the strongest avenger (2)

one hundred

I wake with a yawn, the sunlight coming through the floor to ceiling windows illuminating the bedroom. Blinking through the sleepiness, I snuggle back into Bucky's body that cocoons me. His hand tightens around my waist, myself smiling at his actions.

"Good morning, doll." He mumbles into my neck.

"Morning, Bubs." Opening my eyes fully, I'm hit with a very bright view. "Oh my God! It's Christmas!" I immediately sit up and throw the covers off, running towards the clear doors to the balcony.

Sheets of white snow cover the acres of land.

"It's snowing." I say with a smile growing on my face.

Sheets rustle from the bed, where Bucky gets up and joins me, his arms wrapping around my waist and his chin resting on the top of my head.

"Merry Christmas, Snowflake."

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After cleaning up a little bit, James and I made our way down to the kitchen, where the smell of pancakes being made fills the air. He tugs me close to him as we enter and find Wanda and Natasha at the stove, Steve sitting at the island.

"Merry Christmas!" I yell.

"Merry Christmas!" They all say back with large smiles.

"I'm digging the matching PJ's." Nat says, gesturing to Bucky and I with a spatula.

We had planned ahead and I bought us matching sets. Our bottoms are blue with white snowflakes on them, and then the tops are simple white long sleeves with a few buttons down the front.

"Thank you." I tell her as I sit down next to Steve. "What's on the menu for breakfast?"

"We have pancakes, waffles, eggs, and bacon." Wanda explains.

"Sounds good to me." Bucky says while leaning forward with his elbows on the table.

"Where's Anthony?" I ask.

"With Morgan. She wanted to go play in the snow."

I nod and look around at everyone. "After breakfast, we're all going and playing in the snow."

Steve looks over and shrugs. "Works for me."

"It'll be fun." I tell them, giving a thumbs up.

Sam decides to join us, Bruce, Thor, Loki, and Sylvie as well. I end up helping with the cooking as there's a lot of us, and the boys help us carry the food into the dining room. Tony, Pepper, and Morgan join us as well, making for a full table.

The atmosphere is light and happy, no lingering darkness from everything happening with Hydra. Today's our day to just be one family and enjoy ourselves.

We decide to do gifts after breakfast, so I quickly run to our room to get my bag of gifts. A giddy smile fills my face as we all meet back in the living room. Everyone either sitting on a couch or chair, with a few hovering towards the back. Bucky's on my right and I hold his hand as Steve starts, going around and handing out his gifts. It goes around each person until we've all went.

I hand out my gifts last, grinning as I finish with Bucky.

"Alrighty," Tony claps his hands, Christmas music flowing in the background. "Let the opening commence!"

I save Bucky's for last, opening up Tony's, grinning as it's a coffee machine for my bedroom. Steve got me a nice set of felt tip markers and Natasha a silky white dress. I laugh out loud at Sam's gift.

"Look," I point at it and nudge Bucky. "He got me condoms."

James shakes his head and glares up at Sam who's holding back a laugh.