It's been four months and Elliore still hasn't made a move, you didn't know where he was hiding and Conner said he didn't either, you didn't believe him but no matter how many times you asked he gave you the same answer. You couldn't stop thinking about Elliore and when he might strike, everyone tried to get your mind off it by helping you plan yours and Bucky's wedding. You've picked a venue with the help of Bucky and now Nat and Wanda were helping you choose decorations, you came to the conclusion that the theme would be floral/Hawaiian with a hint of beach vibes mixed in. You were excited but you couldn't help and hope that Elliore would show up now so you could take him down before your wedding, you wanted this to be perfect, not just for you, but for Bucky.
You feel soft lips against your forehead and warm arms wrapped around you with the rhythmic beating of their heart against you, your eyes slowly opened from their glued state and you look up to be met with the crystal blue eyes that belonged to your fiancé.
"Morning, Doll." He smiled and you closed your eyes curling deeper into him.
"Good morning." You mutter with a deep breath as you pressed your ear to his chest and laid in his arms. His right arm was under your head and his left was wrapped around your waist, his hand was softly placed on your right shoulder with his thumbs tracing your skin. His soft touch made you shiver earning a chuckle from Bucky, you pull your head back and look into his eyes once more. You lift your right arm up and wrap it around till your hand touched the back of his neck, you slowly lay him on his back and move your left arm around so you could properly hug him. Digging your face into the side of his neck your right leg wrapped around his under the thin sheets that covered your bodies, he giggled and placed his hands on your back soaking in the affection.
"Somebody's cuddly today." He teased, you nod your head and hum into his skin. He moves his arms so they were tighter around you before taking a deep breath, you feel his head move next to you as he placed a kiss to your head. The cold metal of his hand was soothing against your burning skin, it was the middle of summer and you only had the ceiling fan to cool you down. His body was cold against yours, you didn't want to move, you were comfortable. But of course, someone had to disturb the moment.
"You guys decent?" Tony calls out after knocking on your door, Bucky sighs and slowly moves you off of him. You cling to the sheets over you and close your eyes tiredly as you listen to Bucky moving around the room.
"Wait a second!" He calls out, you open one eye and watch him slide on a bath robe and walk towards your door opening it slightly. "What is it?" He asks quietly.
"Steve decided to make breakfast and apparently he has an announcement." Bucky nods his head as you slowly ignore their conversation from fatigue.
"Alright." Tony looks into the room to see your body curled underneath the sheets you clinged to your body in desperation.
"How's she holding up?" Tony whispers as he looks back to Bucky who looks to you then back to Tony clenching his jaw in thought.
"She's better than before, still a little anxious about Elliore. But other than that the wedding is starting to get her mind off of anything else, which is good. We haven't heard about anything suspicious lately so I think she deserves to relax a bit." Bucky whispers back and Tony nods his head. "All she really needs right now is some attention." Tony laughs and Bucky smiles.
"That's good. I'll tell you if I find something though." Bucky nods his head before Tony salutes and walks down the hall. Bucky closes the door and walks back to your stiff form on the bed, he smiled and slowly climbed on the bed watching you sleep quietly. He tucks a piece of your hair behind your ear and kisses your cheek.
"Time to wake up, doll." He lightly shakes your shoulder and you furrow your brows with a groan.
"I don't want to." You mumble and pull the sheet up over your jaw, Bucky laughs softly.
"C'mon." You could tell he was grinning widely before you open your eyes to see you were correct. His smile warmed your heart and made you feel things you've never felt before.
"Mmm." You grumble and scrunch your face into a frown like you were about to throw a tantrum. Bucky chuckles and gently pulls you up into your arms almost cradling you.
"Apparently Steve has something to tell us." You look up into his eyes as you were pulled to his chest.
"But I'm tired." You pout, he smiles warmly at you like you were the only person he knew and loved.
"I promise, when we come back you can go to sleep again." You search his eyes and lightly bite your lip.
"Promise?" You ask and he nods his head.
"Promise." You softly smile and slowly sit up, you kiss his lips and remove yourself from your bed. You trudge over towards your drawers and rummage through for a pair of undergarments, you go into a seperate drawer and chuck Bucky a pair of boxers for himself. You both kept seperate drawers and closet space for each other's clothes just in case either of you wanted company at night and refused to be alone.
You hear the door to your closet open and you look back after putting on the underwear you grabbed, Bucky pulls out a black short sleeve shirt and dark blue jeans for himself. You walk towards the closet and pull out black cotton shorts and a white halter top, you missed being able to simply snap your fingers and appear in whatever outfit you thought of. You tried nearly everyday to fix your powers but nothing was working, you slowly began to give up trying and acted like every other human on this planet.
