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Peter walked into the tower looking around silently. He needed to get to his room unnoticed by the team. That would be ideal. Peter's face was covered in bruises hiding underneath a hood. Just in case he pulled the hood lower, hiding his face from the secretary lady. He made his way quickly to the elevator and slid in happy he was in here alone until a metal arm slid between the closing doors, making them re-open. Peter silently curses himself and edges towards a corner of the elevator as Bucky walks in. "Hey Pete what's up" Bucky glances at the boy and smirks as the doors close.

The elevator begins its journey up to the team's floor as Bucky notices the unnatural silence from Peter. Usually he's talking his head off but right now, it was just unnerving. "Peter, bud you alright?" Bucky asks quietly. Snapping Peter out of whatever daze he was in. Peter glances at Bucky and nods, "Y-yeah fine Buck jus' tired" Peter mumbles.

Bucky notices the slight slur and reaches for the emergency stop button and slams his hand on it. The noise made Peter jump out of yet another daze. "W-what?! Buck why'd you do tha'" Peter grumbles and walks to the panel in an attempt to press the button again to get the elevator moving.

"Is everything okay Mr. Barnes, would you like me to call boss for you?" FRIDAY's voice fills the elevator.

"Everything's okay FRI don't worry, I just need to talk with Peter here" Bucky answers and grabs Peter's wrist as he attempts to press the button again. Restraining the boy easily he pressed Peter's back against his chest pinning his arms behind him so he couldn't move. "Now… Pete what's wrong?"

Peter struggles against Bucky and doesn't notice his hood slipping off his head slightly. "W-whas wrong? I'd say this is wrong! Lemme go" Peter grumbles and pulls at the hold on him again only for it to tighten and earn a quiet whimper. Bucky noticed and loosened his grip. "You're hurt Peter. Explain." Bucky grumbles then pulls off Peter's hood and his eyes narrow even more. Seeing Peter's face he thought someone took a baseball bat and bashed him repeatedly. When Peter doesn't answer, Bucky spins the boy around and holds his shoulders.

"You know you can talk to me, yeah?" Bucky whispers and makes Peter look at him. Peter sighs and shrugs slightly. Averting his eyes to the floor of the elevator. "Its nothin'... jus' a job gone wrong Buck.." Peter mumbles, the slurring was starting to unsettle Bucky.

"What happened?" Bucky asked quietly. Peter stiffens a little then begins to fiddle with the hem of his shirt.

"Four perps… robbing a store I went in caught two of them at the time I didn't notice there were four… the other two surprised me somehow… one of the free men that i didn't catch yet went to free the ones I had then they all ganged up on me… thas' it" Peter mumbles the slurring becoming more prominent. Bucky grumbles under his breath then hugs Peter for a second before pressing the button, triggering the elevator to move again. Once Bucky let Peter go he pulled his hood back up and stayed silent for a moment. "Don' tell Tony please" Peter mumbles staring at the floor.

"Sure kid… I'll let him find out on his own" Bucky shrugs and then when the elevator stops he places a hand on Peter's back and leads him to his room. Once they got to Peter's room he placed the boy on his bed. "Just sleep yeah? I'll take care of everything" Bucky mumbles and pulls the blanket over Peter. Ruffling the boy's hair lightly before leaving the room silently. Knowing Peter was asleep as soon as he hit the pillow.

~~TIME SKIP, THE NEXT DAY~~

When Peter woke up the next day he was completely healed. He walked out of his room and into the kitchen, laughing quietly as he saw Thor struggling with the toaster and a poptart in his hand. He made his way to the cereal and poured himself a bowl before hearing the news that Tony was playing on the television.

"The four men that robbed the store on 4th street have been captured. Police say they were beaten before being handed to police…" The reporter's voice trailed off in Peter's head, his cereal bowl still in his hand; he looked over at Bucky just as Bucky looked over at him with a small smile that said everything he needed to know. Peter sends a small smile of gratitude to Buck and then poured milk into the bowl and felt comforted that his family always had his back.

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