Steve
Steve was walking back in forth in the kitchen as everyone else was sitting around. Tony was lying on the couch and he was face down in a pillow still sleep. Bruce was reading a book. Thor was watching something on an I-pad. Clint was the only one who wasn't sitting. He was standing by the hallway. There was still an hour away till Natasha would show, Clint wanted to be the first to talk to her.
Clint watched as Steve was figuring everything out and he spent a lot of his time writing down recipes that he could remember from years ago when he read a cooking book. Clint lightly smirked when he looked at all of them. They were a team and a dysfunctional family. Clint was drinking a beer and then his phone went off. Clint frowned and he pulled out the phone. He looked at the caller I.D. Fury. Clint scolded the phone and he answered the phone and he walked into the hallway for privacy.
"Fury, you better have a good reason for calling" Clint said
"Calm down Barton, it's just a request" Fury said
"Request huh, usually your requests end with gunfire and someone getting killed."
"Barton, I really don't need your attitude right now"
"Then speak and then you'll hear my answer" Clint said
"Ok, I need you to come in"
"No" Barton said
"Not at the moment"
"Still no"
"It involves Red Room" Fury said in a hushed tone
Clint instantly casted his other thoughts away "Talk"
"There is a guy, named Niko. He is making a move on us"
"By us you mean all of us?"
"Yes, now I need you to come to D.C. after your party and you'll will be sent on a lead with an agent"
"Whoa agent, Fury I work alone." Clint said
"She said the same thing as you, but this is too much for one person. I need results and fast"
"Who is this agent?"
"Agent 19"
Clint blinked and inhaled and he frowned "Mockingbird?" Clint said
"Yes"
"Ok, well I will see her later, I've never actually met her"
"Your personalities will butt heads, but you both have the necessary skills to get it done"
"Yeah, anyway Fury you owe me one"
"Yeah, yeah just help us out"
"This involves Natasha, it would be best not to tell her" Clint said
"I agree, I don't want to see what the name Red Room would do to her mentally"
"If anything, not good. Listen, we meet where I want to and she comes alone. No other agents or whatever you have up your sleeve, not even a wire or drone. Got it?"
"Ok, you got it"
"Now happy Thanksgiving" Clint said and he hung up
Clint shook his head as he put his phone in his pocket.
"Who was that?"
Clint jumped at the voice and he looked back to see Natasha standing there. Clint exhaled and he was filled with relief and he put his hand to his heart.
"You always could sneak up on me" Clint said smiling
"Hey it's good to see you" Natasha said
"Yeah, and your boyfriend is busy in the kitchen" Clint said softly
"Yeah, while we're here, we are just partners" Natasha said
"So you are just going to act like you did before all this?" Clint asked amused
"What?"
"Oh nothing, only that you gave him do me eyes all the time"
"Well he has done me" Natasha said smirking
"Lucky him" Clint said chuckling
"Shut it Barton" Natasha said laughing
"Yeah, well he is in there and Stark is passed out on the couch thanks to Steve's famous coffee which Stark couldn't even taste when it was given to him and that it made him go to sleep and he will wake up at nine, tomorrow"
"Yeah, Steve told me never to drink it when you haven't slept"
"I guess it is wise word to live by"
"So who was on the phone?"
Clint's smile slightly disappeared, he was hopping that he had gotten out of that. "Fury"
"Fury, What does he want?"
"Just wants some help"
"Right now?"
"Next time I'm free"
"When's that?"
"After dinner tomorrow"
"What are you helping with?"
"Just meeting someone"
"You getting dates from Fury?" Natasha asked amused
Clint frowned "No, its business"
"Ok, well I am going to go see Stark passed out on a couch and take pictures and photo shop them"
"I want one" Clint said
Natasha smiled and she walked toward the kitchen where Steve was still hustling around. Steve looked up and saw her.
"Oh thank God, I need some help"
"Help?"
"Yeah, there is literally nothing in this kitchen that would allow me to cook anything."
"Our fault Cap, we survive on pop tarts, peanut butter, TV dinners, tea, coffee, and beer" Clint said
"You guys live like you're in college" Steve said
"Oh catching up on how college kids survive huh, nice Cap" Clint said crossing his arms
Steve chuckled and he looked at Natasha "Well I have to go shopping for the supplies. It seems the only thing that they bought was a turkey." Steve said walking past her
"Ok, I will catch up with everyone" Natasha said and she looked at Steve with her "Do me eyes" and Steve met her gaze with the same kind of eyes; Clint was the only one who saw this.
Clint spit out his beer and he started to cough.
"You ok?" Bruce asked
"Yeah… just saw something… that caught me off guard" Clint said slightly coughing in between breaths.
"And that was?" Bruce asked
"The fact that Stark is soaking that pillow with drool" Clint said looking at Tony; who was in fact drowning the pillow
Bruce frowned and he shook his head and went back to reading. Natasha couldn't help but smirk.
Location: S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, seven miles above D.C.
