#10 on the valentines prompt list with either bucky or frank!! make those big masculine men BLUSHY!!!!
ok i went for bucky cos i have a LOT of frank requests (no complaints) but i wanna show bucky some love
bucky barnes + "i love you" "you've never said that before"
Bucky hated leaving for missions.
He hated leaving you, and the home he'd worked so hard to build. In his line of work, though, going international was unavoidable. Despite his many attempts at coming up with an excuse not to go, Bucky was due out on the quintjet for London at 8AM. Having to be up early was just insult to injury.
A throaty groan escaped him as soon as his alarm went off. He would have thrown it across the room, if it had not been for a warning from Nick Fury about constantly breaking his departmentally-issued work phones. This was his third this year, and it was only February.
Smacking the alarm off, Bucky dramatically rolled over and threw an arm over you. You had your back facing him, so he wrenched another arm under your torso and pulled you flush against his chest. The alarm had woken you a little, but the feeling of his stubble on the back of your head fully brought you around.
"Hey, sweetheart," he whispered.
"It's 6AM, Buck, why the fuck are you waking me up?"
"Good morning to you too," you felt his chest rise with a chuckle.
"It's not morning," you grumbled. "It's the middle of the night."
You shuffled round in his arms to face him, pressing a soft kiss to his chin. Bucky's teal eyes were still laced with tiredness, but creased with a smile.
"I have to leave for England," he pouted. "I'll be back tonight, though."
"Okay, have a safe flight," you pressed another kiss to his jaw. "Who are you going with?"
"Sam, I think."
You smiled. "Try not to kill each other."
Bucky gave you a tight squeeze. "I'll try my best."
Once he got out of bed, you snuggled back under the covers, half-asleep again but also listening to him getting ready in the background. There was the sound of the shower, and then an OH, FUCK! when he held his deodorant can and accidentally got himself in the face. Half an hour later, he emerged from the bathroom smelling fresh and with a slightly red eye (did you mean: Old Spice in your eye?).
"I'll see you tonight," Bucky leant over the bed and pressed a kiss to your jaw. "I love you."
You jolted awake, violently sitting up in bed and almost wiping the poor super soldier clean out.
"You've never said that before," you said, eyes wide. Way to act natural.
"Oh," he hummed. "Well, I do love you."
You smiled, trying to ignore the heat creeping up your cheeks. "I love you too."
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