Mystifying the Captain (Steve X OC)

Chapter 11 - Goddess of What?

(Steve POV)

"I swear she has been unconscious more than she has been awake since she got here." Bucky says with a little chuckle. He is sitting next to her holding her hand and running his fingers through her hair. Waiting for her to wake up.

"I still can't wrap my head over the fact she's a Goddess" I say leaning against the wall staring at her every detail. It makes sense that she is. She is too beautiful to be anything else. "what do you think her ability is?"

I know Bucky won't have any clue, but bouncing ideas against him always helped me. "No idea Steve. I don't even think she has been using it. The mist ability she has was given to her by Hydra experiments, we know that for a fact. Anything else is up for grabs."

I nod softly. A knock on the door makes me move away from my deep thoughts.

"Hey Thor, come in." I lead him into Cassias' room. Bucky backs away from her giving Thor space. Thor kneels on the floor by Cass and grabs her hand.

"Fair Princess Cassia. When you wake I will gladly tell you about your mother Sjorn. A beautiful Goddess in her own right. She was strong and willful. My father often spoke about her as one who calmed down cities with a soft whisper. And her gifts where always looked for within the nine realms." He leans his head down in sadness.

"What were her mothers gifts?" Bucky asks unwilling to wait for Cass to wake up.

Thor stands up and faces us. "She was one of the Goddesses of love" He lowers his head and walks out.

Bucky and I look at each other. I can already see him getting angry. "Buck wait, we don't know if she has the same abilities as her mother, and we don't even know if she knows how to use it."

"But if she is doing it subconsciously she's still doing it Steve!" He practically yells at me. I get it. One moment we agree we both are in love with her and the next it might have all been magic cast on us. Something not real. 

I refuse to believe that though. I refuse to believe that my love for her isn't real. I won't make it through this if it was. 

I stay silent. There is nothing I can say to calm him down. To appease him. Because until she wakes up we won't know anything for sure, and even then Thor has made it clear there are steps she has to take to find out the truth.

"For now Bucky, believe in how you feel about her. You don't want to find out that you are wrong and you left her side out of fear. She won't forgive you for that." Bucky takes a deep breath and looks over at Cass, he slowly softens and heads over to her, sitting next to her on the bed running his fingers through her hair again.

I don't move. I know where I stand in this. He's been allowed to be closer to her than I have. My job is to make sure she is safe and okay. Until she gives me permission for more, I am her guard, her support, and her friend.

"She's waking up" I hear Buck say excitedly. I move closer to see her better.

"I have got to stop doing that..." We laugh. Somehow she always has a joke when she wakes up.

"Good evening Princess" Buck says smiling at her. She pulls her hand away from him roughly, making his smile disappear.

"No..Don't...don't do that, not funny Buck." He gets up and moves behind me. He is frustrated he said something he thought she would find cute but instead got her mad.

"Hey, how you feeling?" I ask concerned for her seeing her wobble a bit as she gets up from bed.

"I am just peachy Cap, just fucking peachy." Shit she went back to calling me Cap. She is not happy at all.

"Thor is downstairs, he said he'll take it slow at your own pace if you need. But he want's to tell you about your mother." I uncross my arms and stand in front of her making sure she looks at me and doesn't avoid the conversation.

"I need time..it's just a lot right now. I can't figure out what to take in and what to set aside." I can tell she is holding back tears.

"Do you want to be alone?" I ask looking at the floor and shuffling my feet, hoping she says no. I'm so worried about Cass I just want to be close to her.

She sighs and looks at Buck before looking at me. "Come on you two, I have a feeling I'm stuck with you guys no matter what." She heads out of the room grabbing a scrunchy. I have never seen her put her hair up even during sparring. 

Some short strands of hair lay softly over the sides of her face framing it beautifully. Her neck is now bare and long. She doesn't wear jewelry, no earrings, no necklaces. Just the small device stuck to the side of her neck. 

She leads us to the living room. Buck and I look at each other wondering what she is going to do. She just told us she needs time so what is going on?

"Okay Thor, what kind of fucking abilities do I have that will cause these to dumb dumbs to be nice to each other about me and follow me around like puppies?" WHOA this was not what I expected to happen. Everyone looks at us like we are possessed now. 

"You think they are compromised?" Nat says walking towards us with her brows scrunched up. There was a time Bucky thought that was cute as hell, now he doesn't even look at her. 

"You tell me, have they ever acted like they do with me, before I showed up?" The team looked at each other and they all shook their heads. As far as they are concerned we are compromised. "okay then, Thor what do we have to do? The sooner they act normal around me the sooner I can get over everything that's happened."

I see Bucky clench his fists, he knows she means their kiss. She thinks that wasn't really him. His jaw tightens trying to stay calm. This is really hard for him. I doubt he wants to be controlled again after Hydra.

"First, I need for you to stand just there." Thor points at a clear spot on the floor. She walks over calmly and determined. A face I love to see on her. "Now I need everyone to take a step back, this may be overwhelming for mortals."

We all take a step back watching intently. 

"Princess Cass..."

"Don't call me Princess" She puts a hand up.

"Alright, Lady Cassia. I need you to close your eyes. Picture an empty space in the middle of your soul. Now fill it, with anything, however be sure it is one thing, sometimes two will suffice as well. Could be a color, an item, a sound, a feeling, anything counts." We watch Cassia bend her head back and take a deep breath.

Her hands start glowing a beautiful deep blue. "Good, you are doing great Lady Cassia. Tell me, what do you feel? What do you see?"

It takes her a moment to say anything, she is completely entranced by her magic and her mind. 

"Desire, Lust. It's overwhelming." Her breath starts changing, we can see it begin to race as her chest moves up and down faster.

"Slow breaths Lady Cassia. Please concentrate. I want you to accept and consume these feelings. They are yours, and yours alone. They belong to you. Only you can control them and tell them what to do. They help you but are you all at once." 

"It's too much, it's too strong." The room bursts into a deep blue light. When it dissipates Thor is hugging Cass on the floor as she takes deep rhythmic breaths.

"You did well Lady Cassia, Goddess of Desire and Lust" We all look at each other after Thor states who she is now. Bucky looks afraid and confused. Now I know, from the moment I met her I was feeling desire for her. It wasn't real. It was never real.

I walk away patting Buck on the shoulder for a moment before disappearing out of the building, taking my Harley for a long needed ride. 

To try to stop loving her. 

To try and drive away from this spell she has put me under.

 No matter how much it hurts....