"Our kids will hate us." Rose groaned with her eyes closed.
"Why? Because we are divinely massaged by sexy Brazilian massagers." Laura groaned as she ate a piece of cucumber. The two women enjoyed a day at the spa. They were lying naked on their stomachs on massage tables covered with soft towels while two men massaging them gracefully the back using the Californian massage technique in the dimly lit room.
"Exactly... We should not have left them with Tony –Damn it... You're good."
"Thank you, Madam." The Brazilian massager replied with a rather pronounced accent. Rose moaned when the massager applied his fingers on her shoulder blades.
"It's so good. I'm in paradise."
"It's been a week since you woke up and we're just busy caring for the kids and making pancakes for the Avengers. I'm tired of making pancakes." Laura nibbled at another piece of cucumber, "I'm not a pancake maker."
"You're a mom, and every mom is pancakes maker... Uhm, yes just like that, Ademir. Yes just there."
Laura giggled, "you always groaned like that during massages?"
"I'm not used to being massaged. Steve massaged me yesterday because my back was aching, but it's not as good as this massage. Ademir's hands are divine. "
"Thank you, Madam, you have a very soft skin, so oils slip on your skin as if they were melting. It is normal that you enjoy the massage as your muscles were very tight. I can massage you to the butt if you want. It will release tension from the lower back." The experienced massager said, continuing to massage Rose's back sensually as she continued to groan. "Would you want it?"
"Uhm, what? What did you say?" Rose opened her eyes with difficulty. The massagers and Laura chuckled at Rose's groans.
"Just do it, Ademir. She needs this." Laura said, "please, I want the same massage, Raoul."
"Of course, Madame." The two men began to make long, fluid movements on the lower back of the half-naked women in front of them. Ademir kneaded the curve of her butt rebounded in perfect relaxing movements as Raoul made back and forth moves along Laura's hips. This time she could not help letting herself be ennobled by the marvelous sensation, but unlike Rose, she wanted to talk. Since Rose was here, they had not really had time to talk. With six children around them, it was not easy to have free time to enjoy. Laura was determined to enjoy this relaxing day.
"Rose, we were talking about children. I'm tired talking about children. Do you not have other gossip?"
"Nope I'm still not used to New York celebrities and their lives. My life is too complicated to be interested in that of others. "
"You date a celeb."
"I do not date him." Rose moaned long and Laura giggled happily.
"It's Captain America."
"Your husband is Hawkeye. He's a celeb too, so stop bothering me! And Steve is not a celeb."
"I don't want you to sleep, Sweetie."
"I just want to close my eyes and keep moaning. You're bothering me."
"That's bad because I want to talk, so let's talk." Laura said her mouth full. "Our children are in good hands, do not worry."
"I don't care for them. I worry about us. They will hate us."
"It's just a day spa and shopping, no need for kids or Avengers to do that."
"But we left them alone ..."
"They are not alone, they are with the Avengers. If they can save the world from aliens, they can take care of our children one day. Plus Cooper and Lila are in school, so they are just with Nate, Stevenson and the twins . "
Rose sneered, "They're not gonna make it."
"That's their problem. I'm sure Tony had to find a babysitter."
Rose raised the head off the table abruptly to watch Laura continuing to nibble her slices of cucumbers. "A babysitter is not dangerous?" She said worried.
"Relax, get in."
"But-"
"Tony is a billionaire. He can find a competent and trustworthy babysitter. I'm not afraid at all and you should not... Everything's fine in the best of worlds now lie down, so Ademir rubs his big oiled hands on your soft skin. "
"You, you're the craziest behind your angel face." Rose laughed before resting her head through the hole in the table, and Ademir went back to work.
"I have an angel face?"
"You're literally gorgeous."
"Thank you! You, you're a goddess. I understand why that Steve is always behind you to keep an eye on you. He's afraid that someone else will seduce you in your state."
Rose sighed, "And it's worse because I'm pregnant because I often want to shout him to leave me alone. Often it makes me so angry, but other times I just want to be near to him... Sometimes he's so cute... With me and the kids. Even Stevenson... That's really cute." Rose smiled.
"That's weird that you've never thought of taking a babysitter. You're pregnant with your fourth child, you're going to be neurotic in a couple of months, and you'll need help when you go back to Brooklyn. Especially soon, your belly will become very big, and you will be so tired that you will not want to move from the bed."
"A baby-sitter ..."
"Yes."
"But I have Steve. He's gonna be there to help me."
"I think the threat of this thing called Thanos is not going to be resolved now. Clint begged me to return to Canada to get away from it all and I will soon. In addition, Steve will be caught in his duty of Captain America. "
"You're depressing me."
"No, it's not my goal. What I mean is that it's going to be your fourth child, and you're not even 30 years old."
Rose bit her lower lip, "I know... I know I was taking the pill. I saw the tablets in my purse and I did not want to have many children at beginning, you know. It just happened and I'm fertile like a fucking cornfield. "
Laura burst out laughing, "A cornfield, you're funny."
