Hey all sorry for the delay for some reason I can't upload chapters on my computer so I've been doing every thing on my phone so excuse all the typos. Here's that next chapter. Please don't forget to review. I look forward to reading them and they inspire me to keep writing. Also on a side not I also posted this story on AO3 in case you want to read it there. So there it is enjoy
I was on a rainbow bridge somewhere. The stars were clear and easy to see but they weren't stars you'd see on Earth. Two men were fighting. One with raven black hair and green eyes dressed in strange green robes. Another man with blonde hair with a bright red cape dressed in armor and had something that looked like a hammer in his hand. I couldn't hear what they were saying but it was pretty obvious they were having a big disagreement. Behind them was a golden dome. It was emitting some sort of light into the sky. The two men continued to fight and at one point the one with the hammer chose to hit the ground with the hammer. The bridge started to crack. He continued to hit the bridge until it collapsed. I don't know when but the man dressed in green had disappeared. Then this annoying ringing sound started to get louder and louder until everything turned green then black. I opened my eyes and saw that I was back in bed, lying between Steve and Bucky.
The ringing sound was coming from Steve's alarm in the other room. I was curled up to Bucky's side, my head resting on his chest. Steve was spooning me from behind. His left arm draped over my waist. He was nuzzling the back of my neck. I groaned. The sunlight made everything in my room way too bright for someone who had just woken up. I tried to move a bit but that's when I noticed that Steve's hand was on my breast.
"Steve." I called out.
"Hmmm" He hugged me tighter and the hand on my breast started to move. He moved his thumb over my nipple and I started to get really warm.
"Time to wake up." I say. I really didn't want him to stop but I didn't think now was the time. The three of us need to have a really serious talk but right now I have to get Steve to wake up.
"Hmm." He shifted a bit and I thought I had woken him up until he started kissing the back of my neck. I felt my breath hitch. God that felt good. Oh shit no! I gotta wake him up. I grabbed his arm and took it off of me. And as soon as I did that Steve opened his eyes.
"Uhh." He looked confused. He was flushed and he looked embarrassed.
"Morning." I whispered. He just looks at me. My face felt hot I was probably bright red. It was quiet and I decided to snap him out of his trance. "The alarm?"
"Oh, I'll go get that." He says avoiding eye contact. We really need to talk about this.
"I'll go make coffee." I say as he starts to get up. I'm about to get when a pair of arms wrap around my waist.
Bucky hugs me from behind and kisses my cheek. "Morning Doll."
As if I hadn't done so enough already, I blushed again. "Morning." I said in a really high-pitched voice. Bucky just laughed. "I'm going to go make coffee." He let me go and I went into the kitchen. I boiled the water and put the coffee grounds into a filter.
I got the carton of eggs out of the refrigerator and started mixing them with milk. I got the bread out and dipped them in the mix and into the pan. That's when Steve and Bucky each walked out of the rooms and into the kitchen.
"Get the paper already?" Bucky asked.
"Uh no I think they just dropped it off." I answer. Bucky then goes to get the paper.
"Is that French toast?" Steve asked.
"Yeah we had a bunch of bread and eggs so I figured why not?" I respond.
"That's my favorite food for breakfast."
"Really? It's my favorite too. Especially topped with strawberries and chocolate syrup."
"That sounds amazing. My Ma would add cinnamon…"
"To the batter. That's how my Nana taught me to make it." I said with a smile.
"Uh, Nora, There's something here for you." Bucky says walking in.
"I got mail? I only know like four people in 1943 and I live with half of them." I say.
"Well there's a giant trunk here for you. Steve can you give me a hand." Giant trunk? Who the hell would send me a giant trunk? Better yet what's in the trunk?
Steve and Bucky carried in a giant trunk and put it down in the living room. I turned off the stove and walked into the living room I looked at the trunk. On the latch was a note tied onto it with a ribbon. The envelope had my name on it. I pulled the note off and opened it
To Nora
Sorry I accidentally caused you to travel through time and miss five and a half hours. Please tell your Barnes and Rogers not to kill me.
Howard
PS: No relative of mine should have to wear hand me downs or borrowed clothes.
I open the trunk and inside were skirts, dresses, blouses, coats, sweaters and everything else I could need. A full wardrobe and all in my size.
"Clothes, who sent them?" Steve asks.
"Gramps." I answered handing him the note.
Steve held the note and Bucky read it over his shoulder.
