#everyone say thank you wood elves for throwing that tiefling out

[ranger-danger]

Still really funny that Joyce has like. 5 intelligence and 20 wisdom. Hi this is my ranger, he got his soul “stolen,” he’s pretty calm and stoic, uh also he’s dumb as rocks. He loves learning! Does not retain the information. Also he has a thing for wizards, but the intelligence score is the more pressing matter rn.

[sunflowergirl522]

Runaway: That Was Easy

Pairing: Tiefling!Bucky x Elf!Reader

Summary: Bucky takes a lot of jobs to make a living and this one was no different. Except for the fact that it’s for an elf prince and elves tend to avoid him in general. He accepts and with Sam and Steve they start their journey to find the elf prince’s runaway bride.

Word count: 2443

Warnings: Language

Masterlist | Series Masterlist

“Someone’s looking for you!” Sif announces as she rushes into the dwarves' cottage. The door slams into the table behind it from the force of her opening it. She’s quick to slam it shut behind her and lock it.

“What?” Before she had barged in you had been eating and laughing with Thor, Volstagg, and Brunnhilde. Thor was just finishing up a dwarf drinking song while Volstagg got himself more beer and Brunnhilde was throwing wise cracks at how bad Thor sounded. Sif’s words though were enough to make the four of you stop and turn your heads to her in confusion.

“I just ran into a halfling at La Luna, he said that he and his friends are looking for an elf princess and I haven’t seen any other elf princesses lately.” Sif comes to the table and starts to unpack the food she had brought home with her and putting some off to the side to pack up for you.

“Did he say why?” You stand up not sure how to react to the news that people are looking for you and in the process stop Volstagg from overfilling his mug, taking the pitcher from him.

“No but his friends were talking to the bartender and you know how loose his lips can be with the right price.” 

“They could be right behind you.” Volstagg’s chair topples to the ground in his rush to stand up. Sif just nods at him in response. It doesn’t make sense, why would somebody be looking for you? You were sure that you hadn’t made any enemies in all your years, and the moon elves have no quarrel with anyone, they just live in peace in their kingdom, it was rare for any of them to even leave.

“Milady, you should leave. We can cover for you, tell them you were never here.” Thor looks at you as he starts to help Volstagg pack you up food and supplies.

“They could be dangerous, I can’t just leave you all to lie for me! If anything were to happen to any of you, I wouldn’t be able to forgive myself.” The dwarves were some of your closest friends, you had met them years ago while you were out and about and make a point to visit them every time you decide to go on another adventure.

“We’ll be fine Y/n. You must go especially in case they’re dangerous.” Brunnhilde throws more things in the pack as she speaks and you recognize some of it to be the new clothes that she had gone into town to get you yesterday. You didn’t come to them with much, just the clothes on your back and a couple daggers. Your dwarf friends are kind though and along with packing you the clothes and food they get some axes ready to send you off with. Thor comes over and hands you your cloak and the pack while Sif situates the axe holder on your back.

“Tell the others I said goodbye?” Thor just nods at you before leading you to the back door.

“Farewell sweet maiden!” Volstagg yells out to you and you can’t help but smile at it through all the worry.

“Take care of yourself princess, I hope our paths cross again.”

“You as well Thor. I’m sure we’ll all see eachother again soon, I might come back after I take care of whatever is going on.” You kiss his forehead before starting to head out. “Thank you all for everything!” You call out over your shoulder before tossing your hood up and walking into the woods.

 As you start to climb up a tree you think about how you can’t wait to change into your new clothes and get out of your dress. Climbing can be such a hassle when the bottom of a dress snags on the bark and branches. Once high enough you begin to travel from branch to branch back to the front of the cottage. You choose one that’s close enough to see the door but high enough and far enough away that no one should be able to spot you if they were looking in the trees. You weren’t going to leave them to deal with it on their own but you also weren’t going to interfere unless the strangers began to threaten your friends. You sit and lean back onto the tree trunk and wait for the strangers to arrive. And then, after waiting a short while, you hear them before you see them.

“Maybe they’ll have some food we can have.”

“Is that all you think about?” 

“Only when somebody doesn’t let me eat before dragging me out of town and then doesn’t even let me have a snack out of the food pack.” 

You can see the three characters as they approach the cottage from your hiding spot. These must be the people Sif was talking about you think to yourself as you spot the halfling. You sit up straight as they knock on the door, staying alert while Brunnhilde opens it up. The human and the hooded one speak to her for a little bit before the halfling asks her something, causing her to turn around to say something to someone inside. The hooded one looks down at him in what you can only assume is a glare. You bring your hand up to your mouth to help hold in the laugh that threatens to escape as Volstagg brings out a basket of food and hands it to the halfling. The joy you feel from that is short lived though because the hooded one barges into their home. You get into a crouched position ready to jump down to help if needed and watch the other two stay outside politely and you’re pretty sure the human apologizes, though lip reading was never your forte.

