𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐨|| 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐬 [𝟐]

Chapter Twenty-Eight

| MORE THAN FRIENDS |

Cassie woke up warmer than usual. She let her eye slowly flutters, and she instantly realised why she was warmer. Her head was on Bucky's bare chest, her body was nearly on top of the man due to how small the dingy mattress was. But Bucky had his arms protective wrapped around the redhead's waist while he slept soundly.

A small smile formed on Cassie's face when she saw the man, she brought her hand up to gently rub through his hair. It was starting to grow back, it reached around his ear. "Your staring." Bucky woke up when the woman started playing with his hair.

Cassie smiled, remembering back to when she said that to him years before at Christmas time. "I'm gazing." She replied with a smile.

Chuckling, Bucky leaned down a pressed a kiss to her forehead. "Whatever you say, Doll." He muttered against her skin. Cassie laughed nuzzling closer to the brunette.

"Your hair is growing, I could cut it again if you want?" Cassie offered, but Bucky shook his head.

"I think I'll just leave it long. I've gotten used to it. But your hair is growing as well. It's at your shoulder blades now." Bucky answered

"Yeah, I'm not sure how I feel about long hair. I know I used to have long hair but I'm so used to my hair being cut to my shoulders." She told him while Bucky drew patterns on the back of her thigh with his fingers where her skin was exposed.

Bucky just hummed in response, closing his eyes again. Not wanting to get up, this was the first time in over seventy years when he woke up warm. But also the first time in seventy years where he woke up with Cassie in his arms.

Cassie seemed to be in the same boat, she didn't want to get out of bed just yet. She just wanted to be held by the man for a few more minutes. But then her mind crossed something, and her eyes snapped open again.

"What are we?" She pulled back and propped herself up by her arms on Bucky's chest. Bucky looked at her confused, he had no idea what the redhead was talking about. Cassie noticed his confusion and expanded her question "Like are we friends...?" She trailed off,

Bucky seemed to understand what she was talking about, but he didn't know how to answer her question. He wanted to be more than friends, but he wasn't sure if she was ready for that "Well, what do you want us to be?"

"...More than friends." She hesitantly told him. But her worries left her when she saw a smile grow on Bucky's face. "I'm guessing you want the same?"

"Sometimes I swear you can read my mind." Bucky chuckled, but then he stopped when Cassie wasn't who was raising her brow at him "Right. Completely forgot you can actually do that." He uttered under his breath.

Cassie just laughed at him shaking her head. "Don't worry, I don't read your mind. You need your own privacy." Cassie told him. It was true, she didn't like to read people's minds without their permission. Well, that was except if it was any of the Hydra agents that got on her nerves.

"Thank you." Bucky pulled Cassie on top of him before he let his head fall back on the flat pillow under his head. "So, Elizebeth 'Cassie' Carter. Will you be my girlfriend?" Bucky looked at the redhead, looking at every detail to see her reaction.

But all that happened was a smile formed on Cassie's face and she nodded her head "It would be my honour." She jocked before she leaned down to kiss Bucky. Letting a small giggle out while doing so.

*****

Cassie linked arms with Bucky as they walked through the streets of Romania. Bucky at first found it weird when he first kissed her shapeshifted self. He knew it was her, but he also felt like he was cheating on her with another woman. 

Cassie found it funny when he told her, but the two have been officially dating for a few hours. But surprisingly the two felt like they've been dating for years. Cassie still hasn't slid the ring on her finger yet, she still had it protectively around her neck. 

Bucky and Cassie were taking things slow for now, seeing that they haven't dated each other in seventy years. From 1945 to 2015. That's exactly seventy years. It may have been January, but the sun was blazing down on the pair. Which was okay for Cassie as she could take off a few layers. 

But Bucky on the other hand not so much. He was wearing a long sleeve shirt with two jackets over it. As long with his black gloves. "Jamie, you can take a few layers off, you know?" Cassie questioned, placing a hand on his bicep.

Bucky let out a deep sigh before he glanced around to see if anyone was listening. Not that many native people understood English that well. He hated the way his arm was, he hated how many died people died because of it. "I know. I just don't want to draw any unwanted attention to us. I am afraid of what people would think, what they'll say. So I'm just going to keep it on, okay?" He looked down at her. 

Cassie let a sigh out through her nose, she came to a stop and turned him so they were facing each other. She linked her hand with metal on and brought it to her mouth and kissed the knuckle of the glove. "I only need to care is what I think of you. But if you feel more comfortable with the jackets on. You can keep them on, but I'm just worried, it's like twenty degrees." She softly told him. 

"Twenty degrees is below freezing." Bucky looked at her confused, but Cassie just rolled her eye.

"Twenty degrees celsius, silly." She slightly chuckled. Bucky let a smile grow on his face hearing the woman laughing slightly. "I still don't understand Fahrenheit. Very confusing." She added, pursing her lips and nodding her head. 

Bucky shook his head bring the woman into his chest for a hug, "You honestly amazing, Doll." He muttered against the crown of her head before pressing a small kiss.

Cassie just smiled, she wasn't used to getting compliments. But it came from Bucky so it was precious to her. "You're amazing too, Jamie." She looked up at him a kissed dangerously close to his lips.

Even though Bucky didn't show many emotions when in public, he always had his boyish smile when with Cassie. At this point it was natural and he didn't even notice he was doing it.