Agent: James 'Bucky' Barnes
Bucky sat at the desk in his quarters and he was looking at a stack of papers. Papers were all over the floor and Bucky was resting his head on the desk and he was asleep. Bucky was lightly snoring and he stirred slightly and his eyes fluttered. Bucky opened his eyes and his head was hurting. He put his hand to his temple and he slightly groaned as the pulses of pain came faster. He closed his eyes and kept them shut and he gasped and gritted his teeth. Then he heard his own voice speaking.
"First lesson: never lose track of what you are doing" His voice echoed and Bucky felt the pulses of pain abate and then shoot back. He groaned in pain and he fell out of his chair.
"Second lesson: never forget lesson one"
Bucky gasped and he crawled across the floor and he reached the wall and he sat up against it. He put his head against the wall and lightly tapped his head against it.
"Niko, stay focused, emotions make you weak and strong"
Bucky had to keep his eyes closed or he would yell out in pain. He gasped in pain.
"Romanova, use your size against them, hit low with fast strikes"
Bucky had trouble not ripping his hair out, he shuttered and he groaned "Fuck". He exhaled painfully and he gasped.
"I'm sorry James, Niko is too volatile. He is a failed experiment"
"What of Romanova?"
"She is a success, end your relationship with her"
"Why?"
"Emotions make you weak, don't worry she won't remember the relationship. The brainwashing will solve that problem."
"What will she think after it?"
"That she is a ballerina"
"Really?"
"Among other things, but it is time that you go back to Hydra, Zola needs your services"
Bucky opened his eyes and he was in a dark room and he was breathing raggedly. He rubbed his eyes and then Niko's voice filled his ears.
"I am Red Room. I am here to destroy you. Sir! Help! Why! I WILL KILL YOU!"
Bucky slightly gasped and he felt his eyes start to burn and tears flowed out of them. He held his head in his hands. Then another pulse of pain hit him.
"I'm sorry, I have to go and this would have never worked out"
Bucky opened his eyes and he waited for another pulse, but nothing came. He inhaled and he slowly stood; his legs were shaking slightly. Bucky saw the digital clock: 9:34 pm. He felt his heart hammering in his chest and he shook his head. He stood up straight and he closed his eyes and he inhaled slowly and exhaled the same. Bucky remembered Hill. He walked toward the door and opened it and he walked down the hallway, making two other agents jump out of his way in fear.
Bucky knew that she didn't go home, she just went somewhere private so she could be alone. He checked her quarters first out of habit. She wasn't there. He continued through the helicarrier and he passed a training area where he saw Peter and some guy in a green outfit and a yellow head covering. He continued on and he had to think, if he was Maria. Well if he was Maria… no. Where would she go to get away? Bucky closed his eyes and he thought back to all the places where he knew that were secluded. He crossed off the hangar, which was where he went.
He thought about the lower levels, yeah the lower levels. He thought about what was down there. Storage, engines, data banks, munitions. Ah Engines, it was the farthest away from anything. Bucky guessed this because of how Hill liked to sit farthest from the door just like he does. He walked toward an elevator and he waited as he called the elevator by pressing the button. The door opened and there was a brunette lab worker with a clip board and he walked in and scared her to death, so much that she back into a corner and she forgot to get off. Bucky turned his back to her and he stood straight up and he waited as the elevator would arrive at the lower levels. He noticed that the girl was cowering in the corner.
"You heading down?" Bucky asked
"Uh… not up"
"Oh, sorry for hijacking the ride" Bucky said not looking at her
"No problem, you seem in a hurry"
"I need to talk to someone"
"You talk to people?"
"Yeah, when I want to discuss something, why?"
"Down in the mess hall, we all talk about how you are a silent bastard who will kill anyone who looks at you wrong"
"Yeah" Bucky said
"What?" she suddenly said in a high voice
"Their right I do. Only when they annoy me"
"Who annoy you?"
"Mostly guards that should know better"
"So not innocent people?"
"In the past, yes when I wasn't in control"
"You weren't in control?"
"I was brainwashed most of the time"
"Oh"
"What?"
"Nothing, you're just… human"
"There is word around here that I'm not?"
"Yeah, more like hell yeah"
"Well pat yourself on the back, this is the only conversation I've had with a random person on this helicarrier"
"I would say that I'm flattered, but"
"It's the arm isn't it?"
"Yeah, it's a little unsettling"
"Maybe I should wear long sleeves with gloves"
"It may help"
"Yeah, yet I don't really care what other people think"
"Everyone worries about what other people think of them"
"Only when the person doesn't know what they are"
"Who are you?"
"I am a man out of time and I am a monster who killed hundreds of people and I helped a group rise to power and then I was woken up by an old friend. Then here we are, oh and I have an old friend from the past who wants to kill me"
"Wow"
"Yeah, tell me about it"
The elevator opened and he walked out and he looked back at the girl and she was actually standing up straight and she slightly waved at him as the door closed. Bucky raised his eye brows not entirely horrible. Bucky found his way to the engines. He closed his eyes and he could hear someone in there. Bucky nodded and he opened the door to the engines. He found Hill sitting on a power cell and her back was to him and she was in a black shirt with navy camo pants.