You let out a breath as the hooded one comes back out packing something away. They walk straight back into the woods without saying anything to their friends. The halfling is quick to follow him while shoving food in his face and the human stays back for a minute to say something to Brunnhilde and Volstagg before following as well. You follow them from above to see if you can find out anything about them or why they’re looking for you after debating on if you should do that or see if everything is alright with the dwarves. 

“Why are you always so rude? This is why everyone tends to hate you.” The halfling must’ve caused something to snap in his friends because he stops in his tracks before turning towards him real quick.

“Everyone hates me before I even open my mouth to talk! Something you wouldn’t understand, you were lucky enough to be born a joyful trusting little halfling!” His hood comes off as he speaks and your eyes go wide as a handsome blue tiefling is revealed. You catch yourself leaning over the branch to try to get a better look at his face. If he wasn’t so rude to your friends you might’ve even had the urge to run your fingers through his dark shoulder length hair.

“Alright you two, all that matters is that we don’t hate you. Now what did you take from the dwarves?” The human steps between the two men and the tiefling seems to calm down a bit at the distraction of the question. 

“The Princess was definitely there. I found her crown, they tried to claim that she had traded it for supplies but I know enough about princes and princesses that they don’t just trade away their crowns.” He pulls your crown out of his bag and holds it out to his friends on a hooked finger. 

You gasp and your hand flies up to your head to feel for it, even though you can see it. How could you have been so stupid as to leave without it? Of course he knows you were there, crowns are sacred belongings, especially for moon elves. You had crafted it yourself and picked the moonstone that had called out to you. 

“My plan is to loop around the cottage, see if there’s a back exit, then figure out which way she went.” As he leads his friends off of the main path you start to panic a little. You don’t want them to start anything with the clan or bother them anymore than they already have. You might as well interfere now if you plan to later. So without thinking about it anymore you make your next moves. 

A dagger flies through the air, just barely missing Bucky, and lodges itself in a tree behind him. He jumps back and grabs one of his long swords from a sheath on his back readying himself for a fight. Steve takes hold of his bow and reaches back to grab an arrow to ready one to shoot. And Sam, he lets out a yelp and jumps behind Steve’s legs out of, what he’ll call later, shock. A cloaked figure jumps down from the trees, landing in front of them. Their hood is up, hiding them from the sight of the trio. 

“Who are you and why are you looking for the Princess?” Their voice gives away that they’re female but it has a hardness to it that shows that she means business. They point an ace at the trio standing in a threatening stance. 

“Why is that any of your business?” Bucky gets into a semi crouched position and takes a step forward. 

“I asked you first tiefling.” Bucky snarls at the figure just itching for a fight to start. “You answer my questions and I’ll return the favor. It’s how these things work.” Steve steps in front of Bucky to put something between the two of you and holds his hands up in a way to help prevent a fight from happening at all. 

“Let’s all calm down now, there’s no need for anyone to get hurt when we could talk like civilized people.”

“Names, now.” 

“I’m Steve, this here is Bucky, and that’s Sam.” He points over his shoulder to their halfling friend. 

“Why are you looking for the princess, Steve?”

“We were hired to find her. Are you looking for her too?” 

“You could say that.” 

“Uh, Steve, did the prince say anything about hiring anyone else when he came looking for us?” Sam scratches his head in confusion as he asks and takes a step forward. 

“Prince?” And just like that the cold demanding nature of your voice melts away to a more soft concerned one. The question goes unnoticed by Steve and Sam but Bucky hears it. It peaks his curiosity and he tilts his head to the side while squinting and trying to make out the shadow beneath the hood. 

“He didn’t say anything about hiring anyone else but he did seem like he was desperate enough to have.” 

“Woah, hold on. What prince?” The confusion in your voice confuses Steve immensely. Who else would have hired you to find the princess.

“Oh you know, sun elf, doesn’t know jack shit about the princess, pretty damned arrogant bastard if you ask me.” 

You look down at the ground to wrap your head around the situation. Why would he send a fucking search party for you? You left him a note telling him you didn’t want to fucking marry him. Hell you hadn’t even properly met him yet and you knew he was a prick. Maybe sneaking out wasn’t the best way to go about it but his guards would’ve for sure stopped you from leaving. You take a deep breath before letting out an annoyed and angry shriek and throwing the axe at a tree close to you. 

“That self entitled, spoiled, dandelion eating, scorpion prick!” Your voice drops the veil of being threatening and returns to its normal sound as you curse his name. 

Bucky smirks at the fact that someone else has the same opinion of the prince as he does. When he looks over to Steve and Sam he’s ready to tell them he told them so about the prince but their shocked expressions stops him. And as Sam lets out a little ‘woah’ he turns back to you just to find that as you pulled the axe from the tree your hood had fallen off, revealing yourself to them. 

