When you woke the next morning, you forgot where you were for a second, then the cool metal moves against your stomach and you remembered. You were in Bucky's bed. You smiled and slowly turned to face him, trying not to wake him. He looked so peaceful, like he hadn't had a nightmare and panic attack just hours ago. You couldn't help yourself when you leaned in and placed a soft kiss on Bucky's lips. He stirred and opened one eye, giving you a half smile.
"Hey." He said in a groggy voice.
"Morning." You told him, running your fingers up and down his back. He hummed and closed his eyes, leaning in to kiss you. It was short and sweet, and absolutely perfect. He opened his eyes and raised an eyebrow at you. "What?" He asked. "Nothing, I've just been wishing for this for so long." You said softly, and you really had. Since the minute he left on that mission and never came back. His grip tightened on you and he pulled you forward, pressing you into him. He started trailing kisses down your neck and your eyes fluttered closed, moaning slightly at the contact.
"Sergeant Barnes, if you don't want this to go any further, you need to stop, I won't be able to control myself." You whispered. He stilled and pulled back to look at you. "Sorry doll, you're just so damn beautiful." You smiled and leaned in to kiss him, pulling back after a few seconds and rolling out of bed.
"Where ya going?" He asked, pouting. "To take a shower. Unless you want to join me?" You teased. His eyes darkened. "Doll…"
"Yeah, I know, I know. Can't blame a girl for trying." You blew him a kiss before leaving.
When you got back into your room, you threw yourself on the bed, smiling up at the ceiling. When you went to sleep last night, you had thought you would wake up and it would all be a dream. That Bucky hadn't kissed you. But it happened. Bucky wanted you.
A knock on the door made you jump and you got up and opened it, expecting to see Bucky, but it was Pietro.
"Pietro, hey." You said to the blonde. You haven't spoken to him since you got back from Sokovia, but you did see him around, mostly with Wanda, or in the gym.
"Hello, could I talk to you for a minute please?" You nodded and held open your door, motioning for him to come sit on the couch. He looked so nervous. "I wanted to say thank you. Thank you so much for saving my life. Captain Rogers explained to me about where you come from and I wanted to ask you if I died there." He looked down.
"Yes. You died. Saving Clint and that child in Sokovia. Wanda has suffered so much loss and I didn't want her to lose her brother." You told him. He hugged you, wrapping his arms around your shoulders, whispering 'Thank You' over and over again. You smiled for the boy. "You're welcome Pietro." Pulling back, you winked at him. "Don't make me regret it kid." Pietro laughed and exited, sending you a wave on the way out.
You took a quick shower, almost screaming when you exited your bathroom to find Steve sitting on your couch. "Jesus Steve! You scared the shit out of me!" You yelped, holding a hand over your chest, trying to calm your breathing.
"Sorry Ally, I didn't mean to, just want to check on you, and to ask you if you heard Bucky last night." You froze. Had the whole damn floor heard him? "Uh, yeah, actually, I heard him and went to check on him. He was having a pretty bad nightmare." You told him, sitting down next to him, wringing out your hair. "What was it about?"
You sighed. "I'm not one hundred percent sure, but when I was able to wake him up, he kept saying I wasn't real. That Hydra was making him hallucinate me and I wasn't real. I was able to calm him down and make him realize that I was real." You said softly. Steve nodded reaching out to rub your knee.
"Bucky kissed me." You told him. His hand stilled and his eyes widened. "What? Ally that's great. Right?" He sounded so enthusiastic you chuckled. "Yeah, it was pretty great. He thought that we were dating though." You said. Steve looked at you for a second, then burst into laughter. "What do you mean?!" He said in between gasping for air. "What I mean is that you and I are very close, and he took that as something between us."
Steve stopped laughing long enough to see that you weren't laughing. "Is there something so wrong with me that you wouldn't be with me?" You asked him, crossing your arms over your chest. "No, Ally, I didn't mean it like that. Maybe yeah, when I first found you, I thought maybe. But then I thought that I could never do that to Bucky and that you loved him." He paused. "I love you Ally, but not like that. He knows that right?"
You nodded. "Yeah, he knows. He still doesn't think he deserves me." Steve sighed. "What they did to him was insane Ally, sometimes he doesn't know what's real and what's not. I can see him getting better, having a better grip on reality, I think he's better when he's with you." You smiled. You thought so too. There was a knock on your door and you went to open it, to find Bucky, pulling his lip in between his teeth like he did when he was nervous, his eyes widened when he saw Steve. "Oh, hey. I can come back." He started.
"No, it's okay Buck, I was just leaving anyway. See you later Ally." Steve said, giving you a half hug before he walked out past Bucky. You jerked your head for Bucky to come in, and sat down on your bed, while Bucky took the couch. You didn't want to crowd him too much.
"So, I've been thinking." He started. "A terrible idea really." You told him. Winking when he gave you a pointed look. "Sorry, go on."
"I. Well…I reallywanttotakeyououtonadate." He said so fast you thought he was just mumbling.
"I'm sorry, come again?"
Bucky sighed. "I would like to take you on a date." You smiled. "Yeah?" He nodded. "What did you have in mind?" You asked him. He froze. Maybe he hadn't gotten that far.
"Uh…it's a surprise." You giggled. You loved seeing him like this. Nervous to ask a girl out. Very different from 1943 Bucky. "I would love to go on a date with you Bucky." You told him. He smiled and got up, coming over to give you a soft kiss. You wanted to have more, to pull him down on top of you and let him do whatever he wanted with you, but you were trying to respect his wish of going slow, so when he pulled away, you let him.
"I'll come by to get you about seven?" He asked. You nodded and smiled as he shut the door behind him. You sat there for a minute until you remembered what just happened. Bucky had asked you on a date. You said yes. Bucky didn't know how to date in this time, in fact, you weren't even sure Bucky knew how to date anymore at all. You started a group chat with Nat and Wanda. You needed help.
You: I need your help. Both of you. SOS
WidowBite: SOS what the Fuck Ally?
WitchyPoo: Yes, why the SOS?
You: It's a dating SOS. I need help with dating.
Not five minutes later, there was a knock on your door and you opened it to see Nat and Wanda with curious looks on their faces.
"Bucky asked me on a date."