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i want to be sexy to someone
is it too much to ask?
sexy to somebody, it would help me out
â sexy to someone, Clairo
summary: you finally put yourself back out there and set up a date for your night off. to your utter humiliation, you get stood up. the night takes a turn when you see your attending, Jack Abbot, who suggests you have dinner together since you're already all dressed up.
tags/warnings: age gap (reader is a resident), oral (f + m receiving), dacryphilia, protected piv sex, dry humping, crybaby!reader, idiots in love, ER references because I can't help myself :), the tiniest hint of puppy play, discussions of jack's amputation,
wc: 10k
a/n: I'm realizing that I have a tendency to write about jack abbot saving reader from mediocre and shitty men... and you know what he would!!!! genuinely thought this would be a cute lil 5k fic and then... oh well!! being short-winded is not my thing lol
credits: gif credits to @wesandresons
8:21.Â
You checked your phone for the millionth time.Â
You were supposed to meet him at the restaurant at 7pm, and he was almost an hour and a half late.Â
Well, you hoped he was late. You hadnât yet accepted the probable fact that youâd been stood up. I mean, you were no stranger to chaotic schedules, unplanned overtime, and last minute catastrophes that had to be dealt with. Residency often rendered your social life moot; you could barely keep up with your commitments at the hospital, let alone a vibrant dating life. Maybe he had an equally demanding job; maybe there was a plausible excuse for why he left you stranded in this Italian restaurant without the decency of a âsorry, not interested anymoreâ text.Â
You looked at your phone againâ8:26. Okay, youâd give him 4 more minutes before you decide to pack it up. You try to subtly survey the restaurant for any sign of him, but are met only with the pitying looks of the waitstaff, who would, in all likelihood, be the only ones benefitting from this humiliation ritual. The hostess checked in with you at the bar regularly, the bartender had given you a glass of merlot on the house, and a very kind server brought you a charcuterie board to nibble onâhad even brought you extra olives when you commented on how they were your favorite. They were all getting fat tipsâor at least as fat as you could afford.Â
8:31. Despite your best efforts you felt tears pricking at the corners of your eyes and your throat got that tight, achy feeling that precedes a sob. You felt so foolish.Â
You looked up at the ceiling, blinking the tears away and tried to even out your breathing.Â
You didnât even want to go on this date. Youâd all but sworn off of dating, the ROI not worth the emotional whiplash you were subjected to more often than not. It was becoming harder and harder as you got older to open up to people, expose your vulnerabilities and greatest fears, only to have them spit back in your face when things didnât go their way.Â
So you stopped with the apps, stopped the meaningless dates that were nothing more than a hookup vehicle for most. But your friends had convinced you that you needed to get back out there, that things would be better in Pittsburghâthe proverbial ocean filled with different, better fish than your hometown. And perhaps they were tired of hearing you wax poetic about the hazel-eyed night shift attending that you had no chance with.Â
But you did want to find that person. As much as you were an independent, capable womanâdoctor, evenâthe truth was you were lonely. Your days consisted of going to work, where you spent 12+ hours caring for Pittsburghâs sickest, and coming home to microwave whatever sad frozen meal you had in your freezer. Sometimes you had the energy to join some of the night shift for post-shift breakfast, but that was about it.Â
You wanted someone to share your life with, to ask about your day or if youâve eaten. Someone who knew that your favorite flower was lily of the valley, but since they were too expensive you would settle for a bouquet of peonies; that you loved horror movies even though they scared the daylights out of you; that knew you loved olives but hated pickles. Someone who knew you, inside and out.Â
There was a chasm in your chest that ached, that yearned for someone to take care of youânot financially, though you wouldnât be opposed to thatâbut emotionally. To tell you that you were good, worthy, that you werenât too much or too clingy. That wanted you as much as you wanted them. That felt the tension leave their shoulders when they looked at you, because you just being there made things better.Â
Was that too much to ask for?Â
Itâd been so long since someone had even flirted with you, and even longer since youâd hooked up with anybody. Your dry spell was bordering on sahara levels of arid. Hell, at this point, you think youâd cum for the next guy who called you pretty.Â
You shake yourself out of your pity party, dabbing your eyes with a napkin and gathering up the courage to ask for the bill, when you hear someone calling your name. Great. Youâre halfway to a breakdown over some stupid guy who stood you up, and now you would have to sit through pleasantries with someone when you desperately wanted to go home and cry into a bottle of wine.  Â
You turned, fake smile plastered on your face.  Â
The person you least expect to see is the aforementioned hazel-eyed attending. Heâs standing by the hostess stand, off to the side, dressed in dark blue jeans and a tight black shirt. It was unfair, really, how good the man could look in the most basic outfit. His shirt was pulled taut across his chest, muscles straining against the fabric and outlining the planes of his pecs. His hands were tucked into his pockets, his strong, freckled arms on display, and sinful thoughts ran through your head at how those arms would feel around you. Â
You smiled and waved at him, reluctantly making your way over. Itâs not like you can avoid him at this point, though these are less than ideal circumstances to meet him outside of work.Â
âSmall world,â he joked as you approached, a soft smile gracing his features.Â
âI guess so,â you said sullenly, not up to your usual banter. Â
âBig plans for the night?â he asked, eyes skating over your form, taking in the pretty red dress youâd donned for the evening, the light coat of makeup you applied, the hairstyle you wrangled your locks into. In any other scenario, youâd be preening under his watchful eye, giddy that he was eyeing you up and down. Â
Now, though, you wilted under the attention. The humiliation from the night and the tingly feeling pooling in your gut at his gaze swirled together in some rancid amalgamation of emotions. You didnât know if you wanted to laugh or cry or both, but ideally not in front of him. Â
Your silence, apparently, concerned him. He looked at you seriously now, his eyes getting that clinical, assessing look in them as he took you in, âYou okay?â he asked, genuine concern lacing his features. Â
It was the one question you did not want to be asked. Because, for some reason, you could keep it all inside, bury the feelings as deep as theyâd go, as long as someone didnât ask if you were okay. The barest expression of concern had your lip trembling, throat tight as you managed to squeak out a meek, âIâm fine!âÂ
You could feel a tear tracing down your cheek, and you wiped it away furiously. Your eyes focused on a spot over his shoulder, unable to bear the pitying look that was undoubtedly on his face. Â
âYou donât look fine,â he said softly, hand coming up to rest lightly on your upper arm. Â
You shook your head, powerless to staunch the flow of tears now running down your face. âSorry, I just, uh, I had a date tonight and he didnât show, so,â you made a helpless gesture, your shoulders shrugging in feigned nonchalance. You felt ridiculous, crying over being stood up in front of your attending who was just trying to make small talk with you.Â
You let out a garbled laugh, âShit, sorry,â you hiccup, âthis isnât your problem, I donât wanna interrupt your night any more than I already have. Have a good night,â you said, moving to push past him and scurry out the door. Â
He grabbed your wrist, his grip firm but gentle, his body blocking your exit.Â
âYouâre not interrupting. I was just about to place a to-go order,â he said, a hesitant look crossing his face before he continued, âBut, uh⊠would you like to have dinner with me instead?â
You're taken aback. Itâs the last thing you expected him to ask you. I mean, itâs not like you havenât thought about him in this context. On the contrary, Jack Abbot had been the subject of many a âboyfriendâ dream over the past year youâd worked with him. He was kind and generous and funny, his humor as dark as yours. He was steady in the face of chaos, a lighthouse in the foggiest of daysâa man you could depend on when shit hit the fan. Itâs part of the reason you switched to nights. You always felt calmer in his presence, more assured of your capabilities because he believed in you.Â
And he was undeniably gorgeousâhis fine wrinkles and graying curls set your body ablaze each time you looked at him, your panties soaking through in record time. You loved especially when he went a day or two longer without shaving, his scruffy cheeks looking like a delectable place to sit.Â
Your mind was plagued by obscene fantasies of him, the sinful images assaulting you at the most inopportune times. You knew heâd treat you right, wouldnât prioritize his pleasure over yours. He was older, experienced, not a kid fumbling around in the dark, searching for your most sensitive spots and coming up empty. You imagined the way his stubble would feel on your skin, his jaw scraping down your neck as he pressed kisses there, moving lower and lower until he was nestled between your thighs, mouth hot against your aching pussy. The way he would stretch you out and fill you up, have you desperate and begging for more.Â
Youâre snapped out of your lustful daydream when he says your name, an inquiring tone meant to prompt a response. Oh right, he asked you a question.Â
You shook your head, not because you didnât want to have dinner with him, but because you didnât want to do so under these conditions; you didnât want to be a charity case.Â
âThatâs very kind, but you donât have to have a pity dinner with me. Iâm a big girl, I can handle a little rejection.âÂ
âIt wouldnât be a pity dinner,â he shook his head immediately, âcome on, you got all dressed up, let me at least buy you dinner for your trouble.âÂ
He cleared his throat, âUnless you really donât want to, obviously, and Iâll let it go,â he said, âbut Iâd hate to see you go home cryinâ.â And he looked so sincere, his pretty eyes so soft and squishy, all but pleading for you to accept his offer. Â
You chewed on your lip, considering it. It wouldnât be the worst way to spend your night. As of now your plans for the rest of the night were getting sadder by the moment. Things could only go up from here, you supposed. âYeah, okay. If youâre sure,â you nodded.Â
âIâm positive,â he said, hand coming up to rest on the small of your back, guiding you back up to the hostess stand. âTable for two, please.â
The two of you were sat at a corner booth near the back of the restaurant, the section secluded and not too loud. It was a classic Italian restaurantâwarm, dim lighting illuminated the space from antique sconces on the wall, the walls were a beautiful exposed red brick, and the tables were candlelit and laid with red and white checkered cloths. The leather of the booth was soft but worn, the cracks spidering out and indenting into the back of your thighs a sign of how well loved this place was.Â
The booth forced you close together, your thighs not quite touching each other, but close enough to feel the heat radiating off him. His scent is intoxicating, all warm amber and oud, mixed with a hint of citrus and his natural musk. It took all your power not to burrow your nose into his neck and inhale deeply.Â
You were lucky to have the same waitress that checked on you at the bar, though you did have to assure her that this was not the man who stood you up. You were honestly a little concerned at the death glare she gave him at firstâa true girls girl.Â
âSo, Dr. Abbot, how was your day off?â you asked, fiddling nervously with the hem of your dress. Despite your easy rapport at work, it felt awkward to be sitting here with your attending, especially when you were desperately trying to keep your feelings for him at bay.Â
âOh it was fine, picked up a shift with the SWAT unit and didnât get shot at, so, you know, all things considered,â he said, then waved his hand dismissively, âand please, call me Jack. We're not at work,â a slight blush spreading across his cheeks.Â
âOkay, Jack,â you laughed, the tension easing a bit as you threw formalities out the window. Â
âI would ask you how your day off was, but I think I have a pretty good idea,â he said with a teasing lilt.
âYeah, not my best moment. This is partially why I stopped dating, I hate getting my hopes up,â you said, a little more vulnerable than you intended but you supposed you were past that now.Â
âIf it makes you feel any better, I think whatever man decided to let you slip through their fingers is a fuckinâ idiot.âÂ
You sputtered a bit at that, your cheeks heating up. It was a kind platitude, and you wished that it made you feel better, but it did little to alleviate the pit in your stomach that made you feel small; that screamed that you werenât good enough.
âBut enough about that asshole. Do you want to order an appetizer?â he asked, scanning the menu.Â
âOh no, Iâm okay, thank you.âÂ
âYou sure? My treat, remember, donât worry about prices.â he looked up, concerned.Â
âIâm fine, really,â you bit your cheek, reluctant to spit it out, âour waitress may or may not have given me a pity charcuterie board at the bar.âÂ
His face was still for a moment before you saw the edge of his mouth betray him, quirking up in a suppressed smile.Â
âDonât you dare laugh,â you warned, your own resolve already breaking as you took in how pathetic the situation actually was. âItâs not funny!â you laughed, smacking him lightly on the shoulder with the menu.Â
âNo, no, definitely not,â he intoned, a look of mock-seriousness on his face before he broke out into a laugh, âIâm sorry! But it is objectively a little funny,â he hedged, hands held out defensively to block another menu attack. Â
âIt is not! It means that the poor waitress had to go talk to her boss and ask if they could comp an appetizer for the miserable sad sack at the bar!âÂ
âShe probably didnât call you a miserable sad sack. Maybe sad puppy dog girl, but not miserable sad sack,â he teased.Â
You gasped exaggeratedly, âI am not a sad puppy dog girl!âÂ
âOh yes you are. Itâs the eyes. And the general obedient demeanor," he smirked.Â
Oh. Your tummy twisted at that, but you quickly filed it under things that I simply do not have enough time to unpack right now.Â
âYouâre mean,â you pouted, lip jutting out and arms crossed. You werenât really upset, but it felt fun to play it up a little bit. Â
âAww,â he pouted back at you, his tone just a tad condescending, âlet me make it up to you. What do you say to some good wine and garlic knots?âÂ
You gnawed on your lip, considering his offer, âwhat the hell, let's do it. Itâs not like Iâm going to be kissing anybody tonight anyway,â you said, a little bitter, before realizing that was probably not an appropriate joke to make in front of your boss.Â
âYou never know, we could always pull a Lady and the Tramp,â he joked, not looking up from the wine menu.Â
You were a little stunned at that. Was he⊠flirting? No. Definitely not. This was a strictly platonic date. Right? I mean, the puppy comment you could explain away, but this⊠this was different, wasnât it? Who just jokes like that about the most romantic canine kiss in history? A joke, you settled on. Because youâd already gotten your hopes up enough for one night.Â
Dinner was nice. Really nice.Â
Conversation flowed freely, starting out in neutral territory with updates about patients, work gossip, whatever the fuck was going on with Robby. But you soon moved out of the work realm and into personal matters. You told him about your childhoodâwhere you grew up, your favorite childhood pets, how much trouble you got into as a teen.Â
And you learned a lot about Jack. That he came from a military family that moved around a lot, but spent a large chunk of time in North Carolina. He had two sisters, both older than him. One stayed in North Carolina and the other lived in West Virginia. Both married to military men, and both notorious for giving Jack shit about everything. But they were his rocks when he lost his leg, and then again when he lost his wife, and he was endlessly grateful for them.Â
You both loved 90s alternative rock, which surprised you because you took Jack to be more of a classic rock fan, to which he merely glared at you and said that he wasnât that old. You both had childhood crushes on Winona Ryder; his borne from her role in Heathers, and yours from Girl, Interrupted. He surprised you with the fact that he was a good cook, a fact that seemed unfathomable to you based on his general vibe.Â
Now, though, youâd moved to med school stories, and Jack was regaling you with stories about him and Robby back in the day. Â
âWe must have been⊠god, I must have been a third year med student, and Robby was⊠an R2? and he had really pissed me off that night. I donât even remember what he did, I just remember being so annoyed at him,â he laughed, shaking his head at the memory, âIt was a quiet night, so he snuck off to the on-call room to catch a few hours of sleep, leaving me to do all the scut. So, I recruited the help of the charge nurse, Carol, and our attending, Mark, and we applied a cast to his right leg while he was knocked out.âÂ
Heâs cackling now, almost unable to finish his story between wheezing gasps of air, âwe paged him, like, 10 times until he answered, and next thing we know heâs bursting out of the on-call room and onto his ass before he even realized what happened!âÂ
Youâre laughing hard now, too, trying to picture a younger version of Robby gracelessly tripping over an unnecessary leg cast in his hurry to answer his page. It sounded so unlike the self-assured, stoic version you knew him to be. Â
âOh my god,â you wheezed, âhow mad was he?â Â
âOh he was pissed. Not because of the cast, but because 5 minutes after we paged him, a 15-car pile up came in and he got benched until he could get the cast off. He had to wait for it to dry before he could saw it off, and the whole time he just sat there glaring at me.âÂ
âDid he get you back?â you asked, hungry for more crumbs of their life before you, before the Pitt as it was now.   Â
âYeah,â he rolled his eyes, âthe fucker taped nails to his shirt, took an x-ray, and switched out the real film for the fake before I noticed. I was freaking out to Mark, yelling about how this patient needed surgery before they perfed. Meanwhile Mark was in on it, and made me feel crazy when he pulled out the perfectly normal x-ray for my patient. He said, âI donât know what theyâre teaching you in school these days, but this looks like a perfectly normal x-ray,ââ he said, in an impersonation you could only assume was Mark.
âThatâs fucking crazy,â you giggled, âcan you imagine someone doing something like that in the Pitt? I think Robbyâd actually have an aneurysm.âÂ
âYeah, the old manâs lost a bit of his whimsy over the years,â he shook his head.Â
âOld man, huh? Those are fighting words from a man merely 3 years younger than him,â you teased, âand much grayer,â you added with a wink. Â
âWatch it, missy,â he warned, then, quieter, ânot too old to teach you some manners.â
Feeling emboldened by the wine, you leaned a little closer, âdonât make promises you canât keep.â Tracing the rim of your wine glass, you looked up at him. You swear his eyes drifted to your lips, but before you could do anything about it, he cleared his throat, steering the conversation back into safer waters. Â
âSo, why did you get into emergency medicine?âÂ
You thought about it for a moment, considering how honest you wanted to be. âI wanted to meet people where they were at, help them in a real, immediate way. The traumas are great and exciting, and thereâs nothing like making a pickup that saves someoneâs life. But I like the less exciting stuff, too. The mundane care that doesnât save a life, but makes someone feel better. Helps them get over a cold, or helps soothe a burn; suturing up a lac, or removing foreign objects from patients and not making them feel worse about their predicament. That stuff is just as important as the traumas.
Especially with how fucked healthcare is in this country, people come to us when theyâre at their most vulnerable, and usually donât want to be there. I just hope that I can make things less scary for patients when they come in, make sure they feel like theyâre cared about and not being judged for coming to us.âÂ
Itâd been a long time since youâd answered that question honestly. Usually, you had your stock answer that you pulled out, which was a more eloquent version of âI want to save lives!â And that was still true, but there was so much more to working in the emergency department than just saving lives. It was paperwork and insurance and bed shortages and nursing shortages and all the other fucked up shit in the world that inevitably contributed to the cases you saw come through the doors at the Pitt.Â
âWhat about you? Was emergency medicine always it for you, or did you ever consider going into something else?â you asked.Â
He shook his head, âNot seriously, no. Considered switching to critical care after my leg. I wasnât sure if I was cut out for the hustle and bustle of the emergency room after that. But it was the only place I wanted to be, so I figured it out, did what I needed to do to get back to where I was before the accident.âÂ
âWell, for what it's worth, Iâm glad you stuck with EM. I couldnât imagine working at the Pitt without you. I donât think Iâd be half the doctor I am without you,â you said, looking up at him.Â
You hadnât realized how close youâd gotten, his arm slung over the back of the booth and your thighs pressed against each other.Â
âDonât sell yourself short, youâd be amazing with or without me,â he said, tucking an errant strand of hair behind your ear. âYou know, Iâve taught a lot of residents in my years, and you⊠youâre really cut out for this. Not everyone is.âÂ
The praise made you preen, the proximity of his hand to your face doing nothing to calm your rapidly beating heart. For a brief moment, you think he might lean in, might press those pillowy pink lips to yours, kiss you until you canât think straâ
âHi, sorry to interrupt but weâll be closing in 15 minutes. Hereâs your check when youâre ready,â the waitress said, setting the check down and scurrying away.Â
You checked the time on your phone: 11:15. Did you really spend almost 3 hours talking to Jack? It certainly didnât feel like it.Â
âI guess we should get out of here before they kick us out,â Jack said, sliding out of the booth and offering you his hand.
Youâre giggling at another one of Jackâs jokes as you leave the restaurant, the bill graciously paid by him despite your best efforts to split it. Your limbs were loose from the wine, goosebumps springing up on your arms from the early summer air turned chilly.Â
âThank you for dinner. You salvaged an otherwise shitty night,â you laughed.Â
âIt was no problem, really. I had a nice time,â he said, leaning against the brick wall, arms crossed.
You mirrored him, shoulder scraping against the gritty brick, and looked up at him.Â
âHold on, I think you have a little sauce on your face,â he said, and before you could grab a tissue from your purse, he reached out. His thumb gathered the sauce at the corner of your lips, going further to brush the pad of it across your bottom lip. The movement dragged your lower lip down slightly, your mouth parting involuntarily with it. Youâre not sure why, but your tongue darted out, licked the pad of his thumb and the residual sauce.
Jackâs breath hitched, the sharp intake of air the only thing you could hear despite the sounds of car alarms and drunk party girls on a Friday night in downtown Pittsburgh.Â
You looked up at him, tongue still pressed flat against his thumb, and searched his eyes for a sign that the heat building between you is mutual.Â
Fuck it, you decided.Â
Without thinking about it too much, you leaned up and pressed your lips against his. And god, did they feel nice. They were soft, but firm, and he tasted faintly of the wine youâd shared earlier mixed with the slight acidity of the tomato sauce from his dinner. Your hand tangled in the curls at the base of his neck, and theyâre so soft, but also a little stiff. You wondered, briefly, if he uses mousse, or hairspray, or if heâs got a whole curly girl routine down before realizing that oh my god he wasnât kissing you back. Oh no, oh fuck.Â
How did you misread this situation so horrifically? You thought you were getting all the right signals, thought that he liked being with you, that he was flirting with you. But maybe it really was just a courtesy, a pity dinner.Â
Your cheeks are hot when you pull away from him, shame sitting thick and heavy in your stomach, numbness prickling up your arms in staticky goosebumps. And Jack is just standing there, the dumbfounded look on his face doing nothing to assuage your embarrassment. Â
You backed up, trying to create some distance, to lower the temperature between you that apparently only you felt.Â
Looking down at your shoes, unable to make eye contact, you babbled out, âI-Iâm so sorry, that was completely inappropriate and I donât know why I-â your voice cracked and it felt like your lungs werenât properly inflating with oxygen, âI donât know how I misread things, but I guess I did so again, Iâm so sorry. Iâm gonna go home and pretend this never happened,â you said, turning around and starting down the street, despite the fact that you most certainly needed to Uber home, not walk.Â
Youâre trying not to cry for the umpteenth time that night when you hear him calling your name, âWait!âÂ
He caught up with you, only a few strides away from where you were standing, and grasped your arm gently. âWait, Iâm sorry,â he said, a little breathless, âI just⊠you surprised me.â
âSurprised you?â you laughed, âI damn near sucked your thumb, Jack,â you said, genuinely confused how a man like Jack Abbot could be surprised that a woman would try to kiss him; that the next logical step from erotic thumbsucking would be a kiss. âAnd you flirted with me all night! You made a Lady and the Tramp joke! How else am I supposed to take that?â Â
He rubbed at his jaw anxiously, a slight blush coating his cheeks, âI mean, yeah, I was surprised. Iâve liked you for a while now but then I heard you talking to Santos about how you didnât want to go out with that cardiology attending and just assumed I didnât have a shot,â he admitted sheepishly. âAnd maybe I got a little brazen with my flirting because I thought you didnât see me like that anyway, figured it couldnât hurt.âÂ
Itâs your turn to be surprised now. You hadnât realized he heard that conversation, or that heâd taken the wrong idea from it; the opposite idea, actually.  Â
You took a step closer to him, wrapping your arms around his shoulders, fingers finding his curls again, âWell, if you recall, snoopy, I said that part of the problem was that I just didnât want to fuck that cardiology attending,â you said, looking up at him and batting your eyelashes, âthat isnât the case with you.âÂ
He looked shocked, but recovered quickly, his confident air returning to him. âOh, is that so?â he asked, lips quirking up into a smile as he backed you up against the rough brick wall. His hand rested on the wall next to your head, the other on your hip, stroking you through your dress.Â
âIn that case, please allow me to make up for my rude behavior,â he said, dipping down to kiss you properly this time.Â
Youâd pictured this moment countless times before, but nothing compared to the real thing. Jack Abbot is a no nonsense manâa wartorn vet who understands more than most the importance of not wasting time. You expected your first kiss with him to be hungry, maybe a little sloppy, but when his lips meet yours, heâs achingly tender. It wasnât uncertainâthere was no question underlying his kissâit was deep and languorous, like he was content to take his time up against this brick wall and savor the slide of your lips against his because he knew he had you right where he wanted you, finally.Â
He commanded you, his hand cupping your jaw to angle your head back, deepening the kiss. His tongue swept across your bottom lip, and you instinctively opened up for him. The slide of his tongue against yours was delicious, the slick muscle curling around yours before moving back to your lips, sucking at your bottom lip and biting down gently. Your mind felt fuzzy at the way he handled you, guiding and taking you how he saw fit.
Some of his restraint dissipated, your mouths moving feverishly against each other. You couldnât get enough of him; you pulled him into you and hooked your leg around his waist to draw him as close to you as possible. Pathetic, embarrassing whines and whimpers escaped you involuntarily, your body unable to mask how this man was making a mess of you.
His hand fell to the thigh wrapped around him, calloused fingers sliding up under your dress and gripping the bare flesh. He pulled you close, his pelvis rolling against yours sinfully. You could feel the hard outline of his cock against your cunt, your hips thrusting forward to meet the friction. A frustrated moan fell from your lips at the clothes separating you, at the inability to feel his skin against yours.Â
You pulled away only when air was necessaryâand because you were very close to being cited for public indecency if things went any further.Â
âSorry, I probably taste like garlic,â you said dumbly, fingers tracing over your spit slick lips, numb and swollen from Jackâs attention.Â
He laughed, forehead resting against yours, âyou taste incredible,â he said, pressing a kiss to your nose, then your cheek, and then under your ear. âI hope Iâm not being presumptuous, but my place is a couple blocks from here, if youâd like to come home with me.â Â
You nodded, a giddy smile breaking out across your face, âI would very much like to go home with you,â you said, already grabbing his hand and dragging him down the street.Â
The entryway is dark as you stumbled into Jackâs townhouse, the walk talking longer than it should have due to your need to drag him into searing kiss after searing kiss every dozen or so steps.Â
Jack navigated the two of you through the dark, your bodies unceremoniously plopping down on his couch. You fell onto his lap, knees sinking into the leather cushions and thighs stretching over the wide berth of his hips. Your kisses had devolved from slow and deep to fast and hungry, teeth nipping and clashing against one another, your breathing ragged from the exertion.  Â
He was rock-hard and throbbing under you, the outline of his cock pressing deliciously against your pussy. The only articles of clothing separating you were the thin, lacy excuse for panties you were wearing and his jeans. Your eyes fluttered closed as you ground your hips down on him, the combination of rough denim and the drag of his cock on your aching cunt forcing loud moans and whimpers from your lips.Â
Jack was just as loud, his hips canting up to meet your rolling hips. His hand travelled to the back of your dress, fingers playing with the zipper, âthis okay, sweetheart?â he asked against your lips. You nodded, too caught up in his lips to give a verbal answer.Â
He chuckled as he pulled the zipper down, easing the sleeves down next and pulling away to get a look at you. He let out a sharp breath, the air stolen from his lungs as he took you in, hands gripping your waist tight and rolling his hips hard against you. Â
Your pretty tits were held up in an unlined white bra, your hardened nipples peaking through the barely there lace. He threw his head back against the couch, pupils blown wide as they fixated on your chest. ââMy pretty, pretty girl. Was this all for him?â he asked, thumbs running in circles around your areolas. You nodded shyly, a bit embarrassed that youâd put on your good lingerie for some random guy. But it wasnât all for nought, if Jackâs reaction was any indication.Â
âWhat a fuckinâ idiot,â he mumbled before enveloping your nipple between his lips, sucking the bud through the lace. He captured the other nipple between his thumb and forefinger, tugging and pinching it, then soothing it over in soft circles. The sensation was dizzying. His mouth was hot and wet against your skin, and he knew exactly the right pressure to ride the line between pleasure and pain.
But the lace was getting in the way; you couldnât feel the scratch of his stubble like youâd dreamed of for so long. You unclasped your bra, tugging on his curls and pulling his face back just enough to let the garment fall down between you.Â
A guttural sound left him as he dove back in, lips suctioning onto your nipple and sucking hard, cheeks hollowed out and tongue swirling around the bud. Your hand tightened in his curls, arching your back and pushing your chest against his mouth. He alternated between the two, sucking, licking, and biting at one and kneading, flicking, and pinching the other. You could finally feel the scrape of his stubble against your sensitive skin, your eyes rolling back in your head as your hips doubled their effort, grinding hard against his cock.Â
He released your nipple with a wet pop, âyou know how hard itâs been keepinâ my hands to myself, pretty girl? and all this time youâve been hidinâ this pretty set of tits under your scrubs,â he shook his head in disbelief, âdonât think Iâll be able to think about anything other than stuffinâ my face between these tits when I see you at work.â Â
His lips returned to your chest while his unoccupied hand moved under your dress, his rough palm gripping the fat of your ass and guiding you over his length faster. Every grind of your hips had your clit bumping up against the head of his cock, the pressure exquisite. Your slick was dripping down your thighs and seeping into his jeans, the schlick schlick schlick steady background noise among your moans and groans. Â
You didnât realize how fast your orgasm was building until you were nearly on the precipice of it, letting out a strangled moan and, âIâm gonnaââ before the wave crested. Your thighs trembled, a dull ache forming from keeping them stretched around Jackâs bulk, but it only added to the pleasure that zipped through you. That staticky feeling radiated through you, your pussy contracting and fluttering around nothing.Â
Youâre panting into the crook of his neck as you ride out the aftershocks, your hips still grinding against his clothed cock, your lips letting out tiny gasps and whines.Â
âDid you⊠did you just cum, sweetheart?â Jack asked, a stunned look on his face.Â
You could feel how hot your cheeks were, shame curling through you because yes, you did cum from a little nipple play and grinding on his cock.Â
âI-iâm sorry, itâs just been a long time and no oneâs touched me in so long and you feel so good, I didnât think that would happen so quickly,â you said, panicked, âIâm sorry if I ruined things.âÂ
âHey, sweetheart, itâs okay,â he said, thumbs brushing away the embarrassed tears you werenât even aware had fallen, âyou didnât ruin anything, okay? I was just surprised, is all. Iâm sorry if anyoneâs made you feel that way, but you donât ever have to be embarrassed with me. Never,â The sincerity of his words triggered a new bout of tears. You buried your head in the crook of his neck again, his scent a calming balm to your nerves.Â
âPlus, do you know how much of an ego boost it is to know I had such a pretty girl cumminâ on lap in under five minutes? Thatâs the stuff of dreams, baby,â he teased, pulling you out from your hiding spot and pressing kisses to your cheeks.
You laughed, still sniffling a bit, âgosh, Iâm sorry Iâve been such a crybaby tonight.âÂ
âItâs okay, honey,â he said, then, teasing, âbut I can think of much better reasons for you to be cryinâ, and none of them have anything to do with you being sad or embarrassed,â he said, kissing you properly now, tongue licking deep into your mouth.Â
You moaned into his mouth, then squealed as he hoisted you up, carrying you to his bedroom. He set you down at the edge of the bed, then properly removed your dress from where it was awkwardly gathered at your waist.
He didnât waste any time, dropping to his knees and parting your legs, pushing them up toward your chest. âHold 'em there for me, baby, wanna take a good look at you,â he murmured, eyes fixed on the damp fabric between your legs. You did as he told you, hooking your hands under your knees and spreading yourself open for him. You felt exposed, but the awestruck look in his eye as he examined your pussy sent shockwaves through your body.Â
âThis all because of me?â he asked, thumbing at your center over the fabric, pressing lightly against your clit with each stroke. Your panties were soaked through, the tiny scrap of fabric doing nothing to obscure your puffy folds that were sticky with a mix of your slick and cum. âWhat a mess you made, honey. Guess Iâm gonna have to clean you up,â he said, pulling your panties to the side and licking a broad stripe from your hole to your clit.
You moaned, hips lifting off the bed and chasing his mouth. The contrast of his hot tongue on your cool flesh was blistering. His hands grabbed the back of your thighs, his fingers digging into the soft skin there and stopping any movement of your hips. You whined at the restriction, your hands fisting in the soft sheets instead.
âWaited so long for this honey, shit, fuckinâ dreamed about how youâd taste,â he moaned into your pussy, mouth lapping and sucking at your folds, gathering all the spend and slick and swallowing it down like nectar. His face was nestled deep into your cunt, tongue exploring every crease and crevice your cunt had to offer, licking, sucking, bitingâand taking note of what made you scream.Â
And once he discovered it, he didnât just eat you, he devoured you. He was a man possessed, with no regard for his own need for air. His tongue assaulted your clit, alternating between rubbing tight circles around it, short kitten licks, and long, languorous licks that had him shaking his head between your thighs. Every now and again he wrapped his lips around your clit and suckled it, the light leaving your body every time. Your hips rocked against his mouth despite his hold on you, wrecked moans falling from your lips. Â
âFuck, jack, pleaseâr-right there!âÂ
âThatâs it, baby, let me hear you, tell me how good Iâm makinâ you feel,â he said, pulling back just far enough to spit onto your cunt before running two fingers up your slit, pushing them in without preamble. The stretch was delicious, his thick fingers curling deep into your wet heat and finding that sweet spot in no time. He exploited it mercilessly, massaging it with the pads of his fingers. His lips returned to your clit, sucking harshly now, giving you no reprieve from his ministrations.Â
âFeels so good Jack! Never felt this good before!â you cried.Â
The slurping and squelching was lewd, your moans and breathless cries of his name intermingled to create an obscene symphony that youâre sure the entire population of Pittsburgh could hear.Â
âYou gonna cum on my face, honey? Gonna give me another one?â he asked, fingers massaging your g-spot. âWannaâfuckâwanna feel this tight cunt squeeze my fingers when she cums.âÂ
âY-yes, please Jack, âm gonna cum, feels sosososo goodâ you cried out, your second orgasm crashing over you. Stars burst behind your eyes, back arching uncomfortably off the bed and walls clenching so hard around his fingers youâre not sure how he hasnât lost circulation. Your legs clamped around his head, trapping him there as you rode out your orgasm, hips rutting against his mouth and fingers. He didnât mind, licking and sucking you through it, his fingers keeping pressure on your g-spot until you were pushing him away.
He peppered your body with kisses as you came down, starting at your thighs and making his way up over your tummy, ribs, and breasts. He came to rest above you, a dopey smile on your face as you pulled him in for a lazy kiss. His face was soaked with your spend and you could taste the tang on his tongue when he kissed you.Â
âYouâre stupidly good at that,â you whispered, body still boneless and floaty.Â
âYeah? Want me to show you want else Iâm stupidly good at?â he asked while finally shucking his shirt off.Â
âYeah?â you said absentmindedly, eyes glazed over at the majesty that was Jack Abbotâs chest. You immediately began pressing kisses across the newly exposed skinâto his neck, collarbone, pecs, and tummy. Youâre even able to scrape your teeth across a nipple before he holds you back at arms length, laughing.  Â
âYeah, honey,â he laughed between your frantic kisses, âbut you gotta let me breathe for a sec, gotta take care of my leg.âÂ
âLet me,â you said, slipping down to the floor and sitting back on your heels. You ran your palms up his thighs, hands coming to rest on his belt before going any further.
âYou donât have to do that, honey.âÂ
âI know,â you said softly, âbut I want to. If youâre okay with that.âÂ
He cradled your face in his hand, thumb stroking your cheekbone. You turned into it, kissing the palm of his hand to assure him that you wanted to do this.Â
âI care about you Jack, and this is part of you. I just wanna help you, wanna make you feel good,â you said earnestly, giving him your puppy dog eyes.
âYeah. Okay, honey, go ahead,â he nodded, sitting back on his elbows to watch you. You grasped his belt again, unfastening the buckle and pulling the belt through the loops, discarding it somewhere behind you. You moved to the button of his jeans, deftly popping it open and hooking your fingers into the waistband, tugging them down with Jackâs help.Â
Your breath hitched at the sight of his dark gray boxers, a wet spot front and center that made your mouth water. You learned forward and kissed the damp fabric, moaning at the slight taste of precum that danced across your lips.Â
âCareful, sweetheartâŠâ he warned, but there wasnât much heat behind his words.Â
You just grinned up at him before getting back to the task at hand. Your fingers travelled down to the sleek metal attached to him, getting a feel for the mechanism before unlocking and twisting it off. The liner came next, tossed to the side before you pressed your fingertips into his skin, massaging the skin to get some blood flow back into the residual limb. You pressed sweet kisses to his flesh, from the front of his knee to the scarred flesh of his leg, tongue dipping out to trace the prominent scar just above his amputation site.Â
Jack breathed heavily above you, tiny groans escaping him unbidden. A look flickered across his face, and you think, briefly, that this may be the first time youâve seen him truly vulnerable. It wasnât a secret that heâd lost the lower portion of his leg in the war, but he didnât flaunt it either. You wondered if there was an insecurity that lay deep within him, despite his overt confidence; if other women had reacted differently, cruelly even to the sight of his prosthesis. It made your heart ache to think about it, to think of someone doing anything but worshipping his beautiful body the way he deserved. Â
âSo pretty, Jack,â you whispered, kisses inching higher up his thigh now, âwanna taste you now.âÂ
When youâre met with the sight of Jackâs cock, youâre well and truly speechless. You knew he was big from your time on the couch, but seeing it was different. He was thick and veiny, the tip flushed a deep red and leaking precum furiously. It rested against his belly, curving slightly to the left. And did you mention that he was thick? Mouth agape, you wondered how you were going to fit him in your mouth. Or pussy.Â
Youâre not sure how long youâve been sitting there, hands perched against his thighs, just staring at his cock, until Jack tilts your head back, fingers tightening in the strands of hair at the nape of your neck.Â
âThought you wanted a taste, honey. You just gonna sit there and stare at it all night?â he asked, a smug smile on his lips.Â
âMaybe,â you mumbled, tongue darting out to wet your lips.Â
Before you can do anything of your own accord, his hand is guiding your head forward, the head of his cock pushing gently against the seam of your lips. You take over from there, pressing an open mouthed kiss to his tip, the precum gathered there salty and sticky against your lips. Your tongue dipped out to caress the spot just below his head, running the flat of your tongue along it before moving back to his head, spitting a glob of spit onto him and wrapping a hand around his base. You started with long, slow strokes, squeezing and twisting on the upstroke, your hand meeting your lips where they suckled at his tip.Â
You moaned at the steady stream of precum invading your mouth, âtaste so good Jack,â you said before taking more of him into your mouth. You're only about halfway down and your lips are already stretched tight around him, spit leaking from the corners of your mouth in filthy waterfalls. You hollowed your cheeks out, bobbing your head up and down his shaft, your tongue massaging the underside of his cock.Â
âFuck, baby, who knew you had such a filthy fuckinâ mouth on you,â he groaned, hips rutting up slightly.Â
His tip occasionally hits the back of your throat, causing you to gag and tears to prick behind your eyes, but you donât care; the feeling of him weighing heavy on your tongue is reward enough.Â
You feel a light pressure applied to the back of your head, âdeeper, baby, know you can take it,â he groaned. You obliged, breathing deep through your nose and sinking down further onto his cock until you felt him hit the back of your throat and your nose was nestled in the trimmed grey curls at his base. Your hand grappled for his where it was perched on your head, using it to push harder against your head, trying to convey to him that you wanted him to take over; to fuck your face.Â
He groaned, hips jerking involuntarily as he realized what you wanted. He gathered your hair in his hands, hips shallowly trusting into the wet heat of your mouth. His mouth was slack, grunts and groans loud as he fucked your face. His pace builds, his cock roughly pistoning in and out of your mouth. Tears are falling freely now, your mouth stretched to capacity and throat being used and abused by his fat cock.Â
âSee? These tears are much prettier, baby,â he huffed out, thumbs brushing the trails where they fell. âSo fuckinâ pretty, crying with my cock in your mouth.âÂ
You moaned around him at that, the praise and shame swirling in your tummy. Your hand came up to cup his balls, massaging and squeezing them gently between your fingers.Â
Youâre suddenly pulled up off his cock and into his lap, spit stringing from your shiny, swollen lips. You whined at the loss of him, your mouth feeling uncomfortably empty now.Â
âFuckâyou feel too good, honey,â he grunted, setting you back against his pillows, âcanât cum in that pretty little mouth tonight, need to be inside you.âÂ
He grabbed a condom out of his drawer before moving back to you, sitting back on his knees and rolling the condom on. You let out an annoyed whine. Youâve never hated the more rational side of your brain more than you do right now. You craved to feel him bare inside youâto feel him cum deep inside you, the hot white ropes painting your walls. And while you trusted him implicitly, you knew safety was of the utmost importance, so condom it was.Â
âDonât worry, baby, soon as we get tested, you wonât be able to stop me from fuckinâ this pussy raw,â he groaned, settling between your spread thighs. His body was a soothing weight above you, the warmth he emanated relieving any anxiety you had.Â
He gripped the base of his cock and ran it through your sopping folds a few times, the tip catching slightly on your entrance on each pass. âPlease, Jack, need to feel you,â you moaned, wrapping your legs around his waist and pulling him close.Â
He cursed before giving in, notching the head of his cock against your entrance and entering you slowly, letting you feel and adjust to every inch on its own. Your head fell back into his plush pillows as he sank fully into you, your mouth open in a silent scream. Your walls were tight around him, clenching viciously at the intrusionâyouâd never been stretched so wide, or filled so thoroughly. It felt like the air had been punched out of your lungs and replaced by his cock. Your hands clutched at his shoulders, your short nails biting at his skin.Â
You were still for a moment, both your chests heaving as you adjusted to the feeling of one another. Then, once Jack composed himself, he started to moveâslow, shallow thrusts at first, your pussy still clenching tight around him, sucking him in greedily with each thrust.Â
âRelax for me, honey, thatâs it, doinâ so good for me,â he grunted, eyes closed, âpussy feels so good.âÂ
You willed your body to relax, for your muscles to go lax around him. You shifted your legs up higher, the heels of your feet digging into the soft flesh of his ass.Â
âThere you go, so good for me,â he moaned, âknew youâd be so good for me.âÂ
He pulled out again, easier this time, until only the tip remained inside you, then snapped his hips forward. His thrusts were slow but hard, his hips slamming against you each time he bottomed out. The drag of his cock against your walls felt so good, his thick, throbbing length rubbing up against every sensitive spot. You felt every thick vein and ridge, as if they were imprinting into your walls, making a home there. You moaned at the thought of eternity, of Jack making your pussy his again and again and again.Â
He was watching you with a wondrous look on his face, his eyes flitting between your blissed out face and bouncing tits. âSo fuckinâ sexy, baby, you donât even understand how fuckinâ gorgeous you are,â he groaned, hips picking up speed, fucking you faster and harder.Â
The adrenaline and emotions from the night came crashing down around you. The feeling of his cock dragging through your walls mixed with the sweet words he was whispering into your ear had you feeling exposed and vulnerable, made you feel seen. Your hands were frantic, running over every bit of skin you could get your hands on, needing to feel his skin against yours. You pulled him impossibly closer, his chest now flush against yours, the friction it provided to your nipples dizzying. Â
You didnât notice the tears until Jack was kissing away the salty tracks, his tongue sneaking out to lick up the length of your cheek. âYouâre my little crybaby, arenât you?â he asked, a sweet hint of condescension in his tone, âjust canât help babbling over my cock, huh, baby?âÂ
You could only whimper at that. The words should feel shameful, degrading, even, but the fondness on his face, the constant reassurance heâd been giving you all night only made you feel warm and fuzzy inside. Because you werenât a crybaby, you were his crybaby.Â
The coil in your stomach tightened, your orgasm fast approaching. He was fucking you hard and fast now, his balls slapping against your ass with a wet smack. âJaack, Iâm gonnaâfffuckâI needââ you gasped at a particularly hard thrust, your eyes rolling into the back of your head.Â
But Jack knew what you needed before you did, his thumb finding your clit and rubbing tight circles against it, and you were done for. Your toes curled, heels pressing harder into his ass as you came, white-hot sparks shooting through your body. Your walls spasmed wildly, your orgasm crashing through you in waves. You were absolutely drenched, your pussy gushing around his cock, leaking down your ass and onto the bed.Â
Jack wasnât far behind, his hips stuttering as your walls seized his cock in a vise grip. âF-fuck, baby, youâre squeezinâ me so tight, so fuckinâ good,â he grunted, his hips going into overdrive now, chasing his climax and fucking you hard and deep.
