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Chapter 48

Everett Ross let them begrudgingly go to a hotel near the CIA complex. Tony promised to go through Malick's servers again to find something about Bucky. Steve didn't know if they could trust Ross or the CIA, HYDRA could have infiltrated the agency just like they did with SHIELD. The receptionist at the hotel told them that they had no more rooms but that changed when Tony slid his black card over the desk. Suddenly two suites were available and Tony said he would have FRIDAY look for the chopper Baskhi and Bucky left in.

Natasha took his hand and led him to their hotel room. The marks on her throat were now a bright purple and he couldn't bare to look at them. He should have gotten out of that elevator shaft sooner to pull Bucky off of her. What if he'd gotten there later? Would the Winter Soldier have choked Nat to death? She was a lethal fighter but Bucky was so much stronger than her. He was her boyfriend, he was supposed to protect her and he failed her miserably.

Nat opened the door with the key card and pulled him inside. She flicked the light switch on and led him to the bathroom. Did she know how much he needed her? He would lose his mind if it weren't for her. She was the only thing that helped him keep it together. She tugged on the hem of his shirt and he put his arms up to help her get him out of it. She kissed his chest and he closed his eyes at the gesture. She reached into the shower cabin and turned the water on and then unbuckled his belt and slid his jeans down. He stepped out of them and helped Natasha out of her clothes. It occurred to him that it had been quite some time since the last time they'd seen each other naked. His eyes travelled over her body. Strong muscles, soft skin and curves. She was perfect and he couldn't believe his luck that she was his. She checked the water temperature and stepped into the shower cabin. She held her hand out to him.

"Come, sweetheart." She whispered softly and he let her pull him into the shower. It was a rainforest shower and the water covered them both. It washed off the blood on her arm and she took his hands to wash of Bucky's blood of them. He only noticed now that he had hit him so hard that he had pop open the skin on his knuckles. The wound would be healed in a few hours.

Natasha made him sit on the marble bench that was in the shower and stood between his legs to wash his hair. Her fingers massaged the shampoo into his scalp and he let his hands wander over her waist to her breasts. It had been so long since he'd touched her. He brushed his thumbs over her nipples and she shivered sightly. He kept palming her tits while she washed the shampoo out of his hair. He stood up from the bench and washed her hair and body. He was thankful that the hotel had an unlimited supply of hot water and they just kissed under the water stream. He was so lost in kissing her that he forgot about her throat and moved his lips to kiss her neck. Natasha winched in pain and he pulled immediately back.

"I'm so sorry, Nat!"

She stroked his chest and shoulders. "Shh, it's not your fault!"

He wanted to disagree but she pulled his head down to kiss him. Her hand wandered over his upper body to his cock. He had tried his best to not get hard but he had failed.

He grabbed her wrist gently. "Don't. You're hurt. We shouldn't!"

She shook his hand off and began to stroke his length. He couldn't stop the moan leaving his lips. "You need this, Steve." She kneeled down and kissed his tip. Oh fuck that felt incredible. "I need this." She looked up at him and he saw in her eyes that she needed a distraction as well. He pulled her gently up to her feet and walked her over to the shower wall.

He kissed her deeply while he lifted her up and pressed her against the wall. She wrapped her arms around his shoulder and her legs around his waist. He slipped a hand between their bodies and slid his finger into her to see if she was ready.

"Steve." She whined and clenched around his finger.

"Shh. I know, doll." He pulled his finger out and lined himself at her entrance. "I love you, Natalia."

Her eyes opened at that and she gave him a sweet smile. "I love you, Steven."

He slowly pushed into her until he was buried deep inside her. They were finally one again. They both moaned and held eye contact. He could see her love for him in her eyes and how much she wanted him. He knew his eyes showed her the same.

"I missed this." She sighed when he started to thrust slowly into her. He wanted to take his time because he didn't know if they would get the time for it in the next days or maybe even weeks.

He slowly pulled out and then sped up his tempo a bit when he thrust back into her warmth. She felt so good, she was so hot and tight. "Yeah, me too." He breathed out. "I never get enough of this. Never get enough of you."

