Summary: He was lost in his own mind. She was lost to the pain of her past. Together, they found themselves again. Co – Written with BlackHawk's Child. Bucky/OC, Steve/Sharon, Clint/Natasha, Wanda/OC, Sam/OC, Scott/Hope and Tony/Pepper. Soulmate AU story. Alpha Bucky/Omega OC. Dominant Bucky and Dominant Winter Soldier. Rated M for graphic violence, language, sexual assault and eventual sexual scenes.

You Hung The Moon

Chapter 3

Tony Stark checked the navigation system on his suit before flying to Wakanda to get justice for his parents' deaths. Even if it meant killing Barnes and his mate. Even if Barnes' mate got in the way, Tony would kill her just so he could see the anguish on Barnes's face when the assassin saw his soulmate die in front of him, driving Barnes insane.

James heard Elise in the shower as she washed. The air was cool and he went to join her in the shower. He noticed the bruises on her hips from where he had held them. He felt disgusted at himself when he saw them, angry that he had left such marks on her. He silently got in the shower with her and nuzzled her neck tenderly, his arms wrapped around her waist gently as he felt her curl into him.

"So... your mother didn't love you at all? Why was she like that?" James asked quietly.

Elise sighed. "Because of who my father was," she answered. "He wasn't human either but when my mother fell for him... She felt strange. He was a demon. Well, part demon and part witch," she revealed grimly. "It corrupted my mother. She became an agent of evil. No love in her heart after she gave it to my father."

James pressed his lips to the nape of her neck soothingly as she thought about her mother. Elise brought her hands to interlace with her mate's, letting him rock her gently under the water. "You okay?" he whispered softly in her ear.

"Now I am," she whispered, turning in his arms so she could curl her head against the crook of his neck. "You make me feel better."

James smiled softly and tilted her head so he could pepper kisses over her face. "I'm never going to leave you, angel," he promised.

Elise's eyes closed as her mate pressed his lips against the skin of her face. Tilting her head up, she let him claim her mouth in a soft kiss, just as passionate as the ones they had shared earlier in the day. He gently walked her back until she hit the tiled wall behind her.

"I want you," he whispered, like it was directions to the theatre, and he lifted her onto his shoulders before he buried his face inside her core. She gasped in response, her hands going to his hair. Almost instantly she's moaning, head against the wall. Again, she marvelled at how fucking strong he was. God, she was lucky.

"James..." she whimpered. His tongue swirled around her clit, sucking and licking, while he inserted two fingers into her, moving them in and out. Elise groaned in pleasure, breathing heavily. Jesus, this guy was from the damn 1940's but he knew every single sex move. Talk about research.

"Like that, cherie?" he growled against her, moving his tongue more. "Like it when I eat you out?"

Elise let out a soft cry, her chest heaving with pleasure as James pleasured her with his tongue on her cunt. She let her head fall back against the wall while he spread her legs further apart with his strong, broad shoulders. He licked her harder as he felt her hands run through his dark brown locks.

"Too much, doll?" James asked huskily, feeling Elise shudder against him.

"Yes... oh god, please don't stop, James!" Elise cried heavily. She felt her stomach tense up in a bubble of pleasure.

James held onto her hips tightly. "Cum for me, Elise. Cum for me, amoureux," he growled roughly with a hint of dominance in his voice.

Elise opened her eyes and let out a loud cry of pleasure, her body shaking as she came on James's tongue. James held onto her tightly as he drank her juices, growling at the taste. Eventually, he pulled away before he shuddered in pleasure as she began washing him. She stroked his stubbly right cheek gently and smiled when he nuzzled her hand. He hummed softly before washing her damp wavy hair and she leaned into his embrace, feeling sleepy before she did the same for him.

"You okay, doll?" he whispered as he held her close to him while the shampoo rinsed from his hair.