"Cum for me, Jack, wanna make you feel good," you cried.
He ground his hips into one last time, cumming with a loud moan, cock buried deep inside you and hips pressed flush against yours.Â
He collapsed on top of you, head resting on your chest. He pressed lazy kisses to your sternum, collarbone, the soft flesh of your breastsâwhatever he could get his lips on from this angle. Your fingers carded through his curls, the motion soothing as you tried to catch your breath.Â
Eventually, though, you had to part.Â
You whined as he pulled out, your cunt empty and cold now that heâd taken his warmth away. He grabbed his arm crutches, disposing of the condom and retreating to the bathroom. He returned with a warm washcloth and began cleaning you up, gently wiping at your swollen pussy and sticky thighs, making sure you were comfortable before tossing the rag in the hamper. Â
He slid back into bed when he was finished, laying on his side and pulling you close against his chest. Your head was cushioned by this arm as you curled into him, your sweat slick bodies cool to the touch now that the heat had dissipated.Â
âYou have no idea how long Iâve wanted to kiss you,â he said, fingers brushing up and down your ribs, the touch featherlight. Â
âMmm probably as long as I have,â you said, snuggling closer to him.
âReally? When did you realize you wanted to kiss me?â
You didnât have to think about it at all. âMy birthday, on the roof. I gave you a cupcake and you got frosting all over you,â you giggled at the memory, âand all I could think about was how bad I wanted to kiss it all off of your stupidly handsome face.âÂ
He laughed with you, the creases around his eyes deepening as he did. He was so pretty, you thought for the thousandth time that night.Â
 âI remember that,â he smiled, âI remember being so proud that I made you laugh that night.âÂ
âWhat about you?â you asked.Â
He thought about it for a minute. âI think the need to kiss you has been simmering in me since I met you, but the first time I had the conscious thought was when you patched me up after that patient clocked me in the head,â he said, his hand now on your cheek, stroking the bone there, âyou were standinâ between my legs, stitchinâ up my forehead, and all I could think about was pulling you close and kissing you until I couldnât breathe.âÂ
âWhy didnât you?â
He sighed, âIâm your superior and I didnât want to make you uncomfortable if you didn't feel the same way.â You knew he didnât want to delve into the âsuperiorâ thing right now, didnât want to have the long, complicated conversation that was sure to come in the following days.Â
âAnd I wasnât sure Iâd be able to stop myself once I started,â he said, lightening the mood a bit.Â
You giggled at that, rolling your eyes affectionately. But something nagged in your head about what he said.Â
âWaitâŠâ you said, piecing together a timeline, âthat was nearly a year ago! Youâre telling me we could have been doing this for a year!?â you exclaimed, slapping him on the chest lightly.Â
He shook his head at you, a sheepish look on his face. You were both idiots.Â
âWell, I guess we have a lot of lost time to make up for, then, donât we?â he said cheekily, capturing your lips again and pushing you onto your back, determined to make you a very happy woman.
a/n: thank you for reading!! I hope you enjoyed it <33
honestly, reader cheating on robby bc she work nights with him and robby is always shrugging of her attempts to FUCK and jacks just being a good friend by taking care of her every night >_<
this was supposed to be small. i had a lot of fun with this i got reeeally carried away. multiple positions, kinda referenced his quinn audio?? sue me. downtalking Robby, cheating obviously, Jack finished in you. fuck that Robby guy tho he canât fuck you like Jack does
venting to him one day about it between patients on like your break, âhe just..i dunno he wonât touch me anymore, i think itâs because of whatâs happening up in that head but he wonât talk about it with me either..â youâre all pouty, Jack canât help himself. âiâll talk to him slugger, you wanna catch a bite with me after work?â
a bite turns hanging out at home after work, which isnât anything crazy, because youâre all friends. known each other for years. and Jack isnât a pushy guy, but you notice the way he rubs up your knee, or how he looks at you when you change into comfy clothes.
âis robby still..dodgy?â Jack asks, rubbing at your leg thatâs slung over his thigh. your smile fades and you sigh. âyeah. i mean..i just donât know how to talk to that guy anymore. he feels so far all the time.â âand youâve been initiating, right? like we talked about?â âyes! i wear fucking sexy, expensive lingerie, i-i touch on him, rub him. nothing.â
youâre closer now, arm to arm with your body turned into his. his brows furrow, rubbing at the growing stubble on his cheek. Jack wraps his arm around you now, palming at your hip lovingly and allowing you to lie on his chest. âand toys donât..i mean is that still on the table for you?â âi use them..but it just..gets boring after a while. tiring. i wanna have sex, not just..play with myself all the time.â
the image of you with your legs spread, using a dildo or wand on yourself is front and center of his mind. he sees you whining with frustration, bucking your hips needily. jesus. âi mean is it me? did i do something, am i just not sexy anymore? youâd tell me if he told you that, right, Jack?â youâre looking at him with big, tear brimming eyes while you paw at his chest. Jack is a weak man, sweetie.
âof course iâd tell you sweetheart, heâs..Robbyâs somewhere else right now. donât blame yourself youâre..youâre so sexy. sexiest girl i know, thatâs for sure.â he gives you a gentle smile, but youâve still got that pouty, needy look on your face. âreally?â âyes really honey, robbyâs beinâ real stupidâŠâ
heâs gazing into your eyes, mind racing as he licks at his lips. âheâs being mean too.â âreal mean. iâd..never be mean to you.â he canât help himself when he closes the gap between you two, pushing his lips onto yours. you moan upon impact, fisting his shirt as he grabs at your body, rubbing down your hips before hoisting you fully onto his lap.
he feels how much you need this in the kiss, pushing your tongue in his mouth, your hands snaking up his neck and into his hair, yanking it slightly. the way your body arches into his, legs raising slightly to kiss him harder, pushing him deeper into the couch. you moan when you feel your clothed cunt drag along his bulge, brows furrowing hard before grinding down, getting a sound out of him.
âfuck.â he whispers, still messily kissing you, hands now grabbing at your warming love hands under your big shirt. your ring twists into his curls, making him wince, which makes you pull away. âare you ok??â you pull your hand away, letting him take it softly in his. âyour-your ring, got my hair.â your ring. your wedding ring.
âoh my god. Jack i..â you put your hands on his chest, scooting down off his lap, though still straddling his thighs. âi canât do this with you, oh my god..â you rub your hands down your face, the cold metal against your hot skin feels like a zap. âwha..why not?â he breaths, brows pinched with confusion as he pulls your hands away from your face.
âRobby, Jack. i..heâs my husband i canât do that to him! iâm so terrible!â you scoff, eyes wide with fear. âyouâre not terrible, whatâre you scared of? betraying him?? what the fuck has he been doing to you, then?â he pulls you back closer, so close your hands roughly land on his chest.
you pull your head from his gaze, keeping your hands down for distance, but he doesnât let you. âthatâs different Jack, heâs..disembodied right now heâs just distant..â âthatâs still neglecting his wife. shutting you out, which is the last person he should be doing that to. i never once shut out my wife. you said it yourself. heâs being mean.â
you pout, whining at the words that sting to your heart. Robby is being mean. heâs being mean to everyone, but you especially. âJack i..â you scoff, you canât even find the words, âitâs not right, i mean i love him too much.â âyou can still love him, itâs not like im some guy. you know me, sweetheart..â you donât fight when he kisses down the shell of your ear, trialing slowly down your neck in a way that makes you shiver.
your arms end up at his shoulders, eyes shutting in his touch. âi just wanna help you. been so long for you.â his stubble tickles your neck as he speaks low, almost a whisper. youâve only heard this sugary tone once before. âbeen wanting this, right? to be touched like this? kissed like this?â he moves slowly down your comfy shorts, cupping your ass as the cotton slides off at the knuckles of his huge hands.
âyeah..â it comes out more pathetic than you could control, but your heart was pounding out your chest. âyeah..â he nods, kissing back up your jaw and taking your lips in his. âi know. let me do this for you.â you raise up to let him pull off your shorts, and the heat turns up in an instant. the kiss turning passionate, moans and groans trading under tongues as you lift his shirt over his shoulder, âcanât..â you pant, eyes hooded.
âcant happen again,â your hands move faster than you can think, untying and pulling down his scrub bottoms. âonly one time. this time.â âthis time.â he repeats, and you squeak when his big hand cups your pussy over your underwear, a throaty hum exiting him as he feels how fucking wet you were.
you canât remember the last time you were so fired up to fuck. grabbing at whatever you could while he fingered you open, accidentally scratching at his biceps as your hips move greedily against him. âyouâre so fuckinâ wet sweetheart, want this real bad.â he pants, eyes locked in you as you moan into the air. âplease justâŠJack please.. need it.â it almost comes as a sob, and he couldnât ever refuse you. not like this, especially.
âlemme take it out. gonna get it sweetie, promise. gonna give it to you.â thereâs that sugary tone again, and you find yourself moving at his command without a second thought, throwing your shirt off your sweaty body and reaching for his leg. you help him pull off his boxers and then his prosthetic, hearing a sigh of relief above him as you set it down.
he moves you back over him, and your eyes widen slightly at the sight of his hung, veiny dick. âjesus youâre..so big,â and he wants to say something cocky. he really does. but he just thumbs at your hip, nodding with a small smirk. âyou can handle it.â
your eyes are big on his as you lift yourself over his cock, letting him guide you onto his tip, then his girth. he goes slow, gripping your hips as he rocks you lower and lower, drinking in the little gasps and squeals you let out. âJack youâre-fuck youâre so big, youâre so fucking big,,â you whine, shaky breaths as you squeeze your eyes shut.
âyouâre taking it.â his voice is rasped, quiet watching your pussy engulf him. âyouâre taking it baby i promise, youâre fuckinâ takinâ it. so good too, holy shit.â he wants to let all his greedy, jealousy induced thoughts out. canât believe robbyâs missing out on this, fuck. shouldâve bagged this pussy forever ago, clearly Robby wasnât putting it to good use. but it doesnât exit his mind, not wanting you to feel worse about it all.
âoh yes, oh my god yes,â you moan out, head thrown back as your hips take over, his hands guiding you ever so gently as you bounce on his cock. âfuck youâre..fuck Jack itâs so good,â he moans under you, your pleasure making the butterflies dancing in his stomach as you fuck yourself on him.
âthatâs it sweetheart, there you fuckinâ go. yâlike that? yeahhh baby, feels soo good.â his eyes roll back, hands grabbing at every curve he could before the moment was over. pawing at your tits, smacking at your ass, squeezing at your belly. youâre everything to him, sweetie.
he canât help but let himself submit to you in this time of need, in this sweet notion of helping his friend. because that what it really was. just helping his friend blow some steam, sheâs just pent up. losing the same amount of calories as if he took you boxing. nothing wrong with it. âyeah sweetie, let it all out. just like thaat, fucking god,â he feels dizzy watching you hump him. your bodyâs consumed with greed, with a mission in mind.
latching onto him, filling your house with high shaky moans. and he was doing so much for you, and more. grabbing you, holding you lovingly close to him as you ride him into the couch cushion he was leaning his back into you. letting out sweet words to you, praise, helping you through riding him. groaning loudly into the room, the sounds alone coming from him fueling you, swelling your head.
sounds Robby never made. never talked you through it unless itâd been a long time, or till he was close. barely made noise either, no matter how many times youve told him you liked it. you were jelly in Jacks touch. he was pushing you steadily over your edge, whether he touched you or not. he filled you completely, inside and out.
his left hand started shoving you down on his cock, your moans coming out in sharp, quick gasps of air, eyes wide watching yourself slam on his dick and feeling his tip kiss that sponges spot in you. his right hand sucks on his thumb, getting it nice and wet before bringing it to your puffy clit, flicking it in a way that makes you suck in a harsh breath, dragging your nails down his shoulder, a high moan exiting you as you throw your head back.
âfuck ohmygo-Jack!â your moans are bordering on pornographic. and you look fucking delicious. hips bucking up to his touch all jittery, sweat gleaming your tits as they bounce with every move. your nose is scrunched slightly as the side of your mouth sneers upturned, and your brows sitting hard and tightly pinched, so overturned with pleasure you canât control how loud you are. and Jack is straight up drinking it in.
âyouâre so good, youâre fucking me so good Jack, better than iâve ever fuckinâ felt..!â your words come up high, itâs music to his ears. to get that out of you, to know youâve been with Robby almost half a decade, and Jack barely moving his hips is the best youâve felt in that long?
âyouâre fucking me, sweetie, and youâre doinâ so good. look at you, takinâ it from me..â his eyes are hooded over your body, his soft puppy eyes working over you in your vulnerable state. âkeep using me baby, just fuckinâ take it. havenât gotten dick like this before, havenât had this in so long, right? you deserve this. say it.â
itâs barely getting through your ears honestly. your stomach is heaving, your ears are almost ringing, eyes rolling back as you fuck yourself on his thick cock like a toy. âi deserve it..â you slur in heavy pants, eyes rolling back as you feel your heated orgasm approach. âyeah you do. yeah you fuckinâ do sweetheart,â heâs quick to hold you in his grasp when you collapse into him, mushing into his shoulder while you grind lazily.
his arm wraps around you, turning in his place to keep you close, keeping his pace on your throbbing clit as you shudder against him. âthere we fuckinâ go, cmon you can do it. been talkinâ about gettinâ fucked for weeks i know you can do it. use me sweetie, use me like you fuckinâ mean it,â thereâs a rough, almost degrading tone in his words, and your body submits to him at the impact.
he fucks into you from the side, your leg coming up immediately to let him in deeper, and as he groans in your ear, your dam breaks. âohhh Jack, oh god, Jack!â itâs one big breath before youâre gasping out again, shrinking into him as your pussy flutters around his dick, stomach so tight as you practically burst under him.
âdonât stop, please donât stop im..imââ you canât even finish your words, and Jack doesnât mind a bit. nodding to your words, his mouth echoing yours, agape with his own groans as his eyes roll back. âlet it alll out baby, take it frâme itâs all yours..â you feel you leg cramp up from how hard your orgasm had hit you, your body falling limp on Jack as he continues fucking into you, removing his hand from your shaking pussy to hold your leg up.
his lashes feel weighted, glittering as he takes in the sight of you, your fucked out face as your eyes rest, down your sweaty body, to where you two met, the creamy ring around his cock glistening and cresting rather nasty strings of cum as he thrusts into you. heat builds in his chest, his cock twitches inside of you and his hips stutter. that cold sweat rolls over him, and he looks to the ceiling with an oh god before back at you.
âthatâs it baby, thatâs it, thatâs fucking it,â his praises to you turn into revelations of the immense pleasure weighing on him. hunching over you and pushing you on your back on the couch, finding the balance to slam into you. you moan in tandem at the new position, the way he lays all his unbalanced weight on your thighs heâs keeping up, slamming into you like itâs beyond his control.
with your back arched off the cushion and your hands fisting st it from the side, you watch his face as he loses his composure, bitting his lip before letting groans spill from him like a music box, eyes rolled to the ceiling as his brows flex to the hairline. âoh my god, canât even..aghh canât fucking believe you gave this pussy to Robby,â he rolls his eyes, âdid so fucking good, scratching me up and shit you-youâre fuckinâ everything..â
his mouth moves faster than his mind. poor guys lost in the sauce, chest heavy as it turns that familiar red youâve only seen a few times in the sun. âgod youâre so good, gimme a kiss sweetie, so proudaâ you,â you practically yank him down onto you, kissing so sloppily you think drool is getting everywhere because of how over the moon you guys are.
you gasp sharply, feeling his tip kiss at your cervix. you dig your nails into his neck, a high, almost pained moan exiting you through his lips. âJack youâreâJack hold on,â you mewl, though feeling him shake his head frantically. âi know sweetie i-im sorry i just-fuck i canât, icanticanticant,â he moans, and his following groans come up higher, weaker as if heâd been yelling all night (which..he probably has).
âcanât stop, fuck youâre so good, mâgonna cum, baby mâgonna cum,â he doesnât even try to kiss you anymore, âyouâre so good, doinâ so fucking good baby i..â you hear the slapping of skin from between you, feeling impossibly split open as he slams into you, groaning like he couldnât breath.
with a final loud groan he grabs at the cushion next to your head, eyes tightly screwed as his hips come to a halt, and you feel his dick twitch into you as he finishes hard, the following groans coming out as weak whines. Jack lets his body collapse over you, reaching behind himself to caress at your shaking legs, still panting into each otherâs mouths.
âdid i..hurt you?â he whispers, you feel his lashes against your crows feet. âno, no. just..was a lot. is your leg ok..?â look at you. all the more worrying. all the more caring, loving. it makes Jack chuckled breathily, shaking his head as he kisses at your cheek. âiâm ok, sweetheart. been through worse.â
he pushes himself off you, giving you a once over for any damage before pulling out, sitting upright next your body. speeding your pussy with his thumb and pointer, in the blink of an eye heâs watching his cum seep out of you and onto your ass, and almost onto the couch cushion had he not cupped his hand under the leakage, stuffing it back in you. âfuck i..i didnât mean to uh..just got carried away.â he gives you a remorseful look, that he also looks away from to gaze at your beat, puffy pussy.
âare you on birth control?â âno..i stopped a few months ago. we wanted to try for a baby.â your cheek quirked to the side before you pout a little, and Jack feels his heart break a little. âok. iâll get you plan b, then.â you nod and lift on, crawling into his lap once again, but this time, you give him a slow, gentle kiss.
âthank you..Jack..â you sigh, feeling him wrap his arms around you. âdonât gotta thank me. just wanted to help you, sweet thing. sâwhat friends are for.â he joked, making you scoff a chuckle. you nod, âyeah. what friends are for.â for fucking so hard you see stars. of course. âlemme get my foot awake, then weâll clean up.â
if youâve sent be a Pope Cody request, trust me i have it, iâm not neglecting! i pushed this forward bc i havenât formally written for Jack in sooo long, and this was so fun. thank u for the ask!
summary: a night out with some coworkers after a medical conference leads to you accidentally texting your attending about how hot you think he is.
word count: 4.6k
contains: smut, oral (f receiving), unprotected sex, reader is a doctor, no use of y/n.
a/n: i know nothing about being a doctor or going to medical conferences but i tried my best here. If something is disgustingly inaccurate plz let me know :)
If you were being honest, you hated these things. Conferences, galas, all of it. You loved being a doctor, it was your lifeâs passion after all, but it was the incessant obligations outside of the hospitalâ the networking, the dressing up, the horrid small talk with other doctorsâ piled on top of your already packed schedule that had you dreading this particular medical conference more than usual.Â
There was one small silver lining, at least. This time, you had friends.
Youâd only begun working at Pittsburg Trauma Medical Center a few months ago, looking for more of a challenge after spending the past few years of your career in dermatology. You didnât hate it, per se, but you felt deep in your bones that you were meant for more high stakes work.
Not only did the job suit you better, but the people did too. Sure, youâd met some nice people in dermatology, even met your best friend there, but working in the ER surrounded you with people much like yourself. Adrenaline junkies.
Unfortunately, adrenaline junkies and medical conferences did not mix.
Thatâs how you found yourself at some dodgy dive bar down the street from your hotel the last night of your conference with two of your coworkers, Trinity and Victoria. The three of you had been bored out of your minds at the last lecture of the day, where some old pretentious man droned on and on and onnnnn about medical research that was about 25 years outdated. You really needed a drink.
âOkay, I know we agreed on vodka crans, but I got us green tea shots too. My treat, alright? I fucking need a shot after whatever that lecture was,â Trinity explains as she returns from the bar, setting three drinks and three shots down on the center of the table. You were able to snag some seats in the back corner of the bar, thankfully, because the last thing you want to deal with is any more people today.
âOh god, it was horrible, wasnât it? I was just about ready to rip my hair out. Didnât think that guy would ever stop talking,â Victoria replies as she reaches for one of the shots.Â
The three of you clink glasses, tapping them down onto the wooden surface of the table before knocking them back.Â
âGod, thatâs fucking good,â you wince, the alcohol burning at the bottom of your throat.
The night continues in a cycle of work gossip and ordering vodka cranberries for the table. By the time you guys are leaving, youâre thoroughly buzzed.
You walk back to the hotel together, arm and arm, when you get back onto the topic of work. Feeling a little more truthful than usual due to the alcohol coursing through your system, you decide to tell your friends about an awkward moment you had during one of your shifts last week.
âOh it was awful, you guys. I was assisting Dr. Abbot with a perforating GSW and he asked me to hand him hemostatic gauze, and I dropped the package all over the floor trying to open it. Iâm talking gauze everywhere. I had to rush to get a new one, my hands were shaking like hell when I gave it to him,â you ramble. âAnd the worst part? He noticed. Pulled me into one of the on-call rooms afterward to ask what was up with me. I was horrified.â
Victoria furrows her brows, and Trinity slows her steps until the three of you are standing still in the middle of the dimly lit sidewalk.
âWhatâs wrong? Why are we stopping?â you ask, confused.Â
âSorry, you were nervous?â Victoria questions.
âI didnât even know that was possible for you,â Trinity admits, shock displayed on her face.
âI mean, yeah. If you guys had been there, youâd understand. The whole room was tense, you could hear a pin drop,â you explain.
âDonât think thatâs how Iâd describe the Pitt, but okay,â Victoria concedes, falling back into step toward the hotel as you and Trinity trail close behind.
âYâknow, I donât think it was the GSW that had you all worked up. Iâve seen you in action. Youâre not one to falter, especially not like that. I think maybe a certain night shift attending has you all hot and bothered,â Trinity prods, landing a playful punch against your shoulder.
Victoria whips her head around at that. âOh my god. Thatâs totally it!â she squeals. âAre you guys hooking up? Iâll be soooo jealous, heâs a total silver fox.â
Heat blooms in your chest and creeps up to your cheeks. Youâre suddenly very, very hot.
âJesus, no. Iâm not hooking up with him. Iâm not even into him, not like that. I can promise you heâs not what made me nervous,â you ramble. âWe work a high stress job, itâs normal to make mistakes. And thatâs all it was, a mistake,â you babble on, hoping your friends wonât pick up on the fact that youâre lying straight through your teeth.
While the part about not hooking up with him is true, you canât deny the fact that you definitely have feelings for Doctor Jack Abbot.
Itâs all his fault, really. From the start, he was charming. Good at conversation. Never made you feel less than, despite being the newbie of the department.Â
And it definitely didnât help that he looked like that. Salt and pepper curls that framed his angular face which was dusted with freckles. Wrinkles around his eyes and mouth that made themselves known when he smiled. Biceps that bulged underneath his scrub top sleeve, which was far too tight considering the size of his muscles.
It got worse once you guys fell into a rhythm, able to work in tandem. Sometimes you didnât even need words. It only took one look at each other for you to know exactly where he needed you, how to best assist him with a procedure.Â
If it wasnât a look, it was a touch. A gloved hand overtop yours, guiding you on where to make an incision. A warm, large hand braced against your back as you intubate. A pat on the shoulder after you successfully stabilize a patient.Â
But undoubtedly, the worst part was the way he spoke to you. Whether it be a âNice work, Kiddo,â after a particularly stressful chest tube placement, or a âWhatâs goinâ on up there?â with a featherlight touch to your temple when you were lost in thought. It was like he could sense what you were feeling before youâd even figured it out for yourself.
Clearly, whatever feelings you have for Dr. Abbot are written all over your face, because Trinity and Victoria seem wholly unconvinced.
âOkay, well if youâre not hooking up with him, then you should be. Iâve seen your dynamic, thereâs some clear tension between you guys, babe,â Trinity argues as you finally approach the doors of your hotel.
âYeah, thatâs not happening. Even if I wanted it to, which I donât, thereâs no way heâd be into it,â you explain, the warmth in your cheeks only growing.Â
Victoria lets out a dramatic sigh as you make your way through the hotel lobby toward the elevators. âAnd I thought I was clueless.â
âSorry?â you ask, pressing the button for the elevator. It dings and the doors open, the three of you piling in. You quickly push the button for floor three. You want to escape this situation as fast as possible, if youâre being honest. Your emotions are too heightened from the drinks to be having this conversation right now.
âIf you canât see it, thereâs nothing we can do to help you,â Trinity replies. âAnyway, it might not be the brightest idea to sleep with a coworker. We all know how that went for meâŠâ
âOh Trin it wasnât that bad. At least she doesnât work in the same department,â Victoria remarks, then gestures vaguely at you. âImagine if this hypothetical hookup with Abbot really did happen. Sheâd have to work with him all the time and heâs her attending. Now thatâs bad.â
You groan. âGee, thanks guys. I feel really supported right now.â
âSo you do want to sleep with him then?â Victoria quips.Â
âNo! My god, you guys. Iâm done with the conversation,â you exclaim. The elevator finally reaches your floor and you waste no time stepping out into the warmly lit hallway.
âWell, Iâll see you both bright and early tomorrow. Still want to get coffee before the airport?â Trinity asks as she fumbles with her keycard outside of her room door.Â
Victoria, one door down from Trinity, follows suit in swiping her card. âSure, howâs 7:00 sound?â
âWorks for me, see you guys tomorrow!â you reply with a smile and a wave, making your way down to the end of the hallway to your room.Â
It hits you as you struggle to get your door unlocked that youâre a lot drunker than you thought. Not enough to warrant a hangover, but inebriated enough that you stumble toward your bed as you kick off your shoes.Â
After taking a much needed shower, washing away the grime of a long day, and putting on a pair of cotton shorts and a tank top, you cuddle up into bed and check your texts.
Thereâs multiple from your best friend, Jackie. The one you met when you worked in dermatology.Â
Jackie: girl i havenât heard from you all day
Jackie: is the conference terrible
Jackie: so glad i donât have to go to those lol
Jackie: is dr hottie there at least
You chuckle at her messages. Of course sheâd bring him up. Sheâs the only person youâve confided in about your attraction to Dr. Abbot, and sheâs become obsessed with him ever since. Even gave him that ridiculous nickname.
You swipe back to check your other notifications, reading a text from your mom and watching a Tik Tok that Trinity sent you from her room before you finally go back to reply to Jackie.
Unfortunately, in your inebriated state, your finger slides on your screen and deletes your text chain with her.
âShit!â you exclaim. At least you remember what she said. You quickly click the âNew Messageâ button and start typing out her name.Â
j⊠a⊠câŠÂ
You click on her contact and begin typing.
You: sry iâve been busy but yes the conference was shit
You: got drinks after im a ltitle drunk lol
You: and yes dr hottie is here thank god
You: i sat behind him during a talk this mornign and had to fight urges to run my hands through his sexy silver hair
You: i didnrt do it tho. i am brave
Sighing, you shuffle in bed so youâre no longer sitting up against the headboard but laying on your side. You reach toward the nightstand and flick the lamp off, filling the room with darkness.
Well, the room is dark until your phone buzzes on the mattress next to you and the screen lights up, emitting a soft glow.Â
Rather quickly, it buzzes again. You reach for it, expecting Jackieâs replies. While itâs not very late, sheâs a night owl through and through, so of course sheâd answer you immediately.Â
Instead, you see two notifications from⊠Jack Abbot? The only times youâve ever texted him were about coming in early or that one time youâd forgotten your sweater in the break room and asked if he could hide it in one of the cabinets until your shift the next morning. Why would he be texting you at 11:00pm on a night you were both off?
You unlock your phone and click into your text thread with him.
Jack: I think you meant to send those to someone else.
Jack: Iâll try and sit farther away next time. Wouldnât want my hair distracting you.
You shoot up in bed, breath catching in your throat. Immediately, your chest is on fire. Thereâs no fucking way you sent those messages to him.
You: oh my god
You: im so fuckign sorry
You: i was trying to text my friend
Jack: Itâs OK.
You: its not
You: its extremely unprofessional
You: im so so sorry
Jack: Stop apologizing.
Your breathing still hasnât calmed down. Youâre mortified. How are you ever going to face him again?
For a minute, thereâs no other reply. You debate texting him again, but what could you even say? âIâm sorry I think your hair is sexyâ?
Instead, you try to focus on calming down. Everything will be fine. You can blame it on the drinks, even if youâre not really drunk. He wonât know that youâre lying.
Your eye catches on the three little dots at the corner of your text thread. Heâs typing again. A lump forms in the base of your throat.
Jack: Where are you?
Confused, you type out a reply.
You: my room
You: why
Jack: How much did you drink?
You: not much
You: a few vodka crans with trinity and victoria
You: im mostly sober now
It wasnât necessarily a lie. This interaction definitely sobered you up.
Jack: So youâre OK?
You: yep
You: safe and sound
Jack: Good.
Jack: Dr. Hottie, huh?
You: oh god pls dont remind me
You: im mortified
Jack: Donât be.
Jack: Are you in bed?
Your eyebrows furrow at that last message. At first it seemed like he was just checking in on you, making sure you werenât stranded and drunk at some shady bar. But what kind of question is that?
You: yes
Jack: Send me a picture.
Eyebrows knitting together in confusion, you open your camera and take a photo of the foot of your bed. You can make out the shape of the chair in the corner of the room and the TV mounted to the wall. You go back to your texts and send him the photo.
You: [1 attachment]
You: see
You: exactly where i said i am
Jack: No, a picture of you.
Oh.Â
With shaking hands, you swipe back to the camera app, this time flipping it so itâs front facing. You snap a photo of yourself, angling the phone so it captures your face and part of your torso.Â
You examine the photograph, taking in the pouty expression on your face and noting the way your tank top rides up at your stomach, exposing your midriff. Considering you didnât put on a bra, you can see the faint outline of your nipples through the thin material.
Without overthinking it, you send him the picture.
You: [1 attachment]
Jack: Jesus.
Jack: You always sleep like that?
Feeling bold, the remnants of your night out still coursing through your veins, you type out a reply.
You: no
You: i usually sleep naked
You: but that feels a bit too exposing for a hotelÂ
Jack: Fuck, sweetheart.
Jack: You have no idea what youâre doing to me.
You: send a pic
You: i wanna see
Heat pools between your legs. Thereâs no way this is happening. Youâll wake up tomorrow and realize you dreamt up this entire conversation.
An image from Dr. Abbot comes through.
Jack: [1 attachment]
Heâs laying in his hotel bed in nothing but his underwear. You canât see his face, but his chest is on full display. God, his muscles were something else.
But the real star of the show is his bulge, straining hard against the fabric of his boxers. One of his veiny hands rests atop it, and you canât help but notice the wet spot pooling where his erection sits.
Fuck.
You hold your phone in one hand and slide the other one underneath your shorts and panties, rubbing slow, methodic circles against your core. Your phone pings with another message.
Jack: Whatâre you doing now?
You: touching myself
You: are u
Jack: Fuck, yes.
Growing warm, you kick the bedsheets aside. Your hand continues to circle, pressure building deep in your belly.
You: wish i could see u rn
Jack: [1 attachment - 0:21]
Oh, God.Â
Suddenly, everything starts feeling a little too real. You should not be doing this. Heâs your attending. Youâre sacrificing your career, everything youâve worked so hard for, for what? One meaningless night?
But the way your hand is creating friction against your clit combined with Jackâs messages have you too horny to care, if youâre being honest.
Nervously, you click play on the video.
You almost regret doing it.
But you canât look away from the sight of him pumping his cock up and down in the dim lighting of his hotel room.Â
Itâs long, longer than you were expecting. And thick.Â
You watch as he drags his hand from the base up to the head, uses his thumb to circle the precum that's built up at the slit, and then works it up and down his length.
If the sight of that wasnât enough, the sounds heâs making have you groaning into your pillow. Heâs practically growling, the noises coming ragged from the depths of his throat.
You canât even think straight, youâre so desperate for more. For anything. Without even thinking about it, you open your phone camera again and start recording.
Itâs nothing special, considering how worked up you are. You really canât even see much since your shorts and panties are still on.Â
You film as your hand moves underneath the fabric a few times, breathy moans escaping your lips. You pull it out slowly, showing off the sticky mess left on your fingers for the camera.
You: oh my god
You: thats so fucking hot
You: [1 attachment - 0:14]
You: this is how badly i want u
Thereâs no response for a minute, and you worry that you went too far. Maybe he realized how fucking crazy this whole situation is. Because thatâs exactly what it is. Crazy.
Before you can begin to spiral too hard, your phone buzzes in your hand.
Heâs fucking calling you.
You let it ring a few times, working up the courage to answer.
With a shaking hand, you click accept.
He doesnât say anything at first, but you can hear his heavy breathing and the sound of something wet in the background.Â
âHow are you doing it?â he mumbles into the phone, abruptly.
âWhat?â
âHow are you touching yourself? Tell me.â
âOh, Iâmâ Iâm rubbing circles on my clit,â you can barely make out the words, feeling embarrassed.Â
âOh fuck,â he groans. âSlip a finger in.â
âJack, Iââ
âFuck, I need you to,â he begs. âPlease do it for me, Kiddo.â
âO-Okay,â you stutter, lining up your middle finger with your entrance and sinking it in. You release a moan at the sensation, pumping your finger in and out a few times before adding another.
âGod, that sound. You sound so pretty when you touch yourself. Can you hear me? Hear me pumping my cock? It wants you so bad, Sweetheart. You have no idea.â
His words make you shudder, more needy sounds escaping from your throat. The sound of his hand working against his length combined with his breathy moans have you bucking your hips into your hand.
âI want you too,â you whimper.Â
âWhatâs your room number?â Jack grunts.
âWhat?â
âI canât do this. Knowing youâre right down the hall. What room are you in?â
You blink.
â302.â
The line clicks.Â
He hung up.
You stare at the dark phone screen in front of you, fingers coming to a stop under your panties.
What the actual fuck just happened.
Is he coming here? Like right now?
Suddenly, thereâs three sharp knocks at the door. You readjust your panties and shorts and nervously make your way to the door, fumbling to open it because of how hard youâre shaking.Â
As you expected, Jack Abbot stands in front of you clad in a white t-shirt and a pair of sweats. Heâs using his crutches, didnât even waste time putting on his leg. His left foot dons one white sock. No shoe.Â
Just looking at his face makes the ache between your legs grow. His skinâs coated in a thin sheen of sweat, curls sticking to his forehead. His breathing is uneven, chest heaving against the tight fabric of his shirt.
Without a word, you open the door wide enough to let him through and he wastes no time heading directly for the center of the room, placing his crutches against the nightstand and sitting on the edge of the bed. You click the door shut and lock it.
âCâmere,â he whispers.
You take one step toward him. Measured, careful. Then another.
âJack, I donât know if we shouldâŠâ
âFuck, donât say that. Would you just come here?â he growls.
You move closer until youâre standing in front of him. He reaches for you, placing his broad hands on your hips and tugging you closer to him, between his thighs. His thumbs move back and forth against your hip bone.
âDo you want this?â He asks, quiet.
âYes.â
âThen let me make you feel good. Please,â he murmurs, pulling you even closer so he can press open mouthed kisses to the base of your throat and down your chest.Â
You moan into his touch, hands coming up to tug his hair.
âIs it as good as you imagined?â he teases.
âSorry?â
âRunning your hands through my âsexy silver hairâ? Your words, not mine.âÂ
A laugh escapes from his lips and you groan, dropping your head on top of his so he canât see how horrified you are.Â
âYeah, Iâm going to regret that text for the rest of my life.â
Jack brings his hands up from your waist to the back of your head so he can pull you back to look at him.
âIâm not,â he says, maintaining such an intense eye contact that you begin to tremble underneath his gaze. âYou have no idea how many times Iâve thought about it. Your hands in my hair. Your mouth on me. How youâd sound when I fuck you,â he whispers, leaning to continue sucking marks on your chest, just above the neckline of your tank top.
You moan at his words. If thatâs the case, you shouldâve been fucking him for months now.
Something snaps inside of you, and you give up on holding back. You want this. You can deal with the repercussions tomorrow.
You bring your hands down from his hair to his shoulders and push him back slightly on the bed so you have enough room to climb on top of him, straddling his thighs. He moves his hands back to your waist, keeping you stabilized against him.
âHi,â you whisper.
âHi,â he responds, breathless.
âCan I kiss you?â
âFuck, please.â
You dip your head down and hover your lips over his, inches apart. You can feel his warm breath fan over your mouth as he exhales.Â
Fed up, Jack closes the distance, connecting his lips with yours.Â
And fuck, he tastes good.Â
You whimper into his mouth, quickening your pace, desperate for more.
The sound you make causes his grip to tighten around your waist, his kisses becoming sloppier. He darts his tongue out, seeking entry to your mouth.
You swirl your tongue against his and he releases a deep, guttural groan. Your bodies move together, hips grinding over the bulge in his sweatpants.Â
Between frantic kisses, he manages to lift your tank top over your head, pulling back only to admire your bare chest.
âBeen dreaming about these,â he admits, taking his right hand off your hip to palm at one of your breasts. âTheyâre even better than I imagined.â
You throw your head back as he rolls your nipple between his knuckles. He dips his head and uses his mouth to suck on the other one, and the sensation has you rocking your hips even harder against him.
âSo fucking sexy,â he breathes as he swirls his tongue around your nipple. You dig your nails into his shoulder, overwhelmed by his hands and mouth.
He kisses his way back up your chest and neck until his lips connect with yours again, hand still squeezing at your breast.
âCan I taste you?â he groans into your mouth.Â
You nod against him and he takes that as permission to lift you from his lap and toss you on the bed next to him, head hitting the pillow. You giggle at the sudden movement, Jack crawling above you to keep peppering your lips and jaw with kisses.
He pulls back so heâs sitting on his haunches and fiddles with the waistband of your shorts. Slowly, he peels the fabric down your legs and tosses them aside. He pushes your knees apart so youâre spread for him, ducking his head to kiss his way up your thighs.
âJack, please,â you beg.
He places a few kisses over the lacy fabric of your panties before he pulls them to the side, face to face with your dripping center.Â
He licks one slow, agonizing stripe up your core, causing you to buck your hips up in the air.Â
âFuck, you taste so good, Kiddo,â he mumbles into your cunt, lapping up the wetness thatâs gathered there. He takes his time sucking and kissing at your clit, dipping his tongue into you, building you up to your first orgasm.
âJack, IâIâm gonna come,â you whine, teetering over the edge.
âLet it happen, Sweetheart. Want you to come on my tongue.â
His words send you over the edge, riding out your orgasm against his mouth as he keeps swirling his tongue inside of you. He continues to leave soft kisses against your sensitive clit as you come down from your high.
Once youâve settled, Jack kisses his way back up your stomach and chest until youâre face to face.
âI canât believe this is happening,â you admit, still in shock.Â
âMe neither,â he whispers, brushing a stray hair from your face and tucking it behind your ear.
âI need you inside of me,â you breathe against him, desperate.
âFuck, okay.â
Jack makes quick work of removing his shirt and sweatpants, then drags your panties down your legs, exposing you fully to the cool air of the room.
He strips himself of his boxers and pumps his length a few times with his hand, adjusting his position so he can line up with your entrance.
He pushes forward, seating himself inside you down to the hilt in one fell swoop. You moan loudly at the feeling of him, how he fills you entirely.Â
âOh God, Jack,â you mumble.
âYou okay?â he asks, hesitating to move.
âYes, God, yes. Please move.â
With a grunt he begins working himself in and out of you, setting the pace. The head of his cock keeps hitting that spongy spot deep inside you so hard that itâs making you see stars.Â
âFuck, Jack, just like that,â you babble, clawing at his back to stabilize yourself against his frantic thrusts.
âJesus, Kid. You feel so good,â he mumbles into your neck. âIâm not going to last. Where do you want me?â
âInside, do it inside,â you beg.
Those words alone are enough to make him falter, his pace becoming uneven and sloppy as he releases thick spurts of cum inside of you.
The warmth of his release combined with the feeling of his dick twitching inside of you has you hitting your peak, coming again with a garbled moan.
Exhausted, Jack collapses on top of you, head still nuzzled into your shoulder. The two of you are panting heavily, chests heaving against one another.
After catching his breath and leaving a trail of kisses beneath your ear, Jack lifts his head so he can look at you.
