Head Canon / Sketches for Prologue of Upcoming One-shot Fic: “Formal Introductions”
“Momma?”
“Yes, baby?”
“Momma! I’m a big kid now. If you’re gonna call me baby, you have to add Wolf to it.”
“You want me to call you Baby Wolf, AJ?”
“Well…yeah!” He grins around the mouthful of sugar cookie he’s devouring.
She knows where all this came from. She’s not exactly mad at it.
If it wasn’t for the fact that Bucky Barnes is a 107 year old White yankee from New York, a US Army Veteran and former POW, former international Russian assassin/HYDRA spy and Wakanda warrior, she’d consider him and her 8 year old Black son to be two peas in a pod: White Wolf and Baby Wolf. Both tender-hearted and kind. Both fiercely loyal to family and friends. Both sometimes stubborn as mules. Both happiest when snuggled up on her. Both owners of her heart.
“Ok. Yes…Baby Wolf?”
“Now that you and Uncle Bucky are, like, going steadily…can he come with us to visit Daddy?”
“It’s going steady. Did you ask him if he wanted to? And where did you hear about going steady?”
“Uncle Sam said Uncle Bucky gets all smiley when he thinks about you when they’re at work, and that he acts like you guys are goin’ steady. He said Uncle Bucky’s fixin’ to ask you to go to The Prom. What’s The Prom?”
“We’ll talk about all that later, sweetheart. You and Cass can definitely ask Bucky if he wants to come with us to visit your father. But…don’t be disappointed or sad if he says no. Ok? The cemetery might be an uncomfortable place for him, because of all the people he…remembers and have passed. But I’m sure he’d be happy if you guys asked.”
She takes a dishcloth and wipes the cookie crumbs off of her child’s mouth.
“And…” she murmurs and tries to hide her grin, “I’m gonna smack Sam upside his head next time he’s here. Goin’ steady….”
As Sarah is rinsing out a glass, AJ looks over and sees her smiling to herself. And he can tell by the way she kind of glows, that his Momma is blushing.
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A quick wave to @pickwick12 over at AO3 for the nickname “Baby Wolf”. Because of the lovely “Bucky and the Wilsons” series she wrote, that nickname is ensconced into my headcanon too.
Back in The Couch Days, before permanently relocating to Louisiana:
Bucky is spending a between-assignments weekend at Sarah’s, helping around the house and the dock, and is, once again, awakened one night by a nightmare.
Unbeknownst to him, AJ hears his distress, having already been awakened by one of his own bad dreams, and he decides that Bucky not only needs his help, but he’ll also need his own mug for this to happen properly.
Sarah sees how much her children love this man, and she’s also having feelings about this ex-assassin that her brother brought to her home.
***Or***
Bucky gets a mug from AJ.
AJ gets a mug from Bucky.
Both will be well-used.
Sarah went downstairs.
It was 1:30am and she was awakened thinking she smelled something like—
(…chocolate and…cinnamon?…)
Then she remembered that Sam was in DC.
She found Bucky, sitting upright on the sofa, softy snoring, head leaning over as if listening;
and AJ, curled into his side, arms wrapped around the metal arm.
On the coffee table sat two empty mugs:
One red, AJ’s. The other—
(Blue? I forgot I even had a blue mug…)
She lightly touched AJ’s shoulder, the boy halfway woke and whispered:
“Uncle Bucky’s almost ‘sleep. He had a bad dream…so we made hot cocoa with cimamum,and I gave him his own very special mug. I’ll go back to bed in a minute, ‘k Momma?”
He closed his eyes and re-joined Bucky’s snoring.
Sarah looked at the two of them, lit by the ambient light coming through the curtains.
Her fingers first touched her lips, then her boy’s cheek.
“Okay, baby…”
She took off his glasses, placed them next to the mugs, reached out to touch Bucky’s cheek too, but caught herself just before fingers made contact.
She looked closely at him, noticed that the scowl line between his eyes was gone…and his mouth…was…
(…if he leaned up and kissed me…I’d let—)
She straightened up, shook her head, turned and quietly went back upstairs, fighting the urge to look back.
Bucky heard her bedroom door close, smiled and whispered “ ‘Night, Sarah…”
“Go to sleep, Uncle Bucky,” the boy murmured, eyes still closed, his hand patting the darkly shining metal arm.
“‘K, buddy…”
And looking at his own Very Special Mug, he did just that, peacefully sleeping the rest of the night, not waking until he heard her come downstairs to start breakfast.
“‘Mornin’ Sarah…”
3 weeks later…
Bucky was back in Brookllyn.
He had a few loose ends to tie up before relocating to Louisiana, including a final check-in on an elderly acquaintance, then dropping off something for his now ex-therapist, Dr. Raynor.
Sam was spending the weekend at Sarah’s.
Sitting on the living room couch, TV on, the volume turned down on pre-game chatter. He took notes on his laptop while reading through Captain America mission reports before the Saints/Niners game started, was taking a sip of coffee from a blue mug…when he felt eyes on him.
He looked up, and saw AJ standing in the kitchen entryway, staring at him.
“Wha’s up, Little Man? What you got there?”
The boy was holding a purple mug…and…just standing there. Staring.
“Isn’tthis your mug, Uncle Sam?”
“Well…I do tend to use that one most of the time. LSU colors, you know.” AJ continues to stare.
“Purple and Gold…” Sam sees AJ’s eyes do a little squint as he continues to stare.
