~Marvel: Bucky X Listener SFW: Confessions~ {Patreon Exclusive}

What better way to find out how to confess to someone than to ask them yourself?

Contains: Confessions, Advice, Comfort, Hand Holding

I'm not gonna lie, I kind of struggled with this one a little bit, but I think once I found the plot it really started to flow out easier lol. I really like the trope of "asking the one you love how to confess" so I wanted to implement that here. I also wanted it to link back to the theme of powerful love and of wisdom, and I feel like asking someone advice is like asking for a bit of wisdom, so that's kind of the thread of plot I wanted to follow for this audio. This one is real sweet and I hope you all enjoy! 

~Audio Transcript Below~

Bucky: You said you wanted to talk to me? What's up?

"Sit down"? Is it something serious, are you ok?

*pause*

Advice?

Well....ummm....yeah, I can--I don't know why you'd want to come to me but I---I can try to give you some advice......

*pause*

So-uh......what's this thing you need advice about?

*swallows roughly and clears throat* L-love?

Look.....I don't know if I'm the......if I'm the best authority on this kind of thing.....I--

"How do you tell someone you're in love with them?"

*huffs out a breath* Wow.....that--that is definitely a question....isn't it?

*pause*

Don't wait......I think that's....the only advice I can give.......

Waiting......might only lead to heart break........because....the person you're in love with might move on to someone else......or they might find their way out of your life and all you're left with is pining......the hurt from them being gone.....and the love being the only thing you're left with.....

Even if it doesn't end up in your favor.....telling them......it's better than.....yearning for someone who will never end up loving you back........and while it will probably hurt for a while.......a decisive answer.....is better in my opinion than the unknown......because with a hard 'no' or 'I don't feel that way about you'......that definitive answer gives you the opportunity to.....move on.......to better things.......

If you wait.....if you keep it inside......there's this limbo you live in.....where you're filled with this boundless hope.....but also crushing agonizing fear.......and you can't make yourself move on because of that hope that still lives in you that it might be reciprocated.....and it makes you.....stuck......

Pining is not as romantic as they make it seem in the pictures.....

So......tell them......be as honest and as earnest in your......confession I suppose that you can......because that's all you have to give at that point.....and then you have to let them answer......and you have to take that answer with as much grace as you can.......whatever the answer ends up being.......

And--if they say "I don't like you like that" you......you have to let it be.......

*pause*

Even if you're afraid it might ruin a friendship.......true friendships won't be ruined by something like that.......if they don't want to be in your life anymore well......that's just......well.....it'd be their loss......

*long pause*

So.....who's the.....lucky person.....if you don't mind me asking?

*swallows roughly* I--Pardon?

*pause*

*hushed* M-me.....?

*soft exhale*

I.....y-you......you came to me for advice on how to confess your love for someone......*frazzled laughter* and you were talking about--about me the whole time?

*exhales* And......and you followed that advice........

*pause*

Being honest.....and earnest......

*exhales sharply* Jesus Christ.......

*pause*

*shuddering breath*

I love you too........

*sniffs sharply*

Y-yeah....I'm not.....I'm not messing with you.....or just.....or just saying it to save face......

I......God that was so fucking hard.......I was.....fully under the assumption that it was for someone else.......I was......trying to give you my truthful thoughts......trying to be helpful.......while still keeping it all inside......even though at every moment I felt like the next words out of my mouth were going to be a confession of my own.......

*swallows roughly* And then you just turn around and spring that on me.......

*pause*

*chuckles ruefully* I'm.....famous.....for not following my own advice.......

*sniffs* Hold my hand?

*clears throat* Um....do you want me to move? Or to.....sit on the other side.....since the uh---metal---

*shudders softly*

*hushed* O-ok........yeah......it's.....more than ok.......

*pause*

*sniffs softly*

You really.....asked for my advice on how to tell me that you love me?

*shaky laugh*

I....I do love you......

*swallows*

*firmly* I love you.

*long pause*

I......I don't really know....where we go from here.......but.....for the first time in a long time......I'm......excited to find out...........