âŠBucky Masterlist - Main Masterlist - Read on aO3!âŠ
âŠsummary: you can't stand bucky barnes. despite all your attempts to get rid of him, he's always somewhere in your orbit. you say you hate it. hate him. but you're also a very good liar.âŠ
âŠwarnings/tags: bucky barnes x female!reader, college!au, frat!bucky, no use of y/n, mutual pining, rivals to lovers but the rivalry is one-sided, no description of reader (pictures for aesthetic only), fluff, angst, love confessions, bucky being a yearner, plot to earn porn, feral level smut, (teasing, stripping, nipple play, praise kink and degradation kink, soft dom!bucky, mean bucky but you're into it, possiveness, dacryphila, pussy spanking, brat!reader, fingering, manhandling, doggy style, dumbification, big dick bucky, p in v sex, creampie), soft!bucky outside of smutâŠ
âŠwc: 9.2kâŠ
âŠAuthor's Note: one day I'll just write porn without plot. today is not that day. we earn the horny. Enjoy!âŠ
Youâve gotten used to him. Heâs like a fly that lives in your kitchen, and after a while you stop trying to kill it and just give it a name. It buzzes past your head and you swat at it, but it also sits on the window and you pretend it isnât there.
Bucky Barnes laughs loudly from the table over, and you turn up the music in your headphones.
Telling him to be quiet never works in your favor. He smirks and tries to flirt with you. All his friends oooooo, like youâre still in middle school, then cause even more noise after you reject Barnes and they jump him like a pack of animals.
If you were smarter, youâd sit all the way in the corners of the cafeteria. Where there wouldnât be a table big enough to fit all of them.
Something tells you theyâd find a way to invade your space anyway. Itâs one of their traits.
Pissing you off.
Youâve studied them. The little packâor maybe prideâof frat boys that Barnes belongs to. Itâs a good exercise. Field studying a microculture. You have a whole corner of your mind thatâs devoted just to how they behave.
How Barnes behaves, with his pride. If his behavior changes. How it effects his values and actions.
You tell yourself thatâs why you tolerate him. He interests you.
A very shiny fly.
Youâd been in the same freshman orientation group. Barnes had been one of those boys that youâd long written offâsince about middle school, when theyâre started cropping upâwith his styled hair, proud smile, and natural ease that flowed through the whole room. You donât remember much from the actual groupâthe leader had pissed you off by talking like you were a kindergartener, but most people pissed you offâbut at the time, you thought you wouldnât have to.
It hadnât seemed unreasonable to think that youâd never see these people again. The girls who you were nice to, but didnât have anything in common with. The lanky boy whoâd tried hitting on all of you, and struck out every time. The⊠others.
And Barnes.
Heâd been charm personified. A sweet cake made out of chivalry and smooth words. Youâd walked into the room and thought he was pretty. Youâd walked out and thought he was gorgeous.
But that had been fine. Because youâd thought youâd never see him again.
And he hasnât stopped buzzing around you since.
Youâre in separate majors, separate lives, but every single GenEd class you take, Barnes is there. Freshman semester it had been your philosophy class, and youâd had to give a presentation together. Youâd done most of the work. Barnes had tried to help, but he was bad at it, so heâd mostly just sat there flirting with you and looking pretty.
âI think man is inherently evil.â He said, grinning at you from the library table.
You snorted. âOf course you do.â
âYeah, thatâs- Is that not what our presentation is about?â
Barnes leaned over you, peering at the computer. His body radiated warmth. You hadnât touched anyone in a while. Youâd almost leaned in him, and he never had to know that.
âNature versus nurture.â He read from the screen. His tongue flicked over his lips. âUh- I thought we were supposed to be talkinâ about good versus evil, doll.â
âThis is good versus evil.â You muttered. âIâm arguing that all people are good until taught to be otherwise.â
âBut- You donât actually believe that-â
âYes, I do.â
Barnes snorted. âYeah. You think everyone is good.â
That made you look up. His attentionâso close and heatedâmade you feel all strangely fuzzy.
You ignored it.
You were going to get very good at that.
âI do think everyone is good.â You snapped.
âYou hate everyone-â
âI do not hate everyone. I-â Your face burned, as heâd just kept staring at you âI donât.â
Barnes smirked, looking you up and down like you were some kind of fuzzy bunny. âAlright.â
âYouâre still looking at me-â
âI gotta look at you to talk to you-â
âNot like that-â
âLike what?â
âLike you- You donât believe me.â
He shrugged, his smirk widening. You thought about punching him in his smug, beautiful face, but decided that wouldnât help your case.
âWhatever.â You turned back to your computer with a scowl.
Barnes leaned forward, saying your name far too gently. âHey, I was just joking-â
âReally? I hadnât been able to tell.â
He sighed. âIf this- If itâs important to you that I believe you-â
âItâs not.â
It had been. For some reason, Bucky thinking that you really hated everyone had itched. You slept poorly that night. Stared at the ceiling with thoughts that tumbled and ripped over each other like a river.
He got under your skin. Heâs always gotten under your skin.
After philosophy was theology. He sat next to you in every class, bugging you and trying to invite you to study.
âWe work well together-â
âNo we donât.â
âCâmon, doll, we got that A before-â
âI got that A.â You shot him glare. âYou stood there like a pretty statue, and bumped us down to an A-.â
Barnes wasnât been fazed. You remember thinking heâd gotten hotter over winter break. Something in his eyes had started to shine, and he mightâve gotten a new product for his hair. It had smelled like thick, spicy fruit. He still wore it today.
It made you want to throttle him more.
âYou think Iâm pretty?â
He leaned forward, and that smell had flooded your senses. It was like a second hand high.
Barnes licked his lips. He looked down to yours.
You had to rip your gaze away.
âShut up.â
He laughed. It sounded more like a sigh.
When he turned back to his own notes, you took a deep breath through your nose.Â
He always smelled so good.
And he was always so handsome. And charming. If you didnât have your wits, you wouldâve been dragged into his little den a long time ago. If you werenât so careful with every place you stepped, you wouldâve stumbled into his chest and let him sweep you off your feet like some damsel in distress.
Heâs there for Spanish, both semesters of Sophomore year.
The first one, you saw a girl drop him off in class and watched them make out in the doorway. It was sloppy and loud. A few of Buckyâs little pride members had whooped when he walked inside, smirking and wiping his mouth.
You felt sick, and didnât let yourself think about why.
The second one had been Spanish and arts. A painting class, where heâd made you a butterfly off of your spirit. Â
âLook.â He showed it to you with a proud grin. âItâs got your eyes.â
You squinted at it. It did. In an almost shocking resemblance.
âI didnât know you could paint.â You muttered.
Barnes shrugged. âMy best friend is in art school. Weâve known each other forever, I picked up a few things. Nothing big.â
You nodded, looking down at your ownârelatively shitâbutterfly. It had been more of a bat. Youâll dump it in the trash and start over in hour later.
âStevie,â you mumbled absentmindedly.
âI- Yeah. Howâd you know that.â
âYou told me.â You glared at him under your eyelashes. âI listen.â
Barnes stared at you as if youâd just told him he was destined to be a king. It made you a little dizzy.
âAnd itâs good.â You muttered, against your will.
When Bucky looked at you, a lot of coherent thoughts tended to⊠Become lacking.
âYeah.â He breathed, his ears turning red. âIt- It is.â
You blinked. âWell, go turn it in, then.â
âWhat?â
âThe butterfly.â
âThe-â He sat a little taller, his fingers curling on the paper. âOh. Right.â
âRight.â You frowned. âWhat were you talking about-â
âNothing. Itâs- Nothing.â He stared at his butterfly with an odd expression, smoothing the edges with careful fingers.
Bucky always moved his fingers so carefully. Like everything he touched was glass. It makes you wonder how heâd touch a soft body below him, though he never gets to know that.
âYou want this?â
âThe-â
âIâm not turninâ it in.â He held out the butterfly. âItâs for you.â
You stared at the butterfly. At Bucky.
An image of him wiping his mouth and laughing with his pride flashed through your head. It seared some kind of hole in your heart.
âI donât think your girlfriend would like you giving drawings to other girls.â You muttered. The words had tasted bitter.
Barnes hadnât seemed able to tell.
âI donât have a girlfriend.â He said, giving you another strange look. âIâve never had a girlfriend.â
You scoffed. âPlease-â
âI have fun.â Barnes cut you off, lips twitching. âYou know, doll. Fun?â
âI know fun.â
âUh huh-â
âStop doing that, I do-â
âNever seen you have it.â
âThatâs- I donât have it with you.â
You spat the words, and Bucky flinched back like youâd flung acid. He blinked, and you swallowed. You hadnât meant for it to be so loud. To sound so harsh.
âJames-â
âItâs fine.â He muttered, looking back to his paper. âI just- If you ever-â
He cut himself off, glaring down at nothing. He shook his head, nostrils flaring slightly.
Youâd never seen him look like that before. You hadnât liked it.
âWhatever.â He sighed. âI donât have a girlfriend.â
And you nodded weakly. To this day youâre not sure what happened.
But you know Bucky had left the butterfly out on the table, after class.
You know itâs still in your bag, folded neatly and tucked safely. You pull it out sometimes to stare at it.
Itâs better, really. Not to think about why.
Junior year was the community internship. Again, you and Bucky were in the same class. He bothered you, same as always, but always seemed to have some girl sticking to his side. They barely even seemed to see you.
All you could ever see was them. Running their hands over his broad chest and kissing the stubble heâd been growing. One bit his nose and your hands curled into fists.
You wondered if he made any of them butterflies.
You decide that he doesnât. Heâs only known them a handful of weeks, and he knew you for years.
âWe gotta go down the library tomorrow,â he told you. You shrugged.
âI can go myself.â
Barnes frowned. âItâs not in a good part of town, you shouldnât go alone.â
âI carry pepper spray-â
âThatâs not enough.â
You sighed, giving him an exasperated look. âFine. Iâll bring Brock.â
Barnes stiffened. Youâd never seen him stand so tall. âWhoâs Brock.â
âHeâs in our class? He has been, all semester-â
âYou talkinâ about Rumlow?â
You nodded. Barnes worked his jaw, looking off the side and huffing a low laugh.
âWhat-â
âYouâre not goinâ with Rumlow.â
Your mouth fell open. âYou donât get to tell me that-â
âI know.â Barnes crossed his arms. âBut I am.â
That had made you feel all gooey, in a very low part of you tummy. Youâd gotten good at making sure Bucky didnât see it.
âFuck you, James-â
âHeâs a dick.â Barnes didnât waver. âHe got kicked out of the frat, you know how big a piece of shit you gotta be for that to happen?â
You paused.
Fuck, that was a good point.
You hated it when he made good points.
âFine.â You grumble, looking down to your phone. âYou got with Natasha.â
Natasha. Sheâd managed to stick to Bucky longer than the others. She was gorgeous, and smart. You wished she was a bitch, too. It would make her a lot easier to hate.
You thought Bucky would jump at the chance to get one on one with her. They could fuck in the car after, and before, and you could drink yourself to sleep imagining it.
âNo. Iâm goinâ with you.â
You stick out your tongue. âWell, Iâm not going with you.â
âHuh. Guess no oneâs going then.â
Youâd looked up with a glower. Barnes had raised his brows in challenge. He knew youâd cave. Knew you wouldnât just let something slip through the cracks because of a petty fight.
He knew you.
You hated him.
âFuck you.â
âYou said that already.â He muttered. âAnd Iâm not holding my breath.â
You blinked. âWha-â
âIâll pick you up at noon tomorrow.â
He walked away. You didnât remember how to move for five minutes.
He asked you about Brock the next day. Like he was checking on you. Like he cared.
You donât let yourself think he does. Youâve reminded yourself of that over and over, since Freshman year.
Bucky doesnât care about you, so youâre allowed not to care about him. Itâs necessary. Important to survival.
Because youâve studied his kind. Youâve studied him.
Frat boys. In their natural habitatâthe college campusâtheyâre apex predators. Theyâre loud because they donât have to worry about being quiet. Most of them are here on athletics scholarships, so they care about that more than their actual classes. The ones who arenât are rich, and never learned to worry about anything.
They have a lot of sex. They get girlfriends, then cheat on them. Your roommate Wanda knows a lot of peopleâsheâs in a lot of clubsâso youâve heard all the stories. Seen a few firsthand, or overheard crying in bathrooms. Everyone keeps dating and fucking them because theyâre hot and athletic and rich, and youâre all young and stupid.
âItâs fun to make bad choices.â Wandaâs told you. âWhile weâre still young enough that it doesnât matter.â
But you donât make bad choices.
Ever.
You donât understand that philosophy at all. Why make a bad choice when you could make a good one. Why risk someone curb stomping your heart when you could just⊠not.
Second semester of junior year, you take a public speaking class with Bucky. He comes up to you in the cafeteria, his pride just as loud as always.
âHey,â he says your name, standing at the other end of the table. You donât look up from your computer.
âHi.â
âYou got the homework for public speaking?â
âYes.â
Barnes clears his throat, drumming his fingers. âYou gonna share it with me?â
âItâs online, James.â
Heâs silent for a moment, and you look up.
Heâs staring at you, the expression on his face unreadable. You almost ask if heâs okay.
âI know that.â He says, rubbing the back of his neck.
You cross your arms. âDid you.â
âYeah.â He throws you that charming grin. You hate that it still makes you think heâs beautiful. âI was asking if you wanted help with it.â
âIf I wanted⊠Help?â
Barnes didnât read the quiet, bubbling fury in your tone. He never does.
âYeah, I was thinking you could come over, practice on me, you know. Iâm a very good audience.â
You narrowed your eyes. Barnes kept grinning, and you wonder if he actually thought this was going to work.
âI donât need your help.â
He deflated slightly. But he didnât give up.
Youâve never known him to before. You shouldnât have expected that he would now.
âMaybe I need your help?â
âYou always need my help.â
Bucky snorted. âYeah, you got no idea.â
âWhatâs that supposed to mean-â
âYou wanna come over Thursday?â
âNo.â
âAlright, Iâll go to you-â
âIâm working Thursday.â
Bucky paused. âYou got a job?â
You nodded. He frowned.
âWhere?â
âCorner store.â
His frown deepened. âThatâs not safe.â
You scoffed. âOkay, dad-â
âYouâre working late, itâs not-â
âIâve been fine.â
âBut what about when youâre not-â
âBut I am-â
âI know you are now, but-â He ran a hand over his face, his voice dropping with frustration.
It always went right to your core, when that happened. You wished it didnât.
âWhat about when youâre not?â He demanded. âWe live in a city, what about when someone does a holdup and youâre the cashier-â
âWhy do you care.â
Bucky went still. He opened his mouth closed it, and gave that tight shake of his head that you know means something, but can never figure out what.
âWhat corner store.â He grunts.
âFifth and twenty, why-â
âWeâre studying while you work.â
Your mouth fell open. âNo-â
âYeah. Or- Iâm studying. There.â
âI can kick you out-â
âYou wonât.â
He walked away. And you hate him. You hate that you know heâs sleeping with Natashaâand who knows who elseâand that makes you want to sink your teeth into his neck like some kind of claim. You hate that you are going to let him. You hate that he knows you so well he starts fucking things in the homework up on purpose, just so you stop pretending not to pay attention and study with him.
You hate how warm he is sitting next to you.
You hate that you donât shove him away, and you feel colder when heâs gone.
He came over to work every night for the rest of the semester. Youâre sure he had better things to do, but he doesnât do them.
Bucky sat its behind the counter with you, and does homework. He did funny voices while practicing his speeches, and brushed his hand over the back of your knee whenever he stood up.
You shivered every time. A smug look flashed over his face.
He made you giggle.
You hate him for that, too.
And Wandaâs told you to make the bad choice.
Everyone tells you to make the bad choice.
Wanda had became good friends with Natasha. You try not to feel any way about itâNatasha, whoâs touched what youâve never allowed yourself to reach forâbut then Wanda asks if she can move in, and you get sick.
You say yes. You wonât be one of those girls who holds those kinds of grudges.
Natasha moves in when summer vacation starts. And sheâs lovely. You hate that sheâs lovely. Sheâs cool and interesting and has pretty hair.
You wonder if Bucky liked running his fingers through it. You lie on the floor of the bathroom and refuse to cry about it, just staring up at the ceiling.
For the first time, you donât have a class with him. Itâs making you choke on clean air, because thereâs this spicy, intoxicating fruit smell thatâs supposed to be there, and itâs not, and youâre detoxing on a drug you never even got to take.
âMy boyfriends coming over tonight.â Natasha tells you and Wanda one night.
Black spots dance in front of your vision. Faraway, you hear yourself say thatâs fine.
It is not fine.
Buckyâs going to be here, and heâs going to be kissing Natasha in front of you, and that shouldnât matter but it does, it does, it does.
But when Natashaâs boyfriend comes over, itâs not Bucky.
Itâs Sam.
You know Sam. Heâs one of the nice members of Buckyâs pride. He and Bucky are close. Heâs always lingering in the background, laughing while you verbally impale Bucky and clapping his friend on the back when he walks it off. He and Bucky shared a room sophomore year. They go to baseball games together and eat five hotdogs every time.
You canât think of any facts about Sam that arenât related to Bucky.
And Sam kissed Natasha. And you stood there stupidly, certain that you really must have missed something.
âOh,â Sam said when he saw you. âYouâre Buckyâs girl.â
You stammered. Said a lot of babbling words you donât really remember, while Sam gave Natasha an amused look. Natasha shrugged, light dancing behind her eyes.
Neither of them feel like elaborating that. No one ever does. There are just passive comments that make you more confused, like Wanda casually mentioning how you really should try going after Barnes and Natasha telling you that Sam asked her out after she and Bucky fizzled.
âWe never really got started, though.â She mused. âHis heart wasnât in it. He even told me that, but-â She laughed breathily. âYou know. You think youâre going to be the girl that makes them settle, then you wake up and realize that youâre better with someone who actually wants that. With you.â
You blinked at her. You did not know how it was. Youâve had⊠affections for one person your entire college career, and youâve known that heâd never settle with you.
Thereâs no point in telling Natasha that. With the glint in her eyes, youâre sure she already knows.
âHe talked about you all the time,â she told you casually on another day. âGod, it was so annoying, but-â She looked you up and down. It always made you flush. âI get it.â
And people had been doing that a lot, lately. Telling you how much Bucky talks about you. Making little comments you think youâre supposed to understand, but you donât.
Sam invites Bucky to go out with you guys, because Nat invited him. No one asked for your approval. They probably knew you would never have given it.
âYou look nice.â Bucky muttered in the car.
Your thighs were pressed together, your shoulder bumped whenever the car rattled, and you had to keep yourself locked up to not melt into him.
âThanks.â
âNo problem.â He sighed. âItâs, uh- weird, right? Us not having a class together.â
You hummed. It was. It made the whole world tilt off itâs axis. Bucky didnât get to know that.
âYou know, I still got homework.â
You frowned up at him. âOkay.â
Bucky cleared his throat, and rubbed the back of his neck. âAnd, uh- I donât have a study partner anymore.â
âYouâll find one.â You grumbled. Thereâs that acid again, stinging on your tongue.
He will. Heâs Bucky. There will be a line of people clamoring to have his attention, because youâve been stealing it for far too long and everyone wants a taste of that spicey, calming fruit-
âIâm still free most nights.â He said, looking straight ahead. âYou still work at the corner store?â
You blinked.
Oh.
âYeah. I do.â
Bucky nodded. His lips twitched. âOkay.â
And sure enough, heâs there on Monday. Itâs strange talking about classes youâre not taking, but it makes you want to strangle him less.
Although you havenât wanted to strangle him in a while. Youâve mostly wanted his hand around your throat, pinning you below him, touching you until everything is just floating light.
âYou look tired.â He said. Something in his voice was too casual. Like he was weighing every word.
âI am tired.â
âYou been eating enough?â
âIâm eating right now-â
âI brought you food.â He fixed you with a stern glare.
It made you feel all kinds of breathless and gooey.
That night youâll lie in bed with your fingers between your legs. Theyâre not thick enough, slipping right in and out of your pussy with no relief. Buckyâs fingers would be bigger.
 âI wouldâve eaten anyway.â You grumbled, watching some teenagers move around the drink aisle.
Bucky chuckled. âSure, doll.â
Your cheeks heated. You went over when the teenagers started shouting about the store not having the right drinks, but you had to stand on wobbly knees.
Bucky hasnât called you doll in years.
It felt different now. It felt like it matters.Â
Youâre not going to do the stupid thing. It didnât matter how much Wanda pushed you into it, or how many comments Nat made about Bucky not sleeping around anymore. Youâve gotten this far. You graduate in the spring. And Bucky will just always be a warm memory you worship between your legs.
He left his folder at the store last night. You thought about giving it to him next time he dropped in, but then Natasha said she was going to his place for some party and you figured you could hitch a ride.
Not because you wanted to see him sooner. Nat made a comment about that, that teasing smirk over her lips.
You ignored her. Youâre very good at it now.
The party is raging, when you arrive. Itâs loud, so loud. Youâve stepped into the frat boy den, and it aligns with your every study. Hot, sweaty bodies grinding into each other, music you can feel in your ribs, drinks being poured and clicked open. So much noise. So many people. Â
âGo find Bucky!â Nat whispers in your ear, and you swallow.
âWhere do you think he is- Nat-â
Sheâs already gone. You have to go find Bucky alone.
You think itâs going to be an impossible quest. There are so many people youâre sure itâs a fire hazard, you donât know anyone but Sam and Natâwho are sucking face in the corner and no fucking help at allâand if you ask someone random to help you find Bucky, youâre going to get mocked about it.
Weird girl was asking for you, Barnes. Knew you wouldnât care.
You bite the inside of your cheek, spinning around for any possible direction that might take you to Bucky.
He finds you first.
âYouâre here!â Bucky calls your name, and you almost jump out of your skin. âThought youâd never be here!â
You stumble a little as he collapses over you. Heâs heavy, his eyes glossy and unfocused, and youâve never seen him smiling so wide. He stops you from falling with an arm around your waist, and your breath catches.
âIâm here.â You whisper. âI- I have your folder-â
âShhh.â Bucky drops his forehead against yours, eyes fluttering shut. âDonât talk âbout my school.â
âI-â
âYou can talk about your school.â He presses further over you. Backing you against the counter, his fingers digging into your hips. âLove it when you talk about stuff. âS smart.â
âThanks.â You look off to the side, trying to see if anyone is watching.
Bucky grabs your jaw and turns it back. You almost whimper at the intensity in his gaze. Youâve never seen it so great, and youâve seen it a lot.
âYouâre here.â He mumbles. âIn mâ house.â
âI needed to drop something off.â
Your voice is soft, but Buckyâs whole face falls.
âYouâre not stayinâ?â
âI- I donât-âÂ
You stumble, and realize youâve grabbed the collar of his shirt. Youâre already trying to stop him from moving away, even thought you know you shouldnât.
âThereâs a lot people.â You breathe. âI donât like crowds.â
Bucky blinks. You could swear his eyes clear slightly, even if his grip on you tightens.
âAlright.â He gives that strange little nod. âCâmon.â
âCome- James-â
You squeal as he picks you up. Scoops you into his arms like you weigh nothing. And you knew he was strong, but youâve never felt it.
Feeling it is dangerous. It makes you want that strength everywhere. Pinning you down and slamming into you, making your head nice and empty as you feel him everywhere.
âYouâre drunk, be careful-â
ââM not that drunk.â
âYouâre slurring-â
âIâm buzzed.â He says the words more clearly. Like he wants you to hear that he can. âNot drunk. I wonât drop you.â
You grunt, wrapping your arms tight around his neck. He gives you a tiny smile.
âYouâre here.â
He says it like he canât believe it. Like itâs the most beautiful thing in the world. Heâs beaming like he adores you.
You canât help yourself from smiling in return.
âYeah. I am.â
Buckyâs grin gets impossibly wider. He kisses your cheek, messy and quick.
Itâs like being shocked by lightning. Your heart does a flip in your chest, and you hold onto him a little tighter.
âJames-â
âYâknow, youâre the only person I let call me James.â He reaches the top of the stairs, the music dulled by the distance.
The only drum left in your chest is your heartbeat. You wish heâd stop looking at you like that. Itâs dangerous.
âYou- You never told me you didnât want me to.â
He hums. âYou ever hear anyone else call me that?â
âI- Um-â
âOne time a girl tried.â He pulls open a door. âMade me more into it, she got real excited.â
There it is. That toxic curl of jealousy in your gut.
âJames-â
âThen I called your name with my dick inside her. Think that ruined it.â
Bucky says it lazily. Like it doesnât change your whole life.
âWhat?â You squeak.
He just grins, slowly lowering you down his body.
âI call your name when I have sex.â
âI- I- Why-â
ââCause I love you.â
âJames-â Your voice cracks, and tears are burning at your eyes.
Youâre confused. So confused. You came over with a folder and a mission to be in and out. Your walls had been just as spiked and guarded as always, and maybe Buckyâs been able to slip through a few times, but youâve learned how to not let that matter. Because it didnât matter to him.
But now heâs saying this.
And youâre in what has to be his room, sitting on his mattress. If you werenât so drunk on whateverâs happening, youâd be scanning around. Youâd be studying how Bucky keeps his own space, because itâs another thing youâd get to have about him.
Instead, all you can see it Bucky kneeling in front of you. The impossible softness on his face. The lips that heâs licking again. The thick arms, keeping you sitting on the edge of his bed.
You say the only thing you can think of. The only thing that gets you out of here with your heart intact.
âYou donât mean it.â
Bucky doesnât even flinch.
âI do.â
âYouâre drunk-â
âIâm uninhibited.â His eyes shine. âYou taught me that word.â
âJames-â
âHmm.â
He leans forward, tilting his head slightly. Your breath catches. You can feel the heat of his breath over your face. Heâs looking at you like youâre the only thing in the world.
âFreshman year.â He murmurs. He wonât stop staring at you, that soft smile on his lips. âYou were so bossy and mean to me.â
You flush deeper. âYou- You were annoying-â
âI liked workinâ you up.â
âThatâs mean.â
âGot me your attention.â He mumbles. âOtherwise you woulda just ignored me.â
You swallow. âI still tried to ignore you.â
âI know.â He shrugs. âBut you didnât. Youâre not as mean as you wanna be. âS why I love you.â
Tears burn behind your eyes. âPlease stop saying that-â
âBut I mean it.â
âYou canât mean it.â Your voice cracks slightly. âIt- Itâs not fair if you mean it now.â
He frowns again. Itâs adorable. Like heâs really worried about you. âWhatâd you mean, now?â
âI- I mean you wonât mean it in the morning.â You whisper. âAnd that wonât be fair.â
âWhy not?â
âBecause.â
Itâs all you can say. You havenât even been able to tell yourself the reason, youâre certainly not telling Bucky first.
ââCause why?â Buckyâs lips twitch. He leans forward until your noses bump. âWhy do you care?â
You blink. And you can see it in his eyes.
The challenge.
Why do you care.
Of course you fucking care. You always care. Itâs Bucky, it doesnât matter how hard you tried, youâve never been able to not care, and now youâre in his room, on his bed, and heâs saying things and looking at you like- Looking at you like-
Your brain short circuits, and it sparks in your core.
Your body moves.
Bucky grunts when you grab his face and drag him into a kiss. Itâs quick and rough. A sudden slam of mouths together with no plan or real fire. He doesnât kiss you back.
When you pull back, youâre sure youâre going to cry. Youâre panting, your lips wobbling, and Buckyâs just staring at you.
âI- Iâm sorry.â You shrink back. He canât see you cry. âIâm sorry, I shouldnât have- Iâll go-â
Bucky almost lurches. He dives over you like an animal, and before you know whatâs happening, youâre kissing again.
Really kissing.
The way youâd always pictured it, in the greatest privacy of your mind and room. Hidden under the covers so no one could see the shame of how deeply you imagined it.
Buckyâs lips moving against yours. That tongue flicking over your lips before he nips on your lower lip, and grins at your moan.
This is that, and better. Because heâs really here. He tastes a little like liquor, but mostly like mint and something thatâs purely Bucky. Youâre being pressed backwards into the mattress, Bucky moving up until heâs caging you to the mattress. His knees braced over your waist, his chest pushed against yours, his hands wandering and grabbing every bit of you that he can reach.
Rough fingers slip under your shirt, teasing your sides. You gasp into his mouth, and Bucky groans.
âJa- James-â
âI know.â He mumbles. âWanna take care of you, doll.â
âMhmm.â You whine in a half protest. Itâs hard to think with one massive hand mapping every curve of your body, and the other sliding up to grab your neck.
Bucky tips your head back, and hums in satisfaction, when you willingly open your mouth to deepen the kiss.
âPlease lemme take care of you.â He rasps. He sounds like a man wrecked.
And who are you to tell him no?
âOh- Okay- Oh!â
Bucky doesnât waste time. He pulls back with something like clarity in his eyes, licks his lips, and runs a large hand fully up your side. You arch into the touch with a soft gasp, eyes fluttering shut. He wraps around your breast, groaning as his thumb flicks over your perked nipple.
âNo bra, hm?â
âDidnât- Didnât think Iâd be here for more than five minutes-â
âOr you were hopinâ youâd be here.â He teases, smirking down at you. âRight here.â
He pinches your nipple, rolling it between expert fingers. You toss your head back with a moan. Bucky chuckles.
âYeah, thatâs right. This is exactly what you wanted, isnât it doll.â
âN- No-â
Your words fall off into a whine as Bucky yanks his hand away. You grab his wrist, trying to drag it back, but heâs too strong.
âWha- Whatâre you doing-â
âIf youâre gonna tell me you donât want this.â He shrugs, soothing the edge of your shirt like itâs a blanket. âIâm not gonna do it.â
âBut- But I do want it.â You squeeze his wrist, pouting as tears start to gather in your eyes.
Bucky clicks his tongue. Heâs moved on to soothing out your hair.
âBucky, please-â
âPlease what?â
He grabs your cheek, forcing your gaze onto his. Heat floods your core at the possessive motion, and your legs fall open. Buckyâs attention flicks down, but he doesnât waver.
âYou gonna spend the whole time pretending you donât want me?â He demands, dragging his thumb over your lower lip. âOr are you going to be a good girl and let me have you how I want?â
And you realize what that glint in his eyes means. Heâs giving you a choice, for how you want this to go. Soft and sweet, or what he wants to do.
What you want him to do.
You might be drooling. Your grip on his wrist tightens, and you feel a little faint. Every fantasy youâve ever had is above you. You just have to grab it.
âI didnât come here tonight for this.â You breathe out, testing the waters.
Buckyâs nostrils flare. His plants a hand on your hip, pinning you down to the mattress.
âYou didnât, huh.â
You shake your head. Buckyâs tongue flicks over his lips.
âYou need me to show you what you want?â Heâs using a low tone that rushes right to your pussy.
You nod, slowly trying to press your thighs back together. Thereâs too much pressure, you need a way to relieve it.
Bucky grabs your knee and shoves it back open, and you squeak in elated surprise.
âIâll be good to you, doll.â He mutters, rubbing the inside of your thigh. His knuckles brush near your pussy, and you clench around nothing. âShow you exactly what you need.â
âYou- You donât know what I need-â
Bucky crashes back down, kissing you into the mattress with brutal, unrelenting force. Your arms fly around his neck and he groans, dropping his hips down over yours.
âYeah, I do.â He says against your lips, rutting down. Forcing you to feel the push of his bulge against your clothed core. âAnd you fuckinâ know it.â
God, you do. You donât have a single question of it.
Bucky pulls away, and you grumble in protest, trying to reach up and drag him back far another kiss. Just that is enough for you to feel like youâre in Heaven.
But Bucky swats your hands away, giving you a stern look.
âNo touching.â
He starts to pull you shirt over your head, and you scowl.
âYouâre touching-â
âI,â Bucky leans down to kiss over the valley of your breasts, his eyes gleaming with amusement. âCan do whatever the hell I want to you. Isnât that right, babydoll.â
He must be putting a spell over you. You nod dazedly, and Bucky laughs. His lips wrap around your nipple, sucking and flicking the little bud like itâs candy. The sensation makes you restlessly needy, the heat between your legs only building and building.
âBuh- Bucky- Oooh-â
Thereâs an extra, strong little flick that only makes you think of what his mouth is going to be able to down where you need him.
âFuck- James-â
Bucky groans, biting down softly. Your hips buck with delight, and your whine when he shoves them back down.
âCâmon.â He mutters, slowly kissing back to the other breast. âKeep still.â
You make an incoherent noise, but you try. You really do try.
Bucky wiggles down your pants and underwear without taking his mouth from your breasts, and you force yourself to keep still. Cold air doesnât even hit your cunt, because heâs so folded over you. Trapping all the frictionless heat between your bodies, letting his covered cock drag against your core whenever he moans and ruts, but never offering anything else.
âMore.â You breathe, eyes squeezed shut in frustration. âJames, I- I need more-â
You moan as Bucky bites your breast again. He kisses over the hurt, humming lazily.
âThought you didnât know what you need.â
You shake your head, legs falling further open. âI- I need you- Bucky I need you-â
âWhereâd you need me.â He kisses just under your breast. ââCause Iâm here. Touchinâ you.â
He grabs your thigh, rubbing it slowly back and forth. You try to arch off the bed, but you canât get an inch out from under him.
âTouch- Touch me more.â You gasp out. âI need you to touch me more, I- I donât care how, just- Touch me-â
You cry out, as Bucky brushes his thumb over your clit. He repeats the featherlight motion once more, then twice. Itâs too much and not nearly enough. Your pussy is weeping, but Bucky just grazes you clit like heâs wiping something off your cheek.
âWhat a needy girl.â He coos against your skin, kissing along the side of your breast. Up to your neck. âYouâre even more reactive than I thought youâd be, sweetheart. And I thought,â he presses his thumb down hard, and you scream.âYouâd be plenty reactive.â
Tears push at your eyes, from frustration and humiliation. Youâre being pathetic, youâve dogwalked him the whole time youâve known him and suddenly youâre a flushed, begging disaster below him.
Bucky sucks a dark spot on your neck, and you moan. His thumb drags between the lips of your pussy and teases over your hole. Itâs gone as soon as it gets there, and the sound you make is downright undignified.
âYou want to swallow me, donât you.â Bucky nips at your ear. âDirty fuckinâ slut.â
Oh, no. That shouldnât turn you on so much.
âI- Iâm not-â
âYes, you are.â Bucky kisses along your jaw. âSay it, doll.â
You shake your head. Bucky repeats the slow drag, this time swapping for his middle finger, and pushing slightly into your cunt.
âBucky- Fuck-â
Your arms fly up to grab him. Bucky leans up and fixes you with a stern glare.
âNo touching.â
You whimper, but pull back away. You fist the sheets, splaying your body out in the hope itâll make him you faster.
And it almost works. Buckyâs brow works and he slowly traces up the curve of your waist. Your breathing shutters, as he traces the outline of a love bite on your breast. His finger twists, and the pad of it presses right into the entrance of your pussy.
Bucky meets your glossy eyes, and his jaw clenches. There are big, fat tears welling up.
His voice drops to something soft. âAre you still-â
âYes.â You push your chest up, trying to give him a better view of your breasts. âPlease.â
Bucky nods to himself. He leans fully over you, searching your gaze, and slowly starts to push his finger into your pussy.
Your breath catches. Your eyes flutter, and Bucky grabs your cheeks.
âEyes stay on me.â
Heâs not asking. You donât want him to. You moan and nod weakly, watching him under tear stained lashes. He slowly pulls his finger out, then drives it back in a little faster. Heâs a lot bigger than your own hand is. Everything about him is bigger. Youâre worried youâre going to die on his cock.
âYou like that,â Bucky coos, squeezing your cheeks slightly. âLook at you, gettinâ so worked up over just a finger.â
You give him a pleading look, and he chuckles, leaning down to kiss your puckered lips.
âYou get two when you tell me youâre my dirty little slut.â
You clench down around him, and Bucky groans, pushing in a little deeper.
He finds the spongey spot that makes your vision go all blurry. Your mouth falls open in a long moan, and bucky raises his brows.
âThere it is. Thatâs what a wanna see.â
He pushes harder against it. You squeeze around him again, breath coming in pants.
âWhoâs owning this pussy, baby, huh?â Buckyâs eyes bore into yours, and the hot shame pricks more and more over your skin.
You think a waterfall might be coming out of your cunt. The wet sounds as Bucky finger fucks you certainly seem like proof.
You canât form a full answer. You gape at him, rolling your hips in tiny movements to try and chase a little bit more.
Buckly yanks his finger out of your pussy, lands a harsh smack on your clit, then shoves them right back in. Itâs an overwhelming, electric feeling. The tears burst from your eyes, and you almost reach for him.
âThatâs a girl.â He kisses your cheek so sweetly, pumping his finger deep into your soaked cunt. âKeep cryinâ for me, babydoll. Let it out.â
You pull at the sheets, a low hum of pleasure building in your lower stomach. Your head tries to roll to the side, but Bucky keeps it up. His staring just makes everything worse and better.
The deep affection in his eyes as he watches you right on the edge. Trying to claw your way to an orgasm while he keeps you from letting go. Thereâs no attention being given to your clit, only his finger bumping your g-spot. Itâs throbbing from his spanking. You want him to do it again.
âBuh- Bucky-â
âAh.â He pauses, and you almost scream. âTry again.â
âJames.â You whimper, giving him your most pleading eyes.
A smile curves on his lips. âYeah, babydoll?â
âDo it again.â
Itâs less than a whisper. Part of you doesnât even want him to hear it.
But he does. Of course he does. Surprise flashes over his face for the briefest second, and you think about running away. You shouldnât have asked. Heâs going to say no, itâs going to humiliate you more, and then thatâs going to make you cum on his hand and heâll never look at you again-
âWhat?â His voice dropped. Youâre screwed. âThis?â
Bucky pulls back and spanks your pussy again. You sob, nodding as the shock rushing through you again. Bucky licks his lips, leaning back to watch you. He does it again, and you seize up.
âJesus, youâre spilling everywhere.â He traces two fingers through your pussy, and you clench around nothing. âMessy girl, bet youâre going to fucking squirt on my cock.â
You whimper, and Bucky chuckles.
âI know, sweetheart. But youâre gonna love it, arenât you.â
He spanks your pussy again. Any thought to protest is drained from your head.
âYe- Yes.â You cry out.
Bucky smirks, prowling back over your body.
âAnd?â
You blink at him through the tears. âAnd?â
âWhat are you?â
Your breath hitches. Bucky holds up his shiny hand, making a gun motion.
âTwo fingers.â He reminds you.
And just like that, you cave.
âI- Iâm your dirty-â You hiccup a little, the tears starting to free flow again. âIâm-â
âLook at me.â He reminds sternly. âCome on, be good-â
âIâm your dirty slut.â You push out, grinding your hips up into Buckyâs knee. âJames, Iâm yours, Iâm your cockslut, please-â
Bucky makes a feral sound from his chest, and you sob in relief when he shoves those two fingers into you cunt. You shudder, eyes rolling back and hips grinding down. Bucky doesnât try to stop you this time, just groaning as he finger fucks you into oblivion.
âThatâs it, thatâs my fuckinâ girl.â He scissors his fingers, and you writhe in the sheets. âSo pretty on my fingers, bet youâll look even better when Iâm fuckinâ you stupid on my cock.â
You moan. âYes, oh-Â Oh my god- â
Bucky twists his wrist and starts to pummel your g-spot, right as his thumb finds your clit. He rubs it tight circles in time with his thrusts, and presses his lips back over yours. You almost canât breathe, between the pleasure heâs pulling from you and the demand of his mouth. Your body starts to twitch and go all tight.
âI- Iâm gonna- James, I think-â
âI know.â He kisses the corner of your mouth, then your upper lip. âShow me what youâve got, baby, come on.â
Your orgasm rushes through you, staring in your tummy and leaking down Buckyâs fingers and through your whole system. He pulls out immediately, landing a few more spanks on your weeping cunt. In the post-orgasm sensitivity, itâs almost too much to take.
You spread your legs and beg for it anyway.
âDemanding, arenât you.â Bucky mocks. âWant to feel me tomorrow, when you walk around all cool and collected, pretending you werenât callinâ yourself my cockslut a few hours ago.â
You shake your head, shivering as Bucky rubs your pussy back and forth. âI- I wonât-â
âWonât what? Keep it a dirty little secret. You want me to spell my fucking name on your face, so everyone knows who this tight little pussy belongs to?â
âNuh- No-â
âYou think you wonât feel me? Doll,â Bucky takes his hand away, and you almost start to cry again before he pushes two thick fingers between your lips.
âMmmm-â
âThatâs right.â He mutters to himself, and you can feel his attention as you clean your own release off his fingers. âGonna ruin you for everyone else, doll, you wonât be able to fuck anyone without wishinâ it was me.â
You pull him away by his wrist, risking the punishment to give him your best, sexiest doe-eyes.
âDonât want anyone else.â You say, and Bucky blinks. âWonât pretend I wasnât with you. Want everyone to know.â
Buckyâs nostrils flare. He stares, shoulders heaving, and you think heâs going to do the thing again. The one where he pounces over you and makes you beg.
Instead he grabs your hips like heâs steadying himself, and stares at you like youâre the moon.
âFlip over.â He grunts.
You frown. âWha-â
âOver. Just-â
Bucky flips you onto your stomach like you weight nothing, then drags your ass high in the air. You squeal, grabbing at the sheets and trying to look at him over your shoulder.
A massive hand presses you back into the sheets by your shoulder blades. Probably for the best. Your knees were shaking too much to be steady.
âStay there.â Thereâs a clink of metal behind you. Heâs taking off his belt. âNeed to be inside you. Now.â
âJames-â
âPlease.â
His voice cracks.
Youâre far, far past trying to tell him no.
You flop obediently, and it earns you a soothing stoke over the curve of your ass.
âSo pretty.â He says it so soft, youâre not actually sure youâre supposed to hear. âWanted this for so fuckinâ long, âs even better than I imagined.â
Bucky rubs his cock between your pussy lips and you moan, melting into the sheets. Your knees almost drop down. Bucky wraps an arms around your waist and drags you back up.
âIâve gotcha. There we go.â
He keeps rubbing it, gathering your arousal to make the entrance easier. Thereâs plenty of it. Even more when his fat head presses against your clit, and you wiggle.
âDone so good for me, babydoll.â His praise shoots straight to your already burning pussy. You try to push yourself higher with a whine. âAlready nice and stupid for me, just gotta- Fuuuuck-â
Bucky pushes himself in slowly, and you cry out.Â
âOh- Oh my god-â
Itâs good he didnât let you see him before. Heâs big. Stupidly big. You can feel every thick vein, every pulse as you squeeze around him, every inch of Bucky dragging through your tight channel. You sob into the sheets, pushing back to try and take more. You have to take more. You need to take all of him, so when he fucks you he can drive every single fucking thought from your head.
