There was a crash from the kitchen, and Bucky, who had been stretching luxuriously, froze, straining his senses for any other sounds of distress. After a few seconds, hearing nothing but silence, Bucky tore out of bed and ran to the kitchen, where he found Steve- standing, thank God- in the middle of the room, his tablet in one hand and the pieces of his favorite coffee mug lying on the floor next to his feet.

"Are you okay?" Bucky asked, trying to keep his voice calm. A quick scan of the room showed a lack of damage, and although Steve's back was to him, his stance didn't indicate any injuries. Didn't mean there weren't any, Bucky thought worriedly. Poison in Steve's coffee wouldn't necessarily manifest itself the way a physical injury would.

"I- I'm fine, Buck," Steve said, but his voice was shaking. "I just-" he started to move, but Bucky snapped out "No!" before Steve could injure himself stepping on the broken mug. "Let me get that cleaned up first."

"Okay," Steve replied, and Bucky quickly got a dust-pan and swept up the pieces into it, then wiped up the spilled coffee.

"So…that was your favorite mug," Bucky said as he was throwing away the paper towels. "What gives?"

Steve wordlessly handed over the tablet, which was open to some news site. The title immediately grabbed Bucky's attention- "Supreme Court declares ban on gay marriage unconstitutional". Bucky skims through the rest of the article, barely able to maintain his composure against the storm of emotions inside him.

Once he finished reading the article, Bucky looked up. "Steve- this is-" he could feel his eyes prickling with tears and hear how choked up he sounds, but he doesn't even care.

"I know," replied Steve, and pulled him into a long, tight hug, followed by a passionate kiss. "We could- do you want to?"

Bucky had protests lined up for miles- they weren't even engaged, they should probably tell people, they couldn't just go and get married, and those were just a few- but what came out of his mouth was, "Yes, God yes, you punk. Let's get married."