Darcy looked at herself in the length of the mirror. Envisioning herself in a wedding gown was something she was never would have dreamed of. She didn't want to get married. She wanted to buy a few cats and be friends with Jane and her crazy science antics for the rest of her life. Now she was a few hours away from becoming Mrs. James Barnes. Funny how life works out sometimes.
I guess it just takes the right guy to bring you happiness. Darcy thought to herself.
Jane was behind her fluffing out the train of her dress. Swishing her legs Darcy took one last look at herself before turning around to Jane. Smiling she reached out to Jane and pulled her into a hug.
"Jane I just wanted to let you know how thankful I am that you took me in as your intern. I would still be in some stupid college trying to find a great career to support me if it wasn't for you. Thanks," Darcy said pulling back to look at Jane. Fanning her face, Darcy began to wipe her eyes. "Okay, enough of the sappiness! I'm getting emotional. Let's go get me married!" Reaching over, Darcy reached the champagne glasses and handed one to Jane. Raising hers into the air she proposed a toast. "To me!"
Tapping their glasses together, they each took a sip. A knock on the door startled them and Jane almost spilled her glass. Walking to the door Jane cracked it to make sure it wasn't Bucky coming to sneak a peak at Darcy. When she opened the door, she was surprised to find a very well dressed Captain America. It was weird not seeing him in his suit or his classic 1940s training gear.
"Well, well, coming to spy on Darcy for Bucky?" Jane cocked her head to the side and gave him a wink.
"I'm actually here to fulfill a request for Bucky. He asked me to give Darcy this." Reaching into his breast-pocket Steve pulled out a light-blue box. "Now Bucky told me I had to hand deliver this so may I please come in and give it to Darcy?"
Sighing loudly Jane swung open the door. Glancing up, Darcy saw Steve smiling up at her.
"Darcy you look lovely. Bucks is going to lose it when he sees you. I've never seen him happier. Thank you for giving him the chance to prove himself to you and become the man he once was again. You have become like a sister to me." Steve blushed ever so slightly at the confession.
"Aww! Steve!" Darcy walked as quickly as she could to Steve and embraced him in a hug or as much of a hug you could when hugging Captain America. "Hopefully the dress isn't too much. I tried to pick something he would like. Now, hand me my present so you can fulfill your promise and get back to Bucky to make sure he actually gets somewhere on time. I can't wait any longer to marry him."
Snatching the box, Darcy went to her purse and pulled out a small box with a letter attached to it. "Here, hand this to him when you get back. Now, off you go." Darcy went to sit down as Jane began pushing Steve out the door.
Once Steve was gone, Jane turned to Darcy. Watching her open the box, she wondered when this would be her and Thor. She knew it was difficult for Thor to decide on the thought of marriage due to his promise to Asgard but she always wanted to get married and have kids. It made her happy to think about teaching her children all the science she knew.
"Jane! Look at this!" Darcy held up a simple chain with a silver heart-shaped key on the end of it. Engraved around the heart was the saying "'til the end of the line." Grinning to herself, she motioned for Jane to come beside her. Knowing that the saying was something Bucky once said to Steve brought Darcy to tears. She never imagined that she could share his heart with Steve. They had been best friends forever and even when Bucky wasn't himself, Steve was always there. Wiping away the few tears that had escaped Darcy motioned for Jane to sit down.
"Now I know that I've given you a present already for being my maid of honor but I don't think that that present was good enough. So, I went out the other day and got you something better. This wasn't all me though. Bucky pitched in to for being such a fantastic friend to me. So while we are here partying it up and getting me married, I figured there wouldn't be a better time." Walking over to the closet in the room, Darcy opened it up. Rummaging through her honeymoon bag she pulled out a box. Moving back over to Jane, she carefully handed her the box. "Open it."
Tearing through the wrapping paper, Jane lifted the lid off the box. Carefully removing the tissue paper, she looked down to see a picture frame. Surrounding the main picture were all the places Jane and Darcy had been since Darcy became an intern. The main photo was a picture of Jane, Darcy, and Thor from the week he landed on earth. Darcy and Jane were making silly faces while Thor was smiling down at Jane.
Looking up at Darcy, Jane saw that she looked anxious to see how she would react. Yanking Darcy into a hug, Jane re-wrapped the picture. "Darcy, I love it. I remember that day. Thor was confused about what the camera was and it took us forever to finally get him to agree to take it. Now I finally have photo evidence of all of our adventures too."
Entering with a loud bang on the door, Tony greeted the two women. "Ladies. If you are ready Darcy, it's time. Now I know that you love Bucky and I love Pepper, but if you need someone to run away with I am always available." Tony remarked, winking at Darcy. "Let's go ladies. Bucky is ready to go."
Gathering her dress, Darcy began to walk towards the door. Tony offered her his arm. Looping her hand through his elbow, she smiled up at him and nodded once. "Let's go Stark. Oh, and don't you even think of tripping me down the aisle. I won't need help in doing that."
Laughing, they all walked out of the room and to the entrance of the ceremony.