âThatâs it.â Bucky groans, pressing his face into the curve of your neck as he bottoms out.
Heâs folded over you, fully buried in your pussy, breath hot and heavy. You whimper, trying to adjust to the size of him. Buckyâs arm snakes around you, rubbing your clit lightly. Trying to help you relax.
âYouâre so tight, baby.â He rasps, kissing behind your ear. âBest pussy Iâve ever fuckinâ felt.â
âMmmm.â You tip your head, pressing your cheek into the mattress. âYouâre so big.â
âI know. But youâre gonna take it, arenât you?â
You whimper, and Bucky chuckles. The sound vibrates between your legs, not helping anyone at all.
âYeah. You are.â
And if Bucky says you are, you are.
He starts by pulling almost fully out, then rolling slowly back in. It goes easier than the first time, but still knocks the air from your lungs. Your eyes roll back. A strangled sound leaves your throat, and Bucky laughs.
âLook at you, silly girl. Weâve barely even started.â
ââS- âS a lot-â
âBut itâs your my fuckinâ cockslut.â Bucky slams his hips forward, and you scream in pleasure. âYouâre the one who said it, remember. My. Fucking. Cockslut.â
He emphasizes each word with another thrust, and soft, caring Bucky is gone. The hot, demanding version is back, and he brought your tears with him.
Bucky fucks into your like an animal, pushing you down into the mattress and forcing an impossibly deep angle. Youâre sensitive. So sensitive it almost hurts in the best fucking way.
âCan see your pussy taking me, doll.â Bucky groans, his fingers digging into your hips. âFucking gorgeous, greedy little thing swallowing this cock whole. Pussy made for me to fuck it.â
You keen, and Bucky laughs.
âJesus, might tie you up and keep you just like this for me. Crying like a brat when you begged for it, canât ever figure out what you want without my help, huh?â
You canât form a strong enough thought to respond. Buckyâs drilling into you, and rubbing over your g-spot with every thrust and filling you up until thereâs no space for things like words.
âNo mouthy little comebacks?â He mocks. âMy smart doll canât even tell me to go fuck myself?â
âI- Jaaames-â
âYeah, thatâs right.â Bucky almost growls. âI own this pussy now, sweetheart. Gonna cum inside and make you walk around with it dripping out of your cunt, make you scream my name so loud everyone hears.â
You babble, clenching down on his cock. Buckyâs hips stutter slightly.
âOh you love that. Love the idea of everyone knowing that I just made you my stupid little cockdrunk slut. Fuck-â
Bucky wraps an arm around your waist, hauling you back against his chest. You toss your head onto his shoulder, writhing in his arms as he keeps thrusting up into your pussy. God, you hope the music downstairs is loud enough that they canât hear, but you also donât know how they could hear anything else. The whole room is filled with Buckyâs groans and your open sobs.
âStill crying, babydoll?â He kisses over your neck, and you whimper, grabbing at his forearms.
âCanât- Canât take it-â
âYeah, you can.â
You shake your head, tears streaming down your face. âMh- Iâm gonna cum-â
Bucky spanks your clit, and you shriek, arching into his hand.
âFuckinâ cum, dirty girl, soak this dick like a good girl-â
You scream with this orgasm, thrashing in Buckyâs arms as it completely overtakes your senses. Thereâs a familiar wet feeling coming out of your pussy and slicking over your ass and thighs. Bucky groans, bending over to kiss you as he keeps your impaled on his cock. He thrusting sharply, chasing his own release. You try to grind down to help him, and he moans right into your ear.
âWh- Where-â
âIn.â You whimper. âIn, James, wanna feel you, fuck-â
Bucky groans shamelessly as his cock starts to spurt hot cum over your gooey walls. The sound as he keeps fucking up into you is obscene, his lips over glued over yours as you both ride it out.
Youâve never been so ruined before. You think you might smell of cum and sweat for the rest of your life, and you canât even bring yourself to mind.
And part of you worries that Buckyâs going to vanish. Kick you out of his room now that he got what he wanted, and break the heart youâd just offered him with shaking hands.
Instead, he kisses you before he pulls out, mumbling that heâll be right back. He draws a bath and cleans you up, gets you water and wipes the dried tears on your cheeks.
âToo much?â He asks softly, and you can see the real worry in his eyes.
 You shake your head, and offer him a tiny smile.
âPerfect.â
His eyes light up. âReally?â
You giggle. âYeah.â
Bucky kisses your nose, and you hum happily.
âYouâre were perfect too.â
âThanks.â You breathe.
He pulls back, running a hand through your hair. His eyes soften.
âYou still want me to take it back?â
And you almost laugh. Why would you ever possibly want to go back.
âNo, thank you.â
Bucky chuckles. âSo polite. Think I fucked some manners into you-â
âI had manners-â
âYeah, but youâre gonna be nice to me now-â
âDonât hold your breath-â
He shuts you up with a deep kiss. You could get used to it.
âLet me take you out.â He breathes when heâs done, looking at you with unending hope in his eyes. âFor real.â
And you wonder.
If it had really been there, the whole time.
âOkay.â
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Summary: A night out with Robby, Santos, Whitaker, Javadi, and Mel takes a turn when you get drunk, refuse to leave the bar, and start loudly demanding to know where your husband is. Santos calls Jack. Jack arrives. Unfortunately for everyone in the bar, you are drunk and do not immediately recognize him as your husband.
Warnings: alcohol use, drunk reader, suggestive jokes, reader being extremely horny for her own husband, Jack being responsible and not engaging sexually while reader is drunk, soft caretaking, lots of teasing, lots of âhell yeah.â
Author's Note:
I donât know what to tell you. Sometimes a woman gets drunk, forgets she is married, and tries to hit on her own husband in public. Sometimes that husband happens to be Jack Abbot. Sometimes he has to provide ring verification every five minutes while trying to get her to drink water.
This is love.
Xoxo, Del
By the time Santos called Jack, you had been singing for twenty-three minutes.
Not continuously.
There had been pauses.
Important pauses.
One pause to tell Robby he was doing the background vocals wrong. Another to inform Whitaker that his attempt to close the tab was âemotionally hostile.â Another to point at a man near the jukebox and announce, with deep conviction, that he was not your husband because your husband had better shoulders.
Mel had tried water.
Javadi had tried fries.
Whitaker had tried logistics.
Robby had tried joining in, which had only made everything worse.
And Santos, because she had the glare of a woman who had spent years keeping doctors from making stupid choices, and no patience left, finally pulled out her phone.
You were standing beside the booth with one hand braced on the table, swaying to the beat of a song that was no longer playing.
âBaby! Woo-hoo, where the hell is my husband? Woo-hoo! What is takin' him so long to find me? Woo-hoo!â
Robby lifted both hands as if he were conducting you. âGreat projection.â
Santos pointed at him. âStop encouraging her.â
Robby shrugged, âSheâs an artist.â
âShe is refusing to leave a bar because she thinks her husband has been misplaced,â Santos replied.Â
You turned sharply. Too sharply. Mel caught your elbow before gravity could make a compelling argument.
âHe is not misplaced,â you said.
Santos lowered the phone slightly. âNo?â
You frowned, âHe is missing.â
Javadi nodded from the end of the booth, phone in hand, filming with the calm detachment of someone documenting history. âThe distinction is important.â
Whitaker rubbed both hands over his face. âIt is not.â
You slapped one palm gently against the table. âMy husband is handsome and tall and sexy and has doctor hands.â
Robby leaned toward Mel. âDoctor's hands is specific.â
Mel nodded. âAnd accurate.â
âAnd,â you continued, because you were not finished and everyone needed to understand the scale of the emergency, âhe has very serious pecs.â
Santos closed her eyes.
Robby whispered, âHere we go.â
You pointed at him. âRespect the pecs.â
âI do,â Robby said immediately.
Whitaker slid your glass of water toward you. âCan we respect the pecs from the parking lot?â
You shake your head quickly, âNo.â
âWhy?â He groans.Â
You point towards the door, âBecause my husband is not in the parking lot.â
Santos pressed Jackâs contact and lifted the phone to her ear.
You gasped. âAre you calling him?â
She nodded, âYes.â
âNo!â You exclaimed.Â
Santos looked at you. âNo?â
You shook your head, âI donât want to call him.â
âYou have been singing for him for twenty-three minutes,â Santos said.
You rolled your eyes like it was the most obvious thing in the world, âI want him to appear.âÂ
Robby slapped the table once. âThat is marriage.â
Santos ignored him and turned slightly away as the call connected.
Jack answered on the second ring. âEverything okay?â
His voice came through low and alert, and you froze.
Santos looked at you.
You stared at her phone like it had become sacred.
âAbbot,â Santos said.
There was a small pause on the other end. âSantos?â
âYou busy?â She asks.Â
âAt home.â Jackâs voice sharpened. âIs she okay?â
You grabbed Melâs wrist and whispered very loudly, âIs that my husband?â
Mel patted your hand. âYes, honey.â
You looked down at your left hand.
Your wedding rings gleamed under the warm bar lights.
You gasped. âI have wife jewelry.â
Robby bent forward with a wheeze. âWife jewelry.â
On the phone, Jack went quiet. âWhat was that?â
Santos looked at you as you lifted your hand in front of your face and admired your rings with genuine awe.
âShe is okay,â Santos said carefully.
Jack exhaled. âDefine okay.â
You turned toward the booth again, apparently remembering your mission. âOh, baby, where the hell is my lover?â You pick up your song.
Jack went silent.
Robby threw his head back and supplied a terrible echo. âWoo-hoo!â
Santos pinched the bridge of her nose.
Jack said, âIs that her?â
âNo,â Santos said. âThat is the jukebox haunting me.â
Jack sighed, âSantos.â
âYes, thatâs her.â
âIs she hurt?â He asked.Â
âNo.â
âSick?â He continued.Â
âNo.â
Jack exhaled, âCrying?â
You pointed at a man near the pool table. âNot him. My husband has a better ass.â
Mel covered her mouth with a hand.
Santos stared at the ceiling. âNo. Not crying.â
There was a pause.
Then Jack said, dry as hell, âDid she say something about my ass?â
Robby lunged across the table, trying to get closer to the phone. âTell him she said better.â
Santos shoved his forehead back with two fingers. âShe is refusing to leave until her husband comes to collect her.â
You leaned toward Santosâs phone. âTell him to wear the gray sweatpants.â
Santos pulled the phone away from you. âAbsolutely not.â
Jack made a sound that might have been a cough. âIâm leaving now. Send me the address.â He was already moving.
In the background, Robby shouted, âTell him sheâs been reviewing his ass for twenty minutes!â
Jack went silent again.
Santos closed her eyes. âIâm hanging up now.â
You reached toward the phone. âWait, I want to talk to him.â
âNo,â Santos said, ending the call.Â
Your lower lip trembled, âBut heâs missing.â
âHeâs on his way.â She told you.Â
That stopped you. Your mouth fell open. âHeâs coming?â
Santos slid her phone into her pocket. âYes.â
You laid a hand on your chest, âTo me?â
âYes.â Trinity nodded.Â
You pressed both hands to your cheeks. âOh, fuck.â
Whitaker nodded toward the door. âGreat. Now we can go.â
âNo,â you said immediately.
His shoulders dropped. âWhy not?â
You looked at him like he had just asked the stupidest question in recorded history. âI have to be here when my husband appears.â
Robby raised one hand. âI support her.â
Santos snapped, âNo one asked you.â
You sat back down in the booth and folded your hands on the table like you were waiting for a job interview.
Mel slid the water toward you again. âDrink some water while you wait.â
You stared at the glass.
Then at Mel.
Then at Santos.
âWhat if he gets here and Iâm drinking water?â You ask.Â
Javadi tilted her head. âWould that be bad?â
You frowned, thinking hard. âNo. Hydration is sexy.â
Whitaker looked at the ceiling. âThank God.â
You picked up the glass, took one sip, and set it down with a proud nod.
Then you leaned toward Robby. âDo you think he knows heâs my husband?â
Robbyâs face lit with dangerous joy.
Santos pointed at him. âDo not.â
Robby held up both hands. âI didnât say anything.â
Her eyes narrowed, âYou were about to.â
Robby frowned deeply, âI have never done anything wrong in my life.â
Javadi looked up from her phone. âThere are videos.â
You tapped your rings against the table, watching them sparkle. âIâm going to ask him.â
Mel smiled. âAsk him what?â
âIf heâs my husband.â You answer.Â
Whitaker muttered, âThis will be efficient.â
âIt will not,â Santos said.
And it wasnât.
Because when Jack walked in seven minutes later, everything in you stopped working.
He came through the door in jeans, sneakers, and a dark hoodie under his jacket, like he had pulled on the first clothes he found and driven over without thinking about anything except getting to you. His hair was messy, his expression serious, and his eyes scanned the bar once before landing on your booth.
On you.
You stopped mid-hum.
Your hand tightened around Melâs wrist. âOh no.â
Mel followed your gaze. âWhat?â
You pointed. âThat man has pecs like my husbandâs.â
Robby twisted in his seat so fast he nearly knocked over Whitakerâs drink.
Santos sighed. âThat man is your husband.â
You shook your head slowly, eyes fixed on Jack as he crossed the bar. âNo.â
Javadi kept filming. âDenial phase.â
Jack reached the table and looked you over first, quick and clinical, because he was Jack. No visible injury. No tears. No panic. Just you, drunk and bright-eyed and staring at him like he had been sent from some divine catalog of bad ideas.
His shoulders eased. âHey, baby.â
You blinked. Then slowly turned to Santos. âHe called me baby.â
She nodded slowly, âBecause he is your husband.â
You whipped back toward him. âYou are?â
Jackâs mouth twitched.
He lifted his left hand without hesitation.
His wedding band caught the bar light.
You looked down at your own rings.
Then back at his.
Then at your rings again. âOh, my god.â
Jackâs face softened. âYeah?â
You beam. âWe match.â
âWe do.â He replied.
You looked him up and down, with a long pause at his chest. âHell yeah.â
Robby slammed both hands on the table. âAnd weâre off.â
Jack pointed at him without looking away from you. âDonât.â
You leaned toward Mel, still staring at Jack. âHe has very serious pecs.â
Jack closed his eyes for half a second.
Melâs shoulders shook. âI know, honey.â
âDo you think he works out?â You whispered to Trinity.Â
Santos answered before Jack could. âOccasionally.â
You nodded solemnly. âItâs working.â
Jack opened his eyes. âOkay. Time to go.â
You frowned. Then looked him up and down again. âHey, soldier.â
The whole booth went quiet.
Jack stared at you.
Santos slowly turned her head. âOh, my god.â
You gave Jack what you clearly thought was a seductive smile. âYou come here often?â
Jackâs mouth twitched again, despite his best efforts. âTo retrieve my drunk wife from a bar? No.â
Your eyes went wide. âWife?â
He lifted his hand again.
You looked at his ring.
Then yours.
Your whole face lit up. âHell yeah.â
Javadi, still filming, said, âThe verification system remains functional.â
Jack looked at her phone. âAre you recording?â
âYes.â She answered instantly.Â
Jack groans, âWhy?â
âDocumentation,â Victoria answered.Â
âItâs behavioral science,â Robby added.
Jack ignored all of them and reached for the water glass instead of you. âDrink.â
You froze. Then you sat up straighter, eyes suddenly sharp with drunk discovery. âHuh.â
Jack paused. âHuh?â
You pointed at him. âAttending voice.â
Robby made a delighted noise. âOh, she clocked it.â
Jack gave him a flat look. âDo not participate.â
You leaned toward Santos, whispering very loudly. âHe said drink like he was about to order labs.â
Santos nodded. âHe did.â
âI did not,â Jack said.
Mel patted your shoulder. âYou kind of did.â
Jack pushed the glass closer. âThree sips.â
Your lips parted. âOh, fuck me.â
Jack closed his eyes. âPlease just drink the water.â
You picked up the glass with both hands, still staring at him. âYouâre very bossy for a stranger.â
Jack opened his eyes. âIâm not a stranger.â
You narrowed your eyes.
Then you looked down at your rings again.
Jack lifted his hand.
You inspected his wedding band with deep seriousness.
âRight,â you said. âHusband.â
âYes,â Jack confirmed.Â
You took one sip.
Jack nodded once. âGood.â
You set the glass down too hard. âNo.â
His brow furrowed. âNo?â
âYou canât say âgoodâ with attending voice.â You frowned.Â
Robby dropped his forehead onto the table. âSheâs right.â
Jack pointed at him. âNot another word.â
You finished the water because Jack stood there with crossed arms and serious eyes, and the world had become a place where hydration was suddenly compelling.
When you set the glass down, Jack picked up your coat. âArm.â
You inhaled sharply.
Santos pointed at him. âThat one was attending voice.â
Jackâs jaw flexed. âI need her arm in the sleeve.â
You looked at him, dazed. âYou need my arm?â
Jack took a slow breath. âBaby.â
You melted back against the booth. âOh, Jackie.â
That got him. Just a little. His expression shifted, the stern line of his mouth almost breaking.
Santos saw it immediately. âDonât reward her.â
âIâm not rewarding her,â Jack said.
âYou liked Jackie,â Santos replied.Â
Jack held the coat open and looked at you. âArm.â
You stared at him. Then slid one arm into the sleeve. âBossy.â
He guided the coat around your shoulders. âOther arm.â
You looked at Mel. âHe wants the other one too.â
Mel nodded, fighting for her life. âCoats usually do.â
You gave Jack your other arm. He pulled the coat into place and zipped it halfway with careful, practical hands. You looked down at the zipper. Then up at him. âThat was hot.â
âIt was a zipper.â Jack deadpanned.Â
You sighed happily, âYou did it like a procedure.â
Robby lifted his head. âSterile field: wife edition.â
Jack did not turn around. âRobby.â
âSorry.â Robby lowered his head once more.Â
Santos stood and grabbed her bag. âWe are leaving before she proposes to him.â
You froze. Then your head turned slowly toward Jack. âI proposed?â
Jackâs expression softened at once. âNo, baby.â He lifted his left hand before you could even ask, wedding band, catching the bar light. âI proposed.â
You looked down at your rings. Then at his. Then up at him, stunned and pleased and drunk-happy. âYou wanted to marry me?â
Jackâs mouth twitched. âStill do.â
Your whole face lit up. âHell yeah.â
Robby dropped his forehead back to the table. âTheyâre disgusting.â
Jack crouched slightly in front of you and offered his hand. âStand up.â
The booth went silent. You stared at him. Then you looked at Santos. âAttending voice.â
Santos nodded. âFull attending voice.â
Jackâs eyes flicked briefly to the ceiling. âI am trying to get you upright.â
You nodded, âYouâre doing it with authority.â
âYou are drunk in public,â Jack replied.Â
You clicked your tongue, âYouâre hot in public.â
Mel made a small sound into her hand.
Jackâs ears went faintly pink.
You saw it. âOh my god,â you whispered. âJackieâs blushing.â
Jack shook his head, âI am not.â
âYou are.â You squeal with delight.Â
Jackâs hand stayed steady in front of you. âUp.â
You pressed one hand dramatically to your chest. âFuck.â
Santos stood and grabbed her bag. âWe are leaving before she discovers a military kink.â
Jackâs head snapped up. âSantos.â
She shrugged, âWhat? Sheâs halfway there.â
You tilted your head, considering. âA what?â
âNope.â Jack took your hand and helped you stand. âWeâre going home.â
For one glorious second, you were upright and triumphant.
Then the room tilted. Jack caught you by the waist.
Your entire body went still. âOh, fuck.â
âBalance,â he said.
You stared up at him. âYou said that like an order.â
âIt was an explanation,â Jack replied.Â
You smiled up at him, âDo it again.â
âNo,â Jack answered immediately.Â
Robby lifted his head. âSheâs not wrong.â
Jackâs eyes cut to him.
Robby lowered his head again. âWithdrawn.â
You touched Jackâs chest lightly with one finger. âResponsible soldier husband.â
Jack looked down at your hand. Then at your face. âDoctor husband. Former soldier.â
You nodded solemnly. âDoctor husband with command voice.â
Mel laughed into her hand.Â
Jack took a slow breath. âArm over my shoulder.â
Your eyes went wide. âJackie.â
âArm,â he repeated, then pointed to his shoulder. âHere.â
You looked at Santos. âHe pointed.â
âI saw.â She answered.Â
You licked your lips. âHe pointed and said here.â
Trinity nodded solemnly, âYouâre going to survive.â
You shook your head furiously, âYou donât know that.â
Jack guided your arm over his shoulders.
You held on to him and immediately looked delighted. âIâm touching him.â
Santos nodded. âYou are.â
âLegally?â You asked, looking to Jack, bright and hopeful.Â
Jack lifted his left hand in front of your face.
You checked his ring. Then yours. âHell yeah.â
Jack slid an arm around your waist and pulled you carefully against his side.
You went very still. Then you looked down at his arm. âOh, fuck me.â
Jack sighed. âPlease walk.â
You looked up at him, eyes wide and delighted. âCan you say it again, but like bossier?â
âNo,â Jack said.Â
âAbsolutely not,â Santos said at the same time.
Robby lifted his head just enough to gasp for air. âI canât believe it. This is foreplay with witnesses.â
Jack pointed at him without loosening his hold on you. âNot foreplay.â
You leaned into his side and whispered loudly. âBut later?â
Jack closed his eyes. âYouâre drunk.â
You nodded, âBut later, when Iâm not drunk?â
âLater,â Santos said quickly, âis between you, Jack, and God.â
Javadi nodded. âAnd possibly the HOA, depending on volume.â
You looked at Jack. âDo we have an HOA?â
He shook his head, âNo.â
You leaned closer to him, âThen later?â
Jackâs jaw tightened. âWalk.â
You inhaled sharply. âOh, that was better.â
Santos threw both hands up. âDoor. Now.â
Jack started moving.
You went with him, tucked carefully into his side, one arm over his shoulders, his arm secure around your waist, your coat half-zipped and your dignity somewhere under the booth.
You made it three steps before he said, âWatch your feet.â
You looked up at him. âAttending voice.â
âSafety voice.â He corrected.Â
You shrugged, âTheyâre cousins.â
âEyes forward,â Jack replied.Â
You sighed dramatically, âOh fuck me, that one too.â
Santos followed behind you, laughing now despite herself. âThis is the worst evacuation Iâve ever seen.â
Jack kept you tucked firmly against his side. âIt is not an evacuation.â
âYouâre using evacuation posture,â you said.
He looked down at you.
You smiled up at him, drunk and delighted. âI like it.â
Jackâs mouth twitched. âI know.â
Halfway to the door, you twisted carefully to look back at the table.
âEverybody be cool,â you announced. âIâm leaving with my husband.â
Robby raised both hands. âHell yeah, Mrs. Abbot.â
You stopped.
Jack stopped with you, patient but visibly suffering.
You looked down at your rings.
Then grabbed his left hand and checked his.
The band was still there.
You smiled, delighted all over again. âHell yeah.â
Jackâs face softened.
Then you glanced behind him one more time.Â
âAnd he has a great ass!â You cheer.
Jack immediately started walking again.
âGoodnight,â he called over his shoulder.
Santos waved. âHydrate her.â
Mel added, âText when you get home.â
Whitaker pointed at Jack. âDo not let her order fries.â
You gasped. âTraitor.â
Javadi lifted her glass. âThe record will show we tried.â
Robby cupped his hands around his mouth. âAsk him to walk bossier!â
Jack pushed the door open with his shoulder and guided you into the cool night air.
The second the air hit your face, you sighed dramatically and leaned a little more heavily into his side.
Jack adjusted his hold. âYou okay?â
You looked up at him.
The bar lights spilled behind him, catching the edge of his jaw, the tired concern in his face, the little pinch between his brows that meant he was trying to figure out if you needed water, food, sleep, or all three.
Your drunk brain, unhelpfully, sorted those options into one category.
Husband.
âJack?â You asked quietly.Â
Jack looked down at you, âYeah, baby?â
âYouâre really my husband?â You whispered the question.Â
He lifted his left hand between you before you even asked.
You looked at his ring.
Then down at yours.
Then up at him.
Your smile went soft and bright and drunk-happy. âHell yeah.â
Jack shook his head, but he was smiling now. âYeah,â he said, guiding you toward the car. âHell yeah.â
You made it halfway across the parking lot before you stopped again.
Jack looked down. âWhat?â
You stared at him very seriously. âYou came when I sang.â
His mouth twitched. âSantos called.â
âBut I sang.â You persisted.Â
Jack nodded, âYou did.â
âAnd you appeared.â You added with delight.Â
âI did,â Jack replied.Â
You nodded, deeply moved. âPowerful.â
Jack opened the passenger door and kept one hand at your back. âIn.â
You looked at the seat. Then at him. âI like it when you give directions.â
Jack almost smiled, âI have noticed.â
âCan you say âinâ again?â You asked, looking up at him.Â
His answer comes quickly, âNo.â
âMeaner?â You tried.
This answer was faster: âAbsolutely not.â
You sighed and got into the car anyway, mostly because Jackâs hand was warm at your back and he looked like that, and you were only human.
He leaned across you to buckle your seatbelt.
You went very still.
Jack paused immediately. âOkay?â
You nodded, eyes wide. âYou smell good.â
He huffed a quiet laugh and clicked the seatbelt into place. âYouâre drunk.â
âYou smell good when Iâm drunk.â You amended.Â
Jack shook his head, âThatâs not how that works.â
âIt is for me.â You replied with a happy shrug.Â
Jack braced one hand on the roof of the car and looked down at you.
His expression was amused. Tired. Fond in a way he would absolutely deny if Robby had been there to witness it. âYou need water when we get home.â
You pointed at him. âBossy.â
âYou need sleep.â He added.Â
You smiled. âOh, fuck.â
âAnd no flirting with me until you can walk in a straight line.â Jack continued.Â
Your mouth fell open. âYouâre denying your wife?â
Jack held up his left hand.
You looked at his ring automatically.
Then at yours.
The distress vanished.
You nodded, âHell yeah.â
He smiled despite himself. âAnd yes. Iâm denying my drunk wife.â
You considered that, then nodded slowly. âResponsible husband.â
He smiled softly, âTrying to be.â
You looked him up and down from your seat. âHot.â
Jack shut the door before you could say anything else. You watched him walk around the front of the car. The parking lot lights were doing very good things to him. His shoulders. His hoodie. His jeans. When he opened the driverâs side door, you were still staring.
He slid in and caught your expression immediately. âNo.â
You frowned deeply, âI didnât say anything.â
âYou were about to,â Jack commented.Â
You looked out the windshield, dignified. âI was admiring privately.â
You looked at his hands on the steering wheel. âOh, fuck.â
He closed his eyes. âBaby.â
You looked down at your rings.
Then, at his hand on the wheel, wedding band visible under the passing sweep of the parking lot light.
âYou called me baby.â You sighed happily.Â
He pulled out of the parking space. âIâm your husband.â
You smiled at his ring. âHell yeah.âÂ
The drive home was mostly quiet. Mostly.Â
You hummed under your breath until Jack, without looking away from the road, said, âNo more husband song.â
You turned your head toward him. âI like it when youâre bossy.â
âI know.â He replied.Â
You sat up straighter, âSay something else.â
âNo.â
âThat was something.â You mumbled.Â
He sighed.
You smiled out the window like you had won.
By the time he pulled into the driveway, your energy had softened around the edges. The feral husband appreciation was still there, obviously, because Jack existed and you had eyes, but it had gone warm and sleepy.
Less bar announcement.
More gravity.
Jack came around to your side and opened the door.
You looked up at him.
He looked down at you. âOut.â
Your mouth parted.
Jack pointed at you. âDo not.â
You pressed your lips together, nodding seriously. Then whispered, âAttending voice.â
He helped you out anyway.
You wobbled once on the driveway, and his hand found your waist immediately.
You leaned into him. âGood catch.â
He gave you a little grin, âGood wobble.â
You gasped. âYou praised me.â
âI should not have,â Jack replied, regretting his choice immediately.Â
You smiled up at him, âI liked it.â
Jack looked down at you, âI know.âÂ
Inside, the house was dim and quiet. Jack locked the door behind you, then turned back to find you standing in the entryway, looking down at your left hand again.
He leaned one shoulder against the wall. âChecking?â
You lifted your rings toward the hall light. âStill married.â
Jack held up his left hand. His wedding band gleamed.
Your smile went loose and delighted. âHell yeah.â
He took your coat off first.
Not because you helped.
You did not help.
You got distracted halfway through by the flex of his forearm when he pulled the sleeve down your arm. âOh, fuck.â
Jack paused. âWhat?â
You didnât look up, âYour arm.â
âMy arm is removing your coat,â Jack said.Â
âYeah.â You stared at it. âThatâs the problem.â
Jack exhaled through his nose and hung your coat on the hook. âKitchen.â
You looked at him sharply. âAttending voice.â
Jack sighed, âIâm getting you water.â
âYou said kitchen like an order.â You argued.Â
Jack inhaled, âIt was a destination.â
âA hot destination.â You corrected him.Â
He pointed down the hall. âMove.â
You inhaled. âJackie.â
âNo.â He said instantly.Â
âYou donât even know what I was going to say.â You said with a whine.Â
Jack gave you a look, âI do.â
You followed him anyway, because his hand settled at the small of your back and your drunk brain apparently classified that as a life-altering event.
At the kitchen counter, he gave you more water and two crackers.
You stared at the crackers. Then up at him. âAre you feeding me?â
âI am preventing tomorrow from being worse,â Jack replied.Â
Your eyes went wide and affectionate, âYou provide.â
âI provide saltines.â Jack amended.Â
You picked one up and took a dramatic bite. âSexy.â
Jackâs mouth twitched. âChew.â
You froze. Then pointed at him with the cracker. âAttending voice.â
Jack tilted his head, âChewing is not optional.â
âOh, my god.â You fan yourself with the cracker.Â
He dragged a hand down his face. âPlease eat the cracker.â
You did, mostly because he watched you with that serious, focused Jack expression, and you had already learned at the bar that being perceived by your husband while he gave basic instructions was dangerous.
After water and crackers, he got you upstairs.
Barely.
There was a brief negotiation on the landing because you stopped to admire his butt from a lower step and whispered, âPerspective,â like you had made a scientific discovery.
Jack looked over his shoulder. âKeep walking.â
You gripped the railing. âAttending voice.â
âStairs voice.â He corrected you.
You shrugged, âSame family.â
When you finally reached the bathroom, Jack set your makeup remover, toothbrush, and face wash on the counter as if he were preparing for a procedure.
You leaned against the doorframe and watched him. âYouâre setting up supplies.â
Jack nodded, âI am.â
âLike an attending.â You add.Â
âLike a husband who knows youâll sleep in mascara if I donât help,â Jack replied.Â
You gasped and looked down at your rings.
Jack lifted his left hand immediately.
You checked. Satisfied, you nodded. âVerified.â
He handed you a makeup wipe. âFace.â
You took it, then blinked. âHuh.â
Jackâs eyebrows lifted. âWhat?â
âYou said face.â You answered.Â
Jack nodded, âI did.â
âVery direct.â You replied with a crooked smile.Â
Jack looks over your face, âYou have makeup on it.â
You touched the wipe to your cheek, still watching him. âBossy skincare husband.â
Jack leaned back against the counter and folded his arms. That was a mistake.
You stared at his chest.Â
He noticed. âFace,â he repeated.
You closed your eyes. âThat was worse.â
âMakeup off.â He tried again.Â
You threw your head back in defeat, âOh, fuck.â
He held out his hand. âGive me the wipe.â
You handed it over without thinking. Jack stepped closer and gently tipped your chin up with two fingers. The bathroom went very quiet. He wiped beneath one eye with slow, careful strokes, his other hand steady at your jaw. His face was close enough that you could see the tired fondness in his eyes.
You swallowed. âJackie.â
His thumb stilled for half a second. âYeah?â
âYouâre really good at this.â You whispered.Â
He smiled softly, âAt taking off mascara?â
âAt being mine.â You said, almost breathless.Â
His expression softened.
Then, because you were drunk and incapable of letting tenderness survive unbothered, you added, âAlso, your pecs are close.â
Jack closed his eyes. âThere she is.â
You smiled.
He finished with your makeup, then handed you your toothbrush.
âToothpaste,â he said.
You looked at the toothbrush. Then at him in the mirror. âAttending voice.â
âToothpaste voice.â
You brushed your teeth while glaring at him with exaggerated suspicion.
Jack watched you in the mirror, arms crossed, trying and failing not to smile.
When you finished, he pointed to the sink. âSpit.â
You blinked around the toothbrush. Then slowly looked at him. âJack.â
âWhat?â He asked.Â
Your eyes widened, âYou canât just say spit like that.â
His jaw tightened. Not anger. A smile he was trying to kill. âI am asking you to brush your teeth.â
âYou are issuing commands in a bathroom.â You say, mouth foamy.Â
Jack looked down at your mouth, âYou have toothpaste in your mouth.â
You pointed the toothbrush at him. âDangerous.â
âSink.â He commanded.Â
âOh, fuck.â You spat, rinsed, and accepted the towel he handed you.
âGood,â he said.
You pressed the towel to your mouth and froze.
He sighed immediately. âI forgot.â
âYou said good.â You grinned.Â
He sighed again, âI did.â
âWith the voice.â You say, eyebrows raised.Â
Jack shrugged, âIt slipped.â
You lowered the towel and pointed at him. âDangerous.â
âBed,â he said.
You stared. âJack.â
He pointed toward the bedroom. âNow.â
Your mouth dropped open. âOh, fuck me.â
Jack muttered something under his breath and guided you into the bedroom.
He found one of his old T-shirts and a pair of sleep shorts from your drawer. Then he turned back to you, clothes in hand. âCan I help?â
You looked at the shirt. Then at him. Then down at your rings.
Jack lifted his hand before you could ask. You checked his wedding band.
âOkay,â you said. âHusband verified.â
He nodded once, âGood.â
You pointed at him immediately. âYou did that on purpose.â
âI did not.â He replies innocently.Â
You pouted, âYou weaponized good.â
âI am trying to get you into pajamas,â Jack replied.Â
Your frown deepened, âDomestic warfare.â
He helped you sit on the edge of the bed. Then he crouched in front of you and touched the hem of your top. âArms up.â
You narrowed your eyes. âIs this a trick?â
He smiled, âNo.â
Your brow furrows, âBecause Iâm drunk.â
âExactly.â Jack agreed.Â
You look at him suspiciously, âYouâre not going to be weird.â
âIâm not going to be weird,â Jack promised.Â
You leaned closer, whispering with great seriousness. âI might be weird.â
His mouth twitched. âI know.â
You lifted your arms.Â
Jack changed you with the careful efficiency of a man determined not to let his drunk wife turn pajamas into a legal incident. Shirt off, sleep shirt on. No lingering. No teasing. No letting his eyes go where drunk you absolutely wanted them to go.
Which, naturally, offended you. âYouâre very respectful.â
âI try,â Jack replied.Â
You groan, âItâs annoying.â
âI know.â He said.Â
You sighed, âItâs hot.â
âI know that too.â He said with a smile.Â
He helped you step into the shorts while you held both hands on his shoulders for balance.
The second your palms settled there, you sighed. âShoulders.â
âBalance,â Jack corrected.
âShoulders.â You repeated dreamily.Â
He pulled the shorts up to your hips and patted your side once. âDone.â
You looked down at yourself. Then at him. âYou dressed me.â
Jack shrugged, âI helped.â
âYouâre like a sexy pit crew.â You say with a wink.Â
Jack stared at you.
You nodded, pleased with yourself. âFast. Focused. Good with hands.â
He stood and pointed at the bed. âLie down.â
Your eyes went wide. âAttending voice.â
He continued to point, âBed.âÂ
You looked at him desperately, âOh, Jackie.â
âDo not make bed weird.â He groaned.Â
You pouted, âYou made it weird when you pointed.â
He pulled the blanket back. âIn.â
You climbed under the covers, mostly because the single syllable nearly took you out.
Jack tucked the blanket around your waist, then set the water on the nightstand.
âYou need sleep,â he said.
You looked up at him, suddenly softer. âYouâre staying?â
His expression shifted. âYeah, baby. Iâm staying.â
You looked down at your rings one more time. Then reached for his hand.
Jack gave it to you.
You checked his wedding band, slower now, your thumb brushing over the metal.
âYou proposed?â
He sat on the edge of the bed beside you. âI proposed.â
âAnd I said yes?â You asked happily.Â
His mouth softened. âYou said yes.â
You smiled, sleepy and bright. âHell yeah.â
Jack leaned down and kissed your forehead.
âNo sex,â You murmured. âIâm drunk.â
Jack huffed a laugh against your temple, âI know, baby.âÂ
Your eyes closed. âIt sucks, though, because you have amazing pecs. And a great ass.â
He laughed quietly and brushed your hair away from your face. âGo to sleep.â
You sighed into the pillow. âAttending voice.â
âHusband voice,â he corrected, softer.
Your smile was almost gone with sleep. âJackie.â
âYeah?â He answers quietly.Â
âStill hot.â You murmur into your pillow.Â
He stayed there until your breathing evened out, his thumb moving once over your rings before he let go. Then he slipped into the bathroom, changed, came back, and climbed into bed beside you. You rolled toward him automatically, even in sleep, one hand landing against his chest like you were verifying he was still there. Jack covered your hand with his. Your rings pressed lightly against his skin.
The Next Day...
In the morning, you woke up to pain, sunlight, and consequences.
Mostly consequences.
Your head hurts. Your mouth was dry. Your body felt like it had been assembled incorrectly. For one blessed second, you remembered nothing after the second round of drinks.
Then your phone buzzed.
You opened one eye.
On the nightstand, your screen lit up with a message from Robby.
MRS. ABBOT LIVE AT THE BAR: WHERE IS MY HUSBAND TOUR
You closed your eye again. âNo.â
Beside you, Jack was already awake.
You could feel it.
You turned your head very slowly.
He was lying on his side, one arm tucked under his pillow, watching you with the calm, devastating expression of a man who knew everything.
You swallowed. âHow bad?â
Jackâs mouth twitched. âDefine bad.â
You groaned and pulled the blanket over your face.
He reached over and tugged it down just enough to see you. âYou reviewed my body in public.â
Your eyes closed. âOh, my god.â
âPecs got mentioned several times.â He added.Â
âJack.â You whined.Â
He grinned, âButt got a standing ovation.â
You covered your face with both hands. âI need to leave the country.â
âYou also called your rings' wife jewelry.â
A pause.
You peeked through your fingers. âThatâs kind of cute.â
Jack nodded, âIt was very cute.â
Your stomach softened despite the hangover.
Then he added, âYou made me show you my ring every time someone told you we were married.â
You lowered your hands. âI did?â
He lifted his left hand. His wedding band gleamed in the morning light. Your eyes flicked down to your own rings automatically.Â
Jack noticed.
A smile started at the corner of his mouth.
You pointed at him. âDo not.â
He raised both his hands, âI didnât say anything.â
âYou looked smug.â You replied, eyes narrowed.Â
Jack tilted his head, âIâm allowed.â
âYou are not.â You argued.Â
Jack smiled, âYou kept checking.â
âI was drunk.â You defend.Â
Jack looked down at his ring. âYou were thorough.â
You groaned again and rolled onto your back. âI hate myself.â
âNo, you donât,â Jack said.
You stared at the ceiling. âI hate Robby.â
âThatâs fair.â Jack agreed.Â
Your phone buzzed again.
This time, Jack picked it up before you could stop him.
âJack.â You warned.Â
He looked at the screen. Then his mouth twitched.
âNo.â You groaned.Â
He turned the phone toward you.
The video thumbnail showed you in the booth, hand dramatically raised, mouth open mid-song. At the same time, Robby performed backup vocals, and Santos looked as if she were reconsidering friendship as a concept.
You stared.
Then slowly turned to Jack. âDelete it.â
âItâs not on my phone.â He replied.Â
You groaned, âTell Robby to delete it.â
âI will,â Jack answered.Â
You narrowed your eyes.
Jackâs expression stayed too innocent. âAfter I watch it once.â
You huffed, âJack.â
He pressed play. Your own drunk voice filled the room with devastating commitment. On-screen, Robby echoed you terribly.
Then the video shifted as Santos muttered, âIâm calling Abbot.â
Your face lit up. You grabbed Melâs wrist and shouted, âTell him to wear the gray sweatpants!â
Jack paused the video. Silence. You stared at the ceiling. Jack stared at the phone.
Then he looked at you. âThe gray sweatpants?â
You pulled the blanket over your face again. âI was unwell.â
âYou were specific.â Jack corrected you.Â
âI had a medical condition.â You attempted to explain.Â
âBeing horny for your husband is not a medical condition,â Jack replied.Â
You slowly lowered the blanket.
Jackâs eyebrow lifted.
You pointed at him. âYouâre a doctor. Diagnose it.â
He laughed then. Really laughed. Warm and low and unfairly pleased.
You groaned, but you were smiling too. He set the phone aside and leaned over you, bracing one hand near your shoulder. Your eyes flicked to his arm before you could stop yourself.
Jack noticed that too. âStill?â
âShut up.â
His smile widened.
You looked down at your rings, partly because you were embarrassed and partly because the habit had apparently survived the alcohol. Then, quietly, Jack lifted his left hand beside yours.
The rings caught the same strip of morning light.
Your chest softened. âWe match,â you said, voice rough from sleep and singing and terrible decisions.
Jackâs expression went gentle. âYeah, baby,â he said. âWe match.â
You stared at the rings for a second.
Then at him.
Even hungover, even humiliated, even with video evidence waiting in the group chat, you could not help it.
⥠synopsis: when a patient attacks you & embeds a scalpel in your abdomen, you go to jack for help. overwhelmed & irritable, he snaps at you to go find someone else for whatever it is which you're running to him for. once robby has tended to your injury, he informs jack of how he royally screwed up & your husband comes home after his shift to make amends.
⥠a/n: requested by @styx03, ty! i hope i did ok ;_;
Blood drips in fresh, crimson splatters onto polished white tiles from the wound your hand hovers near.
Protruding from your right lower quadrant is a scalpel which a patient has just impaled you with. You don't even respondâthere is no screaming, wailing in panic, or hyperventilating to bear witness to which interrupts the beeping, shifting monotony of the EDâbefore you turn and head out the door of his exam room without another word.
