Truth Doesn't Change The Way You Lie (A Bucky Barnes x OC story)

Chapter 15

As Steve and Amelia walked through the door Natasha rushed over to them, seeing how drenched their clothes were. "Come on hun, let's get you dried up, or you'll catch a cold." Nat took her from Steve and headed to the bathroom. Amelia glanced over at Bucky as she walked past him, giving him a soft side smile.

Natasha grabbed a towel and some spare clothes that she would keep at the compound. She sat Amelia down on the edge of the bath, drying her hair behind her. "Bucky's actually a big softy y'know. He just gets a bit protective over things, and well... him and Tony don't exactly have the best track record." Natasha explained. She knew that Nat and Bucky were close, but she wondered exactly how close they had been. Natasha was ver attractive, which made Amelia slightly weary of her, but she knew she was with Steve so she wouldn't try anything.

"I've been meaning to ask about that. They gave each other a look when we first got here... what's that all about?" Amelia was curious to see if it had anything to do with Bucky's past, back when he was being controlled, or something she might not have seen in his head.

Natasha sighed as continued to dry Amelia's hair. "What happened wasn't Bucky's fault, he couldn't have helped it if he tried."

Amelia turned round to face Nat, sitting opposite her. "What did he do...?"

"When Tony was younger, his parents were killed in what they thought was a car crash. But a few years ago, when Steve managed to find Bucky again, Tony was shown cctv footage of what really happened."

"He killed them didn't he...?" Amelia's voice saddened, as her tear ducts began to swell again.

"It practically tore the group apart. Tony and Steve lost contact, most of us who were on Steve's side had to go on the run, where as Bucky was sent to Wakanda to try and expel that part of him."

"And what about now?"

"Tony's fine with the rest of us, but Bucky's tried apologising and tried to make things right with him, Tony just can't accept it." Nat grabbed the corner of the towel and wiped Amelia's ruined make up off her face. "They both try to be civil around each other, but Tony takes things too far sometimes... like tonight."

Natasha gave her a hug as they stood up. "Thank you for this" Amelia said softly, her head over Natasha's shoulder.

She held both of Amelia's hands, feeling that she had warmed up now. "What are friends for, right?" Nat gave her a small chuckle as they headed out the bathroom.

Amelia walked into the living room wearing a pair of Nats training leggings and a grey striped hoodie. Amelia pulled her sleeves over her hands, feeling nervous about seeing Bucky again after the incident with Tony.

Bucky looked over at her from the couch with big sorrowful eyes. She teetered over to him, walking slowly down the three steps, before wandering over to where Bucky was. He opened his giant arms, welcoming her to join him. Amelia sniffled, plopping herself under his arms, his warm embrace making her feel at home once again. The two cuddled for a while on the couch as Nat helped Steve up to his room. Bucky stroked her hair as she sat lying under his arms, in his lap. They hadn't said a word to each other, but they didn't need to, she knew he was sorry.

Most of the group had gone home, before the storm outside grew worse. Bucky knew it wouldn't be safe to ride back on his motorbike, especially with some of the roads being flooded. Wanda, who lived at the compound with some of the others, showed Bucky and Amelia to one of the spare rooms, where they could spend the night.

As the two entered the room, Amelia stripped down to the oversized t-shirt she was wearing under the hoodie. Bucky sat on the edge of the bed in just his boxer shorts. He gazed at how small Amelia looked in Nats top, her petit figure being drowned. She sat down on top of Bucky's lap, her legs around his hips. He wrapped his arms around her waist, tucking his head into her neck. "I'm sorry about before, you shouldn't have seen that."

Amelia placed her tiny hand on his chin, lifting his head up, "It's okay... Nat told me everything." His heartbroken orbs stared up at her, "Bucky... I don't care about what happened, it doesn't change how I feel about you." She softly gave him a kiss on his head. She cupped his face, leaning her forehead on his, their noses touching gently. "I love you Bucky..."

Bucky didn't reply, he sat there gawking at her words, not believing that she had actually say those words. Amelia began to panic, thinking that it was a stupid time say due to Bucky's silent response.
"Oh god, I'm sorry...I didn't mean... fuck-"

Bucky grabbed her face, passionately smashing his lips into hers, before pulling away. "I love you too" he had the biggest grin on his face, finally hearing her say it, knowing that she felt the same way he did. "Also you look adorable in that T-shirt." Amelia's cheeks Blushed at his compliment. "I'm kinda jealous that it's Nats shirt and not mine though" he laughed, before pulling her closer to him as he fell back, getting comfortable in the bed. Amelia curled over on the bed, facing away from Bucky. He reached his arm around her, keeping his body against hers. She pulled his hand up kissed it gently, before cuddling it up to her chest.
Bucky nestled up behind her more, whispering into her ear "goodnight Doll".

Amelia smiled, her eyes closed, "goodnight Buck".