In a Heartbeat  -  Four
Pairing: Fireman!Bucky X Reader
Summary: Youâve always been careful with your heart. With your condition, you donât exactly have any other choice. The last time you let someone in, you paid the price. A price you donât plan on paying again. Until Bucky comes in and shatters your carefully crafted world.
Warnings: Language, Fluff, Almost Smut
A/n: hello I hope you all enjoy this!! Iâm loving this series and I hope to keep updating it and Of Kings and Beasts regularly. Idk though. Anyway, I hope you enjoy!
âYouâre sure I look good?â
Nat groans and climbs off your couch reluctantly, grabbing you by the shoulders and stopping you from pacing anymore.
âYou look gorgeous.â You bite your bottom lip nervously, hands itching to come up to your mouth.
Your hair is pushed behind your ears, natural and beautiful, and your makeup is light. Adorning your body is a simple light blue dress that stops just above your knees, as well as a beige cardigan that hangs loosely off of your shoulders.
Nat grabs you a pair of beige heels and shoves them into your hands.
âPut your shoes on and stop worrying. Heâs on his way up so even if you didnât look good thereâs no time to change now.â You nod, taking a few deep breaths before crouching down and putting your shoes on. Right as youâre doing up the clasp around your ankle thereâs a knock on your door.
You freeze in place, looking at Natasha in absolute terror, and she rolls her eyes.
âItâs open!â She calls. You shake your head, one shoe on and the other off as you run to your bedroom.
âI canât,â you whisper as the door starts to open. Hiding away in your bedroom, you listen to Nat greet Bucky.
âSheâs almost ready. Just needs to grow a pair,â The redhead says loudly, her footsteps clomping towards the bedroom door.
She whips it open, ready to give you an earful, but when she sees the genuine fear on your face she reconsiders.
âBeans, youâre gonna be okay. Heâs a real gentleman and he wonât do anything that you donât want to do, I promise.â You take a few deep breaths, trying to hold back tears.
âWhat if I get hurt again, Nat? I donât think I could handle it.â The weak whimper that leaves you has her heart shattering in her chest.