“You’re the princess.” You blow a strand of hair out of your face as you slide the axe back into its spot on your back before looking back at the group of men behind you. 

“Yeah, alright, you got me. I’m the princess, I’d prefer you called me Y/n instead and gave me my crown back. Please and thank you.” As you speak you walk up to Bucky and hold out your hand waiting for your property to be returned to you. 

“He said you were kidnapped.” 

“Well, Steve, as you can see I very much wasn’t. I’m safe and sound so you can go tell him I’m fine and not to worry about me, it’s not his job to anyway. I’ll just need my crown back and we’ll never have to see each other again.”

“That’s not gonna happen princess. We were hired to find you and take you back so that’s what we’re gonna do. You’re only getting this crown back after you get us to the kingdom.” 

His words, as frustrating as they might be, spark an idea in your head. You can take them a long way back so that you can still adventure and visit a friend or two and once you get to the outskirts of the kingdom, you’ll get your crown back and take off again. Maybe you’ll even go home and tell your father about how much of an ass the prince is. You huff to play along with not wanting to go. 

“Fine, lead the way, oh wait he wouldn’t have told you where it was, follow me.” You take your dagger out of the tree and place it back in it’s holster on your thigh keeping your eye on Bucky, trying to think of ways to get your crown back before the kingdom. In doing this you miss Sam all but faint at your action. You then turn and start to lead the way back to the main path, smiling to yourself once your back is facing the trio. Steve follows, carrying a frozen Sam over his shoulder. Bucky hesitates, he can’t help but feel that getting you to agree to go back was too easy.

Bucky Taglist: @puddinsqueen​ @koressecretidentity​ @stevieintheimpala​ @unmagically​ @peachytea01​ @the-chocoholic-writer​ @perksofbeingatrex​ @99-cats​ @rachmmb​ @quokkatrash​ @vanillamaa​ @strawb3rrydr3ss​ @that-sarcastic-writer​ @spideyycents​ @mackycat11​ @crystalsoul2​ @rosiemotion​ @dissectiontime​ @lmf​ @jacelynenursalim​ @aiyanalevina​ @mooncaffeine​ @fanofalltheficsx​ @jewelsrocks99​ @lharrietg​ @yoongisdumplingcheeks​ @clubcesspool @sailormajinmoon​ @girl-obsessed-with-things​ @corvusmorte @sophielovesbarnes​ @collywobbl​ @majo240820​ @alina02​ @toothhurtyam​ 

Marvel Taglist: @its-the-autism-innit-luv​ @pogueslandia​ @obsessedwithbuckybarnes​ @rorysreallyrandom​ @sxtansqueen​ @myalupinblack​ @aya-fay @lieswithoutfairytales​ @kakakatey​ @sugarbutterbailey​ @1-800-ch3rry​ @amelia-song-pond​ @leyannrae​ @ficsnrec​ @slut-for-bucky-barnes​ @neenieweenie​ @officiallyunofficialperson​

Everything Taglist: @florenceyelena​ @ninuffi​ @i-love-superhero​ @kolakube9​ @lexy9716​ @hehehehannahthings​

[marcholasmoth]

OSRR: 2394

today was a quiet day beginning with french toast and ending with pasta with d&d in the middle.

joel is watching videos next to me, occasionally grabbing my hand and kissing it, as i sit trying to decide how to write out what happened in d&d today.

okay. d&d from here on out.

------

okay so amber is our dwarf and she's wonderful and lovable and has a semi-satiable bloodlust. sebastian, the only other one in the group with a normal name, is a half-elf watch wizard and is hopelessly in love with amber.

we discovered that there are doppelgängers in waterdeep. that are causing crimes. so the rest of the party went to find gems and crystals and rings that will help us do our research. meanwhile, amber (i'll say "i" and "me") spent the week working.

amber's elf coworkers who make absolutely shit mead pushed over a giant vat of beer that amber had been working on all week and broke her equipment, meaning she had to spend her week's pay on repairs and cleaning. she begged her boss to get rid of them, pointing all the times where they've been antagonistic and hateful and racist towards her, but her boss rebecca said the contract they had was binding. going home amber cries to her friends about the incident and locks herself in her room with a bucket of cleric'ed beer. meanwhile, sebastian decides to White Knight™ this situation. he gets cherish (a pirate-raised teenager who's a fuckin riot) and they're going to Fuck Up Those Elves and get them to leave.

stay tuned for the next installment of Get Amber to Fall In Love with Sebastian! (i sent this to my sister.)

redemption, our red tiefling thief, hearing me crying, came in after a bit and asked me if i'd like to help him plan and commit grand larceny. i said sure.

meanwhile

sebastian and cherish go to the bar. which is a community center/temple of lliira, the temple of good cheer i think it's called. that's where amber works.

