CORRUPTED (BUCKY BARNES FANFICTION)

Chapter 5 - Jealousy

Olivia's POV

Bucky had left to go sleep in his room when we entered the tower, I was quiet the rest of the way while Steve carried me.

"You can put me down, you know?" I told Steve.

"So you can run again?" he asked, shooting me a disappointed look that made me feel guilty. He had trusted me and I betrayed it.

"Look... I'm sorry. I did that on instinct, Steve. I'm not used to... warm and happy. I was used to SHIELD, where I just stay in my quarters and come out every now and then to shoot people." I explained, though I had no idea why I was explaining to him.

"You'll always feel that way if you don't give any of us a chance to get close." he simply said. I noticed we weren't going to the cells and was about to tell him but he interrupted to say "You're staying with me."

"Oh, is this about what I said to Bucky about sleeping with you? You don't have to take it seriously, I was just messing around with him." I said, laughing awkwardly.

"Just so we're clear, we are not sleeping together. You take the bed, I'll be on the couch." he let me down gently and opened his door for me.

"Steve, I'll be fine in the cells." I didn't bother going in but he just stared at me. "What's that stare supposed to do?"

"Listen, if it were up to me, you'd be back in your room right now but since your stunt earlier, I can't trust you not to run again. You'll stay here for the night, we have a mission tomorrow so I'll have to transfer you temporarily to the cells." he told me while he set up the bed and looked through his cabinet.

I didn't say a word and just went inside. He came toward me and instinctively I backed up until my back hit the wall. Steve towered over me and he was so close, I could smell his cologne.

"Wear this. And here's a spare toothbrush." he handed me his shirt and shorts along with a toothbrush which I quickly accepted so he would leave.

He stood there for a bit and walked away to set up the couch. I gulped and decided to go to his bathroom. I freshened up, brushed my teeth, and wore the shirt Steve gave me. It was too big for my slim stature and it reached my mid-thigh. I was wearing cyclings so I decided not to wear Steve's shorts.

When I came out he was waiting outside the bathroom door so I crashed onto his chest.

"Sorry, didn't see you." I said.

"I called in Dr. Maria to treat your ribs and give some assessment. Meanwhile, I'll be in the shower."

I nodded at him and I lay on the bed thinking how on earth I ended up here. By here, I meant in the first super soldier's, bed in his shirt, on his bed.

As I spaced out and started blaming Nick Fury in my head, a knock had interrupted my thoughts. I got up to open it thinking it was Dr. Maria only to find Bucky.

"I-uhh... did not expect to see you here." he said. He looked me up and down and I somehow knew what he was thinking. It didn't help that Steve emerged from the bathroom topless.

"Buck, need help?" he asked, approaching us and standing behind me.

"No, I'm good. Dr. Maria called because you were unreachable, said she couldn't make it." he said coldly and went away. I followed him through the corridor and grabbed his metal arm.

"Bucky, it's not what you think." I said. Why was I even explaining to him? I don't owe him anything.

"Really? Cos to me it looks exactly like what I think it is." He said, shooting me an angry look, then proceeded to walk away.

Bucky's POV

After Olivia's failed attempt to escape, I went to my room somehow irritated. Why did it bother me so much to see Steve help her? Maybe it was just because her presence irritated me.

I remembered her shirt lifting up and seeing a bruise on her ribs so I called Dr. Maria and had planned to ask her to go check on her.

"Yes, Barnes?" she answered.

"Is there any chance you can come over to the tower tonight? A patient named Olivia Peterson needs treatment for three broken ribs." I explained.

"Oh, Steve had already called me about her. I said yes but we have an emergency surgery so I'm afraid I can't make it til tomorrow morning. Be a dear and tell Steve for me, okay? I couldn't reach him. Bye." she hung up the phone immediately.

Steve seemed to care so much for her. And again, it bothers me. I went up to tell Steve but was surprised to see Olivia opening his door... in nothing but Steve's shirt.

She said she was going to sleep with Steve, I guess she did. And for the nth time, I felt infuriated and I didn't even know why.