Ophelia's Daughter (Steve X OC)

Chapter 20 - Morning after

(Steve POV)

I watch her walk around the kitchen with a slight limp. I can't help but smile knowing it's because of me. 

"Can you just let me make the food?" I beg. I want her to rest. After last night we went for five more rounds. My room is now trashed. I have a broken bed, dresser, and a broken desk. It's going to be so embarrassing telling Tony I need new furniture... He might actually kill me. She is his daughter, well he considers himself her father and so does she. Shit this is going to be weird.

"No, you don't know how to make breakfast enchiladas" She gives me a side eye and a smirk. Aspen has her hair up in a messy bun. She has my shirt on with a pair of her shorts. Her neck is covered in purple marks that I left on her. She looks like she has been in a fight. Again I smile knowing it was by my hand.

"Fine, you could at least teach me, I can help" I walk up behind her wrapping her in my arms. I've never been so happy in my life.

"Alright alright, you can pre-cook the bacon." She leans her head back against my shoulder and pecks my cheek with a soft kiss. I smile satisfied that I got what I wanted and start on the bacon.

I watch her prepare all the ingredients and get a big ceramic baking tray. She was glowing and all smiles. I could honestly retire right now and be happy. First I have to make sure her family is safe and away from Madam Hydra.

After a few moments I can hear giggling coming our direction. The door slams open with Bucky grabbing Candice's ass and her walking backwards into the room laughing loudly. I honestly had to look away.

"Ew" Aspen groans slamming the knife she was using on the table in frustration. "I don't need to see you doing....that...to my sister"

Bucky and Candice quickly separate and look down after getting scolded. I chuckle a bit seeing Bucky blush. He really likes this girl. At least he's finally actually moving on from Aspen, but to her sister?

"Sorry sis..we just..."

"NO..I don't need to know" Aspen puts her hand out. I could hear the embarrassment in her voice.

"Oh please, like the entire compound didn't hear you two breaking furniture last night...'I can do this all day baby'? Really?" Bucky called out walking around Aspen to get drinks from the fridge. We were both frozen in place. I didn't think we were that loud, but then again...

"Buck we talked about this" Candice sweetly coos at Bucky. He sighs handing her a bottle of juice, gently pecking her cheek.

"Sorry doll, I promise to do better" I furrow my brows at how quickly he softened up with her.

"I...I'm going to act like this whole conversation didn't just happen" Aspen states going back to preparing the food. I hand her the bacon I cooked and watch over her shoulder while she sets it all up, wrapping the ingredients in soft shells before lining them up.

"Whatcha making?" Candice sits on the opposite side of the island watching her sister closely. Bucky sits next to her watching her.

"Breakfast enchiladas. Want some? There will be plenty left" Aspen takes the pan, twirling around me to the oven placing it inside then turning it on. She washes her hands then leans into my chest wrapping her arms around my waist. A large smile escapes my face when I wrap my arms around her shoulders. She's mine. This amazing, remarkable woman loves me, wants me, the skinny little boy from Brooklyn. 

"Yea, that sounds delicious" Candice smiles looking at us. "You two look happy"

"We are, at least I hope Aspen is." I look down at her. She had a mock glare making me smirk. She slaps my ass and giggles

"Of course I'm happy, you two, when did this happen?" She points between them.

"Honestly, at the first fight." Bucky says looking at Candice with admiration. "When we fought she just wouldn't stop flirting, so I did the same. We ended up enjoying the fight together. When Sarah got hurt I saw how Candice changed. She was so hurt and broken I had to let her go to her sister." Candice continued for him.

"When he did that I knew he wasn't the bad guy mom said he was. After the fight he even came to my cell to give me updates on Sarah until she was recovered. We started talking then." Bucky broke into the conversation again

"We spent hours talking actually. It had to be the calmest I have been since I came back from HYDRA" Bucky runs his fingers through her short hair, she closes her eyes for a moment then looks at him with a soft smile.

"Damn..and I thought we had an epic love story" Aspen giggles looking at me.

"We don't need one, we just need the love part angel" I reassure her giving her a soft kiss on the lips.

"She's awake" Tony bursts in stares at us for a second, "We will talk about this later" He points between all of us before walking out.

I held Aspen tight in my arms whispering sweet words in her ear to calm her nerves. "Ill put the food away, you guys go. I'll catch up" I gave her a reassuring smile before dealing with storing the breakfast I was so excited to try. My girl knows how to cook after all.

When I got to the medical room Sarah was being treated, they had already started talking. I could tell Aspen was tensing up about something and Bucky had a hold on Candice's hand. Something wasn't right about Sarah, it's the only explanation.

"So you barely remember anything?"

"I already told you Aspen, I only remember John coming for Maria. I didn't even know Liza went with them." Sarah was frustrated trying so hard to prove to them her words.

"Alright I'm sorry." Aspen said patiently "Keep resting, we'll be back in a bit" I held the door open for them to walk out giving Sarah a strong nod and a smile. Once outside Aspen and Candice began talking on top of each other. Bucky and I couldn't keep up.

"She's..."

"I know.."

"How could she...?"

"I don't know"

"Do you think?"

"No way, she's too good.."

"DAMMIT" Candice ended their back and fourth

"Can someone let us guys know what the hell?" Bucky trailed in tired of being confused. I nodded agreeing with him.

"She's lying" Aspen said clear as day. She had her arms crossed over her chest staring at the wall behind Bucky.

"Are you sure?" I wanted her to be sure about this. Otherwise it means we will have to use her sister and she didn't like the thought of it.

"She has insane memory. One time John knocked her out with a rock, she was in a coma for a week. She remembered every detail of the incident until she blacked out." Candice explained holding onto Bucky's waist tightly.

"She right. Out of all of us she can recall details about a mission no one wanted to know, like the number of birds in the sky or the colors of the shoes a dozen people wore on our way to the mission point." Aspen turned her attention to me, worry and sadness filled her eyes. All I wanted to do was hold her in my arms like Bucky was doing to Candice. I knew better. Aspen was calculating what to do next, holding her would just take her out of her mind and make her upset.

"So she's on their side, like you said." I chimed in. She nods. I start thinking of what Natasha would do. We will have to do a spy game. "Alright, so we feed her false information. I'm guessing you already have an idea Aspen" She looks at me and smiles. That smile she does when she has cracked a problem in the lab. That smile that made me start falling for her.

"I do, and we will need everyone's help" She looks over to her sister for confirmation.

"I'm in" She says.

"If she's in I'm in" Bucky added.

"Alright, let's get to work." I said heading to the conference room and calling the rest of the Avengers.