Hi, I just wanted to say, I'm sorry :,(
The Next Morning-
Steve woke up early the next morning. He and Bucky still had to get everything ready for when Nora woke up. He looked down and saw that Nora was still asleep resting her head on his chest an arm draped over him while Bucky was spooning her, with his arms around her waist and nuzzling the back of her neck.
Steve slowly moved Nora's arm off of his chest and moved slowly to turn Nora to her side. That didn't work so he grabbed his pillow and moved it so Nora started hugging it instead while he slid out. Steve walked to the other side of the bed and woke Bucky up. Steve shook his shoulder and woke him up.
"What?" He said sleepily.
"Time to get up. We have to get ready" he whispered.
"Mhm, fine." Bucky started to get up moving away from Nora. She started to fuss and wake up. "Shh, baby go back to sleep." Bucky murmured.
"Mhm, Okay." Nora mumbled before going back to hugging the pillow. They couldn't help but smile at their soulmate.
"Come on, we need to get started on breakfast." Steve said. Both of them pulled on their under wear before heading to the kitchen.
Nora's POV-
There was a loud clank and thud that woke me up. I was in bed completely naked only covered by a thin sheet. Steve and Bucky weren't in bed either. I got out of be and picked up my underwear and the first shirt I saw. As I bent down to pick up my underwear I felt sore. Then I remember everything we did last night and I couldn't stop myself from smiling. I went to the bathroom to relieve myself and get dressed.
I left the room and walked into the kitchen and saw the guys making breakfast.
"Something smells good in here." I said greeting them.
"Morning Beautiful." Steve said putting down the bowl and whisk he had in his hand and coming over to hug me. He hugged me and spun me around before kissing me.
"Morning Handsome." I said smiling.
"Morning Dollface." Bucky said coming up from behind me and kissed me.
"Morning sweetheart." I said. "What's for breakfast?"
"It was supposed to be breakfast in bed." Steve said.
"We were going to surprise you, now we're the ones surprised. I wasn't expecting you to be walking so soon." Bucky said. At first I didn't get what he meant but then I understood and I blushed.
"Uh, I feel a bit sore but nothing to bad." I said avoiding eye contact. "Since I ruined the surprise, I have an idea. How about we pull out the couch cushions and get the pillows and blankets from the room and set it up in the living room. We have breakfast open presents…" I offer.
"Sounds great. Steve and I used to do that when we were kids." Bucky said.
"Yeah, we didn't have any spare beds and we couldn't decide who got the bed so Ma would set up the cushions in the living room and said we were camping indoors." Steve said smiling.
"Sounds fun. Never had friends over cause I never had friends as a kid." I said. Things just got awkwardly silent. "I'm gonna get the blankets and pillows" I turned around and went to the room. I quickly got what I needed and went back to the living room and set everything up. I set up our makeshift bed. By the time I was done breakfast was done and Steve and Bucky were bringing the plates over. We ate and talked. I talked about previous Christmases as a kid with dad and Nana. They told me how they celebrated with their families when they were still around.
"Since we're all done we can open presents now." Steve said.
"Awesome." I said excited. They both looked weirded out. "I mean Yay! I just need to grab something." I said.
"You hid presents?" Bucky said.
"Of course, don't think I didn't see you trying to peek at the gifts I left under the tree." I said getting up.
"I told you, I thought it was moving. It could've been a puppy." Bucky said obviously joking.
"Buck, we're hardly home, we're not getting a puppy." Steve said.
I went into the room and opened my trunk. I dug through all my things to the bottom where I had hidden their gifts. I pulled them out and walked back to the living room.
When I got back Steve and Bucky were already splitting the gifts up into separate piles.
"All of those were under the tree?" I say surprised there were that many.
"Some were, I found a bunch in the closet of the spare room. I wonder who bought them." Steve said giving me a pointed look.
"I'll admit I do tend to go a bit overboard for Christmas." I said.
"A bit?" Bucky said bringing in another armful of gifts.
"What can I say? Go big or go home." I said with a shrug.
I put the two gifts I had hidden in the trunk in their piles.
"You shouldn't have spent so much Doll." Bucky said.
"I didn't spend that much." I said. Okay I did spend a lot but in comparison to what Gramps spent it wasn't that much. Besides Bucky and Steve deserve to be spoiled.
"Nora," Steve said crossing his arms in his patented Captain America voice.
