A/N: Oh here it is, a fic about Bucky and his relationship! You all know CallMyLy, aka unusual-ly on tumblr. She named the background dancers in zombies (all the zombie ones and a few humans). She even had this story called Limelight about them and it's so good! Make sure you read Limelight!
If you read Always had a Feeling by me, there was a chapter where Bucky went with Zed and he got drunk and made out with a zombie named Zach. If you check unusual-ly on tumblr there's a masterpost with all the bg zombies and you can see reference photos of Zach. Zach and Bucky are now a ship I'm way too obsessed with. Zacky!
Once I get back to Always had a Feeling you'll see Zacky getting together (with a little help from Addison and Zed, duh). But until then, here's a different story that isn't on my main storyline all about Zacky!
Rated T for language and some slight sexual references. Weekly updates! All bg zombies have been named by unusual-ly!
According to Addison, Zed was throwing a New Year's Zombie Mash, even though it was scheduled for January second. It all was a bit odd to Bucky but he just shrugged it off. He tried not to get too involved in what went on with his cousin's boyfriend.
The two of them (Addison and Zed) had dressed him in dark jeans, a grey hoodie, and black boots. "You need to blend in," Addison had told him. "Tell the Aceys the same."
"It'll be night in Zombietown, and you could get in the trouble for being out there just as bad as I can," Zed said.
"You know I guess I should just not go," Bucky stated.
Neither of them budged. They kept their arms folded and looked at him like a dual threat. "You're going to the mash," Addison stated. "You've been stressed about States for way too long! It's two weeks away, take a break!"
Bucky narrowed his eyes at his cousin. She knew how huge it was that they were going to the State finals and that his entire college career depended on him bring his team to victory and Nationals, especially since they had lost Regionals the year before. And he made sure to remind her of how extreme the situation was, how he shouldn't be taking a break and she shouldn't either.
In the end though, he wanted to make sure Addison didn't do anything stupid because she was one of the best flyers they had and one of the few people who got the routine down to the tee. Plus, a few hours wouldn't hurt anyone.
Of course he lost Addison within ten minutes of getting there and was surrounded by Zombies and humans in a dark and definitely unsafe building. The same building that started the Zombie race. He was totally comfortable and perfectly okay in his position. Yeah.
The music was fine. The first part was some cover band of Bowling for Zoup. Then there was that song Bamm that was a little annoying but still really cool. Then Eliza manned the DJ booth on this walkway suspended in the air.
It was all pretty cool. The music was bumping and he couldn't help but dance to the beat. He didn't see or need the Aceys to flank his sides. He was fine just being on his own and floating around, for the first time in a while.
At parties, you don't necessarily ask people to dance. You just dance with people and everyone is perfectly okay with it. Like the kinda attractive Zombie who had floated over to Bucky and had danced with him for the past ten minutes. He was tall and lanky with a nice haircut. On top of being a pretty good dancer and matching Bucky every time he tried to show off, he had come with drinks.
It didn't take long for dancing to turn to chatting by the bar. His name was Zach and he played the bass in Bowling for Zoup. He was pretty cool and matched Bucky's over the top attitude.
They were drinking and partying and just having a good time. Zach had guided Bucky toward a quieter hallway where they sat on the windowsill in front of stained glass window.
Bucky was a bubbly drinker. He got touchy and giggly when he'd drink and ended up acting completely stupid and giggling on Zach's shoulder. Zach was also drinking but he clearly wasn't as drunk as Bucky was. Drunk or not, they ended up making out on the windowsill.
Zach was amazing at the whole making out thing. And he took control of everything and it was pretty hot. Zach moved his lips down to Bucky's jaw and slipped his hands under the cheerleader's hoodie. Bucky knew Zombies were generally cold but Zach's hands on his skin were like a new kind of heat.
The physical contact was almost better than the kissing and the whole idea of kissing a Zombie. It was like a forbidden act that felt so right and so wrong in every way.
Suddenly the lights and music cut out. "Zombies show yourself you're out past curfew!" Zach pulled away quickly and Bucky whimpered in protest.
He was pulled up by Zach and dragged around the opposite way he had come from. It took him a second to regain concentration and focus, when he realized he was being pushed out a tiny window. "It's a three foot drop," Zach whispered to him. "Hurry!"
Even though Bucky was a little (a lot) drunk, he managed to jump from the window. Zach was right behind him and grabbed him by the arm. It was a little dizzying to run around Zombietown like that and Bucky just went with the flow, following him until the ended up in some backyard.
By the time they stopped all the alcohol had finally gotten to him and he vomited. Bucky crouched down and heaved into the icy grass. When he stopped and dry heaved over the grass, he felt arms around his stomach pulling him up. Zach was speaking to him in a mix of Zombie Tongue and English that all went over his head.
