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, mentions of attempted suicide, depression sexual assault and eventual sexual scenes.
You Hung The Moon
Chapter 6
After running a shower, Elise sat under the water with her hair getting soaking wet by the soothing water. She sighed quietly, allowing the water to wash away her negative emotions. The door opened but she kept her back turned to whoever it was and washed her hair when the person leaned towards her and pulled her into him.
She looked up to see it was James. "I hate seeing you sad, doll," he whispered quietly, sadness in his voice.
Elise smiled sadly before stroking his left stubbly cheek tenderly, her touch gentle. "Old ghosts and sins of the past, James," she answered him as she started washing his hair.
James looked at her silently when his eyes caught sight of the scars on her wrists. They looked recent.
"You're not a bad person Elise. You're not a killer and you're not a monster like the Red Room. You're not second best either. Wanda looks up to you and respects you. So do Steve and Tony," James stated firmly, taking her hands in his and pressing his lips to the scar.
"Clint doesn't trust me, James. I saw it. He's afraid that I'll hurt the pups and Natasha," Elise whispered. "I don't hate her."
James held her close. He knew that was true. Clint didn't fully trust Elise and still viewed her as a threat even after she had nearly tried to kill Kate in order to protect them. James pulled her into him and kissed her. She gladly kissed him back before he broke the kiss and nuzzled her neck tenderly. She whispered his name softly and he held her tightly.
"Let me love you, Elise," he whispered roughly.
She nodded, giving her trust to him. He picked her up and pressed her against the shower wall before kissing her deeply.
"Please don't hurt me, James," she pleaded. He felt pained at her words. He wanted nothing more than to kill Charles Everhart for making his Omega feel like she was unworthy.
"I'll always want you Elise. Always," James promised fiercely and kissed her passionately before wrapping his arms around her tightly and thrust into her firmly. She moaned in his mouth, her nails digging into his shoulders. At one point, the sexual tension became so strong that James ended up pushing Elise on the wet shower tiled flooring.
"Show me, show me you want me," Elise whispered breathlessly, her breathing light as James trailed his metal fingers over her throat. He growled and leaned on her.
"I'll show you then, Omega," he growled roughly and smiled at her darkly, causing her to shudder in desire. "And I will leave you in bite marks and bruises to show my love."
Elise moaned as he entered her again, setting a hard pace. He caught her hair and held her head in place, his lips meeting hers in a bruising kiss as he brought his other hand down to pull her thigh over his shoulder. "You are mine," he growled against her lips. Breaking the kiss, he brought his mouth to the underside of her jaw, sucking a deep love bite into her skin. "You are mine and I'm not letting you leave me. Ever."
Elise whimpered and nodded as much as she could as James held her head in place. "I promise," she whispered breathlessly. "I promise I'm not leaving you."
Her mate growled at her words, releasing her hair so he could palm at her breasts. He left a trail of marks as he made his way down to her chest, marking her as much as he could.
He left a bite mark on her left hip, growling roughly and rubbed his scruff against the underside of her left breast while the hot water poured over them. James held her tightly and pushed her on the floor harder, growling low in his thrust before gently sliding into her and began pounding away into her like an animal.
"Oh fuck, doll, you're so fucking beautiful," he growled roughly. Elise curled further into him, feeling his cock kissing her womb firmly and she gasped his name softly. He watched as Elise's face turned dark red and she sighed, shaking her head and stroking his cheek. He was still inside her and she could feel him gently thrusting inside her.
"I'm not beautiful. I was left at the altar but you are beautiful, James," Elise whispered quietly, resting her forehead against his.
He held her tenderly. "Yes you are. You are beautiful Elise and I love every inch of you and your body," James said lowly and nuzzled her neck as he kissed the spot of her pulse point. He then moved inside her and she gasped, crying out in pleasure as he began thrusting inside her with low, rough growls and held her tightly as they moved against each other.