With your shirt awkwardly clutched in your hand, you walk with measured steps to an empty roomâcringing all the while from the rhythmic movement.
Once you've closed yourself behind a locked door, you pull the silver instrument from your now inflamed abdomen with a quiet cry of distress, and drop it into the stainless steel sink you stand at. Clattering against the metal basin, you pluck half a dozen tissues from a plastic box mounted to the wall and press them firmly to your weeping laceration.
Not but perhaps two hours ago did you stand at a patient's bedside and hold his hand as a heart attack claimed his life and ripped him from his family's embrace. His wife threw herself over his corpse afterâscreaming all the while for him to wake up, wake up, wake up; she can't do it without him, how will they survive?
Her children, meanwhile, trembled in a corner while holding fast to one anotherâtheir tiny faces flushed and red from tears, unable to understand why daddy wouldn't open his eyes like mommy wanted.
You excused yourself to the restroom to vomit thereafter.
Fighting down a familiar feeling of nausea, you flex stiff limbs while continually pressing numb fingertips against your palmâcontinually counting them as a grounding technique.
One. Two. Three. Four. Five.
You believe that you may be going into shock.
You'd like a heated blanket to keep you warm, or your husband's arms to make you safe. Most of all, you wish to leave this place.
You go in search of Jack.
"Hey, Jack?" you ask quietly from the entryway of Trauma 3, watching as he smoothly inserts an IV in the arm of an unconscious patient.
You slide your shaking hand behind you so no one can see.
At least you're still upright, you think. Small blessings.
Even behind the blue and white mask he dons, you can hear him huff in irritation. "Honey, I'm a bit busy right now. If it's a consult, or you're needing help, you need to go find somebody else."
You take a small step forward, ignoring the way your fresh wound smarts when you do so. "I was justâ"
He swiftly tugs down his mask and grips the handrail of the patient's bed he stands guard beside. "Go find Robby or Langdon. Anybody else. Can you do that?" he barks. "I don't always have to be the one you come to. They're just as capable."
Your eyes flit to Parker, who turns to Jack with an open mouthâyou know she intends to defend you; chew him out for the way he's just spoken to youâuntil you take a step back in acquiescence to prevent an argument.
Sniffling quietly, you nod, now feeling like a burden. Does he often feel like that? Like you're breaking his concentration, or are too attached? Perhaps it's unprofessional behavior on your part. Work and home are two different things which you've ignorantly merged into one.
"Yeah, I'll go find Robby. I'm sorry for interrupting."
The door swings shut behind you.
You stare at Robby a handful of feet from where he stands, and watch as he heads into an empty exam room before following close behind.
"Are you busy?" you inquire softly while fingering the edge of the striped polyester curtain you waver beside.
He glances to you with kind brown eyes before tearing wrinkled paper from the exam table he stands at. Robby shakes his head while balling it up and tossing it into the trash. "Never too busy for you. What's up?"
You pull back the curtain to give yourself a bit of privacy.
You nervously tug at the hem of your shirt while your other hand continues holding your throbbing side, which Robby's eyes flit to before meeting your own once again.
"I need you to promise me," you say while shuffling forward. "That you're not going to make a federal case out of this. I...I think he's going to end up under psyche's care. I left himâ" You shake your head. "I shouldn't have."
You half turn around then. What if he leaves his room and harms someone else? Why did you just walk out and not call security like protocol demands?
Stupid, stupid, stupid. No wonder Jack was so short with you.
You go to head back the way you came until Robby starts toward you and grabs your forearm. "Sweetheart," he says while resting his opposite hand on the crown of your shoulder. "You're my concern now. Tell me what's going on." He nods toward your stomach. "It have anything to do with the way you're holding yourself?"
You shift on your feet uncertainly and wince quietly from the movement. "Promise me. He's unwell. I don't want him arrested, orâ"
Robby finally throws up his hands. "Fine, fine, if it'll get you to tell me what's wrong, I will give this man the royal treatment. Now, tell me."
You chew the inside of your lip, then gingerly lift the bottom of your shirt before carefully peeling away the wad of tissues that've dried to your unwanted incision.
"Jesus Christ," Robby curses while stepping forward and gripping your hip to begin examining the damage inflicted. "When did this happen?"
"A few minutes ago," you sputter in explanation. "I didn't tell anyone. I just turned and walked away. I don't know why. I went to Jack, but he...he was busyâ"
"Too busy for this?" he asks incredulously. "A patient sliced your fucking stomach open."
You hang your head. "It's not that extreme, Robby."
Maybe if you deny that you were assaulted, things won't turn out to be as bad as you're afraid they are when he finally takes a look.
Robby gently prods at it and your hand fliesâsinking your nails into his shoulder. "Ow!"
He raises a brow. "Isn't it?" Robby shakes his head. "Jack should've dropped everything to tend to you."
He waves you toward the exam table, and you climb awkwardly atop it while favoring your side. "I didn't exactly tell him," you murmur while lying back.
Pulling on a pair of gloves, Robby purses his lips in disapproval.
"He told me to come find you. Or just...someone. He was busyâoverwhelmedâso he didn't mean to snap at me."
Robby shakes his head. "No excuse. When you come to me, I drop everything without complaint."
You grin, ignoring the way your body is trembling because it's so painfully cold. "It's because you just adore me, right?" you say playfully between chattering teeth while tucking your shaking hands beneath your thighs.
Seeing how you're shivering, Robby frowns, then shrugs off his hoody before draping it over you. "You know I do," he rumbles before grabbing a pack of wipes. "Was the instrumentâ"
"Sterile," you supply. "I just need stitches." Your eyes flit to the machine next to him, and your stomach sinks to your knees. "Robby..."
"What is it, sweetheart?"
Your chin wobbles. "Ultrasound." Your hand flutters toward your stomach. "My...my ovary."
He stills for a moment and studies youâthe way your tearful eyes plead with him to tell you anything but that which you're now terrified of hearing.
He wheels the machine around and switches it on.
You stare up at him through glassy eyes. "Is...is itâ"
He shakes his head. "It didn't go deep enough to hit anything. Barely went any deeper than the subcutaneous level."
You squeeze your eyes shut and begin to sob.
Pushing the cart away, Robby slides a palm over your forehead while shooshing you. "It's alright. I'm going to clean the area, give you a few stitches, and then," he says while folding your shirt until it's positioned just beneath your breasts, "I'm taking you home."
You shake your head. "No. Robby, I canâ"
He drags an antiseptic wipe over the affected area. "This isn't some option I'm laying before you. I'm an attending, you're my residentâ"
"I'm Jack's resident," you state.
Robby looks at you. "I'm making you my resident right now. And as your attending, I'm telling you that you're going home. I'm not asking," he states with finality.
Throwing your head back against the hard vinyl beneath you, you huff in irritation. "Fine."
Robby alerts security to the altercation which occurred where you clearly neglected to, followed by a page to psyche for a consult. After you've completed a workplace incident form and he's compiled a bag of supplies for you to take home so you can tend to your wound in privateâas well as some pain medsâhe presses the keys to his truck into your palm and tells you to go wait for him.
You think to ask as to why he can't come with you, but refrain.
You'd really like to sit down, and the sooner you make it to his vehicle, the sooner that can happen.
Jack's just exiting the room he found himself unwittingly stationed in for the last hour to the sight of Robby coming straight toward him with a displeased look on his face. He's left to assume that you went to him in the end like he commanded you to, then, and now he's about to be ripped a new one for daring to withhold attention for a damn minute.
"Take it she came to you?" Jack asks while ripping off a surgical gown.
Robby crosses his arms. "She's out in my truck. I'm taking her home."
"I'm sorry, what?" he asks with a raised brow while swinging around toward him.
"I'm guessing you don't have any idea why she came to you earlier?"
Jack plants his hands on his hips. "I assumed because she had a question, or needed help with a patient."
"She was the patient," Robby spits.
Jack falters momentarily.
"He's been taken up to psyche, but she was trying to treat a man having an episode of psychosis. He shoved a scalpel in her belly for it."
Jack curses then runs the heel of his palm along his eye and past his temple. "She didn't sayâ"
"Maybe if you'd bothered listening for a momentâallowed her to get out what she was trying to fucking tell youâthen you might've known."
Jack hardly wastes a moment before shoving past Robby and hobbling toward the doors of the ED. His leg is giving him fucking fits tonight, and instead of dealing with it like a man, he chose to take it out on you instead. You, who was already terrified after someone committed battery against you.
You had looked a bit wan, but he merely shook it off as hazards of the job. Hardly anybody around here is in tip-top shape at all times.
Robby jogs to catch up with him, then presses a hand to his shoulder to halt him in his tracks. A gesture which he bats away. "I'm going to see my wife."
"Jackâ"
"Dr. Abbot," calls Henderson from two doors down. "He's crashing, we need you!"
Jack grits his teeth and growls in frustration before turning back around yet again. "Just get her home. I'll be there as soon as I can once my shift is over," he calls reluctantly over his shoulder.
"You sure you don't want me to come in with you? Stay for awhile?" Robby asks while settling his forearm atop the center console and turning in his seat to face you.
You shake your head and force a smile. "No, thank you. I'll be okay. I'm just going to go in, try and bathe," you say with a breathy laugh. "Maybe order something, or just warm up leftovers. Afterward, I'll probably lay down for awhile and watch TV."
Robby seems to debate something for a moment, but ultimately relents. "Alright. Just call me if you need anything," he says while giving your hand a reassuring squeeze.
You nod. "I will. Goodnight."
"Goodnight, sweetheart."
When Jack enters your shared domicile, it's to strict quietude. He presumes that you long ago fell off to sleep in wait of him, so he heads in the direction of the bedroom to get his damn leg off and switch to the relief crutches provide.
And then he finds the bed devoid of your previously expected presence.
Tugging off the apparatus, he practically tosses it onto the floor at his side of the bed, slides himself onto his preferred means of physical supportâwhen he's home, anywayâand goes in search of you. An exploration which doesn't take long when he sees light peeking out of the crack found at the base of the bathroom door.
He knocks quietly. "Honey, can I come in?"
He hears something roll across the floor, followed by a quiet "damn it."
"Sweetheart, I'm sorry for what happened at work. I just had a lot going on. I shouldn't have spoken to you like that. Just open the door for me, angel. Please."
There's the sound of something crinkling.
With a huff, he goes to turn the handle, only to find it locked.
He's really in the doghouse this time, isn't he?
"Either you can let me in, or I'm going to find a key," Jack states.
"I'm busy," you snip.
He sighs, rolls his eyes, then turns and heads for the multiple keychains that hang near the front door.
The doorknob jingles, then turns with a quiet squeak. "Now, do you wanna tell me whyâ" He promptly shuts his mouth.
It's worse than he thought. Robby did a clean job of repairing what that man damaged, but he's horrified by the sight of you sitting atop a towel in the middle of the bathroom floor in no more than your underwear while you try and clean your dozen stitches.
Leaning his crutches against the sink, Jack hops forward, presses a palm against the wall, then slides downward to join you on the floor.
"C'mere," he murmurs. "Let me take care of it."
"No, I can do it," you mumble while half turning away.
Jack plants his legs on either side of you and shoves your hands from the injury before you manage to reopen it.
Picking up the bottle of rubbing alcohol, he eyes it with a raised brow before glancing to you. "You know better."
You shrink into yourself out of embarrassment. "I was only gonna use a little..."
With a shake of his head, he reaches across the way, grabs the top, and screws it back on.
Swiping an ace bandage from beside you, he peels it open and tosses the wrapper in the trash before making to apply the dressing. "I'm sorry," he begins while smoothing the edges with his thumbs. "I didn't know. Not until Robby told me. For what it's worth, I was a worried wreck for the remainder of my shift. I couldn't get back here fast enough. I went flying by a state trooper on the interstate, but got lucky when he didn't come after me."
In every spare moment Jack had tonight, he found himself subconsciously fiddling with his wedding ringânot wanting to acknowledge the ugly truth of what kind of hell losing you would bring upon him.
He feels doubtful he could survive it; unsure that he would want to.
But you don't need to ever hear something so ugly.
Once you've been properly tended to, Jack grips your hips and pulls you toward him. "My leg has been aching all fucking night, I ended up having to do a cric on the patient you saw me withâ" he shakes his head. "Doesn't matter."
Cupping the back of your head, he tries pulling your lips toward his. "I'm sorry, baby."
You slide a hand up his chest. "I forgive you," you whisper.
An apology which is soon followed up with a mischievous smirk. "Robby's really good with his hands, by the way. You ever had 'em on you?"
Jack glares at you. "You do not want to test my patience right now."
"I'm the one who got stabbed," you retort. Leaning in close, you giggle. "Even let him come inside and tuck me in..."
Jack deadpans. "I need to check the security cameras?"
You shrug. "Only proof of what we did in bed is stored on my phone in a locked folder. It's filthy."
He fights against a smirk. "You're such a pain in my leg."
You raise a brow. "And you're a pain in my belly."
He snorts while bringing you flush against his chest. "If something like that ever happens again, you scream at the top of your fucking lungs. Alright? Made me sick thinking about you trapped in there alone... He could've done far, far worse."
You nod while nuzzling against his neck. "I just froze. My body locked up, and my voice with it. All I wanted was you I was so scared."
He could put his head through a fucking wall hearing that. Jack wraps his arms securely around you. "I'm so sorry, sweetheart. What happened tonight will never happen again. You come first. Always."
Sliding a hand up your back, he presses a kiss to your temple. "It's my job to protect you. And tonight I failed toâ"
You shake your head. "Jack, I didn't even tell you." Leaning back, you caress his cheek. "It happens. As terrible as it is, it does in our line of work. It's just a cut that, at most, may leave a small scar. Better it be me with a sterile instrument than someone he attacks on the street with a dirty knife. He wasn't himself. I'm okay."
He presses a long kiss to your forehead. "You're way more empathetic than I would've been. Good thing you didn't tell me. Because if you had..." He doesn't want to think on how he may've very well put the assailant in the morgue.
"I'm just glad he's safe and getting the help he needs. Everything is alright now," you insist.
He brushes a kiss over your lips.
"C'mon," you say while pushing back. "Come lay in bed for awhile and I'll massage your leg." You grin. "Robby gave me the good painkillers, y'know?"
He rolls his eyes. "He does tend to baby you," he says with a grunt while pushing himself upward.
You paw at his middle once he's standing. "Guess that makes two of you."
You pad out of the bathroom and he pinches your rear on the way out, causing you to yelp in surprise.
"Let's go see if we can't overwrite your and Robby's video," he croons while sliding onto his crutches.
"'Overwrite'? Think you're cruising in the wrong century, old man."
He switches off the bathroom light and nearly barks a laugh at the reply that comes to him. "Yeah, well, I'm about to fuck you into the next one, little girl. So you better hope those stitches were sewn tight enough."
warnings. 18+ only. smut. jack abbot becomes an audio porn king. fem!reader. medical student!reader. but also patient!reader. inappropriate thoughts about a patient. age gap. power imbalance.
hyde's input. shawn hatosy, consider me mad and mystified. god bless the women at quinn.
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jack abbot who swears he was just trying to find a new hobby. after having the worldâs most unstable man â more commonly referred to as doctor robby â call him out on his not-so peaceful hobby of getting shot at, he decides to go back to the drawing board. calls his therapist, asks for an honest opinion, and is met with the worst possible answer a man like him could receive: maybe something less physically demanding and endangering would do you good. have you tried golf?
jack abbot who has tried golf, actually... he almost sent a young caddie to the pitt, golf club swinging out his grip and crashing against the golf cart. second time is never the charm, so he skips golf and goes straight to padel. old man tennis, as doctor ellis so kindly puts it. after launching the ball out of the court one too many times, he gives up, declares the game is not fast-paced enough* for him (*read as: jack is too heavy handed).
jack abbot who goes through a whole list of hobbies. heâs too skilled for paint-ball. heâs too stiff for dancing. heâs too impatient for cooking. sports are not his forte, and heâs already dedicated way too many years of his life to education to fully toy with the thought of getting another degree â even if holding another masters over robbyâs head does sound like fun. but he finds something easier, something quicker. his hand, his voice, and a microphone⊠thatâs all he really needs to become an audio pornstar.
jack abbot who swears it was an accident. all he had done was google hobbies for a middle-aged man that wonât bore me to death but wonât tweak my back⊠and somehow, someway, he had landed on a reddit thread. men his own age, shouting out their hobbies in the hopes of helping a fellow bored soul like his own find a new calling outside of the gruelling hours he spends covered in guts and gore. some men recommended forming bike groups. others spoke of table-top games. but only one of them really caught his eye. a single comment, no thread beneath it, with a total of eight upvotes: i record erotic audios. itâs fun, easy, and the feedback has done wonders to my self-esteem. the best part is i donât even have to show my face, all my audience wants is to hear me.
jack abbot who soon finds out itâs lot harder than he expected. and, no, heâs not talking about his dick. recording is his first challenge. the first few attempts are a technical nightmare. this attempt too muffled, that attempt too awkward, more than a few where he loses focus and drops his phone (aka his acting microphone) as he sinks into the sweet relief of his hand working over his aching cock, completely missing out on recording the part where breathy groans divulge into full-blown, pathetic whimpers, and soon one of pittsburghâs most respected emergency medicine doctors is painting his knuckles and lower abdomen in the sticky residue of his pleasure.
jack abbot whoâs second hurdle is making an account and, worse, figuring out how to use it. asking for help is out of the question because, while jack abbot is far from shy, he doesnât want to invite that level of gossip into his workplace. shen would give him shitty nicknames like doctor jacking-off abbot, dana wouldnât say anything but the side-eye would be loud enough to speak for her. robby would no doubt find a way to criticise even this hobby. and god forbid the pittlings hear about it⊠any ounce of respect they have for him would fly right out the window. worst of all, jack thinks, ahmad would start a betting pool⊠how long until doctor abbot leaks his identity?
jack abbot who nearly doxxes himself immediately, accidentally attaching a picture â one of those low-angled selfies javadi is forever teasing him about â alongside the audio file. a file that captures him in a moment of pure vulnerability, head thrown back against the couch, knees bent, feet on the ground; all the while last nightâs scrubs stick to his sweaty thighs, shoved far enough down for him to free his cock. he doesnât listen to the audio fully, afraid that if he listens too long, heâll back out and delete it once again. with barely any recollection of the things he said nor the sounds he made, he takes a deep breath and finally hits post.
jack abbot who is officially, by technicality, an audio pornstar. the attention isnât instant. for the first few days, he tells himself to not bother checking, to not interest himself in how many silly upvotes a collective of strangers might have deemed his moans worthy of. that doesnât stop him from pulling out his phone during bathroom breaks, swiping through the apps list until he finds a familiar orange, and checking the engagement. five upvotes. no comments. oh well, he thinks (with a little more disappointment than heâs willing to admit). maybe this hobby is just not for him, either. back to the drawing board heâll go, right?
jack abbot who learns the hard way just how far a little praise can go. itâs another mindless check, shift over and finally standing under the rejuvenating burn of a warm shower. two days off ahead of him, a whole load of sleep to catch up on. a song comes on that heâs sick of hearing, so, despite the soap suds in his hands, he grabs for his phone and changes the track. muscle memory forces his thumb to swipe, fingerprint searching for the familiar glow of that orange app. he barely recognises what heâs done, until the post â his post â is staring at him in the face. seventeen upvotes. one comment. u/dilfhunter pretty sure this violates some sacred feminist rule with how wet it made me. dear god sir, what a voice.
jack abbot who records his second official audio right then and there, the sound of a running shower caught faintly in the background of his grunts and groans. they echo off the bathroom tiles, accompanied by the wet shlick of his hand stroking over his length. heâs still a little unsteady, a little unsure of what to do while one hand is busy touching himself and the other is gripping his phone, making sure the microphone is still recording his every move. to make matters, and his dick, harder this time, heâs caught in a trance, pupils blown wide and jaw hanging loose while he reads the comment over and over. itâs instinct, really, that has him muttering under his breath, brain too far gone to even fully register what heâs saying. dâyou like my voice, yeah? is it getting you wet, baby? my dirty girl, touching herself to the sound of me. you gonna cum, hmm? think you should. go on. or dâyou need me to show you how?
jack abbot who is starting to gain a following, a community of faceless individuals who are never short on praise and are quick to make him feel desired. every comment is an ego-boost, a reason to record another audio. after a month, he invests in a proper microphone, one that frees up both his hands. another month and heâs ordering toys from some lewd website. itâs for realism, he tells himself, something to make it sound a little more immersive, a little more real for his followers. the fact that the fleshlight grips around his cock in a way that has him curling his toes is just a welcomed bonus, really.
jack abbot who keeps his recordings fairly simple. straightforward, nothing more than the ramblings of a man in dire need of release. groans, moans, whimpers. thereâs times where he slips a little deeper than usual into the fantasy, picturing someone sweet and vulnerable, writhing beneath him and echoing out all the wilder comments he receives. dilfhunter becomes a name he searches for, a user whoâs feedback he awaits with bated breath. if he uploads and thereâs no comment within the first 24 hours, his shoulders sag, his energy is off, and even the other busy-bodies in the pitt notice something off about him. then, ding! dilfhunter has commented on your post! and suddenly everything is back to sunshine and rainbows and boners for mister abbot, who more or less races home on those mornings, ready to capture another intimate moment heâll share with an audience of thousands.
jack abbot who keeps it simple, until he doesnât. a comment, not from dilfhunter, is all it takes. u/armpitts god what i wouldnât pay to have you act out one of my scripts. it captures his attention. and while jack is not the best at replying to his comments â heâs sometimes afraid the things he wants to say may come off too strong⊠or that heâll accidentally reveal personal details â he finds himself answering this time. no payment necessary, iâm open to anything :) he feels like an idiot sending a smiley face. fuck. he should have made it a wink. oh well, too late, his notifications are blowing up and thereâs an inbox waiting for him. that very same commenter, kind and appreciative, drops the link to one of her scripts and thanks him. he feels silly the first time he reads through it, cheeks warm as he tries out the words on his lips. one would think he hasnât spent the past few months whoring himself out vocally for a little gratification. but, can you really blame him for being so shy? there he is, a fully qualified doctor, reciting some fantasy where heâs examining a patient. one thing leads to another, an imaginary hand drifts up the expanse of a hypothetical thigh, and heâs acting out something that would get his medical license revoked⊠that doesnât stop him from cumming louder than ever before, and swallowing down the name of his favourite patient: you.
jack abbot who swears youâre the sweetest sight for sore eyes. frequent fliers are rarely a celebrated thing in the pitt. unhoused, endangered, unwell; they are usually the kind who find themselves in his care on a regular basis. and then there is you. beautiful, smart, and polite. you never complain about the wait times, you never berate any of the staff for having other patients to attend to, you never show up without a smile. a med student, well into your final year and looking to secure a residency at presby. the catch? youâre a hypochondriac â more recently known as someone who suffers from illness anxiety disorder â diagnosed and all. those who study medicine are already predisposed to convince themselves they have every new illness they learn off. but throw in a disorder thatâs merciless in making your brain spiral and, well, you become weekly visitor of the pitt, always showing up with enough self-awareness to recognise youâre probably fine, but still in dire need of a professional who can confirm it for you.
jack abbot who is happy to be said professional. itâs basically an unspoken rule amongst the nightcrawlers: your name is on the board, jack will be attending to you. no matter how big or small your most recent health worry might be, heâs happy to sit by your bedside and go through your vitals, listen to your heartbeat, check your breathing. as many times as you need him to. he knows how hard it can be to sleep, which is why he never berates you for wasting away your hours in the bright lights of the pitt. why would he berate you, when it means he gets to spend a few hours keeping his eye on you?
jack abbot who knows his fascination borders on unprofessional. while you may not be his student, you are still a student somewhere. your career relies on the guidance of those who have graduated before you, those who have already made a career out of caring for patients. he tries his best to make your frequent visits useful to you, talking you through what the signs would truly be for whatever your newest possible diagnosis might be and what the treatment plan would look like. itâs the only thing he can do to distract himself from the thoughts of talking you through something far more selfish.
jack abbot who swears heâs not thinking of you each time he hits record. when a script comes through, casting him the role of an older man who helps his new neighbour fix a leak under her sink, just to bend her over the counter and let his cum leak into her, thereâs absolutely no way that jack is picturing you, doe-eyed and looking up at him with eyes that are practically begging him to fix you. and when he plays out the fantasy of a man coming home to find his wife naked in bed, riding out a heat wave, and spreading her thighs as she welcomes his tongue between them even in her sleep, he definitely does not nearly whine your name. and when the comments role in, begging him to add a new audio to his most popular series â the doctor will feel you now â he is doing anything but imagining you in the patientâs place, throwing your head back while you let you doctor cure you with his hands, his mouth, his cock. hey! all those times heâs had to cut the audio, edit out a little stutter of your name? those were nothing but accidents. pure and utter coincidences.
jack abbot who begins to miss you after not seeing you for more than a week. what could have happened? have you started visiting the day shift instead, relying on doctor robby to comfort your worries instead of him? it shouldnât affect him. he shouldnât care. he has enough on his plate to worry about, between the ER and the next audio he needs to post. he doesnât have time to find himself lingering by the boards, willing your name to suddenly appear. what kind of doctor wants to see someone show up in the emergency ward? him, apparently, because there is no denying the way he feels his heart swell as he catches a glimpse of you from across the nursesâ station, being guided into a room by lena and told to sit while you wait for doctor abbot to see you. and see you he does, practically racing through the instructions on how to intubate a patient whoâs throat is full of blood, just so he can rip of his gloves, sanitise his hands, and pull back the curtain that reveals you.
jack abbot who finds every way to make you stay a little longer, using every reason to talk to you. he asks about your exams. he asks about your future goals. he asks if youâre 100% sure that presby is the hospital for you. yâknow weâre always looking for a new night shift resident in the pitt. just saying. the way you giggle at his wink is enough to sink the pathetic feeling that comes with almost begging you to join the ptmc. donât think a trauma centre is the best place for me, doctor abbot. itâs actually cruel how effortless that sounds on your tongue. doctor abbot⊠would you still call him that if he had you arching your back, hips rolling to meet the thrust of his gloved fingers?
jack abbot who can barely hide the shake in his hand when you ask him to examine you. itâs just this mark iâve got⊠on my upper thigh. i know itâs probably just a mosquito bite or something but- youâre worried. you donât have to explain it to jack, he can practically feel the fear rolling off of you in waves. it shouldnât send a shiver down his spine to know those waves meet an unmovable force when it comes to him, crashing and sinking away with every reassuring word he finds to help ease your worries. you listen to him so well, not needing to be told twice when he instructs you to bend your legs at the knee and plant your feet on the bed. just gonna give you an exam, okay? iâll start just above the knee, then work my way up the length of your thigh, get a good feel of anything thatâs going on there. that sound good to you?
jack abbot who feels himself harden at how eagerly you nod. then his hands are on you and thereâs nowhere his thoughts can wander but to those damn audios. your thigh is soft, warm, full beneath his fingertips. what a shame thereâs a layer of latex in the way. he tries not to linger on the way your legs fall open a little wider the further he slides his palm up your thigh. he tries not to notice the way the muscle clenches beneath his touch. he tries not to think about how you havenât breathed properly since he started examining you. if this were one of his filthy audios, now would be the time when the doctor gives into his desires and letâs his fingers brush over the seam of his patientâs clothed cunt. heâd pretend it was an accident, an unintentional bump of his fingertips. heâd hum with a twinge of approval when he realises how wet the fabric is. heâd let his eyes meet hers as he peels her underwear to the side and watches her choke on a gasp, forefinger teasing up the length of the slit, pressing over her throbbing clit. heâd ruin her with nothing but his fingers, his spare hand clamped over her mouth to muffle her delectable moans so no ears but his own can hear them. and if she was good for him, really good, heâd reward her with the stretch of his cock plugging her full, making her stain her cheeks with tears as she bites down on his palm and letâs him whisper in her ear. âs this what you really needed, baby? someone to fix you? come on, there we go, breathe nice and deep for me. i know, i know, heâs so big. itâs so much but youâre taking him so well, sweetheart. my perfect little patient, letting me make us both feel better.
jack abbot who is painfully aware of the fact this is not one of his audios and that he needs to pull his hand out from between your thighs. he does so with a cough, swallowing back a mouthful of saliva only to find himself near-drooling again. god, what a relief that the scrubs heâs wearing today sit loose on him, otherwise heâd surely have an hr case on his hands. that doesnât make the throb of his hardened dick any easier to stomach. especially not when he notices youâre in an almost equally frazzled state, chest heaving as you stare ahead in a trance, legs slowly sinking back down onto the gurney. he starts his medical spiel, but heâs not sure youâre really listening. all feels good, he says, knowing damn well you feel better than good.
jack abbot who doesnât mean to invade your privacy. when a phone buzzes from somewhere behind him, he swears itâs his own and, with a quick check to see if itâs alright with you, he turns around to grab it. heâs just going to put it on silent, thatâs all, to ensure it doesnât interrupt him during any other patient examination. but then the screensaver is different. a pretty face, pressed right up to a dog. bright, girly, youthful. thereâs notifications for apps he barely recognises, names heâs never heard. and then, the most recent one. a notification from 1 minute ago. an email. reddit.
jack abbot who feels himself freeze, right then and there, speechless for the first time in his life.
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· i'm working on a full jack abbot fic. this is a threat. consider yourself warned.
· anyway don't forget to smash that like button and tell me if this made you horny. full disclosure i am more than willing to write more of these two.
· i was waiting to finish a full, proper fic to post again but i've been frothing at the mouth at this thought all day and i had to get it out.
âŠBucky Masterlist - Main Masterlist - Read on aO3!âŠ
âŠsummary: you and Bucky have been at odds since you first met. he can't stand you. you pretend you can't stand him. and if Bucky ever knew how you really felt, you think you might die. not when there's no chance he'd ever feel the same way. right?âŠ
âŠwarnings/tags: bucky barnes x female!reader, modern!au, drinking, no use of y/n, mutual pining, no description of reader (pictures for aesthetic only), fluff, angst, drunken and sober love confessions, little plot to get to all that porn, feral level smut, (dirty talk, mean bucky but you're into it, teasing, possiveness, pussy spanking, praise kink, manhandling, sex toys, overstimulation, squriting, bucky's packing, p in v sex, creampie, breeding kink), soft!bucky outside of smutâŠ
âŠwc: 13.5kâŠ
âŠAuthor's Note: i think i got possessed with this one. was barking to myself writing. Enjoy!âŠ
Heâs the kind of beautiful that makes you want to strangle him.
Bucky walks around your apartment like he owns it, laughing all loud and musical, smiling like he fell out of a movie, running a hand through his hair and forcing you to see his sculpted torso and tanned skin. He barely fits in his shirt as it is, thereâs no need for him to show off about it.
Youâve pressed yourself right to the corner of you couch, watching him silently. Watching all of them, but mostly Bucky. And his shining eyes and full lips and thick arms. Those things should be classified as weapons, or at least hazards. Itâs too easy to imagine him wrapping them around you, pining you to the couch, handling you like a doll but still so gently-
âYouâre staring at me again.â He drawls, and you start.
You give him an unimpressed glare, hoping your flush stays hidden in the low light of the room. âShut up.â
âSo nice to me, sweetheart.â He mocks, leaning a little further down. âBet you dream about me, donât you. Up all night with that rabbit Nat got you-â
You shove your foot up, slamming it square on his chest. Heâd been getting too close. Youâd been able to smell his cologne, and it made your head spin like opium. Bucky laughs again, walking away like youâre not even worth the argument. Your heart stings, but you ignore it. Itâs an old bruise. Youâre usually good at not pressing it, at pretending it doesnât exist.
But Bucky exists only to torture you. So it never fully heals.
Heâd been teasing about the rabbit thing. It had been a gag gift for secret Santa, and after Nat had even gotten you a very nice pair of shoes when you were in private. But Buckyâs clung onto it, like itâs the funniest thing heâs ever thought of. You, with a vibrator. You possibly being able to get off, when youâre the uptight little prude. The one who never brings back hookups, never dates, just sits in corners like an ivy, clinging to the shadows and watching everything else live around her.
Youâve never been fun. Never been someone Bucky wouldâve chosen to know. He didnât choose to know you. You knew a girl who worked with another girl, and that girl had a boyfriend who knew a girl who needed a roommate. You needed a roommate. You had good creditâbecause youâre boringâand the girl interviewing you had taken a liking to you.
Natasha rode a motorcycle. She worked in a job she was allowed to tell you aboutâsomething in black ops, that explained all the wigs in her closetâand spoke five languages. She baked calm down, and went to shooting ranges to calm down, and insisted on getting you a gun license so sheâd feel more comfortable with all the hidden guns in the house.
âHidden guns?â Youâd asked, feeling your face blanch. Sheâd just smiled.
âYouâll never find them all. Letâs go, itâll be easy.â
It had not been easy. But you understood howâto someone like Natâit might be. Sheâd never lost patience with you, but sheâd still made it look easy. When youâd gotten home and mumbled that you needed to go shower for an hour, sheâd just patted your head like you were a bunny and smiled.
She mightâve been your first real friend in a while. Because itâs not that youâre not⊠personable. Youâre just a little mean tongued. And nervous. And boring, and blunt, and you donât like leaving the house unless someone grabs the scruff of your neck and drags you. You go to work, and you go home, and thatâs mostly it. Your closest friends before Natasha had been co-workers. And youâd been really, truly happy with that.
But interesting people have interesting friends.
Natasha had a lot of friends. And they moved in and out of your apartment like they lived there.Â
Tony was a tech titan who you used to watch on the news, and now he left crumbs all over your couch. Wanda was a refugee and artist, and Clint worked in that same black ops thing Nat did. Steve had worked in it, but left to start his own non-profit with Sam. They all went far back, to elementary schools and playgrounds and clubs. They had history, but they were kind to you. Treated you like your little bachelorâs degree and normal person job fit in with their grand showmanship and large personalities that had been sucked right off the movie screen.
Most of them treated you like that.
Bucky didnât.
Before youâd been introduced to him, Nat had described his as basically Steveâs brother, and it had been a striking endorsement. Steve had been kind to you. He brought you to a movie youâd really wanted to see, and never made fun of your stuffed animal collection. No brother of his could be all that bad, certainly not one even Nat described as charming and kind and not bad on the eyes.
Only one of those things was true.
Bucky Barnes is not bad on the eyes. Youâd classify as maybe a medicine for the eyes, a miracle for the eyes, a blessing on a weary and tired viewer. He works in security or something, and it shows in his body. Sometimes he lets his hair grow out, and itâs frames his strong jaw and nose perfectly, all while making you want to run your fingers through each lock. Youâre sure it would be like petting a very well-kept dog. He cares for it better than you care for yourself.
Heâs got those eyes that knocked all the thoughts out of you, the moment you saw him. Theyâd sparkled and shone with his polite, white smile, and youâd just been swaying there like a lost scarecrow in a tornado. Your brain had been reduced to a fuzzy TV static and loud blaring noise, like youâd lost your own connection. Bucky had flexed his hand, a silent reminder you were supposed to shake it, and you hadnât been able to get enough control over your body to even smile back.
His hand had been big. Calloused, with thick fingers and a lot of tiny scars. Youâd shivered just at the idea of his touch. It mightâve been warm.
Mightâve been.
If Bucky had ever bothered to touch you at all.
By the time youâd dragged control back into your body, Bucky had given up and moved on. His ears had been a little red, in the moments after. Youâd opened your mouth to apologize, make any excuse that would get him to offer a hand again.
Heâd turned and walked away. Hadnât looked at you for the rest of the night.
And when he looks at you now, itâs with something sharp behind his gaze. He never looks at anyone else like that. Never teases or mocks them, either. Acting like their mere presence in the room is a plague on his refined, perfect existence. He certainly never suggests they wonât be able to make it up five flights of stairs or asks if theyâre sure they want to go out for the night.
You hate stairs. And you donât want to go out for the night.
Thereâs only one thing more powerful than your picky little aversions, though.
The petty, blistering feeling at the top of your chest, that refuses to let Bucky win.
âYouâre really coming with us?â Bucky calls your name from the kitchen, and you lift your chin, trying to look down your nose at the massive man.
âI was invited.â
âYouâre always invited, you never actually get off the damn couch-â
âBarnes.â Nat walks past him, whacking his arm. âDonât question miracles.â
You roll your eyes. âItâs not a miracle-â
âYes it is.â She grabs your arm, hauling you off the couch like you weigh nothing. âIâve been asking you to do this for years, Iâm not letting Bucky frighten you off with his Buckying.â
That makes you giggle, and Bucky frowns. You catch him shooting Steve a look you canât really read, and Steve just shrugs in return.
âIâm not trying to ruin it.â Bucky says, lofty and bored. âIâm just sayinâ she never comes out with us, and it might be a lot for the little doe to be shoved into the jungle or whatever-â
âYouâre a poet.â Natasha says, giving him a flat glare. âGo wait in the car.â
Bucky scowls. âThe car-â
âIf you act like a dog, you wait in the car.â
âI am not acting like a dog-â
Sam raises his hand. âI caught him humping the furniture this morninâ when he heard about it-â
âSam.â Bucky hisses. âShut the hell up before I knock your teeth out-â
âSteven.â Nat gives him a firm nod, and he sighs.
âYeah, I got it.â
Bucky and Sam arenât small men, but Steve grabs them by the collar and drags them out of the room without breaking a sweat. Leaving you and Nat in a suddenly very quiet apartment, a lingering smell of spice and pine still clouding the air.
Another reason you hate Bucky coming over. Heâs mean to you, and heâs nice to everyone else, and he questions you then leaves the whole room stained in his presence.
âIgnore Barnes.â Natasha says it like an order, and it probably is.
You smile at her. âI always do.â
You think it comes off airy and convincing. Nat looks at you like sheâs trying not to either scoff, or laugh. Before you can insist on anything, sheâs grabbing your hand and dragging you into the bathroom. You did promise youâd let her get you ready. When youâd told her you could do makeup and prep yourself, sheâd snorted and said maybe, but Iâll do it better.
One of the first lessons you learned was not to argue with Natasha when sheâs sure of something. You let her sit you on the counter and sort through your makeup bag, finding everything she deems worthy of being on your face tonight. Your outfit hangs on the door, and you did choose that, but after Nat vetoed three others.
Itâs nothing special. A short dress and heels that will blend right in a club. It hadnât been that different from your other suggestions. But it had gotten a curt nod of approval and smirk from Nat, so it had something. Youâre smarter than to question what.
âYou should talk to Bucky tonight.â Nat says suddenly, and you blink at her in surprise.
âI- What?â
âMake him apologize. For being an ass to you.â
âThatâs- Itâs fine-â
âNo, itâs not.â Nat gives you a firm look, and you sigh.
âI know, but- I donât really care, okay? Thatâs just- Itâs Bucky, right?â
You give her a weak smile, and this one doesnât even convince you.
It is just Bucky. Heâs charming and sweet and handsome, and he hates just you. So you hate him in return, just for being so perfect and deciding youâre the only person in the world not worthy of his attention. It would be easier if he really was a bad man. If you didnât know he volunteered with kids and Steveâs foundation, if he didnât advocate for his fellow veterans, if he hadnât made his maâs chicken soup when you and Nat had both caught something last winter, and taken the time to drop it off in person.
For Nat.
Because youâre just⊠Not worth it for him. Not worth his time, not worth his smiling, barely worth anything more than glowering stares and taunting words. And youâre not weak. You fight back every day, and keep all of your desires and affection buried deep in the pit of your stomach and swollen like an infection around your heart.
He never has to know that you think about him all the time. That you feel yourself bloom whenever your eyes meet, then wither when his gaze snaps away. Whenever he presses his body over yours just to tease you, the heat of his body makes your breath hitch. You spend long days daydreaming about how good a boyfriend heâd be, if he didnât hate you. Attentive and caring and giving.
Every night you think about how giving heâd be. Flowers and coffee like he brings Wanda for galleries, or for Nat or Clint when theyâve been working late night shifts. He likes watching TV, you know, because he spends a lot of time sitting next to you on the couch and loudly making comments until you threaten to force-feed him bleach. But if that wasnât the blunt and unforgiving knife of reality, you could just lay in his arms forever.
He could pick you up and carry you to bed. The same bed that you put that accursed vibrated between your legs, close your eyes, and dream of him railing you into the mattress. Fucking you until you canât stand, until you canât speak or thing, until your eyes are rolling back and your mouth canât even figure out how to close, so he kisses you possessively or gives you some of those thick fingers to suck on-
âYou should still talk to him.â Natashaâs words are blunt. If sheâs noticed how youâve been working yourself up, she doesnât say a single word. âBefore he does something stupid.â
You snort. âBucky always does something dumb-â
âNo. He does a lot of dumb things. Close your eyes.â Nat picks up an eyeliner, and you obey. âBut thereâs a difference between dumb and stupid. Stupid is harder to take back.â
You grunt, and you donât think anything stupid Bucky does is going to have anything to do with you. But something scratches at your brain, and itâs green and bitter. Your fingers fidget in your lap, and you shouldnât ask, but-
âIs he bringing someone?â You blurt, and just the idea makes you sick. Bucky with some model-type, holding her hips while she grinds onto him, all the honey heâd pour into her ears and down her throat while you just hugged yourself in the corner of the room. Her sitting on his lap in your apartment, you trying to hide the ugliness of jealousy but never being able to spare her more than a crude sneer. Itâs the only reason Nat would possibly want you to talk to him. You and Buckyâs childish game of pulling each otherâs hair and biting without teeth and seeing who breaks first, it ruins his picture of the perfect suitor. If you keep it up, youâll ruin this for him, and he deserves to be happy but the thought of him being happy while you just sink into yourself like quicksand makes you want to die-
âJesus, no.â Nat laughs. âThatâs- Never mind.â She shakes her head, still chuckling about some secret you apparently donât get to be a part of.
âWhat?â You try to push. âIâve heard about his- You know. Promiscuity.â
Nat snorts. âFrom who?â
âSam.â
âSamâs an idiot.â She dismisses plainly, and you frown.
âTonyâs mentioned it too-â
âTheyâre both idiots.â
âBuckyâs told me, he said he leaves all his girls satisfied-â
âBucky is the biggest idiot of all of them. Open.â
You listen again, and find Nat smiling at you with a strangely soft affection. Like youâre some wet kitten she rescued off the street.
