[He's a bad influence on her, clearly, and she probably knows it. It would be different if the boys around - they can't go to school hungry and Bucky would have even offered to go with them, answer their million questions on the way there. But if it's just the two of them, he's definitely going to try and get her to slow down, take it easy for one morning.]
Yes ma'am. [He shifts his head in the pillow again, half his face buried in the pillowcase, and cracks a smile at her. He couldn't recall having a nightmare and she isn't looking at him terrified, or bruised, so it must have been an uneventful night. That happens to be the best kind, in his book, and he'll take his small wins wherever he can find them.
He lifts the covers using the back of his arm, making sure she's settled in again properly before lowering the sheets back down over her. They're most definitely not cuddling. She ain't got time for that, and he's too aloof to indulge in something like that, but he's definitely close enough to tuck his head in close against her chest and just listen to her breathe.]
Are you okay? [Bucky probably means to ask something more like are we okay, but that can probably wait.]
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Yes ma'am. [He shifts his head in the pillow again, half his face buried in the pillowcase, and cracks a smile at her. He couldn't recall having a nightmare and she isn't looking at him terrified, or bruised, so it must have been an uneventful night. That happens to be the best kind, in his book, and he'll take his small wins wherever he can find them.
He lifts the covers using the back of his arm, making sure she's settled in again properly before lowering the sheets back down over her. They're most definitely not cuddling. She ain't got time for that, and he's too aloof to indulge in something like that, but he's definitely close enough to tuck his head in close against her chest and just listen to her breathe.]
Are you okay? [Bucky probably means to ask something more like are we okay, but that can probably wait.]