Bucky and Sam were at the first baseball practice of the season.

"Okay, everyone, today we're gonna work on your batting techniques. Coach Barnes will pitch it to you." Sam told the team.

"Come on, Anne, you're up first." Bucky said grabbing a baseball.

Some time later, Sam is checking something on his phone when he hears a whoosh, crack, whack, thud, and the kids going, "ohhhh!". Looking up from his phone, Sam saw Bucky laying on the ground.

"What the h*ll happened!?" Sam asked rushing over to Bucky, who was unconscious.

"Morales hit Coach Barnes with a baseball!" a boy said pointing to another boy holding a bat.

"It was an accident!" the boy with the bat squeaked, his knees shaking.

"C-Coach Barnes threw the ball, and then I hit it with the bat, a-and then the ball just flew back at him and hit him in the face. I swear I didn't do it on purpose!" he explained panicking.

"Miles! Calm down, it's okay, I know it was an accident. Heck, it's nearly impossible to do something like this on purpose." Sam assured the boy.

There was a huge black-and-blue bruise right above Bucky's right eyebrow. Sam shakes his shoulders and pats his cheek to try to wake him up.

"Come on, Buck, wake up!" Sam said worriedly.

Groaning, Bucky blinks open his eyes and looks around, but his eyes looked unfocused. And when Sam tried to get him to talk, he slurred his words.

"Dylan, Megan, go find another teacher to watch you guys while I take Coach Barnes to the hospital. And all of you call your parents, practice is over." Sam told them.

He hauls Bucky to his feet then slings his arm over his shoulders and drags him to his car. A couple hours after arriving to the hospital, Bucky wakes up.

"Hey, Bucky, how's your head?" Sam asked, handing his friend an icepack.

"Hurts." Bucky grunted, placing the icepack on the bruise on his head.

"The doc says you have a concussion. So you should take it easy for a couple days. But tonight you're staying here for observation." Sam explained.

"Okay. Hey, Sam, can you do me a favor?" Bucky asked.

"Yeah, sure." Sam nodded.

"Can you stay with me for the night? You know I don't like being alone." Bucky asked shyly.

"Sure, buddy." Sam agreed, patting Bucky's knee.

When Bucky's phone starts vibrating, Sam hands it over to him. There was a message from Steve asking if he was okay. Bucky texts him back telling him that he was fine and would be staying over night at the hospital. Then he asked him to feed and play with Alpine for him. After that, a nurse came in with Bucky's dinner, which he shared with Sam.

"So...did you ask out that neighbor you liked?" Bucky asked when things got too quiet.

"Yeah...I did. She rejected me." Sam replied with a shrug.

"What? Why?" Bucky gasped, shocked.

"She likes chicks." Sam answered.

"Oh...well in that case, that's okay. At least she's not crazy, cause anyone who would reject you would have to be insane." Bucky said.

"Aww, that's sweet of ya to say, Buck." Sam blushed.

Seeing Sam smile like that was the highlight of Bucky getting whacked in the face with a baseball. Then something in the back of his mind told him to tell Sam how he felt and he was about to build up the courage to do so when the door was being knocked.

"Come in!" Bucky called out.

Miles and his mother enter the room and say 'hi'.

"Hey, Miles, what are you doing here?" Bucky asked the boy.

"I wanted to make sure you were okay. I'm really sorry about what happened." Miles replied.

"Thanks, kid, and don't beat yourself up about it, it wasn't your fault." Bucky told him.

"See, mijo, I told you nobody was mad at you." Miles's mother said.

"Okay, well, bye Mr. Barnes and Mr. Wilson." Miles said as him and his mother left the room.

"Bye, Miles!" both Sam and Bucky replied.

For the night, Sam settles on the tiny couch that was in the hospital room.

"Goodnight, Buck." Sam said.

"Night, Sam." Bucky yawned.

Bucky fell asleep first, the long day and the head injury wearing him out. During the night, he had dreams about him and Sam being a couple, doing sweet couple things...and other more...erotic...couple stuff. Because of those dreams, Bucky had a bit of an embarrassing situation when he woke up that morning. A situation that caused Sam to laugh his a** off and make a dirty joke. 

"Shut up, man!" Bucky whined, covering himself with a pillow.

"Don't be embarrassed, Buckaroo, it happens to us all." Sam laughed.

"Look, I have to head to the school, call me when you get discharged." he added.

Sam leaves the hospital and goes to work. When he got there, he was annoyed to find out that Walker was substituting for Bucky's classes. And he wasn't the only one annoyed by this, Bucky's students disliked Walker very much and wished they had someone else filling in for their favorite tenth grade American history teacher. But it was only for today, so it wasn't all that bad. All day, Sam missed having his best friend around to talk to and joke with. Meanwhile, stuck at home, Bucky also missed having his best friend with him...but he also missed him because of his massive crush on the man. 

A/N: Please check out my newest Sambucky story, "The Winter Cadet", it's basically a season two to "The Falcon and The Winter Soldier".