"What, I don't splurge on things that often, only on Christmas." I said in my defense.
"Doll, it's still too much, we're the ones that should be spoiling you."
"Guys you do spoil me, last night for instance, very spoiled." Steve turned beet red and Bucky just coughed, choking on whatever he was about to say. "Exactly, now stop whining, I'm spoiling you both because I love you, I can spoil you, and want to spoil you. Now pick a gift and start opening them." I said picking one up myself.
The first gift I opened was from Falsworth and his fiancé, they got me homemade sweets. I tried one of the butterscotch candies and it just melted into my mouth. Steve got a compass from Gabe, with a note telling him so that next time he can lead them in the right direction. I looked at him confused and Bucky just laughed. Apparently during one of the missions they went on while I was gone, they got lost in the forest somewhere in Italy. The team each wanted to go on different directions until Steve pulled rank to keep them together. They ended up walking in circles until they made contact with an allied squadron on patrol.
I couldn't stop laughing. "It was a long week, we had hardly slept and were running low on supplies." Steve said.
Bucky opened his gift from Gramps. It was one of the bigger gifts. Bucky opened the gift and what he saw left him shocked. His eyes were wide open and his jaw practically dropped to the floor.
"Bucky, sweetie, what is it?" I said a bit worried. I swear I saw tears in his eyes.
"H-he got me a new record player." Bucky said tearing up.
"That's who he got it for," I said
"You knew?" Steve said.
"I know he got it for someone I just didn't know for who."
"He also got me all of my favorite records." Bucky said amazed.
"Wow." I said surprised Gramps even knew what Bucky's favorite records were.
Steve grabbed one of the gifts I had gotten them and it was a hand knit scarf I had made him. It was a light blue color with a small white star knit into one of the ends. "You know how to knit?" Steve said surprised.
"Yeah, you didn't notice?" I said gesturing to the crotchet needles and yarn on the table beside the couch.
"No I didn't wow, the detail on this is great. Is that my name?" He said pointing to the opposite end of the scarf.
"Oh yeah. I saw it in a magazine and Decided to add it to it." I said smiling.
"No ones ever made me a scarf, not since my Ma." Steve said tearing up a bit. I gave him a sad smile and went over to hug him. "Thank you." He whispered. I kissed him and wiped the tears from his eyes.
I went to grab another gift. I got the gift Gramps gave me last night. It was wrapped in red paper with a gold colored bow. I swear sometimes I keep forgetting he's not Dad. I pulled off the ribbon and took of the wrapping paper. In side was a white box. I opened the box and inside was a jewelry box. It didn't look like a bracelet box, maybe a necklace. I opened it and was instantly in love with it. Gramps got me a gold antique pocket watch necklace. The watch was decorated with an ornate garden fenced watch face. I took the necklace out of the box and took a closer look. I flipped it open and saw that the watch looked identical to the one I bought Steve and Bucky. I closed it and flipped it around. There was an engraving, 'So you don't get lost in time -HS'. I couldn't help but chuckle at that.
"I think you two should open these next." I said grabbing the gifts and handing them to Steve and Bucky. They both looked at me wondering what it could be.
They both opened their gift skeptically. When Bucky opened it he turned to look at me and said, "Is that…" He started asking tearing up.
"It's not the exact same one but it's as close as I could find to the same model." I said.
Steve opened his and saw that his watch was the same as Bucky's with the only difference being that the leather straps were brown and not black. He took it out of the box and saw the engraving on the back, 'Till the end of the line'.
"You got it engraved," Steve said tearing up.
"Steve don't cry." I said.
"What did you engrave on it?" Bucky said looking at his watch and I gasp. I looked over at him and saw him tear up even more. Before I knew it Steve and Bucky grabbed me and held me in a hug between them.
"Guys, kind of need to breathe." I said.
"Marry us." Bucky said.
"What?" I said thinking I probably didn't hear right.
"Marry Us." Steve said.
"I think I'm hearing things." I said. They broke apart and Steve reached into his robe pocket and pulled out a ring box.
"Nora, We didn't think we'd ever get to meet you and everyday I get to wake up to you in between me and Buck, I consider myself the luckiest man in the world."
"Doll, you popped into our lives when we least expected but at the perfect time, and I'm with Steve when I say you are one of the best things that's ever happened to us. We love you and we want to spend the rest of our lives together,"
"So, Nora Eliana Stark, will you marry us?" they said at the same time popping the ring box open.