You turn around and rub your eyes with a yawn, you comb your fingers through your hair so it didn't look as messy and walk towards Bucky. He lifts his arm up with a smile and you cling onto his side with him pulling you close, you hold onto his hand that was draped over your shoulder as the both of you made your way towards the kitchen and dining.
"Look who finally showed up?" Sam smirked cockily and you glare at him while walking past not taking your eyes off of his form, Bucky pulls a chair out from the large table so you could sit down. You accept the gesture and take a seat before he pushes you back in.
"Thank you." You smile up at him and he bends down pecking your lips.
"Always." He smiles. "Do you want anything to drink?" You chew on your lip in thought.
"Can I have a tea?" You ask and he nods.
"Coming right up." He smiles before leaving towards the kitchen ahead of you, the morning sun hit your back from the windows behind you making your body slightly heat up. You watch as Steve walks towards Nat and quietly asks her something, she nods her head and they walk past you towards the living space in the other room. You could see them talking but you didn't know what they were discussing.
"Hi Y/N! It's been so long since I've seen you." You look to your right to see Hope smiling down at you.
"Hope! Oh it's so good to see you again." She bends down to give you a hug before sitting in the seat beside you. You met Hope two years ago when you went on a mission with her and Scott and the both of you instantly clicked, lately she's been away working with her mother and father. "How's everything going?" You spin around in your chair to face her.
"Everything's great. A few criminals here and there but other than that everything is fine in San Fransisco." You nod your head and she smiles.
"That's good." Your smile fades to a small one and she looks at you empathetically.
"I heard what happened." You give her a side smile and look down to your hands. "I'm so sorry. If you ever wanna talk just know I'm here for you." You look up and smile at her thankful for her kind heart.
"I know, thank you, Hope." You lean in and wrap her in a hug.
"Forget all the depressing stuff, you didn't tell me Bucky engaged." She grabs your hand and admires the ring on your finger.
"Oh, sorry. So much has happened since then I've forgotten to tell anyone. Except everyone here, Nat and Wanda kinda spilled everything. I think they're a little too excited." You giggle and she wiggles her head side to side pouting her lips in agreement.
"Who wouldn't be though?" She smiles and you roll your eyes playfully. "I'm so happy for you." Her smile turns into a wide grin making her eyes squint.
"Thank you." You laugh before looking to the table as movement caught your attention in your peripheral. You see black metal gently placing a white mug filled with a light brown liquid, you feel someone's hand gently rest on your right shoulder and you tilt your head back with a smile.
"It's nice to see you again, Hope." Bucky smiles to the woman in front of you then down to you who was admiring his perfect features.
"Lovely to see you too, Buck." She stands up and moves around to give him a hug. "Congrats on the engagement." She elbows him and looks down at you.
"Thank you." Bucky chuckles and looks around. "How's Scott? Did he not come?" Hope scoffs and looks to the door at the entrance of the room with her hands on her hips.
"Oh no, he came. And Scott's... Scott." She rolls her eyes and you all laugh, you turn your attention to the doors as they open and Scott walks in with someone tailing behind.
"You guys didn't tell me you recruited someone new? I thought we were friends, guys. C'mon." Scott lifts his arms then drops them back down in frustration but his tone was filled with humour.
"Oh, he's not with us." Tony walks past Scott sipping on a cup of coffee and not even giving him one glance.
"But I saw him walking around the facility. He said he was with you guys?" Your lips turn into a thin line.
"I said I was with them, but I'm not actually on their team." You turn your gaze to the man behind him and you trace the back of your teeth with your tongue annoyed that he was here.
"You've gotta be more specific, man." Scott raises his arms and tilts his head. "By the way I'm Scott." He greets by holding a hand out.
"I'm Conner." He accepts the gesture and shakes Scott's hand.
"I don't recall us inviting you to breakfast." Sam crosses his arms and for once in your life you can agree with him, your relationship with Sam was the same as Bucky's. You acted like you hated each other but secretly he was also your best friend, sure enough you didn't show as much hate towards one another like he an Bucky but it was somewhat similar. You still loved him like everyone else and would do anything to protect him.
"I-" Conner struggles on his words before Tony spoke up.
"You can leave now. This is only for team members, friends, family. And clearly you're none of those." Your brows raised in shock at what Tony just said. Conner shut his mouth and looked down, your face fell neutral before he looked up at you. You stared at him with no emotion, Bucky's hands resting on your shoulders in comfort. You took it as if he was trying to hold you back, which you didn't blame him for doing because you still wanted to rip Conner's throat out, but you promised to yourself you wouldn't hurt him... yet.