"I know that this is my fourth child, but after this I do not want any children until I'm at least 35 years old. I understand what you mean Laura, and you're right, I want to start a career. I don't want my life to be just taking care of my children. Argh, what I say is wrong, don't you think?"
"No, not at all. I understand you. I want a career as well... Finally, I work part-time in a hospital, but I would have liked to do more, work every day or I don't know. Maybe continue my studies to become a doctor, but... I am a mother now, and I am married to a SHIELD agent who is also an Avenger. That's terrible."
"Yeah... It sucks."
"Become a school teacher in Brooklyn as you wished, Rose."
"I can not... I'm pregnant, and I already have three kids to take care of."
"That's why I asked you to get a babysitter."
"I'll think about it. I'll talk to Steve and- OOOh YES!" Rose shouted. Laura heard the light sound of a 'crack' and smiled. Rose was really tense.
"You're a screamer. That's cool, I'm screaming too."
"Laura!" Rose blushed, embarrassed.
"How is it with Steve?" Laura now nibbled strawberries through the hole through which her head had passed. At least she could eat while being massaged. Rose could not think of eating without risk of vomiting especially in this position. She preferred to keep her clay facial mask on while the sexy Brazilian massager was doing miracles on her back.
"Uhm cool... I guess."
"Yes and more?"
"He's charming and kind and gentleman."
"And?"
"He wants to take me to a date."
"And?"
"Laura, what do you want me to say?"
"I don't know. Maybe everything." She laughed.
"I appreciate him, but I can not ... Not so fast. I can not just say I love him like that, it's too early."
"You're together and you're married. It's going to be two years."
"Uhm, not two years."
"I'm sure it's been two years."
"Nope."
"You think it's been a week since you knew him, but you've known him since the begining. I can say you've loved him from the beginning and from what you've told me, you've felt an alchemy with him since your very first time. In a week you were inseparable. Even if you don't remember, I'm sure you're feeling something strong when you're near him."
Rose sighed, "I know, I know, I know, but it's too early for me. It's really not easy. If you lost your memory and Clint told you you're his wife, but you don't remember your life together, what would you do? "
"Oh God, that's a good question." Rose rolled her eyes, "Uhm maybe... uhm I don't know, I think he would be like Steve. He would try to make me remember and seduce me again. But," she laughed, "it would be a freaking battle. The first time he saw me, he giggled a lot before I agreed to go out with him and then we quickly got together and got married 6 months after when I got pregnant. Steve Rogers is a fucking Apollo. I would fall very quickly in his arms."
"Ooh I will betray you to Clint." Rose chuckled.
"Do not get me wrong, my husband is hot, but Steve is really hot."
"And Thor is hot too with his long blond hair, and his perfect body."
"Mmm really, really hot. This hottie loves you. "
"I know."
"Do you fancy him?"
"Madly, like a teenager."
Laura giggled, "you'll remember him or maybe you can remember him more quickly... having sex."
"It's bizarre for me when he touches me."
"He's not sleeping with you?"
"No... He's very respectful. He's sleeping on the floor, and he says it does not bother him." She answered with a small voice. She could picture Steve sleeping on his back on the floor with his hands beneath his head with that wonderful pearly smile and his manly voice that told her to sleep well. "He's cute when he does not bother me."
"After your date, you will burn when he's going to touch you," Laura smiled mischievously.
"I can not burn more than now. Thank you, Ademir."
"It's my pleasure." The man smiled as he continued to massage Rose's curves.
"I wish you the best. You deserve happiness."
"Thanks Laura, but I think I need a vacation."
"Do your kids make you crazy?"
"What? No, no, of course not."
"You can tell me." Laura chuckled.
"I love my children, but ... my daughters ask questions every single minute and they do not look their age at all. What will happen next? When they have two years, they will look like 5-year-olds. I am afraid that this baby will also take the genes of the serum. I know it's horrible, but I'm afraid for the baby. It makes me so guilty to think such a thing, but I don't want this baby to be like the twins. It scares me, oh my God..."
"O ... I see... Don't feel guilty, it's normal. I would be afraid in your situation, but it's okay; you're not alone."
"It feels so good to talk about it," Rose said in a voice full of emotion. Laura smiled sweetly and held out her hand to catch hers. Rose sighed and held Laura's hand with the same smile. It was good to talk to someone without fear of being judged. Everyone needs this kind of person. Everyone needs to show themselves as ugly as they are to a person without being afraid. Being Steve's wife made her a special woman, so she had to be perfect. But Rose was not perfect. She had her fears and her indecision. This whole affair of memory loss radically prevented her from having a calm pregnancy. Steve was a good helper, but she needed someone to talk to, a friend.
Apparently Bucky was her friend, but since she'd woken up from her deadly sleep, she hadn't seen him again. At least Laura and the children were there. That brought a little gaiety to life among the Avengers.