"Yes, yes." She panted and slid one leg over his arm. "I need you deeper, Steve. Please! Oh god, I need you!"

The other leg was suddenly on his shoulder and he had no idea how she managed that but he was now so much deeper in her and they both moaned in unison. "Fuck!" He rasped out and she nodded.

She grabbed his hair and pulled his head up to kiss him. Her kiss was erratic and sloppy but he didn't care. All he could focus on was her and how good she felt and how much he loved and wanted her. He wanted to forget everything else and stay inside of her forever. He was so fucking stupid for leaving her behind. He would never do it again.

"I'm so sorry, Nat." He panted between kisses and snapped his hips into hers causing her to scream in pleasure. "So sorry. I'll never do it again. I swear."

She bit on his lips when he thrust into her hard. "I know, babe. I know." She gasped out.

With the sounds she made and the way she clenched around him he knew that he couldn't last much longer. He circled her clit and scratched on it gently with his nail when he pushed back into her. Her nails dugged into his shoulders and she threw her head back against the wall when she came around him. He tried to fuck her through her orgasm but the sight she made gave him the rest and he came with her name on his lips. Natasha came down from her high before him and kissed his face.

"I love you, Steve." She sighed when he pulled out and let her down.

He brushed her wet hair behind her ear. "I love you so much."

She stepped closer to him and then raised her eyebrow when he poked her in the stomach. He was still hard. "You didn't come?" She seemed insecure.

"No, no! I did!" He ensured her. He didn't really know why he hadn't gone soft yet. "You are always so amazing, Nat! I don't why."

She nodded and turned off the water. She took his hand and led him out of the shower and then the bathroom. He was confused, shouldn't they towel off? She walked with him through the suite and stopped in front of the bed. His knee pits hit the bed and she pushed him on it. Before he could react she was already straddling his waist and sank down on his erection.

"Natasha." He moaned and she smiled down at him and placed her hands on his chest. "Don't do this just for me. You're hurt, Nat."

"I need this too." She rolled her hips and he watched how the water drops travelled down her breasts. He sat up and took one nipple into his mouth. She gasped out and grinded her hips harder. He avoided her hurt neck and paid all his attention to her lovely tits. She bounced on his cock and he held her close to his body. She was still sensitive from her first orgasm and he didn't need much to coax another one out of her when he pinched her clit.

"Oh, god. Steve!" She moaned when she came down from it. He pushed his hips up into her and she gasped every time. She was too spend to move on her own and he flipped them. She looked so beautiful with her red hair spilled onto the sheets and her flushed skin.

"Nat?" Could she go for more?

She bit her lips and nodded. "Yes! Come on! Fuck me!"

He grabbed her hips and began to pound into her with earnest. She panted and gasped and he growled in return. He hadn't come yet this round and he wanted her to come for a third time. She deserved another orgasm. He kissed her and when he touched her clit and fucked into her hard she was gone and took him with her. Hot white pleasure run through his veins and when he opened his eyes Natashas was blinking at him sleepily.

"That was exactly what I needed." She sighed and arched her back under him.

He kissed her nose. "I needed that too, doll." He stayed inside of her until he grew soft. Natasha was already asleep when that happened and he got her up in his arms to get her out of the wet spot and moved her up the bed. He should probably feel guilty that they had sex still wet from the shower on the end of the hotel bed but he didn't.

Nat was right, they both had needed that.

They met Tony an hour later in his hotel suite next door. Steve didn't sleep after they made love but Natasha did and he knew that it had been maybe a bit creepy but he had watched her sleep. He watched how she scrunched her nose in her sleep and listened to the little noises she made. He rather watched the woman he loved than close his eyes and had nightmares about all the things that could be happening to his best friend right now.

Tony told them over coffee and sandwiches, it was the middle of the night, that the chopper from the German Bundespolizei had been found near the border to Denmark. Unfortunately that was the last trace of Bucky for now. Tony didn't find anything directly suspicious in Malick's server but he found a few emails that may had been encryped. FRIDAY was running different programs to see if there was more behind it.