âPut on your dress.â She says, wiping the corners of your slightly pouting lips. âTalk to Barnes.â
At the very least, you manage to follow one of those orders.
The dress is a little shorter than you thought it would be. It rides up your thighs, forcing you to pull it down with every step. In the car you cross your legs and stare at the floor, grounding yourself in the bass of Natâs loud music as your heartbeat starts to pick up. Youâre going out. Youâre going out. Spiting Bucky was not a good enough reason to do this, itâs going to be loud and you can dance but not in front of strangers, and youâre going to be even more boring than usual and you feel like a fraud.
âNice dress.â
Buckyâs voice is a low behind you, his breath fanning on your neck. You almost scream.
âChrist, calm down.â Heâs grinning when you whip around, leaning forward in his seat to whisper. Sam and Steve are next to him, one very pointedly staring out the window, the other looking at something on his phone and humming like heâs already trying to drown out you and Buckyâs fighting.
âYou scared me-â
âYou saw me get in the car, sweetheart. Not my fault youâre jumpy-â
âI am not jumpy-â
âYou are. Like a bunny.â His grin widens, and you scowl.
The shifting streetlamps make him look like an angel. Golden halo rays behind his head, long shadows that make him look even more rugged than usual. His lips look fuller, softer, eyes glimmering like a floodlight through the dark, and-
âShut up.â You snap, turning back around. You canât keep looking at him. Itâs dangerous.
âI was just saying your dress was nice.â Buckyâs breath tickles your neck. You wrap your arms tight around your stomach.
âYou also called me a rabbit.â
âCalled you a bunny-â
âThatâs the same thing.â
âNo, itâs-â He sighs, shaking his head. âYouâre impossible, you know that?â
You flip him off over your shoulder, glaring firmly out the windshield. You can feel him retreat, but the closeness had lit up your nerves, and now theyâre buzzing with hope that heâll return.
Stupid fucking body. Stupid fucking Bucky.
You refuse to look at him when you arrive. You stumble a little bit in your heelsâNatsha insisted on six inch, which is far too tall for anyoneâand Bucky catches your arm, holding you upright. You brush his hand off like a fly and march on, refusing to give him the satisfaction of some other comment about how youâre like a baby deer.
When you get inside, you can smell it. The stench of sweat and alcohol and something fruity they probably use to cover the first smells. You cling to Natasha, letting her guide you through the crowd to the bar. She orders you two shots because you need them, and you donât argue. Between Bucky and the club, you do.Â
You down them both without flinching, and Sam whistles from behind you.
âDamn, you took those like a champ.â
You shrug, and Sam elbows Bucky.
âYou see that, Buck-â
âYeah. I saw it.â
Buckyâs voice is lower than usual. Almost sullen. Youâd examine him, try to figure out whatâs wrong with him, but youâre not supposed to be letting yourself care. Heâs not your problem tonight. Youâre here to indulge in fun.
Youâre already not very good at that as is. Buckyâs consuming presence isnât going to help.
Another drink might.
Youâre three shots in when Nat brings you out to the dance floor. The liquor is pulling you lose, the frayed knot thatâs always in your chest going slack enough to allow you to dance. Youâre smiling and laughing like a normal person, almost completely able to forget to check where Bucky is in the room.
Near the edge of the crowd, drinking and talking to Steve.
A fourth shot might be needed.
Youâre smiling like a fool now. The room is tilted a little, all the colors neon, but they blind out your usual worried and the tilt helps your worries slide off your body. Youâre able to forget about Bucky until you notice a girl talking to him, and you take a fifth shot. A sixth, when he vanishes for nine and a half minutes, and your brain starts to map everything he might be doing to that girl.
Seven, when the first stranger asks you to dance and youâre not drunk enough to forget about Bucky and say yes.
Eight, when he tries to kiss you and you shove him away, because his lips arenât pink enough and heâs not broad enough for you to every pretend.
Nat tries to cut you off there. You slip past her, and take a ninth. The room is just a blur now. You canât fully remember who Nat is, and why youâre trying to avoid her. Thereâs a man with his hands on your hips, and heâs got dark hair that looks too greasy for you to touch. Another man calls you sweetheart, but he says it a little wrong and it makes you want to cry. None of them have the right eyes, and the ones that are closer donât have the right smile.
You feel like youâre going to cry, by the time youâve rejected the eleventh man. Or only fourth. Numbers donât feel real right now. Most everything doesnât feel real.
Everything except Bucky.
Because your own name is just a sound in your head that sounds foreign, but Bucky says it and you know to turn around.
Itâs less because itâs your name. More because Bucky called you.
You smile, swaying on your feet, and youâre not even sure where you are anymore. Itâs somewhere with a lot of people. Loud music. Itâs dark, but bright at the same time, and Bucky looks like a walking dream as he moves towards you. Your vision swims, but heâs made of clear lines and a stern expression.
Heâs mad at you. Your face falls, lip wobbling, and you take a step back. You donât want him to be mad at you. Your heart is already beating in your ears, Buckyâs anger or distain might make it burst.
âWhere the hell did you go?â He snaps, and you bow your head.
âI- I dunno-â You hiccup, hugging yourself tight.
âNatâs been looking for you, Steve barely stopped her from trying to make the building go into lockdown, and I-â He cuts himself off, running a hand over his face, and you blink the tears away.
Youâre looking up at him under your lashes, and heâs still angry. Some distant voice in your head tells you itâs your fault entirely. That he mustâve been about to go home with someone when they lost you, and now heâs pissed he had to pause his night to find you. You sniff, wiping your nose with your arm.
Buckyâs frown deepens. He takes a step forward, and you try to step back but balance feels like an Olympic feat right now.
His arm loops around your waist, pulling you right against his chest. You stare up at him, tears streaming down your cheeks from feelings you canât even name anymore. Theyâre hollow and big and full and made of a million little cuts. They burn in your heart and through your blood, but also freeze in your throat and muscles. You canât move. You donât want to move.
Buckyâs big hand is splayed on your back, and you donât want to go anywhere you canât feel him.
That voice from before reminds you thatâs not allowed, so you wiggle a little.
Bucky holds you tighter, and you surrender in a split second. His frown deepens, and you think youâre still crying. Your cheeks are certainly burning, and your throat feels oddly tight.
Gentle fingers brush under your eyes, and you hum softly. Buckyâs nostrils flare, those fingers brushing hair from your face before cupping the back of your head, forcing your gaze onto his.
âJesus, woman.â He mutters, those beautiful eyes scanning over your slack face. âHow much did you have to drink.â
âI dunno.â You breathe. His brow furrows.
âBest guess.â
You shrug, shaking your head, and Bucky sighs. You want to shrink and hide from him, from his obvious annoyance and disappointment. Itâs nothing new, but itâs raw like this. You canât figure out anything, let alone how to pretend like his hatred doesnât bother you. You try to turn and hide your face, but Bucky just pulls it right back.
âOver five?â He prompts, and his voice is so soft. Like heâs trying to coax the answer out of you.
âI- I donât know.â You whine slightly, and he sighs.
âYeah. Alright.â Buckyâs throat bobs, and he looks up. Glances around you, his hands never leaving your body.
You stare up at him in the dark. Youâre not supposed to be looking at him, but itâs impossible. Heâs magnetic, and beautiful, and youâve never been this close to him without one of you trying to claw at the other.
But your fingers cling to the fabric of his shirt, and itâs not to draw blood. You just donât think that if he walks away youâre going to be able to stand up.
Bucky looks back down at you, and his tongue flicks over his lips. His thumb drags slowly over your cheekbone, leaving a little trail of fire in its wake. Your breathing gets shallow, your eyes fluttering. Everything feels like a lot. Like youâre so high in the atmosphere the air is starting to get thin. Buckyâs brow furrows, and he works his jaw like he does when heâs thinking.
Youâve always wanted to reach up and touch the lines that form on his face, when he worries. Theyâre deep, and still handsome, but they only ever mark that heâs stressed. He shouldnât be. Itâs only you, and youâre nothing to him.
He lets out a heavy breath through his nose, his hand dragging down to cup the back of your neck. You tip your head back, waiting for him to do something. Kiss you. Bite you. Slam you back against the wall and relieve the ache, building up between your thighs. Maybe just smell you and let his lips brush over a sensitive spot on your neck, teasing you like always until youâre crying and begging for him.Â
Instead, Bucky just sighs. He pulls you forward, twisting you until youâre in front of him. His arms cage you to his chest, and heâs almost herding you down the hall.
âWhereâre we going?â You tip your head back, and find him glowering at everyone around you.
Theyâre all moving so fast, stumbling in your path then scrambling away under Buckyâs glower. His eyes flick down to yours for a second, and maybe itâs the delusions of grandeur and liquor, but you could swear they soften slightly.
âWeâre gettinâ you home.â He mutters, shouldering the door open. âYou need to sleep this off.â
You wrinkle your nose as the chill of night air hits you. âBut itâs cold-â
âCar will be warm.â
âBut we donât have a car-â
âWeâre taking Natâs.â
You scoff. âNat would never give you her car-â
âWell, she did.â He grunts, voice dropping under his breath. âYouâd never give me your car.â
âI donât have a car.â You snap, and Bucky chuckles dryly.
âYeah, I know.â He opens the door, giving you an amused look. âUp and in, baby.â
Your whole world stops for a second. You feel like youâre floating, a ditzy smile crossing your face, and you start to giggle because he called you baby. Bucky called you baby, like you matter to him, and heâs touching you.
Bucky sighs when you donât move, and bends down. He scoops you up and drops you in the car like you weigh nothing. Youâre still giggling when he closes the door and walks around the hood, sliding into the driverâs seat. For a second you stop, looking out the club with a frown. The world is still hazy, but you can see the neon sign, and it feels like youâre forgetting things that are very important-
âTheyâre all goinâ back to our place.â Bucky grunts, and you look over to find him staring at you with one of those stone-faced, unreadable expressions that he only uses around you. âItâs closer, cab will be cheaper.â
You frown. âWhy arenât they riding with us?â
ââCause weâre going back to yours.â
âWhy?â
ââCause.â Is all Bucky offers. He starts the car before you can ask another question, and puts his arm around your seat to back out of the spot.
Nat has a back cam. He just always does it like this, and youâve always chalked it up to his big, responsible man thing. Usually when the arm is around you, you glare out the window and pretend you canât feel how close he is. How his fingers brush your upper arm, or how his smell gets stronger.
Tonight you canât really remember why you do that. And Bucky does really smell good.
You turn your cheek, pressing it into his bicep. Bucky freezes, the car jerking to a stop, and you can feel his attention. It sparks a tiny fire in your core, and seeps down between your thighs. Your lips graze his skin, and he coughs.
His fingers dip down, brushing near your collarbone. You hum happily, and the car starts moving again.
When youâre out of the parking lot, Bucky doesnât remove his arm like usual. Youâre grateful. If he did, you might have chased it right into his lap.
âYou have fun?â Bucky breaks the silence, voice gruff.
You nod, turning to watch him drive. He always does it in a way thatâs almost unfairly attractive. He holds the wheel lazily, like he knows itâs under his control. You want him to hold you like that.
Bucky clears his throat. âYou, uh- You did good.â
âGood?â You murmur, not fully understanding the praise.
You know it makes you throb, and press your thighs together. Buckyâs eyes flick to the motion, and his throat bobs.
âYeah.â His grip on the wheel is white knuckled. âGood.â
Silence settles again, and you let yourself stare at him. Heâs beautiful. So beautiful it makes you unsure that heâs real. Youâd like to trace the line of his jaw, hear his smooth, deep voice again. Hear it say your name, because itâs the only thing that reminds you that youâre real. You canât remember why you ever deprived yourself of this. Of him, and all his quiet glory. Heâs a loud man, but never boastful.
Heâs only really boastful to you. When he fixes the shower for Nat or someone brings up his army service, he waves them off and laughs, and youâve always loved that about him. You love most things about him, even when heâs being insufferable. You sort of love that heâs insufferable, too. Youâre not that easy either. And if you wrapped around him, youâre hoping heâd be too chivalrous to cut you off. He could mock you all he wants, youâd just hide your face in his neck and breathe him in. Grounding. Handsome. Impossible to resist.
Your fingers are itching, to touch that sad little furrow. Thereâs nothing for him to worry about. The world revolves around him.
âSaw you got some numbers.â He grunts suddenly, and you pause.
âNumbers?â
âPhone numbers.â
âOh.â You reach for you bag, checking that the hard line of your phone is still there. It is. You donât know what heâs talking about.
âYou gonna call any of them?â
âAny of who?â
Bucky gives you an exasperated look, then double takes slightly. His worry lines deepen. It makes you pout, grabbing at your own hands to stop them from reaching for him.
âThe guys.â He says slowly, frowning at the road. âThat you were talkinâ to.â
Oh. Phone numbers. âNo.â
His brows raise. âNo?â
You shake your head, and Bucky prompts you with an oddly tight voice.
âWhy?â
Theyâre not you. Even your drunk brain seems to know itâs bad idea to say that. âI didnât want them.â
âHm.â Bucky taps his hand on the wheel, shooting you a strange look. âWhy?â
You canât tell him that, but you also canât think of a good excuse this time. You make a lame, half-hearted sigh, and turn your face back into his arm.
He doesnât push it. He doesnât talk for the rest of the drive. His thumb drags little circles on your upper arm, lulling you into a half-sleep only interrupted by the bump of the road. Youâre not sure how much longer youâre in the car, and when it stops you canât really remember what youâre supposed to do now.
Bucky helps. He slides away from you, squeezing your thigh in a silent reassurance before he steps out of the car. Your hand traces over where heâd touched you. Bare skin on skin, hands still light and gentle. He seems to have burned his handprint into you, and it spreads until youâre tingly and weak-kneed.
The door on your side opens, and his voice is low in your ears.
âCâmon, pretty girl.â A strong arm loops around your stomach, pulling you back. âLetâs get you in bed.â
You hum, and let Bucky guide you. You trust him completely, with all your heart and not a single question.
He handles you carefully. Guides you inside, holds you steady in the elevator, takes your keys from your shaking fingers and opens the door. Youâre sent to take a shower, but start to trip over nothing the moment Bucky lets go of you, so he sighs and draws you a bath.
âHow am I gonna stand?â You mumble, sitting on the toilet while he runs the water. âOr rinse.â
Bucky grunts. âIâll help.â
You hum in approval, and start to pull off your dress. Bucky makes a strangled sound, eyes flying up to the ceiling, and youâve never seen his face so red.
âWhat the hell are you doing?â
âGetting ready for a bath?â You frown at him, and he groans.
âYou- Fuck.â He takes a heavy breath through his nose, closing his eyes. âJust- Keep your underwear on, alright?â
You nod, trying to ignore the heavy sting that he doesnât want to see you naked. Bucky wonât even fully look at you as he helps you into the tub. He leaves the room while you sit helplessly in the water, barely moving until he returns. You wrap your arms over your chest, suddenly consciously that maybe youâre not pretty enough for him to look at you. You pull your knees to your chest and sniffle, just waiting for him. You donât even know why he left in the first place. You wanted him here.
Bucky sighs, when he opens the door to find you crying. Â
âChrist, I leave you alone for five seconds- Hey, woah-â He kneels on the bathmat, hand flexing before he reaches out and wipes away your tears. âItâs alright, youâre alright. Donât cry, sweetheart, youâre okay-â
You bite down a sob and turn your face, pressing it right into his shoulder. Again, Bucky stiffens. His arms hover for a second, breathing shallow, and you think heâs going to shove you away.
But he doesnât. After that single, million year heartbeat of a moment, he grabs you. Holds you tight into his body, cradling your head and rocking you back and forth. The water flows under you, pushing up on the lip of the tub. A little bit flows over, splashing his pants.
He doesnât seem to mind.
âCâmon, baby.â He murmurs, slowly starting to rise. âLetâs get you to bed.â
You nod, wrapping your arms tight around his neck. When he gets you on your feet, he stops for a second. His lips brush near your ear, and an electric rush dart through you. Then, fast but certain, he kisses the side of your head.
Itâs so quick youâd think you imagined it, if you couldnât feel the burn of his lips long after he pulls away. You reach up to brush it, when Bucky deposits you on your bed. You watch him move around the room like he belongs there.
He does.
Heâd belong with you, if he wasnât such a massive butt about your existence.
âItâs your fault, you know.â
Bucky glances up from your dresser, fisting a shirt in his hands. âWhat?â
âYou.â You say, because itâs that simple.
Heâs the reason youâre drunk. That you didnât score tonight, that youâd been crying, that you have to be coddled like a baby.
Not that you mind that last one. Itâs wonderful, having him touch and speak to you like he cares.
Itâs still all his fault.
âWhatâs me?â He says, and you roll your eyes at the ceiling.
âAll of it.â
Bucky says your name, and you wave him off with a dramatic sigh. You can hear him pad slowly across the room, and when he pulls you up gently you flop over his body. A useless ragdoll heâs trying to get a shirt onto.
But the harder you make it, the longer heâll stay. The longer heâll be nice, and touch you, and-
âI love you.â
Bucky stills. Your words hang in the air, but you donât understand why. Youâve said far worse things to him, and he must have known. You know. Youâre pretty sure Nat does too, with all the looks sheâs always giving you after Bucky teases you and you flush, or you bicker and he marches away with a scowl.
Itâs not some grand confession. You love him like the seasons turn and the sun always rises. Itâs a deep, mechanical part of you that canât be rewired, and you know because youâve tried. But Buckyâs leans back and stares at you like the sky is falling.
âWhat?â
His voice is a croak, and you frown at him.
âI love you.â You say it slower this time. Maybe youâd slurred the words, and he hadnât understood. âItâs your fault, because I love you and youâre just⊠There.â
He blinks at you slowly, obviously still not understanding. You roll your eyes, and flop back down.
Bucky coughs, grabbing your knee as if to steady himself. Heâs sitting down, and itâs not like heâs in love. The world is perfectly under his feet. Youâre the one suffering.
âIâm here?â
âAll the time.â You whine, and his grip on your knee tightens.
âBut you love me.â
âMhm.â
âSo whyâs it problem that Iâm here-â
âBecause you never do anything.â
You can hear the frown in his voice. âI do things. I do lots of things-â
âYou never touch me.â You prop yourself on your elbows, glaring down at him. âYou just- Youâre there, and you donât like me and it- It makes me-â
âMakes you what.â Buckyâs voice is deep, his eyes dark on yours, and you stick your tongue out at him.
âYou donât get to know.â
âI donât get to know?â He snorts. âNo, you canât just- You canât say that kinda stuff then-â
âI wish youâd touch me.â You tell the ceiling.
Bucky grunts. âYeah, Iâve heard. But-â
âThink I could cum just from listening to you talk.â You hum, your voice sounding like a faraway dream.
Your eyes are getting heavy, and Buckyâs gone completely silent. The words start to float out of you, like steam escaping through windows, into the warm, open sky.
âIâd like to touch you, too. Put you in my mouth, or just- ride you.â You sigh. âI want everything. Iâd do- Do anything you told me too if you asked. Anything.â You look back up at him, your lip wobbling again. âBut you never ask me. Why donât you ever ask me?â
Buckyâs gaping at you, and he shakes his head, his voice a low croak. âI, uh- Youâve never-â
He swallows, glancing down, and you follow his gaze.
Heâs straining through his jeans, shifting uncomfortably. You giggle, flopping back down. Your eyes start to droop, the room fading in and out. Bucky rises over you with a sigh, pulling the blankets up.
ââS nice.â You murmur. âYou. Beinâ here.â
You yawn, and Buckyâs laughs. Under his breath, like an inside joke he wonât bring you into.
âYeah. I know.â His hand grazes over your cheek, and you hum sleepily, eyes closing.
His lips press to your forehead, and itâs like a spell. The world, slowly and easily, starts to slip away.
âSleep well, baby.â He mutters, and under that command, you do.
Heâs not there when you wake up, and you have to be okay with that.
You donât know how youâre ever going to face him again anyway. Thereâs a fog hanging over your brain, but itâs not thick enough that you canât remember last night.
Bucky saw you naked. He was in your room, and put you to bed, and you-
You told him you loved him.
That you wanted him. That you could cum just from him talking to you.
You have to move. You have to change your name and move as far away as possible. Maybe Siberia, or Russia, or Romania, or somewhere heâll never find you again. Because you told him you loved him, and now heâs gone.
He left a water on your bedside table. Mocking you with the fact that last night was real.
You force yourself to sit up, rubbing your temples, and take the glass. If youâre never going to see Bucky again, and you donât plan to, thereâs no need to spite him with ignoring it.
When you stand up, it takes a few deep breaths to start moving. Nat isnât home yet, and she probably wonât be for a while. That gives you plenty of time to wallow before you vanish forever. You can spend the morning moping and cursing yourself, then worry about consequences.
You make cereal and put on coffee. Stare at the little bits floating through the milk, and try not to think about Bucky. If heâs thinking about you.
If he is, you donât want to imagine what. That youâre a whore for throwing yourself at him, a fool for think heâd be open to such a confessionâfrom you of all peopleâor maybe just the same as he always did. Maybe heâd known the whole time, and he just thinks you were gutsy to say it aloud when he so clearly wants nothing to do with you.
Nothing at all, but taking care of you while youâre drunk. Giving you a bath and putting you to bed, handling you like something precious and kissing the side of your head.
That could have been just more mocking. The same game heâs always played, accusing you of wanting him then laughing. Like heâd already known. Â
But playing that game while youâre out of it isnât Buckyâs style. He likes you biting back, sometimes he dangles comments over your head and grins when you snap at them. So thereâd be no reason for him to play when you werenât even able to a join him. But then thereâs no reason for him to act like that at all.
Itâs too early to be thinking this much. You put all your hopeful bets on Bucky having somehow forgotten everything, so you donât have to move.
The door opens down the hallway, and you glance up. Itâs early for Nat to be back.
But itâs not Nat that calls your name through the house.
âWhereâd you- Hi.â
Bucky walks into the kitchen, and you stare at each other. Heâs wearing his clothing from last night, his hair mussed, two paper coffee cups in his hands. You swallow, and he coughs, glancing around the kitchen.
âI got you coffee.â He mutters a little bitterly, and you follow his gaze to the rumbling coffee machine.
âOh.â
âYou donât have to- Itâs here.â He puts it on the counter, and you nod, focusing back on your cereal.
Youâre both silent for another long moment. There air is thick, like a swamp at the height of summer. Youâre not sure how you remember to speak.
âHowâd you know I was up?â
âYour door was open.â He mutters. âMade sure it was closed before I went out.â
âDid you-â
âOn the couch. Just, uh-â He rubs the back of his neck, eyes locked onto yours. âI wanted to make sure you werenât alone, and- I think we, uh- You said some things. That we should talk about.â
You rip your gaze away as you flush, but if youâd had any hope of pretending youâd been too drunk to retain the night and just hoping heâd leave you be, that ruins it.
Buckyâs eyes narrow. He walks forward, until heâs right at your side. You can feel his presence buzzing through you, and swallow.
âYou remember.â His voice is low, and he leans further down before you can protest. âDonât lie to me. Weâve both been lyinâ way too much.â
You donât dignify him with an answer. With even a glance.
Bucky leans closer.
âYou said you wanted to touch me.â Heâs almost growling in your ear. âYou said you wanted me in your mouth, that you wanted me to ride you, that youâd do anything I told you-â
âJames.â You hiss, twisting to glower at him.
Mistake.
He looks hungry. His eyes are blown out, only inches from yours, his tongue darts over his lips when you look down at them. Heâs watching you like a dog thatâs finally been told it can have its bone. Your grip on the counter tightens. Itâs hard to stay upright.
âFull name.â He hums, the corners of his lips tugging up. âIâm in trouble.â
âYouâre being a dick-â
âYeah, but you like it.â
âI- You-â
âYou love it.â
You freeze at that word. The air feels thin now. Your face is burning, and Buckyâs as collected as ever. Like this is all still just a game to him.
âFuck you.â You spit. It takes everything you have.
Bucky doesnât even flinches. âYeah, you want to.â
Your mouth falls open, and he leans in closer.
âYou meant it, right? Everything you said?â
Denying seems pointless. You try to anyway, but your lips barely prepare for the word no before Buckyâs giving you a stern lookâdonât lie to meâand your voice dies.
He says your name, and itâs the same voice he used last night. Lighter, gentler, man trying to tend instead of force. You werenât any match for it last night, but that doesnât seem to be the drinkâs fault. You give in just as easily right now.
âYes.â You breathe.
Buckyâs eyes flash. âAll of it?â
âBuckyâŠâ
âDo you want me.â His voice is demanding now, and you try to look away.
He catches your chin, pulling you back. Forcing your gaze onto his, onto those beautiful, enchanting eyes.
You nod, and he hums in approval. The sound settles, molten and warm in your tummy.
âDo you love me?â
His words sound so sincere and taunting at the same time. You canât look away, so you glare, and he chuckles.
âCome on, baby.â He brushes his lips over yours, his voice becoming something low. Something dangerous.
You donât even bother to move away this time. Youâre breathing in your chest, your stomach filled with too much desire to do much else. The brush of his lips let you taste coffee and mint, and his grip on your chin is commanding. Youâre only putty in his hands. A lost cause that doesnât really want to be found.
âDonât make me fuck it out of you.â
Buckyâs eyes gleam, and heâs playing again. He knows he has you, that you want to be had.
His hand drags slowly, gently, on your waist. His fingers dip under your shirt, the soft touch making you gasp. You lean forward, and Bucky leans back. He tilts his head slightly, something stern still in his gaze. You blink hopelessly, trying to figure out what, and he squeezes your hips. Itâs grounding and electric, and he presses back forward as you go still below him.
âDo you want me to fuck it out of you.â He growls, and your mouth falls open with a whimper.
Permission. He was holding himself on a leash for your permission.
Doubt drains from your head, far down south where a warm, summer storm is brewing between your thighs.
You spread your legs slowly, and grab his hand on your hips. Push it slightly down, until his attention follows.
Buckyâs jaw clenches, and his hand on your chin drops. You watch as he moves so tantalizingly slow, brushing the band of your panties before dragging down the seam at the apex of your thighs. He rubs you over the fabric, and your hips buck into the touch.
âFuck.â Bucky hooks two of his fingers, tearing your underwear in one rip. âYouâre so wet. Soaked through the panties, soaking my fucking fingers.â
You moan, pressing your face into his shoulder. Bucky dips his fingers into your heat, smearing the arousal all over your pussy, and you shake.
âBucky-â
âYou got this,â he spanks your pussy, then drags the mess down your inner thighs. ââCause Iâm here? Or just from thinking about me?â
âB- Both.â You mumble, trying to keep still as the broad pads of his fingers find your clit, rubbing in slow, tantalizing circles.
He hums. âYou think about me a lot?â
Pressing hard on the sensitive button. Your knees give out, and youâre only caught by his arm around youâre lower back.
âCareful, baby-â
âAll the time.â You whimper the confession, looking up at him with big, teary eyes. âThink about you all the time, Bucky, youâre- Youâre so- Oh my god-â
Bucky yanks his hand from your pussy, grabbing your jaw and angling it back for a kiss.
Itâs slower than you thought it would be, with how he crashed over you. Youâd been expecting rough and harsh, all spit and ownership. Instead thereâs a certainly behind itâa rough passion thatâs demanding and hotâbut itâs slow. Bucky doesnât use his tongue until you open your mouth, and he hums in satisfaction when you grab at his hair, tugging slightly.
He grabs your ass, hauling you up on the kitchen counter. His hands wander your body lazily, tracing the softness of your hips and curve of your spine. He chuckles when you arch into the touch, deepening the kiss. Stars swim behind your eyes, and you realize youâre still grinding up into his torso.
âBucky.â You plead, and he presses another tiny kiss to your lips, taking his sweet damn time.
âOff.â He tugs at the hem of your shirt, and you lift your arms to help him.
He leans back when youâre uncovered, and this time he isnât trying to cover anything else. He palms one of your breasts, licking his lips before he takes the nipple between his fingers and rolls it. You squeak and his eyes dart up, almost studying how you shiver and blink at him.
âSo reactive.â He switches to the other breast, and your fingers dig into the nape of his neck. âAlmost came before I even really touched you, sweetheart. If you canât hold it, youâre gonna be a fuckinâ wreck before Iâm even done with you.â
You shake your head, face heating further. âIt- Itâs been a long time-â
âYeah, but thatâs not it.â He drags his hand down, over your abdomen. Back between your thighs. âYou got that little toy keepinâ you satisfied-â
âNot satisfied.â You breathe, head lolling to the side as Bucky resumes his tight circles on your clit. âNot you, Bucky, fuck-â
He groans, dragging you back into a deep kiss. You give him everything you have in return, nipping at his lips and yanking his hair. Bucky groans and picks you fully off the counter, walking you both to your room and kicking the door shut.
âYou drive me fuckinâ crazy.â He grunts between kisses, his own steps getting a little uneven. âThe stuff I wanna do to you, no way weâre covering it in one night. Years to make up for, gotta ration it.â
âYears?â You pull back, and Bucky grins.
âOh yeah. Youâre not the only one whoâs not satisfied, babydoll.â
âBut-â
âAh.â He kisses you, lowering you onto the bed. âNope. Not now.â
You frown up at him. âBucky, you said we needed to talk-â
âAnd now Iâm sayinâ not now. And if my memoryâs right,â he grins down at you. âYouâre the one who said sheâd do whatever I want.â
You flush, crossing your arms over your chest, and Bucky laughs. He pulls his shirt off, and you almost fall backwards on the sheets like itâs an atomic blow.
There have been glimpses. Moments. Youâve been to the pool with him before, and heâd been shirtless there too.
But he hadnât been standing over you, massive and radiating power. You hadnât been close enough to trace your fingers over the scars littering his muscle, remnants from his time in the army. You reach up in a trace, tracing one closer to his pant line, and he flexes under your touch. A low sound rumbles through him, and he catches your wrist with a warning look.
You giggle. âYouâre not the only one whoâs sensitive.â
Buckyâs eyes flash, his voice dropping impossibly low. âIâm gonna fuck you until you canât speak.â
Your shift in the sheets, more desire building in your already aching pussy. Buckyâs attention darts to the movement, and his throat bobs. Every muscle in his body strains, and you give him a sweet smile.
âProve it.â
Bucky makes that deep, growling sound again and grabs your face between his hands. He presses over you, shoving his tongue down your throat, and this is the kiss youâd been expecting from before. Rough and starved, almost marking you as much as kissing you. He bullies you down into the mattress with his weight, and you spread your legs wide to accommodate him.
âYouâre so soft.â He mutters, kneading your thighs as his mouth starts to trail hot kisses down your neck. âThought about touchinâ you like this forever, about how beautiful youâd be under me. And let me tell you, baby,â he nips under your jaw. âBetter than I managed to dream.â
You grind up below him, trying to chase a little more friction. You keep meeting the rough fabric of his jeans, and the drag is beautiful, but itâs still not enough.
âNeedy girl.â Bucky drags your legs apart, pressing his hips firmly over your core. The sudden pressure does the trick, and you moan, tipping your head back in brief relief. âYeah, you like that. Feels so good and Iâm not even doinâ anything.â
âBucky, donât- Donât tease-â
âBut itâs so fun.â He coos, kissing the corner of your mouth. âYou get all nervous, makes me want to stuff you up with cock and see how you squirm-â
You make a loud, wanting sound, trying to fuck your hips up into the air. But Buckyâs heavy. You can only claw at his shoulders, and it just makes him tease more.
His rolls his hips, dragging the bulge in his jeans over your burning core. Your mouth falls open, and he kisses you, sneaking and arm tight around your back.
The forced arch of your back makes your legs open widen, giving him further access. He starts to rut against your bare pussy, and itâs perfect torture. Your arms are tight enough around him to choke, but it doesnât slow him down. Bucky dry fucks you, your pussy throbbing desperately for release, arousal trickling down your ass and every thrust filling you with a burning pleasure.
You hadnât been lying. Itâs been a long time. But thatâs not the only reason why youâre already so close to the edge again. Buckyâs body is everywhere around you, his thick arms holding you tight, his lips wandering over your neck and cheeks, leaving sloppy, open-mouthed kisses. The friction is everything, heâs everything, and you donât have enough restraint to fight it.
The orgasm is sudden and harsh, shaking your whole body. You claw at his back, twitching and whining in his ear. You didnât know you could cum that hard, hard enough to make eyes close from the overwhelming sensation, and itâs just from dry humping.
Bucky groans in your ear and pulls back suddenly. His eyes are lidded, expression lustful, and his palm flexes near his bulge like heâs forcing himself not to rub it. Your breathing is uneven, your pussy still aching, and you reach down to try and rub your clit until he collects himself.
He catches your wrist and pins it to the mattress, shaking his head. âYou just fuckinâ came, baby.â
âI- I know- I just-â You try to turn, and Bucky slaps your cheek lightly. Forces your attention back to him.
âYouâre a big girl. Use words.â
You want to glare at him, but something about the slightly mocking order makes your pussy throb. Bucky raises his brows, and you barely manage not to drool.
âWant more.â You mumble, and he grins.
âAnd?â
âAnd?â
âYou what?â
You stare for a second, then roll your eyes. âOh, fuck off.â
Bucky smirks, squeezing his hold on your wrist. ââS alright. Weâll get there.â
You stick out your tongue, and he hums.
âThatâs not very nice, baby. Think we need to work on your manners.â
âMy manners are fine-â
âYouâre a brat.â He teases, and you flush.
âI am not-â
âYeah, you are. Youâre a wet, needy little fuckinâ brat.â Bucky starts to move your hand between your legs, and you pretend to try and pull away.
He sees the challenge, and yanks it down. Presses it against your core, making you shake. Your eyes flutter, and Bucky laughs.
âLook at you.
âYou really still got that vibrator?â
You nod, and he pulls your hand up. kisses your knuckles, eyes sparkling.Â
âGrab it.â
You scramble up the moment he lets go of you, yanking open your bedside drawer and pulling out the pink rabbit. Bucky grabs your hips before you can roll back over, pulling you backward with your ass in the air. You twist to look at him and find his attention entirely fixed on your core. On the mess between your legs.
Heâs almost in a trance, as he drags two fingers through your pussy lips. You flutter, overly sensitive from before, and Bucky shoves his fingers right into your pussy.
You go limp, at the sudden stretch. Buckyâs fingers are everything youâd imagined theyâd be, and more. Rough in all the right place, deft and thick, crooking right at the edges as he finds your g-spot faster than even you can sometimes. He hums like heâs figured out something interesting and kisses the curve of your ass. He starts to rub the tips of his fingers, massaging that happy, spongey place inside you, and you moan into the sheets.
âBu- Bucky-â
âYouâre tight.â He mutters, kissing between your ass and pussy, the tiny patch of skin that sends a shiver up your spine. âAnd wet. Gonna feel real good around my cock, babydoll. Got a perfect pussy for me to fill up.â
You make another desperate sound, and Bucky presses further in.
âOh, that sounds good to you, doesnât it. Getting stuffed full of my cum, being my pretty cockslut. Iâd make you walk around with it after, wear a skirt so I can fuck you again whenever you run out. Fuck you until itâs stained on your legs, until everyone can fuckinâ smell it. âTill they know youâre mine.â
Your pussy clenches at the possessive promise, and Bucky groans.
âYou wanna be mine, donât you sweet girl.â
âYe- Yes-â
Bucky yanks his fingers out of you unexpectedly, and you almost scream in frustration. You try to twist around again to chew him out, but he grabs the back of your neck and shoves you into the sheets. You go limp, trembling as tears prick at your eyes. Bucky arms snakes around your stomach, his thumb resting under your clit. Never touch it, or where your pussy is fluttering, desperate to be filled.
âSay it.â He grunts, and you shake your head. Youâre not that easy.
Bucky doesnât seem in any rush to give up though. He spanks your pussy, and you cry out in a mix of pain and delight.
âSay it.â He orders, and your hands fist in the sheets as he spanks your pussy again. You grind against him, chasing more, and he pinches your clit hard.
You almost fly out of your skin, a lewd, garbled plea escaping your lips as another orgasms rushes through you. This one is shorter, but no less consuming. You clench around nothing, mouth hanging stupidly open, and Bucky sucks near your throat, his teeth brushing and making the pleasure all the more intense.
âFuckinâ brat.â He mutters, awe almost coating his voice. âIâm a damn saint, making you cum again when youâre so greedy. When you got this hungry little pussy, begging to be stuffed with cock, and Iâm letting you go first.â
âPlease,â you try to flip over, but Buckyâs hold on you is too strong. âBucky, please- Please just fuck me.â
âOh, I will.â He kisses under your ear, voice silken and taunting. âBut not now, babydoll. Then we wouldâve brought this out for nothing.â
âWhatâs-â
A buzzing sound fills the air, and your eyes widen.
âBucky, wait-â
âYou know, you get more sensitive after you cum.â Bucky drawls, dragging the thick tip of the rabbit up and down your pussy. You try to focus on your breathing, squeezing your eyes shut as your body starts to get swept away in a wildfire.
âGod, fuck-â
âQuiet.â He grunts. âIâm trying to talk, sweetheart. Be good.â
You nod, biting on your lower lip, desperate to listen well. To be good.â
âLike I was saying.â Bucky drawls, shoving the vibrating dildo up against your clit, then yanking it away. âYou get more sensitive. And I was thinking all night about your little confession. That you can cum just from listening to me talk.â Bucky hums, dragging the head down to rest right over your entrance. âI like a challenge, but Iâm got enough on my hands with you today. And since Iâm so nice.â He pushes the thick length a little inside you, and your pussy clenches around it. âIâm gonna give you some extra hands. Extra sensitive,â he gives your clit a series of tiny hits, shoving the rabbit in deeper. âSome fake fuckinâ cock to get you ready for the real thing, and me.â
Bucky drags you back into his lap, right as he shoves the dildo home. You almost scream as the smaller bit presses over your clit, the thicker part driven right against where Bucky already knew your g-spot was.
âBucky- Holy shit-â
He pulls your face to the side, silencing you with a deep kiss as you shake. Youâve already cum twice. Thatâs more than usual, and youâre not sure if youâve got another.
You donât get to tell him that, though. You donât think heâd care to hear it right now, and fuck, do you want to see him try.
âI said quiet.â He growls when he pulls away, and before you know whatâs happening heâs shoving the same fingers that had been in your pussy into your mouth.
You melt immediately, sucking on them as your eyes flutter. Bucky groans in your ear, moving his free hand to hold the rabbit inside your gushing, oversensitive pussy.
âGood girl.â He drawls in your ear. âDidnât even have to ask, you just knew didnât you. Fuck, you suck my cock half this good Iâm not gonna be able to last ten minutes.â
You moan, and Bucky kisses the corner of your jaw before continuing.
âI know youâd like that. What was it you said? That you wanted to touch me? When this is done we can get you on your knees. If you behave.â He nips at your sweaty skin. âIâll let you suck my dick. Iâll even fuck your face if you ask real nice. I hope youâre nice, baby, cause I can imagine it. You crying, lips around me, fucking your fingers while you choke on my cock. My pretty baby, my sweet fuckinâ doll loving me so much.â
You slump back against him fully, hips rolling uselessly, and itâs more subtle this time. The heat building at the bottom of your tummy, winding tight and made of a strange pressure.
âYouâre gonna say it.â He coos in your ear, and your pussy starts to fight against the rabbit. Like it knows you can barely take it.
But you canât lend it much energy. You like this position well enough.
âAfter you cum for me again, Iâll fuck you. Fuck you properly like the brat that you are.â Bucky groans, pressing his nose into your hair. âWalking around, making me feel like Iâm the asshole for wanting you, for loving you when youâre snapping off at me,youâre a mouthy fuckinâ thing, arenât you babydoll. Lotta bark but,â he pushes his fingers further into your mouth. âNot even a little bit of bite.â
Your eyes roll back, head pressing into his shoulder, and you give him a silent look of pleading thatâs only met with a mocking grin.
âSo pretty like this, sweetheart. Stupid and quiet, I ainât even fucked you yet. Wonât clean you up after youâre done, just let you walk around with it dripping. Maybe Iâll fuck you until it sticks. Until youâre mine.â
Your back arches, and youâre so close. You can feel Buckyâs dick twitch against your ass, and somewhere in the distance your thoughts manage to collect enough to tell you that he removed his bottoms at some point.
âFuck, âcourse youâre into that. Shouldnât have expected more from you, with how much you love this. Youâre close, baby.â His lips tease the shell of your ear. âSo close.â
You whimper, grinding down onto him as the dildo vibrates, and Bucky groans. He pins you down to his lap with a hiss, fingers flexing on your stomach.
âShit- You canât just-â
He presses his mouth where your neck meets your shoulder, kissing and sucking as his dick throbs against you, and his dirty talk becomes mumbled and deep.Â
âMy pretty fuckinâ girl, canât even wait for it, cum for me, babydoll, come on, fuckinâ show me how much your greedy pussy wants my dick-â
The pressure breaks like a flood. Your pussy gushes so hard it pushes out the rabbit, and your head flies back as you grind into the air. Bucky moans, fully moans, and starts to rub your clit back and forth with the palm of his hand. You grab his wrist, spasming and trying to chase it and escape all at once. You whine as it becomes all too much, batting at Buckyâs hand.
He stops, collecting your release on his fingers.
When he presses them against your lips, you open. Hum as he feeds your own juices to you. All you can do is lap at his fingers and look at him under fluttering lashes, and he smiles.
âGood girl.â He coos, and your body seizes up again. You moan around his fingers, and Bucky laughs.
He pulls them out, turning your head for a gentle, deep kiss. Youâre boneless and cockdrunk, only able to let him give and give whatever heâs willing. You canât even try to drag him close.
Bucky rolls you over, making sure your back is pressed into the mattress as he kisses you lazily. He rises up after a few moments, his gaze raking down your body, and you flush. If you had more strength, youâd cover yourself. Youâve never been good at being looked at.
But thereâs nothing expect awe and affection in Buckyâs eyes. He traces a hand over your every curve and softer spot, rising slowly on his knees to part your legs.
âYouâre a miracle, baby.â He murmurs, pumping his cock in his hands and for once, you feel like one. âLook at what you do to me.â
You do, and you might be about to burst into flames.
Buckyâs thick. Long, but not enough to worry you, and thick. Heâs going to drag, be able to get balls deep and make you feel him everywhere.
Youâre drooling, and he sees it. He smirks knowingly, and you wrinkle your nose.
