, a crack of pitch blackness in the building that eyes never saw and a finger couldn’t fit into, but a void all the same. “Do you… want to talk about that?” he asked, his voice quiet and low and cautious.
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In the aftermath of the Void, Bob and Yelena work through some stuff together.
An Unexpected Deal (ao3) - gayasawindow yelena/kate T, 1k
Summary: Bucky and Walker tag along with Yelena to meet her secret contact and pick up some equipment.
at the end of the day (ao3) - 17o2585 sam/bucky G, 2k
Summary: He sits on the neatly made bed for a while, head in his hands. He sees it, again and again. Steve and the train. The Red Room girls. Zola and that damned chair. The black. The void. The empty dull ache. There is a knock on the door, and when Bucky drags his head up, the room has darkened past sunset.
It’s Yelena at the doorway. “Yasha,” she says. “There is someone who wants to talk to you.”
A man steps into the doorframe. It’s Sam.
aka: a fix-it post credit scene because I will never give up on sambucky
Can It Be? (ao3) - gayasawindow yelena/kate T, 3k
Summary: Kate confronts Yelena about her new team.
caught between the tides of pain and rapture (ao3) - midnightdragons sam/bucky T, 6k
Summary: Watching the events of NYC unfold from his and Bucky's DC apartment, Sam fears the worst. Bucky's having the longest day of his life, and just wants to go home.
Centripetal (ao3) - Anonymous yelena/bob N/R, 1k
Summary: Bob smelled like sugar and static. It was a strange thing to notice, but that’s what happened when you sat next to someone for six hours straight while pretending not to like them more than anyone else in the room.
OR
Yelena and Bob figuring it out. Whatever ”it” is.
Date Night Debrief (ao3) - Annie D (scaramouche) sam/bucky G, 1k
Summary: Bucky knows he has some explaining to do.
Coda for Thunderbolts, set somewhere before the post-credits scene.
Heard you got a friend, what's his head like? (ao3) - Fujoshi_Urameshi bucky/john E, 1k
Summary: Walker attempts to coordinate a mission with Bucky as part of The New Avengers, it doesn't quite work out.
If you can't fight it, fuck it (ao3) - lenzo_AS yelena/bob E, 4k
Summary: A glimpse into Yelena and Bob's relationship (Oh, and the Thunderbolts* is also there, I guess).
It went poorly (ao3) - Zennobi_309 sam/bucky N/R, 1k
Summary: A little fiction on the discussion between Sam and Bucky before the post-credit scene.
kiss me through the phone (ao3) - brewstersbru sam/bucky N/R, 1k
Summary: New Avengers? Really?
When Bucky gets the text from Sam—three, incredulous words—he can't help the stone that lodges and sinks in his gut.
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In which I explore the dreaded, complex phone call.
Little Bit (ao3) - t4t_poolverine yelena/bob E, 3k
Summary: He buries his face in his pillow, squeezing his eyes closed again in a failed effort to force himself back to sleep. He flops onto his back, staring up at the ceiling as he’s left with nothing to think about but all of the things he feels guilty for.
Partners (ao3) - starks_children G, 1k
Summary: Bucky decides to come to Sam about a recent call, but he doesn't quite get the reaction he expected from his partner.
Spring into Summer (And the Winters Gone) (ao3) - hellsbells1109 sam/bucky T, 2k
Summary: “Can I ask you something?” Sam asks, but doesn’t wait for an answer. “Why would you say all those things about me being good enough to be Captain America, to lead the Avengers, and then do it yourself?”
or; the memory Bucky saw in the void, and the argument between him and Sam Wilson
or;or; I am a child of divorce
the odyssey of recollection (ao3) - signifier T, 5k
Summary: The one where the Thunderbolts have to go through their own worst memories to reach Yelena and Bob, and must, reluctantly, do it together.
thunderbolts (ao3) - badgerinbloom sam/bucky T, 1k
Summary: Sam and Bucky have a disagreement about Thunderbolts. But it's okay, they talk about it like adults.
Thunderbolts Post-Credit Scene (pre-watch edition) (ao3) - Promsie yelena/kate T, 2k
Summary: After the events of Thunderbolts* there is one person Yelena must see under all circumstances.