"Yes, Yes, Yes!" I said crying, throwing myself at them hugging them. We stayed like that in each other's arms for a while just enjoying being with each other forgetting about the rest of the gifts. When we finally did break apart, Steve pulled the ring out of the box and showed me the engraving inside the ring. I have to say, great minds think alike, they also engraved it with 'Till the end of the line'. They both slipped it onto my left ring finger at the same time. I took a closer look and fell in love with it. The main stone of the ring was a light green peridot stone with a diamond on each side set on a thin gold band. "It's gorgeous." I said. I wiped my tears and leaned over to kiss Bucky and then Steve. "Thank you." I said.
"For what?" Steve asked.
"For making me the happiest girl in the world. For being the best soulmates anyone could ever want. For accepting me with all of my flaws, insecurities and unstable abilities. For loving me." I said tearing up. Bucky and Steve pulled me into another hug. We eventually moved to lay down in our make shift bed on the floor.
2011- Third Person's POV-
Phil Coulson hadn't known Tony Stark long but he knew he was loyal to those closest to him. He had to be, how else would Pepper Potts stay by his side all these years after everything he had pulled.
The billionaire was known for being eccentric but his behavior at the moment was borderline obsessive. As far as Phil knew, Tony had no known association to the incident here in Geneva. He was an engineer not a physicist, so why was he here?
Tony had directed the rescue team to the North side of the building where they would have an easier access to the lower levels. Everything was going smoothly, the team was making steady progress but out of nowhere Tony joined them and started blasting and moving the rubble out of the way.
Phil used one of the comms to patch through to the Iron Man Suit. It took a while but he managed to get through.
"Stark what are you doing?" Phil said.
'What's it look like I'm doing? I'm clearing the rubble." Tony answered nonchalantly.
"That's what the rescue team is for, let them do their job." Phil demanded.
"They were doing their job? I thought they were on a coffee break." Tony retorted.
"What are you really doing here?" Phil asked the question that was on everyone's mind.
"Apparently doing the rescue team's job." Tony answered sarcastically as he used a laser to cut through a fallen beam and then moved it so it could support the weak structure.
"Why, last I heard you were in New York with your girlfriend working on a new project? What made you fly all the way to Geneva?" Phil asked trying to get to the real reason behind Tony's behavior.
"Like I said, big fan of Doctor Hawking's work, plus super collider malfunctioning how much do you want to bet someone gets super powers from exposure to the subatomic energy released?" Tony said lying through his teeth. Exposure to subatomic energy, one more thing that could hurt Nora. They had already lost one heat signature now he was starting to panic.
"Sir you are approaching the corridor of the control room." Jarvis notified him.
"How close?" Tony asked.
"Approximately three meters." Jarvis notified him, "Sir, I must warn you, the structural support in this area is extremely unstable, It would be best to request assistance."
"Don't they'll just slow me down." He said blasting away rubble.
January 1945- Nora's POV
After the holidays it was back to work for everyone. We were shipped out to Belgium but it was a dead end. Well not a complete dead end, we helped liberate a few towns. It wasn't until we got close to Amsterdam that we finally got a lead. Gabe, Dernier, and Falsworth were toying with a radio transceiver we had found in one of the camps we had captured. For a while there was nothing but static for a while. Dum-Dum was just about to tell them to shut that thing off when a voice came on the line.
"What the…" Dugan started before everyone shushed him.
"Hydra one, this is Hydra seven, Come in Hydra one." A voice said in German.
"Report Hydra seven," Another voice answered.
"Everything is ready, Tell Herr Schmidt the shipment can is set to depart in four days and will arrive by the end of the week."
"Good, He will be pleased to hear that. There has been a slight change of plans. The route you are taking is not secure enough for the cargo, the Allies have gained more territory and we cannot risk any more delays. You will take the route through the Alps, With the weather and the limited resources, the allies wouldn't suspect or dare go through there."
"Yes Commander."
"And one last thing, Doctor Zola shall be joining you on your journey, the rendezvous point where you will be meeting him will be sent to you shortly. Hail Hydra."
"Hail Hydra." And the transmission cut off.
"Did he just say what I think he said?" Gabe asked.
"Uhuh." I said still in shock. I thought I had more time.
"They said a route through the Alps?" Steve asked.
