𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐗𝐄𝐂𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐑 || 𝐊𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐒

thirty-four.

Elliot sighed and shrugged. What's the worst that could have happened? She walked over towards him and leaned down to plant a kiss on his lips, barely brushing her lips against his. She then leaned down further to where her lips just hovered right by his ear.

"This didn't mean anything." She whispered to him, before pulling away and sauntering out of the room.

Klaus stared at his door before laughing to himself. A smirk was on his lips and a mischievous glint in his eyes.

"I do love a challenge."

~~~~~

Elliot walked through the doors of her apartment, only to find both Bucky and Natasha sitting on her couch with less than amused looks. Before she could ever utter a word out, she was already getting yelled at.

"Where the hell have you been?!" They both exclaimed simultaneously.

"I was at the Grill last night and I was going to go home, but ended up going to the gym instead and spent the rest of the night there."

Natasha gave her a look as she narrowed her eyes at her friend, "And you spent the entire night at the gym?

The brunette shrugged as she kicked off her boots. "I've done it before. It isn't the most absurd thing I have done before, as you both know."

It was Bucky's turn to speak as he stared at his little sister much like how Natasha just did, "And you're wearing a men's shirt because...?"

"This other regular at the gym was there and he spilled his water bottle all over my jacket, so he offered one of his shirts that he had in his locker." The lie rolled fluently off of her tongue. With Hydra, she had been trained to be an excellent liar. But under these circumstances, she couldn't help but feel a little bad about lying to the two most important people in her life. Then again, she didn't really want to explain that she slept with the Original Hybrid that was tormenting the whole town.

The redhead and the protective older brother looked over at each other before looking back at Elliot who was now drinking from her water bottle that she had filled up during her explanation. "Next time, call us." Bucky told her. Natasha nodded her head along with him.

"I will. I promise."

God, she hated lying to them.

~~~~~

Elliot was having a difficult time getting the previous night out of her mind. Sure, she had slept with multiple men. What else was she going to do in her almost hundred odd years of life? But Klaus had been different. For one, he had been the only who hadn't badgered the whole time about her countless scars and scar tissue, her tattoos–more like forced branding by Hydra–, or her metal arm. The last one was the most difficult to explain to men. Luckily for her, Klaus had never asked about any of them even though she could tell he wanted to.

Plus, the man definitely knew what he was doing.

It was an added bonus.

She was now trying to spend her time trying to clear her head from all things Klaus-like. Her go to idea was getting a nicely brewed latte and walking around the quaint little town.