Hey all just wanted to put this up before the beginning of exam week. I felt the last chapter was lacking so I decided to upload this one ahead of schedule. Next update won't be for at least another since I have exams and a presentation this week. I just wanted to say thank you for all the awesome reviews so far. And please keep commenting you make me want to keep writing and inspire me to continue. Also just a heads up, this chapter does have brief Smut scenes. I marked them in the chapter so if you don't want to read them feel free to skip it. Anyway here it is.
After going out with Gramps on multiple occasions I should have learned by now to stay away from whiskey. Don't get me wrong I can handle my liquor pretty well but whiskey hits me harder than anything else for some reason. So that's why the next day I woke up with a giant headache in a room that isn't mine. The worst part is I have no idea what happened last night or how I got there.
I slowly get up and walk towards a window. I was more than surprised to see a beach. What the hell happened last night? I washed up a bit in the bathroom before I left the room. Maybe I could find Gramps somewhere. I left the room and walked down a hallway and spotted a familiar face.
"Jarvis?" I called out trying to get his attention.
"Miss Stark, I thought you were still in your room." He said surprised to see me.
"I woke up a few minutes ago. Um this might be a strange thing to ask but um, where are we?" I asked.
"You don't remember?" He asked.
I just shook my head. "Last night you and Mr. Stark went out for a late lunch that turned into dinner. You had some drinks. Then you had more until you both finished a bottle of whiskey. You were both on the other side of London so you thought it would be best to take a train home."
"Train?" I asked.
"You got to the station alright but you both got on the wrong train. Mr. Stark called Miss Carter who then called me to retrieve the both of you." He explained.
"Um, where did you retrieve us from?" I asked trying to remember last night.
"Actually, I'm still in the process of retrieving the both of you?" He said still avoiding the question
"Jarvis, where exactly are we?" I asked knowing I was probably not going to like the answer.
"Dumfries." He simply answered.
"Where exactly is Dumfries?" I asked dreading the answer.
"Scotland." He said in a low voice.
"Oh shit." I said out loud. "I need a phone, I need to call Steve and Bucky." I said panicking.
"It's already been taken care of. Agent Carter has already told them what happened so they wouldn't worry."
"Okay, that's one less thing to worry about. By the way, where is Gramps?" I ask.
"He's currently in his room, he should be out shortly, or as soon as he's done entertaining his guest." Jarvis said with a look of disdain on his face. Guest? Oh, nevermind. The things Jarvis must put up with dealing with Gramps.
"I think we should grab breakfast while he…uh, finishes entertaining his guest." I said trying to shake the mental image.
"That's a good idea ma'am." He said.
"Jarvis, I'm serious just call me Nora, I'm more offended when you call me Ma'am than being addressed informally." I said as we headed down the stairs.
"Forgive me ma-" I turn and give him a look, "Nora, I'll try my best." He says.
"Thank you, now where can we get breakfast, I could kill for a cup of coffee right about now."
We got to the small café near the entrance of the bed and breakfast we were in but there was no one in there. We rang the bell and nothing.
"They're probably not open yet." Jarvis said. Just as we were about to leave the hostess walked in. Her hair was messy and her shirt was unbuttoned.
"Good morning, Table for two?" She asked. She seemed a bit out of breath.
"Make that three," Said Gramps as he walked into the café.
"Uh, Of course Mr Stark." She said blushing. Well that solves the mystery of whom Gramps hooked up with last night.
After she took our orders and left, I asked the thing that was bugging me since I woke up. "I need to know, what happened last night?"
"You don't remember?" He asks surprised.
"Gramps the last thing I remember is us eating a late lunch that turned into dinner and drinks. Then you ordered whiskey, and we each took a shot and then waking up this morning. Speaking of how the hell did we end up in Scotland?" I ask still not believing I actually got blackout drunk.
"We each had a shot, and then kept going until we finished the bottle. By the way, you have my respect I've never met a girl who can handle that much booze and can still walk on her own." He says drinking his coffee.