"You are too good at sex," she mumbled as she moved to rest her head in the crook of his neck. She noted when he stiffened at her words, making her sigh. "I know you taught Natasha in the Red Room. It's in the past," she whispered.

James pressed his lips to the top of her head. "But we both know that it's going to be awkward because of it," he commented. "I'm the first person Natasha ever willingly slept with. And there's only two people who can say she ever willingly wanted to be with."

Elise pressed her lips to the spot where metal and skin met on James' shoulder. "I'm happy that there was someone there that made you remember some of your humanity," she informed him. "Am I jealous that you were together at some stage in the past? Yes. But only in the way that all soulmates are jealous of past lovers."

Her words played through his head. "I want to kill every one of your past lovers," he confessed, unsure of how she would react. "I want you to be mine and only mine."

"I am only yours," she promised, kissing her way up to his lips as his hands gently gripped her hips possessively. "They are in the past. You are my present and future. My soulmate. Nothing will changes that, James."

"And you're mine, all mine and my soulmate," James whispered emotionally. Elise hugged him tightly and he held her back, burying his face into her soft hair. His.

James woke up the next morning to see Elise was still asleep, her strawberry blonde wavy hair tickling his face as he gently ran his hands through her soft hair. He ran his fingers along her face, tracing the features that had haunted his dreams and his mind for the last fifty years. James saw her stir and she looked at him, her strawberry blonde wavy hair falling in her eyes.

"Morning, beautiful," James whispered softly before he kissed her tenderly.

She smiled and wrapped her arms around him tightly. "Good morning, mon ange," Elise whispered softly and cupped his face as he kissed her tenderly. Eventually, they pulled away to get dressed. James watched as she put on a simple dress with no make-up. The only jewellery she wore, was a necklace with a crescent moon that had stars on it and he wondered if it had symbolic meaning to her in any way at all.

"It belonged to my grandmother as I'm part demon... None of the nine covens in New Orleans trust me aside from my aunt and cousin. But I'm considered unique among them due to having the power of all nine covens," Elise explained quietly.

James took her hand and gently squeezed it.

"Sir, are you sure you wish to do this? Barnes's mate is with him and there's a risk of her being pregnant," FRIDAY asked cautiously.

"I don't care. Maybe if she is pregnant it will hurt him more and make him feel even more like shit," Tony replied darkly as he saw Barnes walking with Elise.

"Killing Mademoiselle Elise will not bring your parents back. Your mother wouldn't want this to happen," FRIDAY pleaded.

"Sorry FRIDAY but I have to do this," Tony answered coldly and aimed his repulsor at where Barnes and his soulmate were currently standing.

'Tony, no! Please don't do this!' Pepper pleaded, suddenly interrupting his thoughts after FRIDAY summoned her.

But Tony ignored her. "Stay out of my head, Pepper!" he snarled and fired at James and Elise. It was his luck that Barnes and his soulmate had been bonding with a few panthers.

"Get down!" James shouted quickly and grabbed Elise's hand. The ground underneath them exploded and the panthers ran into the jungle, Elise slipped and was now holding onto his hand for dear life.

"James," Elise said fearfully.

"It's alright doll, I've got you," James promised as his eyes saw Tony landing next to them and he grabbed a hold of James's shirt.

"You son of a bitch! You took everything from me, my friends, my soulmate and even my best friend's ability to walk! Now you've taken my parents away along with my team! You took everything away from me, so I'm going to destroy and take away everything you care about! Starting with your soulmate!" Tony snarled viciously.

"Tony, please don't hurt Elise, please. She doesn't have anything to do with what happened to your parents, neither does Steve nor the others," James implored.

Tony punched him, sending him backwards, away from Elise. The witch pulled herself up from the hole and watched in horror as James was attacked by the broken genius. James allowed himself to be attacked, leaving Elise free to do as she wished; run or fight. Her body froze up as blood began to seep from her mate, his pale skin changing to black, blue and green bruises.

