I woke up stretching my aching back. I smiled at Steve's sleeping form as memories of the previous night came flooding back to me. My body ached in the best possible ways as I stood up and started pulling my clothes on. As I was pulling my pants up my eyes caught what was outside. The earth was a blanket of white.
"Steve, what's on the ground?" I asked jumping on him.
"Jay? What are you doing?" Steve groaned.
"The ground is covered in white, why?" I asked sitting on his stomach.
"That's snow." He couldn't finish his sentence before I was downstairs and outside running in the cold, moisture that was snow
I continued to run through it, enjoying the crunch it made beneath my bare feet. The texture was unique, unlike anything I'd ever felt before. I was too busy laughing and enjoying myself to notice how close I came to Agent Sparkles until his boot knocked me back into the cold fluff.
"Really, Jayson? Quit coming to me. I'm getting tired of kicking you." He said eying me strangely.
"Then stop doing it." I choked out.
"There you are. Sorry Agent, we just got a bit excited over the snow." Steve said running toward us.
"That's quite alright." Agent Sparkles said stifling a laugh.
"Jay, it's cold out here. What were you thinking, running out here without shoes and no shirt?" Steve scolded me.
I didn't realize how cold it was until he pointed it out. I morphed into my wolf form, immediately feeling warmer. I nipped at Steve's pants before sprinting away again. He began to chase me until we were in the back yard. I continued to run around him until a ball of snow was thrown at me and caught me on the side of the head. I stopped and looked at Steve where he was grinning and preparing to throw another one. I waited until he threw it to move again. While I was distracted by flying snow Steve grabbed me laughing as I struggled to be placed on the ground again. I got my wish as I was thrown in a huge pile of snow that easily covered me. His laughter filled my ears as I began to burrow out. When my head popped out of the snow Steve doubled over. I hopped out of the snow running at him and knocking him down. I stood on him licking his face. He laughed trying to shield himself from my tongue.
"Jay, stop!" He whined still laughing.
I stopped licking him long enough for him to wipe his face. He grinned at me petting one of my ears. I closed my eyes and leaned into his hand.
"Let's go inside, Jay. We can come back out later." Steve said.
I morphed back still sitting on his chest. He smiled up at me, pulling me into a kiss. I smiled when his lips touched mine. His hands cupped my face and my hands rested on his chest, fingers twitching to move over his body.
"Jay, you have to get off of me so we can go inside." He smirked.
I laughed getting up and took his hand to pull him into a standing position. Once upright he wrapped an arm around my shoulders as we walked inside.
"Go put some dry clothes on," Steve said heading toward the kitchen.
I did as I was told putting on dry, warm clothes and went back downstairs. Steve was in the kitchen pouring a steaming brown liquid into two mugs.
"Have you ever had hot chocolate?" He questioned.
"No," I said, something about drinking melted chocolate seemed very unappealing.
"Try it." He said handing me a cup."It won't make you Hyper like coffee will."
I looked at the liquid for a second, the chocolate was obviously diluted because it wasn't very thick. Thicker than water but still rather thin. I sipped it slowly allowing the warm, rich fluid to wash over my tongue. It was surprisingly good.
"I like it," I said.
"Good. It always tastes better after being out in the snow." Steve said grinning.
I smiled back sipping my hot drink.
"Would you like to spar?" He asked as he finished his drink.
"Yes," I said more excited than I normally would have been.
We washed our cups and headed to the gym. We spent several hours throwing kicks and punches, in those hours we also made jokes and stole kisses while grappling on the floor. I felt normal. Everything we did brought back my sense of happiness and contentment from before I was kidnapped by Bucky. I felt like I could come back from him and Hydra. I wanted to apologize to Nat and Tony. I wanted to be friends with Nat again. I wanted to laugh and joke with her again.
"Can we invite Maria, Nat, and Tony over for dinner sometime before our next mission? I have some apologies that I owe them." I asked as we laid on the floor by the burning fireplace.
"Of course. I'll call them tomorrow." Steve gave me a smile that made my heart skip.
I kissed him slowly. He kisses me back and soon he was rocking into my body; slow, deliberate, and powerful thrusts pushing my body closer to orgasmic euphoria. The fire burned brightly next to us as our hips rolled against each other. Lips trailed over my neck as my back arched.
"Shit, Captain, Please." I moaned.
"Language." He warned slapping my thigh, the light sting intensified the pleasure.
I woke up on Steve's chest. He had his arms wrapped around around me. I smiled and untangled myself from him so I could take a shower. Steve stirred but stayed asleep. I turned on the hot water and stepped into the shower. It felt great. I scrubbed myself down and then took a moment to let the water just wash over my body.
When I was done with my shower I went to the kitchen and grabbed an apple. I sat on the counter and bit into my breakfast. Again a sense of normalcy washed over me until a thought struck me. Could I even be normal? I wasn't normal. There was no normal for me. My whole life had been a descent into chaos. Never had I truly known peace. The only thing that had ever given me comfort in the perdition that was my life was Steve. He was the only one who'd made me feel like maybe, just maybe there was a heaven after all and I'd found it. Everything about him was faultless and bewitching. I didn't deserve him. I really didn't deserve anyone. I sighed to myself. Eventually, he'd realize that but I was going to be selfish. I would hang on and be happy for a short while.
