The life of Jessica Stark (Bucky x OC)

Chapter 35

"Now what's a dame like you sitting all alone at a party like this for?" Bucky flirts putting on his best 40's voice and his famous smirk as he leans on the bar next to me. I swivel my chair around to face him

"A fella done me wrong" I answer innocently taking a sip of my drink whilst looking directly into his eyes and I can feel the pride radiating from Nat. I notice him bite the inside of his cheek and squint his eyes slightly, working out what to reply with

"It sounds like you could do a hell of a lot better than him doll" He retorts scoping out where I am with my feeling towards him

"Maybe" I finish the rest of my drink and stand up whilst he stays in the same position, so our eyes are almost level "But I only want to be with him" I flash him a smile before heading back onto the dancefloor to dance with Peter. But before I could even reach him, the song stops abruptly mid-way, and everyone starts clearing the floor. A familiar song begins playing through the speakers and I roll my eyes as I turn around to see Bucky walking towards me with a smirk on his face and a hopeful glimmer in his eye. He takes my hand in his whilst softly placing his metal hand on my waist

"You still haven't taken me on that date" I whisper, referencing the first time we danced to this song, and I can feel the soft chuckle build up through his body

"Doll if you let me, I'll take you on all the dates you want"

"I'd love nothing more James" I beam a smile up to him which he matches as he chuckles again "Something funny?"

"I've noticed you only call me James when you're feeling something intensely" He squints his eyes a little and smirks

"Oh yeah?" We continue to dance around to the song forgetting anyone else was in the room, thanking god that the music was loud enough so no one less could hear

"Yeah" he says simply

"And what am I feeling now?"

"I was hoping you could tell me" He looks straight into my eyes, his glazed over with hope and fear anticipating my response. He almost looked like he was expecting me to tell him that I didn't love him, and it broke my heart to see him that vulnerable. My heart begins pounding in my chest and in that moment, I pray that Natasha was right otherwise I'm going to look like the world's biggest idiot. I shift all my weight onto the tips of my toes and use the hand on his chest to snake around his neck and pull him closer making it easier to join our lips. The second they do it feels like my heart falls out of my chest and everything goes silent as the only thing I could hear was the blood rushing in my ears. I would've melted on that spot right there if he didn't keep me upright holding my waist in one hand whilst his other was bunched into my hair, slowly making its way to my cheek elevating my face to deepen the kiss, making it clear just how hungry we were after 6 long months. After the kiss slowed down and the blood left my ears and as I dropped back onto earth, I became painfully aware of the fact that the song had ended, and the room was completely silent

"Finally! I thought you were never gonna let her breath" Pietro mumbles just loud enough for us to hear

"Shut up, Sonic" I whip round and scowl at him, his lips twitch slightly as he tries to scowl back

"So, I'm guessing you're officially back off the market?" He sends a suggestive wink my way. Bucky takes a step towards him, and he jumps behind Wanda

"Well, I for one am happy for you two" My dad says as he walks over and rests in between us, he claps Bucky's shoulder whilst putting an arm around mine. I look at the smiling faces of the rest of my family

"Alright alright, enough of the sop fest, this is a party!" I shout the last few words resulting in the room erupting into cheers as the music and dancing starts up again. I turn back to Bucky when I know the attention is off of us