"Yeah four days from now." I said freaking out internally.
"Then we have to move. We need to find the route and intercept it." Steve said.
"The Alps run for thousands of miles, it's going to take longer than four days to find it." Dum Dum pointed out.
"Gabe get in contact with headquarters and tell them what we found out. In the meantime everyone pack up and get ready, we leave for Switzerland as soon as he's done." Steve said and everyone rushed to go pack up.
I walked back to the tent and grabbed my things. I reached over to grab my med kit and saw how much my hands were shaking. I grabbed it but when I tried to lift it up I dropped it, spilling everything on the ground.
"Shit." I kneeled down and started to pick them up and pack them back in.
"Everything okay?" Bucky asked.
"Yeah everything's great." I snapped back.
"Need a hand?" Bucky asked.
"No, I got this." I reached over and picked up a pack and ended up pricking my thumb on a needle. "Ah Fuck!" I yelled. I put my thumb in my mouth and sucked on it.
"Doll, here let me see." He said trying to take my hand but I pulled it away.
"I'm fine." I said standing up.
"Doll," Bucky said trying to get my attention. I went back to picking everything up. "Nora!" He said sternly. I stopped what I was doing and looked up. "Stop," He said staring at me.
He kneeled down and took my hand. He looked at my thumb and saw that it had already healed. "Take a breath and tell me what's going on."
"Nothing's wrong, I already told you I'm…" I started but he stopped me.
"Don't say you're fine, you're not. You've been quiet since we intercepted the conversation. What's going on?"
"I really hate the snow." I answered.
"Nora," He said raising his voice slightly.
"Bucky, remember when we had that talk about certain things that I know but I'm not allowed to tell you about, well we're getting close to one of those things so please, stop asking." I said sternly.
I grabbed my pack and walked out of the tent.
Three Days Later-
Like I asked, Bucky dropped the subject but that did nothing to keep me calm. I really thought I had more time. Peggy said he fell from the train January of 1945. She never gave the specific date. I thought I had a few more weeks.
I was lying down in my sleeping staring at the top of the inside of the tent when Bucky walked in. I was confused, wasn't he supposed to be on watch.
"You're still awake?" Bucky asked.
"Yeah, aren't you supposed to be on watch?" I answered.
"Doll my watch is over. Steve took over."
"Oh, must've lost track of time." I said
He took off his coat and slipped into my sleeping bag. "Doll, what's going on in that head of yours?" He said wrapping his arms around me.
I was silent for a while. I rolled over to face him and moved him to lie on his back while I moved to lie on him straddling his hips. "I love you" I said before I put a hand on his cheek and leaned down to kiss him. He was a bit hesitant but eventually kissed back. He put his hands on my waist and just held me to him.
I broke the kiss and looked down at him. "I need you to promise me something." I said.
"Anything." He said looking a bit worried.
"No matter what happens tomorrow stay close to me. No splitting up. Just stay with me, please." I said tearing up a bit.
"Doll…"
"Bucky please…" I said practically sobbing.
"Shh, hey its all right I promise, okay. Everything's going to be all right Doll." He said wiping my tears as they fell down.
I nodded trying to hold back tears. I leaned down to kiss him except this time he didn't hesitate. I threaded my fingers through his and tugged his hair a bit making him groan. I took advantage of him opening his mouth to deepen the kiss. Bucky took the hint and moved his hands under my shirt. He undid my bra and started kneading my breasts making me let out a gasp, followed by a long moan.
"Bucky, I need you baby please." I pleaded. He didn't need me to ask him twice. He flipped up over so he was hovering above me. He quickly undid his pants as I started pulling mine down. He leaned down and kissed me as he started grinding against me. I wrapped my legs around his waist, pulling him even closer making him rub against my entrance.
"Ah" I cried out when I felt him. He moved a hand down to line himself up and pushed into me.
"Uh" We both cried out at the same time. Bucky didn't wait for me to adjust and just started moving in and out of me. We both wanted the same thing. We just needed to feel each other. We didn't have time to draw things out we needed release and we needed it now. Bucky moved his hands to my lower back and lifted my hips to get a better angle. It didn't take long for both of us to reach our climax. I hid my face in the crook of his neck and he in mine to muffle our cries. When he was done Bucky collapsed on me and I just held him in my arms.