"We should apologize." Steve says.
"What exactly happened?" I asked.
"Yesterday after you vanished in front of Stark we overreacted a bit." Bucky answers
"A bit?"
"Steve kind of picked him up and rattled him. Literally. And I may or may not have yelled."
"Peggy and Philips had to separate us. They locked us in an interrogation room until we calmed down." Steve says.
"That explains the note. Breakfast is ready by the way." I say. I start to set the table.
I open the cupboard and reach for the plates. They were pretty high up for some reason and I couldn't reach them. I felt someone come up behind me and get them down for me.
"Here you go Doll," Said Bucky handing the plates to me and kissing my forehead.
"Thanks." I said giving him a smile. I finished setting the table and put the plate with stacked French toast in the middle so that everyone could serve themselves. We made small talk as we ate. They complemented me on my cooking. Normal breakfast talk. It had been a while since I had cooked for more than myself or even had a group meal. It was nice but it also made me realize how much I sucked at making small talk. I just sat there and listened to their stories. Before I knew it, we were done with breakfast and I had to go get ready to head out.
I picked out a casual red dress from the trunk Gramps sent and a grey pea coat. Whoever picked everything out had great taste.
As soon as I was ready I left my room and saw Steve dressed in his olive uniform. Wow, I new he was handsome before but wow, he looked amazing in uniform.
I was so distracted I didn't notice Bucky sneak up on me until I heard him whisper into my ear, "See something you like doll?" I jumped and yelped when when I heard him. He just chuckled. That caught Steve's attention. He turned around and saw us standing there.
"You look beautiful Nora...Not that you don't always its just… Red suits you." Steve says blushing again.
"Thanks Steve you look good in uniform." I say avoiding eye contact and feeling my face heat up again.
Things get quiet for a bit before Bucky ends it by reminding us, "Don't you both have somewhere to be?"
"Oh right, we should probably get going." Steve says heading towards the door.
"Right, see you later." I say to Bucky before walking out of the apartment. Things are so freaking awkward. The car ride was entirely silent. Things seemed okay during breakfast when we had Bucky there as a buffer but when it was just the two of us things were weird. My lack of social skills only added to the awkwardness.
When we got to the base Steve walked me to Gramps' lab.
"I guess I'll meet you here when I'm done?" He said more of a question than a statement.
"I don't know how long the tests are going to take and I was going to grab lunch with Peggy. So I think I'll just meet you at the apartment." I replied.
"We were actually going to go to the pub later." He responds.
"I'll meet you there then."
"You sure? I can wait."
"No its fine."
"Umm I'll see you there then."
"Yeah, Good luck."
"You too." He said moving as if to hug me but instead just patted me on the shoulder before turning around and walking away.
I walked into the lab and just heard laughing. "Will you just have sex with him already? The tension between the two of you in unbelievable." Gramps says.
"We just met. It's not that simple. Besides I don't want to scare the guy off." I argue.
"It is that simple you're just overthinking it. You both need it and you both want to. I know Barnes is more than willing." Gramps says writing something on a clipboard.
"What does he have to do with…"
"Don't bother. I know they're both you're soul mates. The three of you are like magnets. Where one of you goes the rest of you move accordingly. Besides Barnes and Rogers yelled it out yesterday after you disappeared."
"So much for keeping it between the three of us."
"You aren't very subtle about it."
"What do I do? I feel like we take two steps forward and then have to take a step back. I mean last night we fell asleep together,"
"You what?"
"We slept together on the same bed. The three of us slept and nothing else. Then this morning things got strange."
"Strange how?"
"We were cuddled together. Specifically spooning. Him being big spoon with his arm draped over my waist. This morning when I woke up he was nuzzling the back of my neck and his hand…" I paused.
"His hand was where?"
"I can't do this. I can't talk about my sex life or lack there off with my grandfather. This is really weird gramps."
"Nora, nothing about this situation is normal. You're an eighteen-year-old girl from the future with a Ph. D in a field that doesn't even exist yet. I'm your grandfather even though both of your parents haven't even been born yet. You have two soul mates, and one of them used to be a ninety-pound asthmatic that was turned into a super soldier. Normal is relative so cut the shit and get used to it. Now continue Roger's hand was where?"
"On my breast." I mumbled.
"That's bold but he was asleep."
"That's only the start."
"There's more?"
