Find Me / Save Me (Bucky x Reader)

Twenty-Eight

"We're going to take a look at that today. We will figure it out (Y/N)." Bruce said as he started to serve himself lunch.

"And once we do... I think we need to celebrate! It's been a while since I've thrown a really good party. It's itching at me actually." Tony said as he took a seat in front of me.

"A party Tony? Really?" Steve looked like he didn't really enjoy the idea of a party.

I had a great idea to mess with Steve. So, I leaned and whispered so only he could hear, "that would be a great time to make your move on Nat."

His face turned beet red at the comment and glanced up to look at Natasha. The moment she glanced up from her plate and met his gaze he quickly looked down, his beet red face getting even redder. I glanced at Nat and smirked at her. "I think a party would be nice! I know you guys need a break; you deserve to relax a little."

"See! She get's me!" Tony claps at his statement. "JARVIS start preparing for party protocol."

"Yes Sir. Shall I order all the regular things?"

"Yes! And start building a hell of a playlist!" Tony started scarfing down his lunch. "Eat up Tinkerbell. I want to get to the lab early. We have a lot to do."

I nod and we all fall into small conversations while we enjoy our lunch.

-.-.-.-

After lunch I went with Tony and Bruce to the lab, Bucky had wanted to join us, but Tony chastised him on going soft. So, he went off to work out and train with everyone else. Once I entered the lab, I saw it.

"Is that Loki's scepter???"

Both Tony and Bruce looked at each other worriedly. "Why is that here? Wasn't Thor going to take that back to Asgard?"

"He is. But seeing as we still needed to work with you, it seemed best for it to stay here until we figure out what's going on." Bruce said simply.

"That and I really want to take it apart... see what makes it tick." Of course, Tony would want to do that, he always wanted to see how something worked.

I glanced at the scepter again, immediately I felt uneasy. It created a weird feeling in the pit of my stomach. Trying to push the feeling away I got another throbbing pain in my head, worse than ever before. Falling to me knees and clutching my head from the pain.

"Hey hey hey... what's wrong kid?" Tony said as he and Bruce both bent down to my level.

"God my head! It feels like it's breaking in two!"

Bruce helped me to my feet, taking me to a nearby stretcher. "Lay down, Tony I think my hypothesis has just proven itself."

"Hypothesis?" I mutter as the pain slowly starts to subside.

"Banner thinks that your recent..." Tony struggled to find the right word, I could tell he didn't want to delve far into the things that had happened. "Event with the scepter has caused some sort of connection to it."

I took a moment to take in his words. "But why would this connection make my head feel like it's being ripped it two? I doesn't make sense."

"I think when your body was impaled by the scepter, it changed you (Y/N)." Bruce was always very direct, never sugar-coating things. You appreciated that.

"Changed in a good way? Or a bad way?"

"Whatever change it may have had, you're still you Tinkerbell. We just need to make sure it isn't hurting you."

"So, what are we going to do?"

Bruce and Tony explained everything pretty easily. They would use the machine Tony had built to help Bucky with his memory on me as well. Except that instead of seeing my memories they were going to scan my brain for any irregularities. It would take the rest of the day to scan my brain, and then a couple of days for the results to process.

"Welp. This part is done. JARVIS how far are you with the party protocol?"

"Party protocol is ready Sir."

"Perfect. JARVIS set the party up for tomorrow night. Also scan (Y/N)'s brain scan for irregularities." Tony looked like a kid ready for Christmas morning.

"Anything else Sir?"

"Yeah. We've only got a couple days with this joystick so let's make the most of it. Update me on the structural and compositional analysis."

I didn't want to stay around for Tony and Bruce's intellectual marveling at the scepter. So, I slipped out quietly. I made my way to my room, hoping Bucky would be there.

Once I got to the room, I noticed Bucky still hadn't come back from whatever training or workout he may have been at. Being in my room for the first time since I got back to the tower was something like an out of body experience. I could see parts of my room that have been touched by Bucky. Books were on the bedside that I didn't remember having there before. I wondered if my sheets now smelled like him too.

Taking the opportunity that he wasn't around I launched myself onto the bed. Bingo! Smells like him. I laugh internally. The bed feels like a cloud. God how I missed this bed! I laid there just smiling like a complete idiot. Enveloped in his smell and the cloud that is my bed. Our bed. I drifted off to sleep.