"You're really a good friend, and I love you so much Laura."
"Wow, why do you say that all of a sudden? Is it the massage?" Laura was laughing.
"Because I can speak with you naturally and I need this." Rose snorted.
"Don't tell me you will cry right now!"
"No, I will not." Rose denied, but the tone of her voice said the opposite.
"Being pregnant is not easy uhn?"
"NOO! IT'S NOT" Rose was crying.
Steve knew that Bucky was going to the boxing hall not far from his house in Brooklyn. He also went there when he lived together in the same house. Just as he did in Seattle. A place to romp on a boxing bag without restraining his strength and release the pressure. The same boxing room where Fury had come to ask him to save the world from the threat Shitauri led by Loki. As Steve walked into the almost empty vintage decorated boxing room, he was thinking of the moment he had just woken up from his sleep that lasted for years. He thought how much he was lost in this world that had completely changed and that he bitterly regretted the time he had lost because of his sleep in the glace. He also remembered missing Bucky. His death was still an open wound in his heart at that time, and he felt alone and lost. Just the opposite of what it was now. Now he had a wife, children, and Bucky, but there was always a shadow on the board.
"Bucky?" Steve stopped at a short distance from Bucky, who was pounding vigorously in a boxing bag. "Buck?" Finally, he stopped tapping the boxing bag and was breathing quickly. Bucky was sweating in his black tank top and his black jogging stockings. He had made a neglected bun behind his head and several strands of hair stuck on his forehead. "I have not seen you for a while ..."
"Yeah, I was busy." Bucky headed for the wooden benches stuck to the wall where he had placed a bottle of water and a towel. "What are you doing here, Stevie?" He wiped his forehead dripping with sweat and drank a sip of water. Steve walked towards him with his hands in his pockets.
"I came to see how my friend is going." Steve sat down on the bench next to Bucky. "You did not answer any of my calls."
"I needed to think about the situation."
"You're talking like Rose now?" Steve smirked and Bucky smiled.
"How is she?"
"She's fine ... The baby too."
Bucky nodded, "Good, and her memory?"
"Always on the same level. I'm fighting so she sees me differently than a horny man who wants to kiss her every time he sees her." Bucky laughed, "Thor has not yet come back from Asgard so we're waiting. We're still at Tony's for now, and I like to know her safe around the Avengers."
"You know this is not the way she'll find her memory back. She needs to go back to her element of life in her house. She has more memories in your house than in a luxurious Stark Tower's room. "
"I know... I told her we will go back home soon. I think... I don't know, I want to keep an eye on her."
"You're not clingy, I hope so." Steve scratched the corner of his eye and Bucky smiled, "Women don't like clingy men. They love men who give them enough space to be themselves, but who are also present around them."
"You're right."
"Fuck yeah, I'm right." Bucky sat down beside Steve to loosen the bandages from his hands. Steve was looking pensively around them. The two childhood friends remained sitting in silence just enjoying the presence of each other.
"Stevie, I wanted to tell you ..."
"I didn't tell Rose about the two of you. She doesn't know you're the father of her baby." Bucky clenched his teeth. "I didn't tell her because I want her to remember herself. I don't want to spoil her cheerful and generous state... She is so radiant that I can not bring myself to talk to her about it. It's selfish... But I decided not to tell her about you. If you want to do it, then do it, but I will not do it. I love her too much and I want our marriage to work."
"The fact is I love her too."
"I know."
"I want to be part of her life and my child's life." Bucky smiled bitterly as he looked at his metal hand, "I'm going to be a father. You've always had this fiber in you, but me... I don't know if ..."
"Stevenson loves you and often I'm a bit jealous, I have to admit." The two sniggered, "Even if he loves karate, he continues to draw drawings of you with your metal arm, and he never fails to ask where you are."
"I like this little boy"
"You will make a good father, no doubt. I believe in you as I have always done, but about Rose..."
The two looked at each other for a moment before Bucky shook his head with a sad face, "Stevie, I want Rose too." Steve didn't say anything, "she... I love her, and I don't think I can be around her without wanting her. I mean she's your wife, the wife of my best friend, but I can not help to think of her. I can not be in the same room as her without wanting to... I mean sorry, but I'm not sorry. Rose gave me hope... She loved the Winter Soldier, and she loved Bucky Barnes. She's special... She's unique... I can't replace her and I tried. This woman is my salvation. Sometimes I just want to be with her and be happy. Just two of us, being selfish too. I know I betrayed you. I betrayed your confidence in your own house," Bucky clenched his fists, "but fuck, I love this woman. It's really hard thinking about my feelings. I'm going crazy sometimes."
"I see..."
"You see?" Bucky turned his head to look at his friend in the eyes.
"I don't want to lose her or lose you. I'd like to think we're inseparable. "
"Did you listen what I just say?"
"Rose doesn't remember me or you. Maybe it's an opportunity to see who she's going to really love."
"You dumb ass, what are you thinking of?"