I nodded, "I was trying to wake him up so he could go turn off the alarm but he just pulled me closer. Then when I tried to wake him up, he shifted a bit and started kissing my neck."
"And you didn't like it?"
"Oh I liked it, I was getting there if you get where I'm going with this but I figured our first time together shouldn't be while he's asleep and I'm awake and our other soul mate is asleep next to us. We haven't even kissed yet. I just met them both and not under ideal circumstances. I'm also a bit out of practice."
"What do you mean 'out of practice'? When was the last time you…?"
"Two years."
"Two Years?!" He yelled out. "How? Why?"
"It's complicated."
"You need to talk to him. To both of them."
"I know, but it's going to be so fucking weird. I can't even tell Steve he looks good in uniform without him blushing. He can't give me a compliment without me avoiding eye contact. I fucking suck gramps." I said hiding my face in my hands.
"Kid it's alright. So what if you've been out of the game for a while. Rogers didn't exactly have gals lining up for him and Barnes is a flirt but he only has eyes for you and Rogers. I'm not saying it's going to be a walk in the park but it will work out."
"I need a drink."
"Not yet. We have tests to run. After we're done we'll go to the pub and get you all the drinks you want."
"You're the best grandpa ever." I say I should totally get him a mug that says that.
"Wasn't expecting to hear that for a few decades." He mumbled.
"Lets start off with some blood work and test for residual alpha, beta, and gamma signatures." He says
After hours of tests and tinkering we finally finished. We found a small residual energy signature but nothing too significant. All of the tests were completed and I even managed to help gramps get ahead on his paperwork. Peggy was over joyed there was someone to nag gramps to get work done besides her.
"You need a new dress. Show your soldiers how lucky they are." Peggy says as we walk down the street of the base.
"I have an entire trunk full of new clothes, Thanks again gramps." I say.
"Don't mention it kid, but Pegs is right you should surprise them."
"You want to go back to the apartment and help me pick one out." I offer.
"Why go so far? Just go pick out a new one. Your birthday's in a few days, consider it a gift." He says.
"Gramps, you just got me an entire wardrobe. Besides I'm not going to be born for another fifty years give or take."
"Nora, don't argue with your elders now get in there and pick out a new dress." He says leading me into a shop.
Peggy and Howard made me try on almost every dress in the shop before I finally found the one. It was a royal blue silk wrap dress. It wasn't too fancy but something you'd wear on a first date. It matched my arc reactor necklace perfectly. Peggy picked out a red dress for herself.
"You are going to leave them speechless, kid."
"You, think, it's not too much?"
"Stop being so daft. You look spectacular Nora." Peggy says.
We stopped outside the pub.
"Ready?" Gramps says.
"As I'll ever be." I said and walked in with Peggy.
Third person's POV-
Bucky was sitting at the bar watching Steve ask some of the men he rescued in Azzano if they would join him on his mission to fight Hydra and end the war. He told him they would be idiots if they said yes but they would agree anyway.
He looked around wondering when his other soul mate was going to arrive. Steve and Nora had been acting strange that morning. They would be fine one minute but then there would be moments where they both didn't know what to say. He knew they had had a moment that morning; he had woken up when the alarm rang and wanted to see what would happen between the two of them so he pretended to be asleep. Steve had finally made a move while he was asleep and Nora seemed to enjoy it but her logical side made her rethink things. They needed to clear the air between them. He was ready to move forward in their relationship but he wasn't sure about Steve and Nora being as ready or even comfortable enough with each other.
He was thinking about how to approach the subject with both of them when Steve sat down next to him.
"See told you." Steve says to him.
"They're all idiots" Bucky retorts.
"What about you? You ready to follow Captain America into the jaws of death?" he asks already knowing the answer.
"Hell no, But that little that little guy from Brooklyn who didn't know how to run away from a fight, I'm following him. Even if he still doesn't know how to talk to his own soul mate." Bucky says with a knowing look.
"I know, I know. I need to talk to her." Steve answers.
"We all need to talk. Just need to find the right moment." Bucky says before he looks to the side and sees something that makes him smile. "Hey, you keeping the outfit right?"
"You know what? It's kind of growing on me." He says with a smirk looking at the poster announcing his now cancelled USO show. Out of nowhere everyone just stops talking and looks toward the entrance.
Peggy Carter walks in with Nora at her side and she looks beautiful in that dress. Everyone is just staring at them. They walked toward him as he stood up and walked towards them.
