The Night We Met | Steve / Bucky

sixty-two - way down we go

Katherine held the covers over her, sinking away into the soothing abyss of comfort. A strong arm was wrapped around her, almost holding her in place. All of a sudden, Katherine felt a thud on her face, a slight stinging sensation soon following. "Rise and shine!"

She shot her eyes open, snapping her head to the voice. "Tony!" Katherine squealed glancing to the mildly awoken Steve next to her. Her notebook lay on top of her, thrown from the other side of the room.

Tony smirked, noticing the scene he had walked in on. They were both adults - it wasn't like Katherine and Steve hadn't kept Tony and Pepper awake in the past with their late night or early morning antics. Tony stood strong in his position in the doorway. "Come on." He spoke calmly as he watched his sister and her ex-husband frantically search the floor for their clothes. Steve, baring the elements, scrambling for clothes while Katherine remained covered up under the covers. "You know, I was quite delighted to wake up this morning to find your notebook, Kat, and a nearly empty bottle of wine delicately placed in the middle of the hallway -"

" - Yeah. I get it, Tony." Katherine spoke dully as Steve threw her a jumper that belonged to him, giving up on looking for her top that she entered the room wearing. 

Tony smiled to the pair, "I'll see you in the board room in ten minutes." Tony turned on his heel and left the room, closing the door behind him. 

Katherine threw Steve's jumper on over her head, the jumper feeling severely oversized. Katherine climbed out from under the covers, throwing her hair up in a bun while Steve got dressed - a shirt and jeans. Katherine looked to Steve as she threw her jeans on from the previous day, "Look," She sighed, "This was a one time thing."

Steve looked to her, looping his belt through the loops on his jeans, "Sure." He spoke, almost chuckling to himself.

Katherine furrowed her brows, glancing down at her jeans fastening her button and quickly looking back to Steve, "No. I mean it. It - I - I just needed to get it out of my system."

"The last time you said that," Steve spoke approaching Katherine, "We got married."

"No. I mean it."

Steve smiled down to Katherine, "I'll go make us some coffee." He placed a delicate kiss on her forehead and leaving the room. Katherine looked on bewildered, letting the touch of his lips tingle for a moment before following him to the kitchen. 

Steve and Katherine entered the board room, images of the Soul Stone appearing on the screen. Rocket, Bruce, Scott and Natasha already occupied seats along the couch, Nebula standing in front of the screens. Katherine took a sip of her coffee, letting the hot liquid roll down the back of her throat. There was a spare chair, Steve offering it to Katherine who graciously sat down. Natasha eyed the pair up, "Late night?" She asked.

Katherine snapped her head to her, "Uh yeah." Katherine mumbled, "A lot of studying to do." There was a slight pause, "Okay, Nebula. What have you got for us?" Natasha looked ahead, smirking to herself. She glanced to Steve, who sipped at his coffee. Steve's eyes caught Natasha's glance, his cheeks blushing a slight pink. Natasha smirked, facing forward to Nebula.

"Thanos found the Soul Stone on Vormir," Nebula began, ignoring the conversation brewing, questions burning the tip of Natasha's tongue. 

Natasha turned her attention to her notepad on her knee as she began writing notes, "What is Vormir?" She asked.

"A dominion of death at the very center of celestial existence." Nebula's words caught the attention of the team, their eyebrows raising. "It's where Thanos murdered my sister."