"I thought of making her fall in love with me again so that when she regains her memory, she sees that she really loves me, that I may be the only one."
"You know I'm gonna punch you on the face because of that."
"I said I'm trying," Steve laughed, "and you can do it too. That way things will be fair."
"Let me summarize, you propose to seduce your wife to see for whom she will fall in love first?"
"Well, when you say it like that, it's a bit creepy."
"Because it's creepy. She'll be so mad if she learns this. I dare not imagine how angry she will be."
"If she falls in love with me then you will have to resign yourself and be satisfied with being the father of her child and the uncle of mine. When she regains her memory, You'll have to stop your relationship right away, no matter how... If she falls in love with me, I want what's between you and her to stop... Your relationship will have to remain strictly platonic, Buck, no matter how you like her. "
"And if she falls in love with me?"
"Then... We'll have to try another kind of relationship all three."
"Ow..."
"There is not a line I would not cross for you, Buck."
Bucky took seconds looking at Steve. "Me too."
"So ...?"
"I'm in."
Rose thought Bucky was avoiding her. That maybe she had done something in the past that he had not loved. Deep inside her, Rose wanted to be Bucky's friend. He was Steve's best friend. Even though he was scary, he looked the same as Steve. For a week, she had no news from him. Then one day she started receiving messages from him, essentially cute emoticons. She didn't know why, but she found it funny. They started sending basic messages, and Rose was relieved that he didn't hate her after all. She was far, far from the truth.
Bucky was never far from her; he kept an eye on her even when she was at the Stark Tower. He could not resign himself to moving away from her no matter the reason, no matter the logic. After the discussion with Steve, he no longer had any hesitation to talk with her. Bucky would have started talking to her sooner or later if he wanted to be part of their baby's life, but also because living away from Rose was a torture.
He didn't want to lose her. He could easily find another woman to date, some SHIELD agents didn't fail to let him know subtly or not that they were interested in him. Or he could come out with Natasha and have a sex friends relationship with her, but he thought it was useless. The sex would take just a few minutes or some hours when the girl was enduring but after, the emptiness he felt was real. He wanted something real and perpetual.
He wanted to fuck Rose until she even forgot her first name and cuddle her after. He wanted to see her face every day and hear her call him Winter Boo Bear. A nickname created by her out of nowhere, he thought it was quite cute. No one could call him that except her. She was unique. She was Rose. He loved Rose, God! She was bearing his child. His baby ... He was going to be a father. He was finally going to have a progeny with the most wonderful woman he knows. He could not leave them. He could not just abound. He knew Steve would not give in, and he didn't want to be abundant.
Either selfish decision or not, he could not resign himself to letting her go. Anyway, in love, everyone is a little selfish. The one who is totally generous is either a madman or a calculator. In any case, he wanted to be with Rose because he didn't see himself continuing to be without her. It was stronger than him. But he didn't want to stifle her as Steve did. He wanted her to remember him, their relationship, and herself. He wanted her to remember her feelings for him, how strong, and powerful they were. No matter what, he would continue to love her. He had to give her space even if every day he kept an eye on her. He wanted to go slowly and leave nice little messages were to poke her interest.
When she went out for shopping, he could see Sam following her in silent discretion, surely at Steve's request. However, Sam was not as discreet as Bucky. The Winter Soldier managed to follow them without any of them noticing. He followed Rose and Laura in their spa shopping days, followed Rose the next day to the mall, and the days that followed each time she left the Stark Tower he kept an eye on her.
Today Rose was going on another shopping trip, but this time she was alone. She had gone to a mall in Brooklyn, the Atlantic Terminal Shopping Mall. Bucky concluded that they would finally return to their home in Brooklyn. He didn't stay in his car until she came out like Sam. He followed her inside the mall. He resisted the urge to taunt Sam. As for spinning, Bucky had a lot to teach him. He would have laughed by making fun of him, but he didn't want to waste time.
He wanted to follow the woman wearing boyfriend jeans and a pretty white t-shirt. No braid today, her beautiful curly honey-colored mane flowed on her back. He followed her into a deco store where she bought some trinkets and went to a Victoria Secret underwear store. Bucky smiled looking at her carefully through the bay window, her eyes shining while maliciously stroking the silky lace together with garter belt and sticky fishnet. His silent prayer was granted when Rose put several in her small basket.
Rose felt she was being watched; it was a weird feeling. She often looked left and right, waiting to see the person who followed her, but she didn't see anyone. She persuaded herself that she had ideas. Anyway, who would follow her? She had no secret admirers, and she had specifically asked Steve not to accompany her wherever she goes. His protective side was endearing, but she was starting to feel stifled by it. She wanted a little time alone to wander around the New York shops. And then she had to reorganize her children's room, it was going to be a long day. The feeling of being followed was not so important. If anyone asked her, she would have said that it was Bucky who followed her.