"I'll give you two a minute." Nora says leaving the two of them and walking to sit next to her other soul mate.
"Captain" Peggy greeted him.
"Agent Carter." He greeted back.
"Howard has some equipment for you to try. Tomorrow Morning." She says.
"Sounds good."
"Oh and Captain, get off your arse and talk to your soul mate. You were lucky to find her when you did, don't muck it up." She looks over at the table where the rescued soldiers were enjoying the drinks Steve had just gotten them. "I see your top squad is prepping for duty. I'll go join them. We're going to be working rather closely I should start getting to know them. Enjoy your night."
"Have a nice night, Agent Carter." He replied before turning around and watching his soul mates laughing at something. Now to find the right moment to have that talk he's been avoiding since that morning.
Nora's POV-
As soon as we walked into the bar everything went quiet and everyone turned to look at us. Steve and Bucky were sitting at the bar. As soon as they saw us, Steve stood up and walked towards us. I knew the main reason Peggy had come along with us was because she had to tell Steve about some meeting he had the next day.
"I'll give you two a minute." I say before turning to Steve giving him a smile and walking to sit next to Bucky.
"You look stunning Doll." He says giving me what I am now calling the panty-dropping smirk. Fuck he's hot and worse of all he knows it.
Screw it time to flirt back. "Not so bad yourself Sarge." I say smiling back at him.
"How'd the tests go?" He asks not taking his eyes off of me.
"Same as ever. Nothing new. Were running some blood test but that's going to be a few days. How about you?" I ask.
"Steve's putting together a group to go after Schmidt and the rest of Hydra. The guys said yes and of course I'm not leaving that punk alone so were heading out in a few weeks. He's keeping the uniform." He says with a smirk.
"Stars and spangles?" I say.
"And the red white and blue that goes with it." He finishes.
"Well he is the Star spangled man with a plan." I say and at that statement we both start laughing.
"What's so funny?" Steve asks as he sits down next to the open seat next to me.
"Nothing just telling Nora about your uniform."
"You don't think it's a good idea." Steve says looking at me.
"No, it definitely suits you. Just might want to ask them to make it less… tight. You wouldn't want a wardrobe malfunction on the battlefield." I say.
"Oh imagine if you ripped your pants in the middle of a fight." Bucky says laughing.
We all laugh at that thought. We all have a few drinks except Steve who apparently doesn't like the taste. We're all happy and buzzed by the end. I had a bit more than I should have. I forget that when I'm drunk I have zero filter. I figured if we need to have this awkward conversation I should get everything off my chest. The only way I can confidently do that is slightly drunk. Luckily I wasn't the only one who drank that much.
Gramps challenged Bucky and I to a drinking contest. We accepted.
"If I didn't know we were related be… fore I know now. You are amazing. I am proud to call myself your grandpa." Gramps slurred.
"hahahah, you called yourself grandpa." Bucky mocked.
"I fucking love you gramps, don't ever change. I don't know why dad said you had a stick up your ass you're an awesome drinking buddy. If you can't find anyone I would be so fucking happy to be your wingman." I say
"We should get fondue." Gramps says
"That sounds so good." Bucky says.
"No!" Steve yells out. "You three have had enough its time to call it a night."
"Aww" I whined.
"But Stevie."
"Come on Buck you know it's time we still have to have that talk remember." Steve says trying to reason with him.
"Oh Yeah!" Bucky says before turning to me and grabbing my hand. "Come on Dollface, time to go home and talk."
"OoooH you're in trouble." Gramps says.
"Nah we're just going to talk and cuddle. I want to cuddle." I got up and swayed a bit before steadying myself. I walked up to gramps and hugged him. "Night Grandpa"
"Night kid." I walked out with Steve and Bucky right behind me.
"Nora wait up." Steve called out to me.
Bucky just ran up to me, gave me a hug and spun me around. I couldn't stop laughing.
"Okay you two. Time to head home. Give me your hand and don't let go."
"Okie dokie. " I said giving him my left hand and hugging his arm. Bucky just put his arm over his shoulders.
I don't know how we did it, but we made it back to the apartment. By then Bucky had sobered up a bit but I was still pretty buzzed.
We walked in as soon as Steve opened the door Bucky and I headed straight for the couch.
"We should probably head to bed." Steve said.
"No we need to talk." I said.
"We do." Bucky said.