so. sebastian goes in and wants a beer. they obviously don't have any. the elves working say "try some mead," so he begrudgingly does so. it's fuckin nasty, of course, and he spits it out, saying as much. the elves behind the bar insult him, calling him a halfbreed and other insults, and one of them goes up to him, having taken offense to the "this is fuckin gross" comment and goes to punch him in the face. sebastian dodges, then grabs him by the chain maille and electrocutes him, sending him convulsing to the floor. then a Bitch vaults the bar, grabbing and snapping a broomstick on her way over, casts shillelagh on it, goes to smack him and misses, and then slips on the still-wet floor (they squeegeed the beer to amber's side of the bar). another vaults the bar toward sebastian and cherish goes and jumps the bar the OTHER way and grabs the cash box from their side. the dude that got zapped gets back up and goes to slug sebastian, missing. sebastian punches the guy in the nose, shocking him again, and blood starts pouring from his nose as he's almost down. the girl with the stick goes to smack and hits him, but before sebastian can attack again, cherish has destroyed the mead barrels (a la "this looks important!" *YOINK*) and yeets the wrench she used at the last and does THIRTY FIVE POINTS OF DAMAGE and she goes down like a sack of potatoes. the last of the three people attacking sebastian goes to punch and misses, sebastian goes to smack with the stick misses, and then the other dude casts sleep,which DOESNT FUCKING WORK BECAUSE i SEBASTIAN IS A HALF ELF AND CHERISH MADE THE SAVING THROW. cherish leaves, because her goal has been accomplished: to grab the cash box and take off. sebastian smacks the dudes kneecaps and then smacks him again and he goes down.

keep in mind there's a table of five regulars over in the corner, sho started chanting "fight! fight! fight! fight!" as soon as it looked like shit was about to hit the fan. three of them - a human and two dwarves - failed the sleep saving throw and the other two have fey ancestry so they can't be put to sleep.

anyway, rebecca, the owner of this fine establishment, comes down and yells "what the hell is happening here" just after the last dude goes down - there were two other elves, wood elves, that didn't get involved and yeeted themselves out the fuckin place as soon as they realized they were Not Getting Involved lmao. anyway, sebastian tells her what happened and she goes and gets her bard husband, who comes down in his pjs with a lute. rebecca casts zone of truth, and he tells the same story bc truth. for the first time in thirty years, the temple gets locked - but not after the husband beefs sebastian up and they drag the elves out into the street with their meadery shit and wakes up not leader and says "you tell your brother that you're not welcome back here. ever again. if i ever see you again, i'll tell me wife." and they get up and YEET themselves out of town. the husband THANKS SEBASTIAN, and he goes home.

amber went with redemption and caused a sobbing distraction with a bucket of beer, and redemption got in, robbed the place, and got out with zero problems. amber eventually stumbles home, sees everyone else around the dining room table, and sebastian tells her that she won't have to worry about the elves anymore. she dismisses it because she's drunk off her ass, ruffles sebastian's hair and goes upstairs and passes out.

when she goes to work the next day, she'll discover what happened. that conversation and the ensuing tension will commence next week.

------

i told this all to my sister. she said:

"Dope."

i love this game.

[sunflowergirl522]

Runaway: Their Journey Begins

Pairing: Tiefling!Bucky x Elf!Reader

Summary: Bucky takes a lot of jobs to make a living and this one was no different. Except for the fact that it’s for an elf prince and elves tend to avoid him in general. He accepts and with Sam and Steve they start their journey to find the elf prince’s runaway bride.

Word Count: 2,551

Warnings: Language (if there’s anything else let me know)

Bucky and Steve sit in a dark corner of the crowded tavern drinking from their mugs of beer. They decided to come for some drinks to celebrate the mission they just successfully completed.

“How mad do you think Sam is since we had to trade away his lute for the jewel?” Steve chuckles as he asks Bucky the question.

“Seeing that he separated from us as soon as we got in here he’s gotta be fuming. I bet steam is coming out of his little ears just thinking about it. Where is he anyway?” As if on cue a table falls over and their heads turn in the direction to see Sam standing where it once was in front of an orc who’s just realizing what happened. You can tell just looking at Sam that he’s both very drunk and angry. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out Sam pushed the table over.

“Watch where you’re walking, you big oaf! You almost trampled me!” Sam kicks the orcs legs while he speaks. Bucky and Steve both look at each other knowing what’s about to happen.

“You spilled my drink on me. Who do you think you are?” The orc lifts Sam up by the collar of his shirt and yells at him.

“It’s your turn to save him. I did it last time.” Steve sips from his mug nonchalantly as he reminds Bucky.

“For such a small guy he sure causes a shit load of problems.” Steve laughs as Bucky hesitantly gets up to help their friend. “Hey buddy! Why don’t you pick on someone closer to your size?”