This man with blue dark eyes with unparalleled sweetness. He looked like the kind of man who was capable of everything and who was not afraid to show it. The kind of man who has seen and experienced things beyond her imagination. He intrigued Rose with mystery. A beautiful man with dark blue eyes, the kind of man who was the muse of several poets and the inspiration of several Romantic books. It made her happy to get to know him a little more, to receive his funny messages. Put a comic personality to that cold, distant appearance he has. She even thought she was seeing him outside of Victoria's Secret store. Rose smiled at herself, she began to think too much about him.
"Fucking hormones." She grunted as she left the shop.
After a brief detour to the children's bedding store, she had finished her shopping for the morning. All she had to do was to go home... Her house, and prepare everything. Rose was excited to see where she lived. It was surprising that she has not gone there since she literally returned from the dead. A bit of Steve's fault... This adorable light blue-eyed man who wanted to keep her at the Stark Tower at all cost. Now that she had the keys to the house, she could go. The trunk of the car was full of shopping items for the house. She didn't know yet what to expect, but she wanted everything to be perfect for the return of her children.
Rose held three sacks in one hand and ransacked her bag for the keys of her car with the other, standing in the outdoor car park of the mall.
"Where... where are you fucking keys of hell?" She whispered. Rose was rummaging in her bag like crazy, but she could not find anything, "Please, please. Ooh yeah, my pocket." She put her hand in her right pocket and the keys of the car were in it. "Yass." Rose opened the door of the passenger seat to put her case inside before closing the door.
Suddenly Rose saw a man who was about to surprise his girlfriend, who was closing the door, from behind. He made a sudden noise and she jumped with fear and then laughed. They kissed languorously and spoke in the arms of each other. She smiled as she watched them talking as they went to their car. Then she felt the goose bumps. Her smile quickly faded and without her noticing it, she began to walk towards the couple.
"Bucky? No. Not Bucky!" Rose shouted to stop him from becoming the Winter Soldier and she kissed him lovingly.
"It's ok, Bucky. It's ok. It's not your fault." Rose said, smiling at him while he was holding a weapon on her temple.
"GODDAMIT! DO YOU NOT KNOW IT'S DANGEROUS?" Bucky shouted shaking Rose of her state of trance. He pushed close to the hood of a car. She was in the middle of the road when a van was rolling towards her at full speed. He had the time to het her away from the road before something bad happen. "Fuck, Rose? Wake up!" He slammed his fingers before her eyes and she blinked quickly and then panicked.
"Bucky? Bucky?! you?"
"Yes, of course it's me. What the hell happened? You almost got hit by a car." Rose licked her lips nervously. Bucky was still holding her firmly against the hood of a car with his hands on her arms. "Are you ok? What the hell happened?"
"I had a flashback, I saw you... I saw people die. I saw people kill other people...and I saw you... People were reading words that did not make sense and I was so afraid and I got you... I kissed you and after you became another person and- "
"ROSE! Calm down, Calm down."
"You... You ..."
"Hey, I'm here. I'm with you... Always" he rocked her in his arms and she squeezed him tight. "Give me the keys to the car; I'll drive." She nodded slightly and gave him the keys of the car. He guided her to her car, opened the front door for her to climb into the passenger seat and after he climbed onto the driver's seat. He started the car and drove. He was worried about her condition, but she reassured him every time she was fine, the journey lasted about twenty minutes before arriving in front of her house.
"You're better ?" Bucky turned to her with a worried look. Rose smiled at him and nodded. "Do you want me to carry you home?"
"No, I... I feel better."
"Babydoll, if something goes wrong I want you to tell me."
"I'm fine... Stop worrying; it was just a flashback."
"A flashback of me."
" Yes." Bucky looked at her long before starting the car again, "What are you doing?"
"I'll take you to Tony's."
"NO, NO, NO!" Rose put her hands on his arm, "If you do that, Steve is going to have a heart attack and will not want me to move from there, plus there is furniture to be delivered to the house. I promised the girls that we would make a sleepover at home. If you say what happened to Steve, he's going to overreact. " Bucky sighed, "Please..." She gave him puppy eyes.
"Okay, but I'm staying with you until Steve arrives."
"Deal." She smiled happily. "It is this the house?" She said pointing at the large red brick house.
"Yeah, are you sure you don't want me to carry you home?"
"Argh, I said I'm fine!" Rose rolled her eyes before getting out of the car. "I can walk alone." She mumbled and Bucky giggled. "Are you taking care of the bags?"
"Of course, Ma'am."
Rose was surprised upon entering the house. The decor was lovely with a harmonious blend of old and new, American and African style. She already knew that it was she who had sewn the tablecloth in red and white loincloth on the dining table. She felt good here, she felt at home. Rose thought that only in Lagos she could feel at home, but she also felt at home here. It was her house, she felt it. She walked around the house and loved it. From the bedroom she shared with Steve to the little garden where there was a swing. While Rose taking a turn of the house, Bucky stored the food in the empty fridge. She joined him after to make an exotic smoothie she likes. Her blender was her friend. Bucky and she moved into the open kitchen as if they'd been doing it all their lives, living together, preparing together, and eating together. Rose felt good with him. Bucky felt good with Rose. Even if his persistent gaze on her intimidated a little.