You Are Not What HYDRA Made You (ao3) - kittyhazelnut sam/bucky T, 5k
Summary: And just like that, Bucky Barnes’s political career is over.
Congress convenes, he resigns, and then he and the Thunderbolts – or the "New Avengers," they're calling themselves now – decide to grab some pizza. They saved the world from an ever-growing Void of fear and bad memories. They've earned a quiet day in together.
Then Sam Wilson shows up.
And Bucky just breaks.
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galaxywannabe · 21 days ago
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I know a looooot of people have been posting texts from Pinterest and making it about the SamBucky "divorce" (I don't believe in it) but I haven't seen this one yet and, uh.....it fits 🤷‍♀️
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homoeroticfisticuffs · 3 months ago
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WIP Wednesday - Sambucky Sickfic
Been working on this one on and off for a few weeks now whenever I've had the free time and I keep forgetting to post a WIP!! So here it is finally lol... working title is "There's No Need to Be Brave," from I Will by Mitski :] Once this is finished I'd like it to be maybe closer to/over 10k like the rest of my more recent fics, and I will only be posting the finished version to my AO3 because I just prefer to only post WIPs on here ;w; anyway Sambucky
Word count: 4.1k
He hadn’t even spent two weeks back in Brooklyn before he got the text; not from Sam, no, from Sarah, which made this whole situation all the more hilarious.
“Hey Bucky, I really hate to ask you for yet another favor after all you’ve done for my family, but my stubborn jackass of a brother got himself real sick with a bad cold somehow and I just don’t have the time to take care of both him and the boys. Would you mind maybe coming back down here to stay and watch over him for a bit? I think you’re the only other person he’d let see him like this.”
(The fact that he was actually checking and responding to his texts now was a new development for him, one he was glad Dr. Raynor wasn’t around to see. He really didn’t need to see her sarcastic grin or hear her smug ass voice giving him an “I told you so” or “see how easy it is” or whatever the hell she’d have to say.)
He smirked to himself as he saw Sarah’s text; it was timestamped at 6:47 AM, probably sent out of exasperation while trying to get the boys ready for school and also having to deal with taking care of Sam. The thought of Sam Wilson, the famous Falcon and now the brand new Captain America, lying helpless and miserable in bed was admittedly a little funny. He was probably wrapped up in a bunch of blankets right now with a bulky ice bag sitting atop his head and a thermometer sticking out of his mouth. It really was comical when he thought about it.
“No worries, Sarah. I can come help out.”
He genuinely didn’t mind going back down there to offer his help, and he would have done it either way to help the people he cares about, but he also loved being a little sweet on Sarah because of how mad it made Sam.
He also needed to get out of Brooklyn, as much as he hated it. After offering closure to Yori, things just hadn’t felt the same. It didn’t really feel like home anymore. Part of him wished he could just stay in Louisiana; and maybe he could. The thought wasn’t so bad. 
He sighed for a moment, looking down at his duffle bag that he never really got around to fully unpacking in the first place from his last trip. He could use the travel, really; it’s not like he had any other plans anyway, and it was always a nice treat to visit the Wilsons. Plus, this would give him a lot of ammunition and blackmail to hold over Sam’s head for a good long while. He smiled at the thought of bantering and bickering with him as he packed, looking forward to getting to see him again, though he’d never in a million years admit it out loud.
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The sun was starting to set over the water in Delacroix, the last few rays of sunlight beaming in through the windows and casting a warm glow over the living room. Sam laid exhausted on the couch, hopelessly flipping through different TV channels in hopes of finding something other than the countless shitty movies and reality shows that litter the guide on the screen. He sighed in defeat before giving up and leaving it on a channel showing a cheesy eighties action flick, tossing the remote aside and curling further into his blanket.
“You feeling any better today?” Sarah asked from the kitchen, starting to cut up some vegetables to prepare dinner for the night: a nice and hearty vegetable stew.
“No,” Sam groaned softly, his voice weak from illness. “If anything, today’s been worse.”
She sighed, and he felt a stab of guilt at the sound. He hated putting all this on her. “Well, we’ve just gotta make sure you’re taking meds at the right times then and try and stay on top of that fever. Plenty of rest and fluids, it’ll be gone in no time. Can’t keep Captain America down for too long.”
