Chapter 9: Dancing with Nerves

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You were not excited on the elevator ride to the party floor, even with Stephen there. You knew that you looked fine, but you just couldn't stop worrying about Hydra. Luckily Stephen seemed to sense that you were still nervous and grabbed your hand and held it tight with his hand, which was unusually not gloved.

Luckily when the elevator door opened it appeared that most of the party was just your friends, you thought Tony had lied about inviting a small number of people but it turns out that the billionaire had kept his word for once.

You spotted most of the team near the bar, except for Peter who wasn't allowed to come, and Rhodey who was talking with guests, along with Wanda and Vision who were dancing while sweetly looking at each other, and decided to go talk with them, dragging Stephen with you.

"Hey lovebirds," Tony said, "glad you finally decided to show up to your party crazy." 

"Shut it Stark," Stephen growled.

"Be nice," you scolded him lightly, "he was only joking."

"But he's mean," Stephen groaned, glaring at Tony and flipping him off. You walked away towards the seats, not wanting to deal with the two grown children.

"Y/N, want a drink?" Natasha asked from behind the bar where she was working.

"Can't get drunk but sure," you told her as the rest of the team looked at you with curiosity written on their faces, "I'm like Steve and Buck, Hydra made it so the alcohol doesn't affect me."

Natasha smiled at you, you could tell she was glad that she wouldn't be the only one to deal with the inevitable hangovers from the rest of the team the next day and the no doubt drunk Tony that would appear later tonight.

"Don't get any ideas, Nat, tomorrow is my birthday, and taking care of these idiots is the last thing I feel like doing."

After getting your drink from Nat you decided to listen to the conversations of the rest of the team, stalking over to behind Tony to scare him. You put your hands on his shoulder and yelled at him causing him to spill his drink and the rest of the team to burst out in laughter.

"I'll get you for that Y/N," Tony growled causing you to run away and hide behind Stephen.

"Help me," you whispered to him, preparing from behind him to make sure that Tony couldn't get to you. Stephen chuckled at that and turned around to face you.

"Maybe if we go dance he won't catch you," Stephen said smiling hopefully not wanting to deal with the team or anyone else that would possibly speak to the two of you.

"That would be nice, Lord knows he's already drunk to do something stupid. The only issue is that I've never really danced," you whispered afraid to mess up and look stupid in front of everyone present.

"Don't worry about it Y/N, no one is watching, just follow me and you'll be alright." That calmed your nerves, logically you knew no one would care anyway, everyone was too busy drinking or just talking or dancing themselves.

Stephen grabbed your hand to lead you to the dance floor, you heard wolf whistles come from the direction of the team and shot a glare to Clint who you could safely assume was the culprit. Luckily it seemed like you wouldn't have to learn any complicated dances because the songs seemed to be slow and most other couples were just swaying or slow dancing to the tunes. You stopped when you reached the far side of the dance floor. 

"Well, what do we do now?" you asked looking at Stephen's eyes. He looked so happy and peaceful here with you, the smile he had on his face seemed to make him have no worries.

"You put your hands on my shoulders and I'll put mine on your waist and then we just enjoy ourselves," Stephen said. He then put his hands on your waste and you felt a fuzzy feeling creep throughout your body as a result and blush paint its way on your face as you put your hands on his shoulders.

"This is nice." 

"Anything is nice with you." Stephen blurted out as the two of you swayed. "Oops did I say that out loud?" he chuckled as you blushed even more, which you thought was not possible. 

You leaned your head against his tall body, you didn't even reach his head. You felt safe with him. The dancing was nice, it was slow and felt normal. You felt him put his head on top of yours and you giggled at the motion. 

After a few moments, you looked up at his sparkling blue eyes that seemed like they held the universe in them as they gazed into yours. 

"You are aware that everyone is staring at us, right?" you asked.

"I am, but I don't mind, I'm just enjoying this with you, this is all about you anyway." 

"Thank you, Stephen," you said as you leaned your head back onto his chest and he pulled you closer to him. You closed your eyes and smelled him, he smelled like vanilla.  You could feel his chest move and him relaxing with you in his arms. You two stayed that way without caring about the others and just danced for a few songs.

Soon enough, the songs were over with and the rest of the team, with a few exceptions, were drunk, although the android and witch couple seemed to retire to bed a few moments before. It seemed that Thor had brought some Asgardian meed which managed to get Bucky drunk even. 

You, Nat, Steve, who was actually being nice to you and making some conversation, and Stephen decided to bring the others to bed. You lead the team to their bedrooms and made sure to leave water and pills for the following morning which would surely be eventful.

 You lead the team to their bedrooms and made sure to leave water and pills for the following morning which would surely be eventful

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