hardest to love: bucky barnes

three.

"James"

I called out as I stopped the music and saw him walk towards me.

"What? Did you come down here to tell me, my work is sloppy again?" I said walking towards the bench with annoyance.

Great, now he has another thing to make fun of me from in front of the others I thought to myself.

"No. You were amazing actually." He said not moving from the door frame.

"Don't be cruel, James." I said running my hand through my hair.

"I'm not, Valentina." He said before joining me on the bench as it grew silent.

"I won't tell the others." He said looking at the ground.

"Good, or else I would have to kill you." I said before grabbing my things and leaving him there.

The next morning I headed down to see Tony because he said he would have a new suit ready for me. I brushed my teeth and my hair then picked out some black leggings, purple sports bra and a zip up hoodie. As I headed downstairs I saw Pepper directing a bunch of party planers as to where to place decorations. When I entered his work space I saw Peter, Thor and Loki standing around talking while Tony worked on Peters spidey suit.

"So, lightening just shoots from your fingers?" Peter ask Thor.

"Correct." Thor said entertaining the kid next to him.

"Wait, so you can control the weather? That's so cool!" Peter said excitingly.

"Not exactly-" Thor said before I stepped around the corner.

"Lady Valentina." Loki said appearing next to me with his hand on my waist.

"I'll punch you again." I said looking at the god next to me.

"Reel it in, Lady Valentina." Tony said laughing and pulling me away from Loki when I hit Tony in the arm.

"Ouch." Tony said as he leads me to the table with my suit laying on it.

It's a black suit with a purple on the belt and zipper. It was an upgrade from the all black one I had. He also gave me shock bracelets and new holsters for knives and guns.

"Well, go try it on kid." Tony says as I practically rip it off the table and run off with it. I go into Tony's bathroom and change into the suit. When I come out of the bathroom I suddenly feel Loki appear next to me.

"I must say Lady Valentina, you look quite stunning." He said flashing me a grin.

I pulled a small dagger from my side and pinned him to the wall with it as he continued to smile at me.

"I swear-" I started to say but then Thor picked me up and removed me from Loki.

"As entertaining as that would have been to watch, I want that suit to last you a while so don't go killing gods." Tony said as him and Peter laughed at me.

"Thank you Tony, I love the suit." I said hugging him.

"Anytime kid." He said retiring the hug.

After that I headed down to the training room to test out the new suit and show Natasha. Through the glass I could see Nat, Wanda, Steve, Sam, and James training. Steve and James were boxing together while Wanda practiced her powers alone and Nat and Sam sparred together.

"Damn, look at you Val." I heard Sam say before Natasha flipped him on the mat.

"Thank you." I said as I approached the mat with a smile on my face. "Tony just finished it, So I thought I would show Nat."