'Of course not, it's probably just some bad sushi from last night. I'll be ok in a little bit, just gimme a minute. Can you go grab me some water pleas James? Would rather not go back out there with my breath stinking of vomit.' You sit up and lean against the wall, breathing heavily, your eyes streaming with tears. 'Ok Amelia, get up and make yourself look presentable.' You say to yourself. You stand up and lean on the sink as you look into the mirror and fix your makeup with a tissue. When Bucky comes back you turn and hug him. 'Thanks baby, if anyone says anything, we can just say we got excited in here after the mission. Please don't tell anyone I threw up. They'll just worry and get the same silly idea you did. We can do other stuff while we're in here though…?' you wink at Bucky and take a swig of water to get rid of the taste in your mouth and spit it out before laughing gently. 'I'm joking of course... I just want dinner and an early night.'
'Ok doll, let's go, you look beautiful as usual. Can't even tell you just threw up last night's dinner.' You both walk out the bathroom to looks from everyone else. Scott isn't even looking at you at this point. 'It wasn't what you're all thinking. Well… Not completely' he says with a wink to Steve, who high fives him. You scoff so they both stop laughing and start to look guilty. 'Sorry doll, we're just being guys.'
'Well, I'll thank you to not be guys. Be gentlemen. Look at me, I don't suck and tell.' You say quickly and run around the room to get away from Buckys grabbing hands. You aren't fast enough to outrun him, but you don't mind because he throws you onto the sofa and starts tickling you. Nat and Wanda are laughing with you at your comment and Scott just looks traumatised.
'Oh my God Amelia! I can't believe you said that!' You get away from Bucky and go to sit next to your brother. 'Oh, come on Scotty, it's just a joke. We're celebrating, we smashed that mission! Now hush and get me a drink. I'll have a water with those frozen strawberries please. Oh, and don't forget the vodka!' Nat looks so proud of you. 'In honour of my Russian sister, who kicked that guys' ass today!'
Before too long, everybody else start to join you. Loki notices how good you look and comes up to you. 'Hello there princess. You look beautiful. I hear you are the resident bad girl here, as the resident bad guy why don't we combine our efforts?' You laugh but don't get to say anything before Bucky comes in and wraps his arms around your waist. 'Hello Winter Soldier, how are you? My apologies for fraternising with your beautiful lady, I just couldn't help myself.
'Well, she's taken so buzz off you insect.' He grabs your arms and pulls you away from him. 'I hate that creep, are you ok?' he asks you worriedly. 'How are you feeling? Don't think I didn't notice you switched to just water, are you feeling sick again?' You nod and go to sit down. 'Do you wanna go to bed doll? It's midnight already and I've got a surprise planned for you tomorrow if we get up early enough.' He studies your face 'Ok come on, say goodnight. We're going to bed. I will call the doctor if you're still sick tomorrow.'
'Ok James lets go to bed.' You make the rounds to say goodnight to people and take extra effort to kiss Scott on the cheek. 'Mwah! Love you big bro! Goodnight everyone!' You take Bucky's hand, and he leads you to your room. 'I know where my bedroom is James, not that I mind you holding my hand. Wait baby I have something I need to talk to you about.' You both go into your bedroom and sit on your bed. 'So, I'm not quite sure how to say this. When I was a teenager, I was extremely rebellious. I got with so many older men. Not quite as much older as you but still. When I was 17, I was with a 25 year old. A 25 year old named Jeffrey Burns. Yep him.' You answer Buckys quizzical look. 'He was always great to me, we just drifted apart so we broke up. Thing is, towards the end he changed. He never used to drink with me because he knew I wasn't 21 yet and he didn't want me to feel bad about that, but towards the end he started drinking. A lot. He became violent, not towards me, but towards Andrew, the best friend Tony mentioned. He would constantly hit him and accuse him of sleeping with me. I didn't realise it then but after talking to Steve about it when he came to see me, I realised that was toxic. That's why I seemed more nervous than usual when you asked me about it. Anyway, when I was talking to him earlier, he mentioned some things I didn't even remember happened.' You start crying so Bucky holds you tight. 'He mentioned a time he forced himself on me, he made me join in with him and another girl I walked in on him with, other stuff. Bucky, I think… I…' You trail off and start sobbing into him arms.
'Shhh its ok Mia, I'm here and I won't let anything like that happen to you again. If anything good ever came out of a mission, it's that he's in prison now. He can't hurt you. I'd kill anyone before they even tried. Oh, doll I love you so much! Shhh I'm here sweetheart.' Bucky holds you even tighter as you lie down on the bed. You hear a knock at the door.
'Hey guys, is everything ok in there?' Steve says quietly through the door. 'Mia is that you?'
'Its ok Steve, she's ok. Just drunk and emotional.' He gets up and walks to the door, opening it just a crack so Steve doesn't see you lying on the bed. 'What's up Rogers?' Steve hands him your phone, saying you left it downstairs. 'Oh, thanks bud. Goodnight.' Bucky shuts the door and comes back to you to find you've already fallen asleep. He pulls the blankets over you, puts your phone on the charging pad on your bedside table and kisses you gently on the forehead before settling down in the chair opposite you to watch over you. 'Goodnight my love, I hope you say yes tomorrow.'