“Get out of here handle head. I have no issues with you.”

“Yeah well now you do.” Bucky gives a punch to the orcs stomach and he drops Sam. 

“Okay devil man you asked for it.” That’s when the tavern erupts into chaos. Bucky’s quicker than the orc and dodges his punch while landing a blow to his crotch and knocks him back onto a table. He climbs on top of the orc to land blow after blow to his face.

The tavern doors open and everyone freezes as elven guards walk into the building. It’s rare to see elves in the tavern and you never even see sun elves anywhere. Sun elves normally just stuck to their own areas. So seeing a bunch of royal guards coming into the tavern was enough to stop Bucky mid punch to figure out what’s going on. A hush falls over the tavern and the people who were muttering to each other go silent as an elf prince walks in. He stops in the doorway and scans through the building before his eyes land on Bucky. The prince makes his way over to him stopping just in front of the table. He makes a face of disgust looking at the bloody orc before speaking.

“I’m in need of your services.” Bucky’s eyes go wide for a second in shock before throwing one last punch to the orcs face and motioning for the prince to follow him back to Steve and Sam. The prince grimaces at the sight of Sam so drunk he’s barely conscious and very hesitantly takes a seat across from the human and tiefling.

“What can we do for you?” 

“I need you to find someone for me. My bride to be has disappeared under my watch. As of this morning she was missing from her room and she’s not in my kingdom. It’s preferable that you find her before her father finds out that she’s gone. I believe that she was kidnapped though we have very few enemies and none were aware that she was visiting.”

“What does she look like?”

“She’s a moon elf, that’s pretty self explanatory.”

“I assure you, your majesty, that we don’t see a lot of moon elves in our profession. We need a description to find the right girl.” A moment of silence as the prince tries to find the words to say and something clicks in Bucky’s head. “You’ve never even seen her have you?” The annoyance in his voice wasn’t well hidden and Steve’s quick to but in.

“Where was she last?”

“The last any of my guards or her guards saw her was in the room she was using during her visit.”

“Can I assume you won’t let us in said kingdom?”

“You can and you’d be correct.”

“So you expect me to be able to find some lost princess, who may or may not have just left on her own, with no description, no reason for someone to take her, and without being able to track her from the last place she was. You must be out-”

“We can help.” Steve is quick to interject and cut Bucky off from insulting the prince. Bucky shoots Steve a glare while crossing his arms. “Do you have any suggestions on where we should start looking?”

“There’s a town not too far from the kingdom, I believe it’s called Tavin, I’d start there.” He motions a finger for a guard to come over and he drops a bag of coins onto the table. You’ll get the rest after you return her safely.” The prince then gets up swiftly and leaves the tavern with his guards following close behind him. Steve grabs the coins before Sam can get just sober enough to get his hands on them.

“What an entitled fucking weed eater! We’re never gonna find this damned princess!” Bucky slams his fist onto the table causing Sam to grumble slightly at the noise.

“Are you the best at what you do?”

“Of course I am.” Bucky scoffs at the thought of someone being better than him.

“Then we shouldn’t have a problem finding her.” Steve smirks at Bucky knowing he won whatever argument they could’ve had. “Now let’s go sober up Sam and pack up.” He tosses Sam over his shoulder and starts to make his way out of the tavern. Bucky follows while grumbling to himself in Infernal.

***

It took them an hour of dunking Sam's head in cold water and slapping him to get him mostly sobered up. It was a system of Steve pulling his head out of the bucket and Bucky slapping him before Steve dunks his head back in. It’s a system they had to create because Sam always insists that he can drink as much as them and not get drunk when he does every time. 

“So what exactly are we doing again?” Sam speaks from atop Steve’s shoulders where he climbed up due to getting tired from walking.

“We have to find some elf broad for some prince.” Bucky’s fists haven’t really unclenched since they left town. His annoyance at how little they had to work with was amusing to Steve because he knew that as soon as they got a hint at where the princess could be, Bucky would get the job done in no time.

“Bucky’s still upset with how little we know about her or where she could be.” Steve looks up at Sam to explain the hostility in their friends' voice.

“An elf gal huh? I know the perfect song for this!”

“No!” Bucky doesn’t even have to turn around to know that Sam’s about to reach behind him to grab his new lute that he made them stop to buy on their way out. 

The trio eventually comes to a crossroads and according to the map they have both paths will eventually lead to Tavin. 

“I’ve been to Tavin before if we go right we’ll be able to get there faster.” Bucky looks at Steve while pointing to the path he believes to be right.

“Buck, I’ve gone to Tavin a hundred times if we go left it will take longer, yes but, there’s a small village in between us and Tavin.”

“Steve if I wanted to stop at a town I would’ve picked that one. The prince said that he would prefer we find her before daddy dearest finds out so we should take the quicker path.”