He chuckled, knowing she was giving him shit for his new title. It was still taking some time for everyone to get used to, especially himself. No one had exactly seen it coming. 
He hated this, all of it. He hated feeling this sick and miserable, and he hated being so useless and unable to help Sarah out around the house and with the boys. He knew she managed just fine on her own in the years that he was gone, but part of him will always feel a need to help and protect her whenever he can. She had gotten used to having him around lately, and had shared some of her responsibilities with him so that she wouldn’t be so overwhelmed with the workload. Now that he was unable to help take some of that weight off her shoulders, she’s been a lot more noticeably stressed out since he got sick.
His phone rang then, and he lifted it to see that it was Joaquin video calling him. He reluctantly hit the accept button; not because he didn’t enjoy talking to Joaquin, just that it was a little difficult to talk at all in his current state.
“Hey man!” Joaquin greeted him through the phone. “Oh, shit, you don’t look so good. You alright?”
“Yeah, just got a cold,” Sam responded quietly. It hurt his throat a little to speak, but he was fairly sure he could handle a brief phone call for now. “What’s up?”
“I was just checking in to say hey. You mentioned not feeling so hot so I just wanted to see how you were doing. Anything I can do to help? I could DoorDash you some soup or medicine or something.”
It earned a good laugh from Sam, possibly being the only real smile he had cracked yet today. “Nah, man, I’m alright. I doubt any sane Dasher would come this far out, anyways.”
“Well, offer’s still on the table if you end up changing your mind,” Joaquin said earnestly. “I’ll let you go for now, though. Rest up buddy, and take care! I’ll be thinking of you. Hope you heal up fast!”
“Yeah, me too,” Sam replied, exhaustion clear in his voice. He was on day three of the cold now, with no sign of it improving. He was starting to get really tired of it. “I’ll keep in touch. Thanks for checking in.”
“No problem, man. And seriously, rest up, you sound like shit,” Joaquin laughed. “Okay bye, talk soon.”
“Seeya.”
Once the call had ended, Sam finally let out a couple of coughs that he had been holding in and took a big long sip of his water; engaging that much in a conversation, even if it was short, had rendered him a little worse off than he was before he took the call. Saying a couple short sentences a day was one thing, but his throat was seriously sore, and he sounded absolutely miserable with how nasally his voice was from being so congested. He let out a deep sigh before unwrapping yet another cough drop and tossing it in his mouth, closing his eyes and leaning his head back on the couch.
Suddenly Sam heard the sound of a motorcycle approaching the house. He was a little too fatigued and feverish to connect the dots immediately, but he lifted his head and squinted his eyes at Sarah in confusion, wondering who or what the hell it could be before it finally clicked in his head after a few too many moments.
“You didn’t,” he said around the cough drop, unable to believe what he thought might have happened without him knowing.
“I had to!” she responded, her hands going up to defend herself from Sam’s criticism that she could already tell was coming. She moved quickly around the kitchen, trying her best to get dinner done in a timely manner and avoid getting any more grief from her brother. Sam noticed now that she was preparing five bowls instead of four, and he heard the motorcycle outside turn off.
“You really didn’t,” he said, exhausted. He tried to stand up slowly, grumbling to himself in the process. “Now I’ve gotta deal with his ass. Can’t just have my damn stew in peace.”
“Would you calm down? This is a good thing,” Sarah chastised him, getting irritated with his attitude. “Having an extra set of hands around here will be a big help. Not that you’d know what accepting help feels like,” she added, the last sentence being said under her breath, but still loud enough for Sam to hear.
Dumbfounded, Sam opened his mouth to hit her with another smartass reply, but he was interrupted by a knock at the door. 
Sarah quickly dumped a chopped up onion into the pot of broth on the stove before going over to the door, unlocking it and opening it for none other than the one and only James Buchanan Barnes to enter the house with a bag slung over his shoulder. He moved his sunglasses to rest on top of his head before he smiled at Sarah, and she went in for a hug. Sam could feel his fever rising as his blood boiled at the sight of it.
“Welcome back!” she said excitedly, looking him over. “I’m glad you could make it! Do you need help with your bag or anything?”
