Hello fellow Fanfictioners! I'm back, here to release the bunnies from the plot bunny farm. I hope you like it. I think this one's gonna be a cute bunny! :-)

This wasn't supposed to happen. It really wasn't. It was a routine psychopath. Just another half-crazed idiot looking for the secret to eternal youth. The machine was not supposed to work. It was not supposed shoot beams of energy around the room before exploding and bringing half the building down. Most importantly, it wasn't supposed to leave the Avengers with a six month old Winter Soldier sleeping in the arms of Captain America. That was not in the job description.

After the building went down, the team had rushed back in, ignoring any warnings about how unstable it was. If anything, the warnings only motivated them more to find Bucky, who had caught in the collapse. They prepared themselves to find the worst. The collapse had been ugly and messy and they were worried about how badly their teammate may have been injured. They weren't prepared to hear the wailing cries of an infant from under a large slab of concrete. Normally, it would have only taken Steve, Tony, or Thor to lift the slab, but none of them wanted to make a wrong move and potentially hurt the child so instead they did it together. Under the rock, they found a baby boy laying in a pile of the Winter Soldier's clothes. Between the messy brown hair and ice blue eyes, there was no denying it was Bucky. He was unharmed, thank goodness, but he was crying louder than any of them thought possible. Natasha was the first to pick him up off the ground and wrap him up in his old shirt, trying to shield him from the chilly fall air, but Bucky was having none of it. The baby only cried louder and wriggled around until she almost lost her grip. Before he had the chance to fall out of Natasha's arms, Steve took him into his own, held him to his shoulder and bounced and shushed him quietly. Slowly but surely, Bucky quit crying, instead content with coating Steve's neck in drool, snot, and residual tears, not that the super soldier minded.

A little while after, the team was extracted by Quin Jet and brought back to the helicarrier. Needless to say, Fury was not immensely pleased to see a member of his high risk task force of heroes was currently naked and sucking on his own fist.

A short thirty minutes later, Bucky had been dressed in a S.H.I.E.L.D tee shirt and had been given a wrapped towel as a makeshift diaper until they could get a real one. The six month year old, his age was estimated by the on board medical team, sat in Steve's lap while the Avengers discussed with Fury and Maria Hill. He had been squirming and restless until Maria, with knowledge from helping her mom with her younger siblings as a child, stuck a piece of scotch tape on his foot. He tried pulling the strange thing off his toes, only for it to get stuck on his hands. He was occupied for a while, but just in case, Steve kept the tape roll in front of him, ready with another strip of the magic sticky stuff.

The meeting lasted for almost two hours. It would have lasted longer, the tape no longer held Bucky's attention as he started getting tired, but he couldn't sleep due to the room of loud adults. Bruce and Tony were tasked with finding a way to reverse it and they were told to take Bucky home not long after he started fussing and crying. Tony had contacted Pepper before the meeting to tell her what had happened and asked her to stop by the store and pick up supplies, so that when they got home, they would be prepared. The Avengers left the meeting room and hoped that the quiet jet ride back to the tower would put the Bucky to sleep.

It didn't. Clint and Natasha flew the jet while Steve, Bruce, Thor, Loki, and Tony desperately tried to calm the screaming baby. Bruce dangle a pair of keys he had found in front on him, but Bucky didn't even notice. Steve tried bouncing him again, but it didn't like it had the first time. Tony tried showing him his phone, but like the keys, there was no interest. Thor by far had the dumbest idea and summoned lighting outside to amuse Bucky, but the lighting had nearly hit the plane and the noise had him crying louder than before, which made Thor feel bad for further upsetting the child. They didn't really want Loki around Bucky while he was in this state, despite the fact the god of mischief had apologized for his actions and had been fighting alongside them for almost a year. The god had really changed as the Avengers demonstrated that they cared and didn't compare him to his brother. He was no longer in anyone's shadow.

Despite not wanting Loki around Bucky due to their lack of complete trust, they were desperate and watched him carefully and he help the child in his lap, using one arm to cradle his head and upper body while using the other to make small illusions of flying cars and planes. Bucky quieted down after seeing the floating objects and giggled as he tried to catch them. Once in a while, Loki would bring one close enough for him to grasp and when he did, it rained down glitter that dissipated to nothing before it hit the floor. Loki kept him occupied and not crying until they landed on the roof of Avengers Tower. When the god tried to hand the baby back to Steve, Bucky started to cry, just like he did when he was handed to anyone else. Loki was worried that they would be annoyed since they didn't trust him one hundred percent, but they were just happy that he wasn't crying anymore.

Pepper greeted them when they entered the living room. She guided Loki to the make shift temporary nursery. He was still holding the de-aged Winter Soldier who was looking like he would nod off at any second. Loki smiled down and him and changed him out of his dirty impromptu diaper, to a fresh one from the pack Pepper had bought. After his diaper was clean, he was taken out of the oversized tee shirt and dressed in a blue one piece pajama onesie with sailboat on it. Noticing the lack of toys in the beige bedded crib, he used his magic to create a small blue bunny rabbit toy with big floppy ears, which Bucky instantly clung onto. The six month old nuzzled his face into the bunny's plush belly before falling asleep as the Norse god rocked him.

Once Bucky was finally asleep, Loki laid him in his crib and draped over him the green fuzzy blanket that was laying on the rail of the bed. As he walked out the door, Bucky shifted in his sleep, catching the attention of Loki, who had stopped in his tracks. In moving around, the sleeping baby had pushed down the blankets, leaving part of his tiny body exposed to the cold. Loki used his magic to pull the blanket back up over Bucky, who snuggled his rabbit again. Smiling fondly once, he shut the lights and left the door open just a crack, Loki left the baby to sleep soundly.

So, did you guys like it? This one is just a bunny, so I'll continue based on what you guys think, so be sure to tell me in the reviews whether or not you would like to see more. That's all for now. I'll see you next update, but for now, this is RA88, signing of with a smile. :-)