In that moment, Elise felt loved. James growled when he felt her walls flutter around his throbbing hard cock. His knot exploding inside her and he held her tightly as they both recovered from their orgasms.
James quietly watched Elise sleep in the bed that they shared, her damp hair spilled across the silk pillows. He knew she missed her animal companions that were back in New Orleans. That made him think of an idea.
"You're leaving?" Steve asked, shocked.
James nodded, he appreciated everything that Steve, Wanda, Scott, and T'Challa had done for him but he wouldn't let Clint judge Elise and make her feel like an outsider. "You know how some of the others feel about Elise. Pepper and Clint… they're scared of her and view her as a threat. Pepper won't let her hold Howard even though Tony lets her," he answered quietly.
Steve sighed. "It's not safe for her, Buck. Ross knows that she's around and what with the Sokovian Accords about to announce the names of everyone this Monday coming up, she'll have a target on her back," Steve replied grimly.
"I know that Steve, but... she's so unhappy but she's not unhappy when she's near animals. She's scared about her animals, her horses, cats and dogs," James explained.
T'Challa looked at him thoughtfully. "They're her familiars," he stated, realising what James was stating. "In order for her to function properly, she needs her familiars."
James nodded. "Yes. And I need to go get them."
"You're not going alone." The three men turned to find Natasha standing at the doorway. She had regained a lot of colour in the past few days. "You're an easier target alone. Maybe easier to hide, but an easier target for HYDRA," she stated.
"Using my own words against me, Natalia?" James replied, raising an eyebrow. "Clint won't let you out of Wakanda. Not when you're pregnant and Alexei is out there."
"You are one of the best assassins in the world," Natasha answered before she smirked. "I was thinking of sending Clint with you," she added with a nonchalant shrug. "Both trained assassins for two world organisations."
James frowned. "We hate each other," he replied. "We'd kill each other."
Natasha's smirk grew. "You know I am very convincing, Yasha," she replied, her eyes flickering to Steve and T'Challa. "Clint is the best pilot we have. I have already made sure he will agree. I didn't really give him a choice in the matter."
James frowned as Clint stepped in behind Natasha, pouting as Natasha spoke. "Why?" he finally asked, watching the couple carefully.
"It's what family does," Natasha answered before turning to look at Clint. "Be careful," she whispered before leaning up and kissing the side of her Alpha's mouth.
"Always," Clint answered before Natasha walked away. The archer watched her until she disappeared from his line of sight before turning back to James. "Guess we don't get a choice in this."
"I guess we don't, Barton," James responded civilly.
Clint nodded. They their said goodbye to everyone. James noticed Elise was standing away slightly, but near Brock, Sharon, Wanda and Remy. He also noticed that Tony was displaying fatherly protectiveness over her. But he saw the way Pepper, Happy, Rhodey, Sabine and even Clint reacted towards and around Elise; almost as if she was some sort of wild, unstable person. It made him angry but at the same time upset. He walked over to her quietly as he watched Pepper and Sabine moving away slightly from her as if she was something evil. He glared at Sabine in disgust; so much for family loyalty considering how Elise was her first maternal cousin. He would never treat his three sisters like that.
"Where are you going?" Elise asked quietly, her strawberry blonde hair pulled up in a ponytail. She was wearing a pair of black skinny jeans, a grey tank top, black moccasin flats and she looked beautiful.
"I have to do something with Clint. I'll be back soon," James answered reassuringly.
Elise nodded before she leaned up and kissed him gently, allowing him to hold her close for a minute. "Be careful," she whispered. James nodded, reluctantly letting her go before following after Clint. She watched as it started to rain lightly outside the palace. 'Wakanda is beautiful,' she thought. 'Isolated, but beautiful.'
The flight to New Orleans was silent. James was reading the newspaper which was talking about a virus that had broken out and was occurring in the East Coast. "You heard about this?" James asked quietly.