“I am too,” Bucky replied through a smile, his voice dropping lower than it needed to. “And no, I should be alright, thanks. Whatever’s cookin’ smells real good, what’s for dinner?” He freely carried himself throughout the space as he responded, and his familiarity and comfortability with the house made Sam feel a little funny.
“Just some stew, nothing fancy,” she said as she went back to stirring the pot and starting to chop up more ingredients. “Make yourself comfortable.”
“Don’t mind if I do,” Bucky drawled casually, walking over to where Sam was standing by the couch. He set his bag down and got a good look at him, head to toe. “Not looking so hot, Cap. Feeling a little under the weather?”
“Something like that,” Sam rasped before a cough broke through involuntarily. He sat back down on the cushions, grabbing for his water bottle, but Bucky was faster; he handed it to him gently, and Sam eyed him, annoyed, before reluctantly taking it from his hand. “Thanks.”
“Yeah,” Bucky responded a little quietly, pursing his lips. Sam knew his annoyance with the gesture didn’t go unnoticed. “You’re welcome.”
A door opened down the hall, and Bucky heard them before he saw them. “Is that uncle Bucky?!” Cass yelled excitedly, and both boys ran towards him as fast as they could.
“It sure is!” Bucky beamed back, reaching down a little to meet them halfway, picking them both up in each arm and swinging them around the living room with a big smile. Bucky had always been a natural when it came to the boys, and Sam found himself feeling a tinge of fondness seeing them all get along so well. Bucky used his vibranium arm to lift AJ up onto his shoulders, still swinging Cass around in a circle. “I’m playing doctor for uncle Sammy this week, if you can believe it.”
“No way!! A whole week? That’ll be so awesome!!” Cass exclaimed, as Bucky started to set them both back down on their feet.
“Yeah,” Sam groaned, barely audible. His voice dripped with sarcasm and with dread. “So awesome.”
“Could you pick me up from school one day this week so that everyone will see that I’m friends with the Winter Soldier and think I’m super cool?” AJ asked quickly, looking up at him expectantly. 
Bucky laughed nervously, looking over towards Sam for help. Seeing him look so lost and unsure what to say was endearing and funny enough to make Sam crack a bit of a smile.
“Actually yeah,” he said. “I’m usually the one who picks them up. They’ve had to carpool the past couple days.”
“Well, uh,” Bucky started, “my bike can only really fit two, and I don’t wanna try and stick ‘em both on there. Could I borrow your car?”
“Yeah, that’s fine. Just get ‘em on time.”
“Alright boys,” Sarah interrupted from the kitchen, stirring the stew and turning the stove down. “Dinner’s ready, come get it.”
Sam went to stand, but Bucky gently put his hand up to stop him.
“Stay put,” he said, “I’ll get you some.”
Sam found the charity somewhat irritating at first; but he couldn’t deny that he really did not want to get up to get his own bowl. So to have Bucky bring one over to him was… nice.
The boys both ran over to the kitchen, grabbing their bowls and waiting patiently for Sarah to be done serving herself before they stepped in to get their own stew. As they did, Bucky moved to the other side of the kitchen and got out four glasses from the cabinet, opening up the fridge to get out the pitcher of sweet tea, filling them all up with ice before pouring the tea in. Sam furrowed his brow in confusion; he remembered Bucky being obsessed with Sarah’s sweet tea the first time he tried it. Why wasn’t he having a glass?
He set three of the teas at the table, then brought the last one over to the couch. He then, though, set the tea down on the coffee table, not in front of Sam but a good ways beside his water bottle, right in front of the other seat on the couch. 
“You don’t need the sugar,” Bucky deadpanned preemptively, already seeing Sam’s glare and knowing he was about to complain. He picked up Sam’s water bottle, making his way back to the kitchen.
“I don’t remember you being a doctor,” he shot back anyway, challenging him with an angry stare.
“Sam,” Sarah firmly chastised from her seat at the table. “Quit it.”
Bucky chuckled, and looked back over to him with a mischievous grin. “Yeah Sam,” he said with raised eyebrows, continuing his trek to the kitchen to get their dinner and fill up Sam’s water.