"Enjoy your food..." Conner says quietly before leaving the room. You take a deep breath and Bucky's loose grip loosens more, you clear your throat and turn around to look at Bucky and Hope.
"Who was that?" Hope asks with furrowed brows and you sigh.
"That was Conner." Her brows raise.
"Wait Conner as in... the Conner that hurt you?" You nod your head and her face turns into confusion and disgust. "What is he doing here?" She crosses her arms and you look up to Bucky who was watching Scott greet everyone.
"I honestly don't even know." You rest your right arm on the back of your chair and lay your head in your hand. "Apparently he wants to help us, but I don't know how I feel about it at this point. I'm trying to believe he wants to help, but all of a sudden I'm slowly giving up on trusting him." You look around the room before you hear Steve talking over everyone to get their attention.
"You are probably wondering why I've invited you all here and made this huge breakfast." His eyes widen at the food scattered perfectly on the table in front of you.
"Let me guess. You want us all to get fat together? Because challenge accepted" Tony smirks with a cocky chuckle and you laugh as Steve glares at him.
"No... I just thought that if everyone was here together we could celebrate a few things." He softly smiles leading you all on with suspension to what he meant. Both him and Nat walked to the table and stood at their seats next to each other, everyone went to their seats and stood in their spots. You got up from your chair and looked to your left to see Bucky next to you then to your right to see Hope then Scott looking around like he lost something.
"Of course, we would first like to celebrate the engagement of Y/N and Bucky." Nat looks to the two of you nodding her head and clapping, your cheeks turned bright pink as your hearing was engulfed with claps from everyone in the room. You nod your head in thanks and hold tight onto Bucky's hand.
"And next we would like to congratulate Peter for being accepted into college." You smile and clap your hands looking at the young man you still felt was a 16 year old boy. "And now Natasha and I would like to share something with all of you." Steve looks around with a smile plastered on his face, he turns to Nat and he slowly leans down. She closes the gap between them placing a kiss to his lips, everyone gasps before cheering and clapping. You could hear whistles coming from Tony and Sam, you look up to Bucky to see him grinning and laughing. Everyone was happy, even you. But there's always that one part of you ruining everything, you ignore and hide the anxious feeling that surfaced and threatened to break you down from the inside.
"When did this happen?" Clint grins widely at the two and they both smile after parting and linking hands.
"We've been together for almost a year and we thought it was about time we told you." Steve answers and Tony scoffs.
"Think it was about time? You hid it for a year, It definitely is time." His eyes widen trying to prove his point and you all laugh.
"Congratulations guys. I always thought you two were perfect for each other." You smile at them causing your eyes to turn into slits.
"Thank you. Now, enjoy the food before it gets cold!" Steve chuckles and everyone sits with a laugh escaping their lips. You begin piling food onto your plate and taking sips of your tea that was cooling down, it may be hot weather but a tea was always a nice way to start the day. You eat your food quietly as everyone talks to each other, you zoned out and didn't realise that you had until Bucky waved a hand in front of your face.
"Wakey wakey." He laughs and you snap your head in his direction.
"Huh? Sorry. Erm." You look around the table before sniffing and clearing your throat.
"Are you ok?" You look back to see him raising a brow concerned.
"Yeh, I'm fine." You rub your eyes and look back up at him. "Just tired." He gives you a soft side smile and his eyes twinkle.
"Remember I'm always here to talk if you need to." He places his hand on your knee and you smile at him.
"I know." Your voice cracks from it being so quiet. He nods his head and turns back to Shuri when she begins talking to him once again, you look around and take a deep breath. Lately you were feeling tired a lot more than normal, you just thought that it was a one time thing but it's getting worse where if you close your eyes for even one second you fall asleep.
You all quickly finished the food and Steve began packing up, you got up from your chair slowly and made your way around the table towards the door. You turn around when you hear Scott call out for you.
"Y/N. Hey how's it going?" He greets you with a hug and you smile at him.
"Great, it's nice to see you again, Scott." He smiles.
"You too, and congratulations on the engagement." He chuckles, he was definitely perfect for Hope.
"Thank you. It was nice chatting but I feel really tired so I might go take a nap." You smile at him and he nods his head.
"Alright, take care." He waves goodbye and you wave back before your body was out of sight from the door closing behind you. Your eyes stung and your temples throbbed, you held onto the wall as you made your way back to your room. You turned right and down the short hallway to your door at the end, fumbling on opening the door you finally stumbled into your room. Everything spun unusually as you fell to the floor and crawled to your bed, you climbed onto the middle of your mattress and held onto your stomach as your body began to heat up.
"What the hell is going on." You say under your breath with tightly shut eyes. You take deep breaths in as you feel the world spin around you and you slowly fade into sleep.