"James!" she screamed when Tony raised his repulsor to shoot the super soldier. She lifted her hands and sent Tony rocketing into a nearby tree, his head cracking back into the bark. Elise raced over to her mate, her body shivering as she helped him sit up. "James, please," she whispered. "We have to go."

James shook his head. "I hurt him. But I won't let him hurt you and the rest of them," he replied, pulling away from her as he stood up. "This is my fight, Elise. Get out of here," he ordered harshly.

Elise's Omega side whimpered at her mate's harshness. But she stood beside him. "No," she defied. "I almost lost you once. I'm not going to lose you now."

"Let's get him back to the guest palace. He's hurt and needs help," James said quietly and began walking over to the Alpha before Tony got up and charged at him. James was slammed onto his back and was being beaten up by the other Alpha. James let the other man take his rage out on him silently.

Tony looked up and saw Elise running over to help her soulmate. He blasted at her with his repulsors which sent the woman backwards into a tree, badly injuring her. Tony moved back toward James when he noticed the injured super soldier crawling towards Elise.

Tony grabbed James by the throat. "Do you even remember them?" he asked coldly.

James swallowed, his mind haunted by the innocent people he'd killed while under the control of HYDRA. "I remember all of them," he whispered hauntedly.

Tony snarled angrily before dropping the wounded soldier onto the floor. He turned to Elise who stirred and looked up at him in worry, Tony glared at her.

"Elise Deveraux, you know what your soulmate did to my parents, right?" he snarled as he crouched down in front of the Omega. "How he killed my father while my mother watched? How he then proceeded to crush her windpipe as she lay helpless in the car? How he betrayed a man he once called his friend?"

"Like you are going to do to me?" Elise replied, her eyes flickering over to her mate's form as he tried to pick himself up. "You've betrayed your friends. You turned on them. You made Pepper leave you. You let them experiment on Natasha when she was pregnant and let them lock up Wanda with a collar. You really think you're some hero? You're just a scared man in a tin can."

Tony growled and caught her by the throat. "What other lies have they fed you?" he snarled.

"Natasha is four months pregnant. Wanda was locked up like a caged animal. You ruined three relationships that are desperately clinging on," she replied, breathing hard. "You are no better that the bastards who ordered your parents dead."

Tony growled and pushed her hard against the tree, her head smacking back against the bark of the tree. "You bitch. You know nothing about me," he snarled, his eyes dull as he spoke. "I'll make Barnes watch as I take you and kill you in front of him."

"It won't bring your parents back though. Killing me won't bring you peace Tony. Instead it will make you feel worse," Elise implored to Tony. The tormented and broken Alpha ignored her words, he grabbed her by the throat. And in that moment, Elise knew she was going to die. But at least James was safe. "Je te pardonne, Tony. I love you, James so much, even though I hardly know you but I do," she whispered to herself as Tony promptly crushed her throat.

James woke up in intense agony. He looked around to see Elise lying on the ground, her strawberry blonde hair looking like blood. He picked himself up and ran over, cradling her gently in his arms. Tears slid down his cheeks, mixing with the blood there.

"Now you know what I feel," Tony said coldly as he watched the Winter Soldier grieve for his soulmate who lay near dead in his arms.

"Why go after her? She was innocent!" James snarled, enraged as he barely felt a pulse on Elise. She was dying and he could do nothing to help her.

"To hurt you, Barnes. You took everything from me so now I'm returning the favour," Tony said coldly.

James felt Elise stir in his arms weakly, blood dripping from her injured side. Her eyes fluttered as he held her still. Tony raised his repulsors at the soldier. James closed his eyes, ready to die when he heard something in his mind and slowly, he realised it was the Winter Soldier speaking to him.

'Release me and I can save her,' the Soldier whispered to him. 'I can make sure she never leaves you.'

James opened his eyes to gaze down at Elise's prone form. 'Do whatever it takes,' he whispered to the Soldier. Silence followed and James felt his darker side take over him. He embraced the Winter Soldier and stood up in front of Elise.