Sam grumbled to himself, wanting to argue yet again but choosing instead to just grind his jaw and crunch up the remains of his cough drop so that he could eat. With the way things were already going, he swore to himself that he’d kill Bucky before the week was over.
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Like every night before, Sam’s symptoms got worse once night fell. Blowing his nose every ten minutes and barely able to speak, he was popping cough drops constantly, putting in a new one almost as soon as the last one faded away. He didn’t feel up to doing anything other than laying his sorry ass on the couch with his blankets and flipping through the channels on TV, and he really, really just wanted to be alone; but that wasn’t an option right now, seeing as Bucky had to be here, sitting on the opposite end of the couch. He was at the very least thankful that he was being silent (it was easier that way to pretend he wasn’t even there), just reading one of his books while Sam lounged comfortably though unable to engage in conversation. He doubted he would want to even if he could.
He was tired, exhausted even, but he knew he wouldn’t be able to sleep through the night. He never could when he was sick; each night he’d fall asleep, rest for an hour or two, wake up coughing or choking on his own spit, stay awake for an hour, fall asleep for another two hours or so, and repeat until he gave up on sleeping once the sun finally rose. It was miserable, and after several days, he was starting to feel the effects of sleep deprivation as well as the cold.
An alarm went off on Bucky’s phone then, startling Sam out of his thoughts.
“What’s that for?” he croaked, instantly regretting it when he felt the dull swollen ache in his throat and heard how pitiful his voice sounded.
Bucky looked at him with pursed lips. “Your medicine,” he said. “It helps to keep you on a schedule.”
Sam huffed in annoyance, but he was too tired to argue.
Bucky put a bookmark in his book and stood from his spot at the couch, taking Sam’s lack of protest as acceptance. Wordlessly he made his way into the kitchen, sorting through the medicine cabinet because he knew just where everything was, and Sam decided to ignore yet again the way that made him feel. He was tired, that was all. That’s why he was overthinking the way Bucky occupied the space like he belonged there, surely. That was all it was.
Sam turned his attention back to the TV, choosing to focus instead on the rerun of Bar Rescue that was currently playing, even though he had been watching this same damn show for hours now and he had kind of lost interest in how much alcohol this particular bar was wasting every month.
Bucky returned after a few minutes, longer than Sam expected it to take to pour out a little dose of cough syrup, but when he did he saw it was because he was also holding a steaming hot mug in his other hand.
“Made you some tea,” he said, setting the mug down on the coffee table in front of Sam. “Should help you sleep.”
Sam just stared up at him, feeling frustration bubbling up in him at the feeling of being constantly coddled like this, but he was too exhausted to put up too much of a fight. He could manage a little bit though.
“I don’t like tea.”
Bucky sighed, irritated but not surprised by Sam’s resistance. “Just drink it.”
Still glaring, he wordlessly reached for the medicine in Bucky’s hand and downed it like a shot, not wanting the taste to linger. His nose scrunched up at the flavor anyway and he reluctantly reached for the tea, blowing on it for a moment before giving it a sip. It actually wasn’t too bad; he could taste the lemon, honey, ginger, and…
“Is that whiskey?”
“Yeah, it is,” Bucky replied, beginning to walk back over to the kitchen to put the medicine back up. “It’s a hot toddy. You’ve never had one?”
“No. Sounds old.”
Bucky chuckled a bit in response. “I guess it is. I used to make ‘em a lot back in the day, they work real well, trust me.” He then came back over to stand by the couch, looking down at where Sam was laying.  He thought for a moment, and his eyes squinted just a bit. “Do you wanna sleep out here or in the bedroom?”
“I’m fine here,” Sam replied, his voice barely registering above a whisper. The drink was helping, though, as much as he hated to admit it. “You can take the bed.”
Bucky nodded, sitting back down in his spot at the end of the couch and picking his book back up. “‘Kay.”
Sam kept sipping on his mug, drinking on it slowly until the last of it was barely warm. He felt his eyes slowly getting heavier as well, also due to the nighttime medicine making him drowsy and sleepy. It wasn’t long before he couldn’t fight to stay awake any longer, finally letting his eyelids fall shut and stay that way, curled up into his blankets.