Bucky enjoyed this moment with her. He found himself laughing naturally with her when she spoke. She had this power to break all the barriers that he had erected around his heart. Rose was too nice and beautiful to hold himself back. He just wanted to take her there on the kitchen island and show her how much he cared for her. The beautiful African woman had changed her clothes into casual clothes. Bucky has not stopped licking his lips seductively since he saw her. Rose wore gray jogging stocking and a sports bra.
While she mixed the fruit, Bucky ogled her. Her ass had nothing to envy to anyone as he found her butt just perfect. His gaze slowly drew back to the bottom of her back where there were two dimples and a chain of multicolor beads around her hips. Even higher up her naked shoulders, her hair hanging in a messy top bun. He could admire her baby hair-shaped corkscrew at the back of her head. He admired the shape of her neck, the camber of her back, and the soft brown color which was her skin.
Then she turned and he turned around just as quickly. She came to sit beside him, sipping her smoothie through a straw.
"You want a little smoothie? I promise you it's delicious."
"Actually, there is something more delicious that attracts my tongue, babydoll." Rose almost choked on her drink and he was laughing, "No thanks, I'm good. You can start storing the kids room if you want."
"Uhm, yeah... Yeah." Rose walked past Bucky.
"Babydoll?"
"Yes?" She turned.
"You are really... really beautiful." Bucky said with an innocent smile. He really thought it; she was simple in her beauty without extravagant makeup. Rose had a natural beauty that he wanted to cherish.
"Thank you..." She blushed and started walking again.
"Do you remember the time we spent together or just the moment of your flashback?"
"Just my flashback... Why?"
"Nothing."
With catchy music, they began to rid the bed's children of all the fluff that there was everywhere. Bucky left to put the twin cradle of the girls in the basement. They made room to create place where the bunk bed was to be placed. The bedroom was spacious, and the furniture colors were in yellow, green, and white. The bed she had bought was in the same tone. Steve didn't know she had bought this, and she hoped he especially liked that because she bought it with his credit card.
Sometime after, the delivery men came with the bunk bed already mounted. If she knew that Bucky was there, she would not have chosen this rather expensive delivery option. However, she was satisfied, the bed was just as she wanted. Bucky and the two guys managed to get the bed back into the bedroom and mount the latest accessories: the wall panel, the asymmetric ladder, the box springs and mattresses. Rose looked attentively at what they were doing. She absolutely didn't notice that delivery men were ogling her body shamelessly. Bucky didn't like it at all.
"Here we go, Madam. The beds are ready, just put the sheets and your little pieces of cabbage will be able to sleep peacefully there." One of the deliverymen said by turning a cure tooth in his mouth. His eyes never leaving Rose's lips.
"I'm so happy. The girls will love it."
"It's a lovely bed you have there." The younger man said, scratching his head. He found her sexy, but Bucky frightened him. "Your kids will love it. All kids love our super fun bunk beds."
"Yes, it is super fun." Rose smiled.
"Well, your job is over here. It's time to leave," Bucky said coldly.
"Only after the damsel signs the warranty papers." The older deliveryman said, "This is here, sign here and here." Rose approached him and looked down at the papers.
"Ok... Oh, wait, I don't have a pen. I'll go get a pen."
"No need, I have a pen right here." The man rummaged in his pocket and pulled out a pen for her. Then smiled. Bucky rolled his eyes in annoyance.
"Thank you." She signed quickly. The way this man turned his tongue suggestively around his tooth cure began to give her nausea. "Here."
"Thank you, I have to say you are really-"
"She signed them, so it's time to leave. Thanks for the delivery." Bucky interrupted him by coming to stand beside Rose and placed a possessive hand on her hips.
"Right. Have a good day, damsel."
"Good day, madam," The younger said. The two deliverymen left the room.
"I'll take them to the door." He grunted.
"Bucky? Don't kill them," Rose said amused.
Bucky smirked, "If you insist." Then he left Rose in the children's room, laughing.
He followed the men tightly to the front door. He didn't want strangers to stroll around to look into Rose's house. His piercing look frightened the youngest, but the oldest smiled maliciously turning his toothpick into his mouth.
"Have a nice day sir," The younger said politely before going down the stairs.
"Goodbye, sir." The older delivery man cracked an imperturbable smile. Bucky smiled falsely and stopped him in the wake. He held his arm hard with his metal hand, and the man grimaced in pain.
"The next time you deliver a bed, keep your eyes on the fucking bed."
"What in the sweet hell is your problem?"