"They say the best way to stay warm is to share body heat." He said with a chuckle. I gave him a small smile that probably looked like a grimace.
He tried to get off of me but I just held him in place. "Mhm stay." I said kissing his forehead. He chuckled and kissed my neck.
"Doll, I know you're comfy but I'm kind of cramping up." He said. I reluctantly let him go and he rolled over to lie on his back. Bucky wrapped his arms around me and pulled me closer.
"Everything's going to be okay Doll. You'll see." I rested my head on his chest and focused on the sound of his heartbeat. He's going to be okay, I'll make sure of it.
The Next Day-
We were standing on the edge of a snowy cliff. Normally heights like this would make me appreciate the amazing view they came with, this one just made me anxious.
"We were right Doctor Zola's on the train. Hydra dispatcher gave them permission to open up the throttle. Wherever he's going they must need him bad." Gabe said.
Falsworth looked through his binoculars. Steve was getting ready attaching his pulley to the line. "Let's get going because they're moving like the devil." Falsworth said.
"We only got about a ten second window. We miss that window, we're bugs on a windshield." Steve said. Thanks for the reminder.
"Mind the gap" Falsworth said sarcastically.
"Better get moving bugs." Dum Dum called out. Dernier called out when it was time to go and we were off.
We zip lined off the cliff, across the gap and onto the moving train. Next time I zip line, I am not landing on a moving train. We followed Steve and climbed down the side of the train to an opening in one of the freights. We walked in a line, Steve in front and Bucky behind him with me slightly behind him. Steve walked through the door and then it closed before Bucky or I could go through it.
Steve was attacked by a Hydra goon using a weapon firing a blue energy blast. While Bucky and I were attacked by goons using regular guns. We each took cover behind some boxes and started shooting at him. Some of our shots landed but he was wearing bulletproof clothing. We both ran out of ammo. I put up a force field to cover us but the goon was starting to get closer. That's when the door opened and tossed Bucky a gun. I took the hint and took the shield down. I moved to the side while Steve ran forward and punched some of the cargo towards the goon, making him move. Bucky took advantage to land a shot on him.
"I had him on the ropes" Bucky said.
"I know you did." Steve answered.
I heard footsteps from behind us and I turned around. "Shit." I said pulling Bucky out of the way while Steve blocked the blast with his shield. The shield deflected the blast but blew a hole through the side of the train. Steve was blown back and dropped his shield. Bucky grabbed the shield and used it to shield himself while moving forward and shooting the goon. He was about to shoot again but I put up a force field. Unfortunately that didn't work. As soon as the blast touched the force field it fell apart opening the hole on the side of the train even more and it pushed me closer to it. I managed to grab on to a rail on the inside of the train but then he fired again. I looked up and saw Bucky flying towards me. I lost my grip and we both fell out the side of the train.
He managed to somehow grab onto me and held on to a loose rail on the outside.
"Bucky." I said looking down. Why did I have to look down?
"It's okay Doll." He said looking terrified.
"Bucky! Nora!" I heard Steve yell out. I looked up at him and saw that Steve was on the verge of tears.
"Doll, grab onto the rail." He said trying to move. I reached over to grab the rail but right when I touched it, it snapped off and we were falling.
I looked over and saw Bucky reaching over to me while we were falling. I started glowing and I knew what was going to happen.
"No, Bucky!" I yelled out and then I couldn't see anything.
Next thing I know I hit the ground hard.
"What the… Nora!" I heard Gramps yell. I opened my eyes and saw that I was in the lab.
How… Why… Bucky. I stood up and just started crying.
"I couldn't stop it, I didn't save him Gramps. Bucky. H-hhe's …" I started sobbing. I felt the stone's energy pulsing around me.
"Nora…" Gramps said sounding a bit scared. I just sobbed and screamed in sadness and anger." Things started flying around hitting the wall. Glass started breaking.
"Kid, you need to calm down." I heard Gramps trying to reason with me. It didn't work it just made it worse. I couldn't stop it. I felt the ground start to shake and the anger just took over. I thought the place was going to fall apart until I saw a flash of bright light in the corner of my eye.
"Shit." I heard someone say. Then someone jabbed something into my neck and I felt all the energy disappear. I felt dizzy and faint. I couldn't stand anymore. I fell to the ground. The last thing I saw before the world went dark was an older version of me with short hair that fell a bit above her shoulders dressing in navy scrubs standing over me.