Tony recognised the minute that Barnes let the Winter Soldier take over but he was ready. Tony charged at the Soldier but Barnes avoided the blow and began beating the genius viciously. Stark started to gradually weaken and James looked at him in the eye. As much as he wanted to kill Tony for what he had done to Elise... He couldn't bring himself to kill him. Tony was a victim of HYDRA and of Zemo too… they were all victims of HYDRA. In the end, he stopped hitting Tony as he saw Steve and the others arrive to help. James picked up Elise who lay limp in his arms and carried her to safety.

"You're safe, doll. I'm not ever leaving you," he promised her unconscious form.

Steve studied Tony in silence as the Wakanda medical team cared for him. He knew T'Challa was far from pleased at hearing that Tony had nearly killed James's soulmate in the same manner as James had killed Maria Stark.

"How's Elise?" Wanda asked quietly. Her dark brown hair shimmered in the Wakanda sunlight and he caught a glimpse of the words on her right wrist in black Hebrew writing.

"Stable. She's going to have an operation to see where the bleeding's coming from. At the moment, they think it's from a vein in her stomach," Steve informed her.

Scott walked over to them as they spoke. "My soulmate, Hope, just got in touch. She says that two guys are related to Elise and she's coming here with them, their soulmates and Cassie," Scott told them uneasily before handing Steve a piece of paper. "Read that."

'Family of Elise Adele Deveraux.
Lazarus - Father.
Charlotte Deveraux - Mother (Deceased)
Siblings:
Brock Rumlow - Older Half - Brother.
Remy Delacroix - Older Half - Brother.'

Steve finished reading the file in disbelief while Wanda looked shocked at what she was reading.

"Crossbones is alive?" Steve asked dumbfounded just as Nick Fury entered the room calmly, Rhodey and Pepper behind him. Grant Ward entered behind them, nodding his head at the three before inclining his head towards Clint and Natasha while pulling Daisy Johnson into his side.

"Hello Cap," a voice greeted and Steve turned round to see none other than a healed Brock Rumlow and a dark haired young man next to him, observing the Captain calmly. Sharon recognised that Brock, Remy and Elise all had the same smile as they regarded them.

"Agent Carter," a British voice said softly and she looked up to see Jemma Simmons looking at her from Brock's side.

"Is there any other surprises we need to know of?" Clint asked from where he sat with Natasha curled against him.

Natasha snorted as she looked at Pepper who was looking pale and tired. "You haven't told Tony yet, have you?" she deadpanned, raising an eyebrow at her fellow red-head.

Pepper swallowed before shaking her head, making Tony look at her, grief taking over his face. "Tell me what? That another Alpha stole you away from me? That there was another reason for you abandoning me? Just like everyone else?" he asked, pain obvious in his voice as he spoke.

"Tony," she started, moving towards her mate but he shook his head, closing in on himself. Pepper continued until she was sitting beside Tony on the bed. She took out her phone and brought up an image before handing it to her mate. "Your son is the reason I left," she informed him, loud enough for everyone to hear her. "Natasha and Happy are his godparents. I asked Natasha to keep an eye on you while I wasn't there. But, obviously, she's not me and she had her own issues to deal with," she confessed.

Tony's eyes were locked onto the picture of his son as Pepper explained why she had left. "What's his name?" the hurt Alpha asked.

"Howard Jarvis," Pepper replied softly, watching her mate carefully. "He's down in the lobby with Happy. I didn't want to move him while he was asleep."

Tony looked over at Natasha, his face growing angry. "You knew and you never told me?" he growled at the pregnant red-head.

"Tony, I didn't think telling you was a good idea while the Accords were being argued about," Natasha reasoned. "You were already unstable and risking you losing control would've meant that you could have lost Pepper and Howard anyways."

