No. 18 Hostage - Whumptober Clint/Bucky
Bucky and Clint were making their way up to the common floor to attend movie night, when suddenly the elevator came to a stop with a lurch and the lights turned off.
“What the hell?”, Bucky muttered. He was used to the Tower being better than state of the art and something laughable like a power outage would never affect it. “JARVIS?”
There was no answer though Bucky hadn't expected one.
“You wanna bet how long it will take Tony to get the power back on?”, Bucky asked in the direction Clint had been standing in previously.
“You think we can get out of here before then?” The sound of clothes rustling before Clint cursed. “I left my phone downstairs.”
Bucky frowned a little. Maybe it was his imagination, but it seemed that Clint's voice was starting to shake. Patting down his own pockets Bucky tried to find his own phone, but he already knew he didn't have it with him. Yes, he was adjusting to modern daily life pretty well, but he still regularly forgot to take the phone everywhere with him.
“We have to get out.” Clint moved and then the sound of the elevator buttons being pressed was audible. They didn't light up like usual and Clint pressed them more frantically.
“I'm sure Tony is already working on the power. We'll just have to wait.”
“I'm not going to wait”, Clint snapped back and Bucky blinked in surprise. “I'm getting out now.”
“Clint, calm down. What's going on?”
“I am fucking calm.” Now Clint was kicking the panel. “Is it too much to ask to not be trapped in a metal box that could fall at any second?”
“You know the Tower's security as well as I do. In case of a power outage everything will be locked down.” Bucky reached for Clint in an attempt to maybe calm him down some and only noticed because of that that Clint was shaking. “Clint, what's really going on?” He stepped closer, putting both of his hands on Clint's shoulders.
“I'm already basically deaf. I can't... I can't lose my sight too. I can't. And.” Clint took a deep breath and there was a pull on the front of Bucky's t-shirt, fingers grabbing it tightly. “I'm really fucking claustrophobic.”
Bucky pulled Clint closer to hug him tightly. “Is that why you don't like actually spending the night together?”
Clint only nodded against Bucky's chest. “I know I'm pathetic.”
“Oh, darling, you're so far from pathetic. You're the bravest person I know and I know Captain America.” Bucky squeezed Clint tighter and kissed the top of his head.
“I'm calmer now. You think we can exploit that thing?”
Bucky grinned even though they were still bathed in darkness. “I always wanted to try that, but JARVIS always blocked me.”
So they ended up with Bucky punching a hole through the ceiling with his left hand and hoisting Clint up through it, before jumping up and pulling himself up behind him.
After they had scaled the elevator shaft to the common room floor and Bucky had forced open the doors, they basically fell through them into the living room and the lights turned on at the same time.
The other Avengers stared at them incredulous as Bucky and Clint grinned brightly at each other, before Clint kind of jumped into Bucky's arms to kiss him.
“Thank you”, Clint whispered.
“What the hell did you do to my Tower?”, Tony screamed and Clint dissolved in laughter.