Their bickering continues for a few more minutes before Sam gets annoyed and looks at the map himself.  Taking into consideration what both his friends said he starts walking one way while bringing his lute around his shoulder.

“Where are you going?” Steve yells out to Sam while Bucky smirks at Steve knowing that Sam had just made their decision and he chose the right path.

“I’m gonna go find me an elf lover!” Ater speaking he begins to strum the strings and sing a song about the love between an elf and a halfling. Steve shoots one of his own smirks at Bucky knowing how annoyed he’s about to get and Bucky groans before they both follow close behind Sam.

“Why did I have to befriend a bard?”

“Because said bard saved your life, on more than one occasion.” Sam answers the rhetorical question still strumming away.

“Shut it shortstack, you were only able to help because no one can see you coming.”

“Can we just all agree that you’re both idiots and move on with our lives? I’d rather not spend the whole trip listening to the two of you argue.” Steve can’t speak without letting out a chuckle at how ridiculous they are.

“Alright.” Sam goes back to his song.

“Fine.”

The trio walks on for hours with Sam playing songs here and there and with them all cracking jokes at each other. They walk till after sundown and well into the night. Thanks to the stash of food Sam always has they didn’t need to stop to hunt for anything.

“Can we stop walking now? It’s almost too dark to see the path.” Sam asks.

“Maybe for you but that’s why I’m here.”

“He’s right Bucky. We should set up camp for the night, we could all use some sleep.”

“Alright c’mon, I see a clearing off the path up ahead. We can set up there, I’ll start a fire.” Bucky leads them up the path a little longer before turning just off of it. He takes his pack off and heads off to find wood, leaving Sam and Steve to set up the tent. When he gets back Steve is sitting outside the tent and Sam already went to sleep.

“Do you think we really need a fire?”

“You’re telling me this now? After I went out to find and get wood.” Bucky drops all the wood he’s holding at Steve’s feet.

“I thought you could use some time to yourself to calm down.” Bucky just nods at him and sits next to him, leaning back on his hands.

“Do you really think we’re gonna find the girl Steve?” Bucky asks after a moment of silence between them.

“Of course I do. As soon as we get a hint of where she is you’ll be able to find her in no time.”

“I’ve been thinking, the prince said that no one knew that she was there right? She could have just run away, I mean it’s clearly an arranged marriage and he isn’t much of a catch?”

“I don’t know Buck, from what I’ve heard arranged marriages are rare even among elves. I’m sure if they were getting married they knew each other. I’m gonna head to bed, you should too.”

“Yeah I will in a bit.” Steve heads into the tent and Bucky looks up at the moon. He can’t help but think that Steve’s wrong. He sits there looking up at the moon for a while before following Steve into the tent.

***

“Wake up devil boy! It’s time to get this show on the road! Shit!” Sam whines as Bucky flicks him with his tail. “You’re so fucking grumpy when you wake up.”

“It’s only when it’s to your voice.” Bucky sits up and leaves the tent yawning in the process.

“Morning Buck. It looks like we should make it to Tavin today.” Steve is sat with the map spread out in front of him.

“Morning.” A strand of hair falls over Bucky’s forehead and he runs a hand through the hair in between his horns. “Do I still have food left Sam or should I go hunt something down?”

“It’s gone but Steve already hunted you down some rabbits.” Steve was always an early riser while Bucky was an all-nighter. Sam just liked to sleep, it’s dangerous to even let him rest in a sunbeam.

Bucky looks to Steve and he pulls Bucky’s food pack from behind him to show him the already cooked rabbits inside. “Thanks Steve. Sam come help me pack up the tent.”

Once the tent is packed up the trio starts continuing their journey to Tavin.

***

Tavin is a lively town with merchants and musicians littering the streets. Bucky puts his hood up to hide his horns the best he can. He does this often when they go to a town because he doesn’t know how people will react to a tiefling being among them.

“We should stop at the tavern first.” Steve suggests to Bucky while Sam follows close behind them.

“Well what are we waiting for let’s go!” Sam speeds up hearing the word tavern ready to eat and drink. They follow Sam to the tavern, La Luna, and Bucky grabs the back of Sam's shirt to stop him when they enter.

“We’re not here to drink, got it?”

“Yeah yeah, just here to get information, you’re no fun.”

Steve and Bucky make their way up to the bartender while Sam gets distracted by a pretty dwarf.

“Hey there newcomers, can I get you anything?”

“No thanks, we're just wondering if you can help us find someone.” Steve leans against the counter.

“Barely a soul comes through here that I don’t know.”

“We’re looking for a moon elf princess, you seen her?”

“I may have, my memory may need jogged though.” Bucky slides some coins on the counter knowing how this process works. “I’ve seen her, she comes here often when she’s off adventuring. Pops actually named this place in honor of her.”