Bucky slowed his pace and he stopped five feet before Hill. Hill's head slightly shifted and she knew someone was there.
"I never expected you" Hill said softly
"Well, I have to check on my partner" Bucky said his voice sounding strange to him.
"That man is…"
"A pig?" Bucky said
"I was going to go with something worse, but yeah a pig would suffice."
"Hey, you can't let him get to you. Niko was always good at getting in your head"
"I don't think he got into my head"
"What is this about, is this about the whole what do you do to yourself when you're alone?"
"It's private"
"Wait, he was telling the truth?"
Hill nodded and she wouldn't look at him. Bucky took a step forward and he tilted his head and he could see the glimmer of tears from the faint light in the room. He sighed silently.
"Sure I get lonely, but I am so busy all the time. I just don't have time for relationships"
"Hill" Bucky said and he got no reaction "Maria" Bucky was hesitant to say her name
Hill looked at him and her eyes were red and slightly swollen.
"I shouldn't have let him get to me so easily" Hill said looking down
"Hey, emotions make you weak" Bucky said frankly
Hill smiled and scoffed as in a sarcastic "Thank you so much you ass"
"But they also make you strong" Bucky said
Hill looked back at him and she saw something different in his eyes, he seemed normal. Like a normal guy.
"Yeah, and who is the famous person who said that?"
"Me" Bucky said
Bucky walked in front of Hill and he stood close and he looked at her.
"What emotions did you feel in that conference room?"
"I'm sure you can guess"
"No, you say it yourself"
Hill hesitated and she spoke "Anger, disgust, fear"
"There it is, fear."
"Fear is the big one out of those?"
"It's is the most important. Anger is easy to manage and use. Disgust you can't do anything with that. Fear, what does fear usually cause?"
"Bad choices?" Hill said clearly not seeing the point
"Everything that has ever happened or will happen with humans is caused by fear. The fear of attack, the fear of their last day on earth, the fear of a small spider. They are all connected to make us choose certain things that aren't logical"
"So what you block it out?"
"No, you can't stop emotions, but you can hide them"
"You learn to do this in Hydra?"
"No, United States Army" Bucky said smirking
"By who?"
"Steve" Bucky said
Hill was surprised by the information.
"Steve had fear, no doubt, but every time I saw him get beat up in a fight, he never showed any fear. He always got back up and kept going. Then I would step in and save him"
"Huh"
"Fear can make you make some bad choices that could cost you your life or someone else's, but fear can be overcome with courage and determination."
"Courage huh"
"Yeah, courage is like borderline stupidity" Bucky said
Hill chuckled at the sentence. Bucky smiled and he laughed with her. Hill stopped laughing when she saw him laughing to and she could see his perfect white teeth and he looked so normal. Bucky did the same and he looked at Hill's eyes and he became lost in them. Hill inhaled and she could smell his scent and it made her light headed. She blinked and she felt her mouth become dry. Bucky's face was close to hers and they were both slowly coming closer.
Hill could feel the warmth from his breath against her face. His hand was on the power cell next to her thigh and it made her heart skip in her chest. Bucky moved his metal hand to her left arm and he lightly touched her. Hill's eyes became dilated by his touch and Bucky's forehead touched hers. Their lips were close and they touched. Hill put her hand on Bucky's shoulder and his real hand went to her thigh and went to her waist. His touch made her quiver and they kissed lightly. They slightly separated and Bucky looked at Hill. His metal hand shot to her back and pulled her closer and she gasped slightly and they kissed deeply and her hand went through his hair. Bucky exhaled and he pulled her closer and Hill opened her mouth slightly and Bucky slipped his tongue in. She did the same.
The explored each other's mouths and they tasted each other. Hill's heart was hammering and Bucky held her close. She was against him and her legs went around his waist. Bucky groaned as she kissed his neck. Bucky kissed her neck and lightly sucked. She moaned and Bucky put his hand on her suits zipper and he went to pull it down then her communicator went off.
Bucky and Hill stopped and Hill answered it.
"Fury?"
"Hill, I need you on the bridge, and find Barnes." Fury said "On the double Hill" and he disconnected.
Bucky slightly laughed and he looked at Hill. She took her legs away from his waist and she looked at him. Bucky took his hands away from her and she slipped off the power cell and she started to walk forward.
"Hill" Bucky said
She looked back at him.
"Your zipper" Bucky said
Hill looked down and her cat suit's zipper was down to her belly button and her breasts in a navy blue bra were about to pop out. She nodded and she pulled the zipper up and she continued and she looked back at Bucky.
Bucky watched her disappear and he inhaled and he licked his lips and he rubbed his lips. He exhaled and followed her.
Author's Note: What do you think is going to happen between the characters: Steve/Natasha, Bucky/Hill? And how is Clint and Bobbi's first meeting going to be like? Give me a review.