"The next time you deliver a bed... Keep your eyes on the fucking bed. The lady over there deserves to be regarded with respect not as an object, so I will repeat for you to understand. Next time you deliver a bed, keep your eyes on the fucking bed otherwise your eyes might not be in their socket the next minute. I might inadvertently plunge my fingers deep into your lobes and tear your eyes out of their sockets without experiencing any remorse... There are dangerous men out there. I'm one of them, so be careful with your fucking eyes."
"Uh, yes, yes, sorry. I didn't want to ogle her."
Bucky let go of the man's arm and pushed him out the house. "Don't come here again." He said before slamming the door to the scared driver's nose. The man was so afraid that he was ready to piss on himself. Bucky was dangerous. No doubt he thought exactly what he was saying. He barely took a few steps before he heard a car start up in the street. He quickly climbed the stairs to reach Rose in the children's room. He found that the beds were dressed and that she was caressing a cushion in the shape of a giraffe, dreamily.
"Babydoll?"
"Oh... Bucky!" She jumped a little as she turned around, "I didn't hear you come in. You didn't kill them I hope." She smiled a little.
"No, but I wanted to."
"It could be read in your eyes. If the eyes could kill, they would already be dead and buried."
"They should not look at you like that."
Rose put the cushion on the bed at the bottom and turned again. "I think you too look at me like that, soldier."
"Well, the difference is that I respect you, babydoll. These men had nothing but bad thoughts. I don't tolerate that."
"Uhm, sounds like jealousy to me."
"It's a possibility." He approached her slowly like a predator.
"Why would you want to be jealous?" She walked away to the bedroom bed and leaned back on it.
"You have to remember why, babydoll." He was purring. Rose bit her lower lip and placed a hand on her belly, "You thought about the baby, don't you?"
"Yes, you know... When I look at this bedroom, I'm glad. I never thought I would have other children after Stevenson. I thought I was not going to meet love, that I was going to live alone with my son and raise him as my mother did for me. I wanted to have other children, but I didn't want to be with someone as deviant as my father or idiot like my ex. I was a little disenchanted with love, I have to say. " Bucky was now in front of her and gently stroked her hand with his fingertips. "Now I have three children and in seven months I'm going to have the fourth one. It's crazy. I like to know he will have three siblings to take care of him; I find it ideal. They will take care of each other when we will not be there to do it. "
"I had a sister, and it was so annoying. She was so petty, so I didn't bear her. She made me crazy."
"Really?" She chuckled, "why?"
"We shared a small bedroom, and she had a bad habit of rummaging through my affairs. When I had dates, she told the girls that I was a notorious womanizer. Well, I was, but it annoyed me that she said it aloud." They laughed, "When I came home from work, she deliberately ate my food, and the worst, she snored like a man." Rose burst out laughing, "like a truck engine, it was terrible."
"You got Steve, too."
"Yeah, I went to live with him when his mother died. We grew up together. He is like my brother... I see him as my brother. I was there for him as he was there for me... That punk. "
"That's what I want! I want to know that my children will be there for each other. I always thought that if I had had an older brother everything would happen differently for me... Maybe... Maybe..."
"You ok?" Bucky frowned. Her face had gone from happiness to sadness in a few seconds.
"Bad memories of my past."
"I'm sorry, honey."
"No..." She smiled sadly, "It's nothing."
"It's not nothing." He put a hand on her cheek, "You can talk to me, you know."
"What's that feeling? It's not... It's not like ..." Rose whispered.
"What feeling?"
"The one I feel for you." Rose looked at him with big eyes. Bucky licked his lips while stroking her cheek, "No It's stupid." She shook her head and removed his hand from her cheek. "Uhm, I didn't ask you about your metal arm. It's really amazing." Rose was trying to escape the feeling that was rising in her, "Do you feel hot and cold? Does it hurt you often? It must weigh, no? Or does it have the same weight as a normal arm?" Bucky put a finger on her pink lips. She stopped immediately.
Her heart beat in her chest. She could see Bucky's pupils dilate. He pulled his index finger from her lips slowly, very slowly. Rose even stopped breathing. The attraction was evident between the two. Her chest went up and down quickly, but he remained completely controlled, only the bump in his pants betrayed his excitement.
"Babydoll, I'm gonna kiss you right now." He put his hand in the back of her neck and slipped it to catch her bun in a slight grip, he slowly pulled her head back and her lips parted in anticipation, "if you don't want me to kiss you say no." Rose didn't know if her feet still touched the ground or if she was floating. Her lips moved, but no words came out. "Do you want to say something?"
"I think... I think I want you to k–"
Bucky pulled her head toward his, closed his eyes, and kissed her. Even if he held her bun in his fist, his kiss was tortuously sweet. Their lips began to move in a sensual dance. Then he slipped his tongue into her mouth, and Rose was lost. She wrapped her arms around his neck and broke the kiss. Bucky admired her wet lips a little too long for her taste, so she drew her lips on his. Bucky released her disheveled bun and put his hands on her butt. He grunted loudly and grabbed her butt hard. Bucky kissed her chin, and went down on her neck to bite it slightly to make Rose into a mess of groans. Quickly, he carried her and she wrapped her legs around his waist. With the weight of his body, he pressed her back against the wall, and licked the soft spot below her earlobe.