"What happened after that?" I say.
"That's when things get messy." He says avoiding eye contact.
"Messy how?" I ask raising an eyebrow.
"You remember Sally Mae?" He asks.
"Who?" I say genuinely confused.
"You remember the blonde from a couple of months."
"I'm still drawing blanks here Gramps."
"The one who couldn't take a hint so I said I was leaving to help in the war efforts after I helped you deal with the death in the family and the reason I switched hotels before she realized I was lying." He says explaining.
"Oh, She called you Howie, and gave Peggy and I the stink eye that one time we stopped by." I said remembering that day. Wow it seems like forever ago.
"Yeah her, she showed up, and guess who owned the restaurant we were in."
"No clue." I said.
"Her father." Gramps says calmly.
"Oh no." I said imagining what probably happened next.
"Oh yes, Some words were exchanges, the possibility of me potentially having children was put at risk before you called Sally a clueless blond bimbo and got us out of there. Let's just say you and I are not longer welcome back." He says.
"I'm sorry?" I said not knowing of it was the right thing to say.
"Don't worry about it, the place was all the way in the other side of town. I'll find a new place to get steak. I will miss Julio, its hard to find a good bar tender that can make a martini just the way I like it." He says not at all sad.
"On the plus side, now that the cat's out of the bag, you can move back in to the Dorchester." I remind him.
"True, I have missed their brunch."
"What happened next?"
"We couldn't get a cab so we decided to take a train. You were really happy because our train was going to leave us at King's cross station and you said something about always wanting to visit platform nine and three quarters." He said a bit confused.
"Did I explain why?" I really hope I didn't. I don't want to introduce Harry Potter before its time.
"All you said was that it's the platform for the Train to Hogwarts?" He answered. "I thought it was the booze talking so I just ignored it."
"Okay, so if we were going to King's Cross Station, How did we end up in Scotland?"
"We were in the station getting tickets and we saw a crowd heading in the same direction as we were supposed to go so we followed them. We got on the train with out realizing we were on the opposite side we were supposed to be on. We fell asleep and woke up at the last stop, Dumfries." He said.
"UH," I groaned. "Steve and Bucky are going to kill me for this. I promised them I wouldn't leave the country without letting them know."
"No they won't. It wasn't like it was planned." He said.
"That's the excuse I used last time." I groaned.
"Oh, then yeah, you may have to grovel a bit."
"One last thing, How did we get rooms here so last minute?"
"Not the first time I'm in Scotland. I need a getaway every once in a while, Somewhere no one would expect but where I could get back fast if I needed to. Claire is an old… friend." He said with a smirk.
"Uhuh, just a friend?" I said with a knowing look.
"Friend with the occasional benefit." He mumbled.
"I figured."
"What gave it away?" he said with a smirk.
"She blushes anytime she comes to check on us, her lipstick is smeared and her clothes are a bit wrinkled. Also she keeps looking over here." I point out.
"Yeah, I never stay for breakfast so she might be getting the wrong idea."
"You showed up on her doorstep, drunk with your granddaughter and then spent the night with her." I said.
"Yeah, probably not the best idea."
That's when Jarvis decided to walk in. He had left after we were seated to go get train tickets.
"Everything is ready Mr. Stark. Our train leaves in an hour." Jarvis says.
"Perfect Timing Jarvis," Gramps says finishing his coffee and waving over Claire to ask for the check. After a very flirtatious interaction between Gramps and Claire that just made Jarvis and I a bit uncomfortable, we were off. At this point the after effects of all the drinking I did last night we're starting to hit me.
We boarded the train and I knocked out again. I woke up just before we got to London. We were greeted by a very angry Peggy Carter.
"What am I going to do with the two of you? I expected this from you Howard but you Nora, really?" She said looking at me trying to make me feel guilty.
"Pegs, Please lower your voice, this hang over is punishment enough." I groaned.