Clint nodded grimly as he looked at the newspaper clipping James held up. "Yeah, they're calling it the CBI which is short for Cordyceps Brain Infection. It's a fungal infection that affects the brain and it started to spread in America when South America sent infected crops," he explained before he sighed. "How are you and Elise doing?"
"Doing fine. I hate seeing her treated like an outsider by some of the others who are afraid of her," James replied bitterly, hating how some of the team and their mates treated her.
Clint was silent for a few moments. "I didn't help matters, did I?" he asked. "When I shouted at her and thought about psychically hurting her. She heard it in my head and since then she has stayed away from me. Nat likes her though but... it's Vision, Pepper, and Sabine along with Bruce."
James sighed. "No, you didn't help. I can understand that you were afraid and angry at your brother. But Elise did what she needed to do," he answered. "Speaking with Natasha did help her."
"I don't trust anyone around Natasha. Not even you," Clint stated. "Wanda, I can because she's more like a daughter to Natasha and I. But. I'm sorry. Elise doesn't deserve to feel my fear. It doesn't reflect who she is."
James looked out the window. "You don't even trust Steve," he commented. "You were the first to turn against Natasha."
"I was convinced that she had betrayed me," Clint replied. "But we have sorted it out now. Mostly."
James snorted. "You haven't claimed her since she came back," he stated rather than asked. "Her scent has changed because of the pregnancy. But you haven't claimed her yet."
"Is it really that obvious?" Clint replied with a sigh. "I… She still cowers sometimes when I go to touch her. So I haven't tried to claim her again."
James frowned and looked back at Clint. Elise sometimes cowered away from his own touch. "They're a lot alike," he commented. "Different but alike."
"Both worry us when they're not in our line of sight," Clint added.
"And both of them fear that we'll reject them if we find out dark things in their pasts," James sighed as they landed the plane outside the area of the house where Elise had resided.
Clint whistled at the sight of the large townhouse; it must have cost a fortune to buy but it was secluded and near the bayou, giving it an air of privacy. No wonder Elise loved this house.
"Let's get the animals on the quinjet then we can leave," James ordered quietly as he reached the horses who whinnied softly at him. Clint nodded before leading the horses onto the jet along with a few donkeys.
T'Challa had been impressed when James had told what Elise did with her money. Even Clint was and he felt like a complete heartless bastard for the way he had acted towards Elise. Barney and Natasha had both been unimpressed with his attitude with Barney informing him bluntly that he needed to stop acting like Elise was his enemy; otherwise he might push her to breaking point again like last time.
The dogs and cats were last. After they had the animals settled, they headed into the house and saw how clean it was but James saw a few photos on the mantelpiece. There was a letter on the table, addressed to Elise. James picked it up and read it. Clint couldn't help but feel uneasy as he surveyed the house.
"Dear Miss Deveraux, you are being requested to sign the Sokovian Accords and to be examined by a medical and psychological team before it is decided whether you are safe around other people. Sincerely, Senator Ellen Nadeer and Thaddeus Ross of the Home Secretary office." James read aloud.
Clint sighed. "Let's go. You better take that with us," he stated. They quickly checked upstairs before James entered Elise's bedroom, noting it had been lightly painted lilac. He opened the wardrobe and found that it only held a few designer dresses, showing Elise's status as a socialite.
"Let's go, Clint," he said quietly and spotted Tom, Elise's oldest cat. The cat allowed James to pick him up as Clint got the plane ready for take-off.
Clint took off and headed back to Wakanda while James sat with the animals. He had a feeling that Elise would be happy.
Elise had been sitting outside underneath the shade of her and James's room but had the balcony doors open. She watched as it lightly rained over the country and smiled softly. It stopped raining as a plane landed, making her smile widen. She stood up and moved quickly outside to greet James and Clint. Natasha was already at the hanger when Elise arrived, showing the witch a knowing smile. The ramp opened and Elise found a familiar black cat walking over to her, rubbing against her legs.