âCome on.â He teases. âSay it, and itâs all yours.â
You shake your head, and Bucky hums. Crawls back over your body, notching his cock right at your entrance. His hovers his lips over yours, not quite fully kissing.
âSay it.â
When you find your voice, itâs raspy and broken.
âNo.â
âBut you know you want to.â He presses the first inch inside, and if youâd had any worries about not being able to take more, theyâre knocked away with how good he feels.
You were right. Heâs an even bigger stretch than his two fingers, and it perfect. Thereâs a slight ache, but itâs overwhelmed by the closeness. By how well he fits, how much you need more of this brimming, explosive pleasure already threating to take you over.
âJust say it, pretty girl. Say it for me.â
You shake your head, and Bucky pushes further in, and your hands fly into his hair like they were pulled there.
He groans, rutting into you, and bottoms out. You didnât know you could feel this good. Be this full. Bucky moans in your ear, and you breath slowly, trying to adjust.
âYou feel so good.â He smashes his lips over yours, the kiss demanding and long. âKnew youâd feel this good, always knew youâd feel this good, Christ-â
You roll your hips up, and it makes Bucky jerk. He slams into you, knocking the air from your lungs, and your toes curl in delight.
He barks your name, grabbing your jaw, and you beam at him.
âMore.â You breathe, and Buckyâs eyes widen in slight surprise.
He recovers fast.
âYeah?â He pulls out slowly, then slams back in, his tip kissing your cervix. âYou like that? Like being fucked like a toy?â
You moan happily, and Bucky laughs.
âThought you might surprise me, babydoll, but no.â He taps your cheek, and you open without a thought. âYouâre just the pretty cockslut I thought you were.â
He drags all the way out again, but this time pushes in slower. You whine, but he doesnât even acknowledge you, setting a slow pace that feels good, but is far too much. The roughness made you numb with a good, fuzzy sensation, but this makes you feel it. Buckyâs cock dragging against your gummy walls, the press of him over your g-spot and heat of him, right over your clit.
You can barely take it. Youâre already so fucked out from the other orgasms, youâre barely able to hold onto Bucky properly. You think you might be about to black out from pleasure, but no part of you wants him to stop altogether, and how youâre trapped somewhere between paradise and hell.
âLook at you.â He grabs one of your breasts, palming it as he thrusts smooth and deep. âNobody else does this to you, do they. Makes you feel so good, gets you so stupid on their cock.â
You shake your head, and Bucky taps your mouth again.
âWords.â
âBuckyâŠâ
âWant to hear you, sweet girl.â He kisses your cheek, words pure filth in your ears. âHere you scream for me while I fuck you, hear how much you love it.â
âCanât-â
âYes, you can.â He slams a little firmer, giving you a pointed look. âGood girls listen. And when they listen,â he repeats the motion, holding your gaze. âThey get filled up.â
You whimper, but nod. Bucky smiles in satisfaction, returning to his torturous speed from before.
âAnyone else do this to you?â He grunts, and you shake your head.
âNo- No. Never, Bucky, only you-â
He groans, picking up his pace. âThatâs fuckinâ right. No one fucks you like this, Iâm gonna ruin you. If you wanna cum youâll have to find me, Iâm the only one who plays this perfect fuckinâ pussy- Shit-â He groans, jaw clenching as he hits a little deeper than before. âNobody takes care of you like me-â
âNo one.â You echo, and youâre rewarded with another rough slam. âNo one, Bucky, only- Only wanted you, needed you- Fuck-â You cry out, pressing your cheek into his jaw. âYou and your thick cock, needed you so bad-â
âI know. I know, babydoll, but Iâm here now.â He kisses you quickly, speeding up again.
Itâs enough to make you start to feel it again. Not slowly building, but being dragged out. The tip of Buckyâs cock drags through you, and that hot feeling in your core starts to fill up again.Â
âWanted to do this for so long.â He groans in your ear, and a loud moan escapes your lips. âYou really got no idea, I thought I was gonna lose it every time I saw you, thought youâd never let me- God-â
You clench around him, and Bucky angles your hips up, allowing him to hit deeper. You moan, and he kisses the back of your neck, sucking a dark mark.
âMy girl.â He mutters possessive, and you babble an agreement. âMy smart, mean fucking baby, drunk on my cock. Prettiest girl in the world, mine-â
You moan, and Bucky cuts himself off with a groan. He kisses you again, then rises over you. Bracing his arms on either side of your head as he looks to where heâs fucking into you. Your gaze follows, and the warmth in your gut flares at the sight.
Itâs the most vulgar, pornographic thing youâve ever seen. Buckyâs thick cock, sliding in and out of you with ease. Precum and your own need for him shining on the thickness of him, his chest flexing with restraint as he forces himself to keep the same pace. You watch his cock vanish into your body, and feel him deep inside you, and God-
You look up, checking if Buckyâs as strangely moved by that as you are, and find him staring at you. The moment your eyes meet, he grabs your jaw, pressing you back down into the pillows with a rough kiss. Youâre unable to do anything but take it all. Buckyâs tongue pressing down your throat, his lips moving expertly over yours, his cock fucking every word but his name out of your head.
âLook at me.â He rasps when he pulls away, and you nod.
His eyes are almost wholly black, and shining. Tears prick at yours, but Bucky leans down, kissing them away before going faster again.
His balls start to slap on your ass, his cock pumping in and out of you until itâs all you can think about. Bucky deep inside you, lighting you up, how you can feel a rush up your spine with his every thrust. A lewd, wet sound is filling the room as he pounds into you. Your pussy burns and spasms every time, but itâs too good to fight.
Buckyâs too good to fight. You donât know why you tried for so long.
âBucky-â You breathe, and he grunts.
âYouâre close, sweetheart.â He mutters, and you donât know how he knows, but heâs right.
Youâre about to snap again. To lose it from how heâs fucking you like youâre a doll and the love of his life, all at once. You grab his wrist, squeezing tight.
âPretty girl,â he teases. âGonna soak this cock like a good girl, arenât you. Give it to me, baby, show me how much you love it-â
âLove you.â You breathe out, and Bucky freezes.
Balls deep, he stills. His cock throbs in protest, but he doesnât seem to care.Â
You blink at him, praying you didnât ruin it. Bucky swallows, and rasps out your name.
âWhat?â
âI- I love you- Oh.â
He jerks into you when you say it, and you almost fly out of your skin.
âFuck, Bucky- I- I love you-â
It happens again, but you donât think heâs doing it to mess with you. He can barely seem to control himself, his attention almost feral as his cock jumps inside you.
âI- I love you- Oh my god-â
Bucky dives over you, kissing you like heâs trying to steal the words from your mouth. Like he can taste them.
âDamn right you do.â He grunts, cock dragging inside you as he starts to fuck you, shallow and brutal. âLove you, love you so much, youâre-â
He kisses you, and somewhere through the floating, hazy dreamworld his cock is fucking you into, you think heâs run out of words.
Buckyâs fucking you like an animal, because thereâs nothing left for either of you to say. He pulls your hips back up to that angle from before, returning to that pace from before that pulled the confession out of you. Youâre in incoherent, babbling mess, tugging at the sheets and watching Bucky above you like heâs God.
âGood girl.â Is all heâs grunting out, but itâs deep and every word of a noise than anything else. âMine, my good fucking girl, gonna fill you up, youâre-â He moans, doubling over your body as his thrusts become short and harsh. âYouâre perfect-â
From nowhere, you find the strength to reach up and grab Buckyâs face. You pull it down, kissing him with every word youâre too ruined to say, and he moans.
Bucky slams home, muttering your name against your lips like a prayer. You can feel him everywhere. Hot and sticky, pumping deep into your own heat, coating your walls, dripping out and running down your ass. When Bucky starts to move again, slow and lazy, he presses it deeper, spreads it everywhere.
Itâs hot on your clit, and Buckyâs still jerking and spraying inside of you. Youâve never been this full, itâs addicting. Your brain is empty, body alight with the feeling, Buckyâs cum so thick and demanding that you could swear you feel it washing through your whole body.
He reaches between your legs to rub your clit.
You get there all on your own. Â
Your vision goes white, as you cum. Youâre so out of it you feel it the same way you feel a cool breeze. Light and relieving, washing over the heat inside you and pulling a happy sigh from your lips.
Bucky kisses you, and this time itâs only sweet. All his mean words and taunts so easily dissolve as you reach up, running your fingers through his hair. He smiles against your lips, and you smile back.
âTold you Iâd do it.â He mutters, and you shove his chest with a weak laugh.
âShut up.â
He grins, moving up to kiss your brow, then the side of your face. Heâs still buried inside you. Neither of you are in a rush to move any time soon.
âYou mean it, though.â He pauses, moving back over your body.
There are those worry lines again. You reach up with a tiny smile, and soothe your fingers over them. Bucky hums, leaning into your touch, and you smile.
âYeah.â You whisper, and his shoulders sag.
âThank god.â He presses his face between your breasts. âThat wouldâve been bad.â
You laugh, running your fingers through his hair, and he wraps his arms around your body. Heâs slid out a little, but youâre still connected to him, and you never want to move again.
âHow long?â He mutters against you, tilting his head to meet your gaze. âCause mine was when I saw you.â
You flush stupidlyâheâs inside youâand mumble, âMe too.â
Bucky frowns. âBut you were always- â
âAnd were you any better?â
He snorts, leaning up to peck your cheek. âFair shot.â
âI know.â You snip, then, âYou- You meant yours, right? I mean- What you said whileâŠâ
You trail off, because you didnât imagine it. I love you and mine, too sincere to just be dirty talk.
Bucky rises back over you, gently guiding your gaze back to his. He smiles when your eyes meet, and kisses the tip of your nose.
âWith everything I fuckinâ got.â He mutters, and you smile.
âGood.â
âI know. I mean, I did really well for myself- Iâm complimenting you, woman!â
Youâd shoved him, and Bucky grabs your wrists, wrestling them down into the mattress. He looks at you with a rough, fond exasperation.
âYouâre a gremlin.â
âYou like it.â You beam up at him, and he lower back down, kissing you lightly.
âTough curse.â He mutters. âBut Iâm enjoying it.â
You roll your eyes at him, and he grins. Beautiful and all yours.
âCan we stay here for a while?â You ask, just because you want to have this, and sit in it. âPlease.â
Bucky nods, and you feel your heart shine like itâs been given new batteries. Beating out of your chest and comfortably all at once, as Bucky rolls you both onto your sides, wrapping tight around you.
âWe can do whatever you want.â He mutters, rubbing your hips and kissing the marks on your neck.
You relax, because you believe him. About all of it.
And now, you have him with you for all the time in the world.
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Summary: Clark is the big spoon to your little spoon, but tonight he asks to be the little spoon.
Word Count: Over 1.1k
Warnings: Established relationship, comfort, slight angst, slight humor, pet names, bit of fluff, healthy communication, Clark Kent (he's a warning, okay?).
A/N: A bit of fluff and comfort for FriYAY. â€ïž Not beta read and written on my phone, so any and all mistakes are my own. Divider by the talented @saradika-graphics. Please follow @navybrat817-sideblog for new fics and notifications. Comments, reblogs, feedback are loved and appreciated!
Clark was always the big spoon. It made sense. He was the protector, the one who loved embracing you in his strong arms, providing you with a sense of security. You joked once that it was a way to enforce some sort of gentle authority, which earned you a little love bite on your shoulder. You both knew he was just a big cuddler.Â
The truth was you were more than happy to be the little spoon. Curled up with your back against his front, youâd tease him now and then by pushing your hips back against his. Most of the time you were simply content for him to keep you close while you fell asleep. No matter what, teasing or not, you felt safe and cherished in his hold.Â
But imagine your surprise when he came home tonight after a lengthy battle, his eyes downcast and hair a mess, the dimples you loved not showing since he didnât offer you a smile. There was no kiss either. Just your gentle giant of an alien collapsing on the bed without a word, his back to you, the gentle sound of his breathing sounding sad to your ears.Â
âClark?â you asked, placing your hand on his back. He didnât flinch or stiffen, but his next exhale was shaky.Â
âIâm fine,â he barely managed to whisper.Â
âAre you?â you whispered back.Â
Just because he had no injuries on the surface didnât mean he wasnât in pain. Just because he had the powers of a god didnât mean he didnât mean he wasnât human. You believed in your heart that Clark sometimes felt things even more than most people you knew. Whether that was in his biology or his heart, maybe a bit of both, you wanted to pull him out of whatever abyss his mind was plunging into. You refused to let him settle in that.
He sighed, the sound weary and heavy. âJust a tough one,â he answered, looking over his shoulder. There was a hint of tenderness in his blue eyes when he added, âMaybe we can talk about it later?â
You nodded. Something you appreciated about Clark was that he didnât keep things bottled up inside. If he said heâd talk about it later he would. He was a man of his word.Â
âMay I ask another question?â You raised an eyebrow when he fought trying to smile. âDo you think I can be the little spoon for a bit tonight?â
Your eyes widened before your heart melted. You were never the big spoon, but there was a first time for everything. He deserved comfort, a sense of peace, whatever he needed to soothe him. The same way he had done for you time and time again.
âYou donât even have to ask,â you replied, positioning yourself directly behind him and wrapping an arm around him. He let you pull him closer, his body as solid as a rock, his heart beating nice and steady under your hand. You thought for a moment that it would feel awkward, but it somehow worked. âSo, this is what itâs like to be the big spoon. How am I doing?â
His chest shook, his laughter making you smile. âYouâre doing just fine, darling.â
You gasped dramatically. âJust fine? I think Iâm doing a pretty awesome job,â you teased, making him laugh more. It was nice to hear him laugh.Â
âIâll give you pretty awesome,â he teased back, resting his hand on top of yours. âSorry if I smell.â
It was your turn to laugh. âYouâre fine,â you promised. He would have to shower eventually, but you werenât about to push him out of bed when he specifically asked you to be the big spoon.Â
A couple of minutes passed in silence and you thought he fell asleep before he asked, âYou know why I like being the big spoon?â
âWhy?â you asked.Â
âBecause when I hold you itâs like I have the world in my hands.â
âOh. IâŠâ You swallowed, emotions bubbling in your throat. âI didnât know that.â
You knew from the beginning that you were special to Clark. That wasnât a secret. He was the first to say he loved you, which you reciprocated, but hearing a declaration like that was like another way of saying it. It meant⊠Well, it meant the world to you.Â
âYeah. I just⊠I think about how lucky we are. We love each other, and we get to come to each other.â He took a deep breath. âNot everyone is so lucky.â
You pressed a soft kiss to his shoulder, the same spot where he affectionately bit you. You wondered if there was someone he couldnât save tonight. He did his best to save everyone, and he took it so hard when he couldnât. It wasnât fair for him to carry that burden, but he continued to have hope. And hope was all some people had.Â
âIâm thankful you came home to me, and that we fell in love,â you said, feeling his heart race faster. You werenât afraid to love him with your whole heart. âYouâre my whole world, too.â
âYeah?â he asked, looking back at you again.Â
âYeah. Superman. Kal-El. Clark,â you said, lifting your head to kiss his nose. âYouâre the big spoon to my little spoon. We just fit.â
He turned over completely to face you, his dimple finally showing when he smiled. âAnd sometimes youâre the big spoon to my little spoon.â
âSometimes,â you agreed, cupping his cheek and smiling when he leaned into your touch. âThe peanut butter to my jelly.â
âThe cheese to my macaroni,â he said without skipping a beat.Â
You both laughed, lost in the moment, the happy sound filling the more. Clark helped you appreciate the little things like this, laying tighter and finding reasons to smile. The world looked a little brighter thanks to his optimism. His humanity.Â
In a world that could be dark and uncertain some days, the world needed more people like him.Â
He pressed a soft kiss to your lips once the laughter died down. âThank you,â he whispered, your heart skipping a beat when he wrapped his arms tight around you. âWhole world in my hands.â
You put your arms around him, too, your heart full. âAnd in mine.â
Heâd tell you later in the dark about the battle, about the weight on his shoulders that he didnât mean to carry home with him. Youâd kiss him, gently remind him that he was both a hero and a good man. For now, you held each other and thought about how lucky you were. Big spoon, little spoon, a perfect fit.Â
Always.Â
He deserves everything. Love and thanks for reading! â€ïž
content warning: bucky x fem!reader, friends to fuckers, flirting, dirty talk, smut (dub!con, dry humping, daddy!bucky, fingering, handjob)
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âI guess itâs on us to pick a movie,â You say once the others leave the motel room, slamming the door shut behind them.
Bucky doesnât reply. Heâs too busy staring at your nipples which are poking through your cotton top, practically drooling at the sight.
âIâm in the mood for horror, but Steve will complain,â You think out loud, laying back on the bed and continuing your verbal thought process while Bucky continues drinking in the view.
Summary:Â You find out Clark is Superman, and he finds out what it feels like to lose you. In more ways than one.
Word count:Â 4k
Warnings:Â Angst (but a happy ending!!), injury, canon-typical violence, dual POVs that kinda bop around
a/n:Â Guys another fandom I know I know đ I'm honestly kinda unsure about this but I always feel unsure and silly when I try something new so ignore me <3 but also don't ignore me and please please tell me what you think thank youuuu :)
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As wind fluttered past the open window and disrupted the gently parted curtains, Clark Kent felt his world fall apart. An exaggeration to some, maybe, especially considering that he had just saved the world from a 400-foot monster moments before, but you were Clark Kent's world, and you were in his apartment when you shouldnât be.Â
Eyes blown wide, bowl clutched to your chest, Clark watched your expression shift from fear, to shock, to complete and utter betrayal. The faint scent of cinnamon wafted from his kitchen, a smell heâd cling to over the next few daysâuntil it faded, much like your presence in his life.Â
The bowl had begun to hurt your hands, the metal creating indents in your skin as you held it tight to protect you from nothing. There was still so much batter left. Did you set the timer for the batch in the oven?Â
ClarkâSupermanâtook a step forward. You took a step back. Not on purpose; your body was moving based on feelings, and you were feeling hurt beyond belief. Clarkâs face flashed with something raw when you favored the wall at your back over his hands on your body.Â
âI can explain,â were his first words to you. He held his palms out facing the floor as if trying to tame your rampaging emotions before they were fully felt.Â
Your throat hurt as you spoke. âI donât think I need an explanation.âÂ
âYou do. Please let me explain. Please, honey.âÂ
Some of the pain in your throat must have moved its attention to your eyes. Your waterline burned as tears built, and it felt silly to cry, but you had asked him about this. You had thoughtâÂ
âGosh, donât cry. Câmere, let me justââÂ
Hearing your boyfriendâs endearing pleas from such a larger-than-life figure was too much. You shifted the bowl into your arm and held out a finger, silencing him. It wouldâve been easier to speak without the knot lodged in your throat.
With a steady inhale and a few more tears building, you shakily said, âYou donât trust me.âÂ
Clark let out a heavy breath that moved his whole body, posture slacking as if it physically hurt to hear you say those words. âWhat? No, I do. I-I trust you so much. I love you. I wanted to tell you I justââÂ
 âYou just didnât,â you finished for him. âYou didnât. After I asked you, Clark. Afterâyou made me feel crazy, you know that? I thought you were cheating on me and thenââÂ
âI would never be with anyone else.âÂ
âI know that. God, I know that.â You finally abandoned the mixing bowl on the nearest counter, palm pressing to your forehead for some sense of relief. âI asked you if something was going on. Do you remember that?âÂ
The slow tempo of your words made him nervous. Clark flexed his fingers outward, his body urging him to just touch you. âOf course I do. It was two months ago. I missed dinner.âÂ
âAgain. You missed dinner again.âÂ
Clark nodded hurriedly, desperate to keep you talking. You tracked the movement and attempted not to feel ridiculous talking about a missed dinner with Superman. You looked towards the counter when his cape billowed from the open window.Â
âAnd you told me it was just work. I asked if there was anything, and you said work. You looked at me and you lied, Clark. For probably the hundredth time. WeâGod, our anniversary is next week. Itâs been a year!âÂ
As your voice became louder, more frantic, Clark felt his chest begin to hurt. This wasnât going well. This was going terribly, like out of his nightmares where he would tell you, and then you would leave him. Only, he hadnât given you the opportunity to do that. Heâd made you find out like it was an accidentâlike he never meant for you to ever find out.Â
âI know. I know, and Iâm so sorry, sweetheart. Things have just been so tense with thisâthis side of my life, and it would have been dangerous for you. Lexcorp could haveââÂ
âDonât,â you interrupted, word thick with tears. âDonât make this about me, Clark. And donât talk about things being tense or-or dangerous because I donât know! You said it yourselfâitâs another side of your life. One you decided I shouldnât be part of. God, do Iâdo I even know you?âÂ
Clark lost his breath behind panic. He rushed you without meaning to, holding your face in his hands when you hadnât permitted him. He was losing you; he could feel it, and nothing could be worse than that. You could be mad at him for this, but this could be his last chance to hold you, and his brain recognized that somehow.Â
âYou know me,â Clark pressed, eyes searching yours. âYou know me better than anyone. I should have told you. Iâll regret that I didnât do it soonerâthat I didnât let it come from meâfor the rest of my life. But you have to know that it had nothing to do with not trusting you. And Iâm still me. Still Clark.âÂ
He could tell you wanted to believe him. You leaned into his touch on instinct, wet eyes staring up at him in such a pretty way, but filled with so much disappointment. Like you wanted this all to be made up. Like he was too good to be true, and you had always figured that.Â
Your continued silence was too much.Â
âI love you. So much,â Clark emphasized. His face was drawn in so much panic it made you ache. âI never wanted to hurt you. Thatâs the last thing I wanted.âÂ
âI know, Clark,â you whispered. The words did not comfort himânot the way you said them with such finality. âIâm notâIâm not mad at you, I donât think. I know you wouldnât try to hurt me.âÂ
Clark was so eager to cement that. âI wouldnât.âÂ
âBut Iâm stillââ you paused, pressing your lips together as Clarkâs thumbs brushed against your cheeks over and over. âI think I might need some time to⊠get my thoughts together.âÂ
âYeah. Yeah, of course.â Clark nodded vigorously, brows drawn together in earnest. He pulled back and rubbed his palms down his thighs, and you were reminded againâlooking at him fullyâthat your timid, adoring boyfriend was Superman. âIâll leave. I canââÂ
âClark, this is your apartment. Iâll leave.âÂ
âBut youâll come back, right?â
Your deep breath had fear pulsing through him.
âRight?â he tried again.Â
âI need time.âÂ
Several emotions splayed across his face. His brows raised and then lowered. His mouth opened as if to argue. He tried to smile to make it all seem okay, because it had to be okay. Clark loved you, more than anything, and he was trying to protect you. He thought he was doing the right thing.Â
âOkay, yeah. Let me just walk youââÂ
âTime alone. For a little while.âÂ
And then you told him goodbye and his apartment still smelled like cinnamon, even with you gone.Â
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Clark had tried to reach out on the first day, and then the second, and then the third. You werenât ignoring him, but every response you sent was dry and devoid of the warmth he loved.Â
He was going crazy.Â
Actually, he was exhausted and sad and everyone could tell. And he was going crazy.Â
His articles werenât making sense. Perry looked at him exasperatedly as he slapped papers back on his desk for the third time. He was dropping everything he picked up, the coffee stains on the carpet by his desk a testament to his fumbling hands. And he cried at work yesterdayâa complete accident when he thought no one was around. He had stayed far past closing, staring blankly at his computer, and it was just one tear, but he was pretty sure the custodian saw him. The older man shot him worried looks as he ambled out of the elevator this morning.Â
Jimmy had tried to cheer him up, and Lois had used her stern tone to pull him from his slump, but none of it worked. He screwed up. And what did âsome timeâ even mean? Did that mean forever? Clark had had girlfriends in the past, but the breakups didnât feel like this. Were you breaking up with him?Â
Clark felt his stomach turn as he leaned back at his desk.Â
He wanted to marry you. He wanted to spend the rest of his life with you. There was no other future for him, and he mightâve caused that future to blow up.Â
âHey,â Lois called from across the bullpen. âYou gonna be okay? Seriously, Clark, you look like youâre about to throw up.âÂ
Clarkâs brows jumped in recognition. He lifted his glasses to wipe his hand down his face and let out a breath. âYeah. Yeah, Iâm fine.âÂ
Jimmy snorted, tearing his eyes from his screen. âSure about that, buddy?âÂ
âHonestly?â Clark posed, because why not? It wasnât as if things could get any worse.Â
ââS why weâre asking,â Lois chimed in, resting her hip against her desk. âIs it about y/n? I havenât wanted to bring it up, butââÂ
âBut it totally is, isnât it?â Jimmy asked.Â
Clark stared at his dull, lifeless phone. âYeah. Pretty sure itâs over.âÂ
âYeah, no offense, Clark. But the two of you are kind of gross. Like all the time. Thereâs no way itâs over so easily. Relationships like yours donât work like that.âÂ
Clark knocked his head to the side as Jimmy spoke, a spark of hope igniting. He didnât let it flourish, however. They didnât know what heâd done. They couldnât.Â
Clark shook his head slightly, crossing his arms over his chest. âI screwed up. Badly. I donâtâI donât really know where to go from here.âÂ
This conversation was not appropriate for the workplace. Employees of the Daily Planet walked past none the wiser, and the usual commotion persisted, but he still shouldnât be talking about this. Talking about you. He didnât even want to share in the first place, afraid speaking would make his memory of you less vivid somehow, but they kept asking, and, to be honest, he needed advice.
âWell, whatâd you do?â Lois asked
âIâWell, I kept something from her.âÂ
âSomething big?â Jimmy asked, brow arched.Â
âObviously something big,â Lois rolled her eyes, softening as she turned back to Clark. âBut it couldnât be that bad. Nothing a bit of groveling couldnât fix. Whatâve you done so far?âÂ
âUh, texted her?âÂ
Jimmy let out a low whistle. âWow, dude.âÂ
âWhat?â Clark panicked, sitting up straighter. âWhat should I have done?âÂ
âFlowers, at the least. A handwritten letter to be cheesy. Maybe stand outside of her apartment with a boombox over your head to show off your big, strong arms.âÂ
Lois smacked Jimmyâs arm. âStop being an ass. But heâs right. Partially. You have to show her youâre sorry.â
âBut she said she needed time alone.âÂ
âShe can still be alone with you trying. Let her reject you. Let her be angry and show her you arenât going anywhere.âÂ
The spark of hope from earlier returned. Clark considered his friendâs words for a beat, and then he kicked up from his chair with a renewed energy buzzing under his skin. He was going to go to that floral shop you always stared at longingly and thenâ
Far off screams stopped him in his tracks. They were distant, probably a few miles from him, but they were clear. The telltale sounds of crashing buildings came next, and Clark knew that his efforts to win you back would have to wait. Disappointment tinged his resolve; heâd been looking forward to catching a glimpse of you.Â
âGetting right to it?â Jimmy called as Clark continued his path out of the Daily Planet. âIâll cover for you!âÂ
âThanks!â Clark called over his shoulder. He wasnât really lying. He was going to continue his plan right after he took care of whatever was ravaging Metropolis.Â
Something immediately felt⊠off about the air. He was flying fine, felt fully in control of his powers, but something wasnât right. Clark spotted the scaled beast ducking between skyscrapers in the distance and knew it wouldnât be too hard to take it down, especially with help from the Justice Gang currently slowing it down.Â
But still, he couldnât shake this feeling.Â
Clark joined the efforts and fought as he always did, taking even more care to save the cityâs infrastructure than was typical. This was your neighborhood, and you would probably be even more mad at him if your favorite coffee shop was turned to rubble. Luckily, Clark had maneuvered the alien off the path towards your apartment.Â
Unluckily, you had decided to take a walk across town, trying to clear your head after shutting yourself in your apartment for the past few days. According to several of your worried friends, the fresh air was supposed to be good for you, but you were sure they hadnât accounted for the massive extraterrestrial clobbering through the streets. Or the falling debris.Â
You were only a couple of blocks into the walk when the fight began.Â
As if on instinct, you had looked for Clark.Â
You always looked for Clark when you were scared. And anxious. And sad and happy and everything in between.Â
In all honesty, you knew being upset at Clark wouldnât last long. You wanted to stop as soon as youâd started, but the sense of betrayal and mistrust was still raw, and it overpowered the feeling of missing him. At least, it had for the first couple of days. This morning, you had rolled over in bed and reached for him, and you realized that missing him was rising above the hurt.Â
But he should have told you. He shouldnât have lied. You knew his explanation was probably air-tight with his stupid Clark logic, but it didnât make it hurt any less. You could have been there for himâthat was the point of relationships, and he hadnât let you in.Â
As you stared up at the sky and searched for him now, you considered that maybe this was part of his reasoning. You were worried for your safety, yes, but the thought of him going after that monster made you antsy. Nervous. So much so that you didnât move. You didnât run like the others on the street. You simply stood on the sidewalk, shoulders crashing into you, and stared up at the sky.Â
Looking for him.Â
You decided staying home would have been better for your mental health when the pain in your leg shot you out of your stupor. The billboard wasnât a massive one. It was a rinky thing, haphazardly thrown on the window of a building and probably only cost about $200 to advertise, but it still pressed you against the concrete as if it had a spot in Times Square.Â
In your shock, you grabbed for it and attempted to shove it off, but it was too heavy. Your leg was throbbing where it was pinned, but you were sure the adrenaline was masking much of that pain. Fear was prevalent and available, though. You felt it stronger than anything else as the ground shook under the monsterâs steps.
You screamed for the only thing that made sense.Â
Over and over.Â
When Clark heard the shout of his name, the world seemed to pause. It wasnât a cry for Superman. It wasnât a cry for help. It was youâfear scratching each letter of his name.Â
Clark abandoned his efforts with the Justice Gang, no longer caring for buildings and subway lines as his name ricocheted through the weight on his shoulders. He flew faster than he ever had, and you still felt too far. When he had hoped to hear your voice again, the reality of a moment like this had never even entered his mind.
He found you on an otherwise empty street, narrowing his shoulders as he plummeted to the earth. The creature was still roaring in the distance, the sound of attacks following each screech, but that barely registered to him. The ground shook as he landed and had little time to recover as he threw the metal from your body, the material crashing harshly through a window in the distance.Â
His mind was in overdrive. Find the threatâneutralize it.Â
Clark looked over his shoulder and then spun when rubble crashed a block away. He felt his eyes begin to heat on instinct, needing to protect you even though you were mad at him and hadnât spoken to him in days. Even if you hated him and wanted him to leave. The cry of his name was on repeat in his mind, and he knew it would live there for years. What was the point of keeping this secret from you when you had to scream like that? How could heâÂ
âClark?â your breathy voice called, still so unsure and scared.
Clarkâs defense began to shatter, the armor of Superman cracking as he turned towards your voice and saw you on the ground. Dust coated your face and layered through your hair. Small cuts dotted your skin. Your hand was placed precariously on your leg, and the sight of that alone made Clark drop to his knees.Â
His eyes raced over every inch of your body, searching for anything internal and finding a broken leg. He raised his hand to do something and came up blank, leaving it hovering by the apple of your cheek. You stared back at him, brows furrowed, jaw quivering from the anxiety and adrenaline.
Clark broke a little more because he wasnât sure what to doâhe knew what Superman would do, but he wasnât just Superman. Not with you.Â
âClark,â you said again, whispering it into the settling dust.
He gave in. Clark placed his shaking hand on your shoulder and poured as much reassurance as he could into a small smile.Â
âWeâre going to get you help, okay?â he promised. âTo a hospital. Youâre going to be okay.âÂ
Supermanâhe still sounded like Superman.Â
You blinked, and your chest shuddered. âIâm sorry,â you cried, halting Clarkâs motion to pick you up. âIâm sorry for being so upsetâfor not talking to you. I-I was just scared and sad and I thought you werenât fully in. I thought you didnât want me to know everything because you werenât serious about us.âÂ
Clark shook his head as you spoke, feeling more of Superman chip away as tears fell from your eyes. He softened and found himself somewhere in the middle, still in hyperdrive to protect you, but falling into the need to comfort you.Â
âDonât apologize,â he softly called into the short space between you. âLet me take you to the hospital and we can talkââÂ
âI didnât know if Iâd get the chance to tell you. Youâyou do these dangerous things every day and I didnât know. I didnât know that you could die, Clark. I ignored you for days and you couldâveââÂ
âHey, heyâlook at me, yeah? Deep breaths, honey.â Superman was gone, his suit the only remnants of the persona. âNobodyâs dying. Iâm not going anywhere unless you send me away.âÂ
Blasts could be heard in the distance, a final, roaring cry spelling the end of the alien. Clark felt the vibration of it crashing to the earth under his knee, but that didnât matter. All that mattered was you and the softness of your skin as he rubbed the dust from your cheek.Â
âYou hear me?â Clark asked, searching each corner of your face, tracking each tear as it trailed down.Â
You nodded, and he rubbed both palms along your temples to push your hair back, the motion just a touch uncoordinated and reminding you so much of your Clark. It was a stark contrast to the last time you saw him like thisâwhen he was pristine, blowing in the wind.Â
This was still Clark. And he kept glancing down at your leg like it was going to fall off your body.Â
âIt doesnât hurt that much,â you mumbled, causing Clark to flick his gaze back to your eyes.Â
âItâs broken, sweetheart. I can see it clear as day.âÂ
âOh, right. You can do that.âÂ
âWill you be okay if I pick you up?âÂ
âThink so,â you sniffed. You looped your arm over his shoulders and shoved your face into his neck immediately, feeling the tinge of pain blossom in your leg as he rose.Â
âSorry. Iâm sorry,â he rambled, trying to be gentle and struggling over the debris on the street. âIâm going to go up now, okay?âÂ
âUp?âÂ
âFlying.âÂ
âRight. You do that, too.âÂ
You gripped him tighter when the pressure of gravity began to feel different, face still glued to his neck. Air flowed along your skin as he went, his hands steady under your body. It felt familiar. This felt like Clark, too.Â
The brush of wind was the only sound between you.Â
âI thought I lost you. Twice.âÂ
You pulled your head up to find Clarkâs voice, the shakiness clear even beneath the wind. His eyes were glossed over as he looked down at you.Â
âThe second time, when I heard you scream, I thought that none of this even mattered. Superman, my dutyânone of it. If you were gone, I donâtââÂ
âClarkâŠâ you began.Â
Clark shook his head, face shining with tears, even with the small smile that met his sad features. âI shouldâve told you sooner. I thought I was protecting you. I couldnât even do that.âÂ
âThatâs not true. You were protecting me. You always do.âÂ
âI thought you were gone.â Your chest split open at the crack in his voice.Â
Still in the air, still being held by Superman, you reached up and held your Clarkâs face in your hands. âIf you donât get to go anywhere, then I donât get to either, got that? No dying for either of us.âÂ
The bittersweet smile was still plastered on his face as he nodded and furrowed his brows. He was hovering now, stagnant above the clouds as if that would keep you safer. Clark brought his forehead to meet yours and scrunched his eyes shut.Â
âI love you,â he said, like a fact. He nodded against you slightly as if to confirm it. Â
âI love you, Clark.âÂ
Clark let out a breath and found you again, dimple peeking out as he kissed your temple and began the descent back down.
âI have a lot of making up to do.âÂ
You clutched his neck tighter, the force of the flight igniting fear back into your chest. âWhat does that mean?â you called, the Metropolis General Hospital finally coming into view. Crowds had stopped on the street to watch Superman save a damsel in distress, completely unaware that he had tears still drying on his face.Â
Because he was your Clark, and not just Superman.Â
you're not the most innocent girl on campus, and everyone knows it - and when you overhear bucky's friends talking shit, you can't help but wonder if you deserve to be with him.
warning: frat!bucky x f!reader, mature themes, slut shaming, insecure!reader, angst, physical violence, protective!bucky, hurt/comfort, fluff.
a/n: this isn't the super long tower fic i've promised you or even the fwb!bucky i mentioned but instead a secret third thing.
this is dedicated to shawn mendes. i don't care much for you or your music, shawn, but my friend dragged me to your concert and. you brought niall fucking horan out and i genuinely couldn't stop crying so. thanks for that experience and this is named after and slightly inspired by your song bad reputation
The beat is so loud you feel it in your chest, banging and throbbing and making your whole body shake. You've been drinking, but not too much - you still want to be able to go home with Bucky later on.
Just as you think about him, you see him, standing on the other side of the room. Steve's saying something to him but he doesn't seem to be listening, just staring as you dance with your friends. This is new for you. He isn't just looking at you with lust. It's deeper than that.
"He's so in love with you!" Jane yells over the music as she grins at you. "Can you guys get married, already?"
You snort at her suggestion, not allowing your subconscious to take her seriously for even a second. You're not exactly the type to be in a real relationship, but after a few weeks of sleeping together, you and Bucky realized you wanted more. He's not your boyfriend, by any means, but you're seeing each other, and for the first time in your life, you can imagine falling in love.
"I literally don't recognize you," Belle adds with disbelief. "Like, who are you? Since when are you a lover girl, hello?"
"Chill out, you guys," You say with an eye-roll. "You've both dated plenty of people; you don't see me overreacting about it."
"Yeah, 'cause you never date, like, ever!" Belle replies. "I was beginning to think you were incapable of feelings."
"Ouch!" You yell, just as Bucky and Steve make their way over to you. While Steve shmoozes Belle and Jane, you grin up at Bucky who wraps his arm around your shoulder.
"Having fun?" He asks, bringing his lips to your ear.
"Tons," You reply. "You?"
"Always fun watching you," He says with a smirk. "Let me know when you're ready to go."
"Not yet," You say, pulling his shirt. "I've still got some dance left in me."
"No rush, baby," He mumbles, moving his hand down to your waist which he rubs. "I'm gonna go outside for a smoke."
"Might join you in a bit," You tell him.
With that, Bucky leans down and kisses you, holding your body against his.
If it wasn't so enjoyable kissing him, you'd pull away as soon as Belle and Jane started screaming, but instead you stick your tongue down his throat while they cheer you on.
He pulls away with a smug grin while you just roll your eyes. "Love the enthusiasm, guys," He says to Belle and Jane before giving your ass a squeeze and making his way to the kitchen with Steve.
Before the girls can gush, you give them a glare. "I don't wanna hear it," You say sternly.
It looks like it physically pains them not to scream about how cute you and Bucky are together, but they manage to hold it in. The three of you continue dancing and drinking, until it gets to that point of the night where you'd appreciate nothing more than your warm bed.
You tell the girls you're planning to find Bucky and leave before you wander through the house, assuming he's come back inside by now. It isn't as big as the frat house Bucky lives in, but it's still just as confusing to navigate when you're half drunk and the only source of light are strings of tiny LED bulbs on the ceilings.
When you spot Jared, one of Bucky's frat brothers, head into a side room, you make your way over, thinking Bucky is likely in there with his friends. Just as you're about to walk in, though, you hear your name being said, and you can't help but eavesdrop.
"Y/N, though? Seriously?" One of them says, and it sounds like Devon. Though their voices are slightly muffled, you can still tell who's talking.
"I don't know, man, he seems to really like her," Jack chimes in.
They're talking about you and Bucky.
"That's fucking crazy," Jared says while laughing heartily. "I mean, this is Y/N we're talking about here."
"Since when does Bucky go for girls like that, though?" Hunter asks incredulously. "Like, out of fucking nowhere, too."
"I thought he just fucked her that first time to see what all the hype was about," Mason says with a snort.
"Yeah, then the idiot fell in love," Devon replies.
"How the fuck do you catch feelings for someone who's fucked all your friends?"
You feel sick to your stomach.
The boys burst into laughter, and you could swear you even hear some high-fives.
"Nah, Bucky's fucked it," Jack says between laughs. "He's giving a whore the girlfriend treatment. He's lost his damn mind. The bitch is ran-through."
"Man, I'm sure I've still got videos from when I fucked her."
With that, you spin on your heel and speed away, your heart pounding so hard you think it might burst out of your chest. And you're not sure you'd mind if it did.
In desperate need of a drink, you make your way to the kitchen. When you get there, though, all you can do is stand at the island, numb. There are a few people taking up space, including Steve who's standing by the back door, talking to a girl.
"Woah, are you high?" Brock asks you with a smug look on his face. "You look fucked."
"Go away," You can just about find the energy to whisper.
"Aw, don't be like that," He whines, snaking his arm around your waist. "C'mon, you used to be fun, before Barnes locked you down. Wanna go find somewhere quiet?"
"No, thank you," You grumble through gritted teeth before pulling out of his grip and storming out the back door, past Steve who looks concerned when he sees the look on your face, and then confused when he sees Brock hot on your trail.
The fresh air feels soothing on your face as you step out into the yard, finding a quiet spot by the fence that's untouched by anyone's vape smoke.
"Y/N, come on," Brock calls out as he strides over, holding out his arms. "You can't seriously be avoiding me because of Barnes."
"It's not because of him; it's because I don't want anything to do with you," You reply curtly.
He sighs, resting a hand on the fence and lowering his voice. "I'm sorry, okay? Can you blame me for wanting you?" He asks, softening his voice. "You were the best fuck I ever had. Just gimme one more."
Meanwhile, Steve's also ventured out into the garden, and he makes his way to Bucky who hasn't yet seen you. Steve nudges his side before nodding towards you. "Hey," He begins. "What's going on over there?"
Bucky frowns, looking around the garden before his eyes land on you. And, more importantly, on Brock, who's getting a little close for comfort. You look obviously agitated, so Bucky hands Steve his beer before walking over.
"No means no, Brock," You spit. "I'm not in the fucking mood for your bullshit tonight."
"Since when were you such a fucking tease?" He asks with a frown, all the softness gone from his voice. "The good girl act doesn't suit you, babe, especially not in that tiny skirt. How about I take you to my car and you suck my cock, for old time's sake?" With that, he grabs your arm and pulls you closer, and before you get the chance to kick him in the balls, Bucky appears, and he's instantly grabbing Brock and punching him square in the jaw. In shock, you stand back as Bucky throws Brock to the ground and pummels him mercilessly.
Steve runs over and grabs Bucky's shoulders, pulling him off of Brock. "Alright, alright, I think that's enough," Steve says sternly, while Brock lays whimpering on the ground with a bloody face and what looks to be a broken nose.
"Fuck," You whisper, running your hands through your hair.