"Serves you right," She said.
"In my defense, none of this was planned, and I did make sure Gramps finished all of his paperwork before we left." I reminded her hoping I might get a bit of leniency from her.
She sighed, "You did keep your promise, I'll give you that."
"Not only that, but last night you came up with the perfect gift for Barnes." Gramps said.
"I did?"
"You, told me about what he gave you for your birthday, and you said it was a shame you couldn't burn him a CD of his favorite songs. Apparently you call records CD's in the future, anyway, I can help you record all his favorite songs along with a message from you. Just give me a list and stop by later to record the message." He said.
"I think I should probably stop by on my way home, I have a feeling Steve and Bucky aren't going to let me out of their sights after last night." I said.
"Should I be expecting angry soldiers at my door?" Gramps asks.
"Doubt it, they should of expected something like this by now." I said with a shrug.
"With you two, you can't expect anything, you're both unpredictable when your together." Peggy said with a smirk.
"I think you're exaggerating Peggy." Gramps said with a shrug.
"You both ended up in a different country after a night of drinking. Normal people don't do that." Peggy argued.
"Cuz they're no fun" I retorted.
"We're here." Jarvis said.
"Come on kid, let's record your message, and while we're at it let's run a few quick tests." He said walking into SSR Headquarters.
Overall, the message was pretty short. It felt weird to get all emotional with Gramps watching. We ran a few tests on me while I was using the force field. Nothing came up as usual. He got another blood sample to see if there were any changes at the cellular level. After two hours we were done and it was time to go home and face the music.
I walked into the apartment and it was really quiet. Steve was sitting at the table reading the paper. I walked up behind him and hugged his shoulders while kissing his cheek. I felt him smile and blush a bit.
"Hi." I said with a smile.
"Hi, where have you been?" Steve said.
"Sorry about last night, I went out with Gramps and somehow ended up in Scotland. Don't ask me how, I don't remember half the night." I explained.
"How do you not remember?" He said a bit worried.
"There was whiskey involved." I said and he just nodded. "It's really quiet in here." I said.
"Yeah, Bucky went out to run some errands and I decided to take the day and just stay in and relax." He said folding the newspaper.
"So I wanted to ask you, tomorrow's Bucky's birthday," I started.
"I wanted to talk to you about that. I kind of forgot until yesterday." He said looking a bit embarrassed.
"Don't worry I forgot until Peggy reminded me during our debriefing." I said.
"So you don't have a gift?" Steve asked a bit relieved.
"Actually that's part of the reason I went out with gramps yesterday. I needed help coming up with something which I did, even though I don't remember." I said.
"How- what?" He said confused.
"I don't remember anything from last night but gramps does. So he says last night I got an idea and reminded me this morning." I said.
"So what did you come up with?"
"A record with all his favorite songs, and a message I recorded." I said.
"That's a really good idea." Steve said looking a bit worried.
"Is it, it seems really simple." I said a bit unsure of myself.
"Nora, it's a really good idea. It's better than what I had planned." He mumbles.
"Don't say that. I'm sure your gift is better than mine." I said.
"Want to see it?" He asked.
"Sure." I said as he got up and went to out room. He came back with a sketchbook. He flipped through it and stopped halfway through it.
"I know there aren't any pictures of the three of us together so I thought why not make one." It was a sketch of the three of us together. I was in the middle with Bucky and Steve on either side of me. Steve was truly talented. " I have a frame for it, I just need to shade it in a bit more and I'll be done."
"This is amazing. By far my favorite picture of me." I said giving him a smile.
"Really?"
"Yeah, you're really talented Steve. Bucky's going to love it." I reassured him. "So what are we doing tomorrow."
"Not really sure," He said.
"What do you normally do on your birthdays?" I ask.
"Normally, we just go see a movie, grab dinner, or if Bucky wanted to, he tried getting us dates so we could go dancing." He says a bit awkwardly.
