Era woke up lying on her back, feeling warmer and safer than she had in years. Which was weird, because the person at her side was as deadly as she was. Era turned her head to look at the man beside her with a smile.

Bucky was lying on his side, facing her with his metal hand rested lightly on her hip. The cool metal contrasted nicely with his body, which gave off enough heat to warm her to a comfortable degree. He wasn't touching her other than his metal hand, but he was more relaxed than she'd seen him yet.

Era carefully slid out from under his hand and walked to the bathroom, trying not to pay attention to the faint scent of blood still in the room, despite Wanda's thorough cleaning. She shed her clothes as she went and climbed into the glass shower. She pressed a button on the wall and the glass misted over.

That afternoon, when Bucky had come into her suite, they had spent an hour or so just talking about random things, careful to avoid any subjects that would set off their PTSD. When Era had started growing tired again, it had taken quite a bit of persuading to get Bucky into the bed. She would have just let him watch television or something, but she read the weariness in every line of his body and in the bags under his eyes. They had ended up sleeping back to back in a way that was familiar for people like them who often had to share their sleeping space with other assassins or prisoners. Both of them had shifted closer over the night, but more than only a little touch was too much for even their sleeping bodies. Maybe if they knew each other better.

Era tilted her head when she heard the door open, looking over at the cloudy glass that was streaked with water. There was a short pause, than the sound of the door to the little room that housed the toilet reached her. She ran her fingers through her hair. She finished up and was out of the shower and wrapping a towel around her when Bucky came back out of the room. He shot her a little glance, than went to the sink.

Suppressing a chuckle, she slipped past him and went back to her room, starting to get dressed. Bucky returned to the bedroom just as Era was buttoning her jeans. She was still shirtless, but was wearing a bra. She raised an eyebrow at him and he laughed under his breath.

She donned a t-shirt and walked over to him, stopping right in front of him and looking up into his eyes "Thank you for staying with me."

Bucky's eyes smiled, though his face betrayed nothing "My pleasure." With that, he turned around and left.


Its short and rather fluffy, but its what I felt like after that almost death scene.