"What's up?" Steve asked, startling me out of my thoughts of doubt.
"Nothing," I said flashing him a smile.
"Are you sure? Your face seemed like that apple had gone bad." He said grabbing water.
"I'm sure," I said.
I hated lying to him but I wasn't comfortable talking to him about my own insecurities.
"By the way, they agreed to dinner. They'll be here at seven tomorrow and Tony's bring Pepper." He said.
"Good, I need to figure out something to make." I thought out loud.
"Do you know how to make lamb?" Steve suggested.
"Yeah, I know a few ways. I can make a roast leg of lamb, chops sizzled with garlic. There is also Farikal, lamb barley soup, gyros burger, white chapel shepherd's pie, and kreatopita argostoli." I listed.
"Lamb chops sizzled with garlic," Steve said.
"Alright, I'll make it," I said grinning.
"What do you want to do today?" He asked.
"I want to play in the snow," I told him.
"Alright, go get a jacket and shoes on and we'll go play in the snow." Steve laughed.
I did as told and went outside. Steve showed me how to make a snowball which we threw at Agent Sparkles. Steve also showed me how to build a snowman.
"I want to build a snow-hulk!" I said already gathering up snow.
"Uh, sure but I don't know if it'll hold up," Steve said.
I began compacting the snow building up each side evenly to evade it collapsing. Once I had a sturdy base, I began building it taller with Steve's help. Dating a tall guy had its advantages. Being five foot two was also very annoying sometimes. We got the legs and lower torso detailed we began working on the arms.
"It's not going to hold," Steve said as he held one shoulder to the body while I attached it.
"Yes, it will," I said grinning when it held.
We completed the other side and soon had a finished and well-detailed snow-hulk sculpted before us. Steve stood next to it acting as the inspector.
"Bruce can never see this." Steve grinned.
"Why not? It looks amazing!" I said cheerfully.
"He's not the biggest fan of the big guy," Steve said seriously.
"Alright, we won't tell anyone," I said.
Just then the snow gave way and the left arm fell over Steve's head exploding in white, wet powder. I sputtered a laugh and Steve glared at out snow art.
"Keep laughing and I'm going to throw you into another snow drift." Steve threatened.
"It'd be worth it." I grinned.
"Oh, you think so?" Steve said before running at me.
I turned and began running myself. I laughed as Steve chased me. We ran through the woods laughing and sprinting until I tripped. My foot caught on a snow covered root and I went down, ankle twisting in the process. Steve stopped suddenly kneeling beside me.
"Are you okay?" He asked helping me sit.
"Yeah," I said trying to stand but my ankle gave out causing me to fall back on my ass. "Maybe not. I think I rolled my ankle."
"Okay, come here," Steve said lifting me into his arms.
I wrapped my arms around his neck and buried my face in the crook, whispering," If you give me a few minutes I'll be able to walk just fine."
"Jay, just let me carry you," Steve said hit voice hinting his captain mode.
I pressed my lips against his neck quickly as a subtle thank you. He gave me a small but continued walking to the house. I inhaled his calming scent that was tinged with arousal and woven with mine. I couldn't help the satisfaction I felt. My scent was on him, mixed with his claiming him in a way as mine. The arousal also boosted my ego. Just being close to me was enough to turn him on.
"What are you thinking? You have this smirk on your face." Steve said.
"Nothing," I said sounding oddly guilty.
"Tell me." He said.
"You're slightly aroused," I said blandly, trying not to give too much away yet.
"Of course I am. I have the sexiest man in the world in my arms." He said a soft pink dusting his cheeks.
"And our scents are mixed," I added smirking.
"Isn't that a normal thing for mated animals?" He asked setting me down on his bed. "Get those clothes off, I'm going to grab you something dry."
"Yeah, it's common for animals. It's a way to show others that threaten their bond then it'd mean a fight." I explained as I stripped down to my boxers.
"Good boy." Steve praised as he helped me dress. "Let's go downstairs and get an ice pack on our ankle and some hot chocolate."
I allowed him to carry me to the couch before he disappeared into the kitchen. I smiled to myself, leaning back.
"There's that smirk again," Steve said balancing two mugs and an ice pack wrapped in a dishcloth.
"I don't know what you're talking about," I said straightening out my face.
Steve grabbed a couple of throw pillows and propped my foot up, setting the pack on the swollen ankle. He handed me a mug while saying,"You just look smug about something."
"I don't have anything to be smug about." I teased.
"I'm not so sure about that." He jokes back.
"What do you mean?" I asked playing coy.
"Well, you did say our scents mixed. You also said that it's a claim. I, myself and pretty complacent about my scent being all over you. Claiming you as mine. Letting the world know exactly who you belong to." He said eyes dark.
"Humans can't smell it," I smirk.
"No, but it doesn't matter." He said leaning over and kissing my hip." It also doesn't matter that I can't smell your arousal because I can see it."
I blushed at that," Steve, stop."
"Do you actually want me to stop or are you just embarrassed?" He asked pressing his tongue flat against my hip.
I whimpered unable to answer him, too distracted by the pleasure shooting straight to my shaft.
"Jay, I'm waiting." He said.
"God, please don't stop," I begged.
"Good boy." He purred.