I had been standing in that spot for an hour. I had finally moved from the center of the room to stand next to Steve. Bucky kept his hands where I could see them for that hour, also keeping his posture as relaxed as possible to appear non-threatening. Steve refrained from touching me and making me feel trapped. I watched Bucky closely and tried to keep my breathing even.
"We'd better get going. See you later." Steve said leaning in for another hug.
Everything happened so fast that I had trouble processing what had happened. Bucky moved in to hug Steve, his scent wafting towards me. Then I was on all fours jumping up and licking my jaws on his arm for just a moment until I heard both him and Steve say something and Shield Agents rushed in all but busting down the door. I scrambled away from all of the chaos and confusion. I couldn't think straight at that moment. I felt like a cornered animal. Steve eventually sorted everything out and all but one agent left. I recognized her. It was Claire. She walked carefully over to Bucky and started to attend to his wound. Meanwhile, Steve slowly approached me, and crouched down.
"Baby, it's okay." He held his hand up and I leaned into it looking over his shoulder at Bucky. Bucky was saying thank you to Claire and she smiled and said something back. "Baby? Can you please phase back?" I sat for a few more minutes trying to kick myself back into motion.
I was eventually able to phase back and Steve gave me the car keys and told me to wait there he'd be out soon. I nodded quickly exiting the room. I made my way to the car, ignoring everyone I passed. I was finally able to breathe once I was seated in the car and away from the situation. Steve wasn't mad, at least he didn't seem to be. I sighed trying to figure out when exactly I'd bit him and why he hadn't even tried to defend himself. Maybe he thought he'd get in trouble but I honestly didn't think he would. Not with everything going on. Steve got into the car and Started driving.
"Are you okay?" He asked as we left the parking lot.
"Am I okay? Is Bucky okay?" I asked a bit put off by those being his first words.
"He's fine, Baby. Now, are you okay?" He asked again.
"I'm fine," I stated slouching in my seat.
"Awe, don't worry about it. Your reaction was honestly better than I had anticipated but I don't think you should go back. I think you might adjust faster in a home environment." He smiled and squeezed my thigh.
"I don't think there will be an easy way for me to adjust," I stated.
"Maybe not but eventually you'll get there. You did great before the glass and restraints were removed so that might help when it comes to this." I nodded not really believing that.
The next two days Steve spent giving me a pep talk. It didn't help my nerves. I tried to keep calm, I tried to occupy my mind, I tried distractions. Nothing worked. When it finally came time for Steve to go get Bucky. I threw together a meal to help welcome Bucky. I threw a meatloaf and started looking through the rest of the kitchen for something to go with it. Eventually, I decided on something to go with it. I decided on sweet baby carrots and green beans. It was simple but it would work.
Everything was almost done when Jarvis said," Mr. Moore, Captain Rogers wished for me to tell you that they'll be home in about fifteen minutes."
"Thanks, Jarvis." I finished up the last little bit I had to do. I heard the front door open and bit back the twisting in my stomach. There wasn't going to be a repeat of the cell incident.
"So puppy can cook?" I heard Bucky say, voice moving closer to the dining room.
"Just wait until you taste it." Steve laughed. I rolled my eyes setting down three glasses of water. They stepped into the room and Steve immediately greeted me with a kiss on the cheek.
After dinner, I all but ran to our room. I didn't want to be around Bucky anymore. He'd been nothing but polite but I couldn't get over the imaginary weight and metal prongs sitting against my neck. I tried to ignore the threat in my home. I shook my head and phased feeling a bit better. I laid on the foot of the bed resting my head on my front paws and waited for Steve. It didn't take long for him to join me. He gave me a disapproving look but didn't say anything. I watched him strip down and crawl into bed.
"Is that how you're going to sleep tonight?" He asked not looking at me. I have a soft grunt of confirmation. He just sighed. "Thank you for sitting with us through dinner."
I nudged my nose under his hand. He pets my head. I army crawled closer and rested my chin on his stomach. He continued to pet me until he fell asleep. I closed my eyes and evened out my breathing but I didn't ever actually get to sleep. I got up before both of them and went down to the gym. I phased and hopped on the treadmill. I was two hours into my run when the door opened and Bucky's strong scent hit my nostrils as he walked in.
He paused eyes moving up and down my body for a silent moment. "Sorry, I didn't know you were up yet."