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He woke up with a sharp and fearful intake of breath, sitting up straight as quick as a bullet and immediately starting to cough up the phlegm that had tried to choke him in his sleep. As soon as he did, Bucky was at his side in a moment’s notice, kneeling beside the bed and gently rubbing his back while he held Sam’s water bottle in his other hand. It took Sam a few tries, but once he properly cleared his airways, he took several heavy and labored breaths to try and recover from the anxiety of it all and to return his breathing to normal as much as he could. Having Bucky there was definitely a help; whenever this would happen while he was alone, it took him a lot longer to calm himself down, nerves running rampant with the fact that he could have almost died from asphyxiation (or so he convinced himself).
With one last deep breath, he looked over at Bucky, who was closer to him than he expected him to be. He squinted in confusion as he huffed, and looked over to see a pile of blankets and pillows on the floor opposite the coffee table.
“You slept on the floor?” he whispered.
Bucky pursed his lips and nodded. “Yeah. I sleep better that way.”
Sam understood the sentiment; he remembered having a talk with Steve about it when they first met. Sam also understood but didn’t comment on the fact that it was probably also so that Bucky could keep a better eye on him this way. He decided yet another time that he didn’t want to explore how he felt about it.
Bucky handed him his water bottle, and he drank greedily. He needed to clear some of the thicker saliva out of his mouth so that he wouldn’t choke on it again, at least not for a while. The coolness of the ice-cold water made him sigh with relief as it eased some of the pain in his throat on the way down.
“Lean up a bit,” Bucky spoke softly, his hand leaving Sam’s back as he stood to grab another pillow from the other end of the couch. He slotted it behind Sam, stacking it with the pillows that were already there. “You gotta stay upright.”
Sam leaned back into the new pillow arrangement, and it felt all wrong. He didn’t know if he could sleep sitting up, and when he tried to rest his head, his neck bent at an awkward angle. He scowled and scooted down the cough enough to get comfortable, trying his best to stay as vertical as he could.
“There,” Bucky said, standing up and stepping back. Sam noticed he was only wearing a pair of lounge shorts, his dog tags dangling over his bare chest. “That should help.”
“Why are you doing all this?” he heard himself say, not entirely intending to speak his thoughts aloud. His voice was soft and slow with sleep as the question fell out. “Going through all this trouble just for me?”
Bucky took in a breath before responding. “Because you’re my friend, and I care about you.”
Sam would be lying if he said his heart didn’t skip a beat at that; getting Bucky to admit literally anything about his feelings (in any form other than a complaint) was no small feat. He smiled a little at the thought of being the reason for it. “Thank you, Buck. It’s mutual.”
“Good,” Bucky huffed, his discomfort palpable. He clearly was not used to this kind of talk. “If you tell anyone I said that, I’ll deny it.”
Sam huffed out a small laugh. “Of course. Can’t have people knowing the Winter Soldier’s gone all soft.”
“Exactly. I’ve got a reputation to keep.”
Sam laughed again and pulled his blankets tighter to him, getting as comfortable as he could in his new sleeping position. He turned his head to the side and let his eyes drift shut for a moment. “Aren’t you nervous about getting sick, though?”
“Perk of the serum. Haven’t been sick since the thirties.”
“What makes you so good at all this then?” Sam asked, his voice becoming less and less audible as he felt himself start to get sleepy again. “The caring stuff.”
Bucky paused and looked down at the floor for a moment before gathering himself. “I used to care for Steve a lot when he’d get sick. Which was pretty much all the time, so I learned a few tricks along the way. Glad they’re coming in handy.”
“Me too,” Sam mumbled, the words barely coming out. “He was… real lucky.”
Sam didn’t stay awake long enough to hear the way Bucky’s breath hitched at the comment, or see the way his eyes watered ever-so-slightly; but when he fell back asleep, he slept through the night for the first time all week, knowing that Bucky was right there next to him.
Would love initial opinions/critique on this if you have any !! And again this is only a WIP, I'll probably keep posting more WIPs as I work on it and I'll make a little announcement post whenever I finish it and post it on my AO3. Just wanted to get a little bit of it out there after talking about it for so long. Anyway thank you for reading I hope you have a nice day :]
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