Summer 1938
Pairings: Bucky x gn!reader
Prompt: ๐พ TALL GRASS
half-hidden, tucked away
โ private conversations / secret kisses / hiding from others
Warnings: Fluff, Bucky is deeply in love. Pre war Bucky (yes heโs a warning)
Authors note: This is my first time writing something. My current concept is that everything I write will be set in the same universe and tell the story of Bucky and readers relationship. I have written a lot so far but am not happy with the main story, so this is a short drabble that I feel okay to post. Based on @juniebjonesin picnic blanket prompts. Any feedback is more than welcome (please do). Lane x
It had been nearly two years since Bucky had taken you on what he liked to call your first date. The trip to the lake had started a whirlwind romance between the two of you and somehow amongst it all you had fallen into a simple, domestic rhythm in Brooklyn.
He wanted to do something for you again, take you on another adventure. He had always known how you loved the countryside and whilst moments away from the city were rare, he loved who you became when out in nature.
Well, that and in all the years heโd known you heโd learnt the way you changed when you needed to see the trees and grass and feel the wind in your hair. It was slow and imperceptible to anyone else, but Bucky had been in love with you since the first day on the playground. He wasnโt just anyone else. He knew what the light draining from your eyes meant, he knew what the bounce of your knee meant. He knew you.
And he knew to take you on an adventure.
So, he schmoozed the farmer who sometimes did the market two blocks from his apartment, he convinced him that a couple kids camping in his unused field during the off season wouldnโt harm a fly.
Thatโs how he ended up on the quilt his mother made when you were kids, in a random field, with you looking at him like heโd created the soil below you and painted the sky blue just so you could see it.
โItโs so nice, out here.โ You sighed lying back, โThe city can be too much sometimes.โ
โI know.โ He replied, turning his head to admire you as you relaxed into the blanket.
You lay in silence for a bit letting the calm wash over you. He couldnโt help but hate that he had to hide his love for you in the city. He wanted to show you off, this side of you, the carefree and fun person.
He knew why you couldnโt be like this though. He understood.
โI just...โ You sighed, breaking the soft silence that had fallen over you. โThank you.โ
You were watching the sky with such an amazed look that Bucky felt the wind knocked out of him. โYou donโt have to thank me darlinโ
As you turned your head back to him, he felt his heart leave his body. His love for you was overwhelming at times, he didn't have the words to describe it. And seeing you like this, so gentle and at peace, he wasn't sure his heart could take it.
โYou knowโ you said softly leaning towards him โNo one can see us here.โ
The smirk that danced across your lips made his throat tighten, any attempt at a response caught in his chest. Instead, he leant towards you, letting you capture his lips with your own. In that moment, your hands exploring his body, your kisses stealing his breath he for the first time thought that maybe the country was better than the city.