"I'm done anyway," I said turning the machine off and grabbing my discarded shirt. I went to walk past him but he stopped me with a hand on my stomach.
"Puppy, you don't have to cut your workout short. I can come back later." He said quietly.
I released a growl from deep in my chest and it took all I had not to morph and tear into him. Something dark crossed Bucky's face and I found myself scrambling away from him.
"I'm not going to hurt you." He said taking a step toward me.
"Past trends say otherwise." I snapped backing away from him. He took a few steps back holding his hands in front of himself in surrender. I quickly made my way out of the gym and to the bathroom. I locked both doors and sat on the floor trying to calm my racing heart. My nerves felt like they were firing through my body at light speed. I took a deep breath forcing myself up and into the shower. I stripped the rest of the way down and turned on the water getting a blast of cold water to my chest before it slowly warmed up to almost scalding temperatures but it's what I need. I washed my body slowly relaxing for the most part. When I was done I sighed turning off the tap and got out and towel dried myself. I wrapped the towel around my waist and stepped into Steve and my room pausing when my eyes landed on a half-naked Steve.
"Are you good?" Steve asked blue eyes full of concern. I nodded walking over to his spot where he was seated on our bed. "I just wanted to make sure you were okay after the incident with Bucky this morning." He grabbed my hips pulling me onto his lap.
"You've shaved." I started kissing his neck rolling my hips against his.
"Yeah, I need to get back into the habit." He said around a groan grabbing my hair.
"Why?" I placed my lips on his Adam's apple sucking lightly.
"I've always kept my face clean shaved." He tilted his head back closing his eyes.
"That could change." I pushed him back and removed the towel covering my lower body. He ran his hands down my body eyes glazed over. "I personally think facial hair suits you."
"Then maybe I need to throw out my razor." He pulled me into a kiss, his tongue tangled with mine causing a moan to leave my throat.
"Sorry to interrupt but Natasha is here and she is requesting to see you both," Jarvis said causing both of us to groan and pull away from each other. I muttered a quiet "fuck" and Steve told me to watch my mouth. I forced myself to get up and got dressed. we walked down the stairs and found Nat and Bucky sitting at the table chatting.
"Hey you two, hope I didn't interrupt anything," she smirked knowingly and Bucky looked away from us. Steve mumbled something taking a seat and I rolled my eyes moving to stand behind my boyfriend. "Okay, I promise I didn't come here to interrupt you two having sex.I have news from Fury. First. We've stationed double a number of agents around the property since Hydra has been more agitated the past few weeks. Second, the next big move we make will be in two weeks but Bucky has to stay here and someone needs to watch him."
"I'll do it," I stated deciding it would be good for me to spend time with Bucky.
"Are you sure?" All three of them asked simultaneously.
"I'm sure," I said rolling my eyes once again.
"Honey, you don't have to. We can get someone else." Nat said leaning closer to me.
"I know, can we move on now?" I asked a bit irritated by the calling to question of my decisions and it didn't help that I was sexually frustrated.
"Alright, Tony had upgraded Jarvis' programming here to help keep an eye on things. At the first sign of any trouble, he'll alert you and alert the Avengers and Shield. Some of our Intel has stated that Hydra wants both of you boys back but we aren't going to allow that to happen. No matter what happens, our agents stationed here will not be going anywhere. They're here to stay until we're out of the woods with Hydra." Nat said her voice carrying determination.
"I think we're failing at the just in case course of action," I started leaning back some.
"Jayson's right, we need a plan if our defenses fail," Steve said crossing his arms.
"We can't have a sure-fire plan for that." I rolled my eyes.
"No, but we can build a base for a plan." I was trying not to snap but with the existing agitation, it was getting harder. Nat lowered her gaze for a moment before looking back up at me and nodding.
"I'll talk to Fury."She said yielding to the idea that Shield wasn't impenetrable.
Soon Nat left and it was just the three of us and it was very awkward with the three of us just gathered silently in the dining room. I eventually left them alone and made my way to the bedroom. I collapsed face down on the bed feeling the lack of sleep finally catching up to me as I fell asleep. I woke up to a pair of arms wrapping around me. I turned inhaling Steve's scent pressing us as close as possible. He sighed content holding me closer.
"I love you." He said quietly. I smiled.
Hey, so yeah it's been a while but something major happened, and while I haven't been uploading I have been working on the sequeal..
Love, J.