Snowed in…elsewhere. by @tllgrrl aka Nefertiri Jones
Relationships: Sarah Wilson/Bucky Barnes | Rated: SFW
Summary: It’s going to be 70 degrees at home in Delacroix, Louisiana, but the two of them are snowed in…elsewhere.
”…and the snow is still falling, blanketing the Eastern Seaboard. All flights in and out of La Guardia have been cancelled for the past 18 hours and now, all flights out of DC are cancelled as well, leaving passengers stranded at…”
Sarah opens her eyes and sees the Weather Channel lady in front of a map with snowflake graphics covering a large swath of the East Coast, from above New York State, down past Washington DC.
The scrolling text lists airlines that canceled what flights coming into or leaving which airports.
There’s La Guardia…and there’s the flight they were supposed to be on yesterday afternoon. Today’s flights are also canceled.
She feels Bucky’s arm tighten around her and a scratchy face nuzzling her shoulder.
She sees their backpacks and carry-ons still waiting over by the door…and his warm hand opens on her breast as he kisses the nape of her neck.
“Molo, baby,” sleep still in his voice, making it all deeply rumbly in his chest. She feels it on her back.
Yesterday morning after breakfast, they learned that their late afternoon flight out had been canceled. All flights out were canceled.
She had a good cry, phoned the kids, and he brought his mattress into the living room area of the loft.
They made a blanket fort, where they spent the day reading, listening to music, dancing and napping.
After dinner, they watched movies, and he snuggled her closer. “This isn’t so bad, nandi. Better being here together like this than stuck, snowed-in at the airport. We’ll get home to Delacroix before Christmas Eve.”
“Mmmm, true, baby.”
And he kissed her. And kissed her.
And she kissed him right back.
They fell asleep…afterward…with Netflix’s Fireplace video on the TV, as snow fell on Brooklyn.
divider by @firefly-graphics
Glossary - nandi : sweetness, delightful (isiXhosa)
Molo: good morning (isiXhosa)
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First posted in 2021. Also HERE on The AO3.
Thanks for reading. (And re-reading.)