Bucky groaned in protest as he was dragged inside and up a flight of stairs, then into a bedroom. Bucky fell onto the bed against the wall and instinctively curled into a ball.
"Yeah, yeah just go to sleep." Zach mumbled. "Just go to sleep."
The next morning, Roz went over to Zach's house as per his request. When she found him he was pacing back and forth in his living room.
"Roz!" Zach shouted when he saw her. He beamed at her excitedly. "Roz there's a cheerleader in my bedroom!"
"What?" she asked, more curious than anything.
Zach grinned and bounced excitedly. "At the mash last night I was making out with Bucky—"
"You made out with Bucky?"
Zach nodded enthusiastically. "Right! Anyway the Z-Patrol showed up and I couldn't just leave him there so I brought him here and he was drunker than a sailor and he knocked out! So I have a cheerleader in my bed and I have no idea what to do!"
"That…I don't know whether to be impressed or terrified," Roz admitted.
"Right!"
"You have Bucky in your bedroom," Roz said, completely impressed. "Did you fuck him?"
"No," Zach said immediately. "No that's-that would be taking advantage of him and that's wrong."
Roz nodded. "Well, call his cousin. Or Zed, considering neither of us even remember the white girl's name."
"It starts with an A."
"Call Zed!" Roz exclaimed.
"Right! Right!" Zach pulled out his phone and quickly dialed for Zed.
"It is eight in the morning Zach. Why are you calling me?"
"Your girlfriend's cousin is in my house," Zach stated.
"Oh shit." Zach could hear Zed talking in a quiet voice, probably to Addison. "Is he breathing?"
"I dunno, probably."
"Dude!"
"I'm sorry I'm not with him right now!"
Zed sighed. "Well if he's not doing anything and he's alive, we'll come by later to get him. Just keep him alive, ya'know."
"Yeah, okay."
"Please don't wake me up this early again."
Zed hung up and Zach sighed. "Sometimes he can be so rude," he said, feigning hurt.
Roz rolled her eyes. "Think about this, Zach. You have a cheerleader in your bed. A cheerleader you were making out with last night. He's gotta he into you!"
Zach's eyes widened in realization. "Oh my god! This is so my chance!"
Roz grinned and clapped his back. "Yeah it is. Humans get so hungover so maybe you should take care of him."
"What's a hangover?"
"Humans can't handle their alcohol," Roz said with a shrug. "I dunno, I heard about it from Keira. They get headaches and vomit. It's horrible, I know. But they tend to get attracted to people who take care of them."
Zach nodded. "Okay. Alright. I got this."
Roz clapped his shoulder. "Now I'm going home. Good luck trying to woe Bucky."
Roz left and a few hours later, Zach found himself sitting in the chair by his bed watching Bucky slowly wake up. He had done some research in 'hangover cures' and dig up a bottle of aspirin and a water bottle, even coaxing his mom to make a large and 'healthy' breakfast.
Bucky groaned as he woke up, squinting at the little amount of light in the room. "Ugh, what the fuck," he muttered. He slowly reached up and rubbed his eyes, then did a once over of the room, his eyes landing on Zach.
Zach thrust out the water and pills. "For your hangover."
Bucky cringed backward and dropped his head on the pillow. "Could you not shout?"
"Oh! Sorry!"
"Fuck," Bucky muttered. He turned until his face was in the pillow, then said in a voice muffled by the fabric, "where am I?"
"Oh, you're in my room," Zach said. Then, after a sudden realization, he added, "Not that we did anything besides make out!"
"Volume." Bucky groaned.
"Sorry, sorry."
Bucky turned his head and opened his eyes. He thrust out his hand and Zach placed the pill bottle in his hand. Bucky slowly rolled over and sat up, holding his head and groaning in protest.
Zach watched him in fear. He looked a little green and humans weren't supposed to be green.
"Water."
Bucky swallowed a few pills and downed half the water bottle in a few seconds. It was impressive and frightening all at once. Bucky groaned and laid back against the bed.
"I need to call Addison," he muttered.
'So that's her name,' Zach thought.
"I already did," Zach stated. "Well I called Zed but I'm pretty sure she was there too."
Bucky nodded. He turned onto his side and looked at Zach through heavy lidded eyelids, already dozing off. "I'm going back to sleep, wake me up in an hour or don't. I don't care."
So Bucky was a little rude. In general, yes, but especially now that he was hungover. He was out again in a few minutes.
In the meantime, Zach put in his wireless headphones and grabbed up his bass (instead of the amp the sound would come out in his headphones). There was gonna be band practice later that date and he figured he could practice in the meantime.