Though Bucky still doesn't look satisfied, one look at you makes his eyes soften, and he quickly makes his way to you. "C'mon, let's go," He says, taking your hand and walking you over to his car which is parked across the street.
Once you're both in the car, you sit in a short silence. The words his friends said race through your mind on repeat. Embarrassment and shame is all you can feel.
"Are you okay?" Bucky finally asks, breaking the silence.
You nod. "Thank you for doing that," You utter.
"Are you kidding? I've been waiting years for an excuse to beat that asshole up," He tells you, turning to you with a small grin.
Unable to find it in you to return his smile, you look down. "You shouldn't have had to do that. I'm sorry," You mumble, pulling on the hem of your skirt.
"The fuck do you have to be sorry for?" He asks with a frown.
You shake your head, still unable to make eye contact with him. Your voice is low, unenergised, defeated. "I... I'm not exactly a blank canvas, Buck. I'm not some innocent, pure, untouched thing. The past doesn't just cancel out now that I'm with you, it... it'll always be a part of me," You say, fiddling with the leather on the gear stick.
"Hey, now," Bucky begins, placing his hand on top of yours. "I already know full well you're the only person whose body count could rival mine."
You snort, looking up at him.
"I'm not pure or innocent either, so why would I ever expect or demand you to be?" He asks you, his brows furrowing. "I like you a lot, Y/N. I couldn't give a fuck about your past."
You wince, feeling your eyes start to sting. "I- I've slept with your friends," You remind him.
"And? I'm pretty sure I fooled around with Belle in freshman year," He retorts with a shrug.
"It's not the same," You claim, shaking your head.
"Why isn't it?" He challenges you, squeezing your hand.
The tears gathering in your eyes finally spill over.
Bucky cups your face, concern in his eyes as he strokes your cheeks with his thumbs. "What's wrong, baby? Where's this coming from, hmm? We both know we've been around in the past."
With a sniffle, you look away from his eyes. "I... I overheard your friends talking," You tell him, feeling your stomach flip.
"Saying what?" Bucky asks lowly, his face falling.
"Uh, I was looking for you just now," You begin. "I heard them talking about me, and I got curious so I listened. They were... saying I'm not your usual type, questioning why you're with me when you know what I'm like, and..." You trail off, not sure if you can repeat the rest.
"And?" Bucky presses, one of his hands moving to the back of your neck which he gently holds.
Deciding it's best to keep the gory details to yourself, you shake your head. "Nothing," You mumble, hoping he'll drop it but knowing better than to expect he will.
"Tell me," Bucky insists lowly.
"I don't wanna say it," You whisper. "Don't want you to hear it."
"Whatever it is, I promise you it will have no impact on my feelings for you," He tells you firmly. "Tell me exactly what they said."
So, you do. Wincing and cringing, you tell him the exact words they used, unable to look at his face to see his reaction.
You stare out the windscreen, at the dark sky, letting Bucky process what you've told him in silence. You feel awful. What if he agrees with them? What if he realizes they're right and he doesn't want anything to do with you?
His right hand is still around the back of your neck, the other is clenched into a fist on his thigh. After a gut-wrenching minute, he finally speaks.
"Was Steve in that room?" He asks, his voice gravelly.
"No," You answer quickly. "Steve- I saw him straight after in the kitchen."
Bucky nods. Then he opens the door and leaves the car.
You race to jump out the car and rush around it, following him back towards the house. "Bucky, stop!" You call out desperately. The last thing you want is for him to get into another fight.
He continues walking, ignoring you.
"Come back, Bucky!" You yell, getting the attention of a few people in the backyard. "If you respect me at all, you will stop, right now."
That finally gets him to stand still. He turns to you while you catch up to him, pure rage on his face.
"Please don't say anything to them," You beseech him, feeling nauseous again.
His eyes are dark. "I don't plan on saying much," He utters.
"Bucky, please, you've been in enough fights for one night," You say, feeling your eyes sting for the second time tonight. "Please."
He says nothing, hands still in fists at his side.
You take in a shaky breath, your voice no louder than a whimper. "I just... I just wanna go home. I don't wanna be here anymore," You manage to get out before the tears begin to stream.
Bucky lets out a sigh, his features softening as he takes a few steps closer to you and wipes your wet cheeks. "Okay. Okay, baby, let's go home," He says gently, and you know it's taking all his will-power not to storm into the house.
In relief, you nod. "Thank you," You whisper, taking his hand in yours.
He swallows, before glancing back. "Let me just go get my phone from Steve," He says casually, but you're not buying it.
You give him a flat look.
"Seriously, he has my phone," Bucky insists, and you know he isn't lying about that. "Look, he's only in the kitchen. I'll be in and out in fifteen seconds."
Taking in a deep breath, you release his hand. "If you see any of them, please don't say or do anything," You say sternly.
"Okay," He replies, taking your hand back and kissing it.
"Promise?" You question with a raised brow.
He lets out a soft laugh. "I promise. Now, get back in the car, and I'll be back before you can even put your seatbelt on," Bucky claims, giving your hand one last kiss before turning to the house.
Six minutes pass before he re-enters the car.
He sits down and starts the car without a word. His knuckles are even more bruised than before.
You turn to face him with an expectant look. He doesn't look at you. You release a sigh, and place your hand on top of his on the gear stick. "Take me home, Bucky," You mumble.
Leaning across to you, he gently kisses your lips, before doing exactly that.
bucky masterlist
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summary | on the most luxurious ship in the world, you find yourself torn between duty, desire, and the boy from third class who could ruin everything.
tags | Titanic!AU, star-crossed lovers, class differences, forbidden romance, lowkey cheating, slow burn to not-so-slow burn, angst & yearning, EVENTUAL SMUT, third class!bucky x first class!reader, canon-typical titanic tragedy, angst & longing, bratty!reader x lovesick!bucky, classism, reader is valentinaâs daughter, period-typical sexism
a/n | this was literally supposed to be a oneshot đ§ââïž
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go save the world, i'll be around (Clark Kent x Fem!Reader) -- one shot
I have not watched Smallville and this is purely inspired by the scenes with Ma and Pa Kent and me missing my grandparents' farm. Also I'm posting this while tipsy bc sober me didn't think I should post it xoxo
Warnings: uh so much angst, but also lots of fluff, major movie spoilers, genuinely that might be it!!
WC: 7.7k
After a taxing day of farm chores, despite enjoying every second of it spent with the Kents, youâre finally lying down in your bed, ready for an entire nightâs sleep.
Except, you donât make it that far, because your eyes are just about to close when you hear a soft whirring outside, followed by bright lights hitting your window. Car headlights, you think at first, but then you realize theyâre too high up. Theyâre coming from the sky?Â
âWhat the hell?â you mutter, slowly crawling out of your bed and peering through the blinds.
Itâs⊠Well, you have no clue what it is, but itâs not a helicopter. Youâre tempted to go back to bed when you spot two figures rushing through the field that look a lot like Martha and Jon.
You donât care that youâre in your pajamas -- a Mighty Crabjoys t-shirt that Clark let you borrow years ago and sleep shorts that youâve had to patch holes in three times now. You scramble and nearly trip as you shove your feet into your boots by the front door before hauling ass across the field.
Itâs been years, your heart warns you. But who else would it be, coming in here on something like that? Your brain responds.
And too, youâve seen the news recently. Superman has been at the heart of a lot of controversy with Boravia and Jarhanpur -- nonsense, as far as youâre concerned, because there is no way in hell that Boravia, of all places, is trying to help the Jarhanpurian people.Â
But a lot of people think he shouldnât have intervened, especially after the Hammer of Boravia showed up in Metropolis and beat Superman pretty decisively. And to make matters worse, a private video of Clarkâs biological parents leaked, and apparently what they had in mind for him is not at all what he has thought.Â
Last you heard, he turned himself in -- because of course he did -- and itâs had Martha and Jon worried sick ever since they saw the footage of his arrest.
All of it makes your heart ache for him, even more than it usually does.Â
But you canât think about that right now.
Your feet slow as the flying craft lands and a door opens, stairs unfolding. Clark-- Superman walks down them, held up byâŠa woman.
Your heart lurches into your throat, your feet rooting themselves in place.
No one has seen you yet. You can easily turn and go back home and go right to sleep. Show up for work tomorrow at the Kentsâ farm and play dumb, pretend you didnât hear or see this random flying craft in the yard.
But you canât. You wonât be able to live with yourself if you donât go see if heâs okay, or if thereâs anything that you can do to help.
You trudge forward, putting your feelings about Clark aside. Itâs been years. He hasnât been back here, aside from what youâve heard to be brief and secretive trips -- as in, heâs dropped in for about fifteen minutes for his Ma and Paâs birthdays, and then gone away again. You get it. After announcing himself as Superman, albeit still keeping him separate from Clark Kent, he wants to protect his Ma and Pa as much as he possibly can. It just means that, well, you havenât seen him, the two of you havenât talked, and the last words you ever said to each other werenât exactly nice.
When you finally make it to the Kentsâ house, the front door is wide open, save for the screen door that creaks loudly as it opens. Still, you call out to them to let them know youâre coming in.
âWeâre in Clarkâs room!â You hear Martha call back before she says something else, and you think you hear your name.
You brace yourself for meeting Clarkâs girlfriend -- because thatâs who she must be, right? -- as you walk down the hallway. Youâd know the way even with your eyes closed.
You step hesitantly into the doorway of Clarkâs room, your breath catching in your throat when you see him. Clarkâs Pa kneels beside the bed, his palm on his sonâs forehead. Clark is sweating, heâs shivering, his eyes are closed and heâs mumbling something, something about his parents and their message and how itâs all wrong.Â
Martha turns to greet you, squeezing your elbow lovingly. At the foot of Clarkâs bed -- his tiny, twin-sized bed that he stopped properly fitting on when he was fourteen but insisted on keeping -- stands one of the most beautiful women youâve ever seen.
She sticks out her hand. âHi, Iâm Lois.â
You take her hand and offer a smile, introducing yourself. âLoisâŠLane, right? Iâve read your stuff in the Daily Planet.â You havenât, not entirely. Youâve just heard a lot about it because itâs all Martha and Jon talk about.
âOh,â Lois smiles. âThank you.â
âAnd thank you for bringing him home,â you say, casting a quick glance at Clark where he lies still now, his mumbling stopped. âIs heâŠIs he gonna be okay?â
Lois nods firmly. âYes. Mr. Terrific says heâll be fine, he just needs to rest.â
Mr. Terrific. A member of the Justice Gang. Someone youâve only seen on the box, and Lois has met him. Sheâs talking like this is normal, like she fits in.
Because she does, you realize. You remember the way you left things with Clark and you remember that itâs you. Youâre the one that doesnât fit.
Tears well in your eyes when you look at him, noticing the black lines where blueish-green veins should be. What happened to him? You donât even know if you want to know, if you can even stomach it.
âIs there anything I can do?â you ask, turning toward Martha.
She reads you like an open book, she always has. âOh, honey,â she says, rubbing your arms. You know she can tell youâre restless, which means you know what sheâs going to suggest. âWhy donât you go home and get you some sleep? You helped us all day.â
You take in a deep breath, glancing at Clark again. Jon runs his fingers through Clarkâs curls, silent tears falling down his cheeks. You donât know what it is. You donât want to leave Clark, even though heâs got everyone he probably needs, and that thereâs no guarantee heâll even be happy to see you if he-- when he wakes up.
âHow about you take the guest bed tonight?â Martha says instead, catching your attention with another squeeze to your elbow.
âOh, I donât-- I mean,â you pause, wiping your nose. âIf Lois is staying, I donât want to put her out.â You turn to look at Lois, to see what her verdict is, but sheâs staring at her phone with wide eyes.
âSorry, I need to make a call,â she says. âItâs-- Itâs important, I swear, but I donât think Iâll be able to stay the night if this is what I think it is.â
Your eyebrows furrow as you and Martha watch her dart down the hall, pressing her phone to her ear.
âCome on,â Martha rubs your arms, grounding you. âLetâs get you to sleep.â
You know better than to argue with Martha Kent twice, so you let her walk you across the hall to the guest bedroom, the same one you used to sleep in when you and Clark had sleepovers. There was no way youâd be allowed to sleep in his room -- not that the both of you wouldâve fit on his bed anyway. And sometimes, you and Clark still whispered across the hall, or more often than not, Clark would make stupid faces in the moonlight, causing you both to giggle and never get enough sleep before a day of romping around in the sun, helping Ma and Pa with farm chores.
You take midday naps in here now mostly, since youâre up and working on the Kentsâ farm before six almost every morning. Taking cat naps here before the evening work has become routine. So it feels weird now, to be sitting on the bed with Martha next to you, in the dead of night.
You also just donât understand why sheâs next to you.
âGo be with your boy,â you nudge her side, kicking your boots off and pushing them under the bed. âIâll be fine.â
âI can see him from right here, and his Paâs got him,â she argues, patting your knee lovingly. âNow Iâm worryinâ about you.â
You knock your shoulder into hers affectionately. âDonât worry about me, Iâm okay.â
She absolutely does not believe you, and you donât blame her.
âListen,â she says softly. âI know how you feel about Clark.â She waits for you to look at her. âAnd I know the two of you didnât leave off on theâŠbest of terms.â
âItâs water under the bridge,â you assure her, even though itâs not. Itâs water over the bridge, all the time. Youâre never not thinking about Clark, though itâs not like you even try, since youâre spending all your time with the Kents. But you donât want her worrying about you like this, not when her son is just across the hall in much worse shape than you.
âMaybe when he wakes up, the two of you can talk,â she says. âItâs long overdue.â
âMaybe,â you tell her. Because while you agree itâs long overdue, you highly doubt the two of you will talk. Heâll probably leave the second he feels just a little bit better. There wonât be any time for talking or reminiscing with an old friend.
Which, the more you think about it, might be for the best.
+++
Your sleep is restless and fitful. Whenever you think youâre about to finally fall into deep sleep, you jolt awake, looking across the hall to see if your mind is playing tricks on you. Or if that really is Clark, lying in his bed again, in his Superman suit.
One time when you wake up with a start, itâs because something is licking your face. Martha and Jon donât have any dogs, so imagine your surprise when you see a fluffy white dog right in front of your face, ears perking when he sees you looking at him.
You squint your eyes, realizing heâsâŠwearing a cape. The dog is wearing a Superman cape.
You canât help it, you actually laugh out loud.
âWhatâs your name buddy?â you whisper, turning over the Superman pendant on his collar. âKrypto. Iâm gonna take a wild guess and say you belong to Mr. Sleeping Superhero over there.â
Krypto jumps happily on your chest, knocking the wind clear out of you before he launches off the bed and floats onto the floor. You swing your legs over the side of the bed, glancing at the alarm clock on the nightstand. Itâs not even six yet, and the sun has just barely started to rise.
âDo you need some food? Water?â you ask, standing up. âIâm following you, bud.â
Krypto barks and you immediately shush him, as if doing that is any quieter, but at least he only barks the one time.
You expect him to go down the hall toward the kitchen, but he doesnât. Instead, he goes into Clarkâs room.
You freeze in the hall, watching Krypto spin in circles, practically screaming at you to follow him. You shake your head, as if he can understand you. Part of you feels like he might.
When you turn around to head back to bed, the damn dog barks again. Loudly.
âShh!â you whip around, your hands flailing in a come on, man gesture.
âAre you shh-ing a dog?â Clarkâs voice is barely above a whisper, and gravelly like nothing else. You almost think it isnât him who just spoke, until he cracks one eye open and looks at you.
You smile too, despite yourself. âMaybe,â you reply. âWhat are you doing awake?â
âHeard Krypto barking,â he says, eyelids drooping again as he smirks. âWas gonna tell him to shh.â
You roll your eyes. âGo back to sleep, Clark.â
âCome here first,â he says. Then adds, âPlease?â
And damn you, you canât tell him no, especially not when heâs sick like this. So, you do as he asks, much to Kryptoâs delight. You enter Clarkâs room and stand beside his bed, waiting. He lifts his hand, the movement weak as he searches for yours. You give it to him.
âMâsorry,â he breathes, loosely threading your fingers with his.
âFor what?â you whisper.
âNot calling,â he sounds like every word takes more and more of his energy. âOr writing. Or coming tâsee you. Or--â
âClark,â you shake your head, tugging on his hand a little. âWe can talk about this tomorrow when youâre rested.â
âOkay,â he exhales, his body practically melting into the mattress. âCan I have a hug?â he asks, voice small. âI didnât get one before I left.â
Itâs true. He didnât. Because you were too frustrated and hurt to offer one, and he would never take one without asking.Â
âOf course,â you say, leaning down to wrap your arms around him in what will no doubt be the most awkward hug after almost four years. But instead, he wraps his arms around you, and pulls you over on top of him. âClark!â you squeal, giggling quietly into his neck before lifting your head to glare at him playfully.
âSorry,â he grins, and gosh, heâs just so tired. âMissed you.â
You donât even know if heâll remember this in the morning, if he even has any idea of what heâs saying right now.
âI missed you too,â you say despite the fact. You lay your head down on his chest, sighing deeply. âIâm sorry I was such an ass when you left.â
His arms tighten around your waist just a little, nothing like you know theyâd do if he was actually feeling like himself. âDonât be sorry. I was being mean.â
You want to protest that, but he needs his rest more than the two of you need to talk about this right now. âGo back to sleep,â you whisper, moving to get off him.
But he doesnât let go. âCan you stay?â
You look at him, but his eyes are closed again. You crack a smile because, believe it or not, this isnât the first time youâve found yourself in this predicament, though it was probably six or seven years ago the last time it happened. âCan you even sleep like this?â
He nods. âWill you stay?â he asks again. âIf itâs comfy for you.â
Some of the best naps you ever had were with your head on Clarkâs chest, and he knows it, too.
âYeah,â you murmur, settling back down. âI can stay.â
âThank you,â he breathes, and then heâs out like a light again.
+++
Sometime in the early morning hours, Krypto curled up between your and Clarkâs feet, so when you wake up, youâre well and thoroughly trapped. In a good way.
Sunlight streams through the windows, warming you as you start to stir, and hopefully, you think, already working its magic on making Clark feel better.
Once Krypto senses youâre awake, heâs jumping off the bed and spinning in circles again, waiting for you to join him.
The only problem is that you have two arms wrapped tight around your middle like twisting vines. You expect it to be harder than it is to wiggle out of Clarkâs hold, and it kind of worries you how easy it is. When you stand up, you press your hand to his forehead, sighing a little in relief. Heâs not clammy, and the black veins have almost completely faded away.
You brush his curls back with a smile before you part from him. Youâve definitely slept through a bit of the morning farm chores, so you should get dressed. Thankfully, you have some extra clothes in the guest room, so you quickly get changed before heading to the kitchen.
Martha made some breakfast, so you scarf some down, all while she fusses over you and tells you that you donât need to help Pa with the chores. All that tells you is that she saw where you were sleeping and sheâs hoping the two of you have made up. You donât give her the chance to ask you outright before you head outside.
âAnd just what do you think youâre doing?â Jonâs affectionate scolding immediately meets your ears once you get close to the barn.
âHelping you, whatâs it look like, old man?â you grin, grabbing one of the milk buckets and moving it closer to him. âCanât run the farm all by yourself, you know.â
He makes a disapproving noise immediately followed by a smile. âHowâd you sleep, kid?â
âPretty good,â you nod, scratching the cowâs neck while he milks her. âWhat about you?â
âJust fine, got my six hours,â he jokes. He waits a beat, and you know exactly whatâs coming next. âSaw you sleeping with Clark.â
âHe trapped me,â you chuckle, brushing it off. âHeâs still sleeping.â
âYeah, heâll probâly sleep for a while in the sun.â
âI think so too.â
âDid you two talk?â
You let out another chuckle, shaking your head. âJonâŠâ
âOh, donât Jon me,â he waves his hand at you. âI know how that boy feels about you.â
You know it too. But neither of you will ever talk about it. What good will it do anyway, talking about it now? Heâs going back to the city to save the day and youâre going to stay right here.
âYeah, yeah,â you wave Jon off in the same way he did to you. âWhat else needs to be done?â
He grumbles through telling you what he got done while you were dozing with Clark, and you head off to fill the gaps of what he didnât quite get around to.
Some hay in the barn needs moving, and you feel like flinging some bales around will help you clear your head.
Well, you want it to clear your head. All it ends up doing is giving your mind free rein to start digging up old memories.
âI canât just pick up and move to Metropolis right now, Clark! Thatâs crazy!â
âWhy not?â It was the third time he had brought it up in a week. âWe could rent a place together, we could--â
âI wouldnât fit in there,â you told him again, for what felt like the fiftieth time. You understood why Clark wanted to move to the city. But it just wasnât for you. âThereâs nothing there for me.â
He had frowned then. âBut Iâll be there.â
âThatâs not enough, Clark. I canât follow you around my whole life.â
âSo youâre just-- Youâre just gonna stay here your whole life?â
âWell someone has to help out on the farm!â
It was a low, and downright rude jab to make that day. You knew how hard it was for Clark to move away from the Kents. You knew he wrestled with it, with wanting the job at the Daily Planet and wanting to never leave his Ma and Paâs side. With wanting to help the world and announce himself as Superman, and with wanting to stay just Clark forever. You knew that despite the Kentsâ unwavering support in his decision, he was still, in those last few days, wondering if he was doing the right thing.
And then you had to say that to him. Make it sound like you were the one doing the ârightâ thing by staying here and helping his parents around on the farm, and he was doing the âwrongâ thing by moving out so he could have a bigger, better life and even help others in ways that you just donât understand and never will. Because youâre not like him.
You fling another hay bale with a little too much strength, groaning in defeat when it just bounces and falls back down.
Just as youâre about to pick it up again, Clarkâs voice echoes from behind you. âNeed any help?â
You glance over your shoulder, smiling a little when you see heâs changed into sweatpants and a flannel. Thatâs the Clark you know. âYouâre supposed to be sleeping.â
âKrypto woke me up,â he says. He grabs the bale one-handed and tosses it up.
âShow off,â you mutter, letting him handle the last two. The dog in question circles your feet, jumping and yapping happily. âI didnât know you had a dog now.â
âHeâs my cousinâs,â Clark says with a grimace. âHeâsâŠa lot.â
âHeâs cute,â you giggle, bending down and picking him up after letting him jump at your feet for a bit.
âOh, be careful, heâs--â Clarkâs words fall short when you start laughing. âWell clearly he likes you.â
âHeâs sweet!â you giggle, watching in awe as Krypto leaps from your arms and flies around the barn. âOf course he can fly.â
âYeah,â Clark chuckles, and he sounds relieved to see Krypto flying around. âDid you have breakfast before you came out here?â
You nod. âDid you? And should you even be walking around?â
âIâm fine,â he says. âAnd yeah, I ate. Sat with Pa for a minute.â
âGood,â you nod, turning around, scanning the barn for anything else you can throw yourself into so you donât have to talk to Clark. Not that you donât want to catch up with him, itâs just.
âThanks for staying with me last night-- or, this morning, I guess. You didnât have to, I know weâŠleft off on rocky terms.â
Itâs just that.
You sigh, wiping your sweaty palms on your overalls. âItâs fine, Clark, seriously. You were half out of your mind. What happened yesterday?â
âLong story,â he says. Then adds, with a grimace, âKryptonite poisoning.â
Your eyes blow wide. âKryptonite pois-- I thought you said there wasnât any left on Earth!â
âThereâs not, itâs--â He cuts himself off, clenches his jaw. âItâs a lot to explain.â
You nod once, a jerking movement because youâre trying not to let it show just how much this is ripping your heart into pieces.Â
Youâve always known the real reason why you and Clark wonât ever work. Itâs because the moment he announced himself as Superman, he stopped being the Clark Kent you grew up with. Sure, nobody knows that Superman is really Clark Kent, the journalist at the Daily Planet who always somehow scores an interview with the man himself, but that doesnât matter. Thatâs not the point.
The point is that for you, youâve always known Clark has powers, that his real name is Kal-El, that he comes from Krypton, but heâs just Clark to you. It was never about him being Superman or technically a metahuman or Kryptonian or whatever-- Heâs just Clark. Heâs just the kid you grew up with. The kid you met one afternoon when he knocked on your front door, asking your mom if you could come outside and play. And if your parents would like any lemonade, because his ma made some, and itâs the best lemonade ever.Â
Thatâs Clark.Â
Thatâs the boy you know, the boy you found yourself falling in love with at sixteen and realized maybe you had loved him all that time. Thatâs the boy who took you on your first date to a drive-in movie, who got you home one minute after the time he said and apologized so profusely to your dad that it had him in tears. Thatâs the boy you love, and you feel like he doesnât exist anymore. Like heâs been taken over by this split identity of Superman and journalist Clark Kent.Â
And you just. You donât fit anywhere in that narrative.
âDonât worry about it,â you tell him, swallowing down the emotion when it threatens to crack your voice. âYou donât have to explain.â
His face twists, no doubt hearing the hurt you try to hide because whether you like it or not, Clark knows you. âNo,â he says. âNo, please, donât do this--â
âIâm not doing anything, Clark,â you snap, brushing past him. âI just need to go check on the chickens.â
âThen Iâll come with you.â
âNo,â you say, and his feet halt. âGo get some rest. Youâll probably need to leave soon.â
He just nods, and you donât look back once youâve left the barn.
+++
The chickens donât need to be checked on, and youâre sure Clark knows it. Jon has had the same routine since you both were little: the chickens are checked on first.
Still, you walk around the pen with them, scolding them when they try to peck at your feet. Youâve always thought they can sense when youâre frustrated, and that seems to be happening right now. Theyâre practically trying to force you to leave, pecking your feet to tell you just go talk to him, stop bothering us with your pacing!
You donât listen to them.
But you donât get much warning before you see Krypto flying toward you, followed by Clark yelling after him.
âLeave the chickens alone! Krypto! Leave it!â
You exit the pen and meet Krypto halfway, wrangling him into your arms, giggling at the way he squirms and licks your face.
âDonât bite her!â Clark yells, sounding a lot like his Ma.
âHeâs fine,â you laugh, and Krypto wiggles out of your arms, grabbing ahold of the strap on your overalls and pulling you along. Once youâre close to Clark, though, Krypto lets go and heads for the sky, yipping triumphantly.
âGosh, Iâm sorry, heâs-- I donât know whatâs gotten into him. Well, heâs kind of always a nuisance, but not usually--â
âClark,â you laugh. âItâs fine.â You reach up and scratch Kryptoâs belly mid-flight, and he seems delighted that youâve done it, circling back around so you can do it again. You look over at Clark, noticing the flannel is gone and thereâs a newfound determination on his face. âHeading out?â
âIn a minute, yeah, Maâs getting my boots, and I had to chase down Krypto,â he rambles, pausing. âAnd. I wanted to say Iâm sorry before I go.â
âYou donât need to--â
âI do,â he argues. âI never shouldâve tried to pressure you into following me to Metropolis, not so soon after your parents passed--â
âClark,â you warn. âYou need to go, and I donât wanna talk about this right now.â
He nods, looks up at Krypto, then back at you. âWhen I get back,â he says. âCan we talk then?â
You know better than to think or hope that heâll come back here. Heâs got a world to save. Heâs busy.
âSure,â you say, knowing he wonât be back anytime soon. And because you know itâll be a while, you canât help it, you fling yourself at him, squeezing him into a hug.
He hugs you back just as tight, sighing into you.
âBe safe,â you tell him. âPromise me?â
He nods, whispering into your hair, âPromise.â
+++
You know better than to watch the news as things are happening in real time, but you canât help it. Usually you catch up on everything after the fact, after Superman has saved everyone and is safe himself and Clark has called Ma and Pa to let them know heâs okay.
Instead, this time, youâre sitting in between Ma and Pa Kent on their couch, all of you gripping each otherâs hands like your lives depend on it.
You watch the rift start to rip through the city from the news helicopter filming it from the sky. Youâre nauseous just thinking about all of the people there. How does Clark do it? How does he save all these people and not let the weight of it crush him -- even mentally?
No one can get eyes on Superman and that worries you the most, not knowing where he might be. Thereâs a flash of blue and red here and there, but nothing to ease your nerves.
When the truth about Lex Luthor breaks from the Daily Planet, you gasp in disbelief at everything you see, though you canât say youâre surprised. None of it ever seemed right -- his hatred toward Superman and the way he somehow got ahold of that video.
It doesnât feel like any of you breathe a single, normal breath until thereâs confirmation that the rift has closed and Superman is walking around on the ground. You watch him help anyone he sees, offering high fives and hugs to every kid that passes by, just being himself the way you know him to be.
But when you see Superman speaking with Lois Lane, smile on his lips and hands tucked behind his back, you look away.
âIâm gonna get us some lemonade,â you sniffle, standing up and heading for the kitchen.
You pull three glasses down and scoop some ice into them, wiping your tears as you grab the lemonade pitcher from the fridge.Â
Heâs safe. Thatâs all that should matter right now. Heâs safe. The city is safe. Luthor is in custody, Boraviaâs invasion of Jarhanpur was stopped, everyone is okay. Thatâs what matters.
So then why are you upset over Clark-- Superman speaking to a reporter who might be his girlfriend?
You shake your head, pouring the lemonade, trying to get the stupid tears to stop falling, but they wonât. Itâs a rush of emotion, knowing Clark is safe and he saved the city again, but you know those two things mean he wonât be coming back here anytime soon. Thereâs a lot that still needs to be done in the city, a lot of people probably still need his help. You shouldnât be this upset.
Soft footsteps pad into the kitchen and you try to pull yourself together, but itâs no use. One hug from Ma Kent and youâre a mess all over again, crying into her shoulder. Pa, the mush that he is, joins just a moment later, weeping right alongside with you, holding you both tight.
âHeâs okay,â Ma whispers, rubbing circles into your back. âItâs gonna be okay.â
You believe her. It will be okay.
Youâre going to go about your life, and Superman is going to go about his. And itâll all be okay.
âIâm gonna take a walk,â you sniffle, the deep breath you take in rattling your chest. âJust-- To calm down.â
âOkay, kiddo,â Pa Kent whispers. âWant me to come with you?â
You shake your head. âNo. No, thank you, though.â
âCome back for supper,â Ma says with a raise of her eyebrows, telling you that you had better not lock yourself away in that house across the field -- again.
âI will, promise,â you murmur, rubbing her arm.
âHere, take your lemonade,â she pushes the drink into your hand. âBe careful, hon.â
âIâm just gonna walk around the property,â you assure her. âIâll be back soon.â
With your ice cold lemonade in hand, you shove your feet into your boots at the door and head outside, turning your house.
Your parentsâ farm that only became yours because of their sudden deaths, written into their wills and everything and you had no idea. They probably had planned to tell you. And itâs not that you didnât expect them to leave the farm to you, you just never expected both of them to be gone so soon. One right after the other.
Some days you think itâs sweet that your ma only had to be alone up in Heaven for a month before your pa joined her. Some days you just think itâs plain cruel, for both of them leave you so soon.
You didnât have it in you to keep their farm fully up and running. Youâd need more manpower than yourself alone, and there wasnât enough money for that. So, you sold off all the livestock and equipment that you no longer needed, giving yourself a substantial savings alongside what your parents left you to live off of, and to at least keep the house and land in your name. But some days you wonder if itâs enough, if you did the right thing.
Everything is so overgrown now, and you know you need to do something about it, but youâve just not had it in you. You gulp down more of the lemonade, tears stinging your eyes, but for different reasons this time. Now, you just wish your parents were here. You just wish you could pull open the screen door and shout, âMa! Pa, Iâm home!â and theyâd answer you.
You walk around the small ranch house to the barn in the back where your paâs old truck lives. Youâll never sell it, even though it doesnât drive right now, and hasnât in some time. One day, youâll fix it up and drive it somewhere.
Maybe Metropolis. Maybe youâll visit Clark.
A laughable idea, honestly. Itâs a long drive to the city, and thereâs no guarantee heâd even want to see you there.
You prop yourself up on the hood of the truck, looking out over the field. Gosh, you spent so many days here, running around with Clark. Itâs impossible to find a childhood memory that doesnât have Clark in it in some form. Itâs as beautiful to remember as it is tortuous.
You set your lemonade down in the grass and lean back onto the hood, propping your leg up so you can rest your eyes. Theyâre heavy from crying so much, and youâre all out of lemonade to drink, so you might as well try for a cat nap.
Youâre starting to doze off when you feel something licking your face.
âKrypto,â you murmur, still half-asleep, not even sure thatâs who it is, but who else would it be? You crack one eye and you see him. One ear perked, head tilted, hovering just above you. âWhat are you doing here?â you giggle, reaching up for him, but he lifts higher out of your grasp. âDonât be a punk!â you chide, pulling him down to your chest, scratching behind his ears and under his belly. âWhereâs Superman, huh?â
As if on cue, you hear Clark yelling after Krypto. The dog in question flies away from you and you hear a comical thud as he collides with Clark.
You slide off the truck and poke your head out the barn, seeing Clark -- still in his suit -- being tugged along by his cape toward the barn, pitcher of lemonade in hand with an extra empty glass. He sets both down at his feet once he spots you, though, and you break out into a run before you can think twice.Â
You were so certain he wouldnât be back that seeing him now makes you feel like youâre dreaming. You have to hold him so you know this is real.
Krypto flies around above your heads as you launch yourself at Clark, wrapping your arms and legs around him like a koala. He barely stumbles, his super strength unfazed by your tackling. His arms wrap around you, securing you against him, and he sighs, tension melting out of him.
âWe were watching the news,â you gasp into his neck. âIâm so glad youâre okay-- You saved everyone.â
âMr. Terrific closed the rift,â he says, ever humble and not wanting to take all the credit. âAnd the Justice Gang helped at the Jarhanpurian border, I was just--â
You canât help it, you start giggling.Â
âWhat?â you can hear him smiling through the question. âItâs true! I couldnât have done it alone, no way.â
âI know,â you say, lifting your head to look at him with wide eyes. âAnd all that stuff about Luthor, I just--â You shake your head. âI canât.â
âI know,â Clark breathes, arms tightening around your waist. âBut heâs in custody now, and the Jarhanpurian people wonât have to worry about him or Boravia. And he had so many people trapped in his pocket universe, theyâre all out now, theyâre going home to their families.â
You nod along, not understanding half of it, but just glad that it all boils down to everyone being okay. âAndâŠthe video. Your parentsâ message.â
Carefully, Superman sets you down, but he takes your hands. âI know. I didnât get a chance to explain it before I had to leave but-- I swear to you, I only ever heard the first part of their message, I had no idea--â
âClark,â you pull his hands to your chest, placing one over your heart, something you used to do when you were teenagers. It always calmed him down, got him to focus on your heartbeat instead of whatever else was overwhelming him. âI never in a million years would believe that you of all people were hiding some-- some secret harem or some scheme to rule over everyone. Youâre good, Clark. You, your ma and pa, youâre good people.â
He smiles, soft and relieved. âThank you.âÂ
âAnd Iâm sorry for snapping at you before you left -- this time and last time,â you add with an awkward chuckle. âI just-- I canât leave here, Clark. Itâs all Iâve got left of them.â
âI know, I know,â he says before you can even finish. âI understand. I never shouldâve tried to push you so hard.â
âAnd I never shouldâve made you feel bad for going,â you say. âYou did the right thing. Youâve helped so many people, and youâre just going to help more, and thatâs what matters. You fit in there. Itâs good for you.â You pause, dropping his hands finally and shifting on your feet. âAnd Lois seems good for you, too.â
âLois?â The shock is evident in his voice and his face, and he nearly laughs. âWhat do you mean Lois is good for me?â
Now youâre the one thatâs confused. âI mean, sheâs good for you. She flew you here!â
âBecause weâre friends,â he argues. âAnd she went to Mr. Terrific for help to find me after I turned myself in. She told me it was stupid, but I did it anyway, and got myself trapped in Luthorâs pocket universe with Kryptonite--â
âThatâs how you got Kryptonite poisoning?â You want to shove him, but you know he wonât budge. âClark Kent! What is wrong with you!â
âI thought I was doing the right thing!â he cries, arms flailing. âI donât know! I was trying to find Krypto!â He pauses, lips splitting in the same boyish grin that you remember. âYou thought I was dating Lois.â
âWhat was I supposed to think!â you glare at him, but youâre fighting a smile. âYou come in here after three years of not visiting and youâre being held up by a gorgeous woman--â
âDonât you ever let her hear you say that, she wonât let me live it down--â
âSo, yeah, Clark, I thought you were dating her! Itâs been three years! I thought you moved on!â
âAlmost four,â he corrects you. âAnd no, I havenât.â
âHavenât what?â
âMoved on from you,â he whispers the words like a confession. âYou think every time I dropped by for just a few minutes to see Ma and Pa that I wasnât also looking for you?â
âI was hiding from you,â you grumble. âI would hear you when you came in. You should really work on that.â
âOn flying quieter?â he laughs.
âYeah,â you snort. âYouâre lucky we live in the middle of nowhere, and that Iâm the closest neighbor. What dâyou think anyone else would say, hearing you barreling in here and then blasting out ten minutes later like a missile?â
âWhat if we donât have to worry about that anymore?â
âWhat?â
âWhat if I stay here for a bit,â he says, clarifying. âWhat if IâŠâ he pauses, glancing around. âHelp you fix up your farm? Maybe get your paâs truck running. Spend a few weeks here in the sun for a change.â
âWhat about your job?â
âIâve got some vacation time,â he shrugs. âI can do some work from here--â
âClark--â
âI just need to talk to Perry about it, but I think heâll agree--â
âClark!â you laugh, shoving his chest now, and as expected, he doesnât move an inch. âYouâre crazy.â
He shakes his head, that dumb smile on his face. âJust crazy about you. Never stopped.â
You just shake your head back at him, wondering if what youâre hearing is true. âAre you sure?â you ask. âWhat about Superman?â
Clarkâs eyebrows furrow. âWhat about him?â he retorts, and itâs just so silly, hearing him say that as his cape moves in the breeze.
âHe still needs to save the day,â you reply. âCan he do that from here?âÂ
He shrugs. âOf course he can.â
âAre you sure?â you ask again.
And Clark, the way he knows you inside and out, the way only he can understand you like no other from growing up alongside you, steps forward and carefully places his hands on your arms. âHey,â he says. âWhereâs this coming from?â
You shake your head. Itâs stupid. Heâs standing here, telling you to your face that he wants to stay here for a while, and you donât believe him. Youâre acting like you want him to leave.Â
âI donât-- We donât fit anymore, Clark,â you murmur, wanting to tuck yourself into his chest and run away from him at the same time. âYouâre-- Youâre Superman.â
âNo, honey, I mean, I am, but Iâm just Clark,â he cries. âAnd youâre you--â
âExactly!â
âWhat do you mean exactly?â
âI mean, exactly, Iâm me, and thatâs why--â
âThatâs why I love you!â Clark practically screams, and it makes you stop. He doesnât like raising his voice ever, especially not at anyone, and you know this. But heâs doing it now, and he looks guilty for it just as much as he looks like he doesnât regret it. âSorry.â
âYou love me?â you ask. âLike-- You love me, or youâre--â
âGosh, Iâve--â He tugs at his hair that has started to curl again now that heâs here, and he laughs, all light and the same as itâs always been. âIâve been in love with you since we were sixteen.â
Your breath hitches.
âI-- Leaving here when I moved to Metropolis was hard because I was leaving Ma and Pa, but it was hard because I was leaving you, and I didnât-- I knew you couldnât come with me, I knew it wasnât right to ask you to, but I just couldnât stand the idea of not waking up across the hall from you, or waking up and running around in the sun with you all day.â His voice catches then, his eyes watery. âI miss-- I miss you, and I shouldâve come to see you, but I was so worried about keeping you safe, and keeping my parents safe. I-I donât tell anyone where I was raised because I donât want anyone even getting close to touching you--â
âClark, I know, I know why you do it.â You grab his hand, once again placing it over your heart. âI miss you too. You have no idea how much Iâve missed you.â
He lets out a laugh, a tear slipping down his cheek. âI think I do have an idea and I think I missed you more.âÂ
âOh, itâs a competition now?â
âNot even a competition, I know I missed you more, honey.â
âFine,â you roll your eyes, feigning annoyance even though itâs the sweetest thing because itâs just so Clark to argue with you about who missed who more -- and to insist that he did. His hands slip from yours and rest back down at his sides. âWe should get back to the house, though. Ma made supper and told me I had better come back and eat.â
âYeah, she actually sent me here to retrieve you.â
âAnd here I thought you were coming to see me out of the goodness of your own heart, Kent.â
âWell, obviously I--â You let him flounder for a moment before breaking out into a grin and he pauses, tilting his head with one of his famous Clark stares. âDonât be mean.â
âIâm not,â you tease. Without another momentâs thought, you say, âRace ya!â and take off toward the house.
Krypto spots you from across the field and immediately takes off after you, Clark not far behind from the sounds of his laughter -- and telling Krypto to be careful as he lunges toward you. Krypto just flies above you, though, wanting more belly scratches as you run.
Youâre not sprinting as fast as you could and you know it, and Clark does too as he catches up all too easily, reaching out for your hand to pull you back toward him.
And there, underneath the Kansas sun, Clark Kent kisses you for the second time in your life, smiling into it like he just canât believe youâre letting him -- or that you pull him back in when he tries to break away.Â
âI shouldâve asked--â is all he gets out before youâre kissing him some more.Â
âYes,â you say into the next one, just so he knows his question is answered.Â
His arms circle your waist and he sighs into your lips. âI love you,â he says again. âI shouldâve told you that a long time ago.â
âMe too,â you whisper, pausing to rest your forehead against his. âI think Iâve loved you since that day you knocked on the screen door. Do you remember?â
âOf course I do,â he grins. âWe got the water guns out and hid behind the cows! Remember--â
âMartha!â you laugh. âGosh, I swear she hated us.â
âNo, she loved us.â
âMaybe you, she was your cow.â
He kisses you again, unable to help himself. âI love you. Iâm just gonna have to keep saying it.â
âGood,â you murmur, kissing him again. âBecause I love you, and I plan to say it more.â
He smirks, raising an eyebrow, âSo itâs a competition?â
âNot a competition Clark,â you quip. âYou said youâve loved me since we were sixteen, I said since that first day, so Iâve got about--â You check an imaginary watch. â--ten years on you. Youâve got some catching up to do.â
He laughs loudly then, tossing his head back. âYes maâam, I do,â he says, pulling you back in.