Tony glared at her angrily, his brown eyes dark with fury. "This is why I can never trust you! You always fucking lie about everything. And you made miss my mate giving birth to our pup! No wonder Rogers didn't trust you and neither does Deveraux. Christ you're a lying bitch!" Tony shouted enraged, unleashing all of his anger at the woman.

Natasha flinched at his words as Clint began to growl dangerously. Before he could move, two nurses gently wheeled in a pale but awake Elise who looked tiredly around the room before leaning into James's side.

"Take a good look at yourself, Romanoff! And I mean a really good look at yourself in the mirror. You slept with Elise's Alpha and made her feel like she's second best! You fucking played me and Steve against each other and I can never help Rhodey walk again! And you made miss out on my son being born! I fucking hope you live with the guilt, depression and disgust that you cause everyone to feel!" Tony snarled spitefully and paused. "I no longer see you as a friend, Romanoff! Only as a woman who uses this team for her own amusement and I'm fucking out of here!" He growled bitterly and grabbed the crutches that T'Challa had given him and he began walking out of the room to see his son.

Silence followed. Elise bit her lip; she was having a hard time looking at Natasha because Tony hadn't been wrong about some of his words about Natasha. She felt like second best; she wasn't as beautiful as Natasha and nor was she an assassin or a spy. She was just a witch with demon blood, which was it. "Can you help me to my room, please? I'm tired?" she asked quietly. James looked at her silently before nodding and said goodbye to everyone before wheeling Elise out of the room.

Pepper stood up and walked over to Natasha, crouching down in front of the red-head. "You kept Howard safe for the past six months and me for a further eight," she started, clasping Natasha's hands in her own. "I will never be able to thank you enough for that."

Natasha smiled weakly and nodded. Pepper returned the smile before following her mate down to their son.

"Anything else you lied about or kept from us, Nat?" Steve asked calmly but everyone could hear the anger in his voice. Natasha had definitely messed up, she had stabbed all of them in the back in some degree. Some more than others.

"She knew that Thaddeus Ross and the government were creating weapons to neutralise Wanda Maximoff," Remy informed and Clint looked shocked.

He glared at Natasha. "Is this true?!" he growled at her. Wanda was like their daughter and she let her get locked up like an animal.

"I never agreed to them. I told Tony and Ross that I would walk if they ever put them on her," Natasha growled back at her mate. Without waiting for an answer, she stood up and left, her body swaying as she moved.

Wanda immediately ran after her, stopping the red-head by hugging from behind. "Please don't leave again," the brunette begged. "Please. You can't leave again."

The red-head swallowed before slowly returning the hug. "I'm going to the roof, princess," she promised. "I won't leave you again." Wanda nodded and released Natasha, realising that holding her in the room would only make things worse at the moment.

Clint frowned as he smelled the tears beginning to fall down Natasha's face. The same ones that fell down Wanda's. He stood up and placed a reassuring hand on Wanda's shoulder. "She didn't know they used them on me," the brunette whispered. "Ross had shown them footage of the weapons being damaged. She didn't know."

Clint shot a confused look at Sharon. "There were more weapons?" he asked the blonde.

"Natasha was shown the same footage as me. We thought they were destroyed. I found out when Steve told me," she answered.

"Natasha was playing both sides," Fury spoke up, making everyone look at him. "Not to pit you against each other. But to make sure no one was killed. But Ross played both her and Tony. They both had traces of the paranoia drug in their systems."

"They walked into a trap," Steve whispered before a memory hit him. "She once asked me if I would trust her to save my life… When we were on the run from HYDRA. She saved both me and Bucky at the airfield."

Clint looked down at Wanda who was still staring at the door Natasha had disappeared out through. "I'll be back in an hour," he stated, squeezing Wanda's shoulder before following after Natasha.

Steve turned back to Fury. "What else did you have Natasha do?" he asked, wondering why Natasha had risked everything to keep everyone from killing each other.

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