"You know-" Tony bit into his sandwich. "I wonder if people would believe that Tony Stark was working while Captain America was banging his girlfriend."

Steve choked on his coffee and felt his cheeks getting warm. Great! Natasha was on the phone in front of the windows and talking to one of her contacts. "What?"

Tony had a grin on his face. "This hotel doesn't really have thick walls, Cap! What exactly are you doing to Natasha that makes her produce such sounds!" His grin got even wider and Steve wished the ground would swallow him. "And you are pretty loud yourself!"

"I'm not talking to you about this!" He was maybe old fashioned but he still thought that you should only talk with your partner about your sex life.

Nat was suddenly behind Tony and twisted his earlobe. "Ahh!" He shrieked and Steve tried his best to cover his laugh. "What the hell, woman!"

"Don't make Steve uncomfortable." She simply said and sat down on Steve's lap.

"Don't make Steve uncomfortable." Tony echoed. "And what about not making Tony uncomfortable? Some thanks I get for paying for your hotel suite!"

Natasha rolled her eyes at him. "Just send me the bill. I pay you back."

Steve didn't really know how much money Natasha had but she did say once to him that it was enough to allow them both to live a nice life. He wasn't uncomfortable with the fact that she had more money than him. He knew that she invested in stocks and was quite successful at that. He once overheard how she talked to Warren Buffet on the phone about something. Most of his money went into the apartment they shared in Brooklyn. They shared the price but he was still shocked how expensive apartments in New York were. Without Nat pitching in he didn't think he could have afforded a place in Brooklyn.

"Anyway." She interrupted his train of thoughts. " I just talked to Coulson. I think we should give the list to him. We'll have our hands full with tracking down Bucky. We can't hunt down the HYDRA cells right now but they still have to go." She looked at him. "What do you think, Steve?"

"Do you trust Coulson when he says that his SHIELD is HYDRA-free?"

She nodded.

"Okay, then they can have a copy of the list." If Natasha trusted Coulson's SHIELD, so would he.

There was a knock on the door and Tony got up from the couch to open it. Sam and Rhodey were on the other side of the door and came into the suite. Nat got up from Steve's lap and he followed her to greet them. He hadn't seen them in over three weeks.

"Hey Cap." Rhodey gave him a half hug.

"Good to see you, Rhodey!"

Sam eyed him and when he walked over to him Sam punched him in the shoulder. "That was for Natasha!" He explained and pulled him into a hug. "Don't ever think you have to do this on your own, okay?"

He could only nod. He didn't just leave Nat behind, he left the whole team behind. "I am sorry, guys, I was desperate and didn't think it through. I'm sorry!"

"So, who's boss now?" Rhodey asked when they all sat down on the couches. "You or Natasha?"

Steve looked at her and she just shrugged. "You can have your position back, Steve. I don't mind."

"I think for this mission you should stay in charge. You've been handling it so well. So much better than I have."

She smiled briefly and asked Rhodey for the list. She made photos of it and sent them to Coulson so SHIELD could go after HYDRA.

"I have a theory about what HYDRA could want from Bucky." Sam announced and four pairs of eyes looked at him. "I was going through the files we have on HYDRA and there are a few notes about there being possibly more Winter Soldiers than Bucky. Somewhere in Siberia. There is no confirmation but it's implied that the project was unsuccessful and shut down. Maybe these soldiers are on ice like Bucky used to be."

More Winter Soldiers? God that would be terrible and exactly something that HYDRA would want to have. "You got a location?"

Sam shook his head. "I think only a handful of people knew about that project. And I think Bucky was one of them. Wouldn't they want the original Winter Soldier to be present for those experiments?"

"Sounds logical." Natasha agreed. "If they do exist, Bucky had probably seen them. And just think about the damage a small army of brainwashed super soldiers could do."

"If Bucky or rather the Winter Soldier remembers the location-" Rhodey said. "Wouldn't Malick get informed?"

Tony nodded. "Yeah, definitely. I'll have FRIDAY check his communications again, maybe she finds something."

"Have FRIDAY check satellites for unusual movement in Siberia." Nat added. "Take it from me, there is usually not much going on in the tundra."

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