Fire starter (Ana X Bucky)

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(Ana POV)

Somehow we were fighting...

"Steve I'm getting a damn headache"

"Then answer me, who's Mike?" He had his hands tightly gripping the back of one of the bar stools.

"He's a SHIELD agent Steve, that's all. He was sent from HQ for some samples I gave it to him and thought he had left."

"Why was he in your room...OUR room?" His voice was getting angrier.

"I don't fucking know, ask him. I kicked him out the second I got in the room. You really think I would sleep around?" My arms were crossed. I was pinching the bridge of my nose. The headache was getting worse.

"It doesn't make sense Ana" I sigh knowing I'm going to have to deal with this through my fucking headache.

"As cute as you are when you're jealous Steve, this is ridiculous." I start walking away when he throws the bar stool across the room angrily. I freeze seeing the anger rise up his face. My hands had instantly caught on fire in defense.

"I won't let another man touch you. It's us, that's it..I..." He breaths deeply putting his hands on his hips. He looks up at me calming down seeing the fear in my eyes and the fire in my hands. He's never been this possessive. "Ana..I can't lose you too"

I suck up all the fear bubbling in my veins. This wasn't the man I was in love with...I hold my chin up pushing all other feelings away and only holding on to my own pride and strength. Pulling back the fire. No man will treat me like this...I won't let them...not anymore. "You will if you keep going like this." His face softens seeing my resolve and change in posture. My eyes drop a single tear unable to hold that back.

 He turns around shaking his head and running a hand down his face. When he turns around to face me he freezes. He goes from apologetic to shocked, to happy. I furrow my brows noticing he was looking behind me. Our argument no longer the most important thing in his mind. I turn around to see a dark figure on the doorway to the helipad.

"Hey punk" His voice sounded exactly the same, deep and crackly. He looked over to me for a moment. My eyes watering at the sight of him. "Hi Ana" I grin widely, running up to him throwing myself onto him with a big hug. He wraps his arms around my waist not hesitating for a second, his overgrown beard tickling my neck as he buries his face. "God I missed you" He whispers low enough for Steve not to hear. My heart was beating like a hammer, my breathing going heavy. I was full on crying now. All the events that just happened with Steve and now James being back I couldn't control myself.

We held onto each other for a little too long. Steve stepped up to us tapping my shoulder so he could get a turn and a bro hug. I step back knowing they missed each other more than I could ever understand. They gave each other pats on the back with huge smiles on their faces.

When they separated James spoke first. "So..are one of you going to tell me the shit I just walked in on?" My smile disappears and my face turns red. I was embarrassed. Not because someone saw, I'm pretty sure half the tower heard us, but because it was James....

"I uh.." I started talking when Steve cut me off

"I was being stupid" I look at him surprised. He gives me a small smile "I thought something that I shouldn't have..Instead of thinking through it I took it out on her like an idiot"

"Do I need to kick his ass?" James looks at me. I giggle at how quickly he went from bro hug to beat ass.

"No, no you don't. I think he learned his lesson" I look over at him with a smug look. He looks away laughing.