"Tell me how much you fucking want me... Babydoll."
"Bucky..." She breathed, losing control. He rubbed his erection commando on her covered entrance and it looked like heaven. "Bucky..." She moaned.
Her phone began to ring and she opened her eyes. "I must– I have to answer, Bucky." He stopped his movements, breathless and his head in the hollow of her neck. He didn't move. The phone kept ringing, "The phone... Bucky... Please."
Bucky let go of her as she asked. She pulled out of his grip and ran to the coffee table to pick up the phone.
"Hello?" She said with a small voice. She swallowed hard seeing Bucky walk towards her, "Hello?"
"Ayu!" Rose froze. "Ayu? Do you hear me?"
"Fuck..."
"Ayu? C'mon say something."
"Why do you call me? How do you have my phone number?"
"Oh, I guess you keep forgetting people. How have you been?"
"God! Thomas what do you want?" Bucky tensed on hearing the name of this man. He balled the fists in a sudden anger.
"I just want to talk to you a bit and tell you that... I'm in New York. Yeah, New York! We can see each other. We can drink hot chocolate together or whatever you like to drink now." Rose sighed for a long time and put a hand on her face, "I didn't come for you. I came to visit the city. And... Hey, Ayu, I would like to enjoy seeing my son. I know you feel bitterness about –you know, but I'm very sad when I think of both of you, you know I still- "
"BUCKY! What are you doing?" Rose said harshly. He had just pulled out the phone without even asking.
"You little shit, I don't want you to call this number ever again."
"Who is it? I want to talk to Rose."
"Are you dumb?!" Bucky grimaced.
"Bucky give me the phone!"
"If you still call on this number, I'll find you and kill you. Don't you dare to piss me off." He hung up the phone.
"I can not believe it," she gasped, "you hung up in his face? WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU? "
"You're not going to see him, I'll take care of him."
"YOU WILL DO WHAT? You're not gonna take care of anybody. You don't have the right to give me a damn order! I do what I want, and I can see who I want whenever the fuck I want AND you can not stop me. " She snatched the phone from his hand, "For who do you take yourself to take my phone like this without my permission? You're not allowed to do it! It's my fucking phone. DAMN IT! I'm tired of your fucking crap thing of controlling in my life. You and Steve have to stop this."
"Don't you remember how he treated you? How he dared to talk to you?"
"It's not your business."
"You are married."
"You did not care that I was married a few minutes ago."
"Do you want me to leave?"
"Yes, it would be better."
Bucky didn't argue, he came out of the bedroom and left.
Rose was confused about everything. There was no word to describe what had passed between them, it was powerful, passionate, strong, like a fucking volcano eruption. It was just amazing. Then Thomas came to spoil everything, or maybe it was for the better. She was married to his best friend, for God's Sake. She was inwardly chattering for letting things go so far, but... It was so good, so strong.
Rose had to cover up her hickeys with makeup otherwise Steve would have noticed them. At least they didn't take so far, but she could not deny that she wanted to go far, far away, wherever Bucky wanted to bring her. This sensation was so strong, but on other hand she had feelings for Steve. What a complicated situation, to desire two people at the same time. Steve was adorable with her, and she could tell she had fallen hard for him. Despite his excess of protectiveness, he remained Steve. Bucky had two faces and it switched so fast that it was difficult to follow. Steve was a constant, reliable person. She quickly realized that this is why she fell for him at the beginning and accepted to become his wife. Steve was a good person. Bucky was also a good person. They were just good people, but they were just completely different. And she didn't stop turning and turning this situation into her head. It just became more complicated to solve because she had irrevocably fallen for both. Two best friends, two friends of childhood, two brothers, what a sin! Such a shame! But that was what she felt.
She felt love, desire, and attraction for both. People would not understand. Even Laura would not understand. She wanted to tell her, but where to start? Say that she is attracted to her husband and his best friend at the same time and that she had had a hectic make-out session with the best friend before her ex decide to show his ass in New York. That she first remembered Bucky, remember kissing him and could still feel her heart beat fast for him. She hadn't kissed Steve yet. Although Steve tried, he was too adorable to try to scare her while Bucky was bold. He was rady for anything and afraid of nothing.
The evening went well overall. A great sleepover in the children's room with Laura's children. The twins loved their new bed and the savannah style decor. Stevenson did not see any difference. So long as he could drink his milk and sleep, he didn't care. Being too small, he didn't care where he fell asleep because there was always someone around him. Steve and Rose had made a large tent in the middle of the room to make the children to sleep together in the same place. Steve didn't fail to tell stories of war as Captain America. Cooper, Nate and Stevenson were absolutely focused on everything he said while the girls were playing by braiding Rose's hair.
Rose was wondering if she had overreacted with Bucky. She thought that if he apologized then she would also apologize.
