The tension in the cab was palpable.
Bucky was seated on the other side of the cab, near the window leaving plenty of space between us. I was grateful for the distance, I needed it to keep from doing something that was entirely too inappropriate and illegal. His presence overwhelmed me, even with the distance. My lips were still tingling from his kiss, and I could feel the ghost of his hands on my hips, my touch starved body felt like an exposed nerve, raw and throbbing. I knew what would happen once we went back to the compound, to his room, which offered more privacy than the small apartment I shared with Iris, and my body was in anticipation mode.
I dared a glance over at Bucky, finding his gaze trained firmly on the window, but his shoulders were tense, his foot tapping restlessly on the floorboards like he too was on edge. He turned his head then, no doubt feeling my eyes on him, catching me looking. The look he gave me gave it all away, I could tell by the predatory gaze he was just as anxious as I was. His nervous tics proved that he was trying to exercise the same restraint that I was. I wanted to kiss him right then and there, to close the distance between us and feel his hands on me again.
The cab came to a halt, startling me out of the heated gaze we were sharing. Bucky reached into his pocket retrieving his wallet and pulling out a few bills to hand to the driver, muttering to keep the change. He reached across the space and took my hand without a word pulling me out of the cab after him.
He walked fast, almost too fast for me to keep up with, purposeful and long strides breezing past security and to the elevators. He told the AI the floor he wanted and his access code. The minute the doors shut his arms were around my waist, drawing me in, his mouth finding mine, all the restraint he'd been exercising dissipating. I was too lost in the heated kiss to realize I was moving until my back hit the wall with a soft thud, his hand curving around my thigh and lifting it against his hip. He kissed me like I was the very air he breathed, hungrily and eager, holding me closely pressing his thick muscular thigh right into my core. I unconsciously ground down on it, feeling a delicious zing shoot right up my core. I couldn't help, but to repeat the action again and again, chasing the slow build of pleasure threatening to take me over, holding on to Bucky's shoulders to steady myself, praying and wishing for the elevator to hurry the hell up.
*******
Considering the Avengers Compound was a multimillion dollar construct with every bell and whistle that Tony Starks oversized brain could think of, I wondered why it had such slow elevators. It felt like it was taking an eternity to only go up four floors. It was taking every ounce of my control to keep myself from ripping that little dress from Jade's body and fucking her right against the elevator wall. I couldn't keep my mouth off of her, her lips, her exposed neck, anything I could reach, she was riding my thigh slowly, well on her way to oblivion and allowing me to feel how wet and warm she was even through the denim encasing my leg.
"You have no idea how badly I want you right now," I growled into her skin, digging my fingers into her hips, pulling her against me, urging her to go faster.
"James," she moaned, letting her head fall back against the wall, eyes slipping closed. "Please...I...I..." she broke off in a strangled sound when my metal hand slid up the soft material of her dress and cupped her breast. She shivered in response, her nails sharp in my shoulder. Jesus. This elevator needs to hurry the fuck up. She was close, I could tell, but it wasn't enough to send her to over the edge. "Please..."
The begging was going to be my undoing. I wanted to give her anything and everything. I kissed her again, hard and hungrily, until I needed air and had no choice but to part from her taste.
The ding of the elevator had us breaking apart with great reluctance. I paused to take her in, her flushed skin, lips swollen from my kissing, pupils blown wide, and her chest rising and falling quickly with pants, but she was as beautiful as ever. I took her free hand as her other pulled down her dress and fluffed her curls. I hoped that we could make it to my bedroom without interruption, the common room lights were dimmed which I took as a good sign, maybe everyone was already in their room for the night. I stepped off the elevator, her right behind me, making a beeline for my room.
"Oh hey guys."
Shit.
It was Tony Stark's voice. I turned to see him sitting on the large couch in the common room. And he wasn't alone.
Thor was beside him, a large bowl of popcorn on his lap. Natasha and Clint sat next to each other on the love seat nearby, Sam and Steve were sitting on the floor, backs leaning on the couch on either side of Tony and Thor's legs. We had walked in on movie night. I could see the Netflix menu open and waiting for them to pick something, Natasha was holding the remote meaning it was her turn to pick.
Jade tensed nervously beside me, her back straightening, stepping closer to my side as she pulled down her dress self consciously.
"Back from your date so soon?" Tony asked tauntingly, reaching into the popcorn bowl in Thor's lap and popping some into his mouth with a tilt of his head.
I scowled at him. "We ate fast."
"Good, you're just in time for movie night. Hi Jade," Tony continued, setting his sights on her and waving.
"Hi...everyone..." Jade replied, waving timidly in return.
There were murmurs of greetings accompanied by a few waves.
"Lady Jade! It is good to see you again. You look well. Very well actually," Thor commented, eyes roaming Jade, a large smile on his face.
I fought the urge to step in front of her and shield her from his view as Jade blushed. "Thank you, Thor."
"Will you be joining us?" Sam asked with a knowing smile, looking pointedly right at me.
Steve eyed Jade with raised eyebrows. "Uh, I'm pretty sure Bucky and Jade have....better things to do than join us for movie night," he piped up quickly, attempting to give us an out.
"Yeah, we do," I said finally, nodding and stepping backwards toward my room. "So if you'll excuse us-."
"Nonsense! They can join us for one movie. It's a time honored tradition-."
Clint scoffed, rolling his eyes. "We've done this like five times, Tony."
"Still traditional those five times," Tony shot Clint a glare. He looked back to Jade, patting the empty space beside him and offering her a pleasant smile. "Jade, please, won't you and Bucky join us?"
My blood was boiling at this point. Tony was just screwing with me like he always had with his taunts and jokes and 'nicknames'. He knew full well what Jade and I intended to do, how long we'd been waiting, everyone did, and his goal was to interrupt. I tried to hide my irritation, not wanting him to see that he was getting a rise out of me. I was not going to let him ruin this night for me. I'd leave it up to Jade.
I looked down at her, finding nervousness all over her face, her bottom lip caught between her teeth. She hesitated, looking up at me with questioning eyes and arched eyebrows. I knew she was waging war with her own politeness, she wouldn't want to refuse, for fear of being perceived as rude. That was the kind of person she was. I gave a very small shake of my head, one that I hoped wasn't too noticeable by our audience, to let her know she didn't have to say yes. The last thing that I wanted to do at the moment was endure two hours of movie night when I could take her into my bedroom and show her how much I wanted- no needed- her in a variety of ways and multiple times. She smiled apologetically, I knew her answer before she spoke.
"Who could pass up movie night with the Avengers?" She shrugged, looking back at Tony with a forced smile.
Tony smiled, wide and triumphant, winking at me and beckoning her over.
I was going to kill him.