“Fighting Tigers…?”
(Waitaminute. AJ ‘s doing that stare-squint thing…just…like—)
Summary: Bucky & Shuri are visiting the Wilsons and watching the boys so Sarah can go out. Pairing: Bucky x Shuri
Rated: PG-13 for innuendo
Warnings: Pretend hostage, play fighting, honestly just plain fun and cuteness
A/N: This is short and sweet and cute and everything in between. The scene of Bucky waking up on the couch and this is exactly where my mind went so I had to write it.
Thank you to @constantwriter85 who surprised me with a mood board. I love and you!!! ❤️
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Bucky is awakened by the sound of battle and from the sound of it, it’s close. He opens his eyes from his place on the couch and focuses on the scene in front of him.
There is what appears to be a fort taking up most of the living room. Card board boxes of various sizes made up the fort and inside little Cass was trying to hold A.J. off with a plastic sword. Behind Cass, Shuri screamed playing her part of the damsel in destress to perfection.
A.J. would charge at Shuri, only to have Cass block him and declare, “You’ll never get the Princess! Never!”
“Oh yeah? We’ll see about that. I’ll release my secret weapon and he’ll tear the fort to the ground!” A.J retorted.
“You don’t have a secret weapon!” Cass yelled.
“Oh yes I do. And he’s going to help me take the fort AND the Princess.” A.J. boldly stated.
“What do you want with her?” Cass asked.
“She’s gonna be make me a suit like she made Uncle Sam and I’m gonna fly far far away.” A.J. answered.
Bucky chuckled which drew the attention of the trio. “Well it’s about time you woke up.” Shuri told him. “This invader is trying to take the fort AND me.”
Bucky just laid there and then slowly made his way off the couch and on to the floor. “Bucky, aren’t you going to help save me?” Shuri asked.
“Who the heck is Bucky?” He asked giving her and Cass a menacing look. “I’m White Wolf and I’m A.J.’s secret weapon.” He charged suddenly and crashed the fort wall down, card board boxes going every where. Using the distraction, A.J. rushed forward and grabbed the Princess and started pulling her out of the mess while she pretended to fight him off.
Cass knowing he had to do something fast, leaned down and whispered into the White Wolf’s ear. Listening intently, Bucky nods at what he’s being told. “Think so?” He asks, and Cass shakes his head. “Alright, deal.” He changes direction and charges towards A.J. and grabs the Princess up in his arms. She squeals and holds on tight as he takes her back to the fort.
A.J. stops and puts his hands on his hips. “Hey! You’re MY secret weapon, what are you doing?”
“Well, the good knight Cass has promised me a reward of great value and honor and I just couldn’t turn it down.” White Wolf explains.
“Whatever it was, I’ll double it!” A.J. counters.
“No deal, besides presently you are unable to offer the same reward. Now be off with you. White Wolf needs to collect his reward.” He sits the Princess down on her feet, but keeps a tight grip on her in case A.J. decides to charge again.
“Yes you two need to get cleaned up for lunch, but first these boxes need to go back where you found them. Mama will be home soon and if you get in trouble, there will be no playing with my tech.” Shuri threatened.
“Alright.” Both boys replied starting to gather the boxes and Shuri and Bucky made their way out of the mess and into the kitchen.
Shuri started towards the refrigerator, but Bucky stopped her. “Oh no Princess, I was promised a reward and I intend to collect.”
“Oh yeah? And what exactly were you promised White Wolf?” She moves closer to him. “Gold, title, land?”
“Knight Cass offered me the sweetest of rewards. A reward much more valuable than gold or any of those others. I dare say this reward is worth more than vibranium even.” He explained and moved even closer, placing his metal finger under her chin and raising her face to him. “He offered me the reward of a kiss from the Princess and I intend to collect and if her highness is agreeable, I intend to take more than one, for I am after all a greedy wolf who enjoys playing with my prey.”
Shuri swallowed hard at the meaning behind his words. “One kiss White Wolf, the rest can be negotiated at a later time, say in the bedroom after the boys are asleep.”
“Well, I usually don’t negotiate, but I accept your terms.” He said as he took her lips and kissed her. Pulling back he chuckled.
“You find kissing me funny huh?” Shuri pulled back.
“Not at all. I was laughing at something Cass told me when he was negotiating. He told me that he could offer a kiss from the Princess, but to be prepared, kissing was gross and I wouldn’t like it.” Bucky explains.
Shuri laughed. “Well, I hope it wasn’t too gross.”
“Oh Princess, your kisses could never be gross.” He moved in for another and she dodged him and moved towards the cabinets.
“Not now greedy wolf. I have knights to feed and you need to help the them clean up the living room. I don’t want Sarah coming home and finding this place a wreck and her boys starving.” She pulled down some Mac and cheese and turned to find a pan.
“Alright fine, but later we’re going to negotiate my loyalty to your throne.” He moved towards the living room.
“But I don’t have a throne.” She said to his back.
Bucky turned around and smiled. “Not a throne for sitting Princess. You have a throne alright, one I plan on kneeling before tonight and worshiping.” Without another word he turned and walked away.
Which is Alpine. She is great at being the bank and swatting at anyone that tries to take money. Fortunately she is very corruptible and can be bribed with treats ;)
Which is Alpine. She is great at being the bank and swatting at anyone that tries to take money. Fortunately she is very corruptible and can be bribed with treats ;)
