Authoress Note: Welcome to Chapter 18 of The Winter Soldier and the Luna Wolf. I want to thank those who have left reviews for this story. It truly does mean a lot to me that you guys are enjoying this story and enjoying how Violet is slowly growing in this fic. I know what you're probably all thinking, have them kiss damn it. I promise you that there will be a kiss in this story very soon. But then again it will be very unexpected for the kiss to happen. It will be any moment of a kiss between the two of them. Without further ado Chapter 18. ENJOY!

Chapter 18

Czechoslovakia, August 1944

Violet scrambled out of the side entrance to the Hydra factory that they had broken into and laid waste to everything inside. Violet dived behind some trees bumping into Bucky who grasped onto her as they hid for cover.

There was no loud bang of an explosion going off which put everyone on edge unsure of what had happened.

Each one of them poked their heads out from their hiding spots wondering where Steve was.

"Where…" Violet began only to see Steve crashing through the factory window on his motorcycle and a loud explosion following his escape from the factory. "Now that is worse than what my brother would have done." She said letting out a huffing breath and shaking her head.

"Your brother wouldn't have done that?" Bucky questioned curiously looking at her.

Violet bit the inside of her cheek feeling his hot breath brushing against her cheek. "Honestly… he might." She said, shaking her head. "Nevermind. I don't know what it is with you men wanting to do something dangerous…"

Bucky touched her cheek. "Oh now doll, you're here with us and it is dangerous for you as well." He said in a teasing tone.

Violet looked up at him, her brows pinched together and her face much closer to his. She cleared her throat slowly moving her head back and rubbing the back of her neck shyly.

Bucky cleared his throat seeing the blush dusting across her cheeks. "You think that you're not doing something dangerous?"

Violet shyly lifted her shoulders as she looked at him. "It may be dangerous but I wouldn't use a motorbike recklessly." She shook her head lightly. "Well, now that the Czechoslovakian Hydra base is destroyed we should be heading back and planning out the next attack."

Steve looked over at the woman knowing that she was talking about coming up with a new plan and she was a very deep military personnel that Bucky didn't know the depths of just yet. He felt bad that his friend didn't know the full truth about Violet, but he knew that Violet would tell Bucky soon enough. "You have a plan already?"

Violet shook her head lightly. "Not a fully concrete one just yet, but you know if I come up with a new plan, I will always let you know no matter what."

Steve nodded his head knowing that was very true.

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Violet was in her barracks writing a letter to one of Jimmy's friend Victor Creed. She knew Victor for as many years as Jimmy had and knew that he was like them. She nibbled her lower lip as she looked at her sprawling letters across the note. She could only hope that Victor had heard something, anything from Jimmy. But she could be wrong that her brother probably went on his own to do something crazy and insane. She knew that her brother was fairly a good soldier, but sometimes he would have that wild hair and end up going on his way if he didn't like something.

There was a knock on her door and she quickly slid the letter into the desk drawer hiding it.

"Who is it?" She called out getting up to her feet. Her blazer was long gone on the back of her chair, her shoes under her bed and her pantyhose were put away. She was only clad in her skirt and her button-down blouse. She moved slowly towards the door, her feet barely touching the ground. She reached the door and reached out to open the door. She blinked a few times seeing Bucky standing there with a bottle of whiskey in his hands and two glasses. "My my Sagrant Barnes, what can I do to help you?"

"Care for a nightcap Agent Howlett?" Bucky said, offering her a boyish smile.

Violet let out a soft chuckle and moved out of his way. "I have a feeling that you aren't quite ready for the next mission?"

"I am always ready to go with Steve…"

Violet let out a hum as she walked towards her bed to sit down on it. "I would still say that we're all crazy for following Rogers into battle, but I don't blame him for wanting to wipe out Hydra off of the map."

Bucky put the whisky down along with the glasses before grabbing the chair and moving it towards the bed so he could be closer to talking to her. "But it is something worthwhile. We can't have Hydra out there."

Violet shook her head lightly. "That's very true…"

Bucky poured two glasses for them. He handed her one.

"Thank you." She said softly, holding onto it lightly, biting her lower lip softly.

Bucky smiled. "You're welcome."

Violet took a drink of the whiskey he had poured for her. She let out a soft hum. "That's good." She mused softly.

Bucky rubbed the back of his neck. "It is?"

Violet nodded her head. "It really is."

"You seem to know your whiskeys."

Violet let out a soft laugh, her hair moving forward as her shoulders shook as she continued to laugh softly. "Oh trust me I know more than that." She mused softly, giving him a slight grin.

Bucky felt his heart thump in his chest like it was going to burst into happiness. "So we've been sharing whiskey for quite a while, Agent Howlett."

Violet looked over at him. "And?"

"Letty." He said leaning forward to get closer to her, carefully taking her hand in his.

Violet blinked a few times in confusion looking up at Bucky wondering what he was thinking about.

"We've known each other for a short time…"

"Shorter than most people, yes…" She said softly as she chewed on the inside of her cheek. She began to wonder where he was taking this little talk that they were having this time.

Bucky squeezed her hand softly biting his lower lip. "And I just want to tell you…"

Violet looked at him, seeing his cheeks flushing in embarrassment. She wondered what exactly was going through his mind. "Tell me what?" She asked rather concerned about what he would say.

Bucky's cheeks went even redder in embarrassment. "Oh… I…"

"What did you want to tell me, Bucky?" She questioned putting her hand on his cheek to make him look at her.

Bucky turned his face in her hand kissing the palm of her hand. He adored how soft it was even though she fought hard with guns.

Violet slowly went to move her hand away not expecting the soft kiss on her palm. Her cheeks flushed red in embarrassment. No one ever kissed her hand like that before. It was something very unexpected.

He stopped her from moving her hand.

"Bucky… what…"

Bucky moved a bit closer before putting his glass down and putting his hand on her cheek. His blue eyes took in the sight of her blushing even a deeper shade of red.

Her hazel eyes locked onto his blue ones.

"I care about you, Letty. More than probably I should…"

"Bucky it's alright to care for someone." She told him softly unsure if she was willing to have that sort of heartache again of loving someone and losing them. "But it is wartime…"

Bucky put his finger softly on her lips, silencing her knowing what she was about to say. "I know you're worried what if one of us doesn't make it through this…"

Violet nodded her head. "I wouldn't want to go through that." She admitted softly looking up at him with tears slightly filling her eyes.

Bucky leaned forward pressing his lips softly against hers in hopes that it would calm her down and that he didn't want to back down from this.

Violet let out a soft whimper against his lips kissing him back softly unsure of the whole thing of being with him.

Bucky pulled back resting his forehead against hers. "Don't let war be in the way…"

Violet's lips met his softly once again, shutting him up. She was going against everything that she was about since she always saw death and lost many many friends. But perhaps she wouldn't lose Bucky to this war.

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This is the end of Chapter 18. I hope that you guys enjoyed this chapter. I'm trying my best to make sure that I have chapters finished up before I end up taking a small break from writing to make items for my Etsy shop and I'll have a few days where I won't be posting which is during Heritage week in my hometown in July and Momento Con the following weekend I think it is. Please leave a review and let me know what you think of this chapter. Reviews help me keep going. And finally yes they kissed. I know it was a bit bad of a first kiss but I'm terrible when it comes to writing out a kissing scene. I hopefully will update you next week with a brand new chapter. Until next time.