"Okay, I have an idea. You and Buck, go out and have a guys day. Take him out to a movie and get some drinks. I'll stay here and cook dinner for the three of us. I'll even make a cake." I said.
"Why don't you come along we can all have fun tomorrow?"
"Sweetie after last night, I think I've had enough fun for a while. Besides this is a better surprise. When was the last time any of us had a home cooked meal?" I said.
"I know but you shouldn't have to do all the cooking." He said.
"I love cooking, so I don't mind, but if you want to feel less guilty you can do all the cleaning afterwards." I said with a smirk.
"Deal." He said kissing me. "Now how are you going to get out of going with us tomorrow?"
"I have a few ideas. Now I'm going to go shower." I said kissing him before getting up.
As I got to the door to our room, I turned around and said, "Steve, feel free to join me if you want." I said with a smirk. I walked to the bathroom and started taking off my clothes. Just as I was about to take off my skirt I felt Steve wrap his arms around my waist.
"Here, let me." He said unbuttoning the back of my skirt. The skirt fell to the floor and I stepped out of it. I went to the shower to turn on the water to the right temperature.
"A bit over dressed aren't you?" I said giving him a flirty smile.
SMUT-
He just gave me a smile and started taking his clothes off. He came up to me and picked me up. I wrapped my legs around his waist and kissed him as he walked us into the shower. We kissed until we were out of breath and had not choice but to break it to get some air. Steve put me down and started kissing down my neck and gently squeezed my breasts with his hands. I couldn't contain my moans. It had been a while since we were together like this and I wasn't the only one affected.
"Babygirl, I missed this so much." He said groaning into my neck.
"I know, I missed this too sweetheart." I said in between pants. He slowly moved one of his hands from my breast to my folds. He started to draw circles on my clit and I gasped at how amazing it felt.
"You like that babygirl?" He asked kissing my ear.
"Ah- uh- yes-ahh!" I cried as he put a finger inside of me, the palm of his hand massaging my clit as he moved in and out of me.
"Ah- Steve, please more ah!" I cried out. He added another finger and started moving faster.
"AH, yes, yes, Ah!" I cried out as he started kissing down my neck and squeezing my breast and gently pinching my nipple. I couldn't form any coherent thoughts. For someone who said they didn't have a lot of experience with women, Steve knew what he was doing.
"You going to cum for me baby girl?" He whispered in my ear.
"Ah yes, please baby, please, Uh" My breath got caught in my throat as I finally came.
I rested my head on Steve's shoulder as I calmed down. I didn't even notice Steve had also cummed until I looked down at my stomach and saw I wasn't wet with just water. I couldn't help but laugh at that.
End SMUT-
"You okay?" he said a bit concerned.
"More than okay." I said smiling and kissing his collarbone. "Though we should probably get cleaned up before we run out of hot water."
We cleaned up and got into our pajamas. Steve started to make dinner while I sat on the couch and read. That's what we we're doing when Bucky got home.
"I'm back." he called out.
"Dinner's going to be another half hour so go relax." Steve told him.
"Sure," He walked over to the couch and kissed my cheek before lying down with his head on my lap. "Doll, How did you end up in Scotland?"
"Whiskey and Poor Sense of Direction." I answered making him chuckle.
"You and Howard aren't allowed to go drinking unsupervised anymore. Every time you two are left alone you end up in another country." He reprimanded sarcastically.
"Don't worry we agreed we we're going to tone down the outings a bit." I said putting him at ease.
"Okay, are you feeling all right though?" He asked probably knowing I drank a lot last night.
"Yeah I had a headache but the shower helped." I said not being able to stop the smile that came with the memory. I turned around a bit and saw that Steve was also smiling and blushing a bit.
"That's good." He said getting cozy on the couch. I ran my fingers through his hair and rubbed his head. "Mhhm." He's so cute.
We stayed like that for a few minutes until dinner was ready. We talked about some things, I gave them a recap of everything that happened. Then we headed off to sleep.