She looked up and spotted the rest of the animals coming out of the plane. Her animals. "Hello there, you guys," she whispered softly. She looked at T'Challa and Monica as they both greeted the horses who whinnied softly before happily settling down.
"I had a feeling this would cheer you up. T'Challa came up with the idea though, doll," James explained quietly when he reached her side.
Elise kissed her mate softly. She gave T'Challa and Monica a grateful thank you, as she did with Clint but everyone present could see how nervous Elise was around the archer Alpha. How afraid of him.
Clint returned her smile, bowing his head in her direction.
"I know Elise is nice... But she's just so strange, and I don't feel comfortable leaving Howard with her. I know Tony cares about her like a daughter. But she scared me last night by what she did to Bishop," Pepper confided to the other women with the exception of three. Elise was outside while Sharon and Steve discussed with T'Challa and Monica how to take down Ross and the Senator Nadeer.
"Elise isn't a bad person. She just came face to face with a woman who killed some of her friends," Daisy argued.
"I've done worse," Natasha added from where she sat against a window, her eyes glued to the starry night. "She's not a threat to us. I'd trust her around the twins and I trust her around Wanda."
Wanda smiled softly from where she sat beside Natasha. "You and Clint really have adopted me," she commented as she looked at the red-head.
Natasha turned her eyes to Wanda, her eyes glimmering with mischief. "You only realised that now?"
Wanda snorted and turned back to the rest of the women. "Elise is part of the team and our family. We can't let our fears tear us apart. Not after it taking so long to get us all back together," she stated. "The fear of the Betas and Omegas is feeding the Alphas' fear. We need to trust each other."
"I've never seen Elise lose control like that," Sabine commented. "To see her lose control."
"Red Room assets have split personality disorders," Natasha commented. "Kate fought between both when she pissed off Elise. It makes us dangerous when utilised properly."
"If you or James lost control of the Black Widow or the Winter Soldier…" Wanda started, looking at Natasha.
"We could do a lot more damage than Kate did," Natasha finished. "Elise can help James. More than anyone here. The same for Clint helping me. If people can't get over the fact that Elise is one of the most strongest witches alive, then accept her for being James' mate. She is a part of this family."
"How are you so trusting of everyone now?" Pepper asked, raising an eyebrow at her fellow red-head.
"Just because I am paranoid doesn't mean I don't trust people," Natasha replied. "I trust James and Elise has done nothing to me to make me not trust her. I respect her and I understand her fear."
Pepper looked down at Howard sleeping in her arms. "I will try to change my actions," she acknowledged as her son cozied up closer to her chest in his sleep.
Natasha looked back outside, her eyes falling on Elise who was watching her horses run across the fields. "I'll be back in a few," she stated, standing up and walking outside to Elise. "They're not going anywhere," she greeted as she stood beside her.
"I missed them," Elise replied, stroking Tom's fur as he purred.
"They mean a lot to you, don't they?" Natasha asked softly, Elise nodded and stroked Tom who was laying on the wooden fence, looking completely at ease.
"They're my friends. I'm not really a people's person. But I do go to charity galas and dinners in order to help people, to make a difference and I know Tony's the same way as me," Elise replied.
"What did you mean when you said that you controlled Barney's soul in your possession?" Natasha asked curiously.
Elise sighed before turning to face the other red-head. "When my father died, he placed Barney's soul in my possession to keep so no other demon or witch would take it. Barney swore to me that he wouldn't hurt you," Elise explained. "He never wanted to hurt you, Natasha. Shostakov turned him into another Winter Soldier and put him in the Memory Suppression Machine. He didn't even recognise you in Budapest."
Natasha was quiet, her mind absorbing what Elise had said about Barney being overridden with guilt and remorse for the things he had done while under the control of the Red Room.
"Thank you for telling me," Natasha replied gratefully.
Elise inclined her head at her before turning to gaze at the full moon that was shining over the palace. "Thank you, Natasha. For defending me and please give Wanda my thanks... and my sympathies for the loss of her twin brother," Elise requested.
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