“Has she been here recently?”

“Was here just yesterday, she left with a clan of dwarves that are frequent customers.”

“Do you know where we can find those dwarves?” Bucky slides him a few more coins over to him.

“You got a map?”

Meanwhile Sam is trying to shoot his shot with the dwarf maiden he spotted.

“Hey sweet thing, my friends and I are in town looking for someone and I think I may be who you’re looking for.”

“That depends on who you're looking for.” She sends a seductive smirk to Sam and boy is he weak to attractive women.

“Some elf princess, I’m sure you’re much more attractive than her though.”

“Where are your friends now and do they care if we disappear from here for a bit?” Sam points over to Steve and Bucky who’re talking to the bar tender and she looks over.

“Over there, I just have to let them know i’m leaving with a pretty lady-”

“Actually I gotta go.” She cuts Sam off and leaves the tavern in a hurry. 

“Her loss.” Sam shrugs and makes his way over to his friends.

“C’mon Sam, we’ve got a lead.”

Permanent Taglist: @starbxcks

Taglist: @poppunkdork @sourpatchspinster (If you guys don’t want to be tagged let me know you were just the ones that got me back into this)

[sunflowergirl522]

Runaway: That Was Easy

Pairing: Tiefling!Bucky x Elf!Reader

Summary: Bucky takes a lot of jobs to make a living and this one was no different. Except for the fact that it’s for an elf prince and elves tend to avoid him in general. He accepts and with Sam and Steve they start their journey to find the elf prince’s runaway bride.

Word Count: 1792

Warnings: Language (if there’s anything else let me know)

Masterlist | Series Masterlist

“Someone’s looking for you!” Sif announces as she barges in through the door of the dwarfs cottage. 

“What?” You had been eating and laughing with Thor, Volstagg and Brunnhilde before she came in. Her words make the four of you to stop mid conversation. All heads turn to her in confusion.

“I just ran into a halfling at La Luna. He said that he and his friends are looking for an elf princess. There’s three of them in total and I haven’t seen any other elf princesses around lately.”

“Did he say why?” You stand up not sure how to react to the news.

“No but his friends were talking to the bartender and you know how loose his lips can be.”

“They could be right behind you.” Volstagg stands up in such a rush that he knocks his chair over. Sif just nods in response to him. Why would anyone be actively looking for you? You’re sure you haven’t made any enemies in all your years. And the moon elves have no quarrel with anyone; they just live in peace.

“Milady you should leave. We can cover for you, tell them you never came here.” Thor looks over to you and then goes to help Volstagg pack up supplies for you.

“They could be dangerous, I can’t leave you all to lie for me. If anything happened I wouldn’t be able to forgive myself.”

“We’ll be fine Y/n. You must go especially in case they’re dangerous.” Brunnhilde adds a few things to the pack while speaking to you. Thor comes over to you with the pack and your cloak in his hands to give them to you. You didn’t come to them with much, just the clothes on your back and a couple daggers. The dwarves are kind though and packed you up some food and some axes for your journey. Brunnhilde had gone back to town yesterday to get you new clothes that you’re sure you’ll change into the first chance you get.

“Tell the others I said goodbye?” Thor nods at you and starts to lead you to the back door.

“Farewell sweet maiden!” Volstagg yells out to you and you smile.

“Take care of yourself princess. I hope our paths may cross again.” 

“You as well Thor. Thank you all for everything.” You kiss his forehead in thanks and exit the cottage while pulling your hood up. You walk a bit into the woods before climbing up a tree and traveling from branch to branch to get to a tree in front of the cottage. You get close enough to see the door but stay deep enough that no one should be able to see you without purposely looking for you. You sit there for a while just waiting for someone to show up at the cottage. And then you hear them before you see them. 

“Maybe they’ll have some food we can have.”

“Is that all you think about?” 

“Only when somebody doesn’t let me eat before dragging me out of town.” You can see three characters approach the cottage from your hiding spot. These must be the people Sif was talking about. You sit back and watch the human and the hooded one speak to Brunnhilde. The halfling asks something and Brunnhilde turns to say something to someone inside. While she does that the hooded one looks down at him with what you’re assuming is a glare. You hold in a laugh as Volstagg brings out a basket of food and hands it to the halfling. The joy you got from that is quickly replaced with panic when the hooded one barges into the dwarves home. You get into a crouched position ready to help defend them if need be. The human and halfling stay outside and you think you see the human apologize. Lip reading was never your forte though.

You let out a sigh as the hooded one comes out while packing something away and walks straight back to the woods. The halfling follows him and the human stays back to say something to Brunnhilde before following as well. You decide to follow them from above to see if you can find out why they’re looking for you.

“Why are you always so rude? This is why everyone hates you.” The halfling must have caused something to snap in the hooded one because he stops before quickly turning to his friend.