The next morning, Steve had gone out early to go grab all the things I needed to make dinner like we had agreed. I woke up to Bucky spooning me and it was pretty obvious he was having a really good dream. I decided to give him a good wake up call. I turned around and started kissing his neck and collarbone. Bucky had slept shirtless so I kissed down his chest until he woke up and moved to lie on his back.
"Doll, what are you doing?" He said in a hoarse voice.
"Oh nothing, just lay back and relax." I said kissing his stomach.
SMUT-
I continued to kiss down his stomach and I palmed his groin making him groan. I played with the elastic of his boxers until he got the hint and lifted his hips so I could take them off.
I moved to lie in between his legs. I stroked him a few times before I kissed his tip and took him in my mouth.
"Ah, fuck!" He moaned.
I slowly bobbed my head up and down. Bucky just grabbed the sheets and clenched his hands into fists.
"God, Babydoll, you're so good to me." He said as I started moving a bit faster. I pumped the part of him I couldn't get into my mouth and that just made him moan even louder.
"Nora, I'm not going to last." He said, in between pants. I just hummed and continued at a faster pace.
"Ah- nora- uh" He grunted as he came. I swallowed around him.
END SMUT-
When I was done I got up and went to lie down next to him.
"Happy Birthday." I said before kissing him. Bucky was still panting.
"That was the best wake up I've ever gotten." He said in between pants.
"Glad you enjoyed it." I said.
"Steve up already?" He asked.
"Yeah, I think he went to grab breakfast." I said
"Shame he missed out." He said.
"We'll just have to make it up to him later. I'm gonna go make coffee." I said getting up but just as I was about to he wrapped his arms around me and pulled me down.
"No stay." He said cuddling up to me. "I need to repay the favor."
"Sorry sweetheart, but that's gonna have to wait. Mother Nature decided to visit early but I'll take a rain check." I said kissing him again. "Go shower, I'll make sure the coffee's ready before Steve gets back." I said getting up.
"Okay" He said.
I left to the kitchen and waited for Steve to get back. He gave me all the ingredients I asked for to make Bucky's favorite meal, Pot Roast, and the birthday cake. I put them all away and set the table for breakfast. Breakfast was pretty quiet until Steve told Bucky they were going out. He looked surprised but went along with it. He noticed I wasn't getting ready and asked what was going on. I said I wasn't feeling great and that I was going to stay in.
"Are you sure you don't want us to stay?" Bucky asked for the third time.
"I'm sure sweetie, go enjoy your day. I'll be here when you get back." I reassured him.
"But I wanted the three of us to spend the day together." He pouted.
"I know, but you two van still have fun without me. I'd feel worse if I ruined your birthday. Please, go have fun for the both if us. Don't let Steve's plans go to waste." I said getting him to go.
"All right, but if you need anything…" He started before I interrupted him.
"I'll call Peggy or Gramps. I promise now go." I said ushering him out.
"Okay," get some rest he said kissing me before walking out with Steve.
I waited a bit waiting for them to walk down the block before getting to work. I chopped all the veggies. I boiled potatoes and seasoned the meat. I was completely focused. The roast was in the oven and the timer was set. I was working on the cake batter when Gramps stopped by with Bucky's gift.
"Wow, you are pulling all the stops for this dinner." He said.
"I do this for all special occasions but this is still nothing compared to Christmas or Thanksgiving. I spend days on that meal." I said pouring the batter into the baking pan.
"So for my birthday in September," He says casually.
"I already have the cheesecake recipe I'm going to use." I said making him grin. At that moment I start to get the chills. Oh crap.
"Gramps, I'm going to put the batter in the oven, pull it out in half an hour and let it cool on the counter. In twenty minutes I need you to baste the roast and then again in another half hour." I said as the shivers got more intense.
"Nora, why are you telling me this?" He asks looking concerned. I started glowing answering his question.
"Time Jump." Is all I manage to say before the light got to bright and I wasn't in 1943 anymore.