"We can talk tomorrow after you both sober up." Steve argues.
"I need to say this now or else I'm probably not going to have the guts to say it sober so sit your ass down and listen." I say as I stand up.
"Nora we…"
"Steve shut up and do as she says." Bucky mutters pulling Steve down to sit on the couch.
"Things between us have been strange from the beginning. I feel like we take two steps forward and then take one back. I know I suck at relationships in general but it normally takes a while before I fuck it up like this so what did I do?" I say.
"You didn't do anything Doll. We've been trying to take things slow with you. We just met you and don't want to rush you." Bucky says.
"I caught you by surprise this morning and I shouldn't have invaded your space like that." Steve says.
"Sweetie, I wasn't mad at the cuddling, or the slight groping, or even the kissing. I just figured if we were going to go there we should all be awake for it so we could actually remember it. I was getting pretty turned on. I mean it's been like two years since the last time I had anyone get close like that and you're both so fucking hot. Like seriously do you have any idea how many cold showers I've had since we moved in together." I say.
"Oh." Is all Steve can say. He was bright red. Even his ears were red.
Bucky just laughed. "I think you broke Steve." He gets up and walks over to me wrapping his arms around my waist. "You should've said something Dollface. You have any idea how much we want you. You have any idea how many times we've taken care of ourselves just thinking about you." I put my arms over his shoulders.
"I've been waiting for you two to make a move. Seriously buck, you're a natural flirt but its hard to tell when you're serious and Steve sweetie, its adorable how much you take care of us and want to make sure I'm okay but for fuck's sake man make a move. The most I've gotten is a forehead kiss. I'm your soul mate not your grandmother."
"We couldn't have had this conversation sober?" Steve finally talks.
"Yeah but then I wouldn't have been completely honest cause I would've been to worried about scaring you off. I'm probably going to regret this tomorrow morning." I say.
"You were not kidding about having no filter when drunk Dollface."
"You weren't kidding about getting handsy Sarge." I retort.
"Sorry" He says starting to move away.
"Didn't say that as a bad thing." He smiles and starts to move his hands up and down my back.
"So to make everything clear. You want us to stop being so tense and make a move." Steve says.
"Pretty much. We should also talk about sex." I say casually
"Uh Doll we just met buy a guy dinner first." Bucky jokes.
"Shouldn't we get to know each other?" Steve says
"Well duh, but I'm a woman and I have needs just like you two. I'm just putting this out there. I'm open to it but we should talk logistics."
"Logistics?" Steve and Bucky said at the same time.
"Like do you only want to do stuff when we're all together or can it be when one of us isn't around. Don't have a ton of experience with sex so we're going to have to work on that. Also going to need condoms so you guys might want to start stocking up on that. Also sleeping arrangements. I mean I like sharing a bed with both of you so that's an option. Oh another thing I don't think I'm ready for…"
"Okay I'm open to taking turns and if for whatever reason one of us isn't around I'm fine with you two having sex. Condoms we already have but we may need more. As for all three of us sleeping in the same bed, I'd like to keep doing that. Best night's sleep I've had in ages." Bucky answers.
"Steve?" I ask as he just stares at us in amazement.
"Uhh, I'm fine with the two of you doing things when I'm not there. As Buck said we have condoms and I get it. I want kids one day but not right now. And sleeping together, that would be nice. The rest we can figure out later. How about we get to bed?" He says.
"Sure just one last thing." I get out of Bucky's hold, walk over to Steve and pull him down and kiss him on the lips. I caught him by surprise but he responds fast. He wraps his arms around me and deepens the kiss. He moans before I pull away. I walk over to Bucky except he's ready and deepens the kiss right away. He has me moaning in seconds. Wow he's good. He pulls away and leans his forehead against mine while we catch our breath.
He lets go of me and I walk over to my room. I leave the door open and start to pull my dress off. I take off all my necklace and earrings and place them on my nightstand. I then move onto the middle of the bed. All I'm wearing is the slip I was wearing under my dress. The guys come in a few minutes later each wearing t-shirts and boxers. Bucky curls up behind me wrapping his arm around me. Steve lays down in front of me facing us and putting an arm over both of us.
"Night guys" I call out sleepily. I am so waking up with a massive hangover.
"Night Doll, Night Stevie." Bucky mumbles while nuzzling the back of my neck
"Night Beautiful, Night Buck." Steve says before turning over to turn off the light before curling back towards us.