“No everyone hates me because of what I am!” He rips his hood off to reveal the blue tiefling underneath. Your eyes go wide and you catch yourself leaning forward on the branch to try to get a better look.

“Alright you two, all that really matters is that we don’t hate you. Now what did you get from the dwarves?” The human steps in between the two men and seems to calm down the tiefling a bit.

“Well it seems the princess was definitely there. I found a crown, they said she traded it to them but I know enough to know that princes and princesses don’t just do that.” He pulls your crown out and holds it out hooked on one finger. You let out a small gasp at the reveal and put a hand on your head to feel for it. How could you be so stupid to leave it behind. “My plan is to loop around the cottage to see if there’s a back exit and then see which way she went.” You have to think quick as he leads them off the main path. You don’t want them to bother your dwarf friends anymore. You make your next moves without putting that much thought into them.

A dagger flys through the air and misses Bucky by an inch before lodging itself in the tree next to him. He jumps back ready for a fight and grabs one of the long swords on his back. Steve takes hold of his bow and reaches back to grab an arrow. And Sam lets out a small yell and jumps behind Steve's legs out of, what he’ll call later, shock. A cloaked figure lands in front of them, coming from the trees. Their hood is up hiding whoever they are from the view of the trio.

“Who are you and why are you looking for the princess?” Their voice is feminine yet intense and threatening. They hold an axe in their hand and point it at the trio as they ask.

“Who are you and why do you think that’s any of your business?” Bucky takes a step forward and moves to a crouching position.

“I asked first you first tiefling.” Bucky snarls at the figure and is just itching for a fight. “You answer my questions and I'll be glad to return the favor.” Steve steps in front of Bucky to put something between the two to try and prevent a fight from happening at all.

“Let’s all calm down now. I’m Steve, that’s Sam, and this is Bucky. I’m sure that we can all get along.”

“Well why are you looking for the princess, Steve?” 

“We were hired to. Are you looking for her as well?”

“You could say that I am, yes.”

“Um Steve did the prince say anything about hiring anyone else when he came to us?” Sam takes a step forward scratching his head in confusion. 

“Prince?” The hooded figures question goes unnoticed by Steve and Sam but Bucky hears it. It peaks his curiosity and he tilts his head a bit.

“He didn’t say anything about anyone else but he seemed desperate enough to.”

“Woah woah hold on a second. What prince?” The woman's voice is full of confusion and that itself confuses Steve.

“Oh you know, sun elf, doesn’t know fucking anything about the princess, pretty damned arrogant bastard if you ask me.” The hooded figure looks down at Bucky’s words and the trio watches as she seems to figure out who they’re talking about.

You look down to wrap your head around the situation and try to come to terms with it. Why on Earth would he send a fucking search party after you? You left him a fucking note. You take a deep breath before letting out an annoyed shriek and throwing the axe at a tree close to you.

“That self entitled, spoiled, dandelion eating, scorpion prick!” Your voice drops the veil of being threatening and returns to it’s normal sound. Bucky’s eyes widen but he can’t stop the smirk forming on his face knowing someone else thinks of the prince the way he does. He looks to Steve and Sam to see the same confused look on both of their faces. As you’re pulling the axe out of the tree your hood falls from your head, revealing you to the others.

Sam’s mouth drops open and he lets out a small woah at seeing you. “You’re the princess.” You blow a strand of hair out of your face and put the axe back in the holder on your pack before looking back at the group of men in front of you.

“Yeah alright you got me. I’m the princess I’d prefer if you called me Y/n though, and gave me back my crown. Please and thank you.” You walk up to Bucky and hold out your hand waiting for your property to be returned.

“He said you were kidnapped.” 

“As you can see Steve I’m not. I’m safe and sound so you can go tell him I’m fine and not to worry. I’ll just need my crown and then we never have to see each other again.”

“Bucky I swear if you give her that crown I-” Bucky wraps his tail around Sam’s mouth to shut him up.

“That’s not gonna happen princess. We gotta deliver you to him. You’re only getting this crown once you get us to his kingdom.” His words spark an idea in your head. You huff to play along with not wanting to go.

“Fine, lead the way.”

“You see we don’t exactly know the way. We were hoping once we found you, you’d be able to get us there.” You turn to Steve and nod in understanding.

“Okay then follow me.” You take your dagger out of the tree and place it back in it’s holster on your thigh while keeping eye contact with Bucky the whole time, completely missing Sam all but faint at the action. You then lead the way back to the path smiling to yourself once your back is turned from the trio. Steve follows carrying a frozen Sam over his shoulder and Bucky hesitates. He can’t help but feel that this whole thing was a little too easy.

Permanent Taglist: @starbxcks

Series Taglist: @poppunkdork @mariah-vg

Taglist is open!!!!!