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Bucky

I open my eyes immediately when I feel Arabella's hand go limp against my cheek. She had fallen asleep. I was perfectly happy with the way the night had ended, me in her arms, her in mine. She is the love of my life and if she thought that I would let her just leave me with nothing, she was crazy.

Arabella has the misconception that she is too broken for me, that there is some better than her. That I even want to find another person. She was the only one for me, no matter what happens. It doesn't seem to get to her that she is the light of my life; the reason I keep going.

I would do anything to keep her. I'd give up all the things of S.H.I.E.L.D. I'd toss my phone, live in the most remote place in the world. I would fight with her every day, and kiss her before we went to sleep. As long as I had her then all the other things didn't matter.

I was as afraid as she was to lose what we had. I had nightmares and memories of the torture from Hydra, ugly scars, times when my dark side was too much to handle. Yet she never seemed to be upset with my outburst or anger. I was provoking the fighting too, but she still blamed it all on herself. Arabella would blame it on her kinks, and think that all of my reactions were solely based on her.

There were many times that I had said things to her that had nothing to do with her really, or I'd see things and think that she was messing around on me. It was all a mess, one that she liked to take all the credit for. I could see her becoming distant from me and I was scared she was going to be gone soon.

When she started not coming home for hours, I had thought that she did it, she left me. Then as I sat in the living room feeing nothing, she'd would walk through the door. I can even describe the relief I felt when she did. I started to get mad at her for it too, if she would make me feel that everyday then I'd make her feel it too.

So I went to Steve's and stayed till the early hours of the morning. Most of the time just sitting on his couch watching T.V. it didn't give me the satisfaction that I thought it would, rather a bitter taste instead. I felt better when I go home and see her, even if we weren't on talking terms. Just to lay next to her was okay, but it wasn't the same as holding her to me while she slept.

Looking down at her sleeping close to me made me pull her closer. So many nights we had wasted being upset and sleeping on the opposite side of the bed. She belonged in my arms and it made a rage build inside of me at the idea of another person holding her like this.

I ignored that feeling and idea, settling in for some much needed rest. I hadn't slept well since we started fighting, and I could tell tonight I would get better rest.

"The sun feels amazing!" Arabella claimed between my legs, we were sitting on a lounge chair on the beach. I had preferred to share one with her, and she didn't protest to it.

"It does."

"Do you want to go in the water?" she asks hopefully.

"Let's go in." At my words she gets up and races to the water, immerging herself in the warm clear water. I hear her laughs and in a quick second I'm in the water with her, pulling her to me from behind. I start to lift her up.

"Bucky! What are you doing?" She questions me quickly. I lift her higher and toss her further into the water, her struggling having no effect on me. Arabella screams in surprise and I give a deep laugh at the same time. She gets up from the water, soaked head to toe. An angry playful look adorned her face, and she stalks to me, pushing me on the chest.

"I can't believe you." Turning her back to me, she crosses her arms. "Fine, I'll just swim on my own since you want to do things like that."

I chuckle at her resolve, bringing her back to me. "Don't be like that Ara, I was only having fun." I say innocently. Not answering me for a moment, she then turns around throwing her arms around my neck.

"Well it was refreshing." Her giggles telling me she wasn't actually mad.

"Arabella!" I watch as her snaps in the direction of land, I follow her gaze. Erica was standing there with Steve, both of them standing really close together.

'I will definitely talk to him about that.'

Arabella take me by my arm and leads me to them. As soon as we reach the shore, I go and greet Steve as Arabella goes to Erica.

"Steve, how you enjoying the trip so far?" A sly underlining tone in my question. His face goes red, knowing what I meant.

"Uh all good Buck, I see it's better for you."

"Yeah we worked it out last night." I assure him.

"Good thing, your like my brother but I would've kicked your ass if it kept going on." He smirks at me, he said it jokingly, but I could tell it was a serious threat.

"I wouldn't expect anything less."

"Bucky." Ara called to me, I look at her she was standing not a foot away with her arm locked with Erica's. "Erica and I are going into the water, you both can join us if you want." With that they went in the water, going until it was deep enough for them to sit comfortably in the water.

"Should we join them?" Steve asks.

"Yes we should." Steve goes first, me following behind. He stops when he reaches Erica's side. I make my way to Arabella and take a hold her hand; relaxing in the water too.

After about an hour we all got hungry and made our way to eat at one on the restaurants, coincidentally the whole group that came had just gotten a table there.

"Hey guys, you can come sit with us." Pepper invited us instantly. We all took seats and I looked around the table. Natasha and Bruce were in there own world talking in what seemed to be a deep conversation. Pepper and Tony arguing playfully. Steve and Erica flirting both with a small blush. And then Ara and I.

'Okay I see what Pepper did here.'

She had practically set it up like a couples vacation, I wasn't exactly sure on the Bruce and Natasha relationship, but it was safe to assume they were at least good friends.

"This trip is turning out to be amazing." Arabella said, making me turn to her. She was a beauty, beach hair, red rosy cheeks tinted by the sun. A content smile on her full lips. I couldn't have planned a better trip myself.

"It is amazing, I'm glad that we talked about everything." I confess earnestly. A grin breaks out onto her face